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Speaker 1: M M. This is Dr Albright. The data is August
Speaker 1: the time christ I don't even know what time it is.
Speaker 1: These are my final notes for patient three eight to
Speaker 1: file zero three two one to seven. It's been two
Speaker 1: weeks since I started my initial observations, and things have
Speaker 1: declined in that time. I've tried my best to remain
Speaker 1: impartial to the proceedings and only insert my professional opinion
Speaker 1: when needed. But this case is different than anything I've
Speaker 1: encountered before, leaving me with many, many sleepless nights. When
Speaker 1: I became a doctor, I took an oath, one that
Speaker 1: made me swear to help those in need. And I
Speaker 1: can't help but feel like I failed here, that that
Speaker 1: that we did something wrong, that this will be a
Speaker 1: stain on my soul for the rest of my life.
Speaker 1: Every time I closed my eyes, I can see her,
Speaker 1: I can hear her, her her screams or please for help.
Speaker 1: Did we make the right decision? I thought so at first,
Speaker 1: but now I don't know. God, Please forgive me for
Speaker 1: what we did to that poor girl. She was so young,
Speaker 1: And please God, never let me have to step foot
Speaker 1: in Lighthouse Ever Again Lighthouse Chapter six interview with parents
Speaker 1: Robert and Dorothy august Am is this is this really necessary? Doctor?
Speaker 1: We will need to have a full report along with
Speaker 1: my recommendation during observation before the hospital makes a decision
Speaker 1: based on what you described over the phone. It is
Speaker 1: a terrible ordeal which you were stuck in, and I
Speaker 1: want to make sure that I understand exactly what you
Speaker 1: and your family have gone through. I'm just not sure
Speaker 1: how any of this will help with our lease, anything
Speaker 1: to help our little girls. Fine, how did it begin?
Speaker 1: I don't know the exact moment, unfortunately, just that one
Speaker 1: day she was different, so unhappy, outbursts of anger, mostly
Speaker 1: more so than a normal child. Yes, we have two
Speaker 1: more boys, good boys. And did they ever Oh no,
Speaker 1: they never would like that. This is different. We thought
Speaker 1: maybe it was something that came with having a girl.
Speaker 1: We recommended her every time, but still she persisted, and
Speaker 1: then it got worse in what way? She got violent,
Speaker 1: which she has never done before. What did she do?
Speaker 1: She pushed her brother. Surely it's normal for her siblings
Speaker 1: to fight with each other through a wall a wall.
Speaker 1: Now the wall in question was in the spare bedroom,
Speaker 1: the one under renovation, so the integrity of it wasn't
Speaker 1: fully up to code. But for her to push him
Speaker 1: like that, she could have really hurt him. They were
Speaker 1: playing and they got out of hand and she just
Speaker 1: lost control. She pushed him and then jumped on top
Speaker 1: of him and scratched his face. Was he seriously injured, No, thankfully,
Speaker 1: just the scratches, nothing too deep. Are there other instances?
Speaker 1: She pushed a girl on the playground. The teacher said
Speaker 1: she watched it happen and said it was very unusual
Speaker 1: behavior for her. Said she usually saw the two girls
Speaker 1: giggling together, but now the other one just stays far away.
Speaker 1: She was suspended for two days. I hope you don't
Speaker 1: mind my saying, but she got the belt for that one.
Speaker 1: And at breakfast the other morning, she didn't like her eggs,
Speaker 1: so she threw her plate at the wall, shattered it
Speaker 1: into a million pieces. If I was an inch over
Speaker 1: to the left, it would have hit me in the head.
Speaker 1: What did she say about it? That's the thing. She
Speaker 1: doesn't remember it, any of it, throwing the plate, not
Speaker 1: just the plate, the school friend and the wall too.
