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In 1984, in a small city in northeastern China, a security guard stood outside of a warehouse working an overnight shift.

The guard heard a noise coming from some bushes nearby, but he didn't think much of it,

because this was a safe town, and usually the hardest part of his job was just staying awake.

But suddenly, two thieves in ski masks emerged from those bushes, and they rushed the guard.

They grabbed him and they slammed his head against the outside wall of the warehouse,

and the guard fell to the ground in a daze. One of the thieves quickly gagged the guard, bound his hands and feet,

and then told him he would need to keep his mouth shut if he wanted to stay alive. Terrified,

the guard laid there and watched as these two thieves opened up the warehouse door and ran inside.

This robbery would shake the local community,

but it was nothing in comparison to the horrific crimes it would set off, and the gruesome discovery

the police would soon make on the outskirts of town. But before we get into that story,

if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious delivered in story format, then you come to

the right podcast because that's all we do and we upload twice a week, once on Monday

and once on Thursday.

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Okay, let's get into today's story.

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