Reunion on Rattlemount Road

Knifepoint Horror

The episode presents a horror narrative where four old friends reunite to confront their reclusive peer, Ty, about his disturbing isolation

Key takeaways

• Ty has lived in isolation for 25 years after a traumatic occult ritual involving telepaths and resurrection that resulted in Darnton's death.
• The friends discover Ty is growing crops, keeping a mysterious helper, and has built an impenetrable privacy fence around his property.

Main topics

• Occult research and resurrection
• Guilt and past trauma from Darnton's death

Notable quotes

"Knowledge is opium. And all of us were addicts."

Conclusion

The story serves as a cautionary tale about the corrosive nature of fo

Transcript preview

Speaker 8 (0:01) Spectre Vision Radio. Speaker 4 (0:10) I had my first psychic experience when I was three years old. What if I told you that the rest of my life up until this point has been a dance with the other side? The strange thing isn't that the impossible happens. It's that we keep pretending it doesn't. The ether. Spirit. The fifth element. The connective tissue of our universe. What if the calls from the silence, the echoes of the abyss, are meant to bring us closer? Join me, your host, Nick, as I explore real accounts from my own life. And with a guest, uncover what it means to give form to the formless. The ether. Premiering on Spectre Vision Radio August 13th. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. I've got a story to tell you. It might sound unbelievable, but the person who experienced it once thought the same, until they saw something that changed them forever. Here we dive into the paranormal, the strange and the unexplained. From personal supernatural encounters, to some of the most infamous unsolved mysteries in history. All told in an immersive, atmospheric, narrative-led style. Let's hear these stories, and try to figure out together, what really happened. The world is a very strange place. Someone has to record it. Because after all, everywhere has a ghost story. Archived in collaboration with Spectrevision Radio. Welcome to the tape library. Speaker 1 (2:06) My name is Danny Sheehan. I'm a constitutional litigator who has tried some of the most important cases in recent American history. from Pentagon Papers, Speaker 1 (2:20) The Watergate scandal. Speaker 1 (2:23) to Iran-Contra. Speaker 1 (2:30) My legal career has led me now to this pivotal moment. Speaker 1 (2:34) As our human family confronts the implications of the existence here on our planet, Speaker 1 (2:41) of extraterrestrial or extra-dimensional non-human species. Speaker 1 (2:47) I will be your guide as we dive into the profound philosophical, theological, and public policy questions pertaining to the UFO phenomenon, alien life, and the citizen movement for disclosure. Speaker 1 (3:02) This is the Full Disclosure Podcast, coming to you from the New Paradigm Institute on SpectraVision Radio. SpectraVision Radio. Speaker 4 (3:16) If you're listening to this right now, you know the world is full of encounters with the unexplained. Speaker 5 (3:22) It Speaker 3 (3:23) was just a shadow of a man standing at the edge of my bed. Speaker 4 (3:27) True terrifying tales submitted by listeners like you. Speaker 8 (3:33) The next thing I know, there are two long metal rods coming at my head. Speaker 4 (3:41) Large triangle shaped something. It was so freaky. It looked like it was coming closer, like out of the forest. I thought to myself, what on earth? I do remember that bright light. It looked at least seven, eight feet tall. This thing staring at me. I remember Speaker 8 (3:59) thinking to myself, what the hell is going on? Speaker 4 (4:02) This thing was blacker than black. Weird. Speaker 8 (4:05) chanting. Halfway through, it had stood up on its hind legs and walked the rest of the way. Speaker 4 (4:10) So join us on the Belief Hole podcast as we shine a light into the dark and explore the bizarre phenomena behind some of the strangest encounters you've never heard. Speaker 4 (5:01) June 2nd, 9.31 p.m. Speaker 2 (5:06) Person to person with Mr. Speaker 3 (5:12) Thank you. Speaker 3 (5:19) Hey John, it's Ethan. Happy belated 45th. Speaker 