Escapism is something most of us are guilty of. We retire to our TV shows, video games, podcasts... One would not assume that even the most esoteric escapes could be dangerous, but for two gay men in the mid 80's living in rural Northern Georgia, that would be a dangerous assumption. This is the story of a place called Corpsewood. The handbuilt manor castle in the remote woods was meant to be a solitary retreat for Dr. Charles Scudder and Joseph Odem, but instead it would become their final resting place in which a carnival-like media atmosphere of victim-blaming would descend.

BOOK

SOURCES

Joanne Thompson vs. the Devil Worshipers

Corpsewood Manor - A Journey into Murder

Pictures of Corpsewood

Scudder talking about why he left society

Geraldo Rivera: Exposing Satan’s Underground

Deception of a Generation

"We're going to Devil's Mountain"

"And uh we’re trying to find this manor...will get us there without any problem"

"We’ve walked for about 15 minutes…keep movin."

"Welcome to Corpsewood Manor…"

"We’re in here somewhere...maybe the entrance"

I’m out in the middle of nowhere...Corpsewood Manor.

Satanic Panic

Deception of a Generation (demonic toys)

MUSIC

Landscape - Claire Fitch

The Love Who Spied Me - Sandeep Bhandari

O Voskos - Diana Rowan

Chapel Hill (Phantom Lantern) - DAC Crowell

The Hottest Color - Colfax

I Remember - Joey Fehrenbach