Monday, September 15
Gates of Delirium: Part 1 – Dr. Tarrou’s Home
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY--Dr. Tarrou’s home was located on Easton Neck Point in Long Island’s Suffolk County, an hour’s drive east of Brooklyn. The nearby village of Asharoken was a small, unremarkable resort community.
Dr. Tarrou’s two story house was an unadorned, rectangular, early Georgian building overlooking Long Island Sound. A gable roof and large chimneys enhanced the symmetry. The ornately carved entrance with its pilasters, paneled double doors, and semicircular fanlight formed a gracious entryway to the home. An inscribed brass plate beside the door bore the legend, “Dr. R. Tarrou, Psychiatrist.” Beneath the plate was a doorbell.
Hammer rang the doorbell.
There was no answer. He waited.
“Do you hear that?” asked Jim-Bean.
“Hear what?”
“Chanting. Listen.”
They strained to listen. Sure enough, there was some faintly audible chanting.
“That can’t be good,” said Hammer. [MORE]
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