3 (5:30) I'm okay. I'm at the bar. Speaker 3 (5:35) We may have a situation in town, though. Speaker 3 (5:42) The Dodgers. Speaker 3 (5:44) There might be a situation. Speaker 3 (5:54) Yeah. Speaker 7 (5:57) I guess they've been losing some game. Speaker 3 (6:01) Yeah, I may actually get in touch with the Trey even. Think we can find him? Speaker 7 (6:07) I'm not sure how he's going to feel about that. Speaker 7 (6:11) Maybe let's just try to keep it with you and me and Freddy. Speaker 3 (6:15) Can you talk? Speaker 7 (6:19) the kids here Speaker 7 (6:23) Is there a game tonight? No. Can I listen to something else? Speaker 3 (6:27) No. No game tonight. Speaker 3 (6:31) But soon. Speaker 4 (6:38) June 9th, 1107 p.m. Speaker 3 (7:07) Hello, Ty. Thanks for coming. Take one of the high tops over there. Me and John will sit over here. Speaker 3 (7:22) You look different. Speaker 5 (7:24) Well, it's been a lot of years. Speaker 3 (7:26) 25, Christ. Remember this, Joker? Speaker 5 (7:31) John. Speaker 3 (7:32) Guy's got a mustache now. How's it going, Ty? Speaker 5 (7:37) Going okay. Speaker 3 (7:39) Bad news about Trey. Remember him? He's been real sick for about a year. Looks like he may not make it. That's too bad. I liked Trey. He's out in Stoveberry. This is my bar. I got out of science for good. I'm the only one who stayed near town. I'm in Freer. Except for you, I guess. Technically, you're still here. Speaker 5 (8:03) There are worse places to live. Speaker 3 (8:07) What are you reading these days? Speaker 5 (8:10) Some things. A lot of Mircea Eliade. Did Speaker 3 (8:14) you read the Fragmentarium? Speaker 5 (8:15) There's no English translation. Speaker 3 (8:17) The college has a partial one, but it's with the Anthropology Department. Speaker 3 (8:22) There's interesting stuff about mythic ritual being a way of getting back to the first moment of creation. Ancient cultures resetting time, their interior time. Speaker 3 (8:36) Uh-huh. Good Speaker 5 (8:37) researcher. Speaker 3 (8:39) I forget, did you get your master's? Yeah. John got his PhD, pure math. He's teaching over at LaPointe. It's number theory, right? Mm-hmm. Speaker 3 (8:52) So... Speaker 3 (8:54) The Marsh House. What's going on out there? Speaker 5 (8:58) Not much. My mother left me some money. I have a helper now who keeps the field up a little. I have potatoes and corn. It's nice. 25 years, yeah. We started to wonder what you were doing for money. Well, there was one my grandfather left me. Speaker 3 (9:13) There was that much? Speaker 5 (9:19) Like Speaker 3 (9:20) what? Speaker 5 (9:23) Few things on the Gauls, the Druids. Speaker 3 (9:26) So your mother died. That's too bad. Your dad's still around? Speaker 5 (9:30) Heart attack in 34. Speaker 3 (9:32) Hmm. Speaker 3 (9:36) I've been doing everything I can never to even drive down Rattlemount Road, you know, for years. Bad memories. Speaker 3 (9:44) But I had to when the flood hit last month. I couldn't get to my distributor otherwise. Speaker 3 (9:48) And I saw the fence. Speaker 5 (9:51) That's new. Yeah, that was pretty expensive. Speaker 3 (9:55) What do you need a fence for? Speaker 5 (9:57) Bringing in chickens and two goats soon. Speaker 7 (10:01) Not quite that kind of fence though. Speaker 5 (10:03) Yeah, what I got was cheaper. I don't really care how it looks. Speaker 7 (10:08) That's more of a privacy fence. Was it really necessary to build it all the way to the creek? Speaker 5 (10:14) No reason not to. It's a Speaker 3 (10:17) strange look, you have to agree. Speaker 5 (10:19) Then Speaker 3 (10:20) let people think I'm Speaker 5 (10:21) strange. I don't know anyone down the road. Speaker 3 (10:24) Not much for the society pages still? Speaker 5 (10:27) No. Speaker 7 (10:29) The thing is, it looks like something that would only draw more attention to the house, not less. Speaker 5 (10:36) I don't answer my door. And look how hard it was to contact me. You had to leave a note in the mailbox. Speaker 3 (10:43) If someone were to come, someone official, wanted to look around inside, you'd have absolutely no worries at all. Speaker 5 (10:53) It's been 25 years, like you say. Speaker 3 (10:56) It's never happened before? Someone