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him her story, that happened seven years before. Mrs. Jane kept her 4-year-old daughter Molly in the attic until she (Molly) died. Before, Mrs. Jane painted Molly's portrait and put it above the fireplace, so that Molly would become immortal; however, Molly made the portrait speak to her mother, so that Jane would know about Molly's pain. Mrs. Jane then speaks a rhyme and burns the portrait. A free spirit of Molly returns to haunt her until she goes insane.
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Five songs on this album (first four and "Haunted") form a short story. Narrator sees a face in "every candle that burns". This face speaks one word to him: "Jonah". So he finds an old book, speaks a rhyme and frees the spirit from the candle. It's the spirit of a little girl named Molly, who tells
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joined the album recording sessions at the last minute, as the band's second guitarist at the time "wasn't working out" in the studio. As a result, it is the only King
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has sold over 100,000 copies in North
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415:"Lurking in the Dark"
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975:Live albums
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550:Timi Hansen
429:"Halloween"
343:"The Jonah"
283:Oscar Wilde
244:heavy metal
83:Heavy metal
1080:Categories
884:Conspiracy
846:Livia Zita
842:Hal Patino
818:Snowy Shaw
808:Mikkey Dee
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637:, Canada:
612:2016-11-23
582:References
563:Production
556:Mikkey Dee
510:"The Lake"
133:chronology
111:Roadrunner
70:Copenhagen
813:Mike Moon
782:Mike Wead
543:– guitars
524:Personnel
457:"Haunted"
72:, Denmark
669:. 1988.
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401:"Charon"
377:Side two
311:Side one
189:AllMusic
118:Producer
57:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
1065:Members
1039:Singles
891:The Eye
870:Abigail
717:. 2020.
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155:Abigail
150:(1986)
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