BELIEVE IT OR NOT: 11 CRAZY TALES AND SHORT HISTORIES

Our stories today: 1), Larry the Lawn Chair Pilot- who actually followed his dream up past the clouds and into LAX airspace while sitting in a lawn chair powered by 43 helium balloons; 2) Miracle in Rio- A blind boy is struck by a bullet during a new year's celebration and wakes up in the hospital to some good news; 3) A Disaster Foretold;- some Titanic stories 4) Ritchie Ashburn's Human Target- its my favorite baseball story; 5. They'll Never Take Me Alive- the story of Elmer McCurdy's busy afterlife; 6) Joshua L. Cowen's Invention, besides lighted flower pots; 7) Mary Edwards Walker- the only woman to win a Medal of Honor, 8) The Blood Amethyst- The London Museum keeps this one under lock and key,9) A Letter to Henry Ford (from Clyde Barrow) 10) The Carpet Caper- three college kids see a rolled up, carpet lying on a sidewalk and decide to take it back to their apartment 11) The English Professor- An English professor assigns a special online project to two students- their simple goal is to collaborate on writing a story. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories from Roy's Diner on Player.fm: Follow Us https://player.fm/series/1001-stories-network 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMNzU3MzM0Mjg0NQ== 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20heroes 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories (& Tales from Arthur Conan Doyle) https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20sherlock%20holmes 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre on Spotify: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20ghost%20stories 1001 Stories for the Road on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20stories%20for%20the%20road Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20greatest%20love%20stories 1001 History's Best Storytellers: (author interviews) on S