In today's legend from Maine we get a tale of murder and deceit, courtesy of the titular Jack Welch.
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Ep. 893 - A Ride for a Bride - An American Folktale
Our final story from the American Revolutionary War - 'A Ride for a Bride' - is a much happier tale of a soldier and his love than Wednesday's 'Robert Lockwood's Fate'. A great way to end the week.
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Ep. 892 - Robert Lockwood's Fate - An American Folktale
'Robert Lockwood's Fate' is a tale of love and trust gone terribly, terribly wrong during America's Revolutionary War.
Ep 891 - The Tory's Conversion - An American Folktale
This week we're reading three stories from Charles Skinner's "Myths and Legends of Our Own Land" about the American Revolution, beginning with 'The Tory's Conversion'.
Ep. 869 - How Bozo the Button Buster Busted All His Buttons When a Mouse Came - An American Fairytale
In our final story from Carl Sandburg this week, 'How Bozo the Button Buster Busted All His Buttons When a Mouse Came' we discover who ran out and held up the sky when the sky began to fall.
Ep. 828 - Dolph Heyliger - An American Folktale
'Dolph Heyliger' has everything you could want in an American ghost story, a plucky protagonist, a family ghost and hidden treasure.
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Ep. 813 - Best of 2020 - The Moaning Sisters - An American Folktale
Continuing our Best of 2020 countdown we have the American folktale of 'The Moaning Sisters'.
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Ep. 792 - The Queen of Death Valley - An American Legend
Our final story from California this week, 'The Queen of Death Valley', isn't really a ghost story - but it certainly isn't a happy tale either.
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Ep. 791 - The Spook of Misery Hill - An American Folktale
Heading back to "Myths and Legends of Our Own Land" by Charles Skinner I'm correcting a grave wrong today and Friday with two ghost stories from California, beginning with 'The Spook of Misery Hill'.
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