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The Monkey's Paw Plus 3 other Tales of Mystery, Suspense and Horror
The Monkey's Paw Plus 3 other Tales of Mystery Suspense and Horror Author:W. W. Jacobs, Fta Hoffman, Otto Lowy The Third Volume of Mystery Theatre presents possibly one of the scariest camp fire stories of all time, W.W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw." Let's set the scene. Someone is given a magical monkey's paw that grants wishes. When that person makes a wish, the wish comes true but at a cost to the wisher. For example, you may wish to bring someone back ... more »from the dead. With all that time lying in its grave, what sort of shape do you think the corpse will be in? Hmmm? Next, we bring you two stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann. "The Mines of Falun" and "The Sandman." "The Mines of Falun" is a tale that suggests that one should always take the advice of a 150 year old miner. "The Sandman" is a story of the origins of one man's insanity. His insanity begins as child upon being told, by his parents, the traumatic bedtime story of "The Sandman."« less