It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.

Chilling tales for dark nights. The Good evening, and welcome to chilling tales for dark nights.

I'm your host this evening, Steve Taylor.

What follows is a tale of false lives, old betrayals,

and the terrible cost of remembering who and what you really are.

Settle in and dim the lights. The show is about to begin.

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Tonight's tale is written by W.B. Stickle, with production by Jeff Sturdivant. It's a story that

begins in darkness, confusion, and pain, with a man awakening under a merciless spotlight,

bound to a chair, surrounded by strangers who seem to know far more about him than he knows about himself.

But what begins as an already brutal interrogation soon spirals into something far stranger and far more terrible.

Without further delay, I present to you from author W.B. Stickle,

as performed by Nicholas Goroff.

Everything in its rightful place.

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