Please forgive the late posting of this episode. Real life occasionally gets in the way... I'll try not to let it happen again. Today's take is a somewhat lesser known of story of a somewhat letter known Knight of King Arthur's Round Table, S

Teboe Montague & Paula Capulet

Dec 5th, 2021 11m 4s

The Stairs of The Giants

Nov 16th, 2021 9m 47s

A boy is kidnapped & two men set out to rescue him...

(S4E12) The Devil's Gifts

Nov 1st, 2021 16m 23s

The Devil's always a bad guy, right? Or is he?

The Clumsy Beauty & Her Aunties

Oct 15th, 2021 10m 40s

This tale is an unusual take on a standard setup... I hope you like it!

(S4E10) Cap O'Rushes

Oct 1st, 2021 15m 21s

This story has an element that was also used in William Shakespeare's "King Lear." I daresay "Old Bill" borrowed the phrase & its application to his story from this folktale. That's okay, though, because it works so very, very well...

S4E9 - Puss in Boots

Sep 20th, 2021 10m 40s

Weel, being the cat lover than I am, telling "Puss In Boots" was inevitable - I just wonder what took me so long! (So does my cat, Miss Tabby...)

You Never Can Tell About Dragons

Sep 1st, 2021 10m 13s

This is one of the first stories I ever wrote as a Teller, & it's absolutely one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy it, too!

Saint Michael & The Devil's Castle

Aug 15th, 2021 10m 35s

This is th first original story I ever told in public. It was so well received that I decided to keep telling. I hope you like it. It's called "Saint Michael & The Devil's Castle."

Gerald & The Goblin Chief

Aug 1st, 2021 10m 14s

The story of a little boy who never could do anything right...or could he?

Jamie Tinker & The Dragon

Jul 16th, 2021 8m 37s

Gerald is a little boy who never seems to do anything right... & he's the one who will save the village from Green Haired Goblins? Really? What could possibly go wrong? Well...

"The Devil & Daniel Webster"

Jun 2nd, 2021 27m 38s

An American classic about an American Political Giant & the time he argued a case against the Devil. If he wins, he saves a man from a horrible fate ... but if he loses, well, he shares that fate for Eternity. Based on the classic story by St

"Beauty & The Beast"

May 15th, 2021 38m 8s

The French Fairy Tale of "Beauty & the Beast" first appeared 1740 & has been a favorite on stage, big screen, television, ice, & print for 281 years. (My personal favorite adaptation is the 1976 television presentation starring George C. Scott

How Cats got their Purr

May 1st, 2021 9m 6s

To me, & I'm sure most cat lovers would agree, the cat's purr is one of Nature's [erfect sounds. But where did it come from? This story answer that question...

Veko's Forest Bride

Apr 15th, 2021 18m 56s

A father tells his three sons, Kai, Gunnar, & Veko, that it is time for them to marry. Because they have no idea where to look for a bride, the father has them chop down a tree & follow where the fallen tree points. Veko's tree points to the

Robin Hood & Guy of Gisbourne

Apr 1st, 2021 34m 2s

The Sheriff of Nottingham, subscribing to the "set a thief to catch a their" line of thought, hires a ruthless killer to kill Robin Hood. The Sherwood archer & his right hand man, Little John, have other plans, of course...

The Elvenwoods

Mar 15th, 2021 19m 32s

This episode has one of the first stories I ever wrote as an adult - "The Elvenwoods." I had completely forgotten about it until I went through some old SD cards. My mother, a professional writer with several publications to her credit, read i

Long, Broad, & Quick-Eye.

Mar 1st, 2021 21m 14s

A grand & fantastic tale from one of Storytelling's most prolific researcher & teller, Andrew Lang.

Billy MacDaniel & The Little Man

Feb 15th, 2021 10m 2s

An Irish take, cautionary & endearing, about a young man who accepts a drink of whiskey from one of the "wee folk" & finds himself an expected servant...

“The Double D (Distinctly Different) Fertilized Cucumber.”

Feb 1st, 2021 14m 32s

This is the original "Busted Flush, Oklahoma" story. Yep, the one that started it all. It introduces Attorney Homer Schump, farmer Herman Ray Calhoun, & brothers Milo & Nehi Sternbeak, & a really big - I mean REALLY BIG cucumber fertilized by

Alibaba & The 40 Thieves

Jan 16th, 2021 38m 20s

The classic "Arabian Nights" story! There's a lot more to this story than I remember, & I think it's because as a child I must have read a "sanitized" versions. This one is far from sanitizedI You may want to preview it before playing it for an

Teboe Wolfgass & His Circus Aunt

Jan 1st, 2021 11m 57s

What could be better for a young boy like Toboe Wolfgass, of Busted Flush, Oklahoma, a little town about 100 years SouthEast of the Capital, that finding out he had an Aunt he'd never met? Why, finding out the Aunt he's never met was part of TH