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Vincenzo Larfoff
Played by David Baddiel
Vincenzo Larfoff is the gloomy, fez-wearing storyteller who hosts Horrible Histories’ Scary Stories inserts from a candle-lit armchair. He relishes setting up a spine-chilling historical legend, then grows increasingly fed up when the true…
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Vincenzo Larfoff is the gloomy, fez-wearing storyteller who hosts Horrible Histories’ Scary Stories inserts from a candle-lit armchair. He relishes setting up a spine-chilling historical legend, then grows increasingly fed up when the true explanation turns out to be completely ordinary.
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