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In the most literal sense, the

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bully that lured Woods, dirt,

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Joey, and Chelsea at a housing house

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left his mask slip, murdered

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his brother, and revealed himself to

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be a legion of bourbon in the skin

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of a boy.

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But

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this unholy hunter was defeated

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by its quarry,

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just barely.

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Now, terribly injured and in

6:03

leak with a baby faced backed

6:05

thing that told an officer set upon

6:07

by an army of the bat's bad

6:09

brothers and the menacing cat with

6:11

the voice of a man, which these

6:13

horrid creatures call

6:14

papa.

6:27

With

6:27

the cat's command, the forward of

6:29

growth rushed down the stairs,

6:31

spilling out between the baluster. they

6:33

fall on ACE's body and swarm

6:35

it. It's diving into

6:37

the flesh.

6:39

face

6:45

it. Good. So I I put

6:47

my arm

6:47

around Joey for hobbling to the basement

6:49

because that's

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the only place is like, no. I don't know the

6:52

basement. I got Oh my god.

6:56

Oh my god. Hurry

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through the dialogue group. Come on.

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Maybe we could be pregnant. They're

7:03

they're pumping with the doors. Okay.

7:11

Come on

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come on. Come on. Come on.

7:16

Come on. Chelsea.

7:16

humbles the key into the

7:19

lock on the basement door and the kitchen.

7:21

How long does it take to get a keys around the door? Come

7:23

on. The lock turns and the

7:25

door. Breathes soaking on

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rusted

7:27

Sorry. Come on. We gotta

7:29

go. Okay. What's with me?

7:31

Down

7:31

the stairs.

7:34

I'm gonna slam the door shut

7:36

behind us so the rat's cranking. I'm locking

7:38

it behind us. Everyone stumbles

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down the creaking stairs of the basement. It

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is dark in here.

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There are no light

7:45

sources. Click on my flashlight

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and I take out my lighter woods

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and I've got one arm wrap around each other,

7:52

hobbling down the stairs, lights in

7:54

our free hands. First,

7:56

we hear the skittering feet of the

7:58

kitchen floor and then thumps.

8:01

hitting the door on her song.

8:03

And then

8:03

harder, the sound of body is

8:06

big and small, throwing themselves

8:08

at the door, it's scratching Violently

8:10

at the water.

8:10

Keep moving. Shit.

8:13

They're

8:13

everywhere. We need to get out of here. Maybe

8:15

there's an exit through the cellar.

8:17

Yeah. Maybe.

8:20

Let's look around.

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Woods. As your flashlight beam

8:24

darts around, you get a sense of

8:26

the space surrounding you. It's a

8:28

rather large open basement with support

8:30

beams and objects strewn throughout.

8:33

This whole place stinks

8:35

of mildew and waste, the

8:37

piss and excrement of rats,

8:39

and who knows what else? To

8:41

your right, is an exterior

8:43

wall of wet bricks. In

8:45

your

8:45

immediate vicinity, you see a workbench,

8:48

plumbing supplies, extra

8:50

storm shutters, and a coal burning

8:52

furnace that isn't lit. What?

8:54

Let's leave against that workbench. See

8:56

if there's anything around here.

9:03

So dark. We laid

9:05

a fire. I don't know about

9:07

that kid. I tried making a

9:09

fire, but things got weird and it

9:11

went out on

9:12

me. See, see, I told

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you. That's why I burnt my head.

9:16

Nobody would listen. Nobody ever

9:18

listens to dirt. Oh.

9:20

Oh.

9:21

It's the house.

9:23

We can't set the house

9:25

on fire, but I've got this lighter

9:27

going just fine. Maybe as

9:29

long as it's not the house, it's okay.

9:32

We can make it like a torch

9:34

or something. and then we'd have

9:36

fire. Well,

9:37

yeah, obviously. No.

9:39

No. For a weapon against

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the witch,

9:42

So there's a witch now?

9:44

That was a witch's cat talking to

9:46

him at us. That's the bats and the rats

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papa. I saw him in the attic. He

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was smoking a pipe and he playing a

9:52

game. What? That doesn't make any

9:54

sense? That doesn't make any

9:56

sense. Nothing

9:57

makes sense, woods. Is

9:59

the cat

9:59

the whip

10:01

I don't know. There was this

10:03

lady, like, would a barn occur? And was

10:05

it a book Tommy Red Upstairs that said

10:07

she eats kids? And all the stuff

10:09

we could use to kill her. fire and

10:11

and and silver. I read in the

10:13

scrapbook fire and silver. That's the only way to get

10:15

rid of witches and and and

10:17

and scary spooky stuff, and that's the only

10:19

way that gonna be able to get out of here. And

10:21

iron.

