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Feb 2021
1h 17m

#39- She Made SOAP From Her Victim's Bod...

STEPHANIE SOO
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The famous soap maker was giving away free soaps & tea cakes from her beloved soap shop.  The neighbors were ecstatic to take home their luxurious bars of soap that they got for free and couldn't wait to test them out...  They wouldn't know till it was too late that the Soapmakers recipe included the bodies of her victims. 
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