In 1999, the Hitch got on stage at The Moth — a New York City venue dedicated to the art of storytelling — and gave an account of the time his Tamil driver accidentally killed a Sri Lankan, an act that saw Hitchens deified and led him to his reassurance that all tales about divine intervention are false.

George Dawes Green, the founder of The Moth, recalls the performance below in a tribute paid to Hitchens on Dec. 16, 2011, the day after Hitchens’ death. Click through to hear Hitchens’ story. –ARK