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Apr 2025
42m 35s

THE BEAST IN THE CAVE and THE ALCHEMIST ...

JON HAGADORN
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A tourist gets lost in Mammoth Cave and runs into a very scary situation in 'The Beast In The  Cave'

In 'The Alchemist' a curse haunts an old family for 6 hundred years, killing each male member of the family at age 32.

 

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