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Carey continued as they passed the rickety shed. "It was locked as always, the
only thing Ned noticed at the time when he unlocked the shed was that his axe
was missing. The other members of the staff all maids, Miranda Wilkins, Sara
Hawk, Raquel Summers, Freda Martin and Stacy Connors continued toward the back
of the house. They passed by a doorway that led to the kitchen. Suddenly, the
side door opened and then slammed shut.
The group stood, paralyzed, staring at the door. "What the hell was that?"
Rishi stammered.
"Did you?" Freddie began eagerly.
"Yes, I got it," Kyle responded his body trembling.
"Well that was fun," Carey finally sputtered after a long silence. "Moving
along," she choked out urging the group to continue. "The women went to the
back of the house passing the garden," Carey explained as they stood looking
over the barren area. "Wow," she whispered.
"What?" Delia questioned.
"Nothing, it is just that you can see the graveyard from here," she noted. "On
the morning that Horatio Stratton died his son stood here while they dug up
the garden. He would have seen his father's funeral. So much pain," she noted
as they turned towards the house. "The women entered through the servant's
entrance."
"Down here," Delia offered guiding the group towards a doorway. She unlocked
the door and allowed the group to shuffle past her down a staircase into the
basement. "This was the mudroom. The staff would hang their coats on these
pegs and leave their personal belongings down here."
"Beautiful woodwork," Freddie noted as they looked around the small room.
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"This way," Delia encouraged leading the entourage through another doorway and
into the barren basement.
Rishi and Carey studied the hard cement floor looking for some sign that the
floor had been disturbed. "Might be a good place," she reasoned as Kyle filmed
as much as he could. They followed Delia up a small staircase where she
unlocked another door and they followed her into the main house. "That was the
Captain's study," she explained as the others gaped at the magnificent
workmanship. "Down here," she led them past the study through a hallway that
opened up in the main room and foyer. "The dinning room is over there and that
hall leads to the kitchen."
"The staff said they entered here and found Captain Stratton sitting by the
fire right over there, smoking his pipe, looking completely calm," Carey
narrated. "Then Miranda left the others who went about their duties. No one
knew anything was amiss until they heard Miranda screaming in the kitchen. The
entire staff, even the men who had been outside, rushed into the kitchen. All
the witnesses claimed that the room was covered in blood. Miranda made a
statement to the effect that it looked like the walls were bleeding. The
Captain never joined them or reacted. Most of the staff, with the exception of
Ned and Stacy, fled. So who wants to see the kitchen?"
"I'd rather not," Kyle gulped.
"You have to," Freddie fumed.
"Uhm, before I take you in there, is anyone here gay?" Delia questioned.
"I beg your pardon?" Freddie barked.
"Hold on," Kyle cut in. "She is asking for a reason. Whatever that thing is it
was really focused on Shawn and Faith."
"Most of the more violent events have happened in the kitchen and if you're
gay it will attack you," Delia explained. "So, again, if anyone is gay I
suggest you stay behind."
"Anyone?" Carey questioned. "No? Okay then let's see the scene of the crime."
Everyone was tense as they stepped into the infamous kitchen and each held
their breath waiting for something to happen. Delia looked around, nervous,
and pleased that the room was warm. "An eighty year old crime scene," Rishi
noted as he set his kit down. "Lot of dust. Why didn't they fix the woodwork?"
He questioned examining the multitude of cuts in the cabinets and flooring.
"Bastard was probably proud," Delia hissed. "Dr. Kapoor, do you think you will
be able to find anything?"
"A lot of years of dust and cleanings, hard to say," he concluded as he began
measuring the deep marks.
"Film him for a bit," Freddie instructed. "Then why don't you show us the rest
of the house? We can come back to film more of the Doctor after we get the
whole tour."
"What else did the police report say?" Delia prompted Carey.
"Nothing much," Carey explained. "The sheriff was denied access to the house
for weeks. When he finally got a warrant there was nothing to see except the
marks made by a sharp object. Most of the staff quit on the spot and Anna and
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Catherine Stratton were never seen or heard from again. The day after their
disappearance Captain Stratton burned or sold their belongings including the
furniture from the bedrooms. The only other reports were of strange
happenings."
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