6 | Keep Thy Heart

Summary

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Havoc Town — Episode 6 | Keep Thy Heart

iHeartPodcasts | Date: September 16, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this gripping installment, the boundaries between Abbesstown’s haunted past and its violent present blur. We revisit the 1817 “Vampire Panic” through the words of Damaris Abbess and witness its chilling parallel in the current day, as another wave of blood-soaked violence and inexplicable illness descends. As local scion Jury Havock proposes new prosperity for the town, Corrine Abbess and Sylvie Harris struggle with the gnawing suspicion that the town’s new “plague” is tied to dark, unresolved evil that has always lurked beneath the surface.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The 1817 Vampire Panic—Through Damaris's Diary

• Corrine reads Damaris Abbess’s entries:
  • Noah, her husband, is infected with the mysterious “blood fever.” His violence and mania escalate as he sweats blood and hallucinates.
  • The pious Reverend Josiah Abbess, convinced that demonic forces are at play, binds Noah to his bed and pursues increasingly desperate, brutal measures.
  • Damaris’s despair at the failings of faith and science:
    • She pleads Josiah to consider scientific help, but he scoffs.
      • “Science cannot save him now.” —Josiah (10:00)
      • “None of your prayers or your mutilations or madness have even slowed the progress of this vile disease.” —Damaris (10:05)
    • Damaris questions Josiah’s zeal as it morphs into wrath and cruelty, and reveals townsfolk have come to fear him more than the plague itself.

2. Noah’s Final Clarity and the Call to Escape

• During a rare lucid moment, Noah begs Damaris to flee with their sons, warning that Josiah’s fanatic crusade will destroy them all.
  • He admits he was never called to the clergy, but coerced by Josiah.
  • He reveals hidden funds meant to help Damaris escape, urges her never to return, and accepts his own doomed fate.
  • “This illness is taking me. … I have been gifted this moment of clarity, but it soon will pass and I will be lost to this world.” —Noah (13:07)

3. Madness and Exorcism by Violence

• Noah’s clarity soon fades. He becomes cruel, recounting a horrifying vision of Damaris’s mother burning in hell and fantasizes about inflicting agony on his family.
• Josiah, returning with “the tools of the Lord’s mercy”—a crucifix and ashen stake—proceeds to kill Noah in a violent, ritualized act.
  • “He raises the stake above his head...and brought it down into Noah’s heart.” —Narration (21:31)
  • “You are not my husband. My husband is dead.” —Damaris (19:57)

4. Modern Parallels and Growing Dread

• Corrine & Sylvie draw chilling parallels:
  • The blood-sweat, violent mania, and “plague” are reemerging in the present.
  • Reference to recent local violence (e.g., “axe murderer out here last week”) amplifies alarm.
  • “It’s the same look I saw in Jimbo’s eyes after the funeral when he attacked Ken. ... It was what Damaris wrote about.” —Sylvie (28:41)

5. Chaos in Contemporary Abbesstown

• The episode is violently disrupted as old Tom Stabenov’s house burns. He appears, deranged, firing on the townsfolk before dying in the flames.

  • “There stood old Tom Stabenow in the top floor window, naked and covered in soot...with an old hunting rifle, he opened fire on the crowd.” —Sylvie (26:34)

• Corrine and Sylvie sense the horror is only beginning:

  • “I think something big is coming.” —Sylvie (28:19)

6. The Last Diary Entry & Unfinished History

• Damaris’s diary ends cryptically:
  • “Josiah has gone up the hill. He has the stake. He is going after Havoc. He is mad. I will stop him.” —Read by Sylvie (29:23)
  • Josiah is later found dead, suspected to have committed suicide; pages from the diary are missing, and the true scope of the evil remains unresolved.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “None of your prayers or your mutilations or madness have even slowed the progress of this vile disease.” —Damaris to Josiah (10:05)
• “They say that you’ve gone mad. And you have, father. You have.” —Damaris (10:57)
• “This illness is taking me. … I have been gifted this moment of clarity, but it soon will pass and I will be lost to this world.” —Noah (13:07)
• “You are not my husband. My husband is dead.” —Damaris (19:57)
• “He raised it above his head...and brought it down into Noah’s heart.” —Narration (21:31)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:53] Damaris’s diary of Noah’s decline begins
• [04:00] Modern subplot: Jury Havock’s plans for the Belknap Hotel and the “Havoc Entertainment District”
• [07:12] Damaris and Josiah care for Noah; struggle for hope
• [10:05] Damaris confronts Josiah: Faith vs. science
• [13:07] Noah’s final plea to Damaris
• [17:03] Noah’s visions, cruelty, and the descent into madness
• [20:35] Josiah’s violent “exorcism” with the stake
• [26:06] Modern Abbesstown: Tom Stabenov’s self-destruction and public violence
• [29:23] The final, ominous diary entry: Josiah pursues Havoc
• [30:19] Arrival of the military; deepening sense of dread

