The Searcher
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A sheriff has searched for his missing sister. She's been missing for 8 years and he feels partly responsible for her disappearance. one night, he receives a tip that she's been seen in a dilapidated house that has reputation around town of being haunted. He doesn't really believe in the old stories but he has to know for sure if she's really in that house.Sam
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