“THE MONKEY’S PAW” by W.W. Jacobs, narrated by Darren Marlar #WeirdDarkness
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Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 4 June 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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IN THIS EPISODE: "The Monkey's Paw" was first published in England in 1902. Without giving any spoilers, in the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate. It has been adapted to film and stage numerous times… and, of course, now, as a podcast episode.
(Dark Archives episode from May 07, 2020)
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| 1:52.8 | Coming up in this episode of Weird Darkness, it's the story I remember most from the books I read |
| 1:58.8 | in June your High. The classic short horror story, The Monkeys Paw by WWJ. If you've never read |
| 2:07.1 | the story or seen any adaptation of it, I'm glad of that, because that means I get the honor and |
| 2:12.8 | privilege of introducing you to the story for the first time. The Monkeys Paw was first published in |
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