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The Music is Reversible!

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Smells Like Children cover
Released: 10-24-1995
Archive notes: The Manson Wiki identifies this Smells Like Children interlude as sampled Phil Donahue talk-show dialogue. The inherited claim that it is the same in both directions lacks an audio comparison here; distinguish a reused speech sample from a palindrome or intentional backward message.
Case 048 Permanent link

Marilyn Manson

Album: Smells Like Children Song: Sympathy for the Parents

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Alleged backward phrase:
Played the same forwards as backwards

Legacy clip unavailable Capture the identified Smells Like Children interlude and compare its speech with the Donahue source. Verify what the old Apocalypse.ra card meant before asserting that it plays the same in both directions.