A podcast featuring great authors and stories that should be better known. A little about the authors and their stories, with samples.
In which we have an amazing homecoming and discover a taste for a different sort of adventure.Episode 375, The House of a Thousand Candles, finale!(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.HighlightThe Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson read by Richard Crowest
In which we find out what was in the Doorway of Bewilderment, are besieged, and uncover the ghostEpisode 374, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 24-26(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.HighlightRafael Sabatini swashbucklers - my post about specific books (coming Monday)
In which Pickering knows too much, Marian haunts us, and we discover The Door of Bewilderment.Episode 373, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 21-23(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.HighlightThe Play's the Thing, The Daily Poem - at the Close Reads podcast network
In which we keep a date, have a reunion, and form a justice league.Episode 372, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 18-20 (fixed)(download or listen via this link)Note: file problems have been fixed. The current, revised file has a "(fixed)" at the end of the name.Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.HighlightDeathworld by Harry Harrison - read on The Classic Tales Podcast
In which we make a dangerous date for Christmas Eve, learn the truth about Olivia, and meet Sister Theresa.Episode 371, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 15-17(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.HighlightThe Best Cook in the World by Rick Bragg
In which we learn more about Bates and more about Miss Armstrongand much, much more about a secret passage!Episode 370, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 12-14(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.Podcast HighlightThat Classical Podcast and their Spotify playlist
In which we get the scoop on the ladies next door, confront a housebreaker, and receive a caller.Episode 369, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 9-11(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.Podcast HighlightMy Plain Jane
In which we try persimmons, chat with the red tam o'shanter, and meet a dangerous neighbor.Episode 368, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 6-8(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.Podcast HighlightMythgard Academy - Le Morte d'ArthurChopBard - Henry VI, part 1
In which there is a mysterious gunshot and a new acquaintance is made.Episode 367, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 3-5(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery, an unusual will, a mysterious estate, and a red tam o'shanterThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.Podcast HighlightWooden Overcoats
In which Jack Glenarm must agree to very unusual requirements to inherit his grandfather's wealth.Episode 366, The House of a Thousand Candles, chapters 1-2(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a bestselling 1906 mystery and an unusual willThis story is in the public domain.Story audio courtesy of LibriVox.
In which everyone's dreams come true. Except The Policeman's. Though there is hope for him too.Episode 365, The Wind Boy, chapters 17-18, finale!(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightChop Bard
In which Rosemarie answers a little silver bell. And the school gets a surprise.Episode 364, The Wind Boy, chapters 15-16(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.Summer ReadingCool & Lam series by A.A. FaireP.G. Wodehouse audiobooks
In which Kay chases the Masker! And then it gets complicated.Episode 363, The Wind Boy, chapters 13-14(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightThe Classic Tales
In which Gentian learns weaving and has an eerie encounter!Episode 362, The Wind Boy, chapters 11-12(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightFilmspotting
In which we put on our dunce caps and find a secret door!Episode 361, The Wind Boy, chapters 9-10(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightThe Next Picture Show
In which we go for a walk, attend church, and are always mysteriously transported somewhere else! Episode 360, The Wind Boy, chapters 7-8(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightThe Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry
In which we discover just what those fancy sandals can do, visit the Clear Land, and meet The Artist. Episode 359, The Wind Boy, chapters 5-6(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightRachel Watches Star Trek
In which shoe shopping was never so exciting and we meet the Wind Boy.Episode 358, The Wind Boy, chapters 3-4(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.
In which we meet Nan, The Policeman, and the family in the little brown house.Episode 357, The Wind Boy, chapters 1-2(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for a girl from the mountains, coppery gold hair, sandals, sculptors, new friends, and the Wind Boy.This story is in the public domain.
