good evening constant reader tonight we
continue our history of Jerusalem's lot
in our previous installment we covered
the origins of this mysterious Village
leading up to the late 18th century in
which a cult leader named James Boone
somehow engineered The Disappearance of
the entire population and if things seem
bad in the 1700s rest assured constant
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after The Disappearance of the entire
town Robert Boone fled South to
Massachusetts leaving behind his diary
written in code
later Phillips adult son Randolph Boone
inherited chapelweight Manor which by
that time the residents of preacher's
Corners believed to be cursed and they
believe the curse extended to the Boone
Family itself servants and townsfolk
agreed no Boone would find peace in chapelweight
chapelweight
blood called out to blood
by 1816 Randolph's Wife disappeared
leaving behind her husband and two young
children Stephen and Marcella some years
later when Marcella was a young woman
there was a terrible accident in the
cellar apparently Marcela tripped and
fell down the stairs breaking her neck
though some believe she was pushed
perhaps shocked by this sudden tragedy
or perhaps because he felt responsible
for her death marcelo's father hanged
himself over the body of his deceased
daughter at least that's one Theory
another tale told back and forth among
the cleaning ladies in the town square
of preacher's Corners is that they were
victims of an insane yet seductive evil
that lurked within the very walls of the manor
manor
we do know from family testimony that
after Stephen Boone became the sole
owner of chapelweight he never removed
the Noose that strangled his father the
Rope remained dangly in the cellar for decades
decades
now Master of the manor Stephen Boone
lived a solitary life
although he was considered kind by his
few servants he was reclusive and spent
much of his time and money collecting
strange and ornate furniture with
bizarre decorative flourishes and
elaborate Greek Garden statuaries that
were simply covered up by the wilderness
it is possible that Stephen like his
forefathers became obsessed with his
family's past meanwhile Stephen's cousin
Charles Boone was living in
Massachusetts experiencing his own hardship
hardship
in 1848 Charles's wife passed away and
he nearly lost his own life while
suffering from brain fever a year and a
half later still in recovery Charles
received the sad news that Stephen had
died from a fall off of the porch of
chapelweight Manor now Charles was the
sole Heir the only known member of the
Boone family and now the new owner of
chapelweight in the fall of 1850 Charles
Boone moved in assisted by his loyal
servant Calvin McCann
in less than a month both men would be dead
dead
the authorities believe that Charles's
brain fever returned and his resulting
Insanity led to murder and then suicide
however there are letters written by
Charles Boone that paint a very
different and far more disturbing picture
picture
Charles's correspondence with his friend
Everett bones grandson begins with his
arrival at chapelweight on October 2nd 1850.
1850.
the first letter is cheerful in tone
though Charles does point out that his
late cousin's Decor of chapelweight is
not to his taste
in subsequent letters however it becomes
clear that Chapo wait is a malevolent
house there are noises from behind the
walls which could be written off as a
rat infestation and yet there is not a
single rat dropping to be found upon
searching the house Calvin discovered a
secret compartment in a bookshelf in
which they found an old map of the
abandoned town of Jerusalem's lot
inspired by a sense of mystery and
Adventure the two men journeyed into the
woods to find this town
all of the buildings were still standing
just as they had been the day its
residents disappeared in the 1700s
according to his letter to Bones Charles
and Calvin entered the church and were
horrified to find demonic tapestries and
upside down cross
and upon the altar the infamous book The
Mysteries of the worm
the two men departed feeling ill at ease
and eventually Charles tries to
investigate further by asking his
cleaning lady more about the mysterious town
town
he is told that he should leave
chapelweight immediately ultimately
however Charles was consumed by
curiosity and a moral obligation to end
whatever evil might be connected to his
family tree according to his letters he
discovered a cryptic Diary of Robert
Boone which uncovered the town's cultish history
history
days later in the cellar he and Calvin
encountered a ghoulish Apparition of his
dead uncle and his cousin Marcella
according to this account the two men
witness a wall opening up to reveal a
hellish landscape and on top of all of
these nightmarish visions
Charles takes ill and feels too weak to
leave the manor
in his final correspondence
Charles becomes determined to travel
once again to the abandoned church in
Jerusalem's lot and burn the evil book
according to the letter Calvin joined
him and both men are shocked to discover
that someone else or something else has
been inside the church
they discovered the decapitated head of
a lamb placed on the altar its blood
glazing the pages of the book
if the writing of Charles Boone is to be
believed what follows next is a moment
of pure Cosmic horror
the floor broke open spilling into an
abyss from out of which came the oozing
rings of a gigantic worm
the Flesh of that monstrous worm struck
Calvin McCann throwing him across the
room and snapping at the poor man's neck
he died instantly
Charles managed to light a match and
burn the book
then and only then the gargantuan
creature shriveled back into its pit
again authorities believe that none of
these events took place except in the
mind of Charles Boone eventually the
body of Calvin McCain was discovered however
however
there was no hole in the floor of the church
church
no damage to the floorboards no sign of
a monstrous Beast
in the end
Charles Boone fled the scene claiming to
have glimpsed the undead corpse of James
Boone crawling toward him ready to drag
him into darkness
to many who have studied the letters of
chapelweight Charles's last paragraphs
to his friend serve as a final farewell
and a suicide note
after returning to chapelweight Charles
decided that because he is the last
surviving Boon he must end the curse of
Jerusalem's lot by ending his own life
and after setting down his pin and paper
Charles flung himself off a cliff and
into the sea
however his sacrifice may have been in
vain for Believe It or Not
Unfortunate Events continued to occur
within the vicinity of Jerusalem's lot
in fact Charles Boone was not the last
member of his family
that honor belonged to James Robert
Boone who on October 2nd of 1971
took up residence in his ancestral home
of chapelwaite
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