Ron's Amazing Stories

On we have a Near Death Experience from Chad and a story from Darren that just might have you believing in the paranormal (or least wanting a shave and a haircut). Our featured story is engaging to say the least. It is about a dog, a boy, and an event that occurred 800 years ago. The cool part is that it is read for us by our old friend Mark Nelson. I think you are going to like it. We end the program with a history lesson from ancient Egypt circa 1152bc. So, press the play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - Dead Man's Planet Our featured story is captivating. It first appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction in February of 1955. It is not like anything we have had before on the podcast. It presents a picture of the future that probably represents what space travel and planet-hopping will be like. It was written by William Morrison and is read for us by Mark Nelson.  The story is titled Dead Man's Planet. When a driven man arrives at a cemetery world, what else can it be but the journey's end or the start of a new one? Other Stories Include: The Rawlings Murder, The Singularity Trap, The Dark Shadow And The Laundry Basket, Grandpa's Last Wish, Dead Man's Planet, and A Strike In 1152 BC Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this week we have an incredibly creepy story sent in by Faye from Virginia. This one ties an old train station to a haunting with freaky results. Then we have something that we have never heard before. Buck Rogers joins the RAS lineup with a story about a stolen rocket ship and a Gyro-Cosmic Realivator. After you listen to this one I have a challenge for you. Follow the link below and take the poll. Featured Story - Gyro-Cosmic Realivator Our featured story this week comes from the golden age of radio. Buck Rogers was initially broadcast as a 15-minute show on CBS Radio. It was a drama series based on the novel and comics series. What we have is a story that aired between April 5th through the 30th in 1939. It is titled The Gyro-Cosmic Realivator. Rogers must face off with Killer Cane who has taken Buck’s prototype of a brand new rocketship. Stories Include - The Collector’s Murder, Stargazer, Dagger Heart Station, Buck Rogers - Gyro-Cosmic Realivator [Parts 1,2 and 3] Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this time we take a look back at the Flying Saucer. Yes, I said a look back. In fact, we head to April 7, 1950, and a CBS news report presented by Edward Murrow. One of the legends of the news business. Also, on the show, we have two brand new listener UFO stories and I pull one of the most amazing tales we have ever had from the archives. So press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - The Case Of The Flying Saucer Our featured story is actually a collection of news stories presented by the legendary Edward R. Murrow. They all follow the theme of UFOs or Flying Saucers. They range from eyewitness accounts to interviews with notable personalities.  The cool part. They were all recorded during the golden age of radio. Stories Include - Blind Confession, The Case Of The Flying Saucer, Alien Encounters, The Night to be Feared, Big Balls of Light, and Château Lafite Rothschild Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this week it is all about one of the tallest buildings in the world. What is that you may ask? The Empire State building. We have three stories that take place there including one from listener Paul Hart that is amazing! We also have a brand new Johnny Is It True that just might teach you a thing or two about the building’s history. Our featured story comes from the OTR series Challenge Of The Yukon. It will keep you guessing until the end. So come with us today as we explore some truly amazing stories. Program Links: You can read GhostGhoul’s article here. Also if you want to see the photos of follow this link. Featured Story - Our featured story takes place in the far north. It comes from the OTR series Challenge Of The Yukon. In today’s tale we hear a bit about the early days of crime solving and the smarts of the husky known as King. The episode is titled Murder On Train Time and first aired on September 23, 1943. Stories Include - The Too Early Bird, Interview With The Robot, The Most Beautiful Suicide, My brother saw a woman just pop on the roof, Paul and Buddy’s Excellent Adventure, Johnny Is It True - Empire State Building, and Murder on Train Time Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this time it is all about the lights and dragons too. Sylvia Shults is back with us again for another round of Ghost Stories With Sylvia. However, this time we lean more toward the orb than the ghosts. We close the show with one of my favorite orb encounters titled A Flock Of Orbs. So press that play button and enjoy! Stories Include - Marks Of Death, Dragon Planet, The Orb Of Hilltop Road, The Archer Ave Triangle, and  A Flock Of Orbs Program Note: Sylvia Shults is a Librarian, Author, and Ghost Hunter. She has spent a lifetime in the pursuit of the weird and strange. Her non-fiction works include Ghost of the Illinois River, Fractured Spirits, 44 Years in Darkness, Hunting Demons, The Spirits of Christmas, and her latest release Fractured Souls. All of her books are available on and you can find out more at her . Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On we have some stories about bigfoot. This includes  Bigfoot gone fishing, Bigfoot out for a walk and Lowell throws stones at Bigfoot. Also, The Shadow returns to the lineup with an adventure at an underground river. We end the show with a short one from pages of Analog Magazine. It is read for us by Jerome Lawson and is titled Beyond Pandora.  Featured Story - The Sandhog Murders Our featured story this time is a good one. It comes from the OTR series The Shadow. What we will hear comes from the Bill Johnstone era. He and Margot find themself facing death in a story titled The Sandhog Murders and it first aired on November 26, 1939. Stories Include - The Book Case, Audible - Ender’s Game, Catching Bigfoot, Sasquatch In The Road, Bigfoot Took My Wallet and The Sandhog Murders. Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this time we have a screaming shadow. Yep, you read that right, and it is terrifying. Also, we have a brand new Johnny Is It True and a tale that is a real mind-bender titled An Adventure In The Fourth Dimension. We end the show with a listener request from Alex Greer that is one of my favorite short stories. It is tiled We Didn’t Do anything Wrong, Hardly. So press that play button and let’s get started. Featured Story - An Adventure In The Fourth Dimension Our featured story for this week is a real mind-bender. It is not so much the story itself, but how it is told. It comes from Weird Tales Magazine, October of 1923. The story is titled An Adventure In The Fourth Dimension and just might be the most sophisticated science fiction story we have ever had.  Stories Include: Pattern Of Guilt, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Night Screams, Johnny Is It True - Strange But True, An Adventure In The Fourth Dimension, and We didn’t Do anything Wrong, Hardly. Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this time we have stories about dreams. Four listeners sent in their night encounters and they are freaky.  We have out of body experiences, shadows, doppelgangers, bats, mice and more. These are some of the most eventful tales we have ever had. Also, on the show we have a science fiction classic titled Operation Distress. It comes from the pulp magazines and is read for us by Dale Grothman. This is a packed show. Featured Story - Operation Distress Our featured story is a science fiction classic.  It was written by Lester del Rey and first appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction - August of 1951. There are many things that could go wrong in space, but one that is more feared than any is the threat of picking up a new disease. Even during the space age of the sixties and seventies astronauts were held in quarantine to ensure that they hadn’t picked up something while up there. That is what our story is about today. It is titled Operation Distress and opens with these words. Explorers who dread spiders and snakes prove that heroism is always more heroic to outsiders. Then there's the case of the first space pilot to Mars who developed an itch Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this week we have a tribute to both Valentine’s Day and President’s Day. Berklie Apedaile has written a new fantasy story titled A Cherub's Dilemma. Then we visit president Abraham Lincoln in 1865. To round things out Peach tells a tale about a snowplow driver who sees a ghost in a cemetery! Not once, but twice! So press the play button and enjoy! Featured Story - The Man Who Tried To Save Lincoln Our featured story comes from one of my favorite OTR series The Mysterious Traveler. It is a time travel tale, but with a twist. What if you could travel back in time, but not need your body? That is the premise for this one. With presidents day just around the corner I thought that we should visit 1865 and President Lincoln. The adventure is titled The Man Who tried To Save Lincoln and first aired on February 7, 1950. Program Links - If you are interested in learning more about the Apedailes and reading more of Berklie’s stories follow this to their website.  Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this time we will start off with a return to one of my very favorite science fiction shows. Then we have two of your stories. A phantom mist shocks a young boy and a woman encounters something in the Nevada desert. We follow that up with some classic science fiction from author Ray Bradbury titled The Earthmen. We end the program with a new segment called True Facts.  Featured Story - The Earthmen Our featured story is a classic that comes from the pen of Ray Bradbury. It was first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August of 1948. It is the saga of an expedition to mars where the crew encounters a martian community not far from their landing site. At first, they received a less than warm welcome, but soon all that changes. The Earthmen is from the old-time radio series Escape. It first aired on July 25, 1957.  Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On this time we begin with a listener's tale from 2001 about a night hike into the Redwoods of California. Spooky! Then Sylvia Shults returns with stories about timeslips. You will hear a tale about a phantom fistfight and a window that only displays scenes from the past. Also on the show, Sylvia joins me for a special audible segment that is both historical and current. How can that be? Press the play button and check it out. Program Note: Sylvia Shults is a Librarian, Author, and Ghost Hunter. She has spent a lifetime in the pursuit of the weird and strange. Her non-fiction works include Ghost of the Illinois River, Fractured Spirits, 44 Years in Darkness, Hunting Demons, The Spirits of Christmas, and her latest release Fractured Souls. All of her books are available on and you can find out more on her . Program Links: You can listen to Ron’s time slip story on this episode of Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On we have a story from Alex in Saint Bernard Parish who encounters a couple who drowned during Katrina. Then we play a classic story from director and actor Orson Welles. In this one we learn that it might be best if you tell the truth from the start to avoid unnecessary complications. We end the show with some Dominios history that the company would rather forget. I am sure we all understand that. Featured Story - Pursuit of a Ghost Our featured story is all about  Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film The Third Man. In that film Orson Welles' character, Harry Lime, was killed. So our tale is a "prequel" of sorts.  Harry tries some shenanigans to get some cash and finds himself lost in a battle to find the criminal El Zorro. What we have is an episode from the OTR series The Lives Of Harry Lime. It comes from November of 1951 and is tilted In Pursuit of a Ghost. Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On we have something pretty special. Jason Dowd is back and we take a journey with him to the city of Savannah, GA. You will not believe the ghost stories he experienced while staying at the Planter’s Inn. Also on the show are two listener tales that fall directly into the category of the head scratcher. A postman tries to make a delivery and is halted by a ghost, and a shadow on the wall defies any logic. We end the show with a brand new Johnny Is It True, alien edition. About Jason Dowd - From an early age, Jason has loved his art. Over the years he has used various mediums, but none was more profound to him than photography. He finds inspiration wherever he goes because he keeps his eyes open for things that will make the perfect photo. Jason lives in the great state of Florida and has been a part of Ron’s Amazing Stories since the beginning. He first appeared on the podcast in where he introduced us to his book . If that wasn’t enough Jason is our radio producer. He has been putting the podcast out on the radio for the last 5 years! Jason is also the CEO and founder of Gladys Goodies. Jason’s Links: , , , , and . Program Links: Do you want to see photos of Jason's adventures in Savannah? Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

On we continue with a year in review from 2020. In part two we conclude with August through December. We have listener stories about bigfoot, pumpkinhead and even a ghost that likes to start fires. There is a classic Sci-Fi story called The Stowaway that is nothing short of amazing. So press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - The Stowaway We have an amazing story suggested by German Finley and read for us by Maddie Ruth. The story is about the first rocket to the moon and one man’s attempt to stowaway aboard it. It first appeared in the If - Worlds of Science Fiction, March of 1952. He stole a ride to the Moon in search of glory, but found a far different destiny. Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

We are close to a new year and I thought that we should do a review. But after the year we have had, and if we are all being honest, do we really want to review it? I for one do not! However, there is something worth our time. This past year has seen more stories than ever submitted to the show. Probably due to our self isolation. We have had more great adventures, amazing encounters and some strangeness that can’t be explained. There is no way we can listen to every story that was sent in. However, what we can do is pick one story for each month. That is what I have done for this week's podcast. I have picked what I think are best listener stories from January to December.  It was tough job picking just 12 stories, but I think I have done it.  You will have to be the judge. -Ron Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood:Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?