In which we discover all and discover an interesting development for Millie.Episode 356, The Green Jacket, chapters 22-24(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for lady detectives, missing necklaces, solving cases the men can't solve, and knitting.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by J.M. Smallheer.Podcast HighlightBird Note
In which we draw conclusions about Elise and meet someone from Millie's detective work.Episode 355, The Green Jacket, chapter 21(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for lady detectives, missing necklaces, solving cases the men can't solve, and knitting.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by J.M. Smallheer.Podcast HighlightNotes From a Cranky Editor
In which Steven gives us the story from his point of view.Episode 354, The Green Jacket, chapters 19-20(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for lady detectives, missing necklaces, solving cases the men can't solve, and knitting.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by J.M. Smallheer.Podcast HighlightLeVar Burton Reads
In which we meet the son of the household.Is he the innocent his mother thinks him or a shady character?Episode 353, The Green Jacket, chapters 16-18(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for lady detectives, missing necklaces, solving cases the men can't solve, and knitting.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by J.M. Smallheer.
In which we interview the suspects and also get a lot of mending done.Episode 352, The Green Jacket, chapters 12-15(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for lady detectives, missing necklaces, solving cases the men can't solve, and knitting.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by J.M. Smallheer.HighlightsTrue Grit - by Charles Portis, read by Donna Tartt
In which we go undercover.Episode 351, The Green Jacket, chapters 9-11(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for lady detectives, missing necklaces, solving cases the men can't solve, and knitting.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by J.M. Smallheer.Podcast HighlightsClose Reads - iTunes, Circe Institute iTunes for 2016 episodes
In which we don't take divorce cases and do begin investigating missing emeralds.Episode 350, The Green Jacket, chapters 5-8 (fixed)(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for lady detectives, missing necklaces, solving cases the men can't solve, and knitting.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by J.M. Smallheer.
In which we meet private detective Millicent Newberry, who is never without her knitting.She goes undercover to solve the unsolvable case of the missing emerald necklace.Episode 349, The Green Jacket, chapters 1-4(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for lady detectives, missing necklaces, solving cases the men can't solve, and knitting.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by J.M. Smallheer.
In which a conspiracy is revealed, the guilty are punished, and the Ambassador follows a new calling.Episode 348, Lone Star Planet, chapters 10-11, finale!(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for Texans, gunfights, supercows, and talking dogs.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by Mark Nelson.
In which Ambassador faces a conundrum: to not have the Bonneys convicted as politicians but still bring them to justice.Episode 347, Lone Star Planet, chapters 7-9(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for Texans, gunfights, supercows, and talking dogs.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by Mark Nelson.Podcast HighlightBurnt Toast
In which we witness a "murder" trial, learn more about New Texas politics, and decide to always keep our six-shooter handy.Episode 346, Lone Star Planet, chapters 5-6(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for Texans, gunfights, supercows, and talking dogs.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by Mark Nelson.
We're welcomed to New Texas with an ambush, a giant barbecue, and a trial.Sounds as if they did manage to recreate the culture in space.Episode 345, Lone Star Planet, chapters 3-4(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for Texans, gunfights, supercows, and talking dogs.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by Mark Nelson.
