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Oct 2021
43m 21s

Ancient Witches & Werewolves, Revisiting...

Liv Albert
About this episode

A re-airing of two past Spooky Season episodes... All about witches of Greek myth, and werewolves and ghosts!

Sources: please see the original episodes, XCIV (94), and the Spooky Halloween Special from 2019, for the sources used.

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