12 | Closing Time

Summary

Havoc Town – Episode 12: "Closing Time"

Release Date: October 28, 2025
Podcast: Havoc Town by iHeartPodcasts
Main Theme: The legacy and reckoning of the Abbesstown Vampire Panic comes to a violent and emotional close as the curse of vampirism claims a new generation, and protagonists confront their history, guilt, and the monster within.

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Episode Overview

Episode 12 brings the story of Abbesstown full circle. The characters—descendants, old adversaries, victims, and monsters—face the grim consequences of choices made generations ago during the original "Vampire Panic." The episode weaves together present with past: Corinne Abbas is on the verge of death and a new (immortal) life, while the true story behind Abbesstown's bloody past is revealed. Accusations fly, painful truths are unearthed, and vengeance, guilt, and the idea of legacy are reckoned with as the cycle of violence teeters toward either conclusion or deadly renewal.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Confrontation and the Collapse of Old Feuds

• Setting: The tension comes to a head as Jury Havoc, Corinne Abbas, Noah, and Marie Damaris face off, carrying the weight of generations of violence and suspicion.
• There is a heated exchange about guilt, responsibility, and cycles of vengeance.
• Marie Damaris (to Corinne): “It’s not every day that you get to meet face to face with your ancestors. Well, don’t leave her in the dark, you horrible monster. Say hello to your granddaughter, Damaris.” (02:04)
• Corinne realizes Marie Damaris is her grandmother—a twist linking the generations and fates.

2. The Failed Attempt, Infection, and New Damnation

• Action Scene: Corinne tries to stake Jury Havoc during the melee, misses his heart, and gets splattered with his blood. She’s struck and loses consciousness—her infection all but guaranteed.
• Corinne (narration): “Too far off center. I missed the heart. He turned to me, stake in his lung. A look of shock as blood poured from his mouth...” (05:41)

3. Aftermath & Reflection

• Corinne awakens at Noah's house, outside Abbesstown. Noah informs her that she is now infected and must soon face death and rebirth as a vampire.
• Authorities (CDC, National Guard) crack down, but the supernatural truth will be hidden as always.
• Noah: “The news will speak of deadly illness without mentioning the vampirism. They always do. Why panic the public with something incomprehensible when you can chalk it up to Ebola?” (07:18)
• Noah shares his own transformation tale, describing the loneliness, the fever and madness, and ultimately, his self-imposed exile to spare others.

4. The Ruin and Failure of Reverend Josiah Abbas

• The episode flashes back to the moment Josiah had to grapple with the cost of his fanaticism. He is broken and consumed by guilt.
• Josiah Abbas: “A believer without anything left to believe in… If I feared him before, I found in this Josiah Abbas something more disturbing.” (11:38)
• Josiah tells the story about saving Noah from drowning, relating it to the failure and fear he now embodies (13:21)
• Josiah Abbas: “I underestimated Jury Havoc... I know now that there is nothing more dangerous than a rich man who believes that he is right. Vampire or not, I will not kill you. You have done no wrong.” (15:23)
• He refuses to kill Damaris/Noah, asks only that the curse not spread, and then departs to make peace with his God—implying suicide.
• Announced by Noah: “He was found by a parishioner the following day hanging from a beam above the pulpit... He was buried in a pauper’s grave.” (18:34)

5. Shaping History and the Monstrous Legacy

• In a haunting scene, after her rebirth, Damaris/Noah chooses to remain in hiding, refusing to correct damning public misconceptions—thus preserving the legend of the "vampire panic" and marking her children with shame for generations.
• Noah: “I did not correct her [Mary Spalding] ... It was better to mark them with the shame of zealotry than the mark of superstition.” (27:11)
• Noah describes his personal crusade against the Havoc business empire—acts of sabotage, labor unrest, and vengeance spanning centuries.
• Corinne: “Why the hell didn’t you just kill him?” (30:10)
• Noah: “We’ve already died, darling. I wanted to take from him everything else.” (30:14)

6. Modern Carnage and Moral Fallout

• It’s revealed that Noah infected Raymond Bachman, indirectly unleashing the new round of violence and plague as a targeted revenge against Jury Havoc.
• Corinne: “Jimbo died... Tom Staben... you destroyed my home. Everything. For petty revenge.” (32:07)

