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Welcome, dear listeners, to scary stories told in the dark.

I'm Malcolm Blackwood, your host and storyteller.

And you know where I'm from, we don't do bedtime stories.

So, if that's what you're expecting, you're in the wrong place.

If it's terrifying tales you're after, well, then I've got just the thing.

So, get comfortable, settle in, turn off the lights if you dare.

Your night is about to get a whole lot darker.

Besides, who needs sleep anyway?

Good evening, listeners, and welcome back to scary stories told in the dark. I'm your host Malcolm Blackwood.

Tonight we turn our attention to the thin line between curiosity and control. The place where

improvement becomes interference and intention gives way to consequence.

It's where clever hands begin shaping living things, not because they must, but because they can.

We tell ourselves that knowledge is neutral, that discovery is harmless, that progress once set in motion will always justify its own cost.

But history and horror tell us otherwise.

Dim the lights, settle in, and steal yourself for a tale of ambition, affection, and teeth sharpened by design.

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