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Ep. 857, The Speckled Band, by Arthur Conan Doyle VINTAGE

Release Date: 09/13/2023

Ep. 885, The Intrusion of Jimmy, Part 6 of 7, by P.G. Wodehouse

The Classic Tales Podcast

Ah, the things we’ll do when we’re driven to our limits. Burglary? For a Lord of the Realm? I’m not saying it’s completely out of the question. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes are back. Check us out on Tuesday for Part 2 of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. Christmas on Tuesdays, Romantic Comedy on Fridays. Who could ask for anything more? Please become a monthly supporter, and help to keep this good thing going: Please go to and become a monthly supporter...

Ep. 884, A Christmas Carol, Part 1of 3, by Charles DickensVINTAGE

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Ebeneezer Scrooge rules his shop with an iron fist and a miserly glare. Perhaps a ghost or two can snap him out of it. Charles Dickens, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. A new Vintage Episode is released every Tuesday. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to , and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much. The Vintage Episodes will not stream through YouTube, so if you don’t want to miss anything, subscribe wherever you...

Ep. 883, The Intrusion of Jimmy, Part 5 of 7, by P.G. Wodehouse

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Safe and sound aboard a canoe on the lake, Jimmy can straiten things out with Molly. But how can he possibly win over her bulldog of a father? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episodes are coming back. Did we raise all that we needed to? No. But I don’t like going backwards. I think I went too big too soon. So, we’re going to do one vintage episode on Tuesdays, and one episode of new content on Fridays. The next one will be part one of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. This way...

Ep. 882, The Intrusion of Jimmy, Part 4 of 7, by P.G. Wodehouse

The Classic Tales Podcast

Between the detectives, the suspicious father, and the upcoming theatricals, how is Jimmy to get closer to Molly? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you so much to all our new and returning supporters who chipped in this week. We’d like to get the vintage episodes back as quickly as possible. Here’s how you can help us out: Please go to and become a monthly supporter for as little as $5 a month. As a thank you gesture, we’ll send you a coupon code every month for at least $8 off any...

Ep. 881, The Intrusion of Jimmy, Part 3 of 7, by P.G. Wodehouse

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How can Jimmy convince Molly’s pugnacious father that he is not, in fact, a professional burglar? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you so much to all our new and returning supporters who chipped in this week. We’d like to get the vintage episodes back as quickly as possible. Here’s how you can help us out: Please go to and become a monthly supporter for as little as $5 a month. As a thank you gesture, we’ll send you a coupon code every month for at least $8 off any audiobook order. If...

Ep. 880, The Intrusion of Jimmy, Part 2 of 7, by P.G. Wodehouse

The Classic Tales Podcast

A year of globe-trotting can’t cure Jimmy’s curious affliction. Will he ever get the remarkable girl from the steamer out of his head? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. We’ve had a few folks become supporters! Thank you so much to all our new and returning supporters who chipped in this week. However, we still have a long way to go. Please go to and become a monthly supporter for as little as $5 a month. As a thank you gesture, we’ll send you a coupon code every month for at least $8 off any...

Ep. 879, The Intrusion of Jimmy, Part 1 of 7, by P.G. Wodehouse

The Classic Tales Podcast

Everyone says that Jimmy is the same jolly chap as ever, even after coming into money. So why does he agree to break into a house? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Well, I hate to say it, I mean I really hate to say it, but we’ll be suspending the vintage episodes for a bit. Right now, it’s too cost prohibitive. But here’s what I’d like to do about it: If we get enough new supporters, we can start it up again. So please go to and become a supporter for $5 a month. We’ll send you a...

Ep. 878, The Eyes, by Edith Wharton VINTAGE

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Why does withholding Culwin make things worse by holding his tongue? Edith Wharton, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to , and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much. Edith Wharton loved ghost stories, and The Eyes is one of her finest. The concept of “the road to hell...

Ep. 877, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving VINTAGE

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Sleepy Hollow sounded like such a peaceful place to the gentle Ichabod Crane. Boy, was he in for a surprise. Washington Irving, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Two Vintage Episodes are released each week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, so be sure to check your feed regularly. New episodes will be available every Friday. Please help us to keep the Vintage Episodes coming by going to , and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much. The character of Ichabod Crane in Irving’s immortal story...

Ep. 876, The Haunters and the Haunted, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Why is an unobtrusive, simple flat in the middle of London outrageously haunted? Edward Bulwer-Lytton, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Halloween! Keep an eye open for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, and The Eyes, by Edith Wharton. As you’ve noticed, there’s a lot of new material we’re sending your way, and we really want to keep the momentum going. Please go to and become a supporter for $5 a month. We’ll send you a coupon code every month,...

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Helen Stoner is terrified. Two years ago, her sister died after hearing strange noises in her room. Now after moving into her sister’s room, Helen is hearing the noises again! Arthur Conan Doyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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This episode of The Classic Tales Podcast was originally released on June 22, 2007, along with The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe, and Part One of Barbara of the House of Grebe, by Thomas Hardy.

The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It is one of the 56 short stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon, and hosts many tell-tale signs of the classic detective genre. Doyle himself called it his “best story”. It was originally published in the Strand Magazine in February 1892.

And now, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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