1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

  • 32 minutes 1 second
    THE WIND by RAY BRADBURY

    A man of sciencewho has traveled the world searching for the source of the evil winds that destroy mankind finds himself pursued by them. He locks hilmself in his house in an effort to beat them.....

    9 March 2025, 5:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 2 seconds
    THE SPRING OF A LION AN ALLAN QUARTERMAINE STORY by H. RIDER HAGGARD

    An aged Allan Quartermaine entertains a couple of old friends at his home who ask him for a story- and he rewards them with the story of the time he bagged 4 lions in one encounter.

     

    9 March 2025, 5:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 1 second
    BEST OF (#53 of 557) THE SALAD OF COLONEL CRAY A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY

    Father Brown, walking through a small town in the early morning hours, hears 5 pistol shots followed by some strange noises, and though he knows he should keep walking, his curiosity demands satisfaction....

     

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    7 March 2025, 5:01 am
  • 36 minutes 24 seconds
    COUNT KONRAD'S COURTSHIP by ROBERT BARR

    A knight returns from the Crusades to his castle in Germany to find that the neighboring castle is under seige and that a beautiful 18 year old girl named Brunhilda Bernstein is defending it staunchly, the King having died during the seige and her brother off at war.

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    5 March 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 9 seconds
    AFTER 20 YEARS and LOST ON DRESS PARADE A DOUBLE TREAT FROM O.HENRY

    Two great short stories from O.Henry!

    AFTER TWENTY YEARS-  A cop walking the beat at night passes a man standing quietly in a passageway and they exchange greetings. The man tells the cop he is waiting for an old friend to show up- they had grown up together there in the city and became separated after agreeing to meet at this time and place in exactly 20 years.....

    LOST ON DRESS PARADE- A twenty-something young man invests in a fine outfit and plans on dining at the best places so he can see and be seen by the wealthy and popular with hopes he can move up in society. On the way to dine he runs into a beautiful young lady who has twisted her ankle. She is wearing a cheap dress and she hasn't been formally introduced to the young man but he talks her into forgetting social graces and dining with him. During dinner he begins putting on airs and dropping names in an effort to impress....

     

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    2 March 2025, 5:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 36 seconds
    THE LEOPARD MAN'S STORY (FROM 1001 BEST OF JACK LONDON) SHORT SHORT SATURDAY SPECIAL

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    1 March 2025, 4:41 pm
  • 45 minutes 48 seconds
    BEST OF (#52 of 556) THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN & BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP by H.P. LOVECRAFT

    This 1001 Stories Network DOUBLE FEATURE includes two great H.P.Lovecraft short stories, the first being THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN- a story about a frail old man who lives alone in a New England village and is reputed to have a fortune in gold doubloons- a fortune that three robbers want. In BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP a young doctor in a mental hospital receives a strange patient that seems to be experiencing dreams from another dimension. Being curious, the doctor rigs up a radio style device to the patients head and the story heads into the outer dimensions from there. LOVECRAFT STORIES BY LOVECRAFT PODCAST

     

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    28 February 2025, 5:01 am
  • 32 minutes 33 seconds
    JERSEY AND MULBERRY by HC BUNNER

    A cranky old lady writes a mean editorial to the city paper about an organ grinder who was playing beneath her window, asking the city to move him off the streets.A reader replies giving us a picture of that part of the city and just how many people look forward to the organ grinder's music, which brings happiness for a short time to a population which cannot afford to go out and pay for entertainment.  GREAT story by HC Bunner

    26 February 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 10 seconds
    THE FAIRY TALE OF FATHER BROWN by G.K.CHESTERTON

    Father Brown and his trusty friend Flambeau are visiting an old castle in Germany when Flambeau shares the story of an unsolved murder which occurred there years ago.

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    23 February 2025, 5:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 43 seconds
    O.HENRY DOUBLE FEATURE: THE SLEUTHS AND WITCHES LOAVES

    The Sleuths- A man comes to New York City to find his sister whom he knows is in need of financial help but is led astray by ineffective and expensive detectives.

    Wictches Loaves-An older woman who owns a bakery takes pity on a regular customer who orders stale bread crumbs and decides to apply a little surprise butter to them on one of his visits....

    19 February 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 37 seconds
    BEST OF (#51 of 555) ASLEEP IN ARMEGEDDON by RAY BRADBURY

    A Classic sci-fi short story by Ray Bradbury that tells of a space traveler who has crash landed on a planet inhabited by thoughts- beings with no form that destroyed their own civilizations through war and have been waiting eons for a living being to land there. All he has to do is avoid sleep for sic days until the rescue ship comes.....

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    19 February 2025, 10:00 pm
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