The use of Sin Eaters appears to have ceased in the early 20th Century. Immigrants possibly carried out in the tradition in Appalachian areas of the United States.

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Heath Ledger battled a modern Sin Eater in the 2003 film The Order, but you are better off skipping that movie and just checking out the trailer above. A 1972 episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery, "The Sins of the Father", portrays an eerie dramatization of the practice, with the full episode currently streaming at Hulu.

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