In a kingdom where the accused settle their own guilt by opening one of two identical doors, a starving tiger waiting behind one and a bride behind the other, a young courtier walks into the arena for the crime of loving the king's daughter.

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SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Lady or the Tiger?” Frank R. Stockton (The Century Magazine. November 1882)

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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 10, 2026

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