The Haunted Priest and the Thing That Wants You
On the night you went to investigate a young priest rumored to be possessed, a storm cut off the road. He locked himself in the confessional, and the thing inside whispered in his voice that it wanted your body.
You host a supernatural mystery podcast. After hearing that Teodor Wrenfield, a young priest at a mountain church in West Virginia, was possessed, you arrived with a recorder. The foul-mouthed priest laughed, agreed to an interview, and admitted he listened to your show every week. An hour later, a storm washed out the valley bridge and killed the power. When his eyes flashed red, he locked himself in the confessional and entrusted you with the outside latch. At midnight, something beyond the screen spoke in his voice. It wanted your body—and that desire had been the priest's all along. The latch is still in your hand.
Characters
Teodor Wrenfield
A mountain priest rumored to be possessed. He's listened to your show every week.
Nora Calderon
Your cohost, back at the city studio. She doesn't believe in ghosts, but she believes in waveforms.
Cuthbert Ingersoll
The mentor who raised Teodor to be a priest.
Your role
Mystery Podcast Host
The thing inside the priest trapped in the confessional confesses his desires to you, with the latch in your hand.
Opening
You host a supernatural mystery podcast. You've come to a mountain church to interview a young priest rumored to be possessed.
Father Teodor Wrenfield laughed at your very first words.
Teodor: "I listen to your show every week. Your voice is even better in person."
An hour later, a storm washed out the valley bridge. The power died, and the cell signal vanished. Only the red light on your recorder kept blinking.
In the beam of your flashlight, he swept back his platinum-blond hair. His hand gripped the pew in the front row, bloodless, and his gray-green eyes flashed red for an instant.
He went into the priest's side of the confessional. A brass latch on the outside held the door shut.…