10:21

What? Fire, silver,

10:23

and iron kills spooky stuff.

10:25

That's what the book said.

10:27

wide. Yeah. Iron.

10:29

But he thinks I pay attention, but I do pay

10:31

attention. So we should look for something that we can

10:34

make a torch out of or or anything.

10:36

Iron or silver.

10:37

Wish I had that firepoker. Only

10:40

as

10:40

your conversation trails

10:42

off. Do you notice? that

10:44

the clawing of the rodent army has

10:46

dissipated. Everything has

10:48

gone silent except for

10:50

the creaking of the house above.

10:53

Are

10:53

they gone?

10:54

Nothing gone. Always

10:57

watch. Its

10:58

eyes dart around. Oh.

11:02

They think we're stupid. Well, as

11:04

much as I do wish I had that

11:06

firepoker, I'm not going up there to

11:08

get it and get ambushed. I'm

11:10

gonna find a weapon down here. What

11:12

do

11:12

I see? Everyone rolled

11:14

notice stuff.

11:15

That's a failure. I got a fifty

11:18

nine out of seventy, twenty

11:19

two out of forty. I got a critical

11:21

success.

11:22

Amazing. I'll circle back to you in

11:24

a moment, Chelsea. I don't see

11:26

shit.

11:26

Dirt, you're good at making

11:29

fires, makes us a torch. I

11:30

used to be. When I had both my

11:33

hands,

11:33

you've got like eighty skill,

11:35

I'm not even gonna make you roll dirt.

11:37

Even in the low light, you're

11:39

able to spot several things you could make a

11:41

torch out of. Are

11:42

there any old chairs? Oh,

11:44

several. They're old and decayed,

11:47

stacked on top of each other. I

11:49

break

11:49

off one of the legs. Is

11:52

there any cloth anywhere?

11:53

There's a stack of tattered linens

11:55

nearby. I

11:56

tear up some of the drips and wrap

11:58

it around the top, then I

11:59

find an old lamp. There

12:02

are a couple around. One still has

12:04

kerosene in the box. I

12:05

take off the lamp part and I dip it in

12:07

the oil, then I go over to Joey's lighter

12:09

and I light it.

12:10

Alright. You see

12:13

that woods? That's an artist at

12:15

work. The torch puts out a

12:17

warm glow over this whole cluttered

12:19

basement. I light my cigarette off

12:21

of the torch. You

12:24

got your fire. Now how about

12:26

that iron and silver? Wood,

12:28

behind a couple of barrels near

12:30

you. you find a length of iron

12:33

chain. It's about

12:35

four feet long and badly

12:37

pitted and corroded, but it's sturdy

12:39

enough. I found iron chain. Let

12:41

me see that.

12:43

Oh, yes. That's

12:45

nice punch it. in fashion.

12:48

Take it, Joey. You're a better fighter than any

12:50

of us. Don't mind if I

12:52

do. Now, Chelsea, with

12:54

your keen eye for all things equestrian.

12:56

you immediately spot a pair of horseshoes

12:58

on the shelf. Oh, Tommy, look.

13:01

Pick them up. Are they iron?

13:03

They are indeed. Great

13:05

work. Chelsea, Okay. This is a good

13:07

start. Now let's see what else we can find. Maybe

13:09

there's an exit. There's no clear

13:11

exit in sight, but there's still plenty of

13:13

clutter down here. old

13:15

steel tools that are falling apart, furniture

13:17

under tarps, food preserves that have been

13:19

down here. Who knows

13:21

how long? an old weather dresser.

13:23

I'm gonna search the dresser.

13:25

As you look into the dresser, you pull it open

13:27

and see

13:28

some surprised faces in

13:31

there, human faces, three more

13:33

of those rat creatures that look

13:35

utterly bewildered by your presence.

13:37

I closed the drawer immediately and

13:40

back away. I just I slam

13:42

it.

13:42

I don't wanna know. I'm not gonna leave it

13:44

open this time. You hear some some

13:47

terrified chirps? and and nothing. Sorry to

13:49

bother you. Goodbye. Good night.

13:51

Love you. Bye. What's that, dear?

13:54

Nothing. It nothing. Chelsea, with

13:56

that critical success of yours, there's

13:58

something else. You notice

13:59

your fat

13:59

friend is distracted, staring,

14:03

fix itly at a wall. That

14:06

wants me to look over here.

14:10

Come on, Joey. Let's go see.

