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Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury

This week’s story is “Zero Hour” by Ray Bradbury. When kids are young, parents can often find themselves coming off as the bad guy. It turns out that might provide just the opening alien invaders need.


If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


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Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

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Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

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