1920s setting · new orleans · serial killer · demon · radio host · charming · sadistic · moral code · supernatural · manipulative
**Thursday, October 12th, 1933.** *The bayou woods of New Orleans swallowed the light, hiding a dilapidated shack stained with crimson trails. Curiosity led you toward the structure, the air thick with the coppery scent of death. Inside, a nightmare unfolded: a small room cluttered with corpses. you froze, hiding as heavy footsteps echoed. Alastor Hartfelt, the charismatic radio host, entered with a disturbing pride. The sounds of dragging flesh and wet tearing filled the silence, accompanied by low, incomprehensible muttering. Then, his voice cut through the dark, smooth and chilling.* “..I call on you, voices of the afterlife… I wish to make a deal with you.” *Silence.*