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TIMELESS CLASSICS: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Chapters 5 & 6 By L. M. Montgomery 1001 Stories For The Road In Chapters 5 and 6 of Anne of Green Gables, we begin to understand the difficult childhood behind Anne Shirley's extraordinary imagination. Chapter 5: Anne's History As Marilla takes Anne back toward Mrs. Spencer, she asks Anne to tell her about her past. Anne's parents, Walter and Bertha Shirley, were schoolteachers who died of fever when Anne was still a baby. From there Anne was passed

GUNSMOKE: "BARTON BOY" Originally broadcast October 1, 1955, "Barton Boy" begins with a train robbery near Walnut Creek. A baggage clerk is murdered, young Billy Barton is wounded, and the robber escapes with the strongbox. Billy survives, but his memories of the attack are incomplete. [stupidpotato.com], [goldie.fm] That leaves Marshal Matt Dillon with very little to work with. But Billy remembers something important: the killer's distinctive weak voice. That fragment of memory may be the clue

THE BIG CUP A howling dog leads a neighbor to make a horrifying discovery: an elderly woman has been found murdered inside her Los Angeles home. Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner begin the painstaking work of reconstructing what happened, examining the scene, questioning those who knew the victim, and looking for the motive behind the killing. Suspicion eventually turns toward someone much closer to the victim than a random burglar, but suspicion isn't enough. Friday must separate circumstan

THE BLACK MUSEUM: THE CHAMPAGNE GLASS [goldie.fm] ORSON WELLES Welcome to the dark corridors of The Black Museum, where an ordinary object can hold the secret to an extraordinary crime. Hosted and narrated by the legendary Orson Welles, The Black Museum took listeners into stories inspired by cases connected with Scotland Yard's collection of crime evidence. [youtube.com] Tonight's object seems innocent enough: a champagne glass. Champagne glasses belong at weddings, anniversaries and N

1. "The Big Broad" Original Air Date: February 9, 1954 (Episode #234) [1] Summary: Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith pursue a highly dangerous man and woman team responsible for a spree of armed liquor-store robberies across Los Angeles. Unlike typical thieves, this pair demonstrates an unsettling willingness to use extreme violence, prompting a city-wide manhunt before they can strike again. [1] Cast: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith Vic Perrin , H

ROPING LIONS IN THE GRAND CANYON Chapters 3 & 4 by Zane Grey The adventure moves into high gear in Chapters 3 and 4 of Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon, Zane Grey's account of his actual experiences in the Grand Canyon country with famed frontiersman Buffalo Jones and his companions. Grey made a point of telling his young readers that this was not fiction. This was the true story behind adventures he later incorporated into his novels. [gutenberg.net.au] In these chapters, Grey's party has a

These chapters are where Anne of Green Gables really begins to tug at the heart. Anne has arrived at Green Gables, but now comes the painful question: will she actually be allowed to stay? TIMELESS CLASSICS: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Chapters 3 & 4 By L. M. Montgomery 1001 Stories For The Road In Chapters 3 and 4 of Anne of Green Gables, Matthew Cuthbert arrives home with a surprise that Marilla Cuthbert most certainly wasn't expecting. Anne Shirley. Matthew and Marilla had arranged to adopt a bo

[vintagerad...ovault.com], [goldie.fm] GUNSMOKE: "THOROUGHBREDS" A stranger named Jack Portas rides into Dodge with two magnificent thoroughbred horses, plenty of money, and a personality calculated to attract attention. But Marshal Matt Dillon has learned that flashy newcomers sometimes bring trouble with them, and before long he begins to suspect that Portas isn't simply a wealthy horseman looking for a good time. [goldie.fm] As Portas's past begins catching up with him, the atmosphere in Dod

TUTANKHAMUN'S CURSE (PT 2): THE CASE FOR THE CURSE The prosecution has had its say. Now the defense rises. In Part One, we looked at the famous Curse of Tutankhamun and the arguments that have been used for a century to dismiss it. Coincidence. Sensational newspapers. Bad science. A handful of deaths woven into a story that grew more frightening with every retelling. Fair enough. But now we're putting the Curse of Tutankhamun itself on trial, and this time the defense gets to call its w

Three terrifying stories for the not too chicken-hearted!

POE.docx1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES & TALES THE MAN OF THE CROWD by Edgar Allan Poe There are some people we can understand at a glance. And then there are those who remain an absolute mystery. In THE MAN OF THE CROWD, Edgar Allan Poe takes us onto the crowded streets of London, where an unnamed narrator sits watching the endless procession of humanity outside a coffeehouse. Then one peculiar old man catches his attention. There is something about the stranger he cannot explain, something

TIMELESS CLASSICS: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Chapters 1 & 2 By L. M. Montgomery 1001 Stories For The Road Welcome to the very first presentation in TIMELESS CLASSICS, our special series from 1001 Stories For The Road, where we enjoy the great novels that generations of readers have loved, two chapters at a time. And what better place to begin than Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery's beloved 1908 novel and the beginning of the Anne of Green Gables series. [ancientinkpress.com], [anneofgree...