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Closing Remarks & Tone

The episode is grim, immersive, and suspenseful, deftly interweaving historical tragedy and supernatural paranoia with modern calamity. The banter between Corrine and Sylvie adds moments of dark levity yet only underscores the pervasive dread.

As the episode ends, Abbesstown seems poised on the edge of another cataclysm, hinting that the ancient darkness never truly died, only changed its mask for a new generation.

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Transcript

[Corrine Abbess]

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[Corrine Abbess]

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[Aaron Manke]

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[Corrine Abbess]

8 October 1817 I've sent the boys to stay with my sister during Concord. I hadn't the heart to tell them of their father's dire situation. Noah bore their departure with a sort of grim stoicism that he's never shown. Is the fever taking root or was he putting on a brave face? I do not know. He became agitated last night, threw a plate against the mantle. His rage seemed to shatter along with it, and when he turned to me to apologize, his eyes were filled with bloody tears. Soon we will have to bind him to the bed with the heavy ropes. Soon Father Abbess will begin in vain his fight against the devil. I will be there. I will be there until the bitter end. Sa, I don't know about you, but I could use a series of drinks.

[Sylvie Harris]

Better get to it then.

[Corrine Abbess]

Hold up.

[Sylvie Harris]

What?

[Corrine Abbess]

Look who it is coming out of the old Belknap Hotel with what looks like a realtor. Hey, hey, hey. Too late now. He's coming over.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Hello, ladies.

[Corrine Abbess]

Jury.

[Sylvie Harris]

Hi.

[Corrine Abbess]

What you doing at the abandoned hotel?

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Well, I was. Yeah, I was just giving it a once over. It's a lovely old building, isn't it? It'd be such a shame to just to see it rot away, I think.

[Sylvie Harris]

Oh, Are you considering buying it?

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Well, I think that a working hotel would fit in nicely with the havoc entertainment district.

[Sylvie Harris]

The.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Well, the tanneries and factories of my forebears Feel a little. How shall one put it? Outdated. If I'm going to do something with them, it wouldn't be to open them back up for their intended purposes.

[Corrine Abbess]

Yes, do go on.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Well, imagine a regional hub for entertainment. I'm working with the state government to loosen laws on gambling. So.

[Sylvie Harris]

A casino.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

A casino. Among other things. But a casino as an anchor could attract a massive amount of tourism to this region. And to this town in particular.

[Sylvie Harris]

Hmm. That's pretty ambitious.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Well, I'm. I'm an ambitious guy. What are you. What are you reading?

[Sylvie Harris]

Oh, oh, nothing at all. History or which?

[Commercial Announcer 2]

History.

[Sylvie Harris]

It's not important.

[Corrine Abbess]

Come on.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Let me see.

[Sylvie Harris]

Oh, yeah, it's spicy stuff.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Turns out I'm familiar with the spice. At any rate, I'm late for a conference call. It was nice to see you both. Lovely surprise in an otherwise dull day.

[Corrine Abbess]

The pleasure is all ours.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Tomorrow night?

[Sylvie Harris]

Tomorrow night.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Well, have a good afternoon.

[Corrine Abbess]

Does he have to be rich and good looking?

[Sylvie Harris]

Booze.

[Corrine Abbess]

Booze. I think this town could use a nice injection of energy. Imagine the business from a working hotel.

[Sylvie Harris]

Right across the street would be a bump.

[Corrine Abbess]

But back to the important stuff. Murder.

[Sylvie Harris]

Ah, murder.

[Corrine Abbess]

This must be super weird for you, huh? Finally getting the inside scoop on the old family lore.

[Sylvie Harris]

I mean, I knew it was messed up, but this is really something else. Yeah, also not thrilled about the current parallels I'm seeing with their blood fever.

[Corrine Abbess]

Yeah, that is troubling. Double. Triple.

[Sylvie Harris]

Oh, fill her up.

[Corrine Abbess]

That a girl.

[Sylvie Harris]

I wonder how Jimbo's doing. I need to call Barbara to check in. He was not well when we saw him last.

