The Catholic Men's Podcast: Recent Episodes
Matthew Miller
This podcast helps Catholic men to find good works of literature that will help them become more cultured, more gentlemanly and more like a saint.
I wasn't sure what this story was about before I started reading it for the podcast, but I ended up enjoying it quite a lot. Perfect for young reader just starting out. I wouldn't have kept any of the little idols in the story, just saying.
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This presentation is the culmination of 8 months of study about Saint John Bosco. It was given to a group of 75 faithful Catholics gathered at America Needs Fatima Headquarters in Pennsylvania.
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Here's a playlist with every episode done so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjUJgIDS7Tk&list=PLlz7a7mdnm7TR9khPoZa9EgRtGa7u3GYe
God bless!
This is a piece of Russian folklore that caught my fancy way back in 2016 when I started the podcast and I have been meaning to perform it ever since. I don't know why I liked it so much. Maybe because it's so much better than some of the lame tales we were raised on. It's original, it's interesting and a bit crazy.
Oh and by the way, there's a hundred more Prince Ivan stories in Russia besides this one.
Enjoy...
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This is the author's Introduction to this chilling true story:
Carl Ethan Akeley is considered the “Father of Modern Taxidermy, a title not lightly earned. I first saw his work in New York’s American Museum of Natural History in 1947, a small boy in hot flannel, dripping ice cream over his Buster Browns in the July heat. His bronzes of lion spearing, taken from his adventures with the Nandi of British East Africa, are still my favorite sculptures on earth.
Perhaps I always related to Akeley because he was an American who proved that my own dreams of going to Africa were not in vain. Akeley, at heart a sculptor, caught better than anyone else the action and reality of his still-unspoiled Africa. Yet he paid a very high admission fee for his exposure, killing a wounded leopard with his bare hands and being left for dead in the icy heights of equatorial mountains after being savaged by an elephant.
At last, in 1926, Carl Akeley paid his final dues for his lifestyle, dying of pneumonia on the high, chillingly wet slopes of the remote Virunga volcanoes of what was then the Belgian Congo, where he had collected specimens of the mountain gorilla for the museum. Should you walk into the Museum of Natural History in New York City, you will see a magnificent diorama of the mountain gorilla, which actually is more than a memory to Akeley. It is an exact depiction of his grave, in the saddle between Mount Karasimbi and Mount Mikeno. The peaks in the background, behind the spot where his wife laid his tired and African-worn bones, are the volcanoes of Nyamlagira and Nyiragongo.
In creating his works for the museum, Akeley was the most generous of men, naming the display area after his close friend Theodore Roosevelt. He also dedicated his only book, In Brightest Africa (1920), to the ex-president.
The years have a way of saying thanks in kind: the Roosevelt Hall is now the Akeley Hall, and small boys like me from around the world still thank him."
-- Peter Hathaway Capstick, Death in a Lonely Land.
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For Father's Day, 2023, I decided to put up the very best performance of Robert Louis Stevenson's, "Treasure Island." I relive so many happy childhood memories while listening to this version.
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Ever since my friend, Mr. Evan Olwell sent me this story, I haven't been able to get it out of my head. It's haunting really. He sent me a video from the criminally underrated YouTube Channel: Jake Evans Storyteller.
Here is the video so you can show him some support.
A short walk south of the village, following the footpath along the banks of the Glaslyn leads to Beddgelert's most famous historical feature; 'Gelert's Grave'.
According to legend, the stone monument in the field marks the resting place of 'Gelert', the faithful hound of the medieval Welsh Prince Llewelyn the Great.
I also tell the story of Greyfriars Bobby as an afterthought. I've been meaning to tell that legend for a long time.
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This is the astonishing account of a strange occurence in Mayfield, Kentucky by Rose Wilder Lane, the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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This is a radio play we did all the way back in 2015 for a Call to Chivalry Summer Camp. For more information about this miraculous event in history please read this excellent article:https://www.tfp.org/don-pelayo-and-the-reconquista-of-spain/
Me and the boys had some good times recording this one and I hope you have equally as good of a time listening to it!
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Taken from William J. Long's book, "How Animals Talk." The evolutionists have claimed this book, but I think it testifies more to creationism than anything else. It poses a lot of questions about animals that scientists still have no answer for even to this day, which is amazing, as this book was written in 1919 -- over a hundred years ago.
I stayed up all night reading his questions about animals, the answers to which in my head spelled out: G-O-D.
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A story taken from "Top 10 Games You Can Play In Your Head, By Yourself."
You are in Cairo, the year is 1940. You have a treasure to find in a secret tomb... if only youcan keep your hide intact and stay one step ahead of the galley ofrogues and madmen who want you dead.
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The Joyce-Armstrong Fragment was found in the field which is called Lower Haycock, lying one mile to the westward of the village of Withyham, upon the Kent and Sussex border. It was on the 15th September last that an agricultural labourer, James Flynn, perceived a briar pipe lying near the footpath which skirts the hedge in Lower Haycock. A few paces farther on he picked up a pair of broken binocular glasses. Finally, among some nettles in the ditch, he caught sight of a flat, canvas-backed book, which proved to be a note-book with detachable leaves, some of which had come loose and were fluttering along the base of the hedge. These he collected, but some, including the first, were never recovered, and leave a deplorable hiatus in this all-important statement.
The note-book was taken by the labourer to his master, who in turn showed it to Dr. J. H. Atherton, of Hartfield. This gentleman at once recognized the need for an expert examination, and the manuscript was forwarded to the Aero Club in London, where it now lies.I will now give the narrative exactly as it stands, beginning at page three of the blood-soaked note-book...
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Enjoy three Irish legends edited and compiled from ancient literature by W.B. Yeats.
- The Priest's Soul
- The Demon Cat
- The Banshee of the Macarthys.
The last one was the first time in my life, I ever got truly scared while reading a story on the podcast. It was pretty late at night and all but still, I was absolutely convinced that the Banshee devil existed. Maybe it does...
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Of how a certain medieval bishop is set upon by two mysterious visitors in one day: one holy, the other, unholy. A chronicle from the Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voraigne about the three tantalizing riddles one pilgrim told the other.
Can you answer the befuddling questions from this saint's story?
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MERRY CHRISTMAS! Enjoy my all time favorite Christmas story from the the book, Légendes du Noël, contes historiques, by G. Lenôtre.
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I think it's time to restate my purpose for creating this podcast.
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In this episode we read one of Alfred Hitchcock's Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries.
At a certain point I'll give you a queue to pause the podcast so that you may guess the solution to the conundrum. It's written for young boys, so it's kid friendly. Enjoy "The Mystery of the Evaporating Man."
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Stiffen the sinews and summon up the blood for this Choose Your Own Adventure Story, played tonight by our special guest, Mr. Gabriel Jordan
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"And by the way,” the stranger added, “don’t play it! I beg of you to never set needle to its black unbreakable surface, and never let its sounds escape from this beautiful, gaudy jukebox.” The stranger paused while Homer and Freddy nodded and gulped. Suddenly, without the least trace of humor, the stranger laughed, “Hah, hah, hah!” and changed to a lovely shade of blue-green. “But you will,” he whispered, taking on an amethyst tinge. “Now, good night, my proud, parturient pair of panted Pandoras!” Then the door closed ever so grass-green and softly...
