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Over the summer, I explored more than half a dozen abandoned hotels in New York’s legendary Borscht Belt — a region that was once known as America’s Vacation Capital. But beyond the nostalgia lies a stranger, darker story. In this follow-up to my original Borscht Belt documentary, I dig into the myths, rumors, and forgotten history of the ...
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