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TUNE INTO HORRORBABBLE FOR ANOTHER Creepy RUSSIAN TALE FROM FYODOR SOLOGUB

What lurks behind the strange smile of this bizarre boy? Find out with HorrorBabble’s latest episode The Smile, part of the continuing series “Russian Horror: The Stories of Fyodor Sologub.”

Episode 6: THE SMILE
00:00 – Introduction
00:32 – One
10:52 – Two
15:39 – Three
26:07 – Further Listening

Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill

https://youtu.be/rjePP6eR3cY

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