The Batleys were not your ordinary neighbors.

They stood out in the small sleepy town of Kid Welly Wales,

with a population of only 3,523,

where people went to work at pubs and small shops near the towering remains of a giant castle built by the invading Normans in 1106.

But somehow, despite the occult horror show going on in their home,

they didn't stand out enough to get caught.

Colin and Elaine Batley had met in London in the 1980s.

They moved to Kidwelly in the mid-90s, and they didn't do it for love of Welsh

heritage. They did it because property was

cheaper and there would be less prying eyes, not as many law enforcement and other

authorities to keep tabs on them. In Kidwelly, Colin had to have raised some

eyebrows.

The rakish thin man with scraggly hair,

missing most of his front teeth didn't talk much

to any of his neighbors,

except to leer at them when people cross the street

in front of his home to avoid his two massive Rottweilers.

Pretty soon, another family moved to Kidwale from London and settled on the same street, and

they would talk to Colin and his wife, and they would visit his house often at all hours of the night

but they didn't interact with anyone else and then another family moved in and

exhibited the same exact behavior and then another did.

Suddenly there was an entire community of people from London who made zero effort

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