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

“THE MOMENT OF DECISION” BY STANLEY ELLIN #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday

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

Darren Marlar

True Crime, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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IN THIS EPISODE: Two men of very different character, different ways of viewing the world, challenge one another over the future of a house each values in his own way. A bet is made, the stakes are unexpectedly raised, and in the end… well, suffice it to say that the story lingers long past the closing line.

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audiences only. Parental this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the

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paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and

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bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved,solved and Un explained

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Coming up in this episode it's a story by Stanley Ellen called The Moment of Decision

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Stanley Ellen was an American mystery writer, while his novels are acclaimed he's best

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known for his short stories.

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In May 1948, his first sale and one of Ellen's most famous short stories, The Specialty of the House, appeared in Ellery

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Queen's Mystery Magazine.

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In the years to come, Ellen's fame as an author grew.

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He was awarded three Edgar Allan Poe Awards.

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Several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents were based on Ellen's short stories.

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And while this story was presented to Alfred Hitchcock for the TV show,

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