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The Fatal Search An old tale of people being abducted and murdered led Christine to the decrepit castle. The myth says that there were many people abducted during the late 1840s and it is believed that they were murdered by the butler of the rich family who used to live in the beautiful home. According to the story their bodies still remain in the hidden catacombs of the fortress; and the butler still haunts those who enter the woods surrounding the home. No one who entered the woods has returned. Christine is passionate about debunking horror story myths and has made multiple documentaries and written many books about her findings on these stories. Today she embarks on her journey to the castle of many murders. Before today this palace was …show more content…
Traveling over six hundred miles to the edge of the forest and leaving her car, she embarks on a quest that will lead to the beautiful manor. She follows the map exactly and find herself in an open field in the middle of the forest. Above her the tree canopy creates an eerie feeling and the storm that has followed her in has begun to release rain, soaking her and her gear. The now wet map shows that the castle would be right where she is standing, but there in nothing in the field except her and the trees surrounding the area. Examining the map closer, she notices a small script under where the estate is pictured. It says, “Hunt blindly for the walls that will appear as you find them.” With this information Christine drops her equipment and begins running around the open ground searching for a building that she cannot see. Just as she is about to give up, she stops running and sticks her hand out and feels a door handle. Elated to have found the entrance, she turns the handle and enters, escaping the rain and entering into an empty foyer with a grand staircase going up on two sides of the room. A broken chandelier hangs above her and the floor beneath her creaks and crumbles as she walks around the grand entrance to the

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