1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

The fish patrol comes upon a situation where a crew of Italians fishing illegally go to great extremes not to get caught by the law before being offered asylum by an anchored British ship. Charley and his mate, our narrator, spend weeks patrolling the anchored ship in an effort to prevent the escapees from escaping- until an idea hits them.... New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID U...

In this gripping Australian tale, Henry Lawson recounts the life of a bush woman who rarely sees her husband and knows only a life of drudgery and work amidst a passel of children. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcast...

A young man moving with his wife to a bleak shack in the Australian Outback begins to see the errors in his past actions that brought them to this point. An excellent tale of the reality of life in the unforgiving outback from Australia's legendary poet and short story writer Henry Lawson. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcas...

Two ghostly stories by one of the masters, Ambrose Bierce, New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c7d0-4535-b276-1282990e46ba/1001-radio-crime-solvers 1001's Best of Jack London- https://podcasts.google.com/fe...

A gambler returns to his hometown to find his best friend down in the dumps because his beautiful wife has rejected him. Now Here! 1001 Tales of Escape & Suspense New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c7d0-45...

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins from Matthew 25 states that ten virgins await a bridegroom , five have brought enough oil for their lamps to wait, while the oil of the other five runs out. the five virgins who prepare for the bridegroom's arrival are rewarded while the five who went to buy more oil miss the bridegroom's arrival and are disowned. Unless I'm missing something bridegroom'...

Little John and Robin Hood decide to don costumes and each go their own way to see what adventures befall them. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c7d0-4535-b276-1282990e46ba/1001-radio-crime-solvers 1001'...

In this story, a 30 year old woman named Hettie, down on her luck and making a stew with only meat, meets a young lady in her apartment house who is also down on her luck, but has a potato. The two bond and the younger one pours out her troubles while the onion less stew is cooking...... New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast....

This story about an evil knight and his band of men who decide to attack and destroy the nearby castle of an Abbey and his monks features the famous Robert Barr diabolical twist at the end... New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon....

A noted sociologist returns to the city of his boyhood to find it has changed for the worse. He decides to explore a tavern and ends up being surrounded and beaten by the owner and his cronies, who press charges against him and perjure themselves in court -where the judge is in on the fix. Later, a strange quirk of fate allows the wronged man a chance at revenge. New Twitter address- @1001podcast...

This well-written but controversial short story involves a wealthy woman who finds an 11 year old boy by the seashore and, finding that he has no mother or father, talks the old man who raised him into letting the boy be raised by her so he can attend fine schools and have a better life. This story drives reviewers wild due to the woman's brazenness and the old man's decision to let the boy go, bu...

While enjoying the company of an old friend, a middle-aged man recalls his unusual New Year's Eve trapped by a rushing tide aboard a wrecked schooner with a younger woman who had come with her father and sisters to sketch it before the wrecked hull was swept away by the ocean. Soon they were trapped by the wind and the rising sea,not knowing if the sea would reclaim the wreck along with them. This...

The story of Joan of Arc and an old tale of how King Charlemagne named his castle- all with the help of a notorious robber knight. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c7d0-4535-b276-1282990e46ba/1001-radio-...

A love triangle develops between two young women and a young aspiring male artist whom they both admire. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c7d0-4535-b276-1282990e46ba/1001-radio-crime-solvers 1001's Best...

R.H, Davis offers two tales of the city- this time new York City, as our hero narrator, van Bibber relates first the story of his catching a burglar and the act, and second, his act of kindness in helping out the younger brother of one of his friends who is eloping and about to create a scandal for his and her family.. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From T...

The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot uses his "little grey cells" to break an international spy ring. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c7d0-4535-b276-1282990e46ba/1001-radio-crime-solvers 1001 Rad...

In this interesting two part story set in the north country outside of Quebec, our narrator has booked a hunting trip with his friend and guide, who has left early to get supplies in Quebec. the guide has a family with a wife and a pair of twins he is very proud of. In part one, a curious sound alerts the wife to the movement of a rocker they have placed in the kitchen, where she thinks she hears...

In the futuristic story, written for McClure's Magazine in 1906, the U.S. and its allies (in 1976) launch germ warfare against China with devastating success. Its a vvery interesting story which correctly predicts the rapid rise of China after it splits away from its growth catalyst, Japan. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodca...

Robin Hood and his band come upon a knight who has lost his fortune and soon his home to the government/church- and they immediately set to work trying to help him out. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c...

A group of men traveling on a steamer from England to America decide to befriend a young man who they believe is being taken advantage of by an expert gambler at the poker table. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/...

A lonely Norwegian immigrant who has built his own home and started a farm longs for a wife- but his shyness and lack of social graces makes marriage almost impossible. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c...

As most of you listeners know, Allan A Dale has a sweetheart who has been promised to an older man by her father, and the wedding is about to take place. Robin has an idea that will turn the outcome on its head, so he picks 12 of his best men and sets off to complete his mission. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podc...

A nine year old motherless girl in a small frontier community keeps close watch on her 5 plain little dolls with the help of a number of men in the community who sometimes rescue the lost dolls from snowbanks and roadsides. When the day comes that she has to part to attend a girls school and leave her dolls behind, the men who wind up caring for the dolls wait anxiously for some word from her to r...

A young man with a bad reputation of being a womanizer marries a sweet young girl against her parent's wishes, and during the wedding reception he receives an urgent message from his old lover saying she is having difficulties in childbirth and asking him to come immediately. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_...

Kipling proves his mastery in a yarn about three journalists who take a budget steamer to save expenses and run into a terrifying event in the ocean. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c7d0-4535-b276-12829...