SOME FOOTAGE REMOVED???


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

HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS? WILL BUYING THE DVDS BE ANY DIFFRENT EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THING PT 5&6 ARE AVAILABLE?

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don't waste your time with parts five and six.

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Whoa on the caps, chief! But I believe you are thinking of Traces of Death, which had the infamous Bud Dwyer suicide.

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