https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/short-story-theater--4076211enBooksCopyright Bill Russohttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e6dd9e7ac3888c7e1e2846c342a635af.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/short-story-theater--4076211Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:06:19 +0000Bill RussoBill Russobillrrrrr@yahoo.comShort Story Theater brings to life new classic tales for the 21st century, often based on science fiction, the paranormal, fantasy, or other subjects intended to promote thoughts and ideas that last far beyond the few minutes of the brief narrative.yesepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-treasure-of-arinor--59113418https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59113418Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:28:54 +0000Bill RussoFast forward many thousands of years into the future to a land where there hasn't been a crime for 3 millenna!  But now that the stupidest man on Arinor is guarding the treasure, things may change. 700crime,horror,mysteryclean5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pale-man-on-the-second-floor--57984887https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57984887Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:54:43 +0000Bill RussoA tale of terror in a nearly empty Cape Cod hotel in the off-season.1118creepy,fearyoucanhear,horror,terrorclean51fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hounds-of-fate--57235269https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57235269Sat, 14 Oct 2023 18:45:20 +0000Bill RussoThe Hounds of Fate will follow you, no matter where you go. You cannot hide from them.1585classichorror,horror,mysteryclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-treasure--57181449https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57181449Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:58:37 +0000Bill RussoIn tropical South Florida, three thieves are preparing to steal the treasure of a retired director of a wildlife research program. They soon find that the treasure is much larger than they expected.877crooks,dangerinsouthflorida,floridacanals,theivesgetsurprised,treasureclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-phantom-of-the-carolina-queen--56963057https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56963057Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:39:35 +0000Bill RussoA retired fisherman on Boston's North Shore attempts to catch a ghost ship named The Carolina Queen.1008adventureonthesea,fishtale,ghost,ghostship,seaadventureclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/planet-earth-my-science-project--56384064https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56384064Sun, 06 Aug 2023 12:58:18 +0000Bill RussoIn a classroom, far away in a distant, advanced planet, a student presents his science project - a living, miniature planet that he calls Ear564creationofearth,eveofcestruction,legend,mystery,outerspace,scarytale,sciencefictionclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-death-squad--56335689https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56335689Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:33:02 +0000Bill RussoThou Shalt Not Kill. It is a commandment, perhaps the most important one. Thou Shalt Not Kill - but there is a caveat, an exception to the rule. In times of war, even your clergyman will slap you on the back, hand you a chocolate bar, and send you...1070cavalry,civilwar,firingsquad,rebelarmy,soldier,unionarmy,warclean4fullhttps://podtail.com/en/podcast/short-story-theater/https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56273881Sat, 29 Jul 2023 00:44:50 +0000Bill RussoIn Bill Russo's new tale, the creatures of the Juns Federation - Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune, are poised to conquer earth, by capturing one human being at a time. They have chosen desolate Ragged Mountain in Northern Maine for the starting point of...1414aliens,bigfoot,billrussobeyondskinwalker,billrussobridgewatertriangle,bridgewatertriangle,et,invasionfromspace,outerspacecreaturescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turnonthenews-bravado-126-wavefarm-wgxc-20230629-20230705--56007730https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56007730Wed, 05 Jul 2023 22:57:08 +0000Bill RussoAn irreverent, satirical look at the news from June/July 20231681fakenews,satire,turnonthenewscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chicken-man-of-leftover-main--55805372https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55805372Sun, 02 Jul 2023 20:26:02 +0000Bill RussoIn Hyannis on Cape Cod back in the 1950s, police would respond to a call from the Kennedy Compound in about 2 seconds. A business on busy Main Street could expect to see a response from a call to the police department in five or ten minutes. On...9181950s,capecod,capecodtales,crimestory,davidandgoliath,leftovermain,shortstorytheaterclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bill-russo-s-shorr-story-theater-cheese-please-comedy-and-music--54831539https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54831539Thu, 22 Jun 2023 22:02:56 +0000Bill RussoA sample episode of an unusual comedy-music radio series called Cheese Please, with Snarfdude and Daffodil. If you like the episode, you can listen to the weekly shows on radio or on podcast sites.1810comedy,musicclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-of-evil-e-i-o-a--53949461https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53949461Sun, 21 May 2023 16:46:20 +0000Bill RussoThe letters E, I, O, and sometimes A, are the last letters of the names of virtually all of the Italian people. Are these letters truly evil? Are the people who have these letters at the end of their name evil? Find out in Bill Russo's mostly true...1256crime,gangs,mafiacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ghost-of-the-13-churches--53874980https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53874980Mon, 15 May 2023 17:58:57 +0000Bill RussoThe true tale of Dr. Abner Hersey, the eccentric doctor, who willed a forturne to the 13 churches of Cape Cod, and vowed to come back and haunt them, if any 'scobberlochers' mishandled his money.2374ghost,ghostsofcapecodclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-of-the-past-from-rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags--53824439https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53824439Thu, 11 May 2023 16:50:43 +0000Bill RussoShort Story Theater, News From the Past - a look at the sad life of one of the worlds' most successful authors. She was born in poverty in a small town, and amassed great wealth, but never found happiness.695bestsellingauthor,historicaltale,housewifewritesbestseller,newsofthepast,ragstorichescleanfullhttps://podtail.com/podcast/short-story-theater/https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53779234Mon, 08 May 2023 17:00:06 +0000Bill RussoA young girl fless an abusive and violent stepfather and ends up on Leftover Main Street in Hyannis, the unofficial capital of Cape Cod. She finds refuge in the toy store of a kindly lady. But back in Boston, the horrid stepfather who raped and beat...1592adventure,audioplay,billrusso,capecod,crimedrama,mobster,radiodrama,truecrimecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-8-ball-to-26-bullets--53709167https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53709167Mon, 01 May 2023 19:53:04 +0000Bill RussoJourney back to Old Cape Cod in the 1950s where Gable Stone leaves a game of 8 ball, to hunt for the killer of a mob boss, on a trail that runs from Hyannis to Boston to New York.1771adventure,boston,capecod,copsnrobbers,crime,gablestone,mafia,mob,mystery,newyorkcleanfullhttps://podtail.com/podcast/short-story-theater/https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52736480Tue, 14 Feb 2023 23:30:27 +0000Bill RussoMillions of readers know the exploits of Sherlock Holmes from the stories of Doctor Watson. In this episode of