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May 2021
41m 38s

"Mall Santa" Bruce McArthur Pt. 1

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For most of his life, Bruce McArthur led an unremarkable existence. But in the 1990s, he split from his wife and moved to Toronto's gay village — free to be his true self. Unfortunately, McArthur's true self was violent, bloodthirsty... and murderous.

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