With the end of the month of spooky comes a new year of the program and with that comes Ron’s Amazing Summary. The podcast first began in April of 2011, but it was not until October that I started to get the hang of things. So, for me the podcast’s birthday is always the spooky months. Here is a brief summary of the show.

Where Can You Listen to the Show?

One of the things that I am most proud of is that we have gotten the show into every major market except for Spotify and I am working on that one. You can find the show on iHeartRadio, iTunes, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher Radio, Google’s Music Play, Soundcloud, Spreaker, and many others.  Thanks to the support of Jason Dowd and the folks at AMFM247.com the show is heard on the radio airwaves in nine cities accross the the nation.  Every Friday night you can tune in the show at 8pm eastern time.

Are There Two Podcasts?

Yes! The main podcast is called Ron’s Amazing Stories and has over 260 episodes available. This show is the heart of soul of the project. There is however a second podcast called The Horror Express which I co-host with Jason Dowd. There are currently twelve episodes available. While this show does have its own show page. It does not have its own RSS feed. Jason and I both thought to piggyback the show on to the main podcast as it started out. If I can find a sponsor for the show it will find it’s permanent home on soundcloud. It will cost about $20.00 a month to do this. It may interest you to know that I did two other podcasts over the years that failed. They were called TSS – Flash Gordon and TSS – The Six Shooter. As I write this I can’t even remember what the TSS stood for.  I think it was The Six Shooter, which was poor thinking.

Two RSS feeds – Why?

First what is an RSS feed? It stands for Rich Site Summary, which was originally called RDF Site Summary, and is most often called Really Simple Syndication. It uses a family of standard web feed formats to publish frequently updated information like blog entries, news headlines, audio or video. Ron’s Amazing Stories has two of them.

RSS feed number one is the behind the scenes workhorse. It delivers the podcast to all of the major sources. The second RSS feed is for the older generation of podcast listeners. People who use only their email to listen. This feed not only contains the podcast, but the weekly newsletter as well. To clarify, if you listen to the show from your email you are using this feed. If you want to subscribe to it head to our home page and sign-up.

That’s It!

That is the end of Ron’s Amazing Summary on some things I thought I wanted to clarify. If you have any questions or have an idea for a show or blog post please contact me at ronsamazingstories@gmail.com. Thank you for reading!

-Ron

This Week’s Podcast:

On the show this week we have some good stuff. A story from a listener in New Mexico about a mysterious fog and an OTR tale from Suspense that stars William Conrad.  Also, Oscar Wilde joins us (in spirit) to give us A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated. You can listen to this podcast this Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from iTunes, stream it on TuneIn Radio or listen on your radio Friday night at 8pm Eastern time. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

The Calendar:

October 27 – Old Time Horror VI – (RAS264)
November 03 – The WaxWork – (RAS265)
November 10 – (RAS266)
November 17 – The Horror Express #13 – (RAS267)
November 24 – Thanksgiving Replay 2016
December 01 – (RAS268)

A few months ago we had Debra Yates on the podcast. She came on and told us some amazing stories about her 7x great grandmother Nancy Ward (Nanyehi).  Her book,  Woman of Many Names is now available on Amazon in hardcopy and paperback. It will soon be coming to the Kindle.

Nanyehi was a Beloved Woman of the Cherokee, which meant that she was allowed to sit in councils and to make decisions, along with the chiefs and other Beloved Women. She believed in peaceful coexistence with the European-Americans and helped her people as peace negotiator and ambassador. She also introduced them to farming and dairy production bringing substantial changes to the Cherokee society.

Debra’s book is a deeper look into a woman who helped shaped the history of our Nation. Nancy Ward had ties to Daniel Boone and George Washington, including having saved the latter’s life.  She has been memorialized in Benton, Tennessee, by a federal historical marker.

This Week’s Podcast:

Suspense! Yes we have another one from that classic show. Also, Debra Yates will join us and update us about her book release and read a passage from, Woman of Many Names. You can listen to this podcast this Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from iTunes, stream it on TuneIn Radio or listen on your radio Friday night at 8pm Eastern time. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

The Calendar:

August 11, 2016 – Jim Harold’s Trip to Cypress Canyon (RAS255)
August 18, 2016 – 1,000 Years! (RAS256)
September 1, 2016 – Jubilation U.S.A.! (RAS257)
September 8, 2016 – Sincerely, Iris Interview (RAS258)
September 15, 2016 – Debra Yates Reprise! (RAS259)
September 22, 2016 – (RAS260)
September 29, 2016 – (RAS261)

We listen to a lot of stories here on the podcast each week and more than just a few come from Librivox.Org. But what is it? -and- What do they do? This article attempts to explain and document this amazing free service.

What is Librivox.org?

