On May 31, 1889, a dam broke in the mountains above Johnstown, Pennsylvania, resulting in the worst flood disaster in US history. The city of Johnstown commissioned Syd to tell the story of that flood and how the people restored their city.

Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

In thirty years of teaching high school, this was my oddest class.

From Streets and Alleys: Stories with a Chicago Accent. Track 6/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

American neo-Nazis decided to speak about a mile from my house. My reaction surprised me.

From Streets and Alleys: Stories with a Chicago Accent. Track 5/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

In my sophomore year at Harvard, I learned what it meant to be a sophomoric..

From Streets and Alleys: Stories with a Chicago Accent. Track 4/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

If you ever had to stay in a hospital overnight, you’ve already lived this story.

From Streets and Alleys: Stories with a Chicago Accent. Track 3/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

Me, a Harvard Man? Are you kidding?

From Streets and Alleys: Stories with a Chicago Accent. Track 2/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

People always ask me what it’s like to be a storyteller. So I wrote a story about it.

From Streets and Alleys: Stories with a Chicago Accent. Track 1/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

Have you ever wondered if you could stop death?

From The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Terrifying Tales. Track 6/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

Be careful who you want to kill.

From The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Terrifying Tales. Track 5/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.

Even in the Early Middle Ages people loved a good monster story.

From The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Terrifying Tales. Track 4/6. Learn more and download all my recordings at my website, sydlieberman.com.