1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
Expand your horizons with this collection of hand-picked classic short stories and tales by writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced stories and captivating tales are chosen for their unique flavor, are suitable for all ages and tastes, and provide a window to a time when writers knew how to tell great stories using descriptive words and phrases.. We now offer new episodes twice weekly, Wednesdays at 5pm ET and Sundays at noon ET. Plus watch for "Best Of" Fridays 1am.
Categories: Society & Culture
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Father Brown gets into a discussion with a well repected detective who believes that murderers can be picked out of a crowd, while the kindly father explains that men commit murder for all kinds of reasons and its impossible to identify them by sight.
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Previous episodes
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723 - THE MAN WITH TWO BEARDS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY Wed, 30 Oct 2024 - 0h
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722 - BEST OF (#35 of 515) THE BODY SNATCHERS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Wed, 30 Oct 2024 - 0h
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721 - THE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER by AMBROSE BIERCE Wed, 23 Oct 2024 - 0h
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720 - A GHOST by GUY de MAUPASSANT Sun, 20 Oct 2024 - 0h
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719 - BEST OF (#34 of 515) CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST by O.HENRY Fri, 18 Oct 2024 - 0h
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718 - HOW THE JACK O' LANTERN GOT ITS NAME Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - 0h
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717 - AN INVITATION by ROBERT BARR Sun, 13 Oct 2024 - 0h
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716 - BEST OF (#33 OF 514) THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (PT 2) by RICHARD CONNELL Fri, 11 Oct 2024 - 0h
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715 - BEST OF (#32 OF 514) THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (PT I) by RICHARD CONNELL Fri, 11 Oct 2024 - 0h
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714 - THE PURPLE WIG A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K.CHESTERTON Wed, 09 Oct 2024 - 0h
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713 - KEN'S DAY and BREAKING TRAINING by ZANE GREY Sun, 06 Oct 2024 - 0h
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712 - BEST OF (#31 OF 513) THE ADVENTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB by AGATHA CHRISTIE Fri, 04 Oct 2024 - 0h
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711 - THE TENOR by H. C. BUNNER Wed, 02 Oct 2024 - 0h
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710 - A METTER OF PRINCIPLE and THE FIRST PLACE GAME THE YOUNG PITCHER by ZANE GREY Sun, 29 Sep 2024 - 0h
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709 - BEST OF (#32 OF 504) DRACULA'S GUEST by BRAM STOKER Fri, 27 Sep 2024 - 0h
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708 - RAPPACINI'S DAUGHTER (PT 2) by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Wed, 25 Sep 2024 - 0h
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707 - MRS.RAEBURN'S WAXWORKS by LADY ELEANOR SMITH Sun, 22 Sep 2024 - 0h
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706 - BEST OF (#31 OF 503) THE STUDENT by ANTON CHEKHOV STORIES BY CHEKHOV Fri, 20 Sep 2024 - 0h
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705 - RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER (PT 1) by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Wed, 18 Sep 2024 - 0h
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704 - FRIENDSHIP and THE HEARN GAME ZANE GREY Sun, 15 Sep 2024 - 0h
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703 - BEST OF (#30 OF 502) THREE WISE MEN by DAMON RUNYAN Fri, 13 Sep 2024 - 0h
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702 - STATE UNIVERSITY GAME and KEN CLASHES WITH GRAVES Wed, 11 Sep 2024 - 0h
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701 - IN THE SPRING and A COWARD by MAUPASSANT Sun, 08 Sep 2024 - 0h
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700 - BEST OF (#29 OF 501) THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE Fri, 06 Sep 2024 - 0h
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699 - A SISTERLY SCHEME by H.C. BUNNER Wed, 04 Sep 2024 - 0h
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698 - PRESIDENT HALSTEAD ON COLLEGE SPIRIT and NEW PLAYERS Sun, 01 Sep 2024 - 0h
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697 - BEST OF (#28 OF 500) GARM-A HOSTAGE by RUDYARD KIPLING Fri, 30 Aug 2024 - 0h
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696 - A RULER OF MEN by O.HENRY Wed, 28 Aug 2024 - 0h
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695 - HUNTER QUARTERMAINE'S STORY by H. RIDER HAGGARD Sun, 25 Aug 2024 - 0h
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694 - BEST OF (#27 of 500) THE INTERLOPERS by SAKI Fri, 23 Aug 2024 - 0h
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693 - OLD TICONDEROGA by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Wed, 21 Aug 2024 - 0h
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692 - ANNIHILATION AND EXAMINATIONS ZANE GREY THE YOUNG PITCHER Sun, 18 Aug 2024 - 0h
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691 - BEST OF (#26 of 478) AUNT PHILIPPA AND THE MEN by LUCY MAUD MONTTGOMERY Fri, 16 Aug 2024 - 0h
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690 - THE STORY OF SIR PELIAS (CHAPS 5-6) by HOWARD PYLE from THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR Wed, 14 Aug 2024 - 0h
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689 - THE THREE TOOLS OF DEATH A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K.CHESTERTON Sun, 11 Aug 2024 - 0h
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688 - BEST OF (#25 OF 476) WILLIAM WILSON by EDGAR ALLEN POE Fri, 09 Aug 2024
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687 - THE CAGE and OUT ON THE FIELD BY ZANE GREY Wed, 07 Aug 2024 - 0h
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686 - THE SAFETY MATCH by ANTON CHEKHOV Sun, 04 Aug 2024 - 0h
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685 - BEST OF (#24 ORF 473) BREAD and THAT IOWA TOWN from PRAIRIE GOLD Fri, 02 Aug 2024 - 0h
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684 - RIP VAN WINKLE by WASHINGTON IRVING Wed, 31 Jul 2024 - 0h
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683 - THE STORY OF SIR PELLIAS (CHAPS 3-4) from THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS Sun, 28 Jul 2024
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682 - BEST OF 1001 (#23 FAV OF 472) WAR and JAN THE UNREPENTANT JACK LONDON Fri, 26 Jul 2024 - 0h
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681 - A TINY LITTLE THING and ANDROCLUS & THE LION TALES FOR ALL AGES Wed, 24 Jul 2024 - 0h
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680 - THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES and THE SWINEHERD HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON Sun, 21 Jul 2024 - 0h
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679 - BEST OF (#22 OF 471) TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA by O.HENRY Fri, 19 Jul 2024 - 0h
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678 - THE SIGN OF THE BROKEN SWORD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY Wed, 17 Jul 2024 - 0h
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677 - PRISONER OF THE SOPHS and CALL FOR CANDIDATES ZANE GREY THE YOUNG PITCHER Sun, 14 Jul 2024 - 0h
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676 - BEST OF 1001 (#21 OF 470) BRIGHTEN'S SISTER-IN-LAW by HENRY LAWSON Fri, 12 Jul 2024 - 0h
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675 - THE VARSITY CAPTAIN and A GREAT ARM by ZANE GREY Wed, 10 Jul 2024 - 0h
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674 - THE STORY OF SIR PELIAS (CHAPS 1-2) FROM HOWARD PYLE'S 'THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS Sun, 07 Jul 2024 - 0h