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Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove

The Monkey's Paw - A Halloween Special Story

Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove

Sleep Hypnosis, Meditations and Bedtime Stories

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

For Halloween, I am reading The Monkey’s paw by, W. W. Jacobs. A classic chilling horror story of unintended consequences and the cautionary tale of being careful what you wish for. Written in Harper's Magazine Written in 1902 and featured in Harper’s Magazine, it is one of the classics of the genre, and even had the honour of being parodied in the Treehouse of Horror series on The Simpsons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Do it for your wife, who told you to pick up bread, but instead you picked up Fred, your grandson, again.

0:07.3

And now your daughter is calling because he missed football.

0:10.5

That's the fourth time this month.

0:12.5

You can wave his future career goodbye.

0:14.8

If you don't do it for you, do it for your wife and little Freddy.

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1:07.7

For Halloween, I'm reading The Monkees Paul by W.W. Jacobs. A classic, chilling horror story of unintended consequences and being careful what you wish for.

1:16.9

Written in 1902 and featured in Harper's Magazine, it's one of the classics of the genre and even has the

1:26.1

honour of being parodied in the Treehouse of Horror series

1:30.3

on The Simpsons.

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