Episode 310: The Bat, chapters 15-17

Unknowns, and Ghosts, and Hidden Rooms. Oh my!

Episode 310, The Bat, chapters 15-17
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Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Podcast Highlight

• Revisionist History

Episode 309: The Bat, chapters 13-14

In which Miss Cornelia gets sneaky.

Episode 309, The Bat, chapters 13-14
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Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Podcast Highlight

• The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

Episode 308: The Bat, chapters 11-12

In which Billy does jujitsu, Dale asks for yet more advice, and
someone mysterious sneaks in.

Episode 308, The Bat, chapters 11-12
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Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Highlight

• Tell No One
• Mythgard Academy - Dracula

Episode 307: The Bat, chapters 9-10

In which we witness murder most foul!

Episode 307, The Bat, chapters 9-10
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Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Highlight

• King Solomon's Mines read by Patrick Tull
• A Princess of Mars read by Mark Nelson

Episode 306: The Bat, chapters 7-8

In which Lizzie gets the third degree, Brooks shares a secret,
and a shadowy figure is glimpsed.

Episode 306, The Bat, chapters 7-8
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Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Episode 305: The Bat, Chapters 5-6

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
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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

Episode 304: The Bat, chapters 3-4.

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
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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

Episode 303: The Bat, chapters 1-2

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
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Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.

Sweet, Sweet Doubletake — Forgotten Classics is "What's Hot" at iTunes

I was looking through What's Hot in Literature podcasts when I did a doubletake. I'm used to seeing CraftLit and The Classic Tales but not little, ol me! Nice! I guess when you get past 300 episodes you get a nod sometimes.

Episode 302: Talents Incorporated, finale

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

Episode 301: Talents Incorporated, chapters 9-10

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)

Episode 300: Talents Incorporated, chapters 7-8

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

Episode 299: Talents Incorporated, chapters 5-6

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

Episode 298: Talents Incorporated, chapter 4

In which we battle the Mekin space fleet, using Talents Incorporated information.

Episode 298, Talents Incorporated, chapter 4
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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

Episode 297: Talents Incorporated, chapters 2-3

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

Episode 296: Talents Incorporated, chapter 1

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

Episode 295: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Most Men

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!

Episode 294: Pavilion on the Links, Finale

In which our heroes must thwart certain death and save the girl.

Episode 294, Pavilion on the Links, Finale
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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 

Episode 293: The Pavilion on the Links, chapters 4-6

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 

Episode 292: The Pavilion on the Links, chapters 1-3

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 

Episode 291: The Regent of the North

In which an old Viking chief clings to the old faith in Odin and Baldur
when new ways sweep into his country.

Episode 291, The Regent of the North
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for reindeer, Laplanders, Viking chieftains, Christianity, Odin, and Baldur.
• This is in the public domain

Podcast Highlight

• The History of Literature 

Other Info

• Tales Before Tolkien -  Douglas A. Anderson

Episode 290: Lord Dunsany and Edgar Allen Poe

In which we watch little gods and a passionate artist.

Episode 290, Chu Bu and Sheemish / The Oval Portrait
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for minor gods feuding, earthquakes, idol worship, oval portraits, candalabra, and mysteriously wounded narrators.
• These stories are in the public domain

Podcast Highlight

• Noir Factory  

Other Info

• Tales Before Tolkien -  Douglas A. Anderson
• Tales Before Narnia - Douglas A. Anderson
• H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales - Douglas A. Anderson

Episode 289: The White Moll, Finale

In which we enjoy one of the most exciting finales ever.

Episode 289, The White Moll, finale
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: PG for crime, plot difficulty, The Adventurer, 1920 underworld New York City, and danger!
• This story is in the public domain
• The story recording is courtesy of Rowdy Delaney at LibriVox.

Episode 288: The White Moll, chapters 17-18

In which the White Moll shows she knows how to handle a car like James Bond.

Episode 288, The White Moll, chapters 17-18
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: PG for crime, plot difficulty, The Adventurer, 1920 underworld New York City, and danger!
• This story is in the public domain
• The story recording is courtesy of Rowdy Delaney at LibriVox.

 PODCAST HIGHLIGHT

• The Specialists

Episode 287: The White Moll, chapters 15-16

In which the Pug plays a deep game and Gypsy Nan's crime is revealed.

Episode 287, The White Moll, chapters 15-16
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Book Information

• Story rating: PG for crime, plot difficulty, The Adventurer, 1920 underworld New York City, and danger!
• This story is in the public domain
• The story recording is courtesy of Rowdy Delaney at LibriVox.

 PODCAST HIGHLIGHT

• Giants of History