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"Then it all came out: Paxton looked over his shoulder and beckoned to us to come nearer to him, and began speaking in a low voice: we listened most intently, of course, and compared notes afterwards, and I wrote down our version, so I am confident I have what he told us almost word for word. He said: 'It began when I was first prospecting, and put me off again and again. There was always somebody--a man--standing by one of the firs. This was in daylight, you know...."
Listen for the whole story by M.R. James.
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My favorite coming of age story ever. We will hear all about pearl diving, giant devil-rays, tattooed sailors and precious gifts to the Blessed Mother.
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"MONSTERS AND FLAMES HAUNT PONT-SAINT-ESPRIT!"
In "THE DAY OF ST. ANTHONY'S FIRE," John G. Fuller has crafted a gripping true story of medical detection and an unforgettable drama of men and women trapped in a psychedelic vision of Hell.
Click HERE for Part 1.
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The shocking true story of an entire town possessed by a psychedelic vision of Hell.
ADVISORY! This is not the entire book, but a compilation of the best parts.
Click HERE for Part 2.
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The most mysterious and interesting circumstances of all are those connected with the hidden treasures of Oak Isle, or rather Kidd Island, which is situated opposite Chester about forty miles west of Halifax, on the Atlantic coast. Everyone, no doubt, has heard of Captain Kidd, the noted and universally dreaded sea pirate:
“Who lived in Third King William’s time, When many a pirate bold Committed on High Seas the crime Of shedding blood for gold.”
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SUA SPONTE (Adjective): In law, Sua Sponte describes an act of authority taken without formal prompting from another party.
--Motto of the 75th Ranger Regiment.
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Dear Sir,
We beg to call your attention to No. 978 in our accompanying catalogue, which we shall be glad to send on approval.
Yours faithfully, J. W. Britnell.
"978.—Unknown. Interesting mezzotint: View of a manor-house, early part of the century. 15 by 10 inches; black frame. Two guineas."
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Dear listener,these stories are not for the faint of heart. But each and every one is true:
- The Andre Letchemy
- The CF-100
- The Octavius
- Boelcke's Derlict
- The Mary Celeste
- Flight 19
- The Red Baron
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Episode #52 which gives some background on Col. Ripley’s Story: https://catholic-mens-podcast.pinecast.co/episode/dea22b4da3da43df/52-the-bridge-blaster
Read “An American Knight: The Life of Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC” by Norman Fulkerson: https://www.amazon.com/American-Knight-Life-Colonel-Ripley/dp/1877905410
If the link for the transcript does not work, then I have included it in plain text here below:
HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS HISTORICAL BRANCH (CODE HD)
An unofficial transcription of an oral history tape relating to combat action in the Republic of South Vietnam.
By Major Regan Wright, USMC and Major John Ripley, USMC. This tape was made immediately following the destruction of the Dong Ha Bridge in April 1972.
(Transcription begins)
Capt. John W. Ripley, United States Marine Corps. I am the Senior Advisor of the 3rd Marine Infantry Battalion. My order of attention took place in the defense of Dong Ha village. On the morning of 2 April 1972 I will discuss that part of the action and explain my part throughout the action on the second of April.
On the morning of 2 April the 3rd Marine Infantry Battalion was located at Dong Ha Combat Base when the enemy began an intensive artillery attack firing over 500 rounds of 130 MM artillery into the positions occupied by the battalion. The battalion then received word to move into blocking positions along Route 9 (QL-9) west of Dong Ha to be prepared to prevent any attempt by the enemy to bypass Dong Ha in its attacks from the south. While we were moving into these positions the Battalion Commander received a report that the enemy was attacking south along Route 1 (QL-1) in an estimated strength of their reinforced division. The enemy was reported moving radically in a mechanized column toward Dong Ha consisting of a minimum of 20 tanks. At this point perhaps an analysis should be made of the tactical and strategic points made on this small village of Dong Ha in the enemy's attack.
At Dong Ha the two major road networks of the entire province, indeed of the entire corps, intersects Route 9 leading west out of Dong Ha offers the only tractable access to western Viet Nam and eventually into Laos and the entire northern half of the country. Route 1 runs generally north-south through Dong Ha and is intersected here by the Cam Lo River. The intersection of Routes 1 and 9 are on the south bank of the river, perhaps just about a 100 meters before the bridge. The importance of Route 1 doesn't need to be emphasized as the main thrust of the enemy's attack was south along this Route. Route 1 is a class ''A" road with all bridges 60 plus tons capacity. This Route would support any vehicle known to exist in the enemy force and we realized that of course. Two bridges across the Cam Lo River there, the first was a steel and timber heavy duty bridge suitable for all classes of traffic. The second bridge was partially destroyed steel and concrete construction. Still suitable for light traffic, it was concrete and steel. It can be seen that the possession of Dong Ha, its road junction, and its bridges, was a critical necessity to the success of the enemy attack. There were no friendly forces north of Dong Ha having evacuated the northern fire bases under heavy enemy attack the previous day. Those were our bases Alpha 2, 3 4, Alpha 1, Charlie l and Charlie 2. There were no friendly forces on our flanks. Half of the battalion was in position west of Dong Ha with the tank force, but these were part of the overall Dong Ha defense. The only fire bases that remained west of Dong Ha, and perhaps good for Camp Carroll which has already been reported as just prior to being overrun, ind the Marine Force at Mai Loe which was under very heavy attack, both artillery and ground attack, proved literally no support.
The nearest friendly forces were located south of Dong Ha at Quang Tri Combat Base or AI TU Combat Base. They had been instructed to withdraw south of Quang Tri River to form a defensive line, the 3rd ARVN Division Headquarters reestablished south of the river. They were in the process of moving south at the time. It became quite apparent to the 3rd Marine Infantry Battalion and the support tank battalion, 2nd of 20 ARVN tanks, stood alone at Dong Ha without the remotest possibility of reinforcements. The critical defense at Dong Ha would be made with the Marine battalion and with the Tank battalion against an enemy reinforced division supported by tank regiment, 4 artillery regiments which were identified then, a rocket regiment, and an anti-tank air regiment and anti-aircraft regiment that included SAM missiles. They were to later use these missiles that day to knock down two A-1 VNAF aircraft. At this time it was quite apparent, both to the commander and to all of us hearing of the readily advancing enemy armor force, the ALFA Commander ordered a rifle company into immediate defensive position along the bridge. The time that he made this decision, of course, was about 0900 and the' company arrived there at this time. His second company was assigned to the end along the western end of the village just along Route 9 where the old railroad burned or embankment led to the south bank of the river and to the damaged ruins of the rail road bridge which was a likely crossing point. The BRAVO Command Group consisting of two companies remained with the tank force approximately 3 or 4 miles west of Dong Ha.
At that time the tank might have had only 2 companies in Dong Ha proper. He sent for this BRAVO Command Group. He sent for them immediately, requesting that they return to Dong Ha. He then assured the correct displacement of the defense force and then moved to a point just west of the village to 3 command group which was
(Recording Break).
During this brief Dong Ha underwent an artillery attack of such an intensity that it absolutely defies description. For approximately 45 minutes, perhaps a bit longer, the enemy firing does stating merge barrage of artillery into the village concentrating the fires probably three separate 130 ~~1 batteries. The effect was to isolate the village and prevent the arrival of the remaining two companies and tank force. We attempted to reach the companies in position task, but the devastating firing made it out of the question. However, we did remain in contact with the units, and the battalion commander through his encourgement and leadership made them even more determined in their task to hold the bridge in the village.
