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The Merry Cemetery

22 May 2013

Troublesome Creek, Kentucky

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Green Island, Australia

Marineland Melanesia

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Documenting the Holy Dead Through Saint's Relics

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Happy Birthday World's Biggest Crocodile!

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Morbid Monday: The Macabre Myth of Naples' Anatomical Machines

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Obscura Society NYC: The Insalubrious Valley

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Obscura Society SF: An Evening at the SFMC Clubhouse

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Wales

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Dunwich, England

Karl Junker House

Lemgo, Germany

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Forest of Dean, England

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Glastonbury, England

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Oslo, Norway

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