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Today your archaeologists of the arcane take you into
a trilling journey exploring the most exciting object on the face of earth! The rock! Now hold on to your hats and hear us out as the something perplexing podcast takes a look at the killing stone!

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A ‘Killing Stone’ Broke in Japan. Is a Demon on the Loose? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Japan’s ‘killing stone’ splits in two, releasing superstitions amid the sulphur springs | Japan | The Guardian