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In the early eighties, I lived in a house that has a previous tenant die in her sleep, and a man who practiced Satanic rituals in the old home. Needless to say,
When my boyfriend and I first moved to Seattle, we rented a studio cottage apartment on Seattle's south side. Wasn't a great neighborhood, but it was cheap enough. Also, it was a
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