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The Classic Tales Podcast

B.J. Harrison

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Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 425

Every week, join award-winning narrator B.J. Harrison as he narrates the greatest stories the world has ever known. From the jungles of South America to the Mississippi Delta, from Victorian England to the sands of the Arabian desert, join us on a fantastic journey through the words of the world's greatest authors. Critically-acclaimed and highly recommended for anyone who loves a good story with plenty of substance.

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Ep. 1028, The Flying Stars, by G.K. Chesterton VINTAGE

Season 22 · Episode 1028

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 • Duration 38:11

The Flying Stars are missing. Three brilliant diamonds have been purloined during an innocent Christmas pantomime. Can Father Brown discover the culprit before the curtain falls? G.K. Chesterton, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. And now, The Flying Stars, by G.K. Chesterton Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1027, The Wake, by Donn Byrne

Season 19 · Episode 1027

Friday, April 18, 2025 • Duration 26:58

Wakes are worse when seasoned with vengeance. Donn Byrne, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne, who lived from 20 November 1889 – 18 June 1928 was an Irish writer. A fair amount of his career was in America, but in his later years, his financial straits forced him and his wife Dorothea to return to Ireland. The pacing and prose of today’s story really called to me. The gentle stream of consciousness pacing of a man’s mind when his wife has died, and his contemplations really seemed appropriate for this time of year. And now, The Wake, by Donn Byrne Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1026, Death at the Excelsior, by P.G. Wodehouse VINTAGE

Season 19 · Episode 1026

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 • Duration 53:13

Can detective Paul Snyder discover why a sea captain mysteriously died? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Today’s story is Wodehouse’s only effort in the world of sleuthing. I hope you like it. And now, Death at the Excelsior, by P.G. Wodehouse Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1025, The Headswoman, by Kenneth Grahame

Season 19 · Episode 1025

Friday, April 11, 2025 • Duration 47:15

What happens when the hereditary office of village executioner falls to a woman? Kenneth Grahame, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Kenneth Grahame is most famous for his superb fantasies, “The Wind in the Willows”, and “The Reluctant Dragon”. Today’s story is in a similar vein, where a woman demands her birthright of village executioner – and performs her duty with profound competency. And now, The Headswoman, by Kenneth Grahame Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1024, The Horror of the Heights, by Arthur Conan Doyle VINTAGE

Season 19 · Episode 1024

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 • Duration 44:29

Is there some sort of monster that lurks around 30,000 feet? One brave aviator is about to find out. Arthur Conan Doyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Today’s story was first published in Strand Magazine in 1913. It has since been included in many anthologies and publications. And now, The Horror of the Heights, by Arthur Conan Doyle Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1023, The Romance of an Ugly Policeman, by P.G. Wodehouse

Season 19 · Episode 1023

Friday, April 4, 2025 • Duration 33:38

An ugly policeman doesn’t have a lot of chances for love. Well then, what does he have to lose? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. I recently finished recording the latest audiobook from Dean Koontz. Now he’s a pretty famous suspense writer, but with his latest book, Going Home in the Dark, it’s actually a comedy. He’s told me that in the past when he’s tried something like this, the publisher’s would push back. They just didn’t get it – that it was supposed to be funny. But Dean heard my audition and thought I’d get where he was going. He thinks I’ve done a “bang-up job” with it. He describes me as someone “who knows funny – and how not to oversell it”. So, to honor this good news, we have a P.G. Wodehouse story from the short story collection The Man with Two Left Feet. And now, The Romance of an Ugly Policeman, by P.G. Wodehouse Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1022, Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving VINTAGE

Season 19 · Episode 1022

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 • Duration 41:43

How will the world change after Rip Van Winkle’s 20 year nap? Washington Irving, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Irving wrote Rip Van Winkle when he was temporarily residing in Birmingham, England. Though the story is set in New York’s Catskill Mountains, Irving admitted, “at the time I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills.” And now, Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1021, The Wife of the Kenite, by Agatha Christie

Season 19 · Episode 1021

Friday, March 28, 2025 • Duration 21:18

A political agitator gets a biblical reception in the veldt of South Africa. Agatha Christie, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Agatha Christie has sold over 100 million books. Her works have been translated into over 100 languages. She was a nurse and later an apothecary’s assistant in World War I, where she gained her knowledge of poisons. Today’s story first appeared in the September 1922 issue of The Home: An Australian Quarterly. It was likely written when Christie was in Australia during her Grand Tour, having recently left South Africa, where she set the story. After the first World War, an ex-German soldier who has taken to being a paid political agitator flees for his life after some political work near Johannesburg. And now, The Wife of the Kenite, by Agatha Christie Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1020, Dr. Ox's Experiment, Part 2 of 2, by Jules Verne VINTAGE

Season 19 · Episode 1020

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 • Duration 51:39

What will happen to the innocent villagers when Dr. Ox begins his experiment? Jules Verne, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Last week, we met Dr. Ox, who graciously offered to light the town of Quiquendone at his own expense, pumping in a unique gas of his own invention. It’s time to turn it on. And now, Dr. Ox’s Experiment, Part 2 of 2, by Jules Verne Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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Ep. 1019, The Room in the Tower, by E.F. Benson

Season 19 · Episode 1019

Friday, March 21, 2025 • Duration 36:51

Have you ever dreamed something, and then it happened in reality? E.F. Benson, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Edward Frederic Benson is often mentioned in the same breath as M.R. James and William Hope Hodgson, and holds a distinct place as one of the great writers of supernatural fiction in the Edwardian period. Today’s story is one of his finest. Benson plays with the connection between dreams and reality, and builds the tension through the device of a recurring dream, with a progression of time that mirrors reality. As with last week’s story, I was getting vibes from the original Twilight Zone when I read this one. I hope you like it. And now, The Room in the Tower, by E.F. Benson Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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