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They were the young and beautiful actors that ruled the mid-noughties on One Tree Hill. But the calamitous end to Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray’s marriage would have people asking questions for years to come. 

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This episode was researched by Eilish Gilligan and audio produced by Annabelle Lee.

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