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May 7
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Four Dark Figures: Hauntings in the Midw...

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From a childhood marked by horrifying sleep paralysis, to encounters with ghostly apparitions and unexplained phenomena in historically haunted locations like the Granger House in Marion, IA—this is not a tale of a single haunting, but of a life shadowed by the unexplained.
Thank you, Aiden, for sharing your experiences with us.
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Editing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW Sound
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