Speaker 1: She claimed she doesn't remember a thing. No, I thought
Speaker 1: she was just saying that to avoid getting in trouble,
Speaker 1: but seeing the way she carried on about it, she
Speaker 1: was scared. She genuinely didn't know what she was getting
Speaker 1: in trouble. For that's what clute is in that something
Speaker 1: might be war. Don't you want to play with a doctor?
Speaker 1: Offer long saying things things that scare us, like it's
Speaker 1: nothing to be concerned with. But the content of what
Speaker 1: she is saying was disturbing, such as how she's going
Speaker 1: to drown her brother or stab another one with her
Speaker 1: sewing scissors. I don't think she means or even knows
Speaker 1: what she's saying. But we took the scissors away and
Speaker 1: started locking up any sharp utensils. I see anything else, well,
Speaker 1: there are the people orthy there's no point in hiding it, Roberts.
Speaker 1: It wasn't real. It was to her, and please, every
Speaker 1: bit helps. Every detail is important. That's the only way
Speaker 1: I can make a full assessment. She sees things, sees
Speaker 1: things in the house. Does she describe these things she sees?
Speaker 1: She sees people? Are they people she knows recognizes? Where
Speaker 1: in the house? Does she see them all over everywhere? Really?
Speaker 1: Has she described them? Who are they? Sometimes? We catch
Speaker 1: bits and pieces now and again. There's a little boy
Speaker 1: whom she describe in cold, whose teeth are always setting.
Speaker 1: There's also a young woman she sees the kitchen, and
Speaker 1: someone else she calls the boulder man bowler man. She
Speaker 1: claims she sees a man and he's always wearing a
Speaker 1: bowler hat. But none of that was real. She's just
Speaker 1: seeing things. Have either of you seen any of these people? Know?
Speaker 1: But every child has imaginary friends. What do you mean, yes,
Speaker 1: you've seen something that she has. Once when I was
Speaker 1: in the garden with her, we were planting some flowers
Speaker 1: when she suddenly looked up and pointed towards the tree
Speaker 1: line and asked if I could see him? See who
Speaker 1: the boulder man? I saw something. He was there, and
Speaker 1: then he just wasn't. I thought maybe my eyes were
Speaker 1: playing tricks on me, because it was like nothing was
Speaker 1: ever there at all. Why didn't you tell me this?
Speaker 1: Because I didn't think it mattered, just some shadows strick
Speaker 1: of the light, But then everything else started happening. Did
Speaker 1: you recognize him? No, I didn't get a good book.
Speaker 1: Jesus Christ Dorothy, he asked to know everything. I can't
Speaker 1: believe you never told me. Tell him about the photos.
Speaker 1: What photos, Dorothy? Tell him? Robert, alright, fine, I've taken
Speaker 1: some photos of the family altogether. I have my own
Speaker 1: equipment and I can develop them downstairs in the basement.
Speaker 1: Converted a side room into my photo lab. Now I
Speaker 1: could show you later and show you some of the photos.
Speaker 1: At first, I thought maybe it was just a blemish
Speaker 1: or miss firem camer What was in the photos? Her face?
Speaker 1: It seems to be covered by something by what It's
Speaker 1: like a shadow covering her face, hovering over her. And
Speaker 1: you've seen this in more than one photo, yes, all
Speaker 1: of them over the past few months. And your other
Speaker 1: two nothing nothing in their photos. No, have they seen anything.
Speaker 1: It would be helpful to speak to them as well,
Speaker 1: just in case. Yes, of course. What happened next? Well,
Speaker 1: after the wall incident with Robert Jr. August time is
Speaker 1: twelve p m. Robert, it's nice to meet you. Do
Speaker 1: you prefer Robert or Bob? Is fine, sir, Bob? It
Speaker 1: is then you have great manners. Bob. How old are you?
Speaker 1: I'm and how old were you when your sister was born?
