Episodes

  • Nature Nonfiction | Three interesting lessons on Butterflies, Cardinals, and Cats.

    Nature Nonfiction | Three interesting lessons on Butterflies, Cardinals, and Cats.
    Apr 1 2022
    Spring is around the corner and with that people will leaving their houses for the fresh air of the outdoors. So I thought this would be a great time to share these lessons on the enemies of butterflies, companionship of cardinals, and the usefulness of cats. Lessons by Vance Randolph, S. Louise Patteson, and Harrison Weir.
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    34 mins
  • Horror | The Judge's House by Bram Stoker

    Horror | The Judge's House by Bram Stoker
    Mar 25 2022
    "The Judge's House" is a short story by Bram Stoker. It was first published in the December 5, 1891 issue of Holly Leaves the Christmas Number of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, London. This story was first published in book form in 1914 in Stoker's third collection of short stories Dracula's Guest And Other Weird Stories, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., London. In 1973 it appeared in The Bram Stoker Bedside Companion, Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, and in 1997 it appeared in Best Ghost and Horror Stories, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.
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    46 mins
  • True Crime | The Northampton Bank Robbery from the Archives of the Pinkertons

    True Crime | The Northampton Bank Robbery from the Archives of the Pinkertons
    Feb 25 2022

    Pinkerton, founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the United States by Scotsman Allan Pinkerton in the 1850s. Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln, who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War. Pinkerton's agents performed services ranging from security guarding to private military contracting work. The Pinkerton National Detective Agency hired women and minorities from its founding, a practice uncommon at the time, as they were useful as spies. Pinkerton was the largest private law enforcement organization in the world at the height of its power.

    -Wikipedia
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    57 mins
  • Nonfiction | My Escape From Slavery by Frederick Douglass

    Nonfiction | My Escape From Slavery by Frederick Douglass
    Jan 27 2022
    This is Frederick Douglass' story of how he escaped slavery to the free state of Massachusetts. 'Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings.' -Wikipedia
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    40 mins
  • Fairy Tales | Two Stories by the Brothers Grimm

    Fairy Tales | Two Stories by the Brothers Grimm
    Jan 20 2022
    Today we listen to 'Iron Hans' and 'The Juniper Tree' by the Brothers Grimm. According to Wikipedia "They are among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, popularizing stories such as "Cinderella", "The Frog Prince", "Hansel and Gretel", "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White." Their first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), began publication in 1812."
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    43 mins
  • Nonfiction | Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier by John Muir

    Nonfiction | Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier by John Muir
    Jan 13 2022
    Perfect for all you dog lovers. Today's short audiobook is by naturalist/adventurer John Muir and it's about companionship and overcoming fear. "Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier" is a short memoir by American naturalist John Muir. It is about a trip he took in Alaska with a dog named Stickeen and their outing together on a glacier. It is one of Muir's best-known writings, and is now considered a classic dog story. -Wikipedia
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    39 mins
  • Horror | Casting the Runes by M.R. James

    Horror | Casting the Runes by M.R. James
    Jan 6 2022
    This episode's short story audiobook is Casting the Runes by the masterful horror/ghost story author M.R. James.
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    56 mins
  • Humor | The Quarantine at Andrew Abraham's by Lucy Maude Montgomery

    Humor | The Quarantine at Andrew Abraham's by Lucy Maude Montgomery
    Dec 30 2021

    Today's short story audiobook is The Quarantine at Andrew Abraham's by Lucy Maude Montgomery the author of Anne of Green Gables.
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    36 mins