
About this episode
Case ########-32
Case study on the administration of fear.
Recorded by The Archivist in Situ.
Content warnings:
- Compulsions (supernatural)
- Emotional manipulation & gaslighting
- Mental disorientation
- Paranoia & self-doubt
- Mentions of: scopophobia, worms (inc. SFX), blackmail, gun violence, isolation, mild language, mass suffering, self-recrimination
- SFX: screams, discordant static
Transcript:
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