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Things Fell Apart: Tonight's the night, comrades

Jon Ronson tells the story of how a family on a Twilight-themed lockdown-escaping camping trip ended up getting barricaded in the woods by armed, hostile townspeople.

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27 minutes

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Sun 19 May 202400:32GMT
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