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Mar 2021
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Episode 190 - Sylvia Likens: The Girl in...

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On 26 October 1965, in the basement of a house in Indianapolis, the police found the body of 16 year old Sylvia Likens. Her remains were covered in over 150 wounds consistent with unspeakable cruelty, torture and sexual abuse.


As the truth came out behind just who had been responsible, the nation looked on in disbelief...


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