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"ROCHE...."The stand-off&quot"; by von2017

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Haunted Charm

While Tomais and I have been busy autumnizing Southern Charm, my brother Dej has pulled out all stops and gone all in for the upcoming Halloween celebrations.

Everything spooky, scary or ghostly - or remotely associated with any of those concepts . has been dragged out of his inventory and set out on his parcel to guarantee that every visitor gets deliciously cold shivers down their spine and their hearts lodged up in their throats. (We had to extend his parcel to increase his land impact with 600 more prims and still he only has 8 free now...)

Dej's staff of servants have all been assigned their suitable rolls to ensure optimal terror and joyful giggles.

Do you dare try out the nutty professors Orgasmatron X-5000 or how it is too be hung by the neck? Will you dare enter the mausoleum and encounter the horror that awaits you there?

ALL VISITS ARE ALL AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Set your world to midnight and visit Haunted Charm (SLurl).

Please note that you may meet my brother there, either as Count Dejula, the Transylvanian refugee, or as a huge man-eating she-spider with a humongous ass (meaning slightly larger than his usual perky derriere).

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"303" by Pep Serab

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"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever." by Skippy Beresford

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"Glam Affair Sia" by Nana Minuet

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Matthew Shepard In Memoriam

Matthew Wayne "Matt" Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming on the night of October 6, 1998, and died six days later at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 12, from severe head injuries.

On the night of October 6, 1998, Shepard met Aaron McKinney (then 22), and Russell Henderson (then 21), at the Fireside Lounge in Laramie, Wyoming. It was decided that McKinney and Henderson would give Shepard a ride home. McKinney and Henderson subsequently drove the car to a remote, rural area, and proceeded to rob, pistol-whip, and torture Shepard, tie him to a fence, and leave him to die. According to their court testimony, McKinney and Henderson discovered Shepard's address and intended to steal from his home, as well. Still tied to the fence, Shepard, who was in a coma, was discovered 18 hours later by Aaron Kreifels, a cyclist who initially mistook Shepard for a scarecrow.

The parents of Matthew Shepard talk about the painful memories of their son's death following a vicious gay bashing in October, 1998. He died October 12, 1998.

Judy and Dennis Shepard have become tireless fighters against hate crime. They also reveal why they decided not to pursue the death penalty for the men who murdered their son.

(Sources: Wikipedia & YouTube)

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"Butts" by Mat Kungler

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