Episode 19: The Everyday People and Twist Endings of O. Henry

Artist, author, one-time shepherd, widower, convicted embezzler…O. Henry was a lot of things, and his stories are an illustration of how everyday people can get themselves into – and sometimes out of – extraordinary jams. Don’t miss the wit and unpredictability of William Porter/O. Henry in this week’s episode of Stories of Yore and Yours, featuring “The Cop and the Anthem” and “A Retrieved Reformation,” by O. Henry!     0:00 – Let’s get the party started right   3:42 – Intro to O. Henry and this week’s stories   10:20 – “The Cop and the Anthem”   23:16 – “A Retrieved Reformation”   38:36 – Afterword/Closing the Show   39:10 – What’s coming next week? See you then!   This week’s podcast partner: Mythical   Website: https://mythicalpodcast.weebly.com/   Have you written a short story that you want to have read? Submit it to the show!     Email: [email protected]   Facebook: facebook.com/syypodcast   Twitter: @syypodcast   Instagram: @syypodcast   Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes!   https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1373775434?ls=1   For a full list of music and sound effect credits, visit http://syypodcast.libsyn.com/blog (Sounds recorded in-studio not credited.)   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.