[Corrine Abbess]

I'm sure he'll pull through. He's a tough old bird.

[Sylvie Harris]

Yeah.

[Corrine Abbess]

Still, how much of that diary is left?

[Sylvie Harris]

Mm. We're getting to the end of Damaris bit looks like.

[Corrine Abbess]

Jesus. They brought the whole cavalry.

[Sylvie Harris]

That's foreboding.

[Corrine Abbess]

Yeah, it's probably nothing to. Courage.

[Sylvie Harris]

Courage.

[Corrine Abbess]

Whoa.

[Sylvie Harris]

Why'd you shoot it?

[Corrine Abbess]

I thought we were shooting it.

[Sylvie Harris]

No, I'm not shooting a rocks. Glass full of Whiskey.

[Corrine Abbess]

Coward.

[Sylvie Harris]

You want me to keep reading?

[Corrine Abbess]

Yeah. In for a penny, in for a pound.

[Noah Abbess]

Okay.

[Sylvie Harris]

Okay.

[Corrine Abbess]

Go. It.

[Sylvie Harris]

9Th October, 1817.

[Corrine Abbess]

Last night, with Noah's permission, we bound him hand and foot to the bed with heavy rope. He has been fever since the evening. The sweat pouring from him in heavy red streams that steamed the bed clothes and the mattress beneath. Josiah. Priest. I do my best to keep them fed. To put the cup to Noah's mouth. When he cries out in thirst. I wipe his brow with cool cloths, rub his sore muscles. Josiah. Praise. In the middle of the night, Noah screamed out for me to release him. He called me any number of horrible names, cursed my soul to hell for keeping him tied down. And then.

[Noah Abbess]

Harlot.

[Corrine Abbess]

As if nothing had happened, he calmly asked after the boys. And throughout all, Josiah prays.

[Josiah Abbess]

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses.

[Corrine Abbess]

Father. Josiah.

[Josiah Abbess]

As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us.

[Corrine Abbess]

Josiah.

[Josiah Abbess]

What is it, Damaris?

[Corrine Abbess]

He is resting. We need to let him rest.

[Josiah Abbess]

The devil does not rest.

[Corrine Abbess]

Perhaps. But you need to eat to keep up your strength. Come.

[Josiah Abbess]

No.

[Corrine Abbess]

I prepared a meal. The devil will still be here when you get back.

[Josiah Abbess]

Very well.

[Corrine Abbess]

Just a simple porridge. I've boiled water for tea as well.

[Josiah Abbess]

Yes, thank you, Tamaras. Your demeanor tells me you've something to say. Out with it.

[Corrine Abbess]

I will speak plainly.

[Josiah Abbess]

Go on, then.

[Corrine Abbess]

This is beyond us. It has been beyond us from the start.

[Josiah Abbess]

Perhaps.

[Corrine Abbess]

What do you intend to do?

[Josiah Abbess]

I intend to eat. And then to return to Noah's side.

[Corrine Abbess]

Are there no more doctors, no science to help you combat this?

[Josiah Abbess]

Science cannot save him now.

[Corrine Abbess]

How do you know?

[Josiah Abbess]

Tread carefully, Damaris.

[Corrine Abbess]

I have tread carefully throughout all of this. I've tread carefully as entire families fell. I have tread carefully on the earth that you have displaced, digging bodies out of the church or to defile. And none of it, none of your prayers or your mutilations or madness have even slowed the progress of this vile disease. He stood suddenly over me, eyes wide with rage and sorrow. I was terrified, and yet I stood firm. I have tread carefully since the day I crossed the threshold into this house and became your daughter in law. I held such a deep respect for you, Josiah. A man of principle. A vision. But now, how? Your parishioners have come to fear you more than they fear the devil. Don't you see it? They fear you more than the Almighty. They say that you've gone mad. And you have, father. You have.

[Josiah Abbess]

Fervor will often present as madness to those who refuse to see God's light. My daughter, we are not judged in the end by our easy acts of faith. We are judged by our actions. In times such as these, the Lord's protection. How dare you deign to speak for the Lord?

[Corrine Abbess]

I do not know what we expected to find. It was not Noah. Bright eyed, tears rolling down his face, a beatific smile on his lips through the slick blood sweat.

[Josiah Abbess]

My son. Oh, my son. You look, Father.

[Noah Abbess]

I have. I've seen an angel of the Lord. I have instructions, Father, for you. Gather amaranth and garlic from the woods. And with holy water, make a tea and bring it to me.

