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Cold Reading

Season 3, Ep. 5

When an evening out at a psychic reading goes terribly wrong, one woman is left to pick up the pieces.


Credits

Larry Fessenden as Shelley

Deborah Wiseman as Jean

Georgina McKevitt as Holly



Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty


You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram


Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee


Get in touch: liam@liamgeraghty.com


Content warning: Contains multiple tense scenes, two depictions of violence and threat. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

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