Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) Episodes
Terrific novelist and short story writer whose stories often centered on New England Life. She wrote with great range, offering children's stories, ghost stories. and feminist stories.
June 28, 2026
VICTORIAN GHOST STORY: THE LOST GHOST by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
⭐ 1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE Show Notes: “The Lost Ghost” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Originally published in Everybody’s Magazine, July 1903 Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s “The Lost Ghost” is one of the most haunting and quietly heartbreaking stories to come out of the Gilded Age — a period when magazines were the center of American entertainment and short‑story writers were the rock stars of their day. First appearing in Everybody’s Magazine in 1903, the tale blends domestic realism with the s...
April 16, 2025
A HUMBLE ROMANCE by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
The sad fact of rural life in "the gilded era" was that most folks, especially after the children were grown up and gone, werepoor and lonely, and often caring for the elders. Mary E.Wilkins (thats how she signed her books) was a good ...
March 30, 2025
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOAN by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
When a rag-tag little girl named Joan, the down-and-out minister's daughter, knocks on Sarah's door to sell her some very familiar-looking handiwork just before Christmas, Sarah finds more compassion and generosity than she knew she had. SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated).
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...
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...
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...
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...
July 13, 2020
A NEW ENGLAND NUN by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
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