What you're about to hear is based on actual events.

Listener discretion is advised.

Crime is rare in these parts, so it's difficult for investigators to admit that a house fire

and the death of Alan Nilsson as a result seems suspicious.

Grayheadin has suddenly become of use again.

He assists with the investigation in a way that makes some of the other officers uneasy.

He seems exhilarated with the process, which is odd on its own.

Even otter, seeing how it was his drinking buddy who perished in the blaze, his behavior

is chalked up to being stressed-related.

The big bear of a man is one of the first on the scene and agrees with the other officers

that Alan appears to have tried to escape his fate.

He is badly burnt, but the evidence of some savage attack is still clear on his hacked

up corpse.

Journalists swarm the scene, and Torrey poses for pictures while sifting through a section

of rubble.

A psychic is called in, and Torrey stands by the medium side as she fondles some of Alan's

possessions, attempting to glean some description of the killer's face.

She looks to office her head in, and squints, feeling as though the answer is right in front

of her, clouded in her mind's eye by thick streams of smoke.

Torrey grins, then asks if she's feeling anything, anything at all.

She does, but she's afraid to tell the hulking officer that every time the face comes into

shape, a horse busts through the haze of smoke, starved in half-mad with hunger.

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