The Catholic Men's Podcast

The Singing Bone by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Once upon a time in a certain country there was great concern about a wild boar that was destroying the peasants' fields, killing the cattle, and ripping people apart with its tusks. The king promised a large reward to anyone who could free the land from this plague, but the beast was so large and strong that no one dared to go near the woods where it li...

This curious event took place in Los Angeles on the night of February 24, 1942. Air-raid sirens were blasting and the anti-aircraft guns firing on some weird apparition in the sky. Eyewitnesses had conflicting opinions about what they saw: a Japanese squadron of fighter planes, a giant moth, a tactical blimp and even a massive coffee pot. We will learn all the facts behind this crazy incident in t...

It is September of 1936. The sun beats down on the castle of Toledo: the Alcázar. General Moscardo surveys the scorched battlefield below him and spies seven more trucks of Communist troops rolling in from afar. It seems like a death sentence for the 1,760 souls under his care, held up in the old castle defending their land from the communist onslaught. There were 1205 defenders, including soldier...

It's almost midnight right now, but I just realized that tomorrow, April 27th, is the feast of St. Peter Armengol. I've literally been waiting for years to tell his story on the podcast and launch it right on his feastday, so I quickly found a mic and recorded this in some random room. He's truly one of my favorite saints because he is a symbol of confidence in Our Lady. Here's the other podcast I...

An excellent mystery story by Anna Katherine Green. One of the biggest plot twists I've ever read at the end - a complete genre change. This is the abridged version. Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

Caledonian Forest 120 AD " Written by Titus Ursus, Primus pilus of Legiō IX Hispana, in the third year of Hadrian's reign (* 120 AD). This will probably be the last papyrus and entry in my diary. Our legion was ambushed in the wild realm called Caledonian Forest and was almost completely annihilated. Half of my first cohort is all that was left of the IX legiō. We were pushed into the marsh and we...

Why did Hitler want the Spear of Longinus? Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

Merry Christmas! Table of Contents: 00:00 The Poor Little Pine Tree 04:30 The Christmas Truce 16:12 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 39:16 A Child's Christmas in Wales 58:00 The Count and the Chmney Sweep 01:15:17 Beautiful Christmas Stories for Young and Old Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090924548838 My website: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-catholic-men-s-podcas...

This true story revolves around the Nazi invasion of Norway and $9 million worth of gold bullion, which must be protected from the invaders at all costs — it has to be shipped to America for safe keeping. In fact, the crafty Norwegian resistance managed to smuggle out every gold brick on the ship “Bomma,” which safely docked in Baltimore on June 28, 1940. When the police escort to the bank asked t...

This true story revolves around the Nazi invasion of Norway and $9 million worth of gold bullion, which must be protected from the invaders at all costs — it has to be shipped to America for safe keeping. In fact, the crafty Norwegian resistance managed to smuggle out every gold brick on the ship “Bomma,” which safely docked in Baltimore on June 28, 1940. When the police escort to the bank asked t...

I’m not very happy with the way this story ends, but I’m enthralled with the ingenious story structure and attention to detail in description. It’s so well done, that as I read, I can almost smell the Fall and see the full moon over the church that they visit in the story. It’s the perfect time of year to read it and I hope you enjoy the ride, because it’s been in the back of my head during all th...

Reading a story from Sea Wolf: The Daring Exploits of Navy Legend John D. Bulkeley, by William Breuer. I absolutely love this man's spirit of adventure and attention to duty! My website: https://www.spreaker.com/podca... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profi... Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

I wasn't sure what this story was about before I started reading it for the podcast, but I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. Perfect for a young reader just starting out. I wouldn't have kept any of the little idols in the story, just saying. My website: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-catholic-men-s-podcast--6075123 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090924548838 Check out...

This presentation is the culmination of 8 months of study about Saint John Bosco. It was given to a group of 75 faithful Catholics gathered at America Needs Fatima Headquarters in Pennsylvania. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel for three stories a week about Don Bosco, by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/@donboscostories Here's a playlist with every episode done so far: https://www.you...

This is a piece of Russian folklore that caught my fancy way back in 2016 when I started the podcast and I have been meaning to perform it ever since. I don't know why I liked it so much. Maybe because it's so much better than some of the lame tales we were raised on. It's original, it's interesting and a bit crazy. Oh and by the way, there's a hundred more Prince Ivan stories in Russia besides th...

This is the author's introduction to this chilling true story: Carl Ethan Akeley is considered the “Father of Modern Taxidermy, a title not lightly earned. I first saw his work in New York’s American Museum of Natural History in 1947, a small boy in hot flannel, dripping ice cream over his Buster Browns in the July heat. His bronzes of lion spearing, taken from his adventures with the Nandi of Bri...

For Father's Day, 2023, I decided to put up the very best performance of Robert Louis Stevenson's, "Treasure Island." I relive so many happy childhood memories while listening to this version. My website: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-catholic-men-s-podcast--6075123 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090924548838 The following music was used for this media project: Music:...

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Ever since my friend, Mr. Evan Olwell sent me this story, I haven't been able to get it out of my head. It's haunting really. He sent me a video from the criminally underrated YouTube Channel: Jake Evans Storyteller. Here is the video so you can show him some support. A short walk south of the village, following the footpath along the banks of the Glaslyn leads to Beddgelert's most famous historic...

This is the astonishing account of a strange occurence in Mayfield, Kentucky by Rose Wilder Lane, the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder. My website: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-catholic-men-s-podcast--6075123 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090924548838 Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

This is a radio play we did all the way back in 2015 for a Call to Chivalry Summer Camp. For more information about this miraculous event in history please read this excellent article: https://www.tfp.org/don-pelayo... Me and the boys had some good times recording this one and I hope you have equally as good of a time listening to it! My website: https://www.spreaker.com/podca... Facebook: https:/...

Taken from William J. Long's book, "How Animals Talk." The evolutionists have claimed this book, but I think it testifies more to creationism than anything else. It poses a lot of questions about animals that scientists still have no answer for even to this day, which is amazing, as this book was written in 1919 -- over a hundred years ago. I stayed up all night reading his questions about animals...

A story taken from "Top 10 Games You Can Play In Your Head, By Yourself." You are in Cairo, the year is 1940. You have a treasure to find in a secret tomb... if only you can keep your hide intact and stay one step ahead of the galley of rogues and madmen who want you dead. My website: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-catholic-men-s-podcast--6075123 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.ph...

The Joyce-Armstrong Fragment was found in the field which is called Lower Haycock, lying one mile to the westward of the village of Withyham, upon the Kent and Sussex border. It was on the 15th September last that an agricultural labourer, James Flynn, perceived a briar pipe lying near the footpath which skirts the hedge in Lower Haycock. A few paces farther on he picked up a pair of broken binocu...

Enjoy three Irish legends edited and compiled from ancient literature by W.B. Yeats. The Priest's Soul The Demon Cat The Banshee of the Macarthys. The last one was the first time in my life, I ever got truly scared while reading a story on the podcast. It was pretty late at night and all but still, I was absolutely convinced that the Banshee devil existed. Maybe it does... My website: https://www....