Episodes
It’s a somewhat grave affair today in the Nightmare Cottage, as we dig into the stories surrounding a uniquely twisted type of criminal - The Grave Robber.
If you thought the malicious mishandling and morbid malfeasance we discussed in our Death Industry episode was rough, buckle up, because today we’re following some extraordinarily disturbed individuals with obsessions to match.
So join your ghostesses Nym and Nylene as they try really really hard to talk about this admittedly fascinating topic objectively, despite it being really super duper gross. Barf bags and therapy costs not included.
Anatoly Moskvin - “Walkthrough” of the house starting at 1:25
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