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Oct 2019
26m 57s

#16 - The Amputated Arms (Part Two)

ERIK IRELAND
About this episode

A little creepy, but actually very sleepy. It's part two of the classic Danish tale, The Amputated Arms by Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe. 

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