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  • Inside a HAUNTED Manor on HALLOWEEN Night! | Emily Hartley and Charlie Lennox

    In the tiny, sleepy town of Gibbon, Nebraska, a Halloween party was being held. 


    At the party, Emily Hartley–a hometown girl, recently returned from college–met Charlie Lennox, a handsome young man from Chicago. 


    Charlie had inherited Blackthorn Manor, an old, dilapidated mansion in which a ghost was rumored to dwell. 


    Together, Emily and Charlie explored the house. You’ll be surprised to learn what they found! 


    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here on this podcast for all the world to hear, or a tale of romance you want to be told, send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    Send your comments and stories to: 


    Email: [email protected]


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    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


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    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    36 min
  • “Love is fed by the IMAGINATION, by which we become WISER than we know, BETTER than we feel, NOBLER than we are” | Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas

    While imprisoned in Reading Gaol for the crime of gross indecency, Oscar Wilde wrote a letter to his friend and lover, Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas (1897). 


    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here on this podcast for all the world to hear, or a tale of romance you want to be told, send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    Send your comments and stories to: 


    Email: [email protected]


    Facebook: Billet Doux 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


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    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    46 min
  • “What I DESIRE is impossible, for what I desire is YOU” | Rafiq Ahmed and Radha Menon

    The love story of Rafiq Ahmed and Radha Menon (1965) 


    “If my family finds out what I’ve been up to, they’ll never forgive me. I’ll be disowned!” 


    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here on this podcast for all the world to hear, or a tale of romance you want to be told, send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    Send your comments and stories to: 


    Email: [email protected]


    Facebook: Billet Doux 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


    X: DanielEFinneran


    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    36 min
  • “My SOUL quivers to the vibration of your STRINGS” | Alejandro Moreno and Yelitza Rodriguez

    The love story of Alejandro Moreno and Yelitza Rodriguez (2024) 


    “There is only one audience for whom I wish to play, and she is right here”. 


    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here on this podcast for all the world to hear, send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    Send your comments and stories to: 


    Email: [email protected]


    Facebook: Billet Doux 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


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    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    39 min
  • “As long as I’ve lived, I’ve YEARNED to love” | Erik Svensson and Katya Ivanova

    A story of the romance between Erik Svensson and Katya Ivanova (AD 823): 


    Erik Svensson, a young Viking from Sweden, joined his warlord father on a mission to cross the Baltic Sea and invade the mainland of Russia. 

    While there, he met and fell in love with Katya Ivanova, a beautiful daughter of the enemy.  

    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here on this podcast for all the world to hear, send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    You can also reach me at: 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


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    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    42 min
  • “Even before I rise, my thoughts rush to you, my IMMORTAL BELOVED!” | Ludwig van Beethoven to Antonie Brentano

    Ludwig van Beethoven’s billet-doux to Antonie Brentano (1812): 


    “I must live either wholly with you, or not at all”. 

    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here on this podcast for all the world to hear, send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    You can also reach me at: 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


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    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    38 min
  • Two Athletes fall in LOVE at the Paris OLYMPICS | Rafael Pérez and Renée Trumbull

    A story of the romance between Rafael Pérez and Renée Trumbull (2024). 


    Renée Trumbull, a Canadian gymnast, and Rafael Pérez, a Spanish swimmer, qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. 


    One bright July morning, while walking through the Olympic Village, they met. 


    Over the course of the next few weeks together at the Games, they fell in love. 


    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read ON AIR–right here on this podcast, for all the world to hear!–send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


    Wait! 


    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects, to which you can listen on this streaming platform: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    32 min
  • "Our love is FORBIDDEN, but it can’t be helped" | Kenji Matsumoto and Li Mei

    The love story of Kenji Matsumoto and Li Mei (1937): 


    Kenji Matsumoto, a young soldier conscripted to the JAPANESE imperial army, was taken from his university and stationed outside Yan’an. 


    While patrolling the countryside, he met a beautiful CHINESE peasant girl by the name of Li Mei. 


    Between them, under the cover of darkness, a forbidden love was forged. 


    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read ON AIR--right here on this podcast for all the world to hear--send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


    Wait! 


    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    27 min
  • “I’ll forget your NAME the day I forget the FOOD I live on” | Michelangelo to Tommaso de Cavalieri

    Michelangelo’s billet-doux to Tommaso de Cavalieri (1533): 


    “Perhaps you said this to try me, or to rekindle a greater flame in me, if it were possible. Whichever it is, I know for sure that I’ll forget your name the day I forget the food I live on; in fact, I could sooner forget my food, which nourishes only the body, than your name, which nourishes body and soul, and fills both with such sweetness that I can feel no pain nor fear of death while my mind remembers it. Imagine how happy I would be if my eye also had its share.”

    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here on this podcast for all the world to hear, send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


    Wait! 


    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Mindfulness Meditations)


    29 min
  • “It was the flame of LUST rather than the feeling of LOVE” | Peter Abèlard and Heloïse

    A touching exchange of billets-doux between Heloïse and Peter Abèlard (12th century). 


    “Every wife, every young girl desired you in your absence and was on fire in your presence; queens and great ladies envied me my joys and my bed”. 


    If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here ON AIR for all the world to hear, send it to me via email at [email protected]. 


    If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at [email protected]. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done! 


    Instagram: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/


    Wait! 


    Before you go…


    Take a peek at my other projects: 


    Finneran’s Wake (Interviews) 


    Pneuma (Meditations)


    30 min

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