[Josiah Abbess]

Yes, yes, of course. Daemaris, watch over him.

[Corrine Abbess]

Yes, I will.

[Josiah Abbess]

I shall return shortly.

[Corrine Abbess]

And with that, he was gone. When I turned back to Noah, his demeanor had changed once more. There was fear there. And something else. Resignation. Noah, what is it?

[Noah Abbess]

We must speak quickly, my love. There was no angel. There was nothing. But I must speak to you alone. Your father has gone mad. You said as much yourself.

[Corrine Abbess]

We need to get you from the house. Then we need to hide you somewhere until.

[Noah Abbess]

No, darling.

[Corrine Abbess]

But. No, I. Damaris.

[Noah Abbess]

This illness is taking me. It is too late to do anything about it. I have been gifted this moment of clarity, but it soon will pass and I will be lost to this world.

[Corrine Abbess]

Noah.

[Noah Abbess]

It is done. It was done when I first was bitten. It is a miserable end, but I must face it. Collect the boys and run far from this place, Far from my father, who has lost his wealth in his own way. His will is great and terrible love. And he will not stop this insane battle that he imagines with the devil until every timber in every home is consumed. I have spent the last few years scratching and saving in secret in the sanctuary. There is a loose board in the northwest corner, a shade darker from the boards around it. I have hidden funds there in a satchel. Enough to secure travel away and three months living wherever you go. I am sorry. It was not more. Do not return. Do not look back.

[Corrine Abbess]

Where did you get.

[Noah Abbess]

I was going to tell you about this before the sickness came to us.

[Corrine Abbess]

Why?

[Noah Abbess]

For us to give you the choice to stay or to go with me to live a life away from my father. I was never called to the cloth. I was forced towards it by his beliefs. I wanted so much to.

[Corrine Abbess]

No, no. Here. Drink. Drink.

[Noah Abbess]

We were never to be given a chance to forge a life of our own. And so I would steal it. But my chance is gone.

[Corrine Abbess]

Oh, no. I can't just leave you here.

[Noah Abbess]

Listen, you are a widow now. You must take the boys. Do you understand? This place has become a snare. Do not become entrapped. The illness will end us all. Promise me. Promise me.

[Corrine Abbess]

I promise.

[Noah Abbess]

Good, darling. Good. I love you.

[Corrine Abbess]

I love you. I. I made porridge for your father. Can you eat, please? Okay. All right.

[Noah Abbess]

One thing more. Damaris.

[Corrine Abbess]

What is it? Anything.

[Noah Abbess]

Would you loosen my binding?

[Corrine Abbess]

Something in his eye gave me pause. A twinkle of mischief. When I spoke again, it was with great care. Do they hurt?

[Noah Abbess]

Never so much, dear.

[Corrine Abbess]

You've had a fit.

[Noah Abbess]

My head is so clear right now. Just for a moment.

[Corrine Abbess]

I'm sorry, Noah.

[Noah Abbess]

I. I understand.

[Corrine Abbess]

I shall return momentarily.

[Noah Abbess]

Damaris.

[Corrine Abbess]

Yes?

[Noah Abbess]

I saw your mother last night.

[Corrine Abbess]

That's not funny, Noah.

[Noah Abbess]

Oh, it was not a joke.

[Corrine Abbess]

My mother has been dead for many years.

[Noah Abbess]

Yes.

[Corrine Abbess]

Did you dream of her?

[Noah Abbess]

No.

[Corrine Abbess]

Then what did you mean?

[Noah Abbess]

I visited Hel last night while you slept. I saw her there, half naked, tattered rags hanging from her soot from the fire that took her, covering the whole of her body. But it was unmistakably her. She had your eyes. Your wild, stupid, animal eyes, wide with terror, as yours are now. She was screaming, Damaris. Oh, you never heard such a scream. If a living woman were to scream so, her vocal cords would strain and snap in a gush of blood. A mortal scream. The scream of continuous dying without the mercy of death. You see, the flame that took her did not stop devouring her flesh in death. It was continuing on, consuming her in great licks. Her skin peeling and crisping, great blisters of blood and pus popping and running down her, further feeding the flame.

[Corrine Abbess]

Stop. Stop. You are not yourself.

[Noah Abbess]

I have never been more myself, wife, as I was when she implored me for help. Told me that she would do anything, anything for me to lessen her torment. She begged for me to lend my moisture to still the flames, if only for a moment. Spittle, piss. Anything.

