Fritz Weaver

Read by Fritz Weaver
Three Cassettes, 5 Hours
Galileo's Daughter introduces us to the man whose belief that the Earth moved around the sun caused him to be brought before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, accused of heresy, and threatened with torture. In contrast, his daughter Virginia chose the quiet life of a cloistered nun. Sobel takes us through the trials and triumphs of Galileo's career and his familial relationships, and simultaneously...

"This unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military's chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Working from a contemporary best seller, screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Sidney Lumet wrench harrowing suspense from the doomsday fears of the Cold War era, making the most of a modest budget...

Five horror stories presented in the style of classic 1950's comic books, like Tales from the crypt.

A chronicle of the Spanish-American War of 1898, the four-month long conflict in which the U.S. gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from Spain.

Tells about confrontations among Native American tribes, white settlers, and the federal government which led up to a major battle in 1876 at a camp at Little Big Horn where General George Custer and many soldiers were killed. Emphasizes questions about Custer's behavior which many accounts overlook. Includes black and white still photographs and film reenactments of the battle.

A Black September terrorist group attempts to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the President of the United States in attendance.

Follows the tragedy and triumph of the Weiss family of Berlin and intertwines their fate as European Jews with the story of a German family, the Dorfs, whose members include a high-ranking Nazi officer. Kristallnacht, the "night of broken glass" occurs and the Weiss family suffer a series of unspeakable tragedies in the aftermath.

Eyewitness accounts taken from the soundtracks of documentary films produced by Lou Reda Productions in the WWII battle classics series. The first section chronicles the unseen story of the violent decade of miscalculation that brought the U.S. and Japan into confrontation. The second tells the story of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and those who tried to defend it. The third tells the previously untold story, in gruesome detail,...

Red Riding Hood. Mother always told Red Riding Hood not to talk to strangers. But the wolf she met along the way to Granny's was so charming and urbane. What could be the harm of telling him where she was going? Goldilocks and the three bears. Three bears come home from a bicycling trip through the woods to find a little girl "all nice and cozy and fast asleep" in Baby Bear's bed. Three little pigs. The classic story with a contemporary bent, of...