By Gina Morgano Aug 19, 2009 via Medill Reports Victoria Maxwell had delusions of meeting with God. But to Maxwell, 42, from Vancouver, British Columbia, it all seemed perfectly real. So one day she walked out of her house, ripped off her dress and ran...
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