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Dec 2020
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Vlad the Impaler (Romania) and Mata Hari...

Myths, Legends, and Notorious People
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Adam starts looking at Dracula but his research takes him into the much darker world of his real life inspiration Vlad the Impaler. Isadora takes a swing at a beautiful spy with the world on a string, and a tragic backstory.

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