When Innocent Stories Create Perfect Horror

16/07/2025 10 min
When Innocent Stories Create Perfect Horror

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Send us a textRon reads H.H. Munro's "The Open Window," a masterful short story about deception and the power of suggestion. Nervous visitor Frampton Nuttall receives more than he bargained for when he meets fifteen-year-old Vera during a country visit.• Frampton visits the Stapleton household on doctor's orders for a "nerve cure"• Young Vera tells him a tragic tale about her aunt's husband and brothers disappearing in a bog three years ago• The open window is supposedly kept open in eternal hope for their return• Frampton is horrified when three figures with guns and a spaniel approach the house• He flees in terror, unaware that Vera has fabricated the entire story• The story reveals Vera's talent for creating "romance at short notice"If you've enjoyed this episode, please give me a five-star rating and a kind review. Please share this podcast with your friends.Support the showhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2466013/support