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The Welcome to Human Monsters.

Part 1, the McCullough family.

September 15th, 20 McCullough family.

September 15th, 2023, 12.m.

Detective Superintendent Rob Kirby reported in for a welfare check as 7 Pump Hill in Great Baddow, Essex, England.

It was a modest detached house with security cameras above the door.

Every window was securely curtained to conceal the interior from public view.

He didn't expect much from this assignment. The couple residing at this address were seniors,

and usually the way it transpired was that they would offer up an explanation for their reclusive

lifestyle. The concerned party would be reassured by what they learned about them, and there would be no reason to pursue the matter further.

Kirby's instincts told him this was no garden variety welfare check.

He could sense something was truly wrong, and that it warranted a closer examination.

Inside the house, 34-year-old Virginia McCullough heard the knock on the door,

and it was a moment she had been dreading and awaiting for years, four years and three

months to be exact. There was a secret kept within the home and it was her secret. That secret was

as morbid as the house's exterior looked unremarkable. When she opened the door,

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