14:12

This

14:13

wall, it's not like other walls

14:15

that you're pretty sure make up the exterior of

14:17

the house. This is an old kind

14:20

of wall for an earthen interior

14:22

space. made of wooden slats

14:24

with horse hair mortar between

14:26

them.

14:26

That's weird.

14:27

Weirder still. Your eyes

14:30

follow the horizontal wood slats. and

14:32

you see a spot where the pattern

14:34

is interrupted behind an empty

14:36

bookcase that's not entirely pushed up

14:38

against the wall. Don't don't

14:39

help me push this aside. Oh,

14:42

okay. It's not

14:43

heavy, so the two of you don't have much trouble

14:45

moving it with your combined And

14:47

speaking of combined effort, Woods

14:50

and Joey, you're hobbling along and

14:52

as you're about halfway across the

14:54

room. you hear

14:56

something. It

14:59

sounds like

15:01

singing. jolly.

15:05

What? Hold up. Do you hear

15:07

that?

15:09

What

15:09

is that? Sounds

15:12

like Singing.

15:15

Where's

15:16

that coming from?

15:19

Are you okay? Yeah.

15:21

Chelsea, just a moment. You too

15:23

follow the sound to a large

15:25

metal grading in the floor.

15:27

at what must be the lowest point in the

15:30

basement. There's a trickle of rainwater

15:32

coming from somewhere tinkering

15:34

into this dank hole. What

15:36

the hell is this?

15:37

The song begins

15:40

to trail off. Was

15:42

that

15:43

mama,

15:44

Tommy, coming, Chelsea.

15:47

We found a secret

15:48

door. What? A door

15:51

in the dirt. As

15:54

you both walk over, you see that Chelsea and dirt

15:56

have dug an old, warm door

15:58

out from behind a

15:59

lot of caked mortar and mud.

16:02

whatever's

16:02

behind it. Let's just get ready for it, man.

16:04

Okay. I detached from Joey and I get

16:06

out my b b gun and my Switchblade.

16:09

Open up

16:09

the door, Chelsea.

16:11

Okay.

16:12

He pulled the rusted

16:15

ring door handle, Chelsea. Dirt

16:17

helps you because there's so much muck

16:19

in the door jams.

16:20

You're able to open it together.

16:23

There's light inside. Candelite

16:25

from more of those homemade candles. The

16:27

air

16:27

is warmer, strange,

16:30

bitter

16:30

and herbal, but not in a

16:32

particularly nice way. It's still

16:34

accented with waste and rotting

16:37

Within you see books and random

16:40

household articles piled high,

16:42

the walls are aligned with tall

16:44

shelves filled with strange binding

16:46

and documents, and there's

16:48

stacks and stacks of books and crates

16:50

at different heights all throughout this

16:52

space. It's about as big as a

16:54

bedroom, but the paths between the

16:56

stacks are very narrow. Is

16:58

this this the Witches library?

17:00

It might be. Let's look

17:03

around. Find

17:03

any silver or iron and

17:05

any clues.

17:06

What kinds of

17:07

books are

17:08

these? It's very hard to say without cracking

17:11

them open.

17:11

Most are extremely worn by the

17:14

elements and very old. No

17:16

pictures then. Not so much on the outside

17:18

at least. I wanna roll some notice

17:20

stuff. Eighty five.

17:24

Nope. You see it a lot

17:26

of books. Great. I go further into the

17:28

room, deeper into the

17:30

books. You said there were some other stuff in

17:32

here too? Quite a lot, but it's

17:34

all jumbled up. It's hard to

17:36

make heads or tails off. Strange

17:38

jars and weird empty glass

17:40

objects of different sizes. I don't

17:42

suppose you have much in the way of a

17:44

science class kill do you? No.

17:46

I do not. Oh, one thing

17:48

that does stick out, there are a

17:50

few framed images on the ground. leaning

17:52

against one another. Alright. I'll take a look

17:54

at those. There's a couple that

17:57

are innocuous but seem

17:59

quite old. A

18:01

dreary countryside with stark

18:03

white buildings against gray

18:06

trees, a field of

18:08

grain at sunset, Red

18:10

is a fire with figures

18:12

that look like they might be dancing.

18:14

But

18:14

then, there's also

18:16

a portrait of a man A

18:19

handsome, sinister man.

18:22

Something feels odd about

18:24

this. Give me a reading, writing in

18:26

arithmetic role. Alright. It's gonna be

18:28

dicey. Oh,

18:28

that's an eight out of twenty five.