Speaker 1: I was seven. That is quite an age difference between you, Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: and the oldest. So that means I look out for them,
Speaker 1: both your sister and your brother. You mean, yes, sir,
Speaker 1: Do you feel like you have to look out for
Speaker 1: them often? No, sir, just the normal kids stuff, making
Speaker 1: sure they don't get in trouble. Do you know why
Speaker 1: I'm here talking to you about, right it is? Tell
Speaker 1: me about your sister. I understand she harmed you not
Speaker 1: too long ago, just a few scratches, kids stuff. Your
Speaker 1: parents tell me she pushed you through a wall. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was hoping they didn't tell you that part. Why
Speaker 1: is that she's only eight, a kid, and she bested me.
Speaker 1: I didn't want my friends to rag on me. I
Speaker 1: assure you your secret is safe with me. I just
Speaker 1: want to know about what happened and see if I
Speaker 1: can help make some recommendations for what's best for her.
Speaker 1: We were just messing around. She was being annoying, but
Speaker 1: I guess that's her job because she's my little sister.
Speaker 1: So I took her bear, her stuffed animal. Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: I took it into the other bedroom, that the one
Speaker 1: we're supposed to stay out of because they're rebuilding it
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of sharp obs x in there.
Speaker 1: And I pretended like I was going to drive a
Speaker 1: nail through it if she didn't stop, and she got upset.
Speaker 1: I assume I wasn't gonna actually heard it. Honest, I
Speaker 1: know she loves that teddy Bear. She takes it with
Speaker 1: her everywhere. I just wanted her to leave me be.
Speaker 1: Then what happened. She was crying and pleading with me,
Speaker 1: and then she just stopped. She got really still and
Speaker 1: just stared at me. But you promised not to tell again,
Speaker 1: you can trust me. Well, there was something wrong with
Speaker 1: her eyes. What do you mean? They just got all
Speaker 1: black and scary. And I thought I thought I heard
Speaker 1: someone whispering under her breath. No, it sounded like a
Speaker 1: bunch of other people were there, But but there wasn't.
Speaker 1: It was just us. What were they saying? I don't know.
Speaker 1: It was hard to make out, but it was real scary.
Speaker 1: And Madeline moved her head like she was listening to anything.
Speaker 1: To you. No, but she tilted her eyes back to
Speaker 1: me and gave me a really creepy smile. Right before
Speaker 1: she jumped on me. I thought she pushed you, well,
Speaker 1: sort of, but she jumped with such force that it
Speaker 1: pushed us both backward. I toppled over some lumber and
Speaker 1: went straight through the wall into the hallway, and she
Speaker 1: attacked you again. She did. She began to scratch my
Speaker 1: face and just started laughing. I put my hands up
Speaker 1: to protect myself and tried to get her off me,
Speaker 1: but she was just so strong. I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1: It was like she was in a trance or something,
Speaker 1: and I kept yelling for help until my dad came
Speaker 1: and pulled her off me. She started crying. She just
Speaker 1: snapped out of the days and didn't remember anything. I see,
Speaker 1: But you were unharmed. A few cuts and bruises and scratches.
Speaker 1: Is this the first time she's lashed out at you
Speaker 1: like this, yes, sir. I mean she's been acting strangely
Speaker 1: since we moved in a few months ago, but nothing
Speaker 1: like this. Strangely how your parents said that sometimes she
Speaker 1: sees people, yes, sir, but she talks to them too.
Speaker 1: I catch her sometimes I'll walk past her room she's
Speaker 1: having a lively conversation within air, or into the kitchen
Speaker 1: and she's setting the table talking with someone. But any
Speaker 1: time I've asked her about it, she just says it
Speaker 1: was nothing, and there's nothing there, No nothing, but I
Speaker 1: can hear the whispers sometimes too. Talking at nine twelve am,
Speaker 1: Patient three two files zero three to one to seven,
Speaker 1: Interview five. How are you today, Madeleine goreat how are you?
Speaker 1: I'm doing well. Do you wake my picture? It's very nice?
