In 1873, Hiram Smith and his sister, Isabell Toogood were entombed in a rock that took masons two years to chisel. The story goes that Hiram wanted to be buried above ground so the Devil couldn’t get him. But maybe it was a childhood memory that haunted Hiram all of his long years.

Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger are your tour guides up a wooded hill in Chester, Massachusetts, searching for a unique tomb carved into a glacial boulder to try to uncover the facts of this fascinating tale, will they reveal the truth or come face to face with Satan?

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