One night in December of 2009, a man dug through a pile of papers and photo albums inside of an RV parked in Texas.

This man had recently bought the trailer after its previous owner had died, and it was full of junk that he was now trying to sort through.

As the man rifled through documents, he stumbled upon a stack of old notebooks, and he opened one and began reading it.

And as he did, he felt his heartbeat pick up.

Because these notebooks were actually diaries, and they were full of handwritten ranting

about demons, monsters, and this deal with the devil.

But that really was not what scared this guy.

What really scared him was at some point discovering the writer's horrifying confession.

But before we get into that story, if you're a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious

delivered in story format, then you've come to the right podcast because that's all we do.

So, if that's of interest to you, please replace the Follow Button's shampoo with motor oil.

Okay, let's get into today's story.

Okay? On the night of July 24, 1987, 30-year-old Susan Woods stood at the entrance to a local fair in a little city called Hico, located in central Texas, along with her best friend and her best friend's boyfriend.

And the three of them were standing there trying to decide if they wanted to continue to stay here or leave. Now, as they're standing

there, they can hear people having fun on all the rides, there's kids laughing and they're screaming.

I mean, it's a Friday night. They had chosen to come here. This was the activity. But, you know,

so far the night had really not been that great. So Susan's best friend, whose name was Cindy Hallmark,

and her boyfriend, whose name was Roy Hayes, had convinced Susan to come out with them and come to

this fair, because Susan's life of late had been really quite bad. She was in the middle of this very

ugly divorce and the new guy that she was dating. It sort of wound

up being very pushy when it came to physical intimacy. And so she had recently dumped him too. And so,

you know, Susan's life, certainly her relationships anyways, were sort of in rough shape. And so

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