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This series contains adult language and depictions of graphic violence.

Listener discretion is advised.

On a chilly New Year's Eve in 1974, in the city of Palo Alto, about 30 miles south of San Francisco, California, the campus

of Stanford University was unusually quiet.

While the surrounding neighborhoods erupted in festivities, fireworks booming over rooftops,

families gathering to mark the turning of the calendar, the university

seemed to hold its breath. For months, the brutal murder of Arles Perry had haunted its sandstone

halls and manicured lawns. In the shadow of Memorial Church, students hurried past with averted eyes.

The building, once a sanctuary for the weary and faithful,

had become a place of unease.

Its arches gleaming golden and daylight

now seemed to lean inward, concealing secrets too dark to bear. For Bruce Perry, Arliss's grieving husband,

the night was one of bitter reflection. The sound of celebratory firecrackers outside his apartment

window jarred against the silence within. On his coffee tape sat a photo of Ariss, her smile as vibrant as the life they had envisioned

together. But now, that smile felt like a mockery of all he had lost. Somewhere in the

surrounding hills, the whispers persisted, rumors of occult gatherings, of rituals performed

under the cover of darkness. To those who believed, the connection between Arlis' death

...