In this week’s episode Spencer is back with some almost-disasters, but first Madison is telling us about some real odd fellows with skeletons in their closets! We’ve got an obituary that’ll have you thinking twice about jack-o-lanterns and one that was…electrifying! Oh, and we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllls! 

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