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Nov 2015
38m 29s

16-Russian Fairy Tales: She-Who-Must-Not...

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
About this episode
The story of a young woman, her magic doll, and a witch who may be the most terrifying - or the most ridiculous - person you've ever seen. You'll also see that you should definitely not trust a gift from a witch. Especially if that gift is a human skull...that's on fire.
On the creature of the week, if your date has goat hooves it probably will not go well.
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