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Oct 2020
50m 51s

Horror: Hollywood Movie Mayhem

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From the deaths surrounding Rosemary’s Baby to the curse of The Exorcist, supernatural scares and morbid accidents have plagued Tinseltown for decades. But modern Hollywood horrors are often due to something much more insidious. What’s really to blame when movie-making goes horribly wrong? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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