{"id":177999,"date":"2025-09-22T18:15:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=177999"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:15:32","slug":"in-the-50s-this-hitchcock-story-might-have-passed-for-light-entertainment-today-it-reads-as-true-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=177999","title":{"rendered":"In the \u201950s this Hitchcock story might have passed for light entertainment. 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