Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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"The Screaming Skull" is a ghost story by F. Marion Crawford, first published in Collier's Magazine in 1908. In the story, a retired sea captain recounts the strange and disturbing events surrounding a human skull kept in his isolated seaside home.

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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:26 - One
0:36:50 - Two
1:13:21 - Further Listening

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