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Dave Robicheaux: In the ancient world, people placed heavy stones on the graves of the dead so their souls would not wander and inflict the living. I always thought this was simply the practice of superstitious and primitive people. But I was about to learn that the dead can hover on the edge of our vision with the density and luminosity of mist, and their claim on the earth can be as legitimate and tenacious as our own
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Dave In the ancient world
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people placed heavy stones on the graves of their dead
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so their souls would not wander and afflict the living
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I always thought this was simply the practice
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of superstitious and primitive people
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But I was about to learn that the dead
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can hover on the edge of our vision
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with the density and luminosity of mist
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and their claim on the earth can be as legitimate
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and tenacious as our own
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Movie Summary
A detective in post-Katrina New Orleans has a series of surreal encounters with a troop of ghostly Confederate soldiers while investigating serial killings of local prostitutes, a 1965 lynching, and corrupt local businessmen.
