Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"The Death Touch" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales contributor, Chester L. Saxby. The story first appeared in the July 1929 edition of the magazine. "Battling ice, madness, and a haunted sea, a storm-cursed crew follows whispers of lost treasure into the Antarctic."

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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:58 - One
0:26:26 - Two
0:40:24 - Three
0:59:43 - Further Listening

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