Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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"The Decoy" is a short story by Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson, first published in the 1921 collection, The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories. “John Burley sought to dispel the ugly superstition that clung to the unlovely house.”

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00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - The Decoy
52:30 - Further Listening

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

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