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Jan 2025
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Legends 45: The Only Thing to Fear

Aaron Mahnke
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The legends that fill our world often give us good reasons to be afraid. But there's one thing most of us fear above all else, and when it succeeds in defeating us, the results can be terrifying.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Alex Robinson and research by Cassandra de Alba.

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