Bill Russo's Short Story Theater, for the first time, Sherlock Holmes relates a narrative about Watson. The good doctor undertakes a risky...744adventuresofsherlockholmes,dr.watson,mystery,sherlock,sherlockholmesclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-hours-beyond-midnight--52512515https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52512515Sun, 22 Jan 2023 23:48:14 +0000Bill RussoEvery night at three hours beyond midnight a man is awakened by a knock on his front door. He walks up to the door and there is no one there, even as the knocking continues. Under increasing strain he calls 'Hostile Haunts' in hopes they can scare...1048evp,ghostbusters,ghosts,hauntings,hostilehaunts,invisiblephantom,knock,spiritworldclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-2nd-life-of-riley-adair--52499457https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52499457Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:21:18 +0000Bill RussoThe Second Life of Riley Adair is a brief dramatized query into a consciousness below consciousness. Does it really exist? After you listen to the tale, you be the judge.961adeeperlevelofthebrain,braindead,braindeadoralive,coma,lifeinacoma,secretsofthebrain,skullfracture,thebrainclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dodge-city-duel-at-dawn--52406201https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52406201Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:34:44 +0000Bill RussoDodge City - Duel at Dawn, is the sequel to "I Grew Up in Dodge City in 1875". Deputry Sheriff Chalky Jones tells about the most unlikely gunfight the "Wild West" ever witnessed.1888dodgecity,gunfight,quickdrawartist,talesoftheoldwest,western,wildwestclean45fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-martian-express--52343120https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52343120Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:10:39 +0000Bill RussoThe Martian Express. A tale of the first human expdition to land on the Red Planet. It is an event that has not yet happened. Or has it?945missiontomars,outerspace,p,rockets,scifi,trektothestars,voyagetodistantplanetclean42fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/knotso-clanky-meets-bigfoot--52070533https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52070533Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:17:10 +0000Bill RussoKnotso Clanky is a storyteller, who is sometimes accused of stretching a little tale into something as big as Sugarloaf Mountain. It is just possible that his account of meeting and becoming a friend of Bigfoot, is somewhat exaggerated!1073bigfoot,billrusso,bridgewatertriangle,paranormalclean41fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-the-chicken-coop-short-story-theater--51269602https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51269602Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:05:27 +0000Bill RussoToday's edition of Short Story Theater is not a fictional tale designed to frighten you but an audio documentary that will frighten you as we take you "Inside the Chicken Coop"1731chickenfarming,factoryfarms,horrorsoftheeggbusinessclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/death-house-rescue-starring-the-shadow--51172546https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51172546Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:00:40 +0000Bill RussoThe Death House Rescue - featuring one of the earliest Superheroes - the mysterious and invisible Shadow. In reality The Shadow was a billionaire named Lamont Cranston who went abroad as a youth and learned the secrets of invisibility. As The Shadow...1586lamontcranston,mystery,superhero,theshadow,whoknowswhatevilclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secrets-of-three-skeleton-key--51041665https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51041665Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:01:22 +0000Bill RussoFar off the coast of Florida, past the last inhabited island (Key West) there was at one time a tiny key, no larger than a big, flat rock. When a crew came to build a lighthouse there, they found the skeletal remains of three escaped convicts. They...1767adventure,desertedisland,horror,mysteriousiland,mystery,rats,terroronanislandclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-damned-thing-short-story-theater--50889339https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50889339Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:23:05 +0000Bill RussoEarly Sci-Fi from the 1800s - The Damned Thing. A tale of invisibility written by Ambrose Bierce which may have been the inspiration for a work 50 years later by H P Lovecraft.1601horror,hplovecraft,invisible,theinvisiblemanclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-cremated-sam-mcghee--49979638https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49979638Sat, 28 May 2022 21:08:37 +0000Bill RussoThey went North to Alaska in 1897 to seek Gold. A few found it. Many others found only a frozen, hard death. Sam McGhee was one of those dying prospectors whose last wish was to be warm one final time.595adventureinthefrozennorth,alaska,epic,epicpoem,theyukon,whitehorsealaska,yukonterritoryclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-the-world-of-the-paranormal--49797289https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49797289Sat, 14 May 2022 17:09:04 +0000Bill RussoBill Russo, whose account of his meeting with a 'Puckwudgie' was one of the highlights of the Bridgewater Triangle Documentary, takes you on a ride through the unknown in, "Welcome to the World of the Paranormal"1431bridgewater,bridgewatertriangle,creepypasta,ghost,ghoststories,paranormal,puckwudgie,tales,talesoftheunknown,weirdtalesclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-professor-s-last-class--49586627https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49586627Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:38:43 +0000Bill RussoAt a premier university in Northern New Hampshire, Professor Winslow is ready to deliver his first lecture of the new school year - he has no idea that his first class, will also be, his last class.1321alien,aliens,horror,itcamefromouterspace,outerspace,spacealiens,spacecreatures,theendoftheworldclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gable-stone-services-rendered--49560989https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49560989Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:42:08 +0000Bill RussoOn Leftover Main Street in Cape Cod, there is a sign above a stark storefront that says simply, "Gable Stone - Services Rendered". When something is too tough for the police, or perhaps too illegal for same, Cape Codders in the know, head for Gabe's...1361badguys,bullies,hardboiled,privateeye,privateeyeforhire,shamus,thugsclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-last-confession--49547332https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49547332Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:31:21 +0000Bill RussoNot quite a death-bed confession, but at age 90 and knowing there will be no birthday cake with 91 candles for him, an old man reveals a dark secret that he has kept hidden in the deepest part of his mind for almost seven decades.1361eerietale,fadedmemories,mystery,shortstoryclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/x-minus-one-the-martian-embassy--49535867https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49535867Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:02:30 +0000Bill RussoThe greatest Sci Fi series ever seen, was viewed in the theater of the mind - old time radio - under the title of X-Minus-One. Here is a little-known episode of that series1497eerie,horror,outerlimits,radioplay,scarytales,scifi,twilightzone,vintageradioshowclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fifth-floor--49529550https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49529550Sat, 23 Apr 2022 21:45:52 +0000Bill RussoThe legendary Wampum Belt, a priceless Native American