When a galactic diplomat makes a political misstep he's punished by being assigned as ambassador to New Texas ... where the last ambassador left feet-first.Episode 344, Lone Star Planet, chapters 1-2 (download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for Texans, gunfights, supercows, and talking dogs.This story is in the public domain, via LibriVox, read by Mark Nelson.Podcast HighlightLexicon Valley
Carnacki, The Ghost FinderThe Thing Invisible. In which Carnacki is called for help when a haunted chapel turns from being a charming old story into deadly reality.Episode 343, Carnacki Ghost Finder, 6(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for occult detection, faked ghosts, real ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightLexicon Valley
Carnacki, The Ghost FinderThe Searcher of the End House. A rare glimpse of Carnacki's early days when he finds his own home may harbor a ghost ... or two!Episode 342, Carnacki Ghost Finder, 5(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for occult detection, faked ghosts, real ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night.This story is in the public domain.HighlightArrival
Carnacki, The Ghost FinderThe Horse of the Invisible. Can Carnacki save the beautiful young heiress from the deadly family curse?Episode 341, Carnacki Ghost Finder, 4(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for occult detection, faked ghosts, real ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night.This story is in the public domain.HighlightQueen of Katwe
Carnacki, The Ghost FinderThe Whistling Room. Why does a whistled tune cause such terror? Are disappointed suitors playing a trick or does it come from the depths of hell? Episode 340, Carnacki Ghost Finder, 3(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for occult detection, faked ghosts, real ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightA Time and a Plate
Carnacki, The Ghost FinderThe House Among the Laurels. Can Carnackie overcome the blood-drip and killing spirit that haunts a Irish deserted mansion? Episode 339, Carnacki Ghost Finder, 2(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for occult detection, faked ghosts, real ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night.This story is in the public domain.Podcast HighlightTwenty Thousand Hertz
Carnacki, The Ghost FinderThe Gateway of the Monster. Carnacki is summoned to investigate a spirit that disrupts an ancient mansion every night at the site of a grisly murder generations ago. Episode 338, Carnacki Ghost Finder, 1(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for occult detection, faked ghosts, real ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night.This story is in the public domain.
N.C. Wyeth - Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle .A famous classic with some elements that no one remembers.Episode 337, Rip Van Winkle(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for henpecked husbands, ghostly bowling, and a very good night's sleep.This story are in the public domain.HighlightFawlty Towers
KiplingHawthorneThe Ghost of Dr. Harris by Nathaniel HawthorneMy Own True Ghost Story by Rudyard KiplingEpisode 336, True Ghost Stories by Hawthorne and Kipling(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for non-menacing true ghost stories by bemused, famous writers.These stories are in the public domain.HighlightThe Night Train to Munich (1940)
The Night Attack. The End.In which we get mythic help against The Pretenderette, and sort everything out in the end.Episode 335, The Magic City, chapters 11-12(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.Podcast HighlightMythgard Academy - Dracula Dracula - Audible Edition
The Great Sloth. In which we receive a secret message and try to stay awake.Episode 334, The Magic City, chapter 10(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.Podcast HighlightDecoder Ring Theater - Black Jack Justice, the audiobook
The Lightning Loose. In which we hear Helen's dream and find out the next quest.Episode 333, The Magic City, chapter 9(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.
The Dwellers by the Sea. Ups and Downs. In which we help deal with The Fear.Episode 332, The Magic City, chapter 7-8(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.
The Lions in the Desert. In which we encounter camels and parrots and lions. Oh my!Episode 331, The Magic City, chapter 6(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.Movie HighlightsHell or High WaterThe Petrified ForestThe Train
On the Carpet. In which we have a banquet, tea, and embark on the quest of the Mazy Carpet.Episode 330, The Magic City, chapter 5(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.HighlightMrs. Pollifax series
The Dragon-Slayer. In which we encounter a dragon, a princess, and a mysterious claimant to the title of Deliverer.Episode 329, The Magic City, chapter 4(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.
Lost. In which there is poetry, breakfast, a missing person, and Mr. Noah.Episode 328, The Magic City, chapter 3(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.Listening HighlightHeroes and Legends: The Most Influential Characters of Literature — a Great Course taught by Thomas Shippey
Deliverer or Destroyer. In which we find out where we are, hear prophecies, and plan an escape!Episode 327, The Magic City, chapter 2(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.Podcast HighlightPresidential podcast by the Washington Post
The Beginning. In which we meet Philip and Helen and build an amazing sounding city out of household items.Episode 326, The Magic City, chapter 1(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.This story is in the public domain.Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.
In which Doan and Carstairs exhibit dazzling teamwork, a murderer is unmasked, and all is explained.Episode 324, Oh, Murderer Mine, finale(download or listen via this link)Book InformationStory rating: G for sassy girl teachers, Handsome Lover Boys, gigantic Great Danes, and deceptively pudgy detectives.This story is in the public domain.HighlightThe Good Place
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