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They were TRAPPED in these cursed mountains
Two historical tales illustrate how attempts to control fate or secure ambition can lead to catastrophic, unintended consequences, from a family's tragic miscalculation in a mountain storm to a fortune teller's drunken revelation sparking a city-wide poison scandal.
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DEADLY BROADCAST terrorized a whole city...
Two historical events reveal how a fictional radio broadcast and a fake psychic performance spiraled into real-world death and chaos, demonstrating the dangerous power of belief and mass hysteria.
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