treasure, thought to be lost for centuries, was actually in a tepee on THE FIFTH FLOOR of a museum.1866bedtimestory,bridgewatertriangle,creepy,horror,kingphillip,kingphillipwar,nativeamericanlore,scarytales,shortstory,suspense,weirdtalesclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winnie-the-pooh-chapter-two-pooh-gets-stuck-in-a-tight-place--49508054https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49508054Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:46:38 +0000Bill RussoChapter two of the iconic, original Winnie the Pooh collection of stories, as enacted by Basil Nightingale of Short Story Theater. You can also view this episode on the Bill Russo YouTube channel to see the original illustrations.722classic,classicchildren'sbook,winnethepooh,winnieclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winnie-the-pooh-chapter-one-read-by-basil-nightingale--49492519https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49492519Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:48:42 +0000Bill RussoChapter One of Winnie The Pooh, from the original book published nearly a century ago. Read by Basil Nightingale.744audiobook,audioofwinniethepooh,classic,classicchildren's,classicliterature,winnie,winniethepoohclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-of-the-past--49323243 Some dreams are more than dreams. So lifelike, they seem real. Such is the case with the surreal musings of Algernon Blackwood, as described by Chiquito Crasto of Australia for Episode 14 of Season 3 of Short Story Theater.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49323243Tue, 05 Apr 2022 02:24:50 +0000Bill Russo"The House of the Past" Notes by Bill Russo. Some dreams are more than dreams. So lifelike, they seem real. Such is the case with the surreal musings of Algernon Blackwood,... Some dreams are more than dreams. So lifelike, they seem real. Such is the case with the surreal musings of Algernon Blackwood, as described by Chiquito Crasto of Australia for Episode 14 of Season 3 of Short Story Theater.]]>926creepyoldhouse,destertedhouse,dreamgirl,fantastictales,ghosthouse,ghosts,haunted,horrorhouse,horrortales,musingsofadream,shorthorror,spectre,surrealdream,talesoftheweirdclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-name-game-murders-a-tale-from-the-85-year-old-dot-to-dot-detective-by-bill-russo--49237071https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49237071Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:09:14 +0000Bill RussoA deranged maniac is murdering people with a weapon that matches their name. Mr. Hammer was killed with a hammer. Mr. Gunn was shot with a pistol. Retired Cape Cod Police Chief Rick Bates is summoned from his barstool in Key West and asked to...1042billrusso,capecod,crimeclassic,drama,holmes,innersanctum,keywest,killer,maniac,mystery,sherlock,sherlockholmes,shortstorytheater,suspense,whodunnitclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/out-of-the-waves--48956171https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48956171Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:52:44 +0000Bill RussoA lonely, older woman standing by the edge of her private beach on Cape Cod, sees a young man emerge from the waves. He approaches her. Is he a fortune hunter, a serial killer, or the Fountain of Youth?140450,elderromance,fountainofyouth,loveafter,mystery,summercapecodclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/five-minutes-of-wasted-words-while-waiting-for-a-bus--48589926https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48589926Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:55:12 +0000Bill RussoShort Story Theater takes a page from the David/Seinfeld book and presents "Five Minutes of Wasted Talk While Waiting for a Bus"362larrydavid,podcastaboutnothing,seinfeld,showaboutnothingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-killer-had-five-fingers--48539255https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48539255Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:12:54 +0000Bill RussoIn a tiny New Hampshire village, the hand of a mass murderer was chopped off at the wrist, after he was hanged. The body remained buried but the gruesome hand, finger-walks all around town trying to strangle everyone within reach!1285eerietale,masskiller,massmurder,murdermystery,strangler,thebostonstrangler,weirdtalecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-arms-of-life-and-death--48457838https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48457838Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:53:21 +0000Bill RussoThe strangest tale you will hear this year. Two strangers meet at the very top of the United States in Maine and begin an adventure that takes them to the bottom of the U.S. near Miami - where the saga ends in both life and death.2021ghost,mystery,phantom,strangers,taleofterror,weirdcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-begins-at-ten--47977626https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47977626Sat, 18 Dec 2021 18:46:24 +0000Bill RussoEveryone needs a second chance. Sometimes it comes early, sometimes late, and sometimes not at all. For Jose Mendez, it came at TEN!669boxing,fighter,heavyweightchamp,mma,redemption,secondchance,wrestlingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-midnight-express--47667582https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47667582Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:48:40 +0000Bill RussoA chilling tale of a middle-aged man who finally gets the courage to face his worst childhood fears, with an eerie result.1248bedtimestory,campfiretale,childhoodfears,eerie,horror,horrortales,scary,scarystories,weird,weirdtalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-two-weeks-with-the-red-sox--47332195https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47332195Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:11:49 +0000Bill RussoThe Producer and Director of Short Story Theater, Bill Russo, tells about his two weeks as a player on the roster of the World Champion Boston Red Sox.653billrussobridgewatertriangle,billrussoshortstorytheater,boston,bostonredsox,minorleaguebaseball,newyorkyankees,redsoxcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-judge-s-house--47234699https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47234699Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:25:38 +0000Bill RussoA retired "Yankee" from New England travels to "Old" England to research his family tree. Renting a long abandoned mansion for solitude, he soon finds that the rundown, eerie place is haunted.1876abandonedhouse,billrusso,bridgewatertriangle,ghost,ghoststory,haunted,hauntings,spiritscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hallo-weird-short-story-theater--46636771https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46636771Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:13:01 +0000Bill RussoFor many people Halloween is not just one day in late October, but a whole season that begins as soon as summer fades away and lasts until the Jack-O-Lantern is replaced by a Christmas Tree - this story is for them!703attackofwerewolves,halloween,legendofvampire,littleredridinghood,werewolvescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hank-williams-on-the-inside-cold-cold-heart--46500432https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46500432Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:05:52 +0000Bill RussoHank Williams On The Inside takes you to back 1951, in the studios of WSM radio, where Hank Williams is about to premier his new song, Cold Cold Heart - but the story of the sad incident that led to him writing the song, is colder than the song itself...576fatherofcountrymusic,grandoldopry,greatestcountrysinger,greatestcountrysongs,kingofcountrymusic,numberonecountryhit,opry,thedriftingcowboys,tonybennettcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-crowbar-case--46488149https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46488149Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:44:04 +0000Bill RussoThe amazing, true tale of Phineas P. Gage who survived having a 13 pound iron bar shot through his brain.1583impaled,impaledbyacrowbar,oddtales,strangemedicalcase,weirdtalecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/swilling-s-mills-will-it-become-the-largest-city-in-the-u-s--46330449https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46330449Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:14:15 +0000Bill RussoSeason 3 of Short Story Theater kicks off with the story of Swilling's Mills which may soon become the biggest city in the United States.878biggestcities,civilwarhero,gunfight,oldwest,oldwesttales,phoenix,phoenixarizona,shootout,talesofthewest,western,wildwestcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deadliest-place-in-the-bridgewater-triangle--46239881https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46239881Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:09:09 +0000Bill RussoA small 350 acre pond in Bridgewater, called The Nip, may be the deadliest place in the entire Bridgewater Triangle. Once, hundreds if not thousands of people swam in its quiet waters, before mysterious drownings forced swimming to be forever banned....681billrusso,bridgewater,bridgewatertriangle,deadlylake,hockomockswamp,mysteriousdrownings,puckwudgie,swampthingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-was-al-capone-s-boss--46115672https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46115672Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:53:09 +0000Bill RussoA man claiming to be 120 years old tells of the days when he was the top boss of crime in New York and Chicago, and he recruited a young guy from The Five Points to be his assistant. The boy's name was Alphonse Capone, also known as "Scar-Face".1441alcapone,bankrobbers,bootleggers,bowerygangs,cheaphoods,chicagogangsters,crimefighters,crimestoppers,gangsofthecity,godfather,jeweltheives,jewelthieves,juveniledelinquents,mafia,mobsters,organizedcrime,prohibition,thedoncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ill-fate-can-you-beat-it--46079934https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46079934Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:09:45 +0000Bill RussoFate. Must we be a slave to it? Or can we change the life that has been predetermined for us. That is the dilemma facing Josh Lamont, after his tea-leave-reading family members predicted he would die young by falling through thin ice in rural New...1291beatingtheodds,bedtimetale,billrussobridgewatertriangle,billrussopuckwudgie,billrussotheater,fallingthroughice,floridabuildingcollapse,fortunetelling,hardluckguy,illfate,newhampshire,overcomingmisfortune,scarytale,shortstorytheater,spiritworld,tealeavereading,thinice,tragictale,unexplained,whitemountainscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lizzie-borden-life-after-80-whacks-1--46064719https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46064719Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:09:09 +0000Bill RussoNew information on the more than 120 year old Lizzie Borden case? Yes. Short Story Theater does indeed have some fresh details about the world's most famous double murder - the brutal axe slaying of Lizzie Borden's greedy father and his second wife....815billrussobridgewatertriangle,fallriver,fallrivermystery,lizzieborden,tauntonstatehospital,theaxemurders,thebridgewatertrianglecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/justice-texas-style-sam-bean--45793946https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45793946Thu, 22 Jul 2021 02:37:29 +0000Bill RussoThe adventures and misadventures of a Texas gunslinger culminate in a surprising ending on Cinco de Mayo un 1905, in a wild West Texas town.1503judgeroybean,marksmanship,shootemup,skeetshooting,talesoftheoldwest,western,wildwestcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/short-story-theater-the-titanic-disaster-predicted-14-years-before-it-happened--45707945https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45707945Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:10:35 +0000Bill RussoEverybody knows the story of the ill fated ship The Titanic – but what many people don't know, is that the tragic sinking of the largest ship ever built – was simply a real life re-enactment of the very same tragedy, involving a nearly identical ship,...361eerie,esp,mysteryofthetitanic,premonition,psychiccleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-case-of-the-vanishing-homeless-by-bill-russo-and-the-short-story-theater--44725383https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44725383Sun, 09 May 2021 22:27:51 +0000Bill RussoThe 85 Year Old Dot to Dot Detective, Rick Bates, has hired John Charles Weeks to document his most unusual cases, and this is Weeks' first story, The Case of The Vanishing Homeless.2958copcases,cops,highwaykiller,highwaymurders,homeless,mystery,privatedetective,samspade,sleuth,vanishingdeadcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-thing-in-the-baby-buggy--44306175https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44306175Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:44:11 +0000Bill RussoOn a hot afternoon at a SO FLA beach, everyone is in the water, except Asa Bittridge and a young lady standing next to an ancient baby buggy. Asa offers to watch over her charge, so the girl can escape the heat by going in the ocean. Almost as soon...1591babymonster,creepymonster,demonbaby,evilchild,horror,it'salive,tinymonstercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/at-midnight-march-31st--44070065https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44070065Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:13:38 +0000Bill RussoBeware of Midnight on the 31st of March - a tale of loss, of hope, and of battles internal and external. It's a fight against the attack of March 31st.1801cataclysmic,earthdestroyed,endoftheword,nightmarecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-handler-a-one-act-play--44020493https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44020493Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:51:37 +0000Bill RussoHelen discovers something very unsettling about her boyfriend of two years, whose nickname is 'The Handler'.606crimestory,fixer,gangbangers,hitman,mafia,thehoodcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-whisper--43707915https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43707915Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:56:55 +0000Bill RussoDeep in the tropics of South Florida, two rival Gator gangs are waging a gun-fight at the edge of the Everglades, resembling a World War One battle. Gator-Town Police Chief Rocco and his guys are outnumbered four to one and don't have a tenth of the...1336battleinthecity,citystreetswar,everglades,gangs,gangwar,gunbattle,superherocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-discarded-carolers--43571183https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43571183Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:15:26 +0000Bill RussoThe discarded carolers were tossed aside as useless and value-less. Consigned to the town dump, they were precariously close to a conveyor belt that could drag them into the steel jaws of the deadly trash compactor. Old Joe Chase saved them from...1936fairytaleending,gentleshorttale,heartwarming,oldcurioshop,treasurehunt,treasurehunting,warmtalecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-dog-who-was-not-there--43387073https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43387073Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:10:55 +0000Bill RussoSome of us can never say goodbye to our best pal. Mr. Martin B. Closegrain was perhaps one of those - or perhaps he never had to say goodbye to his Samantha!1101animalghosts,dogghost,ghosts,ghosttale,mystery,seniorhousing,shortanimalstorycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kane-killer-of-all-things-evil--43292795His name was Kane. Only Kane, no other name, until he was given a Ju Ju stick that could equally repel or bash the most vile of evil demons.
