DON’T SHOOT: The Biggest Mistake In Hollywood | #MidnightInTheMacabre

DON’T SHOOT: The Biggest Mistake In Hollywood | #MidnightInTheMacabre

Author: Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness October 1, 2026 Duration: 29:10
A physicist invents a machine capable of doing the impossible – and makes the mistake of showing it to a Hollywood mogul who immediately sees dollar signs. What begins as a scientific breakthrough soon becomes an experiment neither man can quite control. A man has to have a place to confess a horrible sin … and this is as good as any other!

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SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Don’t Shoot” by Robert Zacks (Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1955)
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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: October 01, 2026

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