Stuff You Should Know Short Stuff: Our Shortie Halloween Spooktacular
Oct 30, 2019
Get ready for a spine-tingling thrill as the hosts delve into Ambrose Bierce's darkly humorous tales. A man convinced he’s alive despite being buried awakens eerie curiosity. The chaos from grave robbers encountering a sitting corpse adds a twist of dark comedy. Tension rises with the shadowy figure of a suspected murderer from 1853, highlighting grave dangers faced by peddlers. Finally, a ghostly encounter on a bridge leaves listeners pondering the chilling depths of Bierce's storytelling.
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One Summer Night
- Henry Armstrong wakes up in a coffin, unconcerned about being buried.
- Grave robbers dig him up, but he sits up during a thunderstorm, scaring them away.
The President of Hanging
- A minister encounters a mysterious peddler on a bridge who points downwards.
- The next day, the minister and neighbors find the body of Old Man Baker hanged, with the peddler's bones beneath.
