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Heartwarming Episodes

Stories from then that hit you in the feels still to this day.
March 23, 2025

MY UNWILLING NEIGHBOR by FRANK STOCKTON

A young man builds a home and vineyard at the top of a gentle slope in Virginia's Blue ridge Mountains only to find his home sliding downhill in a heavy rainstorm. S

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March 2, 2025

AFTER 20 YEARS and LOST ON DRESS PARADE A DOUBLE TREAT FROM O.HENRY

Two great short stories from O.Henry! AFTER TWENTY YEARS-  A cop walking the beat at night passes a man standing quietly in a passageway and they exchange greetings. The man tells the cop he is waiting for an old friend to show up- they had grown...

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Feb. 26, 2025

JERSEY AND MULBERRY by HC BUNNER

A cranky old lady writes a mean editorial to the city paper about an organ grinder who was playing beneath her window, asking the city to move him off the streets.A reader replies giving us a picture of that part of the city and just how many people...

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Dec. 4, 2024

THE HERBINGER and ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS by O.HENRY

In The Harbinger, a run down man and his two unemployed pals sit on a park bench and devise a scheme to rob the married man's wife of a one dollar bill so they can buy themselves a beer at the local pub. In One Thousand Dollars, a spoiled young man is...

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Nov. 17, 2024

TURKEYS TURNING THE TABLES by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

A little girl sits in her father's lap one Christmas Eve to listen to his story about the ghosts of the turkeys the family has enjoyed during past holidays. The story is not scary and can be enjoyed by all ages, Check out all our podcasts now at ....

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July 3, 2024

THE LOADED DOG by HENRY LAWSON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Henry Lawson

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April 30, 2023

A SOUL THAT WAS NOT AT HOME by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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June 5, 2022

THE TWO WINNIE THE POOHS

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

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Nov. 10, 2016

MY RED CAP by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

This story from American writer Louisa May Alcott recalls her personal experience with a wounded Maine veteran while was serving as a nurse in Washington D.C. during the Civil War. Alcott was a prolific writer and one of the first successful American...

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