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A Bit on Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Season 1, Ep. 2

Join Sam Tornio as he tries to sort out the gossip from the sleuthing in Agatha Christie’s novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a classic whodunnit set in the English countryside.


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