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\nAn urban legend that exploits our fears of an obstructed gaze and the deeply unsettling idea that the youngest of our species are out to destroy us, the lore of Black-Eyed Children, or Black-Eyed Kids, is a modern construction. But the...\nAn urban legend that exploits our fears of an obstructed gaze and the deeply unsettling idea that the youngest of our species are out to destroy us, the lore of Black-Eyed Children, or Black-Eyed Kids, is a modern construction. But the “evil spawn” child archetype of the horror genre and hundreds of years of social expectations of childhood inform these unsettling monsters.\n
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11:57
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9th - Higher Ed
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English Language Arts
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2021
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English
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monsters, eyes, stories, years, time, england, hands, area, mythology, legends, ghosts
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monstrum, monstrum pbs, lore, folklore, documentary, pbs, pbs digital studios, monster, emily zarka, dr. emily zarka, scary stories, horror stories, mysterious, creature, black eyed children, black eyed children stories, black eyed kids, paranormal, urban legends, true scary stories, black eyed child, haunted, ghost stories, black eyed kid, black eye children, spirits, creepypasta, cannock chase, horror, horror story, urban legend, eyewitness accounts, make sense, black eyes, black, child, girl, children, british, woman, childhood, obscured, including, door, terror, window, internet, find, daughter, looked, ghost
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