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.
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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 MYSTERYWed, 30 Oct 2024 - 0h
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722 - BEST OF (#35 of 515) THE BODY SNATCHERS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWed, 30 Oct 2024 - 0h
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721 - THE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER by AMBROSE BIERCEWed, 23 Oct 2024 - 0h
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720 - A GHOST by GUY de MAUPASSANTSun, 20 Oct 2024 - 0h
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719 - BEST OF (#34 of 515) CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST by O.HENRYFri, 18 Oct 2024 - 0h
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718 - HOW THE JACK O' LANTERN GOT ITS NAMEWed, 16 Oct 2024 - 0h
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717 - AN INVITATION by ROBERT BARRSun, 13 Oct 2024 - 0h
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716 - BEST OF (#33 OF 514) THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (PT 2) by RICHARD CONNELLFri, 11 Oct 2024 - 0h
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715 - BEST OF (#32 OF 514) THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (PT I) by RICHARD CONNELLFri, 11 Oct 2024 - 0h
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714 - THE PURPLE WIG A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K.CHESTERTONWed, 09 Oct 2024 - 0h
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713 - KEN'S DAY and BREAKING TRAINING by ZANE GREYSun, 06 Oct 2024 - 0h
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712 - BEST OF (#31 OF 513) THE ADVENTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB by AGATHA CHRISTIEFri, 04 Oct 2024 - 0h
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711 - THE TENOR by H. C. BUNNERWed, 02 Oct 2024 - 0h
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710 - A METTER OF PRINCIPLE and THE FIRST PLACE GAME THE YOUNG PITCHER by ZANE GREYSun, 29 Sep 2024 - 0h
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709 - BEST OF (#32 OF 504) DRACULA'S GUEST by BRAM STOKERFri, 27 Sep 2024 - 0h
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708 - RAPPACINI'S DAUGHTER (PT 2) by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEWed, 25 Sep 2024 - 0h
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707 - MRS.RAEBURN'S WAXWORKS by LADY ELEANOR SMITHSun, 22 Sep 2024 - 0h
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706 - BEST OF (#31 OF 503) THE STUDENT by ANTON CHEKHOV STORIES BY CHEKHOVFri, 20 Sep 2024 - 0h
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705 - RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER (PT 1) by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEWed, 18 Sep 2024 - 0h
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704 - FRIENDSHIP and THE HEARN GAME ZANE GREYSun, 15 Sep 2024 - 0h
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703 - BEST OF (#30 OF 502) THREE WISE MEN by DAMON RUNYANFri, 13 Sep 2024 - 0h
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702 - STATE UNIVERSITY GAME and KEN CLASHES WITH GRAVESWed, 11 Sep 2024 - 0h
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701 - IN THE SPRING and A COWARD by MAUPASSANTSun, 08 Sep 2024 - 0h
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700 - BEST OF (#29 OF 501) THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTUREFri, 06 Sep 2024 - 0h
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699 - A SISTERLY SCHEME by H.C. BUNNERWed, 04 Sep 2024 - 0h
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698 - PRESIDENT HALSTEAD ON COLLEGE SPIRIT and NEW PLAYERSSun, 01 Sep 2024 - 0h
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697 - BEST OF (#28 OF 500) GARM-A HOSTAGE by RUDYARD KIPLINGFri, 30 Aug 2024 - 0h
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696 - A RULER OF MEN by O.HENRYWed, 28 Aug 2024 - 0h
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695 - HUNTER QUARTERMAINE'S STORY by H. RIDER HAGGARDSun, 25 Aug 2024 - 0h
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694 - BEST OF (#27 of 500) THE INTERLOPERS by SAKIFri, 23 Aug 2024 - 0h
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693 - OLD TICONDEROGA by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEWed, 21 Aug 2024 - 0h
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692 - ANNIHILATION AND EXAMINATIONS ZANE GREY THE YOUNG PITCHERSun, 18 Aug 2024 - 0h
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691 - BEST OF (#26 of 478) AUNT PHILIPPA AND THE MEN by LUCY MAUD MONTTGOMERYFri, 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 ARTHURWed, 14 Aug 2024 - 0h
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689 - THE THREE TOOLS OF DEATH A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K.CHESTERTONSun, 11 Aug 2024 - 0h
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688 - BEST OF (#25 OF 476) WILLIAM WILSON by EDGAR ALLEN POEFri, 09 Aug 2024
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687 - THE CAGE and OUT ON THE FIELD BY ZANE GREYWed, 07 Aug 2024 - 0h
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686 - THE SAFETY MATCH by ANTON CHEKHOVSun, 04 Aug 2024 - 0h
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685 - BEST OF (#24 ORF 473) BREAD and THAT IOWA TOWN from PRAIRIE GOLDFri, 02 Aug 2024 - 0h
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684 - RIP VAN WINKLE by WASHINGTON IRVINGWed, 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 KNIGHTSSun, 28 Jul 2024
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682 - BEST OF 1001 (#23 FAV OF 472) WAR and JAN THE UNREPENTANT JACK LONDONFri, 26 Jul 2024 - 0h
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681 - A TINY LITTLE THING and ANDROCLUS & THE LION TALES FOR ALL AGESWed, 24 Jul 2024 - 0h
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680 - THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES and THE SWINEHERD HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSONSun, 21 Jul 2024 - 0h
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679 - BEST OF (#22 OF 471) TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA by O.HENRYFri, 19 Jul 2024 - 0h
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678 - THE SIGN OF THE BROKEN SWORD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERYWed, 17 Jul 2024 - 0h
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677 - PRISONER OF THE SOPHS and CALL FOR CANDIDATES ZANE GREY THE YOUNG PITCHERSun, 14 Jul 2024 - 0h
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676 - BEST OF 1001 (#21 OF 470) BRIGHTEN'S SISTER-IN-LAW by HENRY LAWSONFri, 12 Jul 2024 - 0h
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675 - THE VARSITY CAPTAIN and A GREAT ARM by ZANE GREYWed, 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 KNIGHTSSun, 07 Jul 2024 - 0h
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