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Charles Macklin

Season 1, Ep. 5

The most haunted theatre in England? Cool.

One of the ghosts is an Inishowen man, Charles Macklin? DING DING!

We met Sean Beattie to discuss Charles Macklin, the playwright, actor and killer who still threads the boards in London's Drury Lane theatre.

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