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365: Rita Politte

Morbidology by Morbidology

Jun 15, 202660:25Society & Culture

On the night of the 4th of December 1998, two teenage boys were having a sleepover in a trailer in rural Hopewell, Missouri. They played games, they stayed up late, and eventually they fell asleep. In the early hours of...

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365: Rita Politte is an episode from Morbidology by Morbidology. On the night of the 4th of December 1998, two teenage boys were having a sleepover in a trailer in rural Hopewell, Missouri. They played games, they stayed up late, and eventu...

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Published Jun 15, 2026, 60:25 long, audio available.

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