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Oct 2020
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The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Al...

NATE DIMEO
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This episode contains a full reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Masque of the Red Death. Use your discretion before listening. It is both one of the more macabre stories from Poe and it is hitting harder than usual during these peculiar times.

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