The Beginning of the End

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Its a Victorian like age of beauty, amidst the glamour and excitement of the era of gilded beauty. Newspapers flood the small town of Vernon, headlined, 'The Hollis House Murders.' When passerby of a newspaper stand read the article below the title, worry strikes into some glances, along with occasional disbelief as they put the paper back down, acting as if they hadn't read it.

It reads,"Hollie House, a famed house for those who are mentally unfit for normal society, has fallen to pieces after a gruesome scene greeted police who visited Sunday. Blood plastered the walls, and the victims all wore cut smiles, giving them the appearance of twisted jesters and deformed clowns. All of the doctors and patients were killed, and traces have not been found of the killer. All are warned to stay inside and await the killers apprehension until the case is solved."

This article found itself being broadcasted over radio as well, to the town and it's surrounding areas. When one man takes up the task of finding this criminal, what happens...when the killer is who he would never expect?All Rights Reserved

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