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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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