LibriVox is a group of worldwide volunteers who read and record public domain texts creating free public domain audiobooks for download from their website. It was founded in 2005 by Hugh McGuire to provide “Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain.”  As of April 2015 it had 8,664 items in its collection. Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works are also available. LibriVox is closely affiliated with Project Gutenberg, and the Internet Archive who hosts their offerings. We have talked about the Internet Archive many times on the show. They provide the mass majority of what you hear on the RAS.

Where does term Librivox.org come from?

LibriVox is an invented word inspired by the two Latin terms liber (book) and vox (voice). The word was also coined because liber means; child and free, independent and unrestricted. Here is what their founders had to say about it.

“We like to think LibriVox might be interpreted as ‘child of the voice’, and ‘free voice’. Finally, the other link we like is ‘library’ so you could imagine it to mean Library of Voice.” – LibriVox forum

So there you have the LibriVox.org story. I highly recommend their site and encourage you to visit. You will be amazed at sheer volume of materials they have. Everything from famous speeches to Aesop’s fables.

-Ron

This Week’s Podcast:

We have an amazing show this week. Two aliens walk into a city and two aliens escape, or do they? Also, A professor is contacted by aliens, has this first contact doomed the earth? And finally, a one legged man is murdered and you must solve the crime. You can listen to this podcast this Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from iTunes, stream it on TuneIn Radio or listen on your radio Friday night at 8pm Eastern time. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

The Calendar:

August 11, 2016 – Jim Harold’s Trip to Cypress Canyon (RAS255)
August 18, 2016 – 1,000 Years! (RAS256)
August 25, 2016 – An RAS Replay
September 1, 2016 – Jubilation U.S.A.! (RAS257)
September 8, 2016 – Todd Murray Interview (RAS258)
September 22, 2016 – (RAS259)
September 29, 2016 – (RAS260)

The title sounds a bit scary doesn’t it, Repurpose and Republish? Has Ron gotten lazy and is he trying use his past work so he can play more video games? No, that is not what I am talking about. What I am thinking is that I want to do something with the over 200 shows that I have created. Occasionally I do replay one. In fact this week we will have a repeat. Although, this one came as request and is a not an effort to ditch work.

So what is this all about? I have been thinking about putting together a “best of” series of podcasts and offering it to the masses at a humble price. I wonder if the public would enjoy it enough to even buy one copy? What do you guys think? Can you take a minute of your time and tell me if you would buy such a thing if it existed?

Follow this link to – Contact Ron’s Amazing Stories – and leave me some feedback. It will only take a second and it help me to decide. This would be a Amazon offering.

-Ron

This Week’s Podcast:

As I mentioned above this week we will have a replay of Ron’s Amazing Stories. It comes from 2015 and it is mystery for your funny bone. You can listen to this podcast this Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from iTunes, stream it on TuneIn Radio or listen on your radio Friday night at 8pm Eastern time. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

The Calendar:

July 21,2016 – Glenn Miller Week (RAS252)
July 28,2016 – Hallucination Orbit (RAS253)
August 04, 2016 – Maddened By Mystery (RAS254)
August 11, 2016 – Jim Harold’s Trip to Cypress Canyon (RAS255)
August 18, 2016 – Gunsmoke Returns (RAS256)
August 25, 2016 – An RAS Replay

I bought a coloring book! Not just any coloring book mind you , but one from the paranormal guru, Jim Harold. I am a big fan of Jim’s work and decided to experience his stories from a whole new point of view, the adult coloring book. Heck, I even bought some colored pencils. If everything goes as planned today, Jim will be on this week’s podcast to talk about the book and share a great old time radio story with us in spooky style. So please join us!

-Ron

The True Ghost Story Adult Coloring Book: Inspired By Jim Harold’s Campfire

What Jim has done is brought his true ghost stories to life for your coloring enjoyment. 25 images and patterns so stunning they jump off the page! Also he has two color test pages plus a key explaining the origin and meaning of each image. Ghosts, alternate realities and the strange side of life are featured in these single sided pages. All inspired by Jim’s popular Campfire books and podcast series.

The original illustrations were done by acclaimed artist Len Peralta. Len was recently hired to create concept sketches for the new Ghostbusters (2016) movie. Simply put, he’s darn good!

“There are many adult coloring books out there but I believe this one TRULY stands out. I hope you’ll give it a try and share it with your friends who love to color” – Jim Harold

This Week’s Podcast:

If everything goes as planned, Jim Harold will joins us on the podcast this week and talk about his new coloring book. We will also share a great OTR story, so let’s cross our fingers and toes and make it it happen. Whatever the podcast is you can hear it this Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from iTunes, stream it on TuneIn Radio or listen on your radio Friday night at 8pm Eastern time. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

The Calendar:

July 21,2016 – Glenn Miller Week (RAS252)
July 28,2016 – Hallucination Orbit (RAS253)
August 04, 2016 – Maddened By Mystery (RAS254)
August 11, 2016 – Jim Harold Talks Coloring (RAS255)
August 18, 2016 – Gunsmoke Returns (RAS256)
August 25, 2016 – (RAS257)