“CROOKED BONE” BY GERALD KERSH #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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IN THIS EPISODE: I’ve been looking forward to cracking open this one, because it’s from a book I received recently from my bride, Robin. She was at an estate sale and came across something she immediately knew I’d want… a book entitled “Alfred Hitchcock Presents A Month of Mystery”. It’s very much like his TV show where he shared short stories from numerous authors. This anthology was published in 1969, with stories dating back as far as 1936. You'll most definitely be hearing more of these in future episodes because I love old creepy stories like these. In this episode it’s a story by Gerald Kersh originally published in 1968. It’s called “Crooked Bone”.
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“Crooked Bone” is by Gerald Kersh from the anthology, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery” by Random House: https://amzn.to/3hZSBjM
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| 1:08.8 | Welcome Weirdos, I'm Terran Marlar and this is Weird Darkness. |
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| 1:43.1 | This actually comes from a book given to me by my bride, Robin. She was at an estate sale and |
| 1:49.2 | came across something she immediately knew I would want. A book entitled Alfred Hitchcock presents |
| 1:55.8 | a month of mystery. It's very much like his TV show, where he shared short stories from numerous |
| 2:01.7 | authors. This anthology was published in 1969 with stories dating back as far as 1936. |
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