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Jan 2025
33m 9s

25 Cromwell Street

Ballen Studios
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In February 1994, police searching a house in Gloucester, England, made a horrifying discovery that would lead to one of the most infamous and disturbing cases in British criminal history. From that point onwards, the property at 25 Cromwell Street would become known as "The House of Horrors." MUSIC  Tracks used by kind permission of Kevin MacLeod (incompet ... Show More
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