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My name is Jamie and this is Episode 397.

William, The Devil Inside.

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It was Christmas Day of 1066 and England was crowning its new king.

In celebration, the King's men, heavily armed and backed by divine authority, were going

from building to building, taking whatever they wanted, doing whatever they felt like

to the people inside and then lighting it all on fire.

Merry Christmas.

The first act of Norman Rule was to burn and loot the capital of England.

Now why did they do this?

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