Episodes

March 16, 2025

SHANDON WATERS by KATHLEEN NORRIS

A tight knit community finds they have something to learn about forgiveness and kindness when a 20 year old widow brings her baby to town to visit with the one friend she has there.

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March 9, 2025

AN INDISCREET LETTER by ELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTT

This story gives you a seat on a Halifax to Boston train circa 1915 where you will catch a very interesting conversation between a salesman of women's wear, an electrician, and a young lady, who,tired of traveling for the past 3 days, and desirous of...

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March 2, 2025

WHAT SHE WORE by EDNA FERBER

A young man from a prairie town comes to the Big City and finds a job in a discount shoe store where works a young woman who has been working for starving wages.  They become working friends to the point where , when he screws up enough courage,...

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Feb. 23, 2025

THE MAN OF FLESH AND BLOOD by SUSAN GLASPELL

A man running for governor shocks his peers by giving an unsual speech at a boy's reformitory by baring his soul and admitting that he, too, as a boy and a young man, was a bad actor. He explained what he had done, and told the boys that they could...

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Feb. 16, 2025

MARRYING WELL by MARY ROBERTS RINEHART

A young bride-to-be gets a visit from her aunt along with tsome good advice about marriage.

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Feb. 2, 2025

APRIL SHOWERS by EDITH WHARTON

A young girl pursues her dream of writing a successful novel depite the responsibilities she has of caring for her mother and siblings, causing lots of troubles and heartache.

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Jan. 26, 2025

THE TIDE-MARSH by KATHLEEN NORRIS

The dramatic story of a young girl living in a small community while caring for her invalid mother, who is called upon to save lives during a bad rainstorm. A huge dance which she can't attent because she could find noone to watch her mother is taking...

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Jan. 19, 2025

THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

This gripping short story by Mary E.Wilkins Freeman involves 4 Glynn family siblings (Henry, rebecca, Caroline & Emma) who become terrified after the loss of one of their group (Edward) to death and strange shadows begin to appear on the wall of...

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Jan. 12, 2025

THE BROTHER AND SISTER (PT 2) MARY SHELLEY

The incredible end of Mary Shelley's 'Romeo and Juliet' story called Brother and Sister.   Any ideas for a better title to this terrific classic piece?  It deserves one! Leave us a review-Thanks!

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Jan. 5, 2025

THE BROTHER AND SISTER (PT 1) by MARY SHELLEY

A 16th century romance which takes place in Verona Italyin a setting involving feuding families much like those in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Although this was written before 'The Gilded Age' it was still a popular read at that time, and one of...

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Dec. 29, 2024

THE WIND IN THE ROSE BUSH by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

A single aunt travels to visit and hopefully take in her orphaned niece but finds her gone and the woman who has supposedly been taking care of her is acting very strangely in a house which appears very haunted.  Catch all of our podcasts at...

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Dec. 22, 2024

THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE GOOD by EDNA FERNER

An unknown narrator relates the story of a woman who lived alone in their town who dressed richly and acted differently, often attracting the attention of single men. False suspicions and dislike grew in her wake, and sensing this, the woman changed...

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Dec. 15, 2024

THE WATKINSON EVENING by ELIZA LESLIE

A fun story by Eliza Leslie describing a mom and her two grown kids- allvery educated and ready to take their place in society as was the goal in "the upper classes" of the late 19th century, They are traveling through New York and a friend has...

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Nov. 26, 2024

ANN MARY, HER TWO THANKSGIVING DINNERS MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

Ann Mary's job in their house was to keep an eye on grandma while she prepared Thanksgiving dinner- and she did a good job. She was excited because the house would soon be filled with visiting family, which, since she had lost her mom and dad, meant...

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Nov. 17, 2024

DEACON PITKIN'S FARM (PT 2) HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

In this heartwarming conlusion the family gathers for their seventh Thanksgiving and Diane, who has become the keeper of the house for mother, announces the she has a surprise for "Uncle" Silas.  Check out for all our shows and episodes. ...

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Nov. 10, 2024

DEACON PITKIN'S FARM: A THANKSGIVING STORY (PT 1) BY HARRIET BEECHER …

A young man returning home from college in new England finds his father on the verge of losing his farm and decides to quit college to help the family through.

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Nov. 3, 2024

MISS MIX, KIDNAPPER by KATHLEEN NORRIS

The father of a college age boy receives a letter from his son announcing his engagenet to an older lady (32) and dad assumes the worst. He leaves NY for California with plans of convincing his son to call it off. He meets Miss Mix as she is working...

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Oct. 27, 2024

THE AFFAIR AT GROVER STATION by WILLA CATHER

A three way attraction leads to a murder in Wyoming and one man knows the secret of who did it and why.

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Oct. 20, 2024

MISS SALLY'S LETTER by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

A domineering grandma with no faith in young men helps a young man in her neighborhood prepare and decorate a small house he had just purchased for his bride to be. Miss Sally, the grandma, has a daughter around the same age as the young man, whose...

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Oct. 13, 2024

BRIDGING THE YEARS by KATHERINE NORRIS

In this moving story by Katherine Norris a young mother living in San Francisco around the turn of the century receives an unusual visitor to her home who turns out to be an older gentleman who had lived there previously and wanted to share his...

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Oct. 6, 2024

BEYOND THE BAYOU by KATE CHOPIN

Kate Chopin wrote about life on the Louisiana Bayou after the Civil War, and she portrays the life of blacks on the plantation with tenderness and understanding. In this story a woman named LaFolle, who lives alone in a cabin far from the main home...

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Sept. 29, 2024

THE VILLAGE SINGER by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

A great creative piece about an aging lead singer who is shown the door by her church members but decices she isn't ready for retirement. With her house located only steps from the open church windows she begins singing and playing her organ to...

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Sept. 22, 2024

THE PLAY HOUSE by ALICE BROWN

New England author Alice Brown highlights a moment in life around the turn of the centuty with this npoignant short story.

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Sept. 8, 2024

THE QUICKSAND by EDITH WHARTON

A wealthy woman reaches out to help her grown son and his girlfriend after her son asks her to intervene on his behalf, having been turned down with his marriage proposal. In the process of trying to unite the two the woman finds out that her own life...

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