Can Lord Peter Wimsey help when his brother is accused of murder? Because things aren’t looking good. Dorothy Sayers, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episode for the week is “The Offshore Pirate”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Be sure to check it out on Tuesday. The Vintage Episodes will not stream through YouTube, so if you don’t want to miss anything, please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. If you’ve enjoyed the ...
Jan 05, 2024•55 min•Season 18Ep. 893
When big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford falls overboard and swims to an island with a bad reputation, the hunter quickly becomes the hunted. Richard Connell, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. A new Vintage Episode is released every Tuesday. New content will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the lights on by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com , and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much...
Jan 02, 2024•57 min•Season 17Ep. 892
The Cisco Kid’s days are numbered, now that they’ve located his sweetheart. How can they evade the Federales? O. Henry, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episode for the week is “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell. Be sure to check it out on Tuesday. The Vintage Episodes will not stream through YouTube, so if you don’t want to miss anything, please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. If you’ve enjoyed th...
Dec 29, 2023•31 min•Season 17Ep. 891
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson deduce the whereabouts of a famous jewel based on a hat and a Christmas goose. Arthur Conan Doyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. A new Vintage Episode is released every Tuesday. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com , and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much. The Ad...
Dec 26, 2023•48 min•Season 17Ep. 890
A last-minute shopping excursion leads to a Christmas miracle in the country. Lucy Maud Montgomery, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes are back. Check us out on Tuesday for The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Vintage Episodes will not stream through YouTube, so if you don’t want to miss anything, please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Please become a monthly supporter, and h...
Dec 22, 2023•19 min•Season 17Ep. 889
The Ghosts of Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Neither pull any punches for Ebeneezer Scrooge. Charles Dickens, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. A new Vintage Episode is released every Tuesday. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com , and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much. The Vintage Ep...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 17Ep. 888
All is revealed, and Jimmy shows his true mettle – while demonstrating his singular gift for intrusion. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes are back. Check us out on Tuesday for Part 3 of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. Christmas on Tuesdays, Romantic Comedy on Fridays. Who could ask for anything more? Please become a monthly supporter, and help to keep this good thing going: Please go to h...
Dec 15, 2023•57 min•Season 17Ep. 887
Perspective. That’s what Ebeneezer Scrooge needs, and a journey with a ghost can give it to him. Hopefully. Charles Dickens, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. A new Vintage Episode is released every Tuesday. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com , and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much. The Vintage Ep...
Dec 12, 2023•43 min•Season 17Ep. 886
Ah, the things we’ll do when we’re driven to our limits. Burglary? For a Lord of the Realm? I’m not saying it’s completely out of the question. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes are back. Check us out on Tuesday for Part 2 of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. Christmas on Tuesdays, Romantic Comedy on Fridays. Who could ask for anything more? Please become a monthly supporter, and help to ke...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 17Ep. 885
Ebeneezer Scrooge rules his shop with an iron fist and a miserly glare. Perhaps a ghost or two can snap him out of it. Charles Dickens, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. A new Vintage Episode is released every Tuesday. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com , and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much. The...
Dec 05, 2023•48 min•Season 17Ep. 884
Safe and sound aboard a canoe on the lake, Jimmy can straiten things out with Molly. But how can he possibly win over her bulldog of a father? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes are coming back. Did we raise all that we needed to? No. But I don’t like going backwards. I think I went too big too soon. So, we’re going to do one vintage episode on Tuesdays, and one episode of new content on Fridays....
Dec 01, 2023•55 min•Season 17Ep. 883
Between the detectives, the suspicious father, and the upcoming theatricals, how is Jimmy to get closer to Molly? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you so much to all our new and returning supporters who chipped in this week. We’d like to get the vintage episodes back as quickly as possible. Here’s how you can help us out: Please go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a monthly supporter for as lit...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 17Ep. 882
How can Jimmy convince Molly’s pugnacious father that he is not, in fact, a professional burglar? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you so much to all our new and returning supporters who chipped in this week. We’d like to get the vintage episodes back as quickly as possible. Here’s how you can help us out: Please go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a monthly supporter for as little as $5 a mont...
Nov 17, 2023•51 min•Season 17Ep. 881
A year of globe-trotting can’t cure Jimmy’s curious affliction. Will he ever get the remarkable girl from the steamer out of his head? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. We’ve had a few folks become supporters! Thank you so much to all our new and returning supporters who chipped in this week. However, we still have a long way to go. Please go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a monthly supporter for as...