[Corrine Abbess]

Wife, you too have taken to madness.

[Noah Abbess]

But I wouldn't piss upon her, not to lessen her agony, for I was enjoying it so. It quickened the blood in my veins. And, oh, how I fantasized watching her. About how I would inflict these agonies upon her daughter. How I would light my pathetic wife, my father, my mewling, stinking children, alight on a great fire and feast on their burnt flesh. My darling wife seems to have had quite enough. If you want to Silence your husband. You will have to use more force when you next bring down the pitcher upon my face.

[Corrine Abbess]

You are not my husband. My husband is dead.

[Noah Abbess]

Yes. And he burns in hell with your whore mother.

[Josiah Abbess]

What is this?

[Noah Abbess]

The mad preacher has returned to quite the familial scene. And what's this in your hands? This isn't the holy water and herbs I asked for. If I didn't know better, I'd say that case contained a cure far more final.

[Corrine Abbess]

He's not himself, Father.

[Josiah Abbess]

Yes, I see.

[Corrine Abbess]

What is this?

[Josiah Abbess]

These are the tools of the Lord's mercy.

[Noah Abbess]

Yes. The crucifix I shake with the holy terror.

[Corrine Abbess]

What are you going to do, Father?

[Josiah Abbess]

Stand aside, Damaris.

[Corrine Abbess]

No. No.

[Josiah Abbess]

This is out of our hands. No.

[Corrine Abbess]

You can.

[Josiah Abbess]

Our Father, who art in heaven.

[Corrine Abbess]

Here we go.

[Josiah Abbess]

Hallowed be thy name.

[Corrine Abbess]

He is mad. Josiah.

[Josiah Abbess]

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Let us forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory.

[Corrine Abbess]

Forever and ever he praises. He placed the cross down beside Noah and reached into the bag, pulling forth the great Ashwood stake that had become the symbol of his mad belief. Josiah. Josiah, wait.

[Noah Abbess]

Whatever will he do with that?

[Corrine Abbess]

He raised it above his head.

[Noah Abbess]

Damaris, how could you allow this? Father, please. Damaris, please wait.

[Corrine Abbess]

And brought it down into Noah's heart. Noah. Noah. Noah. No.

[Noah Abbess]

I suppose I'll see you both in hell.

[Josiah Abbess]

Amen.

[Corrine Abbess]

And with that, my life ended.

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[Corrine Abbess]

Jesus. Jesus. I mean, I don't know. I don't know what to say to that.

[Sylvie Harris]

Me neither.

[Corrine Abbess]

I'm afraid to ask if there's more.

[Sylvie Harris]

There looks to be one more entry. It's shorter, but I think I need a minute to absorb that.

[Corrine Abbess]

Fair enough. Cheers.

[Sylvie Harris]

Maybe we should grab a bite to eat.

[Corrine Abbess]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I could order a pizza for Ramones. Great. No onions, right?

[Sylvie Harris]

Yeah, I'll eat anything else?

[Corrine Abbess]

On it.

[Sylvie Harris]

What the hell is happening out there?

[Corrine Abbess]

I don't know. Huh.

[Sylvie Harris]

Hey, there's half a dozen emergency vehicles. There's four fire trucks, cops.

[Corrine Abbess]

You. You want to check it out? This is Ramones. How can I help you? I. I'll call you back. Come on, let's be tacky.

[Sylvie Harris]

I hope everyone's okay.

[Corrine Abbess]

I don't know, maybe it's what we've been reading, but I feel real dread. Yes, I'm sure it's nothing as operatic as Noah's death, right?

[Sylvie Harris]

I mean, we just had an axe murderer out here last week.

[Corrine Abbess]

Good point. Hey, Bill, what's going on?

[Commercial Announcer 2]

I heard old Tom Stabenov's place is on fire.

[Sylvie Harris]

Oh, my God. Is he there?

[Commercial Announcer 2]

I don't know.

[Corrine Abbess]

Oh, come on. He's like two streets over.

[Sylvie Harris]

We moved quickly with the group all streaming out of their homes and Main street restaurants from the courthouse where the last of the day's business had just concluded. Everyone racing toward the great fire. At Tom's, we rounded the corner to find his house, an old salt box style Altimber from 200 years ago, up in flames. The hoses were blasting water into the home, trying to put it out, when suddenly.

[Noah Abbess]

Oh, my God. He's in there.

