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A short clip that didn't make it into the podcast episode 52 (Putting a Curse on Someone/Ushi no Koku Mairi). A I'm a Bram Stoker nominated author and podcaster at A misemono is like a carnival, museum, zoo, and freak show all rolled into one. Here you could see exotic animals, buy cure-all ... I finally got to go on a walk again after all that oppressive August heat. I live around rice fields, mostly. There are some houses, ... We're getting closer to Halloween. How about another ghost In JJP 188, Kevin O'Shea chats with acclaimed horror (and all things

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