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Oh, and an ambulance please yeah, who injured my I think everyone

Oh, hello and welcome to season five episode 113 of sword and scale a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real

You

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Slash sword and scale we're traveling to the land of South Africa a former British colony whose laws are both strangely similar to the west

But also quite different in so many important ways a land of extremes with both great wealth and

Extremely high violent crime rates 49 people a day are murdered in this relatively small country as a result of multiple factors

Including formalized robbery and rape gangs

It's in this setting that a bizarre and horrible crime takes place and stay tuned at the end because we'd love to know what you think actually happened

There is nothing wrong with being scared of the dark

In fact, it seems hardwired in our brains to be wary of what we cannot see of what is hiding just beyond our senses

It's instinct survival behavior

As we lie in bed at night many of us throw rationality at the window

When we were kids we imagined there were monsters lurking all around us waiting for us to leave the safety of our beds

As adults darkness becomes a space where our anxieties live and breathe

When we can't sleep our minds start to race a

Unnerving thoughts creep in that I forget to lock the door

What if someone breaks in?

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