Cursed Bread and Pink Dolphins

The Box of Oddities by John Elliott and Kat Walls

Sep 23, 202630:09Comedy

A quiet French town is hit by a wave of sickness, terror, and impossible visions after its residents eat the same bread. Were the horrors of Pont-Saint-Esprit in 1951 caused by ergot poisoning, contaminated flour, or som...

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