7. Death, Nightmares, and Transformation

• Corinne is sedated with morphine as the sickness takes hold. She is beset by hallucinations, fever, and encounters with ghosts from her life and family.
• Corinne (hallucinating): “They’re all here. All of them... Daddy. In the corner. Can’t you see?” (35:40)
• Her father’s ghost comforts her.
• Father Josiah Abbas: “Who you are next is up to you. Close your eyes. We will all be here to see you through.” (37:12)
• Her death is gentle, described as “sleep comes to the weary”—but it is also the beginning.

8. Rebirth and the Promise of Violence

• Corinne awakens as a vampire—thirsty and unstable.
• Noah hands her pig’s blood, promising to help her manage her new state.
• Corinne: “Once I have full control, I will use it to end you.”
• Noah: “Fair enough.” (39:10)
• Their pact is darkly pragmatic.

9. Aftermath, Loose Ends, and a New Hunt

• The authorities have contained most of the outbreak, but there are “no loose ends,” except one missing infected.
• Jury Havoc has disappeared—his power and influence will make him difficult to bring to justice.
• Noah: “He’s one of the richest men on the planet... a PR machine that could put a positive spin on the Hindenburg.” (40:04)
• Corinne, newly a hunter herself, accepts her new role.
• Noah: “You’re a hunter now, so we’ll hunt.” (40:27)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Marie Damaris (introducing herself as Corinne’s grandmother): “Say hello to your granddaughter, Damaris.” (02:04)
• Noah (on the media and official response): “Why panic the public with something incomprehensible when you can chalk it up to Ebola?” (07:20)
• Josiah Abbas: “And I know now that there is nothing more dangerous than a rich man who believes that he is right. Vampire or not, I will not kill you.” (15:23)
• Noah (on choosing revenge over murder): “We’ve already died, darling. I wanted to take from him everything else.” (30:14)
• Corinne (to Noah, reborn): “Once I have full control, I will use it to end you.” (39:10)
• Noah (matter-of-fact): “Fair enough.” (39:10)
• Noah (on the pragmatic cycle): “You’re a hunter now, so we’ll hunt.” (40:27)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Familial confrontation and vampiric lineage revealed: 02:00–04:00
• Attempt at staking Jury / Corinne’s infection: 05:00–05:41
• Corinne wakes, learns her fate: 06:29–08:29
• Reverend Josiah’s broken confession: 13:21–18:08
• Josiah’s demise and the legacy of shame: 18:34–28:09
• Noah’s campaign of vengeance: 28:12–30:49
• Corinne succumbs to the blood sickness: 31:09–35:32
• Her last family hallucinations and comfort: 35:40–37:10
• Corinne’s rebirth & pact of vengeance: 38:19–40:27

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Tone and Atmosphere

The tone is somber, haunted by guilt, regret, and the burden of inherited violence. There is Gothic poetry in Corinne’s transformation and Josiah’s downfall—a mood blending existential dread, bitter humor, and the faintest glimmers of hope through dark acts. The episode closes not with catharsis, but the suggestion that the cycle will go on—though, perhaps, under new rules, with new monsters hunting old ones.

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Final Thoughts

This finale of "Havoc Town" binds together centuries of blood, shame, and unfinished business into a tragic tapestry. Rather than neat conclusions, it offers an uneasy partnership, new appetites, and the grim hope that next time, the monster may be hunted instead of unleashed. If you appreciate Gothic tragedy, family curses, and nuanced horror, it’s a satisfying, chilling listen.

Transcript

[Corinne Abbas]

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[Noah]

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[Corinne Abbas]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Noah]

I do not know if I will survive this night. And if I do, I do not know where to run to next. Or for how long I would need to run. Someone approaches outside. I do not know if it is Father Josiah or the devil himself. I suppose I will find out soon enough. Be brave, my children, and know that you come from a line of holy warriors. I wish you well. I have no quarrel with you, Mr. Havoc.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Nor I with you, Mrs. Yes, but your father in law must be punished.

[Corinne Abbas]

Please.

