RAS #653 - Casting The Runes

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we have some good stuff. In the Audible
segment we take a quick look at the history of advertising which
leads to a very special ad in a very fictional audiobook written by
Terry Brooks. The work is titled Magic Kingdom For Sale and I think
you are going to like this one. It is one of my favorite novels
from the golden age of fantasy.  Then we head to our featured
story. This one asks the question, how far will you go to end a
curse put on you? The story is titled Casting the Runes and comes
from the OTR series Escape. We end the show with a brand new
edition of Johnny Is It True. I am going to tell you three real
stories from history and one…. not so much. Your job is to guess
which one I faked.  Featured Story - Casting The Runes Our
featured story comes from the OTR series Escape. What are your
feelings about curses? Do you believe in them? Our story is titled
Casting the Runes. It is about a character who is cursed by a rival
and must figure out how to pass the curse back to them before it
leads to disastrous consequences. It first aired on November 19,
1947 Other Stories Include - Not So Important Times In History -
Isaac Newton, Review - Magic Kingdom For Sale, and Johnny Is It
True - Historical Oddities. Program links:  From Johnny Is It
True here are the links that I mentioned:  , , , and . Ron’s
Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free
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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 if I can. Links are below. Note From Ron: We don’t have any of
your stories this time. The reason is that the coffers are bare. I
need you to dig deep and send in that story that you have been
holding on to. They don't need to be paranormal, anything that you
think would be fun probably is. Also, it doesn’t even have to be
true! Fiction is always welcome on Ron’s Amazing Stories. So,
please do that today.  Music Used In This Podcast: Most of the
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