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Poster advertising Thurston, the magician's reproduction of the (mythical) East Indian rope-trick. It claims that it's the first time out of India, though the truth value of early twentieth-century theatrical posters isn't always 100%. Today is Halloween.

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A horror short film video made with just about a $100 budget and borrowed equipment. It is part of the collaborative fiction project SCP Foundation.
"Two private security personnel run in terror from something that has broken containment deep below the earths surface. They are faced with the fact they may be the only ones left."

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