Ep. 979, A Thumbprint and What Came of It, by Mark Twain

The Classic Tales Podcast

B.J. Harrison

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🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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How can a Civil War era murder be solved with a thumb print? Mark Twain, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The Vintage Episode for the week is “Frankenstein, Part 5 of 8”, by Mary Shelley. Be sure to check it out on Tuesday. If you have found value in the show, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. Help us to help other folks like you. Please go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a monthly supporter today. Today’s program is part of the larger anthology “For the Blood Is the Life, and Other Creepy Tales”, a collection of classic spooky stories curated by me, and narrated by the Utah Audiobook Narrators. We each took a story and ran with it! So if you like today’s tale, follow the link in the show notes to pick up your copy of this collection of creepy classics – narrated by my Utah Audiobook Narrator friends. Today’s story is taken from Chapter 31 from Life on the Mississippi. Twain was fascinated with the new science that came from fingerprinting, and also used it as a plot device in his novella Pudd’nhead Wilson. And now, “A Thumb Print, and What Came of It”, by Mark Twain. Follow this link to get “For the Blood Is the Life, and Other Creepy Classics” narrated by the Utah Audiobook Narrators. Follow this link to order The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, by B. Traven Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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0:38.9	How can a Civil War era murder be solved with a thumbprint?
0:44.5	Mark Twain, today on the Classic Tales podcast.
0:47.8	Music Welcome to the Classic Tales podcast. Thank you for listening.
1:02.9	The vintage episode for the week is Frankenstein, Part 5 of 8, by Mary Shelley.
1:08.7	Be sure to check it out on Tuesday.
1:10.7	If you have found value in the show,
1:12.9	please become a monthly supporter. Help us to help other folks like you. Please go to
1:18.5	Classic Talesaudiobooks.com and become a monthly supporter today. Today's program is actually
1:27.1	part of the larger anthology for The Blood is the Life and
1:31.2	and other creepy tales, a collection of classic spooky stories curated by me and narrated
1:37.6	by the Utah audiobook narrators.
1:40.7	We each took a story and ran with it.
1:42.8	So if you like today's tale, follow the link in the show notes
1:46.7	and pick up your copy of this collection of creepy classics, narrated by my Utah audiobook narrator
1:53.4	friends. Today's story is taken from Chapter 31 from Life on the Mississippi.
2:00.2	Twain was fascinated with the new science that came from fingerprinting,
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