Case File 04 — October 31, 1913

GRAVEYARD MULTIPLIES NORTH OF ASYLUM
Burbank Tales Times — October 31, 1913

WHAT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION

This newspaper shifts our attention.

Until now, the asylum itself has been at the center of most of the unusual reports.

Here, the cemetery north of the institution becomes more important.

The burial grounds were expanding, but residents were already reporting unusual activity around them—lights or lanterns among the graves and indications that some burial sites may have been disturbed.

That matters because of something we've already encountered.

The very first newspaper contained a warning about the land.

Not the asylum.

The land.

There is another familiar location on this page as well: Crystal Lake.

Earlier, its water reportedly turned black and residents claimed something unusual was living there. Now officials are assuring the public that the lake is safe.

Those could be completely unrelated stories.

But the newspapers being preserved do not seem to follow only Dr. Jekyll or only the asylum.

They increasingly seem interested in places surrounding it.

The institution.

The cemetery.

The lake.

And the land connecting them.

We still don't know what the collector believed was happening.

But perhaps we've been paying too much attention to the asylum and not enough attention to what surrounds it.

FROM THE JOURNAL