Hi, it's Trevor from the Acquisitions Department of the Antiquarium. Here to tell you about

another room in the shop we wanted you to have the opportunity to discover. Through a secret passage

into a bookcase in the basement is the Archivum Malorum. It's a collection of the incomprehensible

and unexplained. Tales of true crime into the bazaar. It does, however, come with a warning. Due to the

graphic content, a visit to this particular part of the shop may not be for everyone. While the

Antiquarium prepares this next consignment for you, here is the descent into the darkness with a look

at the first case file. If it compels you and you wish to go further, follow the antiquarium of documented atrocities on Apple, Spotify,

and wherever you get your podcasts.

We present now a taste of that darkness with case A001.

Visitor discretion is advised. Three days before Christmas.

Three days before Christmas, 1990.

In the mountains outside Oakley, Utah, a deputy steps into the remains of a burned A-frame cabin.

Snowmobiles sit outside.

Their tracks still sharp in the fresh powder.

Inside, the air is heavy with smoke and a chemical scent of accelerant.

The fire has burned across the upstairs rooms.

Below, the scene is, in one investigator's words, a mini war zone.

By the time responders arrive, the facts are grim and immediate.

Two women dead inside the cabin, a wounded father who escaped to seek help.

And two daughters missing.

Last seen when their family arrived for what should have been a holiday weekend.

Amid the wreckage, investigators recover the family's camcorder.

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