Sanger Rainsford, a big-game hunter, just wants to go home, but he finds himself on an island belonging to General Zaroff, a fellow hunter with twisted, unorthodox tastes. Sanger refuses to go along with Zaroff, but what will last longer, Sanger's adherence to his principles...or his life? Adapted by the Weisers from "The Most Dangerous Game" Read the original: <a href= "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/O._Henry_Memorial_Award_Prize_Stories_of_1924/The_Most_Dangerous_Game"> https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/O._Henry_Memorial_Award_Prize_Stories_of_1924/The_Most_Dangerous_Game</a> -- Check out our other show, Scoundrel: History's Forgotten Villains, new this week! <a href= "https://myths.link/scoundrel">https://myths.link/scoundrel</a> And if you haven't heard, we turned Best of the Worst into its own twice-weekly mini cast. Subscribe here: <a href= "https://www.nextpod.com/botw-subscribe">https://www.nextpod.com/botw-subscribe</a>

Alexander Pushkin: A Sure Thing

Classic lit with a modern tone, every other week.

From the creators of Myths and Legends, comes an altogether same-but-different podcast set in the world of classic lit. These are the stories of Dracula, The Time Machine, The Three Musketeers. They're stories written by Jane Austen, Shakespeare, and H.P. Lovecraft, but with a casual, modern tone. Listen as Jason and Carissa Weiser breathe new life into the classics and tell the stories of some of the greatest books ever written.