[Noah]

Please.

[Marie Damaris]

I take no joy in this, Damaris. Took me a long time to figure out that there was a mind behind it, and even longer to figure out who was causing all the pandemonium. And here you are, Marie.

[Corinne Abbas]

What the hell is he talking about?

[Marie Damaris]

Corinne.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Come now.

[Marie Damaris]

It's not every day that you get to meet face to face with your ancestors. Well, don't leave her in the dark, you horrible monster. Say hello to your granddaughter, Damaris.

[Corinne Abbas]

What? Wait. Damaris. Damaris. Abyss.

[Noah]

Havoc. This is between you. You and me.

[Marie Damaris]

Except that it isn't, is it? This is between you and me and my business interests. And my wife. Your father in law and your bloodline.

[Noah]

We can end this here. Step away from her.

[Marie Damaris]

Well, if you'd like to end this here, why not take a stake to the heart? I'll happily walk away forever. I thought not. You shouldn't have come for me, Damaris. But you people never learn.

[Corinne Abbas]

Leave her alone.

[Marie Damaris]

Or else. Else what? You'll infect another of my factories? Another town? What do you do? Damaris?

[Corinne Abbas]

What the fuck is going on here?

[Marie Damaris]

Oh, this is incredible. Tell her, Damaris. Tell her.

[Corinne Abbas]

Their eyes burned with twin flames of hatred. I was terrified, confused, frozen in place. Until I realized. Josiah Abbas Kit lay open behind the bar, inches from where I stood. All I had to do was reach for it, But I couldn't so long as jury split his attention. A pleading glance to Marie Damaris, my grandmother, desperately trying to telegraph my intention.

[Noah]

I will tell her the truth. That I was turned into a monster by a man that I had done no harm to. Where, Havoc? Where was my transgression?

[Marie Damaris]

You stood by and did nothing. As Josiah tore through the population, as he made his way to my door. You stood watch as he murdered my wife.

[Noah]

Your wife tore apart the fabric of this town.

[Marie Damaris]

She was not in control of her faculties.

[Noah]

And who was responsible for her actions?

[Corinne Abbas]

I took the brief distraction as an opportunity and slowly reached for the case and gently undone, latched it.

[Noah]

Men like you have never taken responsibility for their actions. And why would you? You're insulated from reality, and so you barrel through the world like children, leaving disaster in your wake, making victims of those with less power.

[Corinne Abbas]

Me.

[Noah]

My sweet Noah. My children. You destroyed your own wife. A woman you claimed to love. A woman who only wanted to live.

[Corinne Abbas]

But before I could get my hand around the stake, Juri Havoc had had enough. Faster than I could have imagined, he lunged across the bar, raging, and slammed into Marie. Both tumbling into a large table, flinging silverware and condiment bottles to the floor. Two apex predators grappling for their lives. Fingernails and sharp teeth tearing at each other. As fast as I could, I grasped at the stake, felt it kept in my hand, suddenly familiar, and bounded across the floor as Juri himself attempted a killing blow. And I drove the stake down into.

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His back.

[Corinne Abbas]

Too far off center. I missed the heart. He turned to me, stake in his lung. A look of shock as blood poured from his mouth. Before I could move away, a horrible, violent cough and a crimson flash filled my eyes, nose, mouth. Before I could clear them, I felt his fist across my jaw. I was out like a light.

[Noah]

I didn't know what kind of music you'd like.

[Corinne Abbas]

What? Why?

[Noah]

You've got a concussion. I wanted you to wait. To comfort. Because I fear the news is bad. Jury Havoc escaped. He'll turn up again, but not here. He's done all the damage he can. Sylvie is fine downstairs.

[Corinne Abbas]

Where am I?

[Noah]

At my house, far outside of town. It wasn't easy to get you out. CDC was sweeping residences, businesses for the infected. After the violence at the hospital, they got serious about quarantining. This will wind down now. The news will speak of deadly illness without mentioning the vampirism they always do. Why panic the public with something incomprehensible when you can chalk it up to Ebola?

[Corinne Abbas]

What happened to me?

