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Podcast: Deadman's Curse: Volcanic Gold
Episode: The Crime | 1
Description: On a cold January evening in 1891, a condemned man was led slowly back to his cell for the very last time the night before his execution.The next morning, the hangman arrived at the man’s cell and they headed toward the gallows where a black cap was put on, and at 8 o’clock exactly the bolt was drawn, and the trap fell. His death was painless. The man’s name was Slumach, and he had just paid the ultimate penalty for his crime.But, not long after his death, rumours began to surface...