It was the staff of Solomon, and with it: Kane became, Solomon Kane.
This is his story.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43292795Thu, 04 Feb 2021 22:53:56 +0000Bill RussoLong ago when the earth was flat, evil creatures ruled the land, the sea, and even the air. One man alone was able to smite these monsters. His name was Kane. Only Kane, no other name, until he was given a Ju Ju stick that could equally repel or bash...His name was Kane. Only Kane, no other name, until he was given a Ju Ju stick that could equally repel or bash the most vile of evil demons.
It was the staff of Solomon, and with it: Kane became, Solomon Kane.
This is his story.]]>1667adventure,evildemons,fanstasyfighting,magical,swordandsorcerycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-tales-from-the-wacks-museum--43169445https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43169445Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:17:21 +0000Bill RussoThree - (3) - strange exhibits in Bill Russo's Museum of Wacks!1061believeitornot,bridgewatertriangle,ghoststories,oddities,paranormal,strangetales,weirdtalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deadliest-place-in-the-bridgewater-triangle--43069063https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43069063Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:17:13 +0000Bill RussoBill Russo whose account of his Puckwudgie sighting has been heard and seen countless times, brings to Short Story Theater, his thoughts on the most deadly place in the area where he lived for many years - the Bridgewater Triangle.971billrusso,bridgewatertriangledocumentary,haunts,horrors,lakenippenicket,lore,scariestplaces,thebridgewatertriangle,thenipcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wacks-museum-the-green-man-the-crying-boy--42989156https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42989156Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:33:56 +0000Bill RussoEnter the Wacks Museum to learn the eerie tale of The Green Man as well as the saga of The Crying Boy - two strange exhibits in Bill Russo's Short Story Theater's museum of oddities.1379eerie,horror,museumofhorror,mythandmystery,oddities,realweird,strangebuttrue,urbanlegendcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-real-chucky-doll--42918202https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42918202Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:22:59 +0000Bill RussoWelcome to the "Wacks Museum". Exhibit One is a 3 foot tall ghost doll named Robert. He was the inspiration for Chucky, the little monster in the Child's Play series of films. The real life Robert is on display at a museum in Key West, Florida....1301annabelle,chucky,ghostdoll,ghoststory,haunteddoll,hauntedhouse,hauntingscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-exhibit-in-room-13-b-s2-e21--42546361https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42546361Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:51:06 +0000Bill RussoThe Midnight Bus to Your Head will pick you up at your house, whether you live in Portland, Maine or Portland Oregon or anywhere else in the United States. As to where it takes you....listen to the tale to find out.1807dreams,horror,lightsout,mindbending,mindexpansion,mystery,nightmares,shrooms,talltale,terroratnight,thrillercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-doll-s-ghost-on-bill-russo-s-short-story-theater--42399869https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42399869Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:09:39 +0000Bill RussoThe entire household staff of the Lamont Mansion is on alert when the 6 year old heiress to the Duke's fortune tumbles down a set of marble stairs while clutching her doll. Only the doll is injured and the future Duchess is unhurt. When the broken...1921benignghost,brokendoll,creepydoll,creepypasta,ghoststory,haunteddoll,horror,suspense,thingsthatgobumpinthenightcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sixth-richest-person-in-the-world--42202859https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42202859Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:54:20 +0000Bill RussoRevealed! The Secret of How the World's Sixth Richest Person built a 55 billion dollar fortune from an investment of one dollar! A True Story!1651buildafortune,getrich,getrichquick,howtomakeamilliondollars,strangetales,thehorrorofmoney,weirdadventurecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-pepper-s-grade-6-class--42023188https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42023188Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:49:31 +0000Bill RussoThe colorful Mr. Pepper was universally regarded as the best teacher in Maine. Near the end of his 16th. year in the town of Bell's Neck, trouble arrived when all of his students failed all of their exams. If Mr. Pepper could not inspire these...1801bestteacherever,educationalsystem,greatteacher,myfavoriteteacher,rememberingschooldays,schooldays,schoolreunion,troubleinschoolcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-thing-at-the-window--41965993https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41965993Fri, 13 Nov 2020 22:41:02 +0000Bill RussoThe Thing At the Window has no face. No body. It cannot be smelled, touched, or seen, but it's there. And it can be heard. It comes at midnight on hot summer nights when people have their windows open....1801creepy,ghost,haunting,mystery,spirits,spiritsinthenight,terrorcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jilted-arbor-of-bell-s-neck--41850363https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41850363Sat, 07 Nov 2020 21:42:11 +0000Bill Russo"Jilted" - A word carved in a tree. But in the word lies the strange story of a wood carver, and the two women he loved. The tale comes with a twist, but the real twist is what happened to the author, Bill Russo, as he wrote the last lines of this...1671adventure,jiltedlover,karmaattacks,mystery,strugglingartist,suspense,woodcarvercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-gord--41687672https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41687672Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:40:06 +0000Bill RussoDiscovered in the wreckage of a large, flat bottomed boat found adrift at the base of a mountain in the Northeast Hemisphere of Earth; the Book of Gord may be a fake news story. It could be an ancient allegory. Each listener must weigh the tales...1181allegory,ancienttale,historialbattles,legends,myths,talesofancientearth,talltale,therealarcofnoah,wartalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-halls-of-carrabbas-italian-grill--41625147https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41625147Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:15:46 +0000Bill RussoThe poignant memoirs of three Marine Corps veterans of the Korean War, as told from the Halls of Carrabba's Italian Grill to the Old Guys Lunch Bunch.1213armedforces,armytales,armyveterans,marinecorps,marineveterans,memoirofbattle,memorialday,warstoriescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-devil-and-the-first-jack-o-lantern--41468225https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41468225Thu, 15 Oct 2020 02:27:40 +0000Bill RussoGive the Devil his due! He's responsible one of our greatest Halloween traditions, A rogue named Jack battled with Satan and it looked like Jack won. But it was a victory that proved very costly and the only good thing to come out of the fight was the...451beatthedevil,halloween,horror,spooky,suspensecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/part-one-night-of-the-living-dead--41380785https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41380785Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:04:45 +0000Bill RussoPart One of Bill Russo's Short Story Theater's, audio version of John A. Russo's seminal tale, Night of the Living Dead, which started the entire Living Dead and