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It's only a story.

Welcome to season 5, Episode 8. My name is Eric Peabody, temporarily hosting for Jason Hill,

and it's my pleasure to bring you tonight's story. It seems like nowadays just about anything

can be used as a weapon. Children's toys, blankets, scarves, cast iron skillets, tattoo needles.

Nothing is sacred anymore. It's in that vein that I bring you back to one of America's favorite

pastimes. That's right. We're going back to something that's as American as blood-spattered

apple pie. Baseball. Not the actual sport. More so the tools involved. So buy up some peanuts and

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Now allow me to escort you to a place where the sun dies and nightmares come to life.

Welcome listener to the horror hill. You haven't found the darkness. The darkness has found you.

And now, without further ado, from author Jay Corvus, I give you punishment of the brutal variety.

17-year-old Marco Romano lifted the metal baseball bat over his head.

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