Finally, at approximately 1015 an enemy tank appeared on the north bank of the river directly across the bridge and was immediately undertaken by racketeers on the south bank and on the bridge itself. We had gone into a hasty defense. These racketeers fired between 5 to 8 rockets at the enemy tanks, but because of the tank they had detonated at the northern edge of the bridge did not have a clear shot, the tank was missed, unfortuately. In another words he got the picture and moved backwards into cover on the north bank of the river. We didn't see this particular tank anymore. The defenders remained in position on the bridge and on the flanks of the bridge, and began to consolidate their defense there.
The importance of the bridge itself is quite obvious, and the battalion commander had requested demolitions and permission to destroy the bridge forth wit. The Marine Commander of Brigade 258 of course understood this, and already assembled demolitions, and had the forces moving at that time from Quang Tri up to Dong Ha where we were to attempt to destroy the bridge. During this period Lt. Commander had moved with the tank force around Dong Ha Combat Base and into position on Route 1, just south of the Dong Ha Bridge where he could support the bridge with the tank force, and of course better control his battalion.
Just after the racketeers had fired on the one enemy tank, almost simultaneously the remaining of M4883 ARVN tanks arrived at the triangle or the intersection of Route 9 and Route 1 just after the bridge, and when into blocking positions there. They arrived only moments too late to undertake the enemy T-54 tank, however, they did get in position and formed a very effective block on the south bank and no more enemy tanks attempted to cross the bridge at that point.
With a situation as it was then we were able to get two more companies into position and to back up the forces already there which were scant to say the least, and to support them as I've already pointed out with heavy armor, our 48's and the remaining two companies of the battalions. This is probably interesting to point out that this tank battalion was the only, the only M48 battalion in the country at the time who had 1 day prior to the beginning of this defensive finished a very large tank exercise and were at that point departing back to their units, back to their bases when they received the word that the situation required them to move north to Dong Ha and to points in the northern part of the province. They had just finished and this was the first time that this unit appeared before combat. It was the first time that they had ever seen any combat mission whatsoever. So here they were, and doing a beautiful job in support of the Marines.
(Recording Break) moved into position on the north bank of the Cam Lo River, and moved automatic weapons of course, all the usual weapons into position there. The tanks didn't expose themselves, they were partially exposed along the north shore of Route 1 as it angled back to the west a bit. It was pointed out that two positions on the north bank were opposite our positions on the south bank at the Cam Lo Bridge. Also were into positions that occupied these and remained obstructions on the railroad bridge a mile or so west of the Highway bridge. In fact they placed a very large flank to the structure of the bridge and we took them on what we call tank rounds and didn't have any more problems from that area. However, we did not control the south bank of the river there. Our forces were just along Route 9 itself and not in control of the south bank.
So that has some significance later. Getting back to the bridge itself. Up to this point we were at sort of a stand off, although the enemy didn't try to get its tanks back across, we knew that there was only time before we massed them again with appropriate forces and perhaps under another artillery barrage we would attempt to get those tanks over. It was imperative that the bridge be destroyed. Someone has been detached to destroy the bridge and we had in fact had two reports that parts of the bridge were destroyed. It became obvious both to myself and to an Army Advisor who was with the tank force, that this was not the case that the bridge was in fact not destroyed. So I admit the toll personally on my command there.
Lt. Col. Turley who was in total charge of the AO, I had been told personally to destroy the bridge, to make sure that the bridge was destroyed, and if necessary to attempt to shoot the struts out from beneath the bridge, which would have been next to impossible because of the very solid construction of the bridge. Therefore, I felt because of his instructions, that I should move forward to insure that the bridge was destroyed. I did this, and at the same time this Army Advisor requested from his counterpart two tanks to assist us in getting forward to the bridge under the enemy fire and to assist us while we were there. We moved forward on the tanks and arrived just at the triangle there where Route 9 intersects with 1. I left the tanks there and moved forward myself to the base of the bridge and moved quickly underneath the bridge to find quite a few demolitions there which had been stowed up under the bridge itself almost to the point where the structure of the bridge met the embankment.
Just a quick look at the display of explosions and the method in which they were employed indicated that however, many that they had there perhaps would have detonated the bridge - the explosives, but it was very clear that they probably would not have destroyed the bridge, fact, they may have dropped a span, but only enough so that it would have contacted the embankment, and the tanks still could have come across the bridge down the remaining span on to the embankment and still gotten a shore under the south shore. There was a chain link anchor fence there protecting the access to the underside of the bridge, obviously put there to prevent any sappers from getting under the bridge, and in order to get the explosives properly inplaced, I had to reach up to the eye beams, to the stringer running longitudinally under the bridge. I had to pull myself up on to this stringer and over this chain link...
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...fence and then hand walk hanging under the bridge. I had to walk out to a point over the river where I could properly put these explosives where they would do the job. I got out there and swung myself up under the beams itself. I had a little difficulty because in my haste I forgot to take my webbing (FLAC Jacket) ·off and it was pulling me down somewhat. But I finally did get .my heel hooked and got into the beams, into the stringers, and then the other advisor began to push explosives out to me, and I placed them between these beams, between the stringers. I think there were six very large stringers under the bridge. Once I had them in place I blocked my access to the rear of the bridge. Also, I had to begin rolling myself up into the next one and go back and get more explosives. I think we had probably 500 lbs. perhaps more of combination C-4 and TNT. The TNT was in boxes weighing probably 75 lbs., something like this. It made it rather difficult to get it out into those high beams because of the weight of the boxes, it was rather cumbersome, but the explosives were inplaced, and they were inplaced down on the bridge diagonally. They were inplaced in such a manner beginning from the eastern stringer on the bridge. They moved in a diagonal line back to the western stringer, which is the proper way to blow a bridge. If they had been placed as we found them directly across under the bridge, then they would have not done the job at all.
Simply, we would cut the bridge and the remaining structure would have fallen onto the south bank, and as I've pointed out quite likely the tanks still could have crossed and gotten on the bank and into Dong Ha. It took about an hour to properly get these explosives inplaced. It was then necessary to go back out with time fuses and fuse all the explosives. On this we located some electric caps which were much more efficient, so I went back out and replaced the, that is I supplemented the time fuse with electric caps, and then ran these back and tied them off onto electric wire there. With the explosives in position on the bridge we then had to take some more explosives onto the small, lightly tracked bridge along side, and inplaced so that it could be destroyed also. While that was done we moved back to destroy the bridge. We got a battery, exposed the battery, attempted to, we had our wires for both bridges laid back in the vicinity of the jeep. Then we attempted to destroy the bridge. But for some reason the doggone thing didn't work. It appeared that there was a break in the wire.
Considering this I had before leaving the bridge itself, I had set two time fuses on the outboard stingers, and with a quick estimate of how long it would take. It would have taken longer than 45 minutes so I felt that that was a safe enough time to make sure that everyone was out of the area. I went ahead and let these two time pieces and then backed off.
Just after we attempted the destruction by the electric caps, word came down via the Division channel not to destroy the bridge. Of course we were in a very hazardous situation, what had me completely through this whole affair was directing direct fire on the south bank and on to our efforts in placing the explosives and getting the bridge destroyed. The explosives of course were in position, and of course the time and electric caps were in place in the explosives, and the greatest danger of course was that the electric caps, highly unstable, were in position in all the explosives, and almost anything could have detonated them. So that having been given the order to not to destroy the bridge, it would have been necessary to get out right away, get the electric caps out. I requested permission to do so and I was told to stay away from the bridge and to just wait for further instructions.
