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BEST FRIEND AT THE TIME, SONNY?

SHE COME OVER TO MY HOUSE,

TERRIFIED ONE ONE NIGHT BY WHA SHE HAD SEEN.

IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS HOPPED UP ON

SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?

ALL MANIC.

AS LONG AS I'D KNOWN HER, I

NEVER SEEN HER LIKE THAT.

SO, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING

TO IT.

SONNY WOULDN'T LIE TO ME.

WHAT WERE THEY DOING?

THEY WERE TORTURING THOSE

POOR KIDS WITH THA ELECTRIC-SHOCK THERAPY.

AND THEY'D BEEN DOING IT FOR

YEARS.

MOST OF THE PATIENTS WERE WARDS

OF THE STATE LABELED WITH SOME

SOCIAL-BEHAVIORAL DISORDER OR

DIAGNOSED WITH SOME MENTAL

ILLNESS.

SO, THEY WERE EASY PREY.

ALL THIS CAME OUT AFTER THA F***ING DOCTOR WAS FOUND.

THE SCANDAL, MIXED WITH THE

CLOSURE OF THE MINE, ALMOST SHU THIS TOWN DOWN.

NOW WE'RE JUST A BOOMTOWN

WASTELAND.

SHE SAID SHE SAW A SHADOWY

MAN WHO SEEMED TO FLOAT THROUGH

THE WOODS -- AND SHE WAS

PETRIFIED TELLING ME THIS! --

DRAGGING A DEAD BODY BEHIND HIM.

NO, IT'S ALL BULLSHIT, LADY.

EVEN WITH ALL THE STORIES?

ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE

STORIES!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

MY AUNT -- I MEAN, BACK IN '93?

MAN, SHE SAID SHE SAW ELVIS A THE PIGGLY WIGGLY.

MAN, I WAS AT THE STOP-N-GO ONE

TIME, AND I SAW SOMEBODY.

IT WASN'T WHO I THOUGHT IT WAS,

BUT I SAW HIM.

BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A

MARMOT.

BUT PEOPLE SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO

SEE, LADY.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW -- DON' LISTEN TO NOBODY.

IT'S ALL BULLSHIT, REALLY.

[ HORN HONKS ]

EXCUSE ME, SIR?

COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THE OLD

HOSPITAL?

WHAT BUSINESS IS IT OF YOURS?

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M MAKING A DOCUMENT--

LEAVE IT ALONE.

THAT PLACE CAUSED THIS TOWN MORE

TROUBLE.

YOU CITY RATS -- YOU DON'T KNOW

A DAMN THING ABOUT IT.

UM...THANK YOU!

ALL RIGHT.

ON TO THE NEXT CROTCHETY, OLD

BASTARD.

HAVE YOU BEEN OUT THERE SINCE

SHE TOOK YOU?

COME CLOSE A COUPLE OF TIMES,

BUT ONLY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND

WITH A SHITLOAD OF PEOPLE.

NOWADAYS, I DON'T HAVE MUCH

REASON TO GO OUT THAT FAR

OUTSIDE OF TOWN, NOT ANYMORE.

I TELL YOU WHAT.

I SURE AS HELL WON'T LET MY KIDS

GO OUT THERE.

EVERY NOW AND THEN, WHEN SOME

CITY KID COMES UP MISSING, I

HEAR A NEWS STORY THAT SAYS THA THEY MUST HAVE BEEN SWALLOWED UP

BY SOME GHOSTS.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I'VE HEARD A MILLION STORIES.

SOMEBODY HEARD SOMETHING,

SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING -- THINGS

LIKE THAT.

BUT ONLY STORIES.

YOU GOT TO STOP WASTING TIME

WITH ME.

YOU SHOULD BE TALKING TO

MRS. CAMPBELL.

SHE KNOWS IT ALL.

HELL, SHE'S SEEN IT ALL.

USED TO BE A NURSE UP THERE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I'LL TELL HER YOU'RE COMING.

[ CHUCKLES ]

YEAH, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ASK

ABOUT THAT, YOU KIDS, YOU ASK

MRS. CAMPBELL.

SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

NUMBER 25.

WELL, I GUESS THIS IS IT.

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