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AmnesiaInnocent t1_jdo8ox7 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 10:04 PM

Reply to comment by crashfrog in What show pioneered the cliff hanger ending? by GrumpigPlays

According to Wikipedia, the term came the serialized novel A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy which was published in a magazine (I'm guessing one chapter in each issue?) in 1872-1873. And yes, at one point the hero is left hanging of the side of a cliff.