Speaker 1: Did you just draw it? I did you know what
Speaker 1: it is? It looks like the lighthouse, but from a
Speaker 1: long time ago. I see the light is on. No,
Speaker 1: that's from last night. Last night I sat growing again, Madeleine,
Speaker 1: you know that's not true. The lighthouse hasn't been operational
Speaker 1: in years. You don't have to pretend with me, Madeleine.
Speaker 1: It's been a few days since you and I first
Speaker 1: started speaking, But today I want to talk to you
Speaker 1: about the incident from last night. Do you remember the
Speaker 1: day before the day it was? But do you remember
Speaker 1: what happened during dinner time at the table? I don't
Speaker 1: remember what we have for dinner. Your mother invited me
Speaker 1: to stay for dinner so I can observe you all
Speaker 1: as a family. I sat across from you, and you
Speaker 1: sat in between your brothers. I remember bread, Yes, there
Speaker 1: was fresh bread in the basket. Your mother made it.
Speaker 1: But do you remember what happened with the bread. Your
Speaker 1: mother did not want you to spoil your dinner and
Speaker 1: told you that you couldn't have any more. And then
Speaker 1: and then I didn't have any more, no, Madeleine. And
Speaker 1: then your brother took the basket away, and you took
Speaker 1: your knife and you cut him. I cut him, Yes,
Speaker 1: you cut him right across his palm. Do you remember
Speaker 1: a little Why did you do that? I don't know.
Speaker 1: Did somebody tell you to do that, Madeleine? You can
Speaker 1: tell me. He said it wouldn't hurt him. Who said?
Speaker 1: He said that it was only for pretend, and it
Speaker 1: was to convince them mommy to give me what I want.
Speaker 1: Who told you this, Madeleine? He said, I can't come
Speaker 1: play in the dark with them until I do these
Speaker 1: things that I keep doing them, but I don't remember.
Speaker 1: Calm down, it's all right. He doesn't like you. He
Speaker 1: wants you to go away. He wants you to stop
Speaker 1: asking me questions, Madeleine, listened to me. Whomever is telling
Speaker 1: you this, they are not real. Do you understand? It's
Speaker 1: your subconscious mind and sometimes it does not have your
Speaker 1: best intentions at heart. He is real. They are real.
Speaker 1: They are my friend, Madeleine. Madeleine, what are you doing?
Speaker 1: He said, you have to go away. Now, what's that noise?
Speaker 1: He said, you are interfering. Please sit down. He wants
Speaker 1: me to come play with him. And if I don't
Speaker 1: make you go away, I will never be able to
Speaker 1: Madeleine stop this now, Madeline stop. Lighthouse will return after
Speaker 1: these messages and now back to Lighthouse. It is now August.
Speaker 1: It has been a few days since what happened, and
Speaker 1: I I still don't know how to explain it. What
Speaker 1: I saw was just not possible. I think my time
Speaker 1: in this house has somehow affected my judgment and and
Speaker 1: clouded my medical training because I saw I saw something
Speaker 1: in that room with us. Something was there whispering into
Speaker 1: her ear. I can still hardly believe it, and my
Speaker 1: mind refuses to even consider the possibilities or ramifications of
Speaker 1: what that means. I have avoided seeing her the past
Speaker 1: few days, but I'm due back in a few hours
Speaker 1: to speak with the middle child, who you may be
Speaker 1: holding the key to answer some of those what are
Speaker 1: you doing? You're off of me? Out of it? Stop crazy.
Speaker 1: If the floorboard creaking didn't wait me up, I'd be dead.
Speaker 1: She would have stabbed me right in the heart, Hubert,
Speaker 1: please calm down. Don't tell me to calm down. Did
Speaker 1: you see what she did? She tried to kill me.
Speaker 1: I thought you said the sharp utensils were locked up.
Speaker 1: It was a pair of pruning shears. Can you believe it?
