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

 

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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/