Butcher's Work
The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story
You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.
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The Serial Killer Files
- The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World’s Most Terrifying Murderers
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
Hollywood's make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can't hold a candle to real-life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Repeats a lot of content
- By Raina Mermaid on 2018-04-17
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The Serial Killer Files
- The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World’s Most Terrifying Murderers
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2016-04-19
- Language: English
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Butcher's Work
- True Crime Tales of American Murder and Madness
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
A Civil War veteran who perpetrated one of the most ghastly mass slaughters in the annals of U.S. crime. A nineteenth-century female serial killer whose victims included three husbands and six of her own children....
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Butcher's Work
- True Crime Tales of American Murder and Madness
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-08
- Language: English
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Deviant
- The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 125
The definitive account of Ed Gein, a mild-mannered Wisconsin farmhand who stunned an unsuspecting nation - and redefined the meaning of the word psycho....
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Impressive- Albeit Sensationalist- Biography
- By Langer MD on 2021-07-08
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Killer Colt
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this masterful account, renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes you into the life and crimes of convicted murderer John Caldwell Colt, drawing parallels between John's rise to notoriety and his brother Samuel Colt's rise to fame as the inventor of the legendary revolver.
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Killer Colt
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2024-11-12
- Language: English
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Man-Eater
- The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies....
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Man-Eater
- The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal
- Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-04
- Language: English
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Maniac
- The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Braden Wright
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten true crime of obsession and revenge, and one of the first - and worst - mass murders in American history....
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Maniac
- The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer
- Narrated by: Braden Wright
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-09
- Language: English
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Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie
- Bloodlands collection
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
At a remote little inn not far from the Kansas homestead of Laura Ingalls Wilder lived the Bender family. These pioneers welcomed unwary visitors with jackrabbit stew and a sledgehammer to the skull....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short & Sweet
- By Kate on 2023-02-11
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Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie
- Bloodlands collection
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Series: Bloodlands Collection
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-28
- Language: English
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Ripped from the Headlines!
- The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a century of classic films....
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Ripped from the Headlines!
- The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-07
- Language: English
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Hell's Princess
- The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 5
In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychopaths, a woman who engaged in wholesale slaughter, partly out of greed but mostly for the sheer joy of it....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Short on facts, long on rumours
- By Kole Mischook on 2018-04-09
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Hell's Princess
- The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2018-04-01
- Language: English
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Panic
- Bloodlands collection
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
During the Depression, economic anxieties found an outlet in a series of child murders that triggered an irrational nationwide hysteria: pedophiliac psychopaths supposedly overrunning the country. Lynch mobs took to the streets....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Nice Installment in the Series
- By Langer MD on 2022-02-21
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Panic
- Bloodlands collection
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Series: Bloodlands Collection
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-28
- Language: English
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The Devil's Gentleman
- Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
The son of a Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune - hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of cyanide killings....
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The Devil's Gentleman
- Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2017-02-14
- Language: English
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Psycho USA
- Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public....
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4 out of 5 stars
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fantastic stories
- By Anonymous User on 2024-05-21
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Psycho USA
- Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2016-07-12
- Language: English
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Fiend
- The Shocking True Story of America's Youngest Serial Killer
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
When 14-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was arrested in 1874, a nightmarish reign of terror over an unsuspecting city came to an end. But the complex questions sparked by his ghastly crime spree were as relevant in the so-called Age of Innocence as they are today....
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The Mad Sculptor
- The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
Beekman Place, once one of the most exclusive addresses in Manhattan, had a curious way of making it into the tabloids in the 1930s....
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3 out of 5 stars
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This IS a good story
- By Roberta W on 2021-06-11
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The Mad Sculptor
- The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2014-02-18
- Language: English
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Murderabilia
- A History of Crime in 100 Objects
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Buck Groat
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
From veteran true crime master Harold Schechter comes a unique look into the history of crime told through the dark objects left behind.
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Murderabilia
- A History of Crime in 100 Objects
- Narrated by: Buck Groat
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2024-09-17
- Language: English
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The Pied Piper
- Bloodlands collection
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
With makeup and an affected Elvis pout, Tucson’s Charlie Schmid was a crude parody of a bad-boy heartthrob. In 1964, he still had a hold on girls who’d follow him anywhere. He murdered three of them....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting
- By Paul on 2023-03-28
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The Pied Piper
- Bloodlands collection
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Series: Bloodlands Collection
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-28
- Language: English
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The Pirate
- Bloodlands collection
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4 out of 5 stars 24
In 1860, a sloop drifted into New York Harbor. Not a soul on board - just blood from cabin to deck. Looted coins led to Bowery thug Albert Hicks, the ax slayer who turned his shipmates into chum....
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The Pirate
- Bloodlands collection
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Series: Bloodlands Collection
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-28
- Language: English
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Rampage
- Bloodlands collection
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4 out of 5 stars 25
In 1949, things like this just didn’t happen: A quiet New Jersey resident took a morning walk with a 9 mm Luger pistol. In twelve minutes he murdered thirteen neighbors - and then went back to bed....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Likely America's First Mass Shooting
- By Langer MD on 2022-02-21
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Rampage
- Bloodlands collection
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Series: Bloodlands Collection
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-28
- Language: English
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The Whole Death Catalog
- A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In the tradition of Mary Roach's best-selling Stiff and Jessica Mitford's classic expose The American Way of Death comes this meticulously researched and refreshingly irreverent look at death from acclaimed author Harold Schechter....
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The Whole Death Catalog
- A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-26
- Language: English
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The Brick Slayer
- Bloodlands collection
- Written by: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19
A series of brutal home invasions terrified Los Angeles in 1937. They ended in Chicago a year later with the arrest of African American teenager Robert Nixon, igniting racial tensions in an already appallingly divided city....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Schechter classic
- By Jeff on 2021-07-06
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The Brick Slayer
- Bloodlands collection
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Series: Bloodlands Collection
- Length: 58 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-28
- Language: English
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