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Step into the shadows with Tony Walker in the captivating podcast, "Classic Detective Stories." From the intricate puzzles of the Golden Age to the gritty streets of the Hardboiled era, this podcast traverses the thrilling landscape of crime fiction. Each week, delve into timeless tales penned by masters like Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, Edgar Allan Poe, and Dashiell Hammett. Starting from Edgar Allan Poe’s groundbreaking "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the series spans decades up to the 1950s, exploring the rich heritage of detective literature. Alongside a host ...

The Lux Radio Theatre was a one-of-a-kind OTR show. Imagine the greatest Hollywood stars doing one-hour versions of their biggest motion pictures, complete with full orchestra, live onstage with a studio audience. The one and only Cecil B. DeMille was your host ('36-'45) for a lavish production of what was to become a veritable film checklist of many of Hollywood's best films from the mid-'30s right through the mid-'50s. The first Lux film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the film Morocco.

A swirling kaleidoscope of death, doubt, and desire. London, January 1942: London Times war correspondent, George Adams, is a tortured soul, devastated by his wife's death and rejected by all branches of the military. Destroyed by events he couldn't control, he can't face the future and won't forget the past. His editor sends him to Singapore, a city threatened by the Japanese, hoping the exotic location and impending crisis will erase his haunting memories. Within minutes of his arrival, George is caught in a near-fatal air raid that triggers a chain of conflict and catastrophes. Injured ...

Scare Street is proud to present 14 diabolical new tales in this bone-chilling collection. Each ghastly short story unleashes a new nightmare, ripped from the depths of your psyche. It’s almost as if this book has a mind of its own; a monstrous, disturbed mind, a mind full of dark dreams, and twisted nightmares.

In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free’s George Adamson to introduce him into his...

As war continues to ravage the galaxy, the new Age of Darkness sees whole systems simply lost and countless battles forgotten. Surely there can be no hope for peace, forgiveness or respite in such times, and all that will be left are the dying warp-echoes of supreme galactic ruin....

John Olivey, an officer in the Long Range Desert Group, saw action in the Western Desert, where he was awarded the Military Cross; he fought in the Dodecanese, for which he was decorated a second time; and saw active service on mainland Greece, and in Istria. In autumn 1943, he was deployed to the Aegean and in October tasked with leading 'Olforce' in an ill-conceived operation to take the island of Levitha. Of some fifty LRDG, he was one of only seven to avoid capture. During the battle for Leros in November, he commanded X2 Patrol at Clidi, a key hilltop position. 

Welcome back to Hellywood!! Hell Comes to Hollywood II features 22 short horror fiction stories, all set in the entertainment industry, and written by actors, screenwriters, producers, and other Hollywood-connected scribes. The audiobook contains the Bram Stoker Award-nominated stories "Hot Tub" by Hal Bodner, and "Dreams of a little Suicide" by Eric J. Guignard.

If you love axe-wielding barbarians, shape-shifting dragons, possessed toys, or cryptic assassins, then grab your traveling pack and join in the adventures.

The Better Off Dead series delves into the furthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

Can prosperity economics be the answer you need? Typical financial advice - what you listen to and hear in the mainstream financial media - will get you typical results. But what if you want better-than-typical results? If your goal is wealth and prosperity, not just safety and security, then you want the financial advice wealthy and prosperous people follow. The mission of the Prosperity Economics Movement is to share exactly this - making it available not just to the wealthy, but anyone who truly seeks wealth.

A Deadly Game of Betrayal Lisbon,1940: With Europe in turmoil and France falling, British agent Taylor Hartridge steals the Nazi invasion plans for Britain. He suspects a double agent in Lisbon and, fearing for his life, insists on taking the plans to London. He’s murdered before his departure, the invasion plans stolen. London analyst Simon Cole arrives in Lisbon to replace him. A novice who’s woefully unprepared but willing and determined, he’s pitted against the Chameleon, a mysterious German spy who’s a master of disguise. Racing to recover the plans before the enemy launches ...

Hollywood was a land of illusions, and Veronica Blair was the master magician. Hollywood, California, 1968: Jennifer Blair returns to her hometown of Hollywood, determined to find her mother’s killer. Veronica Blair, a movie studio publicist, had been murdered twenty years before during a dinner party at mogul Chase Carlton’s mansion. The crime went unsolved, even though just five other guests and the kitchen staff had attended the party. An open window yielded the only clue, suggesting an unknown assailant who was never identified. Jennifer enlists the aid of private detective Clay ...

Whilst trying to extricate himself from a deadly situation involving a local businessman, Drew, a 33-years-old ex-soldier witnesses an alien takeover, a silent invasion, in Dumbarton, Scotland. The worldwide result of this, because it happened everywhere, is the depopulation of Earth by more than 98%. Alien towers and barriers, inaccessible to humans, now exist where once stood cities and towns.

A single broken window. A town slowly coming apart. For fourteen years, the cracked pane in the old Varney house has watched over Castle Rock. It’s just a local curiosity, a ghost story for kids. No one bothers to fix it. No one notices the changes, either. The librarian’s kindness curdles into cruelty. The barber’s steady hand begins to slip. Arguments flare over nothing. A low, mean mood settles over the town like a poison fog. They call it The Grinding. The Loughlin family doesn’t know any of this when they move into the house on Willow Street. David, the history teacher, just ...

Once in a generation, a woman emerges whom history can’t forget Vienna, 1941 Monika Graf, the wife of a wealthy Austrian military commander, steals two Jewish girls from the Nazis—a crime often punishable by death. With soldiers in rapid pursuit, a homeless Jew named Janik, a mysterious man who lurks in the shadows, helps her escape. Unable to have children of her own, she finds a new purpose in life—rescuing Jewish children from the horrendous Nazi regime. She asks the Swiss for help, trading military secrets she gleans from her husband for the lives of Jewish children. With ...

Hailed as one of the Greatest Presidents ever, little was known about his wife's life. Join me now on a journey through the life and Paranormal dealings of Mary Todd Lincoln...History is Stranger then fiction

Mandy Pandy's first solo errand seems simple: fetch a jug of moonberry milk from the village store and come straight home. But when she reaches a fork in the path, a whirlwind of colorful chaos named Zumble Zibbit offers a faster route-the Zibbit Zigzag. Before she knows it, Mandy is deep in an unfamiliar forest, facing magical obstacles at every turn. From a living moss wall that demands a story to a sly fox who trades secrets for safe passage, and a meadow of towering flowers that shush intruders into a deep sleep, Mandy's quick trip becomes an unforgettable adventure. With nothing but ...

In Sunflower Valley, a miracle is turning to dust. Buzzy the Bee and his friends saved their home from the silent Grey Gloom, but their victory has an unexpected cost. The ancient, golden honey that holds the hive's very memories—its history, wisdom, and soul—is crumbling into nothingness, erased by the new, vibrant energy they fought so hard to restore. To save the hive's past, Buzzy must embark on an impossible journey. His destination: a forgotten land where time stands still and the sun never sets. His goal: to find the Mirror of Midnight Sun, a legendary artifact said to hold the ...

In the frozen silence of Antarctica, a secret has been waiting. At the remote Region Eight research station, scientists have spent decades studying Pandora—a psychic phenomenon buried deep in the ice. It is not an organism, but a dream of perfect, eternal quiet. When that quiet begins to bleed into the world, silencing radios, freezing living things in serene stasis, and whispering through the minds of the stationed crew, Director Arlen Thorne realizes the horrifying truth: they weren't containing Pandora. They were feeding it. As the silence spreads, consuming McMurdo Station and ...