Fenwood Gazette
The Motherhood of Forsaken China Dolls-1902
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Near the turn of the 19th century, a group of infertile women came together to end their collective despair. Known as "The Motherhood of Forsaken China Dolls", these childless members poured their unused love into the hollow cavities of lifeless porcelain effigies. At first, such antics seemed harmless, but in time the women's devotion to the dolls grew manic as they began to believe them to be ALIVE! Some citizens claimed that the women spoke aloud to the dolls as they carried them around town. It was even reported that the dolls spoke back and that their tiny voices sounded like...
No Shortage HERE!
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Mildred 1933
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Goodbye, Ms. Godfrey
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In May of 1922, Ms. Jane Godfrey, a beloved teacher at the old Fenwwod Schoolhouse, collapsed suddenly and died while teaching her class. While no cause of death was immediately apparent, it was later rumored that she had been deliberately poisoned by one of her students during recess. The town's suspicions focused on 11 year old Oliver Irving, a boy who had been horribly disfigured just three years earlier in a barn fire. Although no one could prove the boy's guilt, they still never doubted the his involvement in Ms. Godfrey's senseless murder. Oliver Irving , A.K.A. "Burn Boy", mocks his victims.
Childhood Friends......
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They say the bonds we make in childhood are the sweetest….. During her wretched childhood, Mildred never desired the company of neighborhood playmates. She preferred to play alone; or so everyone thought...