Speaker 1: She tried to murder me. Stop at Dorothy, just stop
Speaker 1: it with her, with our little girl, all right, you
Speaker 1: have to do something about this. There is something inside
Speaker 1: of her. That thing is not my Madeleine. You hear me,
Speaker 1: it's not. I don't know what it is, but it's
Speaker 1: not her If you don't do something to help her soon,
Speaker 1: so help me with them. That's all I want money.
Speaker 1: You don't know what you're saying as me. I hate you,
Speaker 1: he says, you're not my real family. There, Madeline, do
Speaker 1: you know what you tried to do last night? Yes?
Speaker 1: And I would do it and get it and get
Speaker 1: it and get to get away from you. Let me
Speaker 1: go door for you again. As she is sitting in
Speaker 1: with my interview with Henry. Yes, sorry, Henry and your twelve.
Speaker 1: It's okay, Henry, you can talk to him. Yes, what
Speaker 1: can you tell me about your sister? She's my best friend.
Speaker 1: They are very close. You love your sister, I can tell.
Speaker 1: I want you to know that I'm trying to help her.
Speaker 1: All of us are. Do you understand that? Yes? Does
Speaker 1: your sister tell you about her friends, the ones she
Speaker 1: sees they live in the house with us. Have you
Speaker 1: seen them as well? Go on? Now? Sometimes do they
Speaker 1: talk to you also? I don't want them to. They
Speaker 1: scare me. It's okay. Sometimes the unknown is scary even
Speaker 1: to me. Does she tell you what they say to
Speaker 1: her sometimes? And what does she tell you? One of
Speaker 1: them tells her to do bad things, bad things to you,
Speaker 1: to your family. I don't know just And does she
Speaker 1: do them sometimes? Like with your hand the other night
Speaker 1: and with what she did to your father last night?
Speaker 1: I guess how is your hand? By the way, it's
Speaker 1: going to scar, but it's getting better. I help them
Speaker 1: change the bandages twice a day. Does it hurt? I'm
Speaker 1: sorry to hear that. I'm sure we'll stop soon enough, though, Henry,
Speaker 1: do you know why she does these things? Why they
Speaker 1: tell her to do them? I don't know why they
Speaker 1: tell her, but I know why she does them. Why
Speaker 1: because she wants to go live with them? And do
Speaker 1: you know where the dark is? Do you want to
Speaker 1: live with them in the dark. I'm glad to hear that, Henry.
Speaker 1: You want to help your sister, don't you? Yes, good,
Speaker 1: because we need your help to help out Madeline. Okay, Abigail.
Speaker 1: Her name is Abigail. Her middle name is Abigail. For
Speaker 1: some reason, Henry and Madeline have a game where they
Speaker 1: call each other by their names. She calls him Michael
Speaker 1: and he calls her Abigail. They've been doing it for years,
Speaker 1: one of those things siblings do. I suppose is she
Speaker 1: going to be okay? You're not going to take her away?
Speaker 1: Are you well? Henry? Growing boy? So I'm sure you
Speaker 1: understand how serious this is your sister is. She's not
Speaker 1: well okay, and her outbursts keep getting worse and worse,
Speaker 1: and we're afraid she's going to hurt someone, even herself.
Speaker 1: Considering what happened last night, I may need to recommend
Speaker 1: she go away for a bit, but only so we
Speaker 1: can figure out how to treat her. Do you understand
Speaker 1: I'm going to ask you something that is very important though, Okay, okay,
Speaker 1: is there something that we're missing, something that maybe we
Speaker 1: don't know or haven't heard, that can possibly help us.
