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Jurors in the six-week trial heard harrowing testimony about how the gang preyed on the women, most of whom were already troubled by personal issues.

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The show takes on the perspectives of prey fighting for survival from predators.

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Pennywise embodies an ancient malice that surfaces every 27 years to prey on children for anywhere between a few months and a year and a half or more.

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That couple was Fred and Rose West who preyed on vulnerable women, including their own daughter who died at their hands.

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But it turns out the Golden State’s regrowing wolf packs are not merely content to feed on their traditional prey of elk and deer.

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