Hi, my name is Stephen King.

The ice is going to

The ice is gonna break.

Bad Rob.

Bad Rob.

Surr You guys want to go see a dead body.

But sometimes, that is better.

Hi and welcome to the King cast, a show by Stephen King Obsessives for Stephen King Obsessives.

My name is Eric Vespi and I'm joined as always by my co-host, the

Whip Smart and staggeringly sassy Scott Wampler. Say hi Scott.

Hello everyone, I'm Scott Wampler. That's not a very sassy reply but I'll let that pass you saving you for the show.

Yeah, you gotta build up the reserves. You don't want to like rush right into the sass. Come on.

That's true. Now we've been pretty blessed with a great variety of guests on the show, but this is the first guest whose love of King was actually used against him in a court of law.

For a lot of us, Stephen King's work has helped us through some tough times and that's certainly true with our guest today.

You'll know him as one of the wrongfully convicted members of the West Memphis 3 case that was popularized by the Fantastic Paradise Loss documentary series,

as well as Amy Berg and Peter Jackson's West of Memphis.

He's also an author of books like High Magic, a guide to the spiritual practices that saved my life on death row, and the upcoming angels and archangels.

Constant listeners, please welcome Damian Eccles to the show.

Hello, thank you guys so much for having me on to do this today.

Oh, are you kidding?

We're thrilled to have it here.

Yeah, dude, like I remember, you know, I was a teenager, a mid young teenager whenever the Paradise Lost films came out and I remember watching the first one and hearing them actually use you, your love in Metallica and you having Stephen King books in your

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