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Jun 2023
43m 17s

The Assassin (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

Ballen Studios
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On a cold and snowy day in January of 1994, a land surveyor for the North Carolina Department of Transportation parked his car at the edge of Highway 421 in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. After walking just a few yards away from the side of the road, he was already swallowed up in the deep woods that stretched for miles into Watauga County. Give ... Show More
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