Cornucopia house
Basic Info
- Location: Farm near ZION MD
- Originally: Foster children facility operated by Families Without Frontiers nonprofit
- Current (2016): MD Correction 3 (prison)
- About a dozen children in 2001
- Four buildings on the property: shed, barn, house, cottage
History
2001 - As Foster Home
- Facility for foster children
- Operated by Families Without Frontiers nonprofit
- About a dozen children
- Staff included: KALAMATIANO (Yelena Kalamatiano), APPOLONOV (Sabina Appolonov), ARSENI (Alexi Arseni), INNOKENTY (Ryan Innokenty)
- Social worker HOUGHTON (Kerry Houghton) was DHS case manager
- Inspector FRANKLIN PRICE also inspected the facility
- Bad things were happening to children
- Evidence of abuse
- Disturbing polaroids in burnt Hello Kitty folder
- Connection to Brighton Beach crime
The Operation - February 3, 2001
- LOTTIE, SEAMUS, and ERASTUS infiltrate at night
- Four buildings on site: shed, barn, house, cottage
- Adults killed: beard man, blonde man, woman (in kitchen), KALAMATIANO (LADYSLUG in cottage)
- Children rescued (about 11-12 children)
- Evidence includes:
- VHS recording equipment and tapes in shed
- small black book with ledger of post office boxes, quantities, dollar amounts, names
- Cages full of mistreated animals in barn
- Disturbing contents in house (drugs, porn, abuse materials)
- Unnatural entity (KALAMATIANO/LADYSLUG) in cottage
- Fire destroys much of the facility
- Children freed and later picked up (not killed despite CLOVE's orders)
Bodies Found
- 4 adult bodies: KALAMATIANO, APPOLONOV, ARSENI, INNOKENTY
- Plus one child body
- News article: drugs found at burnt child home, signs of abuse, child was murdered
- Ties to Brighton Beach crime reported
Investigation Cover-Up
- Detective BASWELL concludes it was Russian gangs
- HOUGHTON suspended and then fired from DHS
- Auto theft noted as loose end
- Case closed quickly
2001-2008
- Property abandoned after fire
- Bodies of children buried on property (56 total found in 2016)
- Bodies date back to early 60s
2008-2010
- Lot purchased by state in 2008
- Prison constructed
2010-2016 - As MD Correction 3
- Prison opened in 2010
- 800 inmates currently
- Ranges from minimal to maximal security
- WARDEN Constance Horan since 2008
- Psychologist Kate FINCH on staff
- Medical staff onsite
- Maintenance by KIM Seon-hu
August 2016 - Bodies Discovered
- Thursday 18 Aug: MD st trooper SAWYER finds HOUGHTON dead and mutilated at WAREHOUSE
- Dog digging up human skull
- Search and rescue dogs descend
- Forensic science, st troopers arrive
- Ground-penetrating radar finds many bodies
- 56 child bodies found so far
- Bones date back to early 60s
- Bodies outside on the exterior prison campus (e.g., administrative buildings and storage)
- Tree roots in forest have slowed investigation
- Graves are closely packed
- Will be digging for months
The Four Buildings (2001)
the CLEARING
- Contains the four buildings
- shed (dark)
- barn (dark)
- house (lights on)
- cottage (lights on)
shed
- Dark initially
- beard man enters, light comes on
- Contains:
- VHS TAPES labeled either "blank" or "ready"
- VCR
- Small TV
- Video recording equipment
- Shelves
- JVC-JXC7 multicolor processing unit
- small black book (ledger) in front of TV
- LOTTIE takes "ready" VHS TAPES and small black book
- Burned by SEAMUS during escape
barn
- Dark initially
- Used to be a dairy barn
- Now a scary barn
- Full of shelves holding a bizarre collection of pets: mammals, reptiles, birds
- Animals in bad condition; some are dead
- Cages look unpleasant
- Cages stacked such that waste rains down onto lower-stacked animals
- Each cage has a paper tag
- 17 animals total, one for each kid
- blonde man drags child here and sprays roach killