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Tune in for the latest episode in HorrorBabble’s “ARCTIC HORROR” reading series

by Rue Morgue ManorNovember 27, 2019

Out of the North it came, that dread death that touched every living thing with a killing cold… “The Arctic Death” by American author Wilford Allen, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in June 1927. Di the lights, kick back… and listen.
 
Chapters:
00:55 – Part 1
14:49 – Part 2
28:40 – Part 3
 
Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill
Intro music “BORED AT A RAVE” by Glen Alexander: https://glenalexander2.bandcamp.com
Series imagery by enriquelopezgarre: https://pixabay.com/users/enriquelope…
 

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