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The nexus between history and the news is the focus of this podcast by Dr. Rick Reiman

  1. JAN 1

    NEW! Something Completely Different, An Abridged Version of “The Adventure of the Second Stain”

    Twitter Facebook I have never recorded an abridged version of a Sherlock Holmes mystery short story, not wishing to truncate the words of the great Conan Doyle.  However, it occurred to me that the time of three half-hour sitcoms may be too much for listeners to bear to listen to a Holmes short story.  In order to guard against this pity, I have recorded this abridged version of a humorous yet exciting Holmes short story, abridging it to under two half hour sitcoms in length.  I started out the recording thinking I could do so in twenty minutes.  It can’t be done while still doing justice to the story, to the writing and to the detective or the author. And so here in 47 minutes flat, is the abridged version, hopefully with all its essential glory retained.  –Your narrator, Rick Reiman. Twitter Facebook

  2. 12/31/2025

    A Tribute to Ruth Paine, 1932-2025

    Twitter Facebook We lost Ruth Paine this year on August 31.  Ruth was a great lady, one of the few heroes and persons of kindness in the run-up and the aftermath of the JFK assassination.  As Thomas Mallon has noted, we know so much about the moods, mind and appearances of Lee Harvey Oswald in the critical six weeks before the assassination because Oswald sometimes stayed at Ruth’s house, used Ruth’s typerwriter, and visited Ruth’s home the night before the assassination to retrieve something from her garage that she did not know was there: the rifle that Oswald used to kill JFK.  All this was possible because Ruth befriended Oswald’s wife, Marina, who certainly needed friends. HIstory might have turned out differently if Marina had returned the favor to Ruth and told her all that she knew, including the existence of the rifle in Ruth Paine’s garage.  This is my tribute to Ruth, who richly deserves it. Twitter Facebook

    15 min

  3. 12/20/2025

    New! A New Recording of “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,” A Sherlock Holmes Classic

    Twitter Facebook In my series of brand new readings of earlier recordings I had released in my more inexperienced narrative career, I introduce the latest of these: The Conan Doyle story. “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton.”  Here again, Holmes must battle against no ordinary villain, but against a blackmailer of the most sinister antecedents. Has there ever been a bad guy more oily and rotten than Charles Milverton? Maybe the Grinch, perhaps.  But Milverton was a villain for all seasons, not just Christmas.  I hope that you enjoy it.  –Your audio narrator, Rick Reiman. Twitter Facebook

    48 min

  4. 12/03/2025

    NEW! A Christmas Present: My Encore Presentation of the Enhanced “Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans,” A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

    Twitter Facebook For Christmas this year, I roll out an encore presentation of my narration of Arthur Conan Doyle’s greatest short story, “The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans.”  The English government is paralyzed by fear as its most closely guarded secret is stolen or bought by an international spy.  Its “most exalted person” (obviously Queen Victoria herself) is closely following the one man who can “save the state,” Sherlock Holmes.  Noth even Sherlock’s older and smarter brother, Mycroft, the other man vital to the state, can unlock the secret and save the plans.  Can Sherlock?  Hold your breath as Queen Victoria does in this story, and listen and find out. If you enjoy these recordings, send an email to rreiman33@gmail.com and let me know.  They may be labors of love, but they take a lot of time and energy and I would like to know if people are listening and enjoying them.  Thank you!  –Your narrator, Rick Reiman Twitter Facebook

    1h 20m

  5. 11/25/2025

    NEw A.C. Bradley’s Classic Reflections on Tragedy in William Skakespeare, Part Two

    Twitter Facebook I continue the narration of A. C. Bradley’s famous lectures on the Tragedies of William Shakespeare, one of the finest in all of the critiques of these legendary plays. Twitter Facebook

    18 min

  6. 11/23/2025

    NEW! Encore Recording of “The Adventure of Black Peter,” a Sherlock Holmes Mystery Short Story by Arthur Conan Doyle

    Twitter Facebook In keeping with the other two encore recordings of major entries in the Sherlock Holmes canon of short stories, the “Abbey Grange” and the “Second Stain.”  I narrate once again, in what I hope will be a new and improved cover of “The Adventure of Black Peter.”   I hope you enjoy this entry in Sherlockean entertainment, on the eve of this holiday season. Sincerely yours, your narrator, Rick Reiman. Twitter Facebook

    56 min

  7. 11/13/2025

    A.C. Bradley on Shakespearean Tragedy in Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and King Lear

    Twitter Facebook And now for something completely different… Here is an audio introduction to the English literary critic, A.C. Bradley, and his legendary lectures on the high tragedies of William Shakespeare: the plays of Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear.  Bradley has been mute too long, buried in the mass of materials not properly advertised or displayed to the public in Project Gutenberg. If to live in the light is to to live in the light of Shakespeare, to hear the light of truth is to listen to A.C. Bradley.  These obscure podcast episodes of mine will hardly rescue either the Bard or Bradley. But if you enjoy this episode please let me know with a brief note to rreiman33@gmail.com and I will record more of the great lectures on Shakespeare of A.C. Bradley.  Signed, your narrator, Rick Reiman. Twitter Facebook

    27 min

  8. 09/28/2025

    NEW! New Version of “The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,” the Newest Narration of Rick Reiman

    Twitter Facebook Close on the heels of the brilliant “Adventure of the Abbey Grange” was one of Conan Doyle’s masterworks, his short story, “The Adventure of the Norwood Builder.” Any writer who wishes to toss into the ring a Sherlock Holmes pastiche of his own, will likely think twice before doing so upon reading this story, which bids fair to be close to the pinnacle of Doyle’s work. While I recorded it some years ago during the early days of my acquaintance with the art of podcasting, I have refined that art to a degree.  Be however much that may be, this second version pushes the limits of that art, at least to farthest horizon of which I am today capable.  I hope that it will be found by everyone to be enjoyable. –Rick Reiman, September 26, 2025. Twitter Facebook

    1h 1m
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