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Oct 2020
43m 48s

St. Mary’s Church

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High on a hill in Clophill, England lies Old St. Mary’s, a 14th century church now in ruins. Though it was once the center of Clophill’s religious activity, it’s now a place of ghostly apparitions and mysterious occult rituals… lending it the nickname, “Black Magic Church.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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