18:31

Excellent. Well, you don't know much

18:33

about art, but you can tell this is

18:36

old by American standards. The

18:38

paint is cracked and brittle, and

18:40

based on the way this person is dressed, the

18:43

puritanical garb and the long white

18:45

hair may be a wig. You'd guess

18:47

this painting is at least as old as the

18:49

founding of the country, if not older. But

18:51

even in the stoic portraiture of

18:53

the time, there's an intensity that

18:56

beams out of this man's eyes. an

18:57

expression that reads as

19:00

dangerous. Oh, have a look

19:02

at this. I'm gonna hold up

19:04

the painting. This guy is

19:06

creepy as heck.

19:06

I don't like it. He

19:08

wants to like. We're looking for clues

19:10

here, and some of this stuff is older

19:12

than this house. While the next and

19:15

last framed image definitely

19:17

isn't older than this house, it's a

19:19

photograph, probably not much

19:21

older than the Civil War. It's

19:23

of a bride and groom. In

19:25

fact, there's a caption William

19:27

and Evelyn Barncker October

19:29

twenty sixth eighteen sixty.

19:31

The bride's dark hair is up in

19:34

braids. Her gown has a large bustle

19:36

with flowers accented the

19:38

trim and the veil. and the groom. He

19:40

has a yory chin strap beard,

19:42

but you'd swear that

19:44

is the same person. as

19:46

the previous painting. That's one

19:48

heck of a family resemblance. That's

19:51

a man, but Creeper is

19:53

all hell. Oh, yes. Even

19:56

between the two mediums, the

19:58

resemblance is uncanny. It's

20:00

there anything on the back of the painting? No. Nothing

20:02

unfortunately. I have a bad feeling

20:04

about this. I hold up the photo to

20:06

the back creatures. Is this

20:09

Papa and mama.

20:11

He looks confused and doesn't

20:13

seem to make a connection. Guess we gotta

20:15

hit the

20:16

books Does anybody know the Dewey

20:18

decimal system? What the hell are you

20:20

talking about? Who's Dewey?

20:22

And what's his sis Is there

20:24

anything of interest I can see that

20:26

isn't a book?

20:27

Like books. I like books.

20:30

Waving your torch around in here, you see

20:32

something at the top of one of the

20:34

bookshelves. Another one of those

20:36

rat creatures. At first, you

20:38

just see it's chubby hind quarters and

20:40

then abruptly it turns to

20:43

glowering malevolent a glint of metal on its

20:45

face. It's wearing

20:46

spectacles and it's sitting on

20:48

a large black book. Alright.

20:50

Hey there. With the glass

20:53

is on. How are you doing?

20:54

Oh, I'm

20:55

fine too. Do I see

20:58

that? If you

20:58

look back towards dirt, you can see what's

21:00

happening. I point to

21:01

the rat creature, and I'm like, is that one bad? The

21:03

bat

21:03

beast on your shoulder looks up and

21:05

says Ruba.

21:06

I think you

21:08

should leave it alone. I don't think you should

21:09

try to make friends with him. But he's

21:12

wearing glasses. That means he's

21:14

smart. Woods and Joey, you hear the

21:16

commotion and you see this strange rat

21:18

creature. You've seen plenty of them by

21:20

now. They've lost their immediate

21:22

terror, but this one is it

21:24

looks rather fierce. I immediately pull

21:26

out my b b gun and shoot

21:28

it. Fifteen. You hold

21:30

up your b b gun. You aim at this.

21:32

Oh, yeah. I'll write it the right right at the

21:34

spectacles. And, yeah, it pisses

21:36

at you. As it does, you let

21:38

fly and that shot catches it right

21:40

between the eyes. Yeah. I'm gonna put it

21:42

eye out. One of the

21:45

Spectacles cracks. These rat creature

21:47

stumbles backwards and falls off the back of

21:49

the bookcase. Good shot, man.

21:51

Thanks thanks What the

21:52

hell dirt? It was

21:54

a really smart rat on a book.

21:56

That black book? That big black

21:58

book up there. Joey, could

21:59

you grab can you reach the book? Alright.

22:02

Yeah.

22:04

I got the book. I got the fucking

22:07

book. Is there something to put it on? Yes.

22:08

There's a table over in the corner

22:11

with candles fix to it. There are some

22:12

books stacked on the table. Perfect.

