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Oct 2018
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SALEM Ep. 5 | "Legacy"

BLACK BARREL MEDIA
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The Salem witch trials reach their darkest point as more innocent lives are lost. When the crisis touches the highest level of government, the governor finally stops the trials. The outbreak slowly fades away, but it haunts all involved for the rest of their lives. For the next 300 years, family members, scholars and historians try to understand it all went ... Show More
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