Collections of Madness

Saturday, Oct 10, 1925 : Everyone was already on edge considering their recent discoveries and suspicions. Rats had chewed thru the hammer handles, chewed thru the generator wiring, chewed thru the stage ropes that caused that sandbag to come crashing down on the séance table. And considering rat tracks around the side-door transom window, rats possibly scurried outside and along the neighboring roofs to cause those roof tiles to come crashing down on poor O’Malley, the work foreman. David Highfield (Bill) Ghost Hunter Everett Larkin (Leslie) Kingsport Reporter Celeste Anderson (Orin) Debutante/Singer     The flickering lights of the kerosene lanterns wasn’t helping to ease their jitteriness. Everett paused, “Before we go descending into the tunnel, maybe we should prop the basement door and side-door open to ensure easy exit. Wouldn’t want Barton returning and trapping...

Victoria Turner- NPC Widowed shipping magnate David Highfield (Bill) Ghost Hunter Everett Larkin (Leslie) Kingsport Reporter Celeste Anderson (Orin) Debutante/Singer Kingsport, Massachusetts is an artists’ colony and seaside resort, drawing the ritzy Bostonians and New Yorkers alike. High-brow and high-class. Except with it now fall season, the beaches have closed with the tourist season ended. Thursday, Oct 8, 1925 : “Ring. Ring. Hello, is this Mr. Highfield? This is Victoria Turner. I telegrammed Mr. Harry Price in England and he informed me you are his apprentice ‘Ghost Hunter’. I’m a patron of the arts and am considering backing a project to refurbish the old Florentina Theater here in Kingsport. Well, there’s a bit of a delay because of ghosts they say. I’m hoping you’d come over to possibly expel or purge the place before I invest more money.” David was intrigued, “I’...

1925: The Idol of Thoth by Joe Trier with GM Holly Buteau Frank McDonald (Dave) owner of M&M Detective Agency Jack Morgan (Orin) associate M&M Detective Lucy Quinn (Bill) Student of Archaeology Frank and Jack grew up together in the same rundown eastside Boston neighborhood. Both went to the Great War together for adventure. But each returned with a different perspective. Frank went to the front lines and saw the horrors. Jack was more the office paper-pusher for the war staff and saw the boredom. Yet it was Jack who had troubles adjusting after the war. Smoked constantly, moved from job-to-job. Till he bumped into Frank running a Detective Agency working rich clientele. Divorces and all the problems that entailed such as verifying adulty. They became McDonald and Morgan, M&M Agency. 8:03am, “Hey Frank, we got a nice one. Boston Museum had a robbery. Right before tonight’s grand gala display. All the hoity-toity are ...