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TIL David E. Durston, the director of 'I Drink Your Blood' and 'Manhole' is associated with two suspicious deaths. Durston had a fight with actress Carol Wayne, 3 days later she was found dead by fishermen. Durston visited actress Diane Linkletter at 3am, she jumped out a 6th story window at 9am.

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