• A BED AND BREAKFAST HORROR: One Room, One Night, One Terrible Fate | “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl

  • May 1 2025
  • Length: 23 mins
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A BED AND BREAKFAST HORROR: One Room, One Night, One Terrible Fate | “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl

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  • A young man checks into a cozy bed-and-breakfast, unaware that something quietly sinister waits to welcome him to his stay.

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    IN THIS EPISODE: The Landlady" is a short horror story by Roald Dahl. It initially appeared in The New Yorker, on November 28, 1959. Dahl once said that he had always wanted to write a ghost story but never had been quite been able to do so. The closest he came, in his opinion, was the story I’m about to share with you… “The Landlady.” But after reading through his own story afterward, he doesn’t think he really succeeded with his effort. Nonetheless, the tale won "Best Short Story Mystery" at the 1960 Edgar Awards. So for this Thriller Thursday episode, I bring you “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate and Only Accurate For the Commercial Version)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Intro, About The Story
    00:01:27.002 = “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl
    00:21:50.696 = Show Close

    SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
    “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p83h6nr
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    Originally aired: June 03, 2021
    EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TheLandlady

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