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Good evening. I'm storyteller, oldest Jyre.

And I eat your grandfather. From where I'm from, you know, do bedtime stories.

And if that's what you were expecting, you're in the wrong place.

If its terrifying tells you're after, well then, I've got just the thing.

It's comfortable, so we have to turn off the lights, Mr. Dare.

Your night is about to get a whole lot darker.

Who needs sleep anyway?

On tonight's episode of Scary Stories told in the Dark, I bring to you the first three

chapters of an epic nine-part series by author Jasper Dewitt entitled The Patient That Nearly

Drown Me Out of Medicine.

I write this because as of now, I am not sure if I'm privy to a terrible secret,

or if I myself am insane. Being a practicing psychiatrist, that would obviously be bad for me,

both ethically and from a business standpoint. However, since I cannot believe I'm crazy,

I'm sending this story to you because you're probably the only people who would even consider it

possible. For me, this is a matter of responsibility to humanity. Let me say before I start that I wish

to be more specific about the names and places I've mentioned here, but I do need to hold down a

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