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  • “It Happened to a Friend of a Friend of Mine:” What I Learned from Serialized Horror
    “It Happened to a Friend of a Friend of Mine:” What I Learned from Serialized Horror
    January 10, 2020

    “It Happened to a Friend of a Friend of Mine:” What I Learned from Serialized Horror

    You’ve heard this tale before. It’s the one about the hook hand, a lone accessory on the car door of an unsuspecting couple. Or better yet, it’s the call that the babysitter finds out is coming ...

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