Forgotten Classics

In which the biggest mystery now is how many times Billy can retrieve and return the front door key before he collapses. Episode 305, The Bat, chapters 5-6 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters. This story is in the public domain. Podcast Highlight Tom Hanks on Desert Island Discs Cracker Barrel story on Gravy

In which we pull out the Ouija board and listen for ghosts. While sipping lemonade. We are at a country home, after all. Episode 304, The Bat, chapters 3-4 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters. This story is in the public domain. Podcast Highlight Myths and Legends

In which Cornelia Van Gorder discovers a mystery at her rented summer home. Is it that dreaded criminal The Bat? We also try to live up to noble standards already set for this book, which was released in 1933 as one of the earliest talking book recordings. Episode 303, The Bat, chapters 1-2 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters. This story is in the public domain.

In which we see what happens when you depend on Talents, only to find Talents missing when they are needed! Episode 302, Talents Incorporated, finale (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles. This story is in the public domain. Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox. Highlights Mark Nelson

In which King Humphrey snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.  And we learn more about precognition. Episode 301, Talents Incorporated, chapters 9-10 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles. This story is in the public domain. Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox. Highlights The Green Book  (99% Invisible) K-poparazzi (Radiolab)

In which we see how a Talent gets you there faster. And how to fight like a space pirate. Episode 300, Talents Incorporated, chapters 7-8 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles. This story is in the public domain. Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox. Highlights Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, narrated by Patrick Tull

In which we discover how a victory can be a catastrophe.  Can Captain Bors turn it back into a victory again? Episode 299, Talents Incorporated, chapters 5-6 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles. This story is in the public domain. Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox. Podcast Highlights The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart at LibriVox

In which we battle the Mekin space fleet, using Talents Incorporated information. Episode 298, Talents Incorporated, chapter 4 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles. This story is in the public domain. Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox. Podcast Highlights The Mad King at The Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs

In which we meet the talents of Talents Incorporated -- who come up with an interesting idea about fighting Mekin. Episode 297, Talents Incorporated, chapters 2-3 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion and straining incredulity by Talents. This story is in the public domain. Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox. Podcast Highlights Mythgard Academy - Dracula H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast - Carmilla, begins on episode 298 Dante's Inferno read by Heathcote Williams

The Pavilion on the Links Chapters 1-3: show notes, download Chapters 4-6: show notes, download Finale: show notes, download

In which planetary invasion is imminent.  Can Talents Incorporated information save Kandar?  You can depend on it! Episode 296, Talents Incorporated, chapter 1 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion by Talents. This story is in the public domain. Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox. Podcast Highlight Classic Tales Podcast: The Wind in the Willows

In which we drop into the village of Binscombe to find out how they celebrate Christmas Eve. Episode 295, Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Most Men (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for weird tales with no violence. Shared by permission from the author. This story is from Binscombe Tales by John Whitbourn. It is under copyright. I strongly encourage you to purchase the book and enjoy all the stories in their entirety. You won't be sorry!

In which our heroes must thwart certain death and save the girl. Episode 294, Pavilion on the Links, Finale (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for quicksand, mystery, mafia, rivalries, unpleasant friends, and camping. Oh, and romance. This is in the public domain Podcast Highlight Tumanbay 

In which Frank checks out Clara's story and we meet Bernard Huddlestone. And we begin to wonder if the Mafia is moving into England. Episode 293, Pavilion on the Links, chapters 4-6 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for quicksand, mystery, mafia, rivalries, unpleasant friends, and camping. Oh, and romance. This is in the public domain Podcast Highlight You Must Remember This 

In which we begin a little known mystery by Robert Louis Stevenson. Arthur Conan Doyle called it "the high-water mark of [Stevenson’s] genius." Despite the name there is no golf and no lemonade.  Episode 292, Pavilion on the Links, chapters 1-3 (download or listen via this link) Book Information Story rating: G for quicksand, mystery, mafia, rivalries, unpleasant friends, and camping. Oh, and romance. This is in the public domain Podcast Highlight Gastropod