Nov 10, 2023•59 min•Season 17Ep. 880
Everyone says that Jimmy is the same jolly chap as ever, even after coming into money. So why does he agree to break into a house? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Well, I hate to say it, I mean I really hate to say it, but we’ll be suspending the vintage episodes for a bit. Right now, it’s too cost prohibitive. But here’s what I’d like to do about it: If we get enough new supporters, we can start it up again. So p...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 17Ep. 879
Why does withholding Culwin make things worse by holding his tongue? Edith Wharton, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com , and becoming a supporter. Thank you ...
Nov 01, 2023•52 min•Season 17Ep. 878
Sleepy Hollow sounded like such a peaceful place to the gentle Ichabod Crane. Boy, was he in for a surprise. Washington Irving, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudiobook...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 17Ep. 877
Why is an unobtrusive, simple flat in the middle of London outrageously haunted? Edward Bulwer-Lytton, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Halloween! Keep an eye open for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , by Washington Irving, and The Eyes , by Edith Wharton. As you’ve noticed, there’s a lot of new material we’re sending your way, and we really want to keep the momentum going. Please go to http:...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 17Ep. 876
Dreaming of eternal tranquility, Winzy quaffs the elixir of immortality. But soon his tranquility turns to torture. Mary Shelley, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudiobo...
Oct 25, 2023•24 min•Season 17Ep. 875
It was the dull, sightless, vulture's eye that shredded his final nerve. Edgar Allan Poe, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com , and becoming a supporter. Than...
Oct 23, 2023•18 min•Season 17Ep. 874
The mystery of the cursed room is solved, and all is revealed. Anonymous, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes of The Classic Tales Podcast are in full swing – every Monday and Wednesday. Monday we’ll have The Tell-Tale Heart , by Edgar Allan Poe , and on Wednesday, The Mortal Immortal , by Mary Shelley. It actually takes quite a bit more work to release three episodes a week instead of one, so if you’d like more ...
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 17Ep. 873
Seeking shelter from the storm, a young traveler finds refuge in a cozy cottage nestled in the notch of a hill. But is the cottage really safe? Nathaniel Hawthorne, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by ...
Oct 18, 2023•24 min•Season 17Ep. 872
After abandoning a life of dissipation, the baron settles down - but this version of simple domesticity isn’t what he had in mind. Charles Dickens, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://c...
Oct 16, 2023•26 min•Season 17Ep. 871
What does Evie discover when she finds the cursed, closed cabinet – open? Anonymous, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes of The Classic Tales Podcast are in full swing – every Monday and Wednesday. Monday we’ll have The Baron of Grogswig , by Charles Dickens , and on Wednesday, The Ambitious Guest , by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It actually takes quite a bit more work to release three episodes a week instead of one, so...
Oct 13, 2023•52 min•Season 17Ep. 870
Jabez Wilson is exorbitantly paid to copy the Encyclopedia Britannica at a certain time and place every day. Is he right to be suspicious? Arthur Conan Doyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to http://classictalesaudio...
Oct 11, 2023•58 min•Season 17Ep. 869
Father and son enter a magic shop where the shopman is a genius at sleight of hand. But, as the son becomes more and more enthralled, the father feels an icy hand grip his heart. H.G. Wells, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by g...
Oct 09, 2023•27 min•Season 17Ep. 868
A family secret, an ominous curse, and a mysterious cabinet equals a surplusage of horrors. No wonder the writer withheld their name. Anonymous, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes of The Classic Tales Podcast are in full swing – every Monday and Wednesday. How did you like them? Are you looking for more? Please let us know by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com . Pick up an audiobook, become a supporter, ...
Oct 06, 2023•56 min•Season 17Ep. 867
Enter the tormented mind of a prisoner in his quest for hope in a world of darkness. Edgar Allan Poe, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. If you like the Vintage Episodes, please let us know by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com . Become a supporter, tell your friends, orde...
Oct 04, 2023•44 min•Season 17Ep. 866
Everyone says Henry’s wife, Phoebe, has died. But to Henry, she’s still alive. Theodore Dreiser, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. If you like the Vintage Episodes, please let us know by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com . Become a supporter, tell your friends, order an ...
Oct 02, 2023•46 min•Season 17Ep. 865
Have 30 years dimmed the memory of music in Clark’s aunt? What will happen if it’s awakened? Willa Cather, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes of The Classic Tales Podcast just keep coming. How did you like them? Are you looking for more? Please let us know by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com . Pick up an audiobook, become a supporter, leave a review, or send us an email. Let us know if you’d like more....
Sep 29, 2023•26 min•Season 17Ep. 864
