The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands
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The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands is a horror short story by Stephen King about a man cursed so that his touch brings instant death, originally collected in the anthology Skeleton Crew.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20662248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands Context triple: [Skeleton Crew, containsWork, The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands]
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A.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
"The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" is a 1940s American crime drama film centered on a murder trial and a mysterious, tight-lipped defendant.
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B.
The Man Who Won
The Man Who Won is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Irving Willat.
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C.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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D.
The Man Who Could Not Shudder
The Man Who Could Not Shudder is a classic locked-room mystery novel by John Dickson Carr featuring his detective Dr. Gideon Fell investigating seemingly supernatural events in a haunted house.
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E.
The Man Who Will Come
The Man Who Will Come is an Italian historical drama film set during World War II that portrays the 1944 Marzabotto massacre through the eyes of a young girl in rural Emilia-Romagna.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands Target entity description: The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands is a horror short story by Stephen King about a man cursed so that his touch brings instant death, originally collected in the anthology Skeleton Crew.
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A.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
"The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" is a 1940s American crime drama film centered on a murder trial and a mysterious, tight-lipped defendant.
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B.
The Man Who Won
The Man Who Won is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Irving Willat.
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C.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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D.
The Man Who Could Not Shudder
The Man Who Could Not Shudder is a classic locked-room mystery novel by John Dickson Carr featuring his detective Dr. Gideon Fell investigating seemingly supernatural events in a haunted house.
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E.
The Man Who Will Come
The Man Who Will Come is an Italian historical drama film set during World War II that portrays the 1944 Marzabotto massacre through the eyes of a young girl in rural Emilia-Romagna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.