Echoes from the playground

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In the 1980s, a small preschool sparked a nationwide panic. In Echoes from the Playground, we revisit the McMartin Preschool trial—one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history—where fear, flawed justice, and media frenzy changed lives forever

20 Jun English South Africa True Crime · History

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