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Sounil of Mauritius— a tale of voodoo and a witch doctor

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A Haitian domicile much like Sounil's witch doctor's residence
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A Haitian domicile much like Sounil's witch doctor's residence

Correspondent Tom Wilmer first met Sounil on the Tahitian Island of Moorea.

Sounil, a native of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, shares a bone-chilling encounter with a witch doctor while working at a Haitian Club Med. Come along and join Wilmer as he recalls Sounil’s incredible tale.

Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.