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The Classic Tales Podcast

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The Classic Tales Podcast delivers professional performances of unabridged classics. Enjoy classic short fiction from Poe, Dickens, Hardy, and others. Performed by character actor B.J. Harrison.


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Episode 134, A Diamond As Big As The Ritz, Pt2 of 2, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love comes to John and Kismine in the Hidden Valley of the Diamonds. They spend the long, lazy summer vowing never to part. Yet, how far will Kismine's father go to keep this valley of immeasurable wealth a secret? The answer will shake the earth. F. Scott Fitzgerald, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast. ...

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[ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:13:00 GMT ]


Episode 133, A Diamond As Big As The Ritz, Pt1 of 2, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Percy Washington says that his dad is the richest man in the world. His preparatory schoolmate, John, squints with a skeptical eye. Percy says his dad has a diamond as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Well, that seems like a good fantasy. But what happens when John finds out that Percy is telling the truth? F. Scott Fitzgerald, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:45:00 GMT ]


Episode 132, "Olalla" Part 2 of 2, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Haunting screams in the night herald the existence of something evil. The cries cannot be of a beast, but was there ever man or woman born who could create such a torrent of screaming infamy? Perhaps the daughter, Olalla, will explain all. Of course, she may also turn out to be the screaming demoniac.  Robert Louis Stevenson, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:36:00 GMT ]


Episode 131, "Olalla" Part 1 of 2, by Robert Louis Stevenson
There is something wrong about the Spanish residencia on the hill. Some disregard it as only a house with a mad woman with her two children. Others claim that unspeakable things happen at night, when the house is in the shadows. When a wounded war hero takes refuge in this forbidding home, he slowly realizes that degenerate people tend to fraternize with degenerate spirits. Robert Louis Stevenson, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:59:00 GMT ]


Episode 130, "Oh Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad" by M.R. James
Superstitions around Suffolk hold that one who whistles on the seashore kindles the wind. But Professor Parkins discovers that some whistles summon more than empty atmosphere. M.R. James, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:20:00 GMT ]


Episode 129, Lot No.249, Part 2 of 2, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Layers of evidence reveal to Abercrombie Smith that Bellingham must be at the bottom of the strange attacks. But in the method and manner of these outrages he finds something he cannot believe. Finally, he sees the red eyes of the demoniac in the dead of night, and his worst fears are realized. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:26:00 GMT ]


Episode 128, Lot No.249, Part 1 of 2, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Unexplained events are happening at Oxford these days. Several students have been attacked at night by some strange form of wild animal. It can scale walls with cat-like agility. Its arms are as thin and as strong as steel bands. And there is one student who conducts midnight studies in his room with certain Egyptian artifacts. The most significant of which is a 6'7" tall mummy. Arthur Conan Doyle, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 9 Oct 2009 06:35:00 GMT ]


Episode 127, Feathertop, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is widely known that Mother Rigby is one of the most powerful witches in New England. And when she constructs a make shift scarecrow to frighten the crows away, she is struck with an uncommon idea. Why not give this pumpkin headed creation life? Nathaniel Hawthorne, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast.This episode also contains a bonus episode of The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins. ...

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[ Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:49:00 GMT ]


Episode 126, The Man Who Disliked Cats, by P.G. Wodehouse
Jean Priaulx, an aspiring artist, dislikes cats. That may be an understatement. He can't stand them. Their existence is noxious to him. Why? Because he holds one of them responsible for destroying his life. How can an innocent animal devastate the life of would-be French master? Find out, on The Classic Tales Podcast. ...

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[ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:40:00 GMT ]


Episode 126, The Man Who Disliked Cats, by P.G. Wodehouse
Jean Priaulx, an aspiring artist, dislikes cats. That may be an understatement. He can't stand them. Their existence is noxious to him. Why? Because he holds one of them responsible for destroying his life. How can an innocent animal devastate the life of would-be French master? Find out, on The Classic Tales Podcast. ...

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[ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:40:00 GMT ]


Episode 125, A Case of Identity, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes hears the distressing tale of Miss Mary Sutherland. It seems that something unexpected and mysterious has happened to her fiancee, Hosmar Angel. Is it a simple case of cold feet? Holmes finds something far more diabolical, lurking deep beneath the surface. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:12:00 GMT ]


Episode 124, The Unexpected, by Jack London
Edith was a respectable maid in England, living a life that is well oiled and extremely predictable. But when she goes to the States, marriage, trail blazing, prospecting, and even murder each leave their mark on her well-mannered life. So, what happens when she is faced with The Unexpected? Find out, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. ...

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[ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:03:00 GMT ]


Episode 123, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Part 8 of 8
Victor's mad ambition comes to a chilling finale, as we see the creature creep into the chamber that holds the worldly remains of his creator. Conscience makes no coward of him, and our Gothic tale comes to an end.  Frankenstein, the unabridged mini-series, concluded on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 4 Sep 2009 05:51:00 GMT ]


Episode 122, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Part 7 of 8
Victor is accused of murder in Ireland. But the accusations that wrack his soul nearly tear his mind asunder. Traces of the monster consume him, and his ominous wedding with Elizabeth is solemnized. Frankenstein, the unabridged mini-series, continues on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT ]


Episode 121, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Part 6 of 8
The creature's proposal racks Victor with pangs of conscience and remorse. Finally, he agrees to create another patchwork horror: a mate for the fiend he has already formed. But how far will he go before he realizes that this being may be more murderous, brutal and vicious than the first?...

