Underneath The Manor
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MatureComplete Tue, Mar 4, 20252h 28m
In 1878 Western Europe, Francis Galloway finds his boss's paranormal detective business to the brink of bankruptcy. Miraculously, a mysterious outsider visits the business and tells them that he has a case for the boss to solve. When a sudden tragedy occurs, Francis finds the case in his hands, a case which will be most difficult but most rewarding.
Join Francis Galloway as he leaves his home city to travel into the unknown where a mysterious manor is situated, one that houses a family who is haunted by such apparitions. Will Galloway solve the case and reveal what lies underneath and inside the manor? And does Galloway have more of a connection to the apparitions housed there than he thought? And what is the family who lives in the manor hiding?
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