The fall of 1998. It was the year a serial killer began operating in my hometown. It was the year I kissed a boy for the first time. And it was the year I may have been possessed by a demon.

Written by Ian Epperson

Narrated by Brooke Jennett

Val is Shelby Novak

Youth Pastor Tom is Ian Epperson

Editing by Caleb Ritchie, Josiah O. Knight, and Bridgett Howard

Music and sound design by Caleb Ritchie

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Content Warning: Religious Trauma, Themes of Sexual Assault, NSFW

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