Old Timey Crimey #82: Albert Ostman - "Woolen Bananahammock"
He was a manly man's man, and then a man of a different kind took him on a little trip. A man covered in hair. A man...with large feet.
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Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
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