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The Parenticide Club

by Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?)

Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914?), best known as journalist, satirist and short story writer. Cynical in outlook, economical in style; Bierce vanished while an observer with Pancho Villa’s army.

Four grotesque short stories about murder within the family, seen through the gently innocent eyes of family members … usually the murderer himself.
(Summary written by Peter Yearsley)

Contents (with beginning time):

My favorite murder (00:23)

Oil of Dog (20:13)

An Imperfect Conflagration (29:32)

The Hypnotist (37:14)