Walking Dead genre of films and books.1776livingdead,nightmare,walkingdeadyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/night-of-the-living-dead-part-2--41380737https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41380737Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:01:25 +0000Bill RussoThe story that started the Zombie genre. Bill Russo's Short Story Theater presents John A. Russo's classic tale, The Night of the Living Dead - the Audio Version, Part Two.1786dayofthedead,livingdead,nightmare,nightofthedead,thelivingdead,walkingdead,zombies,zombiewalkyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-cat--41271234https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41271234Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:56:12 +0000Bill RussoA brand new dramatization of the classic tale, The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe. It's the story of a man who sinks so deeply into the world of whiskey and rum, that he changes from a person who loves life, people, and animals, into a soul-less...1921bla,blackcat,cat,creepystory,edgarallenpoe,halloweentale,horror,legendoftheblackcat,paranormalcat,poe,weirdtalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jimmy-catfish-s2-e09--41246968https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41246968Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:56:39 +0000Bill RussoThe bittersweet narrative of an unfortunate boy whose misshapen face made him look more like a fish than a person. His name was James Da Silva but most people just called him, 'Catfish' or sometimes, Jimmy Catfish. If Jimmy was odd, the secluded area...1582eerielake,giantfish,horror,killercatfish,killerfish,lakemonsters,suspensecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-devil-s-mound--41069009https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41069009Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:15:34 +0000Bill RussoIn the sleepy little New England town of Bell's Neck, New Hampshire, there's a mound of barren earth as big as a haystack, that the locals call 'The Devil's Mound'. They say that it has pulled at least a half dozen boys inside, and smothered them....3121asylum,fantastictale,fantasy,horror,horrorpodcast,j,juveniledelinquents,mystery,rowdyteenagers,sci-fi,statereformatory,suspense,weirdtalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-spirit-of-christmas-the-album--40718457https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40718457Sat, 05 Sep 2020 16:04:19 +0000Bill RussoHere's the Soundtrack from "Mama and A Christmas Spirit" with the full versions of the Sophisticated and Swinging holiday tunes from E and the Jammy Jams. It's a 30 minute session of stories and songs with Basil Nightingale, the host of Bill Russo's...1701christmasmusic,holidaymusiccleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lovecraft-s-the-picture-in-the-house--40666076https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40666076Thu, 03 Sep 2020 02:20:16 +0000Bill RussoLike a slow burn, the terror creeps up in minute increments and then bursts forth in an explosion of revulsion! Lovecraft's The Picture in the House. It's Episode Six of Season two. Be warned...this story starts off like a glass of warm milk, but...1204cannibal,eerietale,haunted,horror,lovecraft,strangetale,weirdtalecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mama-and-a-spirit-of-christmas--40617997https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40617997Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:22:51 +0000Bill RussoEpisode Five of Season Two is a tale for all seasons, though it is set on a Christmas Eve more than a half century ago. What started as a festive holiday quickly turns heartbreaking when Mama collapses just after serving dinner. Pa must leave 10 year...1817christmasevestory,christmasstory,christmastale,familystory,holidayclassic,holidaytale,survivingablizzard,whereissantacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-time-and-the-temperature--40395867https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40395867Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:36:07 +0000Bill RussoThe tense tale of a Disc Jockey battling for his creative freedom, with the owner of the Radio Station where he works. Based on true stories of Rock and Roll radio 'Jocks' in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.10711960sradio,discjockies,horribleboss,radio,radiodayscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kris-kringle-attorney-for-the-defense--40313151https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40313151Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:47:41 +0000Bill RussoA tale about life and death. Not in general, but the particular life of one Mister Carlo Santanelli, who is about to meet his maker.1561happyendingfamilystory,heartwarmingtale,heavenandhell,lifeanddeath,miracleon34thstreet,whatisbeyondcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cold-touch-of-death--40215663https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40215663Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:15:24 +0000Bill RussoCould you sit with the dead for a night? In old New England, someone had to spend the darkest part of the night with the deceased, until the mortician arrived in the morning. When his boss 'clapsed' and died from a heart attack, the frightful job of...1621bridgewatertriangle,eerietale,ghosts,hauntedhouse,hauntedironworks,horror,puckwudgie,scaredtodeath,shortstory,thedead,theundead,zombiecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-raynham-puckwudgie--40151681https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40151681Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:52:38 +0000Bill RussoSeason Two of Short Story Theater. Episode One. Basil Nightingale returns as host and Bill Russo offers a new perspective on his well known sighting of the Raynham Puckwudgie.831bigfoot,billrusso,bridgewatertriangle,bridgewatertriangledocumentary,creaturesighting,hauntings,littlefoot,monstersinnewengland,mysteries,mysteriesofnewengland,puckwudgie,shortstorytheater,swamptales,unsolvedmysteries,weirdcreatures,weirdmassachusettscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hauntin-taunton-the-asylum-the-conclusion--26901848https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26901848Fri, 08 May 2020 11:12:20 +0000Bill RussoThe Third and final installment of Bill Russo's Book, Hauntin' Taunton, the State Asylum2821asylim,ghosts,hauntings,horror,monsters,tauntonstate,weirdtalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hauntin-taunton-the-hug-and-drug-killer-poison-ivy--26168268https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26168268Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:03:04 +0000Bill RussoHauntin Taunton - Two, introduces the Hug and Drug Killer, Poison Ivy, the real life woman who dreamed of becoming the number one serial killer of all time. We also learn a little more about the source of James Wilkes nightmares, and the creature...2701billrusso,bridgewatertriangle,eerie,ghost,haunted,hauntedhospitals,hauntings,lizzieborden,tauntonstatehospital,theasylum,weirdtalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hauntin-taunton-cannibelle--25064826https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25064826Wed, 08 Apr 2020 23:03:40 +0000Bill RussoYou've certainly seen many shows, or read numerous books, about Asylums - but only one can rightly be called "The" Asylum. It's the Taunton State Hospital in the heart of the Bridgewater Triangle. Here dramatized for the first time is Part One...2041ghosts,haunting,scarystory,scarytales,spectralbeings,tauntonstatehospital,theasylumcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/update-on-the-cerveza-virus-situation--24050809https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24050809Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:52:28 +0000Bill RussoWe interrupt our regular program for a Fake News Update on the 'Cerveza Virus' which is frightening the world as of the year 