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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“THE BILLIARD BALL” by Isaac Asimov #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Check out the other podcasts I host at https://weirddarkness.com/links. PLEASE SHARE THIS EPISODE in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too!
IN THIS EPISODE: “The Billiard Ball” is a science fiction murder mystery short story by author Isaac Asimov, written in September 1966 and first published in the March 1967 issue of “If”. The story is based on a journalist’s tale on the events that occurred when an antigravity device was discovered. The story describes the relationship between the creator of the device, billionaire inventor Edward Bloom, and his old college friend James Priss, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist who discovered the theory on which Bloom’s invention is based. Both also happen to be very good pool players.

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OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…
Paranormality Magazine: (COMING SOON!) https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag
Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors
Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio
Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46

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0:00.0

Micro-Terrors 10 Scary Stories for Kids

0:06.6

Volume 1 is now available.

0:09.3

It includes 10 stories originally heard on the podcast, including the creeping ghost,

0:15.8

Space Monster, Computer Crash, Starved for Detention, and more.

0:21.0

Plus, 2 horrific tales written by young micro-Terrors listeners.

0:26.4

Micro-Terrors 10 Scary Stories for Kids

0:29.8

Volume 1 is available on Kindle or in paperback at micro-Terrors.com.

0:39.4

When Salem Roanoke took a job near his family's new home as a hired hand in the Texas Hill

0:44.5

country, he anticipated learning the rancher's trade, but a series of strange events, shocking

0:50.1

murders, and unholy revelations divert him down another path.

0:55.5

His terrifying trajectory puts him directly into the middle of a struggle between monsters,

1:01.0

magic, and men.

1:02.8

Armed and backed by a militia of ranchers, Salem attempts to combat the creeping tide

1:07.2

of evil that threatens to engulf his new home and destroy the people most important to

1:12.0

him.

1:13.0

Will Salem manage to save his home or have his actions condemn everyone he hopes to

1:17.8

save?

1:19.0

The Witch Trials, a summer of wolves and season of the witch by SR Roanoke, available

1:24.2

in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook versions.

1:27.2

Look for The Witch Trials by SR Roanoke on Amazon or find it on the audiobooks page at WeirdDarkness.com.

1:34.2

That's WeirdDarkness.com slash audiobooks.

1:39.4

Stories and content and Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended

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