1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

In this excellent Tolstoy short story, an innocent man is imprisoned for 26 years for a crime he did not commit. Then he is faced with the man who actually framed him for the murder- who begs for forgiveness. This was the story that inspired a book by Stephen King which led to the movie The Shawshank Redemption. Support our show and checkout www.simplisafe.com/1001! Only 14.99/mo- no long contract...

Did you ever have that great urge to get away on what might be the adventure of a lifetime? When an already established and successful Jack London and his wife Charmian bought property in northern California on which they could build a ranch house- they could have settled back and enjoyed the easy life there for the rest of their years. But she was a lover of adventure like he was, and when he ask...

In THE CALL OF THE TAME a Rough Rider is in New York City for Teddy Roosevelt's inaugaration when he meets an old friend who had once worked with him on a ranch but is now living comfortably in the city. In the end, a few cocktails help him see the city in a new light. In THE CHAMPION OF THE WEATHER, a group of men gathered around a campfire ask their guide how he can tell a New Yorker apart from...

Explicit: Original text contains references to violence. Use judgement with young ones. Warning: Atheists and agnostics my find references to God, Christianity, angels and afterlife as well as suggested proper moral behavior offensive. In part two, the little mermaid completes her deal with the sea witch and becomes a human- unable to speak- and unable to disclose her true identity to the prince-...

EXPLICIT (Hunting). Big-game hunter Allan Quartermaine was a featured character in our King Solomon's Mines series at 1001 Stories for the Road (see link below) and is the creation of British author H.Rider Haggard, whose books sold in the millions since the release of King Solomons Mines in 1887.. In this story Quartermaine shares the story of the lion mount that decorates his mantelpiece and how...

In this story originally written by Hans Christian Anderson and later made popular by Disney, a young mermaid dreams of what life would be like as a human, and soon makes a deal with the sea witch to trade her mermaid existence for that as a human- having to give up the ability to speak in the bargaining. The story ends much differently than the movie, and teaches a powerful lesson about what can...

Three friends living in New York City become infatuated with a waitress at their local diner and go to great lengths to keep her from running off with a wealthy prospector who had just arrived from Alaska. NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here...

Another great Jack London short story culled from his adventures as a fish commission warden in the Oakland CA area. NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here : ​​ https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr .  Get all of our shows at one web...

Marlow continues the story of his experiences on a burning merchant ship as the captain and crew finally leave the ship in three life boats knowing their chance of reaching land are few. The burning ship sinks and they are adrift in the South China Sea..The descriptions and narrative provided by Joseph Conrad are powerful, giving the reader, or listener,in this case, the feeling you are there. NEW...

An older merchant seaman in the company of other men recalls his first time at sea, a harrowing adventure aboard a burning and storm tossed ship bound for Bangkok. Sherlock Holmes and Watson try to get to the bottom of the death of a well-known estate owner who has died under mysterious circumstances. #SherlockHolmesStories SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES PODCAST STORIES BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE NEW Enjoy 10...

An Alaskan hunter stops at a remote cabin far out on the outskirts of known country and tells our narrator an incredible tale of coming across a bull mammoth that killed his dog and her pups. Knowing that mammoths have been considered extinct for millions of years, our narrator asks the hunter to complete the story, which he does, telling of how he chased the mammoth into a box canyon and used onl...

Ladies - Be sure to catch 1001 Stories From the Gilded Age (Oct 2024)  This one doing very well righrt now! " A Jury of Her Peers ", a tense drama written in 1917, is a short story by Susan Glaspell, loosely based on the 1900 murder of John Hossack , which Glaspell covered while working as a journalist [ for the Des Moines Iowa Daily News. It is seen as an example of early f eminist literature bec...

A judge tells a story of an Englishman he met who was a hunter and had in his possession a very strange hand which he kept chained to his wall. Also here: a preview of 1001 History Challenge. STORIES BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT MAUPASSANT PODCAST TEST YOUR HISTORY SMARTS! CATCH OUR NEWEST SHOW 1001 HISTORY CHALLENGE HERE : (main website all 1001 shows) https://www.1001storiespodcast.com or HERE : at Goog...

