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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
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Inspired by an account in the Broadway Journal of a surgeon putting a patient into a magnetic sleep, "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a suspenseful tale concerning the forestallment of death by hypnosis. Originally published without a clear indication of its fictionality, the story was assumed to be a true account by some of its original readers.

Public Domain (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC
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