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Part of the District of Wonders Network.

Featuring Starship, Sofer and Far-Fetched Fables,

everyone has a story in the District of Wonders.

Come and find yours.

Good evening, Children of the night, and welcome.

This week we'll be traveling through Texas.

The state has a pretty rough history, with plenty of dark tales to make your skin prickle,

and the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.

But one city has become notorious for its dark

legends and mysterious locations. Athens is a small city in the northeast of Texas, but it has a big

reputation, as the birthplace of the hamburger, a fact that's been supported by the prestigious

McDonald's Hamburger University,

because that's a thing.

But it also happens to have a darker history, too.

One that runs deep below your feet.

Athens, it said, is criss-crossed with a series of underground passageways

"'that run beneath the city's streets.

"'Sure, plenty of cities are said to have tunnels running beneath them for various reasons,

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