In this Spooktober kickoff story, M.R. James tells the story of a young orphaned boy who is taken in by an uncle with evil intentions.. M.R. JAMES STORIES BY M.R. JAMES PODCAST TEST YOUR HISTORY SMARTS! CATCH OUR NEWEST SHOW 1001 HISTORY CHALLENGE HERE : (main website all 1001 shows) https://www.1001storiespodcast.com or HERE : at Google Play:  https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iwdojx2z...

Two great Jack London short stories- one from the Klondike, and one from Hawaii. Enjoy! STORIES BY JACK LONDON JACK LONDON SHORT STORIES PODCAST YOUR REVIEWS AT APPLE/ITUNES ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED!   Copy and Paste the highlighted links to your Apple or Android Devices for free listening:  APPLE USERS   Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes !   https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radi...

In this tale of suspense, a researcher checking into a quaint hotel in an old Danish town finds there is more going on than can be explained...and it all goes back to the early history of the town. TEST YOUR HISTORY SMARTS! CATCH OUR NEWEST SHOW 1001 HISTORY CHALLENGE HERE : (main website all 1001 shows) https://www.1001storiespodcast.com or HERE : at Google Play:  https://play.google.com/music/li...

The story AN OUTPOST OF P[ROGRESS deals with two European men, named Kayerts and Carlier, who are assigned to a trading post in a remote part of the African Jungle. There they take part in ivory trading, hoping to financially benefit the company as well as themselves. With no specific tasks or important things to be done, they both become increasingly isolated and demoralized as time goes by. At o...

Holmes and Watson attempt to solve the theft of top secret military plans which, if sold to another country, pose a large security risk for England. Tune in to 1001 Stories For the Road for the start of THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (family friendly)- The story that many still call "America's Greatest Novel". Author: Mark Twain.  Links for Apple and Android below. Subscribe FREE to both. Save...

In "Fate", a young man who is a self proclaimed expert on odds bets heavily on a billiards game but winds up on the losing end with minutes to go. In "On Approval", a young man who fancies himself an artist travels to London's Soho District to sell his work at a coffeehouse, but finds more critics than buyers. SAKI STORIES BY SAKI PODCAST Save at Ancestry now and discover your roots! Use www.ances...

A native tribe in the far north reaches of Alaska plans an attack on a group of white men who have come for mining, believing that these men who come from the land of warm sun are weak, fat, and lazy. The tribe make plans to share the wealth left behind by the men once they kill them all- but their plans do not work out the way they had hoped... STORIES BY JACK LONDON JACK LONDON PODCAST 1001 inte...

Although Ambrose Bierce is best known for his Civil War stories, this story, probably sold to a magazine like Colliers, which was popular for stories with Victorian style romance, is a shining example of Bierce's talents as a writer. In this tale, a man visits an old friend in San Francisco whose solitary life has been turned upside down by his own act of pride in shutting the girl he loved out of...

In part two of the Priory School Holmes and Watson dive into work to solve the mystery of a missing prep school boy who is the son of a Duke. This was one of Arthur Conan Doyle's top ten personal favorite stories. Save at Ancestry now and discover your roots! Use www.ancestry.com/1001 and support our sponsors! TWO NEW MEMBER ONLY SHOWS NOW AVAILABLE TO  PATRONS!  www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork...

In part one of the Priory School Holmes and Watson are drawn to a mystery of a missing prep school boy who is the son of a Duke. This was one of Arthur Conan Doyle's top ten personal favorite stories. Save at Ancestry now and discover your roots! Use www.ancestry.com/1001 and support our sponsors! TWO NEW MEMBER ONLY SHOWS NOW AVAILABLE TO  PATRONS!  www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork.  Thank you....

This tale from author Clara D. Pierson's collection of Forest Tales tells of a brash young Blue Jay with an inflated sense of courage who ignores his parent's warnings and comes face to face with a rattlesnake. Save at Ancestry now and discover your roots! Use www.ancestry.com/1001 and support our sponsors! Catch TARZAN now at 1001 Stories For The Road and find out why thousands of new listeners a...

Two great short stories from O'Henry- both about New York City around 1912.  These stories provide an excellent insight to the way life was in the melting pot we know to be New York City- where people from every background and social strata learned to get along- and stories abounded. Enjoy! Save at Ancestry now and discover your roots! Use www.ancestry.com/1001 and support our sponsors! TWO NEW ME...