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Jan 2017
30m 21s

Speak of the Devil | Ep 1

Alyson Horrocks | Morbid Network | Wondery
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Speak of the Devil and the Devil will appear. The power and superstition of the spoken name is explored as we delve in the stories of Bloody Mary, Beetlejuice, real-life exorcism and more.

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