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3 Original fairy tales from The Brothers Grimm whose job it was to spend their lives collecting old tales-m the same ones that Disney and others cleaned up for public consumption. Keep an eye out for 'Found in the Footnotes' (at 1001 Heroes for THE AMAZING STORY OF THE REAL-LIFE TOM THUMB For some amazing browsing try us at www.bestof1001stories.com!

(to be or naught to be) In a future where death is volunteered and the population is controlled, a soon-to-be father waits for his triplets to be born—and he must find three volunteers to die in order for them to live.. Explicit includes violence. Thought -provoking commentary about a futuristic totalitarian society Check out our website and sign up for our soon-to-come newsletter at www.bestof1001stories.com

A small, broze-skinned man shows up mysteriously in a small Connecicut farming town wearing strange clothes and speaking very little english. A local farmer rescues him from a trip to the jail by offering to be responsible for him and then puts him to work. Over time, the small man's unfamiliarty with everything to big machines to glowing fireflies earns him a reputation as a coward until..... Join us at www.bestof1001stories.com to browse all 12 1001 podcasts and enjoy!

A tourist gets lost in Mammoth Cave and runs into a very scary situation in 'The Beast In The  Cave' In 'The Alchemist' a curse haunts an old family for 6 hundred years, killing each male member of the family at age 32.   Check out our...

tThis story by award-winning Brazilian writer Machado de Assis delves into infidelity and jealousy in a small town in Brazil.The characters are well- developed and the action is non-stop. Check out our website at for more great stories.

Sir Pelias, one of King Arthur's top knights, makes a promise to Lady Guinevere that he will go on a mission to defend her honor, and leaves her company unarmed, promising he will capture another knight's armor and return with great deeds accomplished.

A prostitute travels with some higher class people who barely give her the time of day , but when trouble comes she makes the sacrifice and saves their skins

A prostitute travels with a group of high class persons and they ignore her, until trouble rears its head and she saves their skins

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Henry Lawson

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Robert Barr

In this story Merlin is no longer a force but he is able to make a request to Vivien to save King Arthur's life.  Arthur and a fellow knight become lost after a deer hunt and they are lured onto a sailing ship by Morgana La Fay's magic- and...

King Arthur's evil sister Queen Morgana LaFay plans a way to get Merlin out of the way of Arthur by using her young protoge Vivien to charm Merlin into teaching her all his magic. Enjoy 'Tarzan the Untamed' now at 1001 Stories For the Road Podcast and...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Howard Lang

1001 Classic Short Stories Stories by Bret Harte

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Hans Christian Anderson

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

"History's Real Beauty and The Beast: Petrus and Anne Gonsalvus": This is a follow up to our recent episode titled "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST", which gave the abridged version of the Adult Fairy Tale written by Marie de Villanueve in 1748. It is very...

"The Wendigo" Pt 2 by Algernon Blackwood: In this classic horror short story by Algernon Blackwood, a group of hunters in the north woods of Canada are stalked by a creature known to the Ojibwe Indians as The Wendigo. Music by Mattia Cupelli "Dark...

"The Wendigo" Pt 1 by Algernon Blackwood: Blackwood used the legend of the wendigo to create a terrifying tale of a group of hunters in the Canadian wilderness who encounter this demonic spirit-monster. Real-life stories of the wendigo abound, dating...