Mini: Cats, Villains At Heart

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Dec 17, 201800:10:42Religion & Spirituality

Undiscovered is back between seasons with a listener question: What saved the cats? If you rewind to the Middle Ages, cats and humans were on bad terms. Cat roundups, cat torture, and even cat murder were common occurren...

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