[Noah]

You saved me. He had the upper hand. You made sure he didn't use it. But you will pay the price. Blood everywhere. Your eyes and throat. I'm afraid that there's nothing to be done.

[Corinne Abbas]

What does? Did he infect me? My God.

[Noah]

He will not do this alone. Not like I had to.

[Corinne Abbas]

My God.

[Noah]

What?

[Corinne Abbas]

What will happen to me?

[Noah]

It'll be sudden. The sickness. And then you will die. And then you will live. I do not know how you will be when you wake from that deeper sleep. I only know How I was and how others I've seen have behaved.

[Corinne Abbas]

How did it happen for you?

[Noah]

There was so much fear, so much he had entered so softly. He stood in front of me. A tall, terrible figure, covered in blood, all of my fears made flesh. Standing in front of me. I have no quarrel with you, Mr. Havoc.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Nor I with you, Mrs. Abbess. But your father in law must be punished.

[Noah]

He moved as if in slow motion, more spirit than man, and I was locked in place, my fate already sealed.

[Corinne Abbas]

Please.

[Noah]

Please.

[Marie Damaris]

I take no joy in this.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Damaris.

[Corinne Abbas]

Please.

[Noah]

And then all was dark. When I came to, Havoc was gone and I'd been moved to a bed. But I found no comfort. Just Father Josiah sitting at my bedside, weeping.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Damaris. Oh, Damaris. I am so sorry. I have failed. I have failed all of us. The Devil walks free and I have murdered my child.

[Noah]

My confusion was palpable. Havoc didn't kill me. To what end? Why would he leave me alive? As if intuiting my thoughts, d' Zaiah held out a crumpled piece of parchment. The crimson lettering smeared but legible. It was a missive from Havoc. I shuddered as I read it.

[Marie Damaris]

My dearest Reverend Papas, it seems as though we have reached a stalemate, you and I. You have taken the singular thing that I held dear, and in so doing, have destroyed your legacy as a holy man. I do not take losses kindly. I sought to murder you in return, but instead leave you with this parting gift. Before you is Damaris. She is in the same precarious positions.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

That you found your son in.

[Marie Damaris]

The choice is yours with what to do with her. Yours in the hope of salvation.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Jody Havoc.

[Noah]

When I looked back up at Josiah, I was struck first by his total transformation. Here before me was a man I had revered, even feared. For in his righteous determination, he had shaped this town from a lawless, amoral frontier town into a thriving Christian community. And then burned it down. A striking figure. A force of nature. And here he was, not simply brought low by bad fortune, but destroyed entirely by forces beyond his control. His righteous fury and fervor had been removed from him, leaving nothing but this hollow man before me. A husk more ghost than man. If I feared him before, I found in this Josiah Abbas something more disturbing. A believer without anything left to believe in. I searched his face. What could he be capable of now, in the final hours? If Havoc had truly cursed me with vampirism, would Father Abbess finish his own godly work here on earth? It end me as he had ended Noah? My question was answered when he next Spoke.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

When Noah was young, he was afraid of the water. When he was very little, his mother and I had taken him down to the river so that I could cast a line. A rare day of leisure in this hardscrabble life. Even the Lord took a day of rest after creating the Earth. Yes. I left Noah with his mother to play on the banks and stood by the river's edge, a line in the water, to commune with the Lord in this rare, quiet way. The quiet was interrupted by the thrashing of a body in water and the screams of my Ruth. The child had fallen into the water upriver from me. I was able, without much effort, to wade in and fish him out, carrying him to shore. He was quite unharmed physically. But I could see that he had the fear of death in him. Suddenly he was in, his eyes wide with the horrifying revelation that his safety was not promised him in this world. Even if at that young age, he could not articulate it. I recognized it. And so he carried it forward with him. And whenever business took him by the river, he shuddered at the memory and kept out of its waters until well into his adulthood. I did not forget the look of fear in his eyes that morning. He gave me that look again recently. Except that it was not the river he feared. He feared me, Damaris. Even in the midst of my holy war these last few weeks, I felt the sting of his fear. Something deep inside me, beneath even my love of God. The father in me recoiled at it. I did not listen to that heart of hearts. Instead, I drove on until every root had been pulled, until Sylvia Havoc laid dead and her infernal husband was driven from this town. But at what cost to Mers? I underestimated Jury Havoc. He was no simple monster, doing evil for the sake of evil. He was no agent of Satan. He was not a monster. Just a very powerful creature with his own interests in mind. And I know now that there is nothing more dangerous than a rich man who believes that he is right. Vampire or not, I will not kill you. You have done no wrong. I simply ask that you do not create more misery with whatever second life you have coming. If you are reborn with any decency left in you, abstain from the baser instincts. I wish you well. As for me.

