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1544:Hoax Slayer
1068:Silverpilen
1063:Red mercury
1033:Black Volga
1013:Continental
992:Philippines
931:John Zegrus
812:Tourist guy
800:Slender Man
785:Ronald Opus
743:Midgetville
733:Melon heads
713:Kay's Cross
646:Chase Vault
601:Ben Drowned
530:Frank Tower
515:Snuff films
460:Cow tipping
450:Candle Cove
445:Bloody Mary
109:World War I
1720:Categories
1612:In fiction
1549:Linda Dégh
1441:Baby Train
1360:Purple Aki
1249:Baby Train
975:Sony timer
738:Mel's Hole
661:Rodney Cox
596:Baby Train
302:4 February
240:References
177:HMHS
73:sinkings.
1627:franchise
1573:TV series
1530:Theorists
1434:Australia
1254:Black dog
1132:Nazi UFOs
1043:Herobrine
982:Teke Teke
909:Aka Manto
636:Bunny Man
470:John Fare
390:By region
219:Britannic
212:Alcantara
203:RMS
184:RMS
179:Britannic
157:Lusitania
124:submarine
117:torpedoed
113:Lusitania
86:Norwegian
63:Lusitania
58:Lusitania
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42:RMS
1704:Category
1625:Candyman
1073:This Man
1053:Le Loyon
957:Kunekune
769:Polybius
670:Goatmen
480:The Hook
224:SS
222:and the
163:See also
102:Canadian
93:Storstad
1663:Related
1640:Petscop
1414:Oceania
1306:England
1296:Titanic
1103:Germany
942:Kokkuri
844:Nale Ba
408:27 Club
226:Donegal
205:Titanic
186:Olympic
173:Titanic
119:by the
105:history
96:in the
89:collier
78:Titanic
67:Titanic
44:Titanic
28:" (or "
1564:Snopes
1400:Guegue
1388:Africa
1273:Friday
1141:Poland
1082:France
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590:Aurora
582:States
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544:Canada
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1203:Spain
1058:Pérák
895:Japan
869:India
264:7 May
217:HMHS
34:Tower
30:Lucks
26:Lucky
1294:RMS
1271:HMS
381:List
323:ISBN
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266:2012
210:HMS
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