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The Hidden Origins of Nixie, the Scariest Little Mermaid

Season 5 Episode 8

The half-human half-fish Nixie may look very familiar at first. But these shape-shifting monsters with their eerie songs that lure humans to the watery depths are much older, and much scarier, than the mermaids we know from pop-culture.

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