[Noah]

As for you.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

I used to feel the spirit speak to me in the tree and fields. I felt him move in the beams of our great church, in the sunlight that would stream in through the windows. Sitting in the pulpit that I would preach my sermons from, imbuing me with his power, his love. I heard him speaking from deep within me. Guiding my speech, my heart, my hands. But he no longer speaks. He left me when we exhumed the first body. What followed was all my own machination.

[Corinne Abbas]

Wait. Where are you going?

[Father Josiah Abbas]

You will need to leave this place. Cut ties. Your children are in good hands with God fearing people. You must not endanger them with the semi sickness that is to follow. The only way for our bloodline to continue is without us. I am cursed and have cursed you in turn. We mustn't continue to visit our sins on our children.

[Noah]

But I don't know what to do.

[Corinne Abbas]

I can't. I can't just.

[Noah]

I don't know. Father Josiah.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

You will find your way forward. Go with God.

[Noah]

No, no, no.

[Corinne Abbas]

Wait. Wait.

[Noah]

Where are you going?

[Father Josiah Abbas]

I'm going to make my peace with God. Farewell, child. This world is yours now to grapple with. As Jacob grappled with the angel may give you its blessing.

[Noah]

He was found by a parishioner the following day hanging from a beam above the pulpit. It took four men to get him down. He was buried in a pomper's grave. There was no one to mourn him. And I believe you know the aftermath. My diary found the only pages missing. Those which exonerated poor Father Josiah. The town was renamed in Jerry Havoc's honor after he left a large bequest to the church. Our name forever synonymous with violence. Havoc went on to continue the business. The business of slowly gathering power.

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[Noah]

What is it?

[Corinne Abbas]

Blood.

[Noah]

There'll be more. How do you feel like I've got.

[Corinne Abbas]

The flu coming on.

[Noah]

Any hallucinations, sudden anger, panic?

[Corinne Abbas]

I know I'm dying.

[Noah]

Yes. I can't pretend that it'll be pleasant, but you've got something that I didn't when I was infected.

[Corinne Abbas]

What's that?

[Noah]

Morphine. Lots and lots of morphine.

[Corinne Abbas]

What did you do after you were left alone?

[Noah]

I didn't know what would happen. I just knew that when I was taken by the madness of the blood fever, I didn't want to be among people. And so I went deep into the forest on the western end of town. I walked for as long as I could until finally the exhaustion and the symptoms of my illness overtook me. I thought that I would freeze to death first. The nights were so cold, but the fever took that fear from me. My bones shook and my teeth chipped from shivering. But such a heat poured forth from me. And when the hallucination started, I cannot begin to express how the shadows of the forest terrified me. And the weakness. The madness. And then the quiet. You will know soon enough the thrill that comes with walking into your new life. The terror, the abject loneliness. The thirst. But you will have a guide. You're not alone. As I was, I knew that I must not interact with the living. Not yet. Not until I found the way to control my thirst. I didn't know how to hunt, but I knew that I could go down to the river and with patience, find fresh blood in the fish that resided there. And so, for a time, I lived as a hermit. I was always thirsty, but had a source of blood that wouldn't draw notice. And when I felt strong enough, had enough control over my thirst, I slowly made my way back into town. Under the COVID of night, wrapped in a cloak stolen from a clothesline, the hood pulled far over my head, Noah had told me of his cache of currency. So as the town slept, I crept back into the church. For the first time since I had turned, I was worried that perhaps God would strike me down if I crossed the threshold. And a part of me very much hoped that he would. That I would face his wrath and be ended on the spot. Alas, the Lord had no further interest in me. I felt like a ghost haunting this place my family had built, which I'd spent so much time watching rise from the bedrock under whose eaves my children had run and played. But it wasn't mine, if it ever had been. I reached the spot Noah had described and with filthy fingers pried at the loose floorboard, finally pulling it free to Find the package wrapped in burlap. My sweet husband's parting gift. The promise of a future. If only I could make one. I clutched to it as I rose to leave. I saw the silhouette in the darkness. A slight frame standing in the open door to the outside. And she saw me. Is that Mrs. Spalding?