20-20354specialvirusupdate,virus,virusreport,virusupdatecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-search-of-a-final-chapter--23714309https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23714309Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:56:48 +0000Bill RussoAnd now for (as Monty Python used to say) something completely different: we bring you Bill Russo's narrative of a family trying to collect its proper inheritance. It's a tale that starts out in New England and travels around the world as Bill Russo...1782fortunehunter,inheritance,mystery,rarebookmystery,stoleninheritance,tropicalmysterycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/death-on-a-rope--23588180https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23588180Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:11:42 +0000Bill RussoAt the edge of the Hockomock Swamp in the beating heart of the Bridgewater Triangle, four young men sit by a night-time campfire. They swap stories in an area known for cryptic mysteries and bizarre monsters. As the night wears on and the tales get...2431bigfoot,bridgewatertriangle,ghosts,nativeamericanlegends,puckwudgie,swamptalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ring-once-for-death--23252845https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23252845Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:58:35 +0000Bill RussoShort Story Theater dusts off an old tale of an even older crystal dinner bell. The owner of the quaint shop where the bell has gathered dust on a shelf for 20 years says, "Ring Once for Death". But not to worry, he's removed the clapper! So the...1371eerietale,ghostlydinnerbell,ghosts,livingdead,silentkiller,weirdtalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jumbled-graveyard--22905849https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22905849Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:30:58 +0000Bill RussoYou've certainly heard of that graveyard on Cape Cod where everybody's dying to get in! Ah but the problem is, once they get in, they become restless and get out of their coffins to chase around some old guy with a 50 cent cigar screwed into the...581ghosts,ghostsinacemetary,ghostsofcapecod,graveyard,hauntedgraveyardcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grim-reaper--22859802https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22859802Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:39:47 +0000Bill RussoThe 7 million dollar man could buy anything he wanted. But when told he had just 30 days to live, his money couldn't purchase even one extra second of life. Grimly he decided that if he couldn't unlock the secret of life, then he would explore the...623chillingtales,frombeyond,ghosts,grimreaper,secretsoflife,theafterlifecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sherlock-holmes-on-cape-cod--22443939https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22443939Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:25:03 +0000Bill RussoFrom a newly discovered notebook of Dr. John H. Watson, comes to light for the first time, the adventures Sherlock Holmes in the 'New' England. To be specific, Holmes sails to Cape Cod, where Moriarty is poised to capture the entire Cod-fish market,...2641capecod,doctorwatson,ghostsofcapecod,mystery,newadventuresofsherlockholmes,sherlockholmescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-grew-up-in-dodge-city-in-1875--22303994https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22303994Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:05:31 +0000Bill RussoI Grew Up in Dodge City - as told by a young man who walked 1500 miles from Lone Pine California to Dodge City along the alkali trail. The half inch coating of white trail dust that covered him from head to toe prompted the towns people to call him...1160batmasterson,cowboys,dodgecity,gunfightatokcorrall,gunfights,gunsmoke,western,wyattearpcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-room-in-the-attic--22108376https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22108376Mon, 27 Jan 2020 04:12:07 +0000Bill RussoAn elegant 4 story mansion with a dark secret hidden in the attic, the wreck of a 3-masted sailing ship from which it is said, skeletons try to wade to shore - these are the ingredients of the 49 minute dramatized tale, The Room in the Attic.2931ghosts,ghostsinattic,hauntedhouse,hauntedmansion,secretintheattic,shipwreck,skeletonscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murder-in-the-north-end--22033093https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22033093Fri, 24 Jan 2020 21:29:53 +0000Bill RussoA lesson in Italian cooking, contract killing, and Boston's North End in the distant 1950s.673boston,hired,hiredgun,hiredkiller,ladonna,mafia,mobhit,newenglandmob,northendofboston,thedoncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-carpenters-three-jesus-joseph-and-barlow--21888017https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21888017Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:38:39 +0000Bill RussoA dramatized look at the unexpectly troubled life of young Jesus, as he he tries to juggle his divinity and his humanity. A mysterious comrade arrives in time to close the rift developing between Jesus and his eartly parents.1111christ,jesus,jesustheearlyyears,jesusthelostyears,troubledyouth,virginmarycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ah-soo-the-ugly-and-talented--21674995https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21674995Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:02:40 +0000Bill RussoFrom the book, Ghosts of Cape Cod, comes the story of an abandoned highway and a most unlikely love story. Ah-soo sang in a voice that made angels hark, but had a face that looked like wooden bark. How she found eternal love, you'll discover in the...601abandonedroad,ghosthighway,ghostsofcapecod,legendsofnativeamericans,nativeamericanfolklorecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-with-no-electricity--21492324https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21492324Thu, 09 Jan 2020 01:54:32 +0000Bill RussoIn this tale, there is no suspense, and no mystery except perhaps for the mystery of life for a boy who lived in the only house in town, without a single modern convenience. Travel back to 1949 and walk for a bit in the shoes of the boy who lived in...6971940s,livingpoor,nostalgia,postwarchildren,youcan'tgohomeagaincleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-boston-it-s-25-cents--21146137https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21146137Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:57:28 +0000Bill RussoIn Boston It's 25 Cents, takes you on an insider's tour of the city - Boston as it is today, and as it was in the golden era of the 1960s. 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As a decades long resident, I met some members of the 'elite', and can tell you that though I fabricated this tale, it may be based upon fact. For it is a fact, that...652actiondrama,drama,mystery,suspense,whodunnitcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jack-in-the-box--20919326https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20919326Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:08:02 +0000Bill RussoThe lights have gone out and you're the only person in a lonely trucking terminal - or are you alone? There's a knocking coming from a locked, box-truck. Do you dare to let out the Jack in the Box?1026horror,jackinthebox,lockedroomterror,mystery,suspensecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reluctant-soldier--20703694https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20703694Fri, 13 Dec 2019 05:38:37 +0000Bill RussoEven as the cinders from the rubble of the decimated twin towers were still burning the eyes and lungs of the first responders to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, tens of thousands of young Americans were running to their local