The Witches of Guaratuba: Black Magic, Child Sacrifice and a Deadly Plot | #470
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The Witches of Guaratuba: Black Magic, Child Sacrifice and a Deadly Plot | #470

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202657 min
  • Crime & justice

In the early 1990s, the beach town of Guaratuba, Brazil had its very own witch hunt. It started with the mutilated body of a seven-year-old boy: Evandro Ramos Caetano... And it would end with a coven of accused ‘black magic’ practitioners – including the mayor’s own wife and daughter – sentenced to decades behind bars for alleged child sacrifice rituals. But as shocking claims emerged of political scheming and torture-fuelled confessions, was that really the whole story? Or did the trouble brewing in Guaratuba run far deeper? -- Patreon - Ad-free & B...

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Most of you are from the in Baliun, Nenvel! favourite month here at Red Hand at HQ. It is of course spooky season, it is October, so we're going to do what we do every year. We're going to be pulling out some of the

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weirdest, spookiest, creepiest stories we can to keep you entertained this festive season. And we're kicking off in Brazil today. Which is fun, but also kind of not fun because there's a lot of words to pronounce today. I am very scared.

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It's our own nightmare. This is truly a horror show for me. I'm sweating. I was practicing this morning, but it's gonna be rough and I can only apologise. Everything is attempted. We actually have an entire pronunciation glossary today, but I'm scared.

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