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Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime,

conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained.

Coming up in this episode, it's Thriller Thursday, and I'm sharing three incredible stories

of fiction.

I have the Harvard Wormhole experiment by Nathaniel Lewis, plus

weirdo family member Mark Tous sent in a story titled The Itch.

But we begin with a creepy pasta, the artist by CJ Henderson.

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Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, and come with me into the weird darkness. There's this painting my wife loves called Death and Life by Klimt.

I don't know what she finds so fascinating about it.

I made all the right noises when she showed me her beloved framed print when we were first dating,

owing and aying and making up some crap about warm

and cold color schemes and the specific choice of angles and line.

She was an artist. Our first few dates involved long walks through museums.

I took an art history course as an elective when I was finishing up my doctorate.

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