RAS #580 – The Lizzie Borden Story

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we have a special episode of Ghost Stories With Sylvia. It has been a bit since we have had Sylvia on, but the wait was worth it! We will have an entire show dedicated to one of most celebrated true crime stories of centuries past, The Lizzie Borden Axe Murders. Was Lizzie guilty? Who were the players? Press that play button and find out.

Also, this week we will be doing a video version of the show complete with a slide presentation. You will be able to watch this on the Ron’s Amazing Stories YouTube channel. It is my hope to do more of these types of presentations in the future.

Featured Story – The Lizzie Borden Story

Lizzie Borden was born July 19, 1860 in Fall River, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Andrew Borden and was suspected of murdering her stepmother and father in August of 1892. Her arrest and trial became a national sensation in the United States.

About Sylvia Shults: Sylvia is a Librarian, Author, and Ghost Hunter. She has spent a lifetime in the pursuit of the weird and strange. Her non-fiction works include Ghost of the Illinois River, Fractured Spirits, Fractured Souls, 44 Years in Darkness, The Spirits of Christmas, Days Of The Dead, and her latest release Grave Deeds and Dead Plots. All of her books are available on Amazon and you can find out more on her blog page.

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Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

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News – February 21, 2023

The podcast this week is going to be something different. We will have an entire show dedicated to Ghost Stories With Sylvia, but with a twist. This time Sylvia will be talking about one of most celebrated true crime stories of centuries past, The Lizzie Borden Axe Murders. Was Lizzie guilty? Who were the players? And much more.

Also, this week we will be doing a video version of the show complete with a slide presentation. You will be able to watch this on the Ron’s Amazing Stories YouTube channel. It is my hope to do more of these types of presentations in the future.

For those of you on the radio. Because of the length of the program you won’t be able to hear the Lizzie Borden broadcast. Instead you will either have a modified version of the show or a replay. I will have more information on this on Thursday’s and Sunday’s show. You can head to the main website and listen to Sylvia Shults so you don’t miss a thing.

You can listen to the Lizzie Borden Story this Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link

Your Stories:

Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you’re from. I will read it on the show if I can.

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RAS #579 – Dr Ruxton Axe Killer

On Ron’s Amazing Stories today we have three new ones from the listeners that go from Chupacabra to the West Lawn Pavilion. Then we hear a true story from the archives of Scotland Yard about murder and rage. We end the show with a brand new Not So Important Times In History which tells a story about the Detroit Police Department having a mishap that you won’t believe. So press that play button and enjoy!

Next’s Week’s Podcast – Lizzie Borden

Next week’s podcast is going to be a special extended show featuring our very own Sylvia Shults. Sylvia is going to be presenting the true crime story The Lizzie Borden Story. You won’t want to miss it. Also, if you listen to the show on our Youtube Channel you will be able to follow along with both photos and slides. This is a first for the podcast and I can’t wait for you to see and hear it.

Featured Story – Dr Ruxton Ax Murderer

To warm us up for next week’s special podcast about Lizzy Borden I thought I would head to the series The Secrets Of Scotland Yard and play the true crime episode titled Dr Ruxton, Axe Killer. A well loved doctor is arrested for chopping up his wife and 20-year-old servant into 200 pieces of carnage. It first aired in the United States sometime in 1957. I will warn you that there are some very scary bits early in the story.

Other Stories Include – Methodical To A Fault, We Are Legion – We Are Bob, The Goats Of Chupacabra, The Ghost Girl, West Lawn Pavilion, Dr Ruxton – Ax Murderer, and Not So Important Times In History – Detroit Cops

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Grandma’s Rocking Chair

“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” Ray Bradbury said that, and when you take in context with our stories, it makes all of these strange things possible. We can say we don’t believe this or that can’t be true. But, in truth, what in the universe is absolute? Only God knows the answer to that. This one from Allison Flores tests the boundaries of this premise in a story titled Grandma’s Rocking Chair.

When I was very young my grandmother passed away. I met her only a few times. The concept of death was not something I understood and I wasn’t even sure what was going on or why everyone was sad. I remember walking through the funeral looking at everyone crying and feeling so lost, feeling like I had something wrong with me. “Why am I not crying, what is wrong with me.” I thought to myself.

This funeral was far from where I lived so we flew across the country to get there. We were staying in my grandmother’s house that she lived in and raised 4 kids in, all by herself. I was staying with my mom and I must have been about 5 or 6 years old. According to her I got up in the middle of the night and asked my mother if it was alright if I went to the bathroom, to which she of course said yes. I went to the bathroom and my mom heard me talking, thinking I was talking to myself. When I got back I told her, “Mommy there is a lady sitting on the rocking chair outside the room.”

My mom, for obvious reasons, freaked out. She walked out of the room and of course nobody was there. But the rocking chair was sitting in the middle of the hallway. She put the chair back where it belonged and went back to bed. Later that night my sister came into the room and woke us both up. She said that there was a banging on her door. My mom came out and in the middle of the hallway was that same rocking chair.

This is absolutely true and my mother confirms all of it. I like to think of it as grandma watching over us that night.

Allison Flores – Kentucky

This Week’s Podcast:

On the show this week we have more of your stories and a review of the audiobook We Are Legion, We Are Bob. Our featured story is an OTR detective drama which has a real Film-Noir feel to it. You can listen to this podcast on Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link

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RAS #578 – Three SciFi Stories

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we are going to break a record. We have more individual segments in a single episode than ever before. We have What’s that you say, Audible, These Are Your stories (which includes three from you guys). Our featured story segment has a total of three science fiction short stories. Then we have a brand new Johnny Is It True – SciFi Fact Edition, some amazing OTR commercials, and we end the show by traveling to August 25, 1944 in A Moment In Time. This episode just might be a tour de force. So, press that play button and enjoy.

Featured Story – Three Sci-Fi Stories

Our featured stories are completely unrelated and come from various sources. But they do have some things in common. They are all short sci-fi and all come from the 1950’s pulp magazine scene.

Say Hello for Me written by Frank W. Coggins.
Experiment written by Fredric Brown.
No Pets Allowed written by M. A. Cummings.

All of these stories are read for us by Rosslyn Carlyle. We have had her stories many times on the podcast before and she is a regular performer at Librivox.org. If you want to hear more stories read by Rosslyn you can follow this link to her full Librivox.Org catalog. There are a lot of them.

Other Stories Include – The Blood Will Tell, Dragon Teeth, Interrupted Funeral, Luke’s Nurse, At Odds with the Desert, Say Hello for Me, Experiment, No Pets Allowed, Johnny Is It True – Science Fiction Facts, A Moment In Time – August 25, 1944, and Great OTR commercials

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