The Old Father Williams Storytelling Podcast

Things are not always what they seem...

The story of how King Arthur & Queen Guinevere met...

A story about a mist unusual cat...

Please forgive the late posting of this episode. Real life occasionally gets in the way... I'll try not to let it happen again. Today's take is a somewhat lesser known of story of a somewhat letter known Knight of King Arthur's Round Table, Sir Gareth was the youngest son of King Lot & Queen Morgause, Arthur's half-sister. making Sir Gareth Arthur's nephew & brother to Sirs Gawain, Agravain, & Gaharis, Queen Morgause, King Arthur's half-sister, thus making him Arthur's nephew, as well as...

A boy is kidnapped & two men set out to rescue him...

The Devil's always a bad guy, right? Or is he?

This tale is an unusual take on a standard setup... I hope you like it!

This story has an element that was also used in William Shakespeare's "King Lear." I daresay "Old Bill" borrowed the phrase & its application to his story from this folktale. That's okay, though, because it works so very, very well...

Weel, being the cat lover than I am, telling "Puss In Boots" was inevitable - I just wonder what took me so long! (So does my cat, Miss Tabby...)

This is one of the first stories I ever wrote as a Teller, & it's absolutely one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy it, too!

This is th first original story I ever told in public. It was so well received that I decided to keep telling. I hope you like it. It's called "Saint Michael & The Devil's Castle."

The story of a little boy who never could do anything right...or could he?

Gerald is a little boy who never seems to do anything right... & he's the one who will save the village from Green Haired Goblins? Really? What could possibly go wrong? Well...

An American classic about an American Political Giant & the time he argued a case against the Devil. If he wins, he saves a man from a horrible fate ... but if he loses, well, he shares that fate for Eternity. Based on the classic story by Steven Vincent Benet.

The French Fairy Tale of "Beauty & the Beast" first appeared 1740 & has been a favorite on stage, big screen, television, ice, & print for 281 years. (My personal favorite adaptation is the 1976 television presentation starring George C. Scott as the Beast & Trish Van Devere as Beauty.) It is, indeed, timeless. I hope you enjoy this telling.

To me, & I'm sure most cat lovers would agree, the cat's purr is one of Nature's [erfect sounds. But where did it come from? This story answer that question...

A father tells his three sons, Kai, Gunnar, & Veko, that it is time for them to marry. Because they have no idea where to look for a bride, the father has them chop down a tree & follow where the fallen tree points. Veko's tree points to the forest, & he doubts he will find a bride among the trees...

The Sheriff of Nottingham, subscribing to the "set a thief to catch a their" line of thought, hires a ruthless killer to kill Robin Hood. The Sherwood archer & his right hand man, Little John, have other plans, of course...

This episode has one of the first stories I ever wrote as an adult - "The Elvenwoods." I had completely forgotten about it until I went through some old SD cards. My mother, a professional writer with several publications to her credit, read it & said it "rang the bell of truth a little." This was, for her, very high praise indeed. I hope you enjoy it.