"The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm" and "Punch Brothers, Punch!" by Mark Twain

Today on the program, hear two stories from our old friend Mark Twain – first he tells of a man’s justified disdain for burglar alarms in “The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm,” and then we hear of his experience with a troublesome earworm in “Punch, Brothers, Punch!”   0:00 – The news, New Patron!, Apple Podcasts Review 3:16 – Intro to this week’s stories 4:50 – “The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm” 18:16 – “Punch, Brothers, Punch!” 28:46 – Afterword/Closing the Show – See you next time!   Twain’s first episode   “The Empty House,” by Algernon Blackwood   Become a patron of Stories of Yore and Yours!   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 Apple Podcasts here!   Credits: Intro/Outro Music: "Funkeriffic,” by Kevin MacLeod Review Music: Dreams Of War  by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5404-dreams-of-war- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   “The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm”   Intro/Outro Music: Lurking Sloth by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4785-lurking-sloth License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Sound Effects:   All sound effects were recorded in-studio, included in the public domain, or provided by https://www.soundeffectsplus.com/    “Punch, Brothers, Punch!”   Intro/Outro Music: Jazzi  by Frank Schröter Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6469-jazzi- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Sound Effects:   All sound effects were recorded in-studio, included in the public domain, or provided by https://www.soundeffectsplus.com/