A Phantom Hitchhiker on Australia's Coast 7NEWS Spectrum

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Apr 28, 202233:40Society & Culture

Content warning: this episode discusses material related to sexual assault. What if it's not the past haunting us, but the present? For decades, hair-raising rumours of a tormented soul haunting Wilfred Barrett Drive hav...

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