139: OBITCH thunder down under...

Get in the lifeboat and outta the windows Geoffs because this week’s forecast has some extreme weather! Spencer breaks down what happens when a cemetery floods, and Madison is giving us an electrifying lesson on being struck by thunder! We’ve got an owitchuary and one with a bang, oh and of course, some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

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