[Sylvie Harris]

There stood old Tom Stabenow in the top floor window, naked and covered in soot, his hair singed off. What flesh you could still see shone a horrible, bloody red. And then. He's got a gun with an old hunting rifle. He opened fire on the crowd.

[Noah Abbess]

Everybody down.

[Corrine Abbess]

Down.

[Sylvie Harris]

Everything happened in a horrible, bloody mess. People diving for cover everywhere as old Tom raved and shot. The fire hose, suddenly unattended, wildly flying through the air, blasting water in all directions. Return fire. And Tom disappearing back into the window in a fine mist of pink.

[Corrine Abbess]

Clear. Clear.

[Noah Abbess]

Is anyone hit? Is anyone hit?

[Corrine Abbess]

Sylvie? I'm okay. We need to get out of here.

[Sylvie Harris]

Yeah. It was a blur. Everything felt abstract and far off. The second time in under a month that we were processing the horror of this violence. We held hands as we ran away through the throngs. Sylvie's hand sweaty and solid in my own. The only real thing in a world that was fast becoming meaningless. And then we were safe, home at the bar, in shock in the familiar quiet.

[Corrine Abbess]

My God, Tom. What the hell is happening? Corinne?

[Sylvie Harris]

I think something big is coming.

[Corrine Abbess]

Big? Bigger than this?

[Sylvie Harris]

I don't know. I don't know. It's a feeling, you know, dread. Just massive dread.

[Corrine Abbess]

Tom's dead. He's dead. He was a real piece of work, but now he's dead. Did you see him up there? He was insane.

[Sylvie Harris]

It's the same look I saw in Jimbo's eyes after the funeral when he attacked Ken. It was the look in Bachmann's eyes when he came at me with the axe.

[Corrine Abbess]

It's what Damaris wrote about. You said there was more.

[Sylvie Harris]

Yeah, there was another entry.

[Corrine Abbess]

You think it'll tell us how to deal with all this?

[Sylvie Harris]

I mean, I can't imagine that.

[Corrine Abbess]

Corinne, please, we just.

[Sylvie Harris]

Please.

[Corrine Abbess]

Please.

[Sylvie Harris]

Huh?

[Corrine Abbess]

What? What?

[Sylvie Harris]

It's just a paragraph.

[Corrine Abbess]

Well.

[Sylvie Harris]

Josiah has gone up the hill. He has the stake. He is going after Havoc. He is mad. I will stop him.

[Corrine Abbess]

And then.

[Sylvie Harris]

That's all. That's all she wrote. I mean, the book itself goes on after this entry occurred. The murder of Sophia Havoc at the Havoc estate. The diary was found in the church soon after the murders. Pages torn out of the back. Josiah himself was found in the sanctuary, hanging from the rafters of the rectory.

[Corrine Abbess]

Christ.

[Sylvie Harris]

It looks like here. It looks like there's more about the illness and the aftermath in the next chapter, but. Oh, God, Sylvie, I, I I have to stop for now.

[Corrine Abbess]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand. It's all too much. I don't think I can process anymore today.

[Sylvie Harris]

But who's given the choice to fully disengage? As we sat there, shells shocked, we saw the first military vehicles roll into town alongside numerous black SUVs. We would become familiar with those sites over the coming days. I should have been relieved as they passed by the cavalry, but that feeling in my gut, the dread, it only deepened.

[Corrine Abbess]

Should I get it?

[Sylvie Harris]

It can't be good news. You just can't let it ring.

[Aaron Manke]

Havoc Town was created by me, Aaron Manke. The show was written and directed by Nicholas Takoski. This episode was edited and sound designed by Rima El Kayali. Starring Jewel State as Corrine Abbess James Callis as Jerry Havoc, Felicia Day as Sylvie Harris Ray Wise as Josiah Abbas, Crystal Lee as Damaris Daniel Ernesto unknown as Noah Abbas with additional voice acting from David Caprita, Dick Terhune, Beverly Bremers, David De Vries and Aaron Manke. This season is directed by Nicholas Takosky with assistant directors Sarah Klein and Jake Diamond. Casting by Sunday Bowling, CSA and Meg Moorman, CSA production coordinator Wayna Calderon. Our theme song was created by Chris Childs, executive producers Aaron Manke, Trevor Young and Matt Frederick, with supervising producer Rima El Kayali 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 [e-mail] and find more podcasts from iHeartRadio by visiting the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

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[Josiah Abbess]

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[Corrine Abbess]

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[Corrine Abbess]

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[Corrine Abbess]

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