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But this story<\/a> freaks me out a lot more than this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Update: add a small dose of this story<\/a> for an extra dose of creepiness)<\/p>\n

(More update: looks like Ron Rosenbaum concurs<\/a>, which makes a world of sense, given its echoes with the murder of Fritz Gerlich)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But this story freaks me out a lot more than this one. (Update: add a small dose of this story for an extra dose of creepiness) (More update: looks like Ron Rosenbaum concurs, which makes a world of sense, given its echoes with the murder of Fritz Gerlich)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-explicit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-in","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3012,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/bleh","url_meta":{"origin":1139,"position":0},"title":"Bleh","author":"Gil","date":"December 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm home sick today with a headcold. 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