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I don't understand what こと means in this sentence:

こんな 恐ろしい 事 は 聞いた **こと** が ない。

I initially thought it was a nominalizer, but nominalizers must be used with
verbs at the neutral form, and also, only the nominalizer の but not こと can be
used with perception verbs.

Intuitively, I guess it means something like: 'the fact that I heard something
so horrible doesn't exist' (ない). But I am not sure.
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What does こと mean after a conjugated verb?
Yes you are right. Verb + こと means "the fact of 'Verb'". To use it, the verb
must be in plain form (not only neutral), so た form works.

Your translation 'the fact that I heard something so horrible doesn't exist'
is correct, but to be less literal, I think 'I have never heard something so
horrible' is better.

In general, the pattern [...] Verb た こと が ない means "(I) have never '[...]
verb'", "(I) have never done '[...] verb'.
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