We moved back and my counterpart, the Lt. Commander was told by his senior officer, the Marine Brigade Commander to destroy the bridge. That of course countered our last word and we went forward to destroy at this time, and were met by a newly appointed ARVN Ground Commander who hastily organized Brigade Commander for the whole area. He had just arrived. He said, "that he had been given orders by the Division Commander not to destroy the bridge." I informed him that I had been given instructions twice from two different Commanders to destroy the bridge and that I intended to do so. It would be prudent if we all moved back from the bridge as the bridge and its present stance was getting ready to go up at any minute, particularly since those electric caps inplaced.
We moved back from the bridge and he was awaiting instructions from his Division Commander when almost simultaneously there arrived a flight of Vietnamese Air Force A-ls to conduct a flying mission on the north side of the river. While these A-ls were bombing, the bridge detonated, and it was of course destroyed. It dropped the entire span from the south bank all the way to the first connection and completely devasted the bridge - made it totally unusuable for any sort of traffic. The bridge alongside dedonated at the same time and destroyed it, at the same time of course.
Now that the bridge was destroyed we were in much better position to defend Dong Ha. The Tank Force Commander deployed troops from each of the companies, the tank troops. We went into positions, defensive positions all around the city. We had no reinforcements as of yet. The enemy was continuing its artillery attack and also heavy small arms and direct fire weapons from the north bank. He had not as yet attempted any infiltration. The Vietnamese Air Force A-ls which were conducting flying missions immediately on the north bank of the river, just on the other side. Certainly (Recording Break). We were receiving very heavy ground fire and apparently enemy aircraft fire, probably 37 MM guns. It was quite obvious enemy aircraft fire and not just artillery fire. Suddenly while we were standing on a tank and observing, a SAM missile left the deck and in very short order inpacted into one of the A-ls, turning it into a ball of fire immediately. Miraculously the pilot managed to get out and floated very close to the bridge, and unfortunately onto the north bank. We requested permission to pick him up, and we were denied. We were not to cross the river and attempt any rescue. This situation probably stablized at this point, and for the rest of the day it was defense from both sides. We returned fire to the north bank of the river, and the enemy did not attempt to cross the river during daylight hours. We continued to receive indirect fire from enemy artillery and quite a bit of small arms along the river itself.
That evening the enemy did attempt to cross the river, and managed to get a number of it's forces across. However, they were intercepted right at the foot of the bridge, along the LST ramp to the right of the bridge some couple of hundred meters. They attempted to get through Dong Ha village which is to the left (west) of the bridge and they were stopped there. No enemy got past Route 9, nor did they get south of the village itself. They were all stopped there by the Marines in postion and by tank fire. The village was held that evening, and throughout that evening we had heavy resistance in the village, heavy incoming.
We also had reports of tanks attempting to move, that is we had visual sights of tanks moving west along a secondary road leading from Route 1 toward the village of Cam Lo. We saw some 20 tanks moving at night along that road.
Going back to that day, the air credited themselves with four tank kills on the road itself. They reported to us they had killed four tanks there. We had managed to engage one tank on Route 1 north of the bridge from a position west of Dong Ha where Route 1 was visible. We could actually see Route 1, and we could see the flanks of the tanks and the tankers undertook it and destroyed it, the tank there. They feel that they probably damaged a second tank, but they were not sure. However, they reported to us the next day that there were seven tanks destroyed just north of the bridge.
The defense at Dong Ha was continuous throughout the day and evening, and during the evening we received reports of more tanks proceeding toward, not necessarily toward Dong Ha, but along Route 9 in the vicinity of Vandergrift Valley. We had reports of tanks moving through the valley. We also had reports of tanks attempting to get to Cam Lo to cross the remaining bridge there. We used very heavy air and naval gun fire assets to intercept them plus the artillery which was established at the time. And the nex~ day things stablized and we got more artillery batteries in place, gained much more support and that as necessary.
We never did receive a serious tank threat from the west during those first two or three days. But the enemy did manage to get a number of infantry forces across at Cam Lo. On two occasions the tank and heavy force, the perimeter which we had established around the Dong Ha base. On one particular evening, I think it was the 5th, they attacked our Bravo Command Group which had a company of Marines and a company of tanks, and estimated battalion strength where they were beatened back during the evening with the assistance of a Spooky Gun Ship (AC-130 Aircraft) and very heavy artillery support. The next morning we found 72 dead and uncovered a number of weapons.
Throughout this week, for the period of one week, the 3rd Marine Infantry Battalion Vietnamese and the supporting Tank Battalion, by themselves these two battalions, defended Dong Ha without losing a square inch, or as much as a grain of sand. The enemy infiltrated into the southern bank of the river and in the vicinity of the railroad bridge. The Marines pushed them back out of that area and back across the river accumulating some 150-200 firmed kills.
The enemy also managed to get into positions south of Route 9 at one point along the backroad exit of Dong Ha Combat Base. They were surrounded there, and we killed 33 enemy there, killed a company XO, captured four radios, and lost only three (Vietnamese) Marines killed in that action. We lost two tanks damaged. No tanks destroyed, only two tanks damaged throughout this defense. The Marine Battalion was relieved of the defense of Dong Ha, and moved into reaction supporting rolls in the vicinity of Dong Ha Combat Base when an Army Battalion moved forward.
However, the Army Battalion had a good bit of difficulty in holding Dong Ha itself and the adjoining defenses that we had established. It was necessary two days later to again put the Marines back into the defense and try to put an area defense. This was not successfully completed, when only one day later on Saturday, the last day of our week long defense, we were relieved of the defense of Dong Ha by a Ranger Group consisting of 300 men. We moved back into the defense of Quang Tri Combat Base where we now are.
[End: Major Ripley's Comments]
[Comments by: Lt. Col. G. H. Turley]
On 23 April Col. Joshua Dorsey III, who was at that time the Senior Marine Advisor to the Vietnamese Marine Corps here in country, felt that this tape was of such immediate interest that it should be mailed to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. On 26 April 1972 the tape was then mailed to the Chief of Staff, the Commandant of Headquarters Marine Corps.
In northeastern Wisconsin, fires set by hunters, Indians, lumberjacks, railroad workers, and farmers burning stumps and rubble culminated in the nation's worst forest fire, in terms of lives lost.
No writer has yet to equal in vividness, imagery, or sheer drama the contemporary account of the fire written by Father Pernin, the parish priest for Peshtigo and nearby Marinette, whose churches both burned to the ground. Published in Montreal in 1874, ostensibly to raise funds for a new church in Marinette, Father Pernin's account may have also been an attempt to exorcise the memories of that October night during which he suffered fearfully while behaving heroically.
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This podcast has three true stories from the book, "Amazing Diving Stories," by John Bantin:
- The Mystery of Commander Crabb,
- The Black Hole of Andros
- A Close Call with a Humpback Whale.
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This chapter from "All Creatures Great and Small," is the only one that’s really worth reading out of the whole book. I would discourage anyone from reading this book because there’s a good deal of vile language in it and the fact that it all devolves into a romance at the end. But I once had dreams of being a veterinarian myself and this story opened my eyes as to what a tough profession it truly is and I quickly reconsidered. It’s fascinating what hard knocks veterinarians go through.
We begin this story on the first day of Mr. Herriot’s practice as assistant veterinarian to Mr. Farnon, in Darrowby, England…
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This podcast is a compendium of beautiful Catholic Christmas stories, performed by the cast of the British TFP Family Series. Merry Christmas to all my listeners!
“Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people: For this day is born to you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David” (Luke, 2:10-11).
“And his name shall be called Emmanuel” (Isaias, 7:14).
The St. Crispin’s Day speech from Henry V
By William Shakespeare
King Henry V: What’s he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin: If we are mark’d to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England: God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour As one man more, methinks, would share from me For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more! Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse: We would not die in that man’s company That fears his fellowship to die with us. This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say ‘To-morrow is Saint Crispian:’ Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars. And say ‘These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.’ Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember with advantages What feats he did that day: then shall our names. Familiar in his mouth as household words Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d. This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember’d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
Henry V, Act 3 Scene 1.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour’d rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o’erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O’erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill’d with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height. On, on, you noblest English. Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof! Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these parts from morn till even fought And sheathed their swords for lack of argument: Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That those whom you call’d fathers did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game’s afoot: Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!’
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In which the infamous Newton gang of Uvalde Texas bury their ill gotten gains at the Alamo.
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Many are familiar with the iconic drink, the cappuccino, which consists of coffee and frothed milk. However, few are aware of the drink’s Catholic origin attributed to Blessed Marco d’Aviano, a Capuchin friar from Venice.
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- Harp music mastered by Alvaro Zapata
There's a treat for those who make it through to the end.
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Forgive the bad audio mastering, it's not my production. Also, I would've left out some of the devil noises. But they did a pretty good job in every other respect. They got the point across.
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Music Attribution: "Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1" Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klJwm-lrh4g Artist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClO7sXrzvwMA-sY_-gQHtDQ
A true story whose ending will leave you in awe, and will inspire a renewed hope in the Heart of Jesus and His care for the least of His children.
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This masterful mystery by M.R. James, set in an old world British school setting, is a story that ought not to be listened to at night.
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Wait awaits us in Australia? Find out in this Choose Your Own Adventure, with special guest, Mary Anne Miller, of the Podcast, Miss Retro Reads.
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Of how a crocodile nearly took the life of a scuba diver merley minding his own business. Learn how to fend off these miserable creatures should the occasion arise by listening to this podcast.
A "midnight special" edition of the podcast is done late at night when I can't sleep, on the back porch with Griffin the dog. Special thanks to Genevieve Miller for the midnight special cover art.
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Listen to the insane story of how a Cuban couple escaped from Cuba in 1971 by paddling around for 12 days on a raft made out of tire inner tubes and burlap sacks...
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Comfortable Mystery Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
What awaits our protagonist in the ancestral red room?
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In this episode I sit down with a glass of whisky to read two incredible Texas Ranger tales to my Canadian friend, Mr. Joseph Gensens. He was impressed...
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The plan to kidnap the German general was smoothly executed. But then two British officers fced the problem of how to escape with him from occupied Crete.
This story is absolutely true.
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The "Midnight Special" is a new segment where I read a story for the podcast in the middle of the night when I can't sleep. With me, as always is my faithful Labrador, Griffin.
This episode features a ghost tale from L.M. Montgomery (surprisingly), "Davenport's Story."
Happy listening, ideal for when you can't sleep yourself perhaps.
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Here's a taste of the story of the Mad Trapper of Rat River:
"The Mountie approached the cabin cautiously and rapped against the door. His knocks were answered by a rifle blast which hurled him backwards into the snow."
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This episode is taken from the book Centerburg Tales, by Robert McCloskey.
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In this podcast, I read a 1981 Outdoor Life article written by Peter Hathaway Capstick titled, Arthur Neumann's Overdose of Elephant.
It sent shivers down my spine when I read what happened to this poor ivory hunter. Listen to hear what happened...
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Arid Foothills - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The article by Mr. Gustavo Solimeo: https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/09/the-great-plague-of-marseille-1720-a-lesson-in-faith-and-confidence-in-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus/
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Tom Sawyer tells the story of "The Treasure in the Hill," from the Arabian Nights.
It can be found in Chapter 10 of Mark Twain's, "Tom Sawyer Abroad."
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A meditation from the book Bethlehem by Father Frederick Faber.
Father Faber (1814-1863) was an English Priest. He had been baptized as an Anglican, and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1845. He is best known today as a composer of hymns, the most famous of which is Faith of our Fathers, often sung on All Saints’ Day. His book, Bethlehem, could perhaps be best described as a love song to the Holy Family. It is almost as though he was able to bring the book to the stable in Bethlehem, laying it next to the manger as the three wise men offered their gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Our passage begins shortly after Our Lord’s birth. Our Lord and Our Lady are now asleep. The songs of the angels have returned to Heaven; from whence they came. The shepherds have returned to their flocks. The Three Kings have not yet arrived. It is quiet. The only person awake is Saint Joseph, who has assumed the incredible responsibility and privilege of being the foster- father of the Son of God. Even though he is a simple man, a carpenter by trade, God has given to him deep insights as to the nature of the Child that he will raise, as we hear in Father Faber’s Bethlehem.
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Two Christmas Stories:
- The First Christmas Tree.
- The Christmas of a Chouan.
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Two Stories --
- The Legend of Black Shuck
- The Story of St. Dominick Expelling 15,000 Demons.
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Teller of the Tales by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4467-teller-of-the-tales License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
From the book, "Unsolved Mysteries of World War II: From the Nazi Ghost Train and ‘Tokyo Rose’ to the day Los Angeles was attacked by Phantom Fighters," by Michael FitzGerald.
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Mr. Montague Rhodes James was a medievalist scholar and provost of both King's College and Eton College. His stories have a strong foundation in historical research with an element of truth at their core, making their plots almost believable.
The main characters of his tales are often archaeologists or antiquaries. This was fitting, for in 1902, M.R. James himself discovered a manuscript fragment which led to excavations in the ruins of the abbey at Bury St Edmunds, in which the graves of several twelfth-century abbots were rediscovered, having been lost since the Dissolution of the Monasteries. He also catalogued many of the manuscript libraries of the University of Cambridge and translated the Book of Baruch from its original Ethiopic in 1879.
Being such an authority in the experiences of historical research puts him in a league all of his own when it comes to ghost stories and you feel as if you can just reach out and touch the characters of his gripping plots.
I give you one of his best, "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas."
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Attributions: The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4486-the-chamber License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The Other Side of the Door by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4500-the-other-side-of-the-door License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Here are 18 Things Cops Know About the Use of Force from a 13 year police veteran, Adam Plantinga.
Here's the book: https://www.amazon.com/400-Things-Cops-Know-Street-Smart/dp/B00VS2Z0WW/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=400+things+cops+know&link_code=qs&qid=1597680412&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-2&tag=mozilla-20
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After many requests, I finally managed to find the final audio book chapters of "The Book of Confidence," narrated by the great Richard Fatherly. So here's the whole book in one big audio file. Happy listening!
Timestamps: Chapter 1 (0:44) Chapter 2 (10:57) Chapter 3 (27:36) Chapter 4 (45:43) Chapter 5 (01:02:10) Chapter 6 (01:17:21)
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"Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death." - Proverbs 10:6
In this episode we tell the story of "The Treasure in the Forest," by H.G. Wells.
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This podcast covers three saint's stories:
1 St. Columba and the Loch Ness Monster; 2 St. Romanus of Rouen and La Gargouille; 3 St. Francis and the Ravenous Wolf. Enjoy...
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Rudyard Kipling, the great author of Indian tales, brings us a personal chilling adventure of his own.