[Mary Spalding]

Who's there?

[Noah]

Mary Spalding. A neighbor. Our children had played together since birth.

[Mary Spalding]

Who are you?

[Noah]

It is no one. A passerby interested in the recent bloodshed.

[Mary Spalding]

Then begone. Enough misery has befallen this place. Allow the dead to sleep in peace.

[Noah]

What happened here?

[Mary Spalding]

Nothing good. A madman committed the most heinous of crimes.

[Noah]

Was it the rich man on the hill?

[Mary Spalding]

He was the one to stop the madness. But not before his poor, sick wife was murdered.

[Noah]

Who then, was the madman?

[Mary Spalding]

It was the Reverend Josiah Abbess. He used the cloak of our faith as a costume. He murdered. Enraged. He brought fear to our town. He murdered his own son.

[Corinne Abbas]

Can you believe?

[Mary Spalding]

And poor Damaris? Dead herself somewhere, you know not where. We only have her diary. She followed him to Havoc Store. But then her story ends. The following pages were torn out. She must be dead. Where else would she be?

[Noah]

And what of her children?

[Mary Spalding]

I expect that they will take up residence in the Abbess house. They have at least sane relatives to care for them. Poor children. Orphan, carrying an infamous name. What will become of them?

[Noah]

I made a decision then that regretfully would curse my progeny for generations to come. Mary Spalding was a stupid woman, but one who the others listened to. I did not correct her.

[Mary Spalding]

At any rate, it is not proper for you to be here. This is a house of worship. In this conversation is macabre.

[Noah]

I thank you for taking time to tell the tale. I will pray for the victims.

[Mary Spalding]

Fare thee well, and may God bless you.

[Noah]

And you.

[Corinne Abbas]

Why? Why did you do it?

[Noah]

Because the truth would have sent my children searching for me. And there was not to be any good in that. I mean, what could I do? A bloodthirsty fiend, thought dead. You see how people respond to the unknown. Now imagine, years ago, before there was modern medicine, modern science, nothing but paranoia and superstition. It was better to mark them with the shame of zealotry than the mark of superstition.

[Corinne Abbas]

What did you do instead?

[Noah]

I went and tried to make a life. I learned how to care for the ill, thinking that it would soothe my soul to do good. I stayed in Boston so as to remain close enough to watch over my children as they grew. I watched my youngest board a merchant ship, then disappear forever. And my oldest as he stayed on in a town that cursed his name, I watched him struggle and fight and somehow grow and raise up child himself. But I was bitter. So bitter. And as the years passed, I began to study the man who had taken everything. To study his business. To learn its reach, its scope. When he opened a new office in Boston to manage maritime business in the Northeast, I decided that it was time to strike the first blow. At night, I broke in, stole any information I could about the inner workings of his company. And then I burned it down. I used the information gleaned for the next strike. Sabotaging his ships in small ways so that a mast would crack midway through a journey. Burning a factory down here and there. I knew the small things wouldn't topple an empire. But in time, I was able to gather my own resources. Pay agents to do damage for me. Hiring Luddites to storm his factories, stealing patented inventions and giving them for free to would be competitors. In the 20th century, it was as easy as sewing dissent among his employees. You know, in many of his factories, all you'd need to do is point out their poor working conditions. The workers would take it from there later still. Now it's hackers ransomware.

[Corinne Abbas]

Why the hell didn't you just kill him?

[Noah]

We've already died, darling. I wanted to take from him everything else. Of course, you can only hide yourself away in chaos for so long. I knew he'd figure me out eventually. And so he came here to see what I would do.

[Corinne Abbas]

And what did you do? The man with the axe. Bachmann. It was you. You infected him.

