The Family Business

Carman’s Crypt | Original Horror Fiction

What if the people who raised you… trained you?

When seventeen-year-old David returns home after college, he expects familiarity. A quiet house at the end of a gravel road. Parents who built a modest cleaning and restoration business through hard work and sacrifice. A family that never missed a school play or a birthday.

What he doesn’t expect is the truth hidden behind locked basement doors, mislabeled VHS tapes, and “late-night emergency calls” that always seem to follow another missing person report.

As David begins to uncover what his parents really do for a living, he realizes they aren’t just serial killers. They are products of something much older and far more insidious. A system of conditioning that values obedience, efficiency, and loyalty above morality. A program designed to turn ordinary people into quiet, dependable weapons.

And now, without realizing it, David is being evaluated.

This isn’t a story about monsters lurking in the dark.
 It’s about inheritance.
 About love used as leverage.
 About how easily violence becomes “just business” when it keeps the lights on and pays the bills.

In this episode of Carman’s Crypt, we explore a slow-burn psychological horror tale steeped in analog dread, suburban normalcy, and generational trauma. A story that asks an uncomfortable question:

If evil raised you… would you recognize it?
Or would you justify it?

Themes Explored

• Psychological conditioning and moral erosion
• Family loyalty versus personal responsibility
• Analog horror and hidden documentation
• Suburban facades and private violence
• Generational trauma and inherited guilt

⚠️ Content Advisory

This episode contains themes of violence, psychological manipulation, coercion, and moral compromise. Listener discretion is advised.

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Carman’s Crypt is a horror fiction podcast featuring original stories, urban myths, and psychological nightmares that linger long after the episode ends. These are stories about the things we inherit, the secrets we protect, and the quiet horrors hiding behind ordinary lives.

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