Short Stuff: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce

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Short Stuff: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce

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Oct 16, 2019

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Ambrose Bierce was a journalist and writer of short stories. He also disappeared rather mysteriously. Listen in and learn of the various theories on what happened to him.
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Short Stuff: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce

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