Story 1. The Lava Lake Murders

During the early days of 1924,

three fur trappers working out in the wilds of Central Oregon were murdered in a brutal and savage manner.

Almost a century later, the full circumstances surrounding their death still remain a mystery.

Who was responsible for the Lava Lake murders? I'm going to be. And then. You're going to be. The weather conditions had been harsh and unrelenting for two solid weeks before their journey had commenced, and the thick layers of

thick layers of snow which now covered the landscape

had made progress particularly hard going for the two travellers.

Having finally caught sight of their objective,

both men found themselves mired with a creeping sense of foreboding.

Ahead of them lay a solitary wooden cabin, situated just on the outskirts of a densely wooded area

which extended as far as the eye could see. As the pair labored on towards their destination, they grimly noted the absence of any tracks in the snow which blanketed the path leading up to the lodge, and observed that no smoke was emanating from the chimney. The signs of life and habitation which they had so desperately

hoped to see was sadly not present. For Owen Morris, this was a journey which had proven particularly harrowing.

It had been over three months since he had last heard from his younger brother.

Now, as he and his fellow traveler approached the remote cabin, where Dewey

Morris and two other men had been working as trappers, his worst fears were on the cusp of

being confirmed. There was no reason for such a long period without

contact, which could only mean that something bad must have happened.

Cautiously nudging open the front door, Morris drew his pistol and motioned for his companion to do the same. For the briefest of moments, Pearl Linz had looked startled at the request, before regaining

his composure and complying.

Being the superintendent of a local fish hatchery, he rarely had cause to carry a firearm,

but Morris had been insistent that he'd bring one along on this journey.

As the two men stood and surveyed the interior of the cabin, both came to the realization

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