He Was Born With a CROOKED BONE… But It’s The Secret Behind It That Truly Deforms Him

Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved

Darren Marlar

True Crime, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

“CROOKED BONE” BY GERALD KERSH: A man’s twisted leg hides a darker twist in his past — and what he finally reveals will make your skin crawl.

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IN THIS EPISODE: I’ve been looking forward to cracking open this one, because it’s from a book I received recently from my bride, Robin. She was at an estate sale and came across something she immediately knew I’d want… a book entitled “Alfred Hitchcock Presents A Month of Mystery”. It’s very much like his TV show where he shared short stories from numerous authors. This anthology was published in 1969, with stories dating back as far as 1936. You'll most definitely be hearing more of these in future episodes because I love old creepy stories like these. In this episode it’s a story by Gerald Kersh originally published in 1968. It’s called “Crooked Bone”.

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“Crooked Bone” is by Gerald Kersh from the anthology, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery” by Random House: https://amzn.to/3hZSBjM
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Originally aired: May 28, 2021
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0:00.0	Step into the shadows with tainted, a bone-chilling collection designed to haunt your darkest
0:07.9	nights, tales filled with a spectrum of horrors, from evil spirits to bleeding caves, haunted
0:15.0	sewers, and sinister childhood games.
0:19.1	In this installment of the Dark Intrigues book series, J.C. Moore delves
0:23.6	deep into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. Brace yourself for a modern journey
0:29.5	through the twisted corridors of terror. Listen, if you dare. In this book, The Ordinary Become
0:36.7	Ominous, the mundane turns malefic,
0:39.3	and they reveal the tainted secrets of the human heart
0:42.4	in all their gruesome glory.
0:46.1	Dark Intrigues, Tainted,
0:48.0	The Collection of Short Horror Stories by J.C. Moore.
0:52.3	Purchase the audiobook or Hear a Sample on the audiobooks page at weirddarkness.com.
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