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THE TRUTH BEHIND NICOLAS FLAMEL: Was This Harry Potter Character Real? Did He Find The Secret To Immortality?

28 October - 49 mins
Podcast Series Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Nicolas Flamel, the alchemist from Harry Potter, was a real 14th-century Parisian bookseller who became legendary for supposedly discovering the secret to immortality—and some believe he faked his death in 1418 and is still alive today.

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IN THIS EPISODE: It’s what every non-muggle dreams of… to be able to turn any metal into gold and to create a magic potion to give one eternal life! So is the life of wizarding at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books. But was there a real Philosopher’s Stone? Was there a Real Nicolas Flamel who created it? (The Real Nicolas Flamel and the Ph...

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