<strong>Caleb Hatcher -- The Debriefing Continues</strong><br/><br/>Ms. McGlone's and Mr. Wade's words did little to assuage Hatcher's worries. Of course whatever was in Harrowgate was worse than mere ghosts; his own experience in the house assured him of that. The thought that it could be demons wasn't very surprising, either; naturally, it was something of a shock to learn that such things existed, but if ghosts could exist, why not demons? Mr. Hatcher was long past disbelieving.<br/><br/>Mr. Wade's warning of Outsiders, whatever those were, was what truly chilled him to the bone. He had no idea what the Deeps that Wade mentioned were, and chose to ignore it for now; they certainly seemed to know what they were talking about, at least, and that was enough for now. He didn't really know what an 'average demonic infestation' looked like, but he was pretty sure this wasn't one.<br/><br/>"As far as, er, 'scoping it out,' there will be a charter bus tomorrow morning to take you all to the Manor. In the meantime, I believe I owe you all a dinner. And I think there are still a couple more of your colleagues coming to join us, as well." Hatcher said, a little grateful to have something else to think about, even for a short while. As the others talked among themselves a moment, he motioned over another waitress who stood patiently until she'd jotted down his guests' orders.<br/><br/>Mr. McDermott's casual attitude, however, overshadowed his hope for a pleasant meal. He was beginning to see why the man had given up his collar; Hatcher would have bet the man's sermons made Heaven sound like a ghetto. On the bright side, though, he seemed to disagree with Mr. Wade's considerably pessimistic view, so. There was that.<br/><br/>"Mr. Hatcher, who exactly owned this property before you?" Ms. Tate asked, clearly disturbed by the images in the files in front of them.<br/><br/>"As a matter of fact, there were only three previous owners of the estate. Harrowgate Manor was built in 1920 by Edmond and William Harrow, two local men who returned from Europe at the end of World War I with an unexplained and mysterious fortune. They owned the house until about 1930 or so, when they completely vanished. It seems that right from the beginning, Harrowgate was plagued by disappearances and murder victims, and with the brothers gone the townspeople razed the manor completely to the ground.<br/><br/>(http://www.infomercantile.com/images/8/82/Two-gentlemen-seated-carte-de-visite-stavanger-norway.jpg)<br/>(Edmond (left) and William (right) Harrow, 1921)<br/><br/>"In the late 60s, a man named Jeremiah Winston bought the property and tried to turn it into some sort of Americana museum, but apparently his financials fell through and he went broke before he could even start reconstruction. There were less than a dozen disappearances and missing persons cases in the area from around the 40s up until the late 90s, but my investigator couldn't tell if they were related to the Harrowgate haunting, or simply average murders and disappearances.<br/><br/>"My company bought the property in 2005, in a straight low-bid auction. I wasn't even aware we owned it until last year, when I started looking into building a new hotel resort in the area. It stayed vacant until last August, when reconstruction and renovations began," Hatcher replied. It was gratifying to see at least<em>one</em>person take an interest in investigation over speculation, anyway.