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Feb 2021
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#43- The Vienna Strangler (Serial Killer...

STEPHANIE SOO
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A convicted murderer - sentenced to life in prison - decides to start publishing children’s books, short stories, and even a memoir. The elite literary community soaks in every word and praises him for becoming a reformed man in prison.  They even start a petition to the President of Austria to let this reformed man out and walk the streets amongst us!  ... Show More
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