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.

Narrated by Brooke Jennett

Val is Shelby Scott

Youth Pastor Tom is Ian Epperson

Editing by Caleb Ritchie, Josiah 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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