13 days of Halloween is a production of I-Heart Radio Blumhouse Television and

grim and mild from Aaron Mankey. Headphones recommended, listener discretion advised. Oh, it's a secret somewhere. I'm going to. You heard them didn't you? Sorry to startle you, friend.

They're always luring people up here.

Listen to me.

Luring.

They only want someone to play with.

Welcome to the attic.

I have to admit friend that this is not my favorite space.

As a matter of fact, I avoid it like the plague.

Despite the toys and the picture books, this was not a happy place.

The architect only had one child, a daughter,

and she was grown before this attic was ever designated as a place for children.

Many years ago there was a great fire at the Cornhill Orpheage. Many perished and a few that survived had neither a home left nor anyone to care for them.

At the urging of the local parish priest, our architect took in the five remaining orphans, designating this attic as their space.

As his staff scrambled to find someone to care for them, a great stroke of luck.

A man appeared at the front gate offering his services as tutor. Without so much as asking his references, he was allowed in.

After so much chaos from the attic, the quiet that followed seemed to be quite the blessing for all downstairs.

I were the children's apparent welfare provided for they were promptly forgotten about.

That is until one day one of the maids noticed a strange stain growing on the ceiling of the room

located below the children's attic.

The scene, as you imagine, was not pretty. And as for the children's tutor,

well, Mr. Fish was not seen again for a long, long time. The children keep luring on

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