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Oct 2021
29m 38s

SPOOKY SEASON RE-AIR: Blood-soaked Trees...

Liv Albert
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A re-airing of Liv's favourite Spooky Season story... Erysichthon, the man who ate himself, and boogeywomen of ancient Greece.

Sources: please see the original episode, XCV (95), for the sources used.

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