Listener, this question goes specifically out to the hearing unimpared.

After part one of this two-part series, have you done any self-reflection?

Reflection on the challenges you lack due to being born unimpared in this way?

Because last episode we introduced a killer who finds himself in a unique circumstance,

Joseph Mesa, sociopath, Annihilator, and burgeoning serial killer, stomps the hollowed

grounds of a school for the death.

This grants him the unique opportunity to beat a classmate and close friend to death

with a school chair. Imagine all that ruckus.

The blows from the chair, cracking bone and splitting skin.

The screams from the victim, all in vain, because no one could hear a happening. Yes, Joseph Mesa was given a unique

opportunity and the bloodshed isn't over yet.

Now, let's get on with it.

Welcome, listener. I'm glad you're here. Take a seat. Next to the fire.

Welcome to Obscura, where we shine a light on the dark. So, Part 1, the Wrong Man man. Ben Varner's whole world changed, the moment he found out that his close friend Eric was murdered.

Gallaudet represented a sort of sanctuary from the prejudice he faced growing up.

But now, the illusion was shattered. All those awful things that existed on the

outside existed in Gallaudet as well. That was now clear to Ben. The wrought iron gates merely a symbol for the carefully

crafted bubble manufactured by marketing to bring in those with a shared disability.

Yes, there were considerations made for the hearing impaired.

You see though, when you get down to brass tax, when you get down to brass tacks, when you cut down to the bone, you can't escape

human nature.

And for a scared Ben Varner, That raw iron fence that surrounded the school that

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