Episode 1.2 - What's That Noise?

The boys take Spenser to the hospital to get patched up and turn in for the evening with the agreement to meet at Duncan Smith’s house again for breakfast. Molly Smith, Duncan’s daughter, also joins them for breakfast with most of her attention focused on Harold. They all decide to return to the Chapel of Contemplation.

John and Bart immediately go to look at the book, but due to of a series of disastrous rolls the book disintegrates when they pick it up. Spenser finds an occult symbol on the floor, and a rambling words scrawled on the wall. There are also church records which confirm that Corbitt was indeed buried in the basement of his house. After some discussion, they decide it’s time to go see the house on Schafe Street in person.

While all of the windows are boarded up, the front door is ajar. The interior is very dark, but further in there is the sound of music like someone left a radio on. John tries the lights, which come on briefly, then fizzle and go out leaving them in both darkness and silence as the music stops. In the living room the players find the radio, which unexpectedly starts playing music again. John unplugs it. Upon further exploration of the first floor the players find one of the books Mrs. Maccario told them about, but are suddenly startled by a noise upstairs. Before they go up to the second floor they finish exploring the first floor and find a utility room with freestanding stove. Within the ashes of the stove is another book similar to the first they found, which seem to be journals. There are more noises from upstairs, so the group proceeds up to the second floor.

Upstairs they find the attic stairs with fairly fresh blood where Duncan Smith was attacked. Harold, John, and Spenser go to the door of the room from where the noises were emanating, and John flings open the door to catch the person they believe was making the noise. Harold crosses the room to investigate further when he is suddenly defenestrated.

While this is going on Bart, enthralled by a painting on the first floor, suddenly finds himself alone in the dark in the house. Looking around on the first floor and finds a door to the basement and heads down, but the stairs almost immediately collapse out from under him. He manages to quickly grab ahold of the top of the steps and pull himself up. Hearing the commotion he, Spenser, and John run outside to check on Harold. The episode ends with the front door slamming shut after them.