Military...781nine-eleven,september11,terrorattacks,worldtradecentercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-in-1776--20632309https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20632309Tue, 10 Dec 2019 19:10:15 +0000Bill RussoA 15 minute dramatization set on Christmas Day in 1776: A family hopes for a safe return of 'Father' who's a soldier in George Washington's ragged army, poised to fight the Battle of Trenton - a small engagement that had big meaning for the 13 Colonies.995christmas,christmasstory,yuletalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christmas-under-the-snow--20363211https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20363211Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:31:46 +0000Bill RussoTravel back to 1904 when a blizzard as bad as the Notheast Blizzard of 1978, traps the Barnes family in their log cabin on the prairie. Mrs. Barnes and her three small children are fighting a tense battle against the elements on Christmas Eve, hoping...1138christmas,christmasclassicsrefreshed,christmasstory,shortstorychriistmas,yuletide,yuletidetalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-night-before-and-the-night-after-christmas--20360545https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20360545Fri, 29 Nov 2019 12:46:47 +0000Bill RussoFrom Christmas Classics Refreshed, Here's the old poem, 'The Night Before Christmas', with a new ending - the 'Night After Christmas'. It's a short, five minute fanciful ride, back to the days of our youth when all things were possible.402christmascheer,clementmoore,holidaytime,santa,stockingswerecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sky-fell-on-alabama--20285423https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20285423Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:48:05 +0000Bill RussoThe sad and true story of Ann Hodges, the only person in the entire history of the world to be hit by a chunk of rock from outer space. A 20 minute, fully dramatized prouduction that will take you back to that horrible day in November 1954, when the...1287hitbyameteor,outerspace,space,spacerockcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/humanity-s-last-chance--20072169https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20072169Sun, 17 Nov 2019 01:39:51 +0000Bill RussoThey leave a dying planet to conquor a new world. Things don't go as planned. But there may be one last chance for humanity.250doomedplanet,dyingplanet,spacevoyage,starship,voyagetothestarscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ten-dollars-on-the-nose--20038849https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20038849Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:12:48 +0000Bill RussoEpisode 12 of Season One of Short Story Theater drops today. Ten Dollars on the Nose is the true story (mostly) of a time when honest, hardworking, hometown Knights of the Neighborhood ran the gambling business in the U.S., not the crooked...601gambling,lottery,numbers,numbersracket,statelotterycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-earth--19970333https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19970333Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:48:08 +0000Bill RussoConstitution Day. Except for a few towns on Cape Cod, it is a little celebrated holiday. But on September 17th, 2019, Constitution Day marked the first stages of construction of 'The New Earth'.727conquorplanet,newearth,scifi,spaceship,spacetravelcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-rose-for-cape-cod-full-file--19914698https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19914698Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:10:10 +0000Bill RussoA charasmatic old man has all of Cape Cod under his spell, but the wiley Dot to Dot Detective has some doubts about the great orator.903charlatan,greatpoet,poetry,speechescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-demon-of-the-dunes--19717202https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19717202Sun, 27 Oct 2019 15:04:04 +0000Bill RussoThe 'Black Flash' also known as the Demon of the Dunes terrorized Cape Cod for years. He had amazing powers and seemed unstoppable until........211demons,ghosts,goblins,halloween,monsters,trickortreatcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-name-game-murders--19387760https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19387760Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:46:17 +0000Bill RussoOn Cape Cod, a crazed killer is matching his murder weapon to people's names. Mr. Hammer was bludgeoned to death with a hammer, John Roper was hanged with a rope. Among those In grave danger are Mr. Gunn, Miss Nail, and anybody named Smith or Wesson.1026armchairdetective,crime,detective,murder,mystery,sherlock,whodunnitcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/karma-and-the-little-girl-from-provincetown--19284095https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19284095Sun, 29 Sep 2019 21:48:28 +0000Bill RussoKarma is a dish best served to the most annoying, pompous, and evil people we meet on the bumpy pathways of life. But sometimes Karma needs a little help. Enter, The Little Girl From Provincetown.889evilloses,feelgood,goodguywins,happystory,revengecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-very-first-halloween-jack-o-lantern--19230314https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19230314Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:01:04 +0000Bill RussoSome may wish every day to be Halloween. Here's the tale of one man who wishes every day was not Halloween!281carvingpumpkins,ghosts,goblins,halloween,jackolantern,pumpkin,witchescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stranger-in-a-saloon--19214391https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19214391Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:34:49 +0000Bill RussoIn the 48 contiguous United States, there exist even today, towns where there is no cell service, no internet, and no cable television. These villages often cling to Wild West values, as shown in this episode of Short Story Theater..a brief peek into...610bloodbattle,gunfight,knight,oldwest,revenge,western,wildwestcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-observer--19199865https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19199865Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:42:33 +0000Bill RussoThere is a chamber in the mind of every person where they try to hide their deepest, darkest secrets. In some individuals this little compartment becomes a foul and festering cesspool that leads them to self destruction. For others, like the man in...716delusion,detective,holocaust,madness,mystery,nazihunters,nazis,obsession,world,worldwartwocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-johnny-walker--19192593https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19192593Mon, 23 Sep 2019 03:51:19 +0000Bill RussoYou've undoubtedly heard of Johnny Walker - but there's another Johnny Walker you may be interested in. You know the one that's for sipping, but our John Walker is for inspiration. He's long forgotten but perhaps should be as well known as Abe...564abolitionish,civilwar,hero,slavery,slavesavior,slavestealercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-across-the-border--19192353https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19192353Mon, 23 Sep 2019 03:15:06 +0000Bill RussoA fast running river divides the United States and Canada at the Northernmost Border Station, in the State of Maine. On a frigid New Year's Eve, with the wind howlilng, and the temperature far below zero, two border patrol agents are shocked when...671allegory,border,borderagents,bordercrossing,fantasy,ghosts,mystery,paranormal,spiritscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/midnight-madness--19191739https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19191739Mon, 23 Sep 2019 01:04:22 +0000Bill RussoAn ancient tale that may be Midnight Madness or perhaps a Midnight Miracle. It is for the listener to decide.835ghostly,love,mystery,spirit,unexplainedcleanfull