Legends 64: No Rest For the Wicked
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Some graves give us answers to the gaps in our understanding of history. A few, though, fill those gaps with terrifying legends that are still alive today.
Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Alex Robinson and research by Cassandra de Alba.
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