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Of how Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Jim are trapped in the air with a mad professor in a wild thunder storm.
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Listen to this little known Mark Twain story where Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Jim are stuck in an airship with a mad scientist.
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Here's a taste: "The constable in the Etruscan room glanced into the various sarcophagi and cast the rays of his bull's-eye lantern into the shadows of the great stone tombs. Satisfied that no one lurked there, he mounted the steps leading up to the Roman gallery, turning out the lights in the room below from the switch at the top. The light was still burning on the ground floor, and the sergeant had not yet arrived with the keys. It was whilst the man stood awaiting his coming that a singular thing occurred..."
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This is a strange but spellbinding little story by the great Jules Verne that I think gives much food for thought. It takes quite literally the saying from scripture, "Love thy neighbor as thyself."
Just for the record, Frritt-Flacc is onomatopoeia, it's supposed to be the sound that hurricane winds make.
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The Strange Case of the Dash, a two act radio play. This performance is part of the "Come In" Adventure Series. In each episode of this series, the protagonist of the play will address you directly: please do not be alarmed.
The various demands, contracts, requests or threats of any of the characters in the play are fictional and do not necessarily require any immediate action.
All that we ask is that you enter our lair, come in and listen if you dare.
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Attributions: Dial M by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/277/dial-m Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org
Ghost Processional by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100219 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Mary Celeste by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500016 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100232 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
This is a public service announcement for the Salty Dog Podcast!
I’ve talked with a lot of the listeners of the Catholic Men’s Podcast and they are having a hard time finding the Salty Dog Storytime as well as keeping up with the different episodes.
Everyone thinks that it would be a lot easier for all parties concerned if we ran the Salty Dog Storytime as a special segment on the Catholic Men’s Podcast.
So from here on out, all of the past Salty Dog episodes will be featured on the feed of the Catholic Men’s Podcast and it’ll be understood that it’s just for a younger audience.
I’ll keep the Salty Dog Podcast website up for a few days and then it will be taken down. So I’d advise all the listeners of the Salty Dog to make sure they’re subscribed to the Catholic Men’s Podcast
So thank you all so much for your support and we’ll see you on the Catholic Men’s Podcast!
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The stories in this podcast are taken from a book called, "The Living Legend," by Alan Phillips. They are so much more interesting than I ever would've imagined and I give a special thanks to Mr. Joseph Gensens for suggesting this book.
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Attributions: Malicious Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/collections.html?collection=44&Search=Search Artist: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod
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"Dear Mother, I am writing from the trenches. It is 11 o'clock in the morning. Beside me is a coke fire, opposite me a 'dug-out' (wet) with straw in it. The ground is sloppy in the actual trench, but frozen elsewhere. In my mouth is a pipe presented by the Princess Mary. In the pipe is tobacco. Of course, you say. But wait. In the pipe is German tobacco. Haha, you say, from a prisoner or found in a captured trench. Oh dear, no! From a German soldier. Yes a live German soldier from his own trench. Yesterday the British & Germans met & shook hands in the Ground between the trenches, & exchanged souvenirs, & shook hands. Yes, all day Christmas day, & as I write. Marvellous, isn't it?"-Private Henry Williamson, Age 19, London Rifle Brigade
Interview of Marmaduke Leslie Walkinton, British private served with 1/16th Bn (Queen's Westminster Rifles) © IWM
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WHICH TELLS of how a DRAGON appeared in Geatsland, and how Beowulf and Wiglaf destroyed it, and how sleep came to Beowulf.
IF you haven't listened to Part I already, I suggest you listen to it here: https://catholic-mens-podcast.pinecast.co/episode/c753d97e1de74bef/13-beowulf
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"Jesus, Mary, Get me there!"
This was the prayer shouted by Col. John Ripley as he laid his demolition charges under the bridge at Dong Ha. He handwalked under the bridge miraculously avoiding commie red tracer rounds that the North Vietnamese shot at him from accross the river. The bridge was the only way the had to continue their Easter Offensive and they weren't playing around.
How could this bloody mess of a Marine possibly manage to keep going and avoid there fire? You and I know the answer, but the commies learned the hard way that day.
Listen to the full story of Marine Corps legend, Col. John W. Ripley.
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- Hero Down by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100880 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
- Impending Boom by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100198 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
- Crusade - Video Classica by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100884 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
- Cambodian Odyssey by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100585 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
- Firesong by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100598 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
- An Upsetting Theme - The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100333 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
STORIES OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER: Three Tales of Salvation Through Her Intercession.
A play written for St. Louis de Montfort Academy in Herndon, PA.
All of these stories are true. They are:
- The Two Students,
- The Miracle of Theophilus,
- The Monkey Devil.
Enjoy these stories and learn from them. We've only got one life to live: why not live it in the protection of Mary Most Holy.
Special thanks to Augustine Long, one of the greats where acting is concerned.
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Attributions: Stately Shadows by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BlueDotSessions/DuckLake/StatelyShadows Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BlueDotSessions/
Virtutes Instrumenti by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KevinMacLeod/ClassicalSampler/VirtutesInstrumenti Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KevinMacLeod/
Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100357 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Temptation March by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Have you ever thought of monkeys as being evil? Good, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Now, have you ever thought of them as killers? The pesky baboons in this article written by the great American hunter, Peter Hathaway Capstick, are murderous in the worst way.
Listen and learn how Capstick devises a plan to get rid of them before they kill him.
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Here are two Christian tales for young and old from the Tradition, Family, Property Educational Series. We'll learn how a Catholic student convinced a Commie atheist teacher that God exists and also how low a man can sink in his arrogance.
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Listen to the play: https://catholic-mens-podcast.pinecast.co/episode/4971ffccd51a4dc6/56-the-strange-case-of-the-dash-play-
In this episode we cover the true story of the Ghost Ship of Harpswell and talk about the poem that John Greenleaf Whittier wrote about it.
I read a transcript of the episode from Episode #104 of the Lore Podcast, "Anchored," by Aaron Mankhe: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/lore/episode-104-anchored-W5J4dGqkrOw/
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Attributions: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100340 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300034 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500027 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Mary Celeste by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500016 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Lot No. 249 is written by the same author of the Sherlock Holmes series, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It's pretty freaky at the end so be warned.
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Hang on to your hats for the final episode of the Prince Brat adventure story, where one encounters dancing bears, crafty ratcathers and villainous cutthroats.
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Attributions: Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Journey in the New World by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/258/journey-in-the-new-world Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org
Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/SoniVentorum/ Song: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/SoniVentorum/FranzDanziWindQuintetOpus67/04-Danzi-WindQuintetOp67No2InEMinor4Allegretto
The whipping boy is a tale of adventure that’s right up there with Treasure Island. The author, Sid Fleischman, wrote many great books for boys but this is one of his best, so I’ve graced it with a two part podcast series. It’s a coming of age story, an adventure tale, a lesson in life, but historically accurate it is not as there is no proof that whipping boys ever existed. Apart from that, it’s well worth the listen and you will grow to love all of the characters in this adventure classic.
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Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soni_Ventorum/ Song: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soni_Ventorum/Franz_Danzi_Wind_Quintet_Opus_67/04_-_Danzi-_Wind_Quintet_Op_67_No_2_In_E_Minor_4_Allegretto
Stopping By the Inn by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/298/stopping-by-the-inn Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org
Two riveting stories about World War II great escapes. If you liked the movie “The Scarlet and the Black,” then you’ll most certainly enjoy the first tale which is the true story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty and his jaw dropping 4,000 escape operations orchestrated from his position in the Vatican.
