Podcasts, like those featured on Well Told Tales, pair gripping stories with talented actors. This idea is the modern incantation of the old-time radio plays prevalent in the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s.

Many of those radio plays are available free online. You can check out Orson Welle’s infamous War of the World’s broadcast, a version of Shirley Jackson’s eerie story The Lottery, or choose from a variety of classic Vincent Price radio shows.

There are numerous websites that offer free downloads of old-time radio shows including www.radiolovers.com and www.oldtimeradiofans.com.

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This classic short story by Ambrose Bierce was originally published in 1890. It served as the basis for a short film that aired as “Twilight Zone” episode in the United States in 1964. According to Kurt Vonnegut, anyone who hasn’t read it, is a “twerp.”

‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’
by Ambrose Bierce

A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man’s hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell to the level of his knees. (more…)

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