In the jungles of Brazil, legions of killer ants can strip a stag of all its flesh in six minutes. But when government officials cry the warning that innumerable armies of the black fiends are coming, the planter Leiningen demands to stay and fight. Carl Stephenson, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast.

Secrets are bartered and sold at the dawning of World War I. And when Professor Kaufmann entertains an unexpected guest in the small hours of the morning, dangerous words are bound to find their mark.  Raphael Sabatini, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast.

A melancholy German student travels to Paris to finish his studies. But he discovers the danger of discovering the fires of desire beneath the guillotine.    Washington Irving, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast.

The sacred road, The Golden One, breath of death...These are phrases muttered by the natives about the place of the dead. It is here that the snake hunting is finest. But at the end of the sacred road, the place of the dead yields few survivors. Elmer Brown Mason, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast.

While capturing anacondas in the jungles of South America, adventurer Wandering Smith spies an orchid hunter, fleeing from a troupe of angry natives spewing poisoned arrows.  But when this orchid hunter joins the hunting expedition, it becomes clear that he thirsts for something other than rare orchids - he is also collecting the jewels used to adorn shrunken heads. Elmer Brown Mason, today, on The Classic Tales Podcast.