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Dec 2024
32m 41s

Lore 269: There Goes My Hero

Aaron Mahnke
About this episode

War has given us a lot of artifacts throughout history, but the most frightening relics are the stories it leaves behind.

Written and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research by Jamie Vargas and music by Chad Lawson.

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