EP 7 - Mark Kilroy | The Narco-Satanists
Today’s story we cover the 1989 Matamoros cult murders tied to Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo, a self proclaimed sorcerer known as “El Padrino” and how the tragic death of Mark Kilroy finally exposed the cult’s killings.
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