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The Apex and the Abyss presents the chasm, Episode 18, Artemis Ogltery.

Thank you. Episode 18, Artemis Ogletree. Florida, 1915. This is where Artemis Ogletree was born. There isn't much known about Artemis during his childhood.

What we do know is that his parents are named Leon and Ruby Ogletree, and that he had two older siblings.

Artemis also had two distinguishing features that were difficult to hide. On the left side of Artemis' head, right above his ear,

was a large wedge-shaped scar.

When he was a young boy, hot grease had burned him,

and ever since then, the area on his head never grew hair.

Artemis would actually do the best to comb over the scar with his remaining hair.

However, you could still tell there was something there.

Artemis also had something called cauliflower ear.

This is where a person's ear thickens due to damage to the cartilage.

At some point, the Oakle Tree family have relocated from Florida to Birmingham, Alabama.

And around 1934, when Artemis was in his late teens, he would leave his home.

He had his eyes set on the Golden Coasts and wanted to hitchhike his way to California.

Throughout his travels, he would stay in

contact with his family back home in Alabama, and every so often they would wire him money to sustain him.

It is unclear how far and wide Artemis's travels were. We do know that his mother received

at least two to three letters allegedly

from her son from other states. However, there was something odd about some of the letters that

Ruby would receive. For one thing, the letters were typed, and Artemis did not know how to

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