coming in? Speaker 5 (10:59) No. Speaker 3 (11:01) So we have no reason to be a little nervous. Speaker 5 (11:04) No. Speaker 3 (11:10) Who's this other guy, the one that helps you? Just an odd jobs guy. He used to be a carpenter. Stuff for the field, he said. Speaker 5 (11:18) Yeah, maybe twice a week. He never comes in the house. Just shows up, leaves. Speaker 5 (11:25) Where's he live? Speaker 5 (11:27) Somewhere in Elko. I don't even know his last name. I pay him in cash. He drives over? He's poor. He's just got a bike. Speaker 7 (11:38) Has he ever been down in the basement? Speaker 5 (11:41) Never. Speaker 3 (11:44) So I was out there a week ago. I'm like 10 or so. Speaker 3 (11:51) I saw him in the field out back. I guess that was him. Big raincoat. Speaker 3 (11:57) Ten at night seemed like a strange time. Speaker 3 (12:01) How could you see him? There's a part where you can see over the fence a little if you try. Speaker 5 (12:08) Why were you out there? Speaker 3 (12:10) Nerves, like I said. The Buick, is that your car? Speaker 5 (12:15) Yeah. Speaker 3 (12:17) Because that's the only one I saw. Speaker 3 (12:21) So, this guy, he rides all the way down Elko Pike to Rattlemount? Has he got a death wish? Speaker 5 (12:28) I told you he's poor. He doesn't have a choice. Speaker 3 (12:32) So I guess off he went at some point in the dark down the road. What's that, 10 miles? Speaker 5 (12:40) He's got a little light. Speaker 3 (12:44) I was kind of far away. It was dark, but... It didn't look like he was actually doing a whole lot. Skinny guy. Speaker 5 (12:54) Don't come out there. Why? It's my house. It's my property. I like to be private. Speaker 3 (13:03) Doing anything you're not supposed to Maybe growing something not quite legal? Speaker 5 (13:09) No. Speaker 3 (13:10) Absolutely nothing the police would have the slightest interest in? Speaker 5 (13:15) No. Speaker 3 (13:18) You get into town much? Speaker 5 (13:21) I go to the college library, eat at the diner. Why don't you just steer clear? How about that? And everything will be fine. Speaker 3 (13:30) Let's just establish if that's all still working and maybe we can move on. I got it. Speaker 3 (13:57) Here's Freddie Bear. Speaker 8 (14:01) Hi, Ty. Hi. How you been? Fine. Shake. Speaker 8 (14:11) That your Buick out there? Uh-huh. Does that model have the radio built right in? Speaker 5 (14:18) The factory edited. Speaker 3 (14:21) You see Trey? Speaker 8 (14:23) Yeah. He might die. I don't think he's up for anyone else to come. Speaker 7 (14:31) He might die? Speaker 8 (14:32) He's up and down. This whole bar to ourselves and no one's drinking anything. Speaker 3 (14:38) Yeah, go ahead. Speaker 8 (14:40) Just gonna grab a beer Speaker 3 (14:43) Freddie's working for the State History Museum. Doing what? Speaker 8 (14:48) Back in the archives. Good stuff. No one ever sees. Speaker 7 (14:54) We were going to talk about the basement. Speaker 8 (14:58) Okay. Speaker 8 (15:04) Drink up, Jai. Speaker 3 (15:16) When I was in training in France, I'd wake up sometimes convinced we didn't do enough down there. Speaker 3 (15:23) Then I think, no, no. The paranoia will eat you alive if you let it. Speaker 3 (15:30) Did you ever change things? Did you ever do more down there to keep things safe? Speaker 5 (15:35) No need. Speaker 3 (15:38) So in all that time, no one's ever been in. No gas meter guy, no exterminator, no friend. Speaker 5 (15:46) Not one person. Speaker 5 (15:49) We Speaker 7 (15:49) were talking about whether we'd feel better if we just had a look after all this time. Do you ever just have a look? Speaker 5 (15:57) The washing machine is down there. It's hard not to. Speaker 3 (16:00) But have you really looked? Speaker 3 (16:05) At the bodies? Speaker 7 (16:06) Nope. Speaker 7 (16:09) I guess you just go numb inside after a while. Speaker 7 (16:13) Yeah, that's what it's like. But would you have any objection to one of us checking it out? I would have an objection. I Speaker 5 (16:23) had things under control back then, and I have them under control now. Nothing's changed. Speaker 3 (16:27) You don't think it's finally time to move Darnton out of there? Speaker 5 (16:32) Kind of risky. I agree.