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    HBM089: Human Wish Tree

    Sometimes, Tatianna Zichella asks people to make a wish, write it on a piece of paper, and staple it to a fleshy part of her body.

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    By Jeff Emtman • Jan 3, 2018 • 10m Listen

    Tatianna Zichella is the sideshow performer also known as The Amazing Mazi Keen*. Sometimes, Amazing Mazi sticks swords down her throat and into her stomach juices. Sometimes she suspends her body from hooks in her skin. And sometimes she asks people to make a wish, write it on a piece of paper, and staple it to a fleshy part of her body. “Like a human wish tree!” she tells producer Bethany Denton, as she hands her a staple gun.

    Music: Lucky Dragons

    *This name is derived from Mazikeen, a comic book character from the Sandman series, who (in turn) derives her name from the Jewish version of the Arabian jinn or genii.

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      Jeff Emtman

      Independent Producer

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      Bethany Denton

      Managing Editor of 'Here Be Monsters'

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