[Noah]

Hey, it's okay.

[Corinne Abbas]

Oh my God. There's so much blood.

[Noah]

It's begun in earnest. What is coming is violent and terrible. But you will not be alone. Perhaps it's time for you to rest. I have something to help you.

[Corinne Abbas]

Morphine.

[Noah]

It'll reduce the pain and let you sleep for now. It may not be terribly helpful at the end. It'll help you get there with less agony.

[Corinne Abbas]

Wait. This will help Bachman. Jury wasn't lying. It was you. You started all of this.

[Noah]

Please. Raymond Bachman was no great loss. An abusive alcoholic. He beat his children. You know, I first saw him yanking his 5 year old's arm so hard in a park that the child's shoulder was dislocated just there in public. People intervened. The police were called. He didn't see any charges. So I found him at a bar a few days after. I seduced him, took him home. I infected him and sent him after Jury. Call it a welcome Home gift. You.

[Corinne Abbas]

Jimbo died.

[Noah]

Barbara.

[Corinne Abbas]

Tom Staben. You. You have destroyed my home. Everything. For petty revenge.

[Noah]

Okay, that is enough.

[Corinne Abbas]

Dare to rest.

[Noah]

Corinne. Wait. Wait. Don't you feel? A slight pinch.

[Corinne Abbas]

And with that, the opioids entered my system. I cannot speak much to my state in the days to follow.

[Noah]

How long do you think she has? That moves fast. Few days. Will she suffer? Not if we keep her out like this. Hey.

[Corinne Abbas]

Hey, Honey.

[Noah]

Not too close. Silver Monster.

[Corinne Abbas]

Monster.

[Noah]

We're here, honey. You need anything?

[Corinne Abbas]

Murder. You did this.

[Noah]

You monster. Honey.

[Corinne Abbas]

You monster.

[Noah]

It's all over.

[Corinne Abbas]

I do remember the nightmares. Vivid. And if there were borders between them and the waking world, they were so blurry as to be meaningless.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, go pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth.

[Noah]

Next, the madness.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Afterward, the gates of hell will open and she will be swallowed whole as.

[Marie Damaris]

Her father was before her and his father before him. All the way back to the very.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Beginning of her cursed bloodline. But this husk, this shell, shall walk.

[Corinne Abbas]

The face of the earth. An empty vessel forever trying to fill itself with life.

[Marie Damaris]

But life eternal.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Eternal.

[Marie Damaris]

Will not be granted her in such a way.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Will the years. Pass.

[Corinne Abbas]

The blood to the Master. Pass the blood to the Master.

[Noah]

It's going to be all right.

[Corinne Abbas]

Pass the Master.

[Noah]

Your brain is dying of fever.

[Corinne Abbas]

Return the blood.

[Noah]

The.

[Corinne Abbas]

The Master. That's what he. That's what he said. That's what he said. When he came towards us. It made no sense until it didn't. Return the blood to the Master. It was. It was a frame. You. You tried to aid him, but it. It didn't work. He'll just move on. But the damage. The damage. All of the dead point at you. You. He monster. And all of your plans just killed the last of us.

[Noah]

Off.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Shh.

[Noah]

Don't shush. You shush.

[Corinne Abbas]

You did all of this. All of this for nothing.

[Noah]

It wasn't for nothing. It wasn't nothing.

[Corinne Abbas]

He should have sent you on to hell. You're no better than him. I will spend the rest of my time on this earth making you pay. You monster. You okay?

[Noah]

It's okay. It's okay. It's the end now, darling. It's off.

[Corinne Abbas]

The blood. There's so much blood. I didn't. I didn't. I.

[Noah]

Oh.

[Corinne Abbas]

They're all here. All of them.

[Noah]

Who?

[Corinne Abbas]

Daddy. In the corner. Can't you see?

[Noah]

I can't. But that doesn't mean he's not with you now.

