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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, settle in. Turn off the lights, Mr. Dare.

Your night is about to get a whole lot darker.

Who needs sleep anyway?

My day.

Our first tale tonight comes from author Dan David entitled Merrillville Indiana.

Have you heard of a town in Indiana called Merrillville?

It's a small, quaint little place outside of Indianapolis. A lot of mom and pop shops,

backroads, and a couple of local dairy queens for high schoolers to hang out at in the summer.

Nothing too strange. I bet you can wander the streets for hours and find nothing odd about it.

Unfortunately, I did. A couple of years ago, I drove through Merrillville.

My girlfriend, Michelle and I were on our way to a concert in Indianapolis,

coming from Chicago. The tickets were free, so we figured the three-hour drive,

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