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Oct 2022
56m 52s

Episode 269 - Devil’s Dorp

Wondery | RedHanded
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This is the story of a godly rivalry that spun out of control – taking in vampires, werewolves and the murders of eleven people. And behind it all, a 48th-generational satanic witch with 1,000 multiple personalities and a score to settle. Krugersdorp, a town northwest of Johannesburg, has always had high levels of violent crime. But when South Africa’s ow ... Show More
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