Speaker 1: I don't think, So take a moment to think about it, okay,
Speaker 1: if anything comes to mind. Well, I heard her say
Speaker 1: once that you love mom. Probert's Madeline. She's gone. What
Speaker 1: do you mean gone? She's not here. I was watching her, honest,
Speaker 1: But then one minute she was there and the next
Speaker 1: she was gone. With your father, I don't know where
Speaker 1: did you see her last? Well, we were in the
Speaker 1: study and she was reading, and then she was gone. Man,
Speaker 1: Then h m hmmm. Lighthouse will return after a word
Speaker 1: from our sponsors. And now lighthouse continues August, still no
Speaker 1: sign of the girl. Her disappearance has taken a toll
Speaker 1: on her mother, and while there is still tension in
Speaker 1: the household, it's of a different kind. No longer does
Speaker 1: the threat of bodily harm at her hands hang over them,
Speaker 1: but the thought of their little girl gone missing and
Speaker 1: not returning has replaced it. Robert the father, has secluded
Speaker 1: himself from the rest of the family, it seems, and
Speaker 1: has been coping with the bottle. The two boys, while
Speaker 1: upset as well, are doing all they can. A few
Speaker 1: times they've helped me comb over every inch of the
Speaker 1: house and its grounds to look for her. But a
Speaker 1: last and no avail. The police think that it was
Speaker 1: an intruder, but the family, well, hm, it's been four days.
Speaker 1: That's a long time to be missing, and I'm beginning
Speaker 1: to do any more. I don't know where she can be,
Speaker 1: and I'm afraid that she's gone, gone forever. I understand,
Speaker 1: and I am very sorry. In my experience, these cases
Speaker 1: can go either way, but often the patient gets nervous
Speaker 1: at the thought of being taken away and tries to
Speaker 1: avoid the inevitable. But she's just a little girl. I
Speaker 1: understand that, Mrs Hollis, But children are very resilient. You've
Speaker 1: seen what has been going on. Tell me what you think.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's appropriate for me, please, doctor. In
Speaker 1: my professional opinion, I think that's personal. I I think
Speaker 1: this is a very unique case, unlike anything I've ever
Speaker 1: seen before. And to be honest, I'm unsure if modern
Speaker 1: medicine is what's needed here. There seems to be something
Speaker 1: else at play here. She's not our little girl, Dorothy,
Speaker 1: Mr Hollis, tell her what you really think, doctor. Don't
Speaker 1: bullshit me, because I know you see it too. Mr Hollis.
Speaker 1: You're drunk. I think you should perhaps lay down and
Speaker 1: get some rest. But don't you understand the two of you.
Speaker 1: You saw what she did, what she was doing, what
Speaker 1: she tried to do. She's gone, Dorothy, that that thing
Speaker 1: is not our daughter. What you're saying, oh, I know,
Speaker 1: I know. No amount of doctors. We're going to fix
Speaker 1: what was in her, whatever it is was. Don't worry.
Speaker 1: I did did what Mr Hollis Robert, do you know
Speaker 1: something about Madeline's whereabouts? Did you not hear what I said?
Speaker 1: That ain't Madeleine? Where is Roberts? So care of it, Dorothy.
Speaker 1: It's the care of the thing and made sure it'll
Speaker 1: never hurt this family again. What did you do? Robert?
Speaker 1: Where is the girl? He's gone away? Where is she
Speaker 1: in the dark room? Oh god, Robert, it's soule A, Dorothy,
Speaker 1: She's gone, She's gone. What did you do to her?
Speaker 1: You monster? I'm a monster. I am. Something was inside her,
Speaker 1: something it was telling her to kill the family. I
Speaker 1: had no choice. I had to stop it. What did
Speaker 1: you do? I knew I had to stop it. I mean,
Speaker 1: christ you know what she's tried to do to me?
Speaker 1: So I planned it to end it. She loves that
Speaker 1: god to and Teddy bear of hers, so I was
Speaker 1: gonna take it and lure her into the basement with
Speaker 1: it in my workspace, the dark room, and when she
Speaker 1: was in there, all alone, defenseless, so is I'm gonna
Speaker 1: kill her. Just wrap my hands around her throat and squeeze,
Speaker 1: squeeze until she couldn't breathe anymore, until she stopped moving.