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[ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT ]


Episode 120, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Part 5 of 8
Upon a snow-capped mountain in Switzerland, two figures sit in grave conversation. One is misshapen, awkward, and frightening. It is he who speaks. It is he who makes a diabolical threat and proposal to his own creator. Frankenstein, the unabridged mini-series, continues on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:58:00 GMT ]


Episode 119, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Part 4 of 8
Death haunts Victor Frankenstein during every waking hour. He vows revenge on the creature he has formed. But when he meets the daemon face to face, he feels it only just to hear the creature's strange tale....

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[ Fri, 7 Aug 2009 06:46:00 GMT ]


Episode 118, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Part 3 of 8
Victor Frankenstein, scientist and surgeon, after creating his monster has suffered a nervous attack. When he regains his senses after three months of illness, he learns that the cry of "Murder!" is sounded at home. But this is a sound that he will hear again, and again. Frankenstein, the unabridged mini-series, continues on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:33:00 GMT ]


Episode 117, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Part 2 of 8
In the thunderous hills above Ingolstadt, a creature is formed. It is a being so horrible in aspect that its own creator turns away in disgust. The whirlwind of consequence begins for the ambitious and brilliant giver of life. Frankenstein, the unabridged mini-series, continues on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:33:00 GMT ]


Episode 116, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Part 1 of 8
In the frozen wastes north of Russia, a lone seaward vessel seeks the elusive Northwest Passage. Suddenly they sight a dog sled with a gargantuan figure in the shape of a man, driving the dogs northward to sure oblivion. The following day, they find another sled. This sled is filled with a European near death, and when asked what he is chasing, he simply replies, "to seek one who fled from me." Frankenstein, the unabridged mini-series, today on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:31:00 GMT ]


Episode 112, Imprisoned with the Pharaohs, Part 1 of 2, by H.P. Lovecraft
Legends abound in the land of Egypt. Legends of mysterious ancient powers that sleep beneath the man made monuments of death, known as the pyramids. When the great escape artist Harry Houdini visits the land of the Pharaohs, he is forced to perform an escape from terrors unknown to those who breathe the earthly air....

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[ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:52:00 GMT ]


Episode 111, Battle of the Witchdoctors and other tales, by H. Rider Haggard and others
Two witchdoctors battle for tribal supremacy in the middle of the throes of a lightening storm. Also, three harrowing tales from real adventurers, each in turn wrestling alligators, chased by gargantuan spiders, and ravaged by lions. It's exotic adventure at it's best - today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:13:00 GMT ]


Episode 110, The Country of the Blind, Part 2 of 2, by H.G. Wells
In the Country of Blind Men, the one-eyed man is king. Nunez acquires his kingdom of sight, such as it is, and our story is concluded. ...

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[ Fri, 5 Jun 2009 05:24:00 GMT ]


Episode 109, The Country of the Blind, Part 1 of 2, by H.G. Wells
In the wild wastes of Ecuador's Andes, tales have been whispered of a fabled Country of Blind Men. It is a place that has been cut off from the rest of the world for centuries, and all the inhabitants are indeed blind. When Nunez, the explorer, narrowly escapes death and discovers this village, he discovers how much truth is hidden in the proverb: In the Country of the Blind, the One Eyed Man Is King. H.G. Wells, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 29 May 2009 05:39:00 GMT ]


Episode 105, The Ghost In The Mill, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Storytelling can take a ghostly turn when you are snowed in, in the mountains. And when two good ol' boys have their roistering halted by a mysterious Indian woman, the weird spirit she conjures turns their blood to ice. Harriet Beecher Stowe, today, on the Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 1 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT ]


Episode 102, "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
Paul weaves an imaginary world about him, full of flamboyant lies and belligerence. And when the mesh of his web reaches the critical point, he lashes back at the world with shocking audacity. Willa Cather, today, on the Classic Tales Podcast. ...

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[ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:59:00 GMT ]


Episode 101, "The Kiss", by Anton Chekhov
A mysterious kiss given in the darkness changes the life of a young Russian officer. Anton Chekhov makes his debut on the Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 3 Apr 2009 05:07:00 GMT ]


Episode 100, "Murder With Vine and String", by Maupassant, Bierce, and Stevenson
Today we hear from A Madman, A Consumptive, and the Devil's Lexicographer. Guy de Maupassant, who was institutionalized in a mental hospital in his later years, reveals how suspicion can overwhelm to the point of self-destruction in "The Piece of String". Ambrose Bierce, known as the Devil's Lexicographer, tells of a vine-ridden haunted house in "A Vine on a House". And Robert Louis Stevenson, despite his chronic, debilitating tuberculosis, unwraps the story of "Markheim...

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[ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:55:00 GMT ]


Episode 99, A Scandal in Bohemia, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes receives a client wearing a mask, submitting an insoluble quandary to the great detective. The history of Europe may be changed forever, if Holmes cannot prevent a scandal in Bohemia. Arthur Conan Doyle, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:33:00 GMT ]


Episode 98, "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg" Part 2 of 2, by Mark Twain
Hadleyburg gathers for the biggest, brightest town meeting in history. But by the time the meeting ends, Hadleyburg's incorruptibility turns out to be about as pure as yesterday's dishwater. The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg, concluded, on The Classic Tales Podcast....

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[ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:18:00 GMT ]

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