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Two contrasting short stories about the medical profession, written and narrated by Michael Henrik Wynn, the editor of the educational radio stream Historyradio.org. 1. The Doctor: a Victorian horror story. 2. Old Jacob: a contemporary doctor coping with bereavement. This is the second edition...

Only 40 years after the Spanish arrival in Cusco, Peru, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532–1592) was commissioned in 1572 by Francisco de Toledo, the fifth Viceroy of Peru, to write a history of the Incas. Toledo intended this history to justify Spanish colonization by documenting the violent and...

Michael Henrik Wynn, the editor of the educational net radio stream Historyradio.org, narrates a classic boys’ adventure by Emilio Salgari (1862–1911), one of Italy’s most prolific and bestselling authors. Set in the jungles of the Amazon, the tale follows hunters in pursuit of a legendary...

When Ian Fleming published the first James Bond novel in 1953, he was not the first Englishman to write sensational spy fiction. During the First World War, William Le Queue (1864–1927) had transformed the German Kaiser into the very first Bond villain. And during the Second World War, Sydney...

Hercule Poirot was Agatha Christie’s first creation. Poirot appeared in 1920, but there were several similar characters that preceded him. A. E. W. Mason’s Inspector Gabriel Hanaud from 1910 was one of these. Inspector Hanaud resembles Poirot in many ways, but is a more comical French sleuth...

The article on which this audio book is based was published in the 'New York American' on October 20th, 1912. The author, Dr. Paul Schliemann, was the grandson of Heinrich Schliemann (1822 - 1890), a founder of modern archaeology. In this famous archaeological hoax he makes outrageous and...

This is a radio version of the famous Jules Verne classic about Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, scouring the oceans of the world in a mad search for vengeance. This 1 hour version was originally broadcast on Historyradio.org, and is narrated by Michael Henrik Wynn...

This is a radio play version of Mary Shelley's classic novel, about the scientist Victor Frankenstein who created a monster. Recent biographies of Mary Shelley have pointed to the fact that Mary Shelley's motives for writing her story differ from those the public eventually attributed to it...

Today, Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932) is mostly remembered for his role in the creation of King Kong. However, he was an extremely prolific writer, and is still on the list of the best selling fiction writers of all time. During the First World War, he entertained British readers with satirical...

Sydney Horler (1888-1954) was one of the popular British writers of the first half of the twentieth century. Although he never quite reached critical acclaim, his books sold by the millions. His most famous creation was a British Agent called Tiger Standish, a precursor to Ian Fleming’s James...

A barber is brought in for questioning. What begins as a routine interrogation slowly unravels into a tense, layered confession in this 1879 classic Italian short story. Luigi Capuana, a master of Italian verismo literature, delivers a raw interrogation scene that feels strikingly modern. Often...

The Norwegian writer, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), is often remembered for his contribution to the renewal of the novel, and his modern view of the mind. However, in Norway it his common touch, and his vivid and humorous descriptions local culture that has endeared him to the public. Michael...