{"id":20996,"date":"2023-10-24T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=20996"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:53:10","slug":"boodin-bite-of-the-uncanny-oct-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2025\/10\/24\/boodin-bite-of-the-uncanny-oct-23\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Boo&#8221;din: Bite of the Uncanny, Oct. &#8217;23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;Boo&#8221;din: Bite of the Uncanny, Oct. &#8217;23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556140010887\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" 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