[Corinne Abbas]

Mom and Granny Dotty. Her brother, David. Jimbo. Hey, Jimbo. You all look so sad. I. I feel it coming. I feel it. I feel it coming fast. Dad. Dad, please stand next to me. I don't want to be alone. He was as clear as day as he sat by my bedside. So much younger than when I saw him last. The way he looked when he used to carry me in his arms. He brushed the bloody, sweaty hair from my face. Smiled. I think I really screwed up.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

I'm here. You didn't screw anything up, kiddo. You did what you could with what you had in front of you.

[Corinne Abbas]

It wasn't enough.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Honestly, sweet girl, it seldom is.

[Corinne Abbas]

It's coming for me.

[Father Josiah Abbas]

It will be. Be over so quickly.

[Corinne Abbas]

And then what?

[Father Josiah Abbas]

Who you are next is up to you. Close your eyes. We will all be here to see you through.

[Corinne Abbas]

And he was right. In the gathering dark, they drew closer, put their hands on me. My mother sat on the other side, Young, beautiful Jimbo at the foot of my bed, big and silly and comforting. And when the darkness finally came, it came like sleep comes to the weary. Gentle. So gentle. And. And then it was over. And then it began. Oh, my God.

[Noah]

Welcome back, bud. How do you feel?

[Corinne Abbas]

Thirsty.

[Noah]

Here. Drink this.

[Corinne Abbas]

What is it?

[Noah]

Blood, of course.

[Corinne Abbas]

From where?

[Noah]

Does it matter? It's pig's blood. I got it from the butcher. Drink. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down, Corian.

[Marie Damaris]

I.

[Corinne Abbas]

Get back. Get back. I. I don't. I don't want to hurt you.

[Noah]

You won't. You won't hurt her. I'll make sure of it.

[Corinne Abbas]

What makes you think I'll keep you around?

[Noah]

Your conscience? You know you won't be able to control yourself.

[Corinne Abbas]

I want you to know, Damaris. Once I have full control, I will use it to end you.

[Noah]

Fair enough.

[Corinne Abbas]

What's going on out there in town?

[Noah]

It's over. The governor sent in more National Guard. The feds came in to run cleanup.

[Mary Spalding]

It was.

[Noah]

It was pandemonium. A massive fire at the hospital killed about a dozen.

[Corinne Abbas]

Was that you, too, Damaris? Jesus Christ. There are no loose ends. No one else out there to infect?

[Noah]

No. No, they found most of the bodies. Just one missing brother, Ken's.

[Corinne Abbas]

So he's out there.

[Noah]

We'll find him.

[Corinne Abbas]

Don't you hurt him. He's innocent.

[Noah]

Perhaps, but he's still dangerous.

[Corinne Abbas]

Oh, you're one to talk. What about Jury?

[Noah]

No idea.

[Corinne Abbas]

No?

[Noah]

He'll turn up. They'll want to question him, but he'll make it hard. He's one of the richest men on the planet. He's got lawyers, congressmen, senators in his pocket, and a PR machine that could put a positive spin on the Hindenburg. So what do we do? He's hurt so many people. We take care of him our own way.

[Corinne Abbas]

And how's that?

[Noah]

You learn quickly. You're a hunter now, so we'll hunt.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Havoc Town was created by me, Erin Manke. The show was written and directed by Nicholas Takosky. This episode was edited and sound designed by Rima El Kayali. Starring Jewel State as Corrine Abbas James Callis as Jerry Havoc Felicia Day as Sylvie Harris Ray Wise as Josiah Abbas Crystal Lee as Damaris Robin Bloodworth as Jimbo Horn David Calhoun as Jonathan Abbas Charlie David Newell as Brother Ken Gina Rikiki as Sarah Beth Spalding this season is directed by Nicholas Takoski with assistant directors Sarah Klein and Jake Diamond. Casting by Sunday Bowling, CSA and Meg Mormon, CSA production coordinator Wayna Calderon. Our theme song was created by Chris Childs executive producers Erin Manke, Trevor Young and Matt Frederick, with supervising producer Rima El Kiali and producers Noms Griffin and Jesse Funk. Havoc Town is set in the Bridgewater Audio universe, which includes the hit fiction podcasts Bridgewater and Consumed. Learn more about both shows as well as Havoc Town at Grim and Mild, and find more podcasts from iHeartRadio by visiting the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

[Corinne Abbas]

This is an iHeart podcast.