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Cold War Echo by Kai Engel
Lesser Scaup by Chad Crouch
After reading the book, “Mossad,” by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal, you’ll be shocked at how the Israeli secret service has repeatedly helped America and the west in general, whether it’s fighting Communism during the Cold War or neutralizing Jihadist nuclear threats.
Listen to the Mossad’s insane missions in this podcast.
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Act Three by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Constancy Part 3 - The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100774 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Ambush - The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100334 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Western Tanager by Chad Crouch
An Opus in Bb by Blue Dot Sessions Stately Shadows by Blue Dot Sessions
Most people find out a few key things about St. Patrick’s life and then spend the rest of his feast day having a lot of beer.
I don’t have a problem with drinking beer on his feast day, but people need to find out more about him, especially since it’s such a big deal here in America.
It’s difficult to find an accurate, concise and engaging account of his life, but this one by Robert T. Reily in his book, “Irish Saints,” has everything you need to know.
Special thanks to a band called Poitín for letting me use their music in this podcast: https://poitinmusic.bandcamp.com/track/last-beautiful-loneliness-last-beautiful-j-mach-ek-loneliness-j-mach-ek
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The children of Nome, Alaska were dying off from an epidemic of diphtheria: where the throat closes off and you die of suffocation. Everything was frozen up in that January of 1925 and the only way to get the diphtheria antitoxin to them was by sled dog. The 20-pound cylinder of serum was passed to the first of twenty mushers and more than 100 dogs who relayed the package 674 miles from Nenana to Nome. This podcast covers the last few musher’s heroic stories, as the last stretch was the most treacherous part. There were 70 mph winds that brought the temperature down -85° F.
Challenge: try not to shiver when you listen to this.
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Plague by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at kai-engel.com.
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Roadside Bunkhouse by BlueDotSessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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Typewriter And Bell by tamskp is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) Source: http://soundbible.com/853-Typewriter-And-Bell.html
Today’s episode is going to be covering a hot button issue in today’s news which is toxic masculinity. It’s an article from the Return to Order website: http://www.returntoorder.org/2019/02/why-chivalry-is-the-catholic-solution-to-toxic-masculinity/
And here is the other podcast I help with: https://soundcloud.com/rto_podcast
But before we get into that, there was a listener request for me to read a poem about St. John of Matha and I agreed because after I read it, it quickly became my favorite poem ever. It tells the story of how St. John of Matha miraculously used his mantle for a sail as he was trying to escape the muslims in Tunisia with 140 Christian souls. I think all my listeners will enjoy it.
Here’s where I got the poem from: http://www.nobility.org/2013/02/07/john-of-matha/
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In our time more than ever before we need to have the certainty that the Catholic Chruch will prevail through all of its troubles. If you want to make a difference in this fight and gain confidence, then St. John Bosco's dream about the Two Columns and a great sea battle is hand- tailored for you.
Secondly, there is another dream that he had on how the Rosary can combat impurity and overcome all manner of vices.
I got the idea to read these dreams from a listener suggestion, so please keep them coming. I hope you'll enjoy the show...
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The horror genre of fiction is extremely popular in today’s world. Some of the horror stories that are being pushed in library reading programs today are many times gory or outright satanic.
Question: is there a place for scary works of literature in a Catholic’s library?
Well many ghost stories are probably already there, like a Christmas Carol. In Charles Dickens’ time, every big fictional author had to write at least one ghost story in order to be popular.
Grimms Fairy tales are full of terrifying stories.
Every time people get around a campfire, they talk about creepy things that may or may not have happened to them.
Personally, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a grizzly story, so long as the moral of it is clear, it uplifts you and doesn’t bring to mind devilish things or despair.
Again the story has to be uplifting and ideally adventurous. This is how you can captivate a young reader’s imagination, especially young boy readers, who are totally misunderstood by modern people. Particularly liberal modern people.
I’m going to read a story for you today that I think is a fantastic addition to any young Gentleman’s library, written by the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: the perfect author replacement for Stephen King. This tale is more grounded in reality and when you finish it, you’ll feel like it was time well spent.
I give you, “The Terror of Blue John Gap.”
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Episode 37: How to Take Suffering
This is a Sermon by St. John Vianney on how to suffer. It’s amazing advice for people in our modern world, because I know that the filth around today is much greater than back when St. John Vianney lived. Today, the good are so much more persecuted and it seems like everything is against us.
But this sermon teaches us how to suffer like champions and the best part of it all was that his sermons were always no longer than ten minutes.
So take heart and listen to his calming words.
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What happens when we don’t live up to our expectations? What happens when everything goes south in our lives and we’re left seemingly abandoned?
It’s at times like these that we have to maintain our confidence in God, which is for me, one of the hardest virtues to practice.
That’s why my favorite religious book of all time is The Book of Confidence by Father Thomas de Saint-Laurent and I think he had a special grace to write the way he did.
If you’d like to buy the book, then follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Confidence-Father-Thomas-Saint-Laurent/dp/1877905461
It so happens that I have permission to let y'all hear the first chapter of The Book of Confidence audiobook done by America Needs Fatima and narrated by the great Richard Fatherly. So if you’re going through bumpy times, just listen to this show and I know you’ll benefit from its calming words.
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I’m only gonna be reading what is for me, the best part of the book, which is when Marley visits Scrooge. If you want to see what happens in the end, you should read the rest for yourself. This story is a classic that every young man should read anyway, especially around Christmas time.
Charles Dickens was a writer genius. He makes a scene about a ghost, something that should be pretty scary, into a witty exchange. At the same time, his description of Scrooge’s vices are so vivid that it makes everyone examine their own consciences for the times in their life when they were a little humbug. Because we all can have a little bit Scrooge in us sometimes, right?
Before we start the tale, Charles Dickens would like to let everyone know that Marley was dead to begin with. Dead as a coffin nail.
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Did you ever wonder where the west got their Christmas traditions like having a Christmas Tree in the living room, putting up a nativity scene in the front lawn, or singing Silent Night?
Well, they’re all Catholic traditions and in this episode I explain how they came about.
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Believe it or not, this one is just my hobby: not professionally done at all.
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“Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.” - Quote from Saint Augustine
I would categorize today’s tale as “stories that every young man should know about history.
Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin is an excellent book about counterfeiters, the secret service, and a weird plot to steal a certain American President’s body.
It’s a really immersive story that I know you'll enjoy.
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I believe that every Catholic is called to be militant, whether it’s fighting vice or fighting an enemy foe for your country.
I think you'll agree when you hear stories of the two patron saints of soldiers: St. Sebastian and St. Martin of Tours.
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This is something I wrote for the boarding school that I graduated from: St. Louis de Montfort Academy. I’m only doing my own story because someone requested it, otherwise I really wouldn't do it.
It's about the Hungarian Freedom Fighters who resisted the brutal Communist takeover and covers the attempts to rescue Cardinal Mindzenty from prison where he was being cruelly tortured to support the USSR.
I hope you enjoy it.
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A short time ago I was reading about some Eucharistic miracles that blew my mind and wanted to share them with you.
We'll learn how to sit calmly in the presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and tell him about all of our problems. We'll also learn, that if people don't respect his presence, there may be something rather unpleasant coming for us- lightning, rabid dogs, or maybe just simply going blind.
