# BOOKS OF WAR 4: Belle Époque

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Podcast: [Ghost Stories For The End Of The World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ghost-stories-for-the-end-of-the-world-650169)
Published: 2025-02-07T14:14:44+00:00
Episode link: https://ghoststoriesfortheend.podbean.com/e/books-of-war-4-belle-epoque/
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People try to be the king but the ace is back, with a banging new theme tune and a story that explores the decadence of the Palermo Belle Époque. The mafia is now well entrenched and reaching ever further into the Italian system; a banking crisis exposes industrial-scale fraud and leads to the first eminent corpse. This episode is free to all but most subsequent BOW episodes will be available ONLY ON PATREON, which is HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Check out the imposing walls of sound I have erected to accompany various episodes and miniseries here: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/

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