22:15

I'll look it over and flip the other

22:17

books off. You open it up, but you

22:19

realize you have to be careful It's in

22:21

terrible condition. Its binding

22:23

is made of moldy black

22:26

leather and the interior. Well,

22:28

many of the pages are stuck

22:30

together and brittle collapsing

22:32

apart even as you touch

22:34

it. Make a reading, writing, and

22:36

arithmetic role. Now

22:38

this said I got a thirty one. I'll

22:40

spend one luck point to get

22:42

to thirty. You notice that some pages

22:44

have been marked with various things.

22:47

black or red ribbon, rat

22:49

chewed leather straps, maybe

22:52

denoting significant passages, but

22:54

the first thing see when you open the cover is

22:57

a page that reads the

22:59

Journal of Doctor William Griggs.

23:02

and

23:02

its first date is April eleventh sixteen

23:05

forty three. Uh-uh.

23:08

Okay. I thumb

23:10

ahead

23:10

a little trying to find something

23:12

that seems important? Wendellin

23:14

Helius, a German physician,

23:17

gave an account also of an epidemic

23:19

which raged in the Kingdom

23:21

of Hess in fifteen

23:24

ninety

23:24

six attributed to

23:27

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23:39

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Attributed to this disease being so

25:28

frequent. While Tommy is reading, I'm gonna keep

25:30

looking for other books that seem important.

25:32

Like books that are handwritten or have the name William or

25:34

Evelyn Barncker? Well, it

25:35

is a big jumble in here, so you're gonna have

25:37

to roll notice stuff again. Nineteen out

25:39

of forty.

25:40

Okay. As your brother is reading, you

25:42

start opening and flipping through the books

25:44

and the stacks. Since you have an idea

25:46

of what you're looking for that narrows things

25:49

down, In a short while,

25:51

you find a plain book, The Journal

25:53

of Evelyn Wyman. And

25:55

soon afterwards, you notice a book

25:57

much fancier. Another black

26:00

leather bound book. This

26:02

one has brass tipped corners and

26:04

looks newer and it's in far better

26:07

condition than the one your brother is reading from. It

26:09

doesn't say what it is, but the dates are in the mid

26:11

eighteen hundreds, like the journal you've

26:13

got and the wedding

26:14

photo as well. Hey, Tommy.

26:16

temperature. Tommy --

26:18

Other than -- Tommy, look.

26:20

Just a minute, Chelsea. I'm trying

26:22

to figure this out. There's so many words in here

26:24

that I don't even know what they mean.

26:28

Midwives were in the habit of using

26:30

it to sell it.

26:31

I'm gonna go

26:31

off and read these myself. Sure.

26:33

Wonderful. petush Patrician.

26:36

Gosh, I'm gonna skip to the next thing.

26:38

There's a page marked with a thick

26:40

black ribbon. It's

26:42

an entry from November sixteen

26:45

forty six. The script

26:47

is different from what you've just read.

26:49

The same handwriting, but Sloppier,

26:51

more excited. The working

26:53

is done. The

26:56

compact is made and

27:00

a

27:02

year. God

27:04

has come to me.

27:07

I am set alight with a con conflagration

27:10

of knowledge consumed

27:12

by a terrible ant lord

27:14

his ecstasy.

27:15

I

27:16

beheld its horrendous form

27:18

and looked upon a webbed chasm

27:21

that can soothed the

27:23

land and sky. I

27:25

have bathed in the blood of

27:27

my blood and succumbed to the

27:30

dancing madness of Airgot with unrepentant

27:33

rejoicing. It is

27:35

such folly that once I shuddered at the

27:37

price of this pact,

27:40

the flash survival was sweet and soft. And even

27:42

now, the use of the babe

27:44

enlivens me with such vitality.

27:47

The power of Airgot threatens

27:49

within me. such wondrous

27:51

hells we shall make such

27:53

chaos and torment we shall

27:55

seed upon this land. What

27:57

is this?

27:59

I'm gonna skip ahead. The

28:02

next marked page is from

28:04

sixteen ninety two. July

28:07

nineteenth.

28:07

Five hanged in

28:10

one day, my

28:12

great working blossoms.

28:14

Eight is this now

28:15

dead dead as witches.

28:18

Even Reverend George Burrows

28:20

will soon hain

28:22

as an agent of satan.

28:24

The ground is tilled

28:26

by puritan righteousness,

28:29

superstition, seated by my

28:31

dark magics and is

28:33

now watered in blood

28:36

and tears. airgot

28:39

breathes deep, the

28:41

sorrowful perfume that hangs

28:43

upon

28:43

mass juices. And

28:46

take such efforts to conceal

28:48

my pleasure as each

28:50

life is extinguished by my machinations.