Here's the booklet I mention: https://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Books/meditation-booklet-be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god.html
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This week’s story is about a daring mission done by the British Special Operations Executive to take down a Nazi criminal who was exterminating Czechs by the thousands.
It’s from a book called The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton which is the best spy book I've read, but Beware! This book does have parts that needs to be edited out for young Catholic readers.
Why am I reading this story on our podcast? Because I think that reading about war is manly and seeing what hard knocks our forebears went through to keep the west free is truly beneficial for our soft generation.
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We tell the story of the Miracle of Theophilus in which a priest sells his soul to the Devil and is forsaken by all except Our Lady.
Here's the article that I got the story from: https://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Angels-Demons/theophilus-the-prelate-who-sold-his-soul-to-the-devil.html
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Have you ever played a life and death game of chess?
Today's story is about a man who had to do this in order to escape the USSR.
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“The Rosary is the Weapon for these times” - St. Padre Pio.
I can’t believe I haven’t talked about the Rosary on this podcast yet.
However, I can assure you that once you finish this show you’ll understand the great importance that the Rosary has in a Catholic’s daily life.
Also, can you pray it during mass? Let’s find out.
Music by Alvaro Zapata
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People fleeing from Venezuela? That sounds like when people fled Cuba back when Fidel took over and it turned socialist/communist.
The story that I found last night left me speechless at seeing what people go through to escape Commie Cuba. I say, "go through," because people are still escaping from there.
The story is from a book called “True Stories of Great Escapes,” compiled by Readers Digest. All of them are just stunning, including this one.
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When you're felling low from fighting in our impure world, this show will help you press the attack!
This week, we're reading stories from "The Catechist" by Canon G.E. Howe. They show the dangers of not obeying the sixth and ninth commandments and also the joy of staying pure and clean of heart.
I know all can benefit from these beautiful stories and with them, we can make a counter culture against the filth of the modern world.
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The only man who could kill the man-eating Beast of Gevaudan was a pious devotee of Our Lady with a wicked looking blunderbuss. Listen to this show to learn how heroism against a demonic foe is only possible through devotion to Our Lady.
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Meditation is hard: I'm not going to sugar coat it. But it's recommended by many wise saints in the Catholic Church.
This show will explain different ways of meditating and how beneficial it is for your spiritual life.
Music by Alvaro Zapata
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Part 2 of 2: Marine Sniper Story "Stalking the General"
Is this sniper mission even possible?
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Part 1 of 2.
What real man doesn't like a good sniper story?
The best one I've ever heard has to be from the book, "Marine Sniper" by Charles Henderson. It shows the mud crawling, ghillied up, shoot 'em up exploits of the Marine Corps sniper legend, Carlos Hathcock. He laid the ground for all modern snipers today.
If you're thinking of buying the book, be sure to have it edited for foul language because there's plenty. However, there will definitely be none of that on my podcast.
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This is the Story of St. Christopher as you've never heard it before straight out of the "Golden Legend" by Jacobus de Voraigne.
As it turns out, St. Christopher was also a martyr and hearing how he knocks over pagan idols right and left is incredible.
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This week's podcast is a lesson in the art of storytelling. We read the King of the Foxes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Wait awaits Wat Danbury at the end of the line? Tally ho...
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This show is about the painting of Our Lady Mother of Good Counsel of Genazzano. She traveled over the Adriatic from her niche in Scutari to escape the Muslims. Follow her, pray to her and have confidence.
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In this show, we tell a a series of stories that emphasize the beauty of a repentant Catholic's death. Listen to find out how one can die a peaceful death in Christ.
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At the time I'm recording this it's Memorial Day which is why we're reading the stories of two Medal of Honor recipients in WWI: Sgt. Dan Daly and Sgt. Alvin York.
It's from the book, American Gun by Chris Kyle, the heroic Navy Seal Sniper.
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"Marines Hymn" song by Alvaro Zapata
To skip to the first battle, just go to minute 20:35, it's all action from there.
I found a version of the story of Beowulf by Stafford Riggs that is super easy to understand as opposed to other tongue twister translations.
This story shows many aspects of bravery and chivalry which would've been lost had they not been preserved through the ages by the medieval monks. By the time you finish hearing this dragon slaying story, you'll be inclined to agree that it was well worth saving.
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This week's podcast is totally different.
It's the performance of a play that I wrote based on the book, "The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest." It's about Fr. John Gerard, S.J. who did apostolate in England during their persecution of Catholics in 1588.
Some parts, like his interrogation scene, are word for word what Fr. Gerrard wrote in his autobiography. Other parts are a little dramatized but still true.
However, the pirate narrator never existed. But of course, I needed him to relate the story.
If you don't believe what's in this play, you can purchase the book and read it for yourself here: https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Hunted-Priest-John-Gerard/dp/1586174509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526253612&sr=8-1&keywords=autobiography+of+a+hunted+priest
Special thanks to my friends who helped me perform this one: ya'll are awesome actors.
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This is the harrowing English legend of the Lambton Worm which shows the intricacy medieval storytelling. It also shows why you should always go to church on Sunday and how cussing can get you into a world of trouble.
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Sometimes you look into Catholic history to read stories that you thought were really simple and then you're surprised at the sheer awesomeness of it. That's the case with the real story of St. George the dragon slayer and martyr which is the story we tell in this show.
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See what happens when someone gets too caught up in technology from this trues story about a computer hacker who got into all sorts of trouble in the late 1980s.
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Attributions: Long Note One by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100418 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Harlequin by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100635 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
A ghost boy who roams a Catholic church to tell his message about the importance of the Holy Eucharist, seven persecuted Catholics who defy death with the help of God. These are some of the amazing stories from our rich Catholic history that are retold in this show.
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Believe it or not, this is a true spy story about how a simple french paperhanger saved the allied assault on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
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Today's story is another dream from St. John Bosco in which Our Lady explains how some of his students turn away from God and ultimately go to Hell. Learn how to avoid these pitfalls yourself by listening to Our Lady's message in this podcast.
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Attributions: Comfortable Mystery 1 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100287 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=005 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outdoes himself again in this World War I tale of a French lord who fights the Germans guerilla style and earns a major price on his head.
Finally, the Germans locate his frightening chateau deep in the woods. What will they find in the Chateau Noir?
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Lone Harvest by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100409 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Colorless Aura by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400008 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Grim League by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100779 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Are you afraid of black cats? Well you should be, at least if you're in the symbolic dreams of St. John Bosco. Today we Read his eighth mystical dream: "Deadly Nooses."
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Attributions: Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500027 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100783 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
There are many stories of the FBI shutting down bloodthirsty Communist spy rings in the USA.
However, none are more shocking than the Rosenburg Case. What did they do? Let's just say nuclear secrets were involved.
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Attribution: Rollin at 5 - 210 - full by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License. Based on a work at incompetech.com Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licenses/ or contact artist via email. Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300039 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Ever wonder what the ideal length is for a sermon? If you listen to this sermon by St. St. John Vianney you can about the Virgin Mary, you'll find out.
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Welcome to the Catholic Men's Podcast!
This show will hopefully help Catholic men to find good works of literature that will help them become more cultured, more gentlemanly and more like a saint.
I am your host Matthew Miller and I'm a lay Catholic that's concerned with the sorry state of men today and would like to change that.
For our first episode, I wanted to go for a lighter story. It's a little known masterpiece from the author of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A salty tale by the name of "The Striped Chest."
What's in the chest? Listen to find out...
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