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The Smell of Death

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Do you believe in witches?

In 1692, The Salem Witch Trials plagued the entirety of colonial Massachusetts, when over 100 people were convicted and prosecuted for participating in the practice of witchcraft.

Over a century later after this tragic event, Henry Pickford, a real estate agent, travels unknowingly through Salem Village to return home to his beloved fiancé. The town's toxic past is unbeknownst to Henry. While making many stops along the way, one in particular will prove to Henry that things once thought forgotten, are very much real and part of a most mortifying and disturbing present.

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Madly

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