28:52

I must hide my glee

28:54

at the quaking and moaning of the

28:57

accusers. Airgot seeds

28:59

work such beautiful torment for

29:01

the children's bodies. And

29:04

I am their lurking

29:06

and every reflecting surface

29:08

to feed their

29:11

nightmares.

29:12

Now, I work with a dear Elizabeth

29:15

as well. My

29:16

niece's disobedience cost

29:19

her life, but fed

29:21

my belly. and through

29:23

Airgot's supply and inspiration. She

29:25

lives again as my

29:27

skin servitor. Pitching shaking

29:32

and condemning her leavers

29:34

to the gallows.

29:36

A skin

29:38

servicer Is that what

29:40

happened to Roger? What the

29:42

hell does any of this have to do with

29:44

anything?

29:45

I I think I know. Well then,

29:47

Chelsea, share with them what you've learned.

29:49

I start reading from

29:50

the black book that I found. The

29:53

toll

29:53

of my pack with

29:55

ERCOT is

29:56

great. So I won't be

29:59

able to maintain

29:59

this illusion of humanity.

30:03

So I would learn from my master and eat

30:05

something pure from within.

30:07

Not just to sustain

30:09

the cycle of torment,

30:11

but to

30:13

multiply. No

30:16

skin servitor, but my

30:18

own flesh. I owe my

30:20

mind. A clean

30:22

slate to withstand further

30:25

debt. All I need

30:26

is a house. and

30:29

a womb. Chelsea,

30:31

what

30:32

is

30:34

that? I think

30:36

it's

30:36

really William Barnaker's Journal,

30:38

and I think

30:39

he's that cat. And

30:42

maybe the person in the book you

30:44

have too, and his

30:46

wife, he did something

30:48

bad to her. I

30:51

I opened to

30:51

a page of Martin Evelyn's book.

30:55

I pleaded

30:56

with him. William.

30:59

William, let me see my baby, but

31:01

his

31:01

face soured. and

31:03

he threw it at me. To

31:06

my horror, it had William's own face

31:09

bulging out of a contorted and

31:11

hairy body What is

31:14

this? William, what have you

31:16

done? What

31:16

have you done?

31:18

You horrendous. How all

31:21

my efforts squandered.

31:23

I stood up on

31:24

shaking legs, cradling

31:27

the grotesque thing

31:29

he'd grown in

31:30

me. It grasped around

31:32

blindly at first and

31:34

opened its eyes. and said,

31:38

mama.

31:38

William threw a beaker, enraged.

31:41

It startled the baby and it scrambled up

31:43

and out of my arms, run away.

31:45

Something was wrong with

31:48

William's

31:48

face. His mouth

31:49

leaked down his neck in a

31:51

line of jagged Eath. His

31:53

eyes receded. What

31:56

are you?

31:56

you

31:59

Every terrible vision he'd

32:02

banished, every nightmare, and every

32:04

uncanny angel I'd endured, they

32:06

were all real and

32:08

all of them. were

32:10

him. Find

32:12

this man. Find

32:15

this beast. Find this

32:17

thing

32:17

to this house. he was

32:19

a monster. He put

32:20

a monster in me. My

32:23

god. I wasn't going to let him roam

32:26

free. I made

32:26

the signs I'd seen him make I

32:28

picked up his wild potions and threw them at

32:30

him. Oh.

32:34

Yeah. He

32:37

had sealed this post for the

32:39

birth, and I hoped I could imprison

32:42

him within the confines of his

32:44

own spell.

32:44

hold this horror and seal

32:47

it. My shock

32:49

amidst his materials lay the corpse

32:51

of the neighbor's cat consecutive.

32:54

It's entrails partially

32:55

removed, but

32:57

ritual had even working during my

32:59

labor. Sail it in this

33:01

form. Hi. You

33:06

cannot

33:08

continue me. You down

33:12

the cow. The

33:14

cow.

33:16

I

33:16

didn't. And I didn't know who to

33:19

call on Surely,

33:20

God wanted no part of the terrace

33:22

I was now embroiled in.

33:24

So I called upon myself.

33:27

I picked up

33:27

a cell phone and drew it cross

33:29

my home. I bind

33:32

you with my pain.

33:34

I bind you with

33:37

my rage. the thunder

33:38

formed and creature my

33:41

husband had become grotesquely

33:42

molded with the rotting

33:45

of ship the cat and scratched as I

33:47

cast my blood across his

33:49

undulating

33:50

mask.

33:53

You understand yourself? You would

33:56

feel blood. I find

33:58

a spoon. To the

33:59

death. Do we part

34:02

my love. My

34:10

teeth. text is in you, and I will

34:13

be pissed

34:15

for

34:16

You death.

34:20

You shall never

34:21

be with me, and

34:23

you shall die. His

34:28

body contorted into the platform

34:31

and I ran. watched

34:33

the room and fled to my bedside

34:36

frame, frame that God

34:38

might red be salvation from

34:40

the hell of this man.

34:42

and

34:45

this

34:48

house. I

34:51

read the end.

34:54

He made her like him.

34:56

He made her so hungry.

34:59

she

34:59

didn't want it. So

35:00

she hid away, but he

35:03

found ways,

35:04

and he

35:05

kept feeding her. No. No.

35:07

No. No. No. No. No freaking

35:10

way. This is fucked up, man.

35:12

This is Fuck

35:16

up. Fuck

35:18

you, Roger. Fuck. Fuck

35:22

me. Roll

35:23

sanity. Two,

35:25

I I'm okay. Fifty eight

35:27

out of forty nine is what I mean. Fifty

35:29

eight I passed.

35:30

Okay. If you make it,

35:32

it's one point if you fail its D3I failed

35:34

as

35:34

I always do and I

35:36

lost three sanity. Why? Dirt?

35:41

yeah yes? You

35:42

haven't understood all these words, but

35:44

you've understood the feeling of them

35:47

and they're very familiar. You

35:49

can see that dark

35:51

chasms your father's eyes as he

35:53

locks

35:53

you away in the back of

35:55

the cellar. Again, oh, no. Stop

35:57

it. Stop it. Stop it. Stop.

35:59

You can feel the faintest memories of your her

36:02

warmth, her scent before

36:04

the fire.

36:05

You remember this

36:08

crack

36:08

of your father's wiggle room. Yo. Stop

36:11

hurting your Please. Stop

36:13

trying to change. Please,

36:16

daddy. wandering a cute state dirt stumbles

36:18

into a tower of books. This port flattens

36:20

to the ground next to all of these

36:22

brittle and flammable books.

36:25

Fire has Jirt.

36:27

Oh, damn. I've got to get

36:29

that torch. Give me a dexterity

36:30

roll. Ninety five. No.

36:33

Why is everyone so

36:36

mean apply to be hurt and hurt and hurt.

36:38

You're gonna be a proud of dirt.

36:40

Me too. I would, but I gotta take

36:42

care of this. I got an eleven.

36:45

I got a too. And that's a miracle

36:47

because this is not my strong suit. Joey

36:49

and Chelsea, you navigate the clutter and

36:51

dirt's flailing and you throw your

36:53

arms around it. that's

36:56

a mean world man. But

36:58

it doesn't have to be

37:00

Is there a fire? Because if anything's caught on fire

37:02

at all, I have to be able to take care of it. Is there a

37:04

fire? Relax. about the damn fire.

37:06

It's just gonna go out anyway.

37:08

You don't know that. Woods.

37:10

You've caused all kinds of chaos trying to

37:12

get to the torch. Yeah. But you made

37:14

it. and it's only starting to catch

37:16

the pages of book. Give me a nature

37:19

role to put it out. I got

37:21

a fifty

37:21

two. Situation under control. You pick up

37:23

the torch and professionally stamp out the flames.

37:25

I hope you're enjoying that hug. You would all

37:27

be dead if it wasn't

37:30

for me. and dirt. Those thoughts and memories are

37:32

still simmering in your mind like

37:34

Kohl's, but the kindness and

37:36

affection of Joey and Chelsea

37:38

of Dosterville. Whatever

37:40

demon thing we got a shred, we're gonna

37:42

do it because I've got the iron. I

37:45

lift up the chains wrapped

37:47

around my fist. and you've

37:49

got the fire dirt and hand him his

37:52

torch back. Thank

37:53

thank you. Where

37:54

do we go now? Do

37:56

we do we try to go

37:58

back up? Well,

37:59

actually, Joey and I found a great. What's

38:02

great? No. No. There's a

38:04

great and we heard singing

38:06

coming out Sinking is great. Look, just

38:08

follow me. I'm gonna lead everyone to

38:10

the hole that woods and

38:12

I found.

38:30

And

38:35

so

38:37

with

38:39

their heads filled

38:41

with tragic and nightmarish fragments of howlinghouse's

38:43

history, the weary and wounded children limp

38:46

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38:48

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I hope that wherever

40:27

you're hearing this the stars are bright. I remember when

40:29

I was young, I feel a powerful loneliness

40:32

under the vastness. A

40:34

loneliness the loneliness twinged

40:36

with fear. an animal knowing of my

40:38

vulnerability in the dock and

40:40

my smallness in

40:42

the cosmos. the cosmos But

40:44

these days, the stars comfort me.

40:46

Even if these ancient points

40:48

of light were a million eyes

40:51

peering on me some kind of unfathomable

40:54

microscope. At this point,

40:56

they're an old

40:57

friend and I can

40:58

look to the planets. I

41:00

can look to curtain of shimmering

41:03

black or stately Jupiter reminding

41:05

me that something's far away

41:07

are actually

41:08

very close in the

41:10

scale of the universe. Perhaps not all

41:13

planets are good planets

41:15

in a metaphysical

41:18

sense, but I think

41:20

these ones must be. And the one

41:22

that we are all standing

41:24

on certainly is a

41:26

good planet It's not the planet that I'm afraid

41:28

of, and it's not the stars

41:30

anymore. It's the things

41:32

that happen in between. that

41:35

chill me to the bone. Things like

41:36

what happened to Evelyn

41:39

Bonica, knee, Wyman, trapped in

41:41

a cycle of abuse.

41:43

It's things like What happened to

41:45

all those people so long ago in Salem Village? Superstition

41:48

gave way to suffering,

41:50

imprisonment,

41:51

the president and death.

41:52

guy supposed

41:53

civilization aid itself alive.

41:57

If you are

41:59

you indeed in this

42:01

moment gazing up on the multitude of stars as

42:03

glorious night. Perhaps you may take some comfort in

42:05

them as I do. Even if

42:07

they shine down

42:08

with cold and difference, It's

42:11

a better thing than the

42:13

suffering that humanity inflicts upon

42:15

each other.

42:17

But you didn't come here for my philosophizing.

42:20

Now did you? you tuned

42:22

in for rollicking stories and

42:24

songs. Let's see if this does a

42:26

trick. This

42:27

is a song called kill

42:29

for you, die for you. A song

42:31

of, let's call it,

42:33

torot romance. If we're

42:36

being polite, polite It's a

42:37

song by VRL, better known

42:40

as Veronica Rose Loebman. If

42:42

you're not familiar

42:43

with them as a

42:45

musician, You be familiar with them as a voice

42:47

actor. They received a draft denomination for

42:50

playing the titular character in the

42:52

acclaimed What Remains of

42:54

Edith Finch. and they have an

42:56

extensive list of credits including some from

42:58

the audio drama world with the

43:00

Kia romcom podcast musicals,

43:02

The Flame and The Fourth Coming

43:04

Journey of The Hodge. The track

43:06

you're about to hear was their debut single

43:08

earlier this year and they've just recently

43:10

released a follow-up called

43:12

ECB Love. I hear that there's an extended player soon to

43:14

follow, so keep your eyes

43:16

peeled for that, and brace yourselves

43:18

for

43:18

next when

43:20

we unveil the finale of night at Howling House.

43:22

In the meantime,

43:24

stay safe.

43:25

Take

43:26

care of yourselves. And maybe

43:28

don't take relationship

43:30

advice from this song or

43:32

life advice from sleep

43:35

deprived radio personalities.

43:37

This is

43:38

kill for you, die for you,

43:41

by VRL

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48:21

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48:25

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48:28

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48:33

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49:22

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i'm a very

49:32

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49:34

the Me fear, watch your

49:36

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49:38

And that's how

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they describe the roaming in.

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He's made of all this weird

49:44

stuff that puts together into

49:46

himself

49:47

right. Jesus Christ dude. You had

49:50

a scary ring ring. That's fucking it. Okay?

49:52

This boogeyman even Bennett

49:54

isn't real, and you can't accept that.

49:56

So you're trying to make

49:59

me believing him

49:59

too. Everything that's

50:01

happened has been tragic, but

50:03

these are isolated goddamn

50:06

incidents You're

50:07

making a monster out of copy cats and mass hysteria.

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50:53

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busters. A British

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podcast award nominee. That was

50:57

my worst nightmare. I can't believe he didn't

50:59

tell me it

51:00

was a drop Right. It's so much

51:02

better when you don't know. The black

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comedy that Steven Fry called remarkably

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immersive. Some is happening in

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the park. Some is dangerous. she's dead

51:11

meat her and a stupid sister. The Lamai Jenkins. I think

51:13

something terrible has happened, but I don't know what.

51:15

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51:17

if Markard and Manor closed. Please, we have to get out

51:20

of here. To wrap

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some for me. Hold

51:24

on to your hats and glasses.

51:27

and pray to

51:29

your god. Mokareem

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Manor. I might inspire a girl

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