Speaker 1: It's tried, my god, I tried. But as I was
Speaker 1: doing it, I looked to do her eyes and I
Speaker 1: saw her, I saw her, my little girl. I just
Speaker 1: I couldn't let her go, and she she dropped to
Speaker 1: the floor, and I hoped, I hoped she would get up,
Speaker 1: but she who's already too far gone too It is okay.
Speaker 1: They couldn't finish when it's start, and they couldn't fix
Speaker 1: right had already done. So I left or there. I
Speaker 1: closed the door, locked her in its just let nates
Speaker 1: are run. It's course you you killed her. I've protected
Speaker 1: my family September three time is it doesn't matter. This
Speaker 1: is the final entry about patient three to file zero
Speaker 1: three to one to five seven. It's been less than
Speaker 1: a week since, but I've tried to block the events
Speaker 1: of that evening out of my head. It's it's difficult
Speaker 1: for me to come to terms with it, but I
Speaker 1: feel as if I can finally put into words onto
Speaker 1: this recording, and perhaps getting it off my chest will
Speaker 1: be of some relief, one final act of retribution. Perhaps.
Speaker 1: After Robert admitted his transgression and Dorothy discovered the body
Speaker 1: of their young daughter in the dark room, I along
Speaker 1: with Robert, joined her. Seeing her there, her small body broken,
Speaker 1: clutching to her beloved teddy bear, nearly broke me, but
Speaker 1: I held it together as best I could, as Dorothy
Speaker 1: was breaking down enough for everyone. This poor child, who
Speaker 1: knows how long she suffered lying there in the dark,
Speaker 1: anguishing over the end before death took her. How How
Speaker 1: could this child, this poor sweet child, be a vessel
Speaker 1: for such evil? Because that is what happened in Lighthouse.
Speaker 1: It harbors an evil something I cannot explain with medical science,
Speaker 1: something that defies all explanation. Robert, for all his faults,
Speaker 1: was I hate to say this, but he was right.
Speaker 1: Madeleine was just going to get worse, keep having outbursts
Speaker 1: until eventually she would have killed someone, maybe even me.
Speaker 1: Though he may have taken it too far, It was
Speaker 1: too late, the deed was already done. But now there
Speaker 1: was the issue of what to do with her, her
Speaker 1: her body. So Robert and I, God help us, we
Speaker 1: decided to take matters into our own hands. The girl
Speaker 1: was already reported, were searching for her everywhere, but to
Speaker 1: invite them into the home again, to let them see
Speaker 1: this terrible tragedy, it would have been too much for
Speaker 1: Dorothy to bear. So we we buried her there in
Speaker 1: the basement, in the dark room, forever, sealing her in
Speaker 1: the place where she took her final agonizing breath. As
Speaker 1: we dug deeper and deeper, I felt every bone in
Speaker 1: my body crying out against my actions, going against every
Speaker 1: oath I swore to uphold. But this needed to be done.
Speaker 1: Whatever had taken hold of her, whatever still remained, it
Speaker 1: needed to be buried forever, never to be let loose again.
Speaker 1: We hoped to God that the whole was deep enough,
Speaker 1: close to the bowels of hell, from where would never return.
Speaker 1: And as the last patch of dirt was returned to
Speaker 1: its place, I realized that in a strange way, Madeline
Speaker 1: did get her wish. She was finally living amongst her
Speaker 1: friends in the darkness. I am so sorry, so very
Speaker 1: sorry for what I have done. Ah I cannot live
Speaker 1: with this immense guilt, and I hope that we have
Speaker 1: made the right choice. Please forgive me and my soul
Speaker 1: for my actions. This is Dr Malcolm Albright MHM, and
Speaker 1: this is my final entry. I'm sorry, m H m H.
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Speaker 1: Chapter six featured the voices of John McCormick, Paulina Logan,
Speaker 1: b J Gripp, Ali Trasher, and Alyssa Rose. Written and
Speaker 1: directed by Jeff Heimbuck audio engineering, an original musical score
Speaker 1: by Corey Celeste. Production assistants by Alex Gona. Executive produced
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