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Episode 45: The Boogeyman

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The Boogeyman

A boogeyman is a shadowy figure who lurks in the dark waiting to carry away children. Across many languages and cultures, the concept of a Boogeyman is used to scare children into behaving. The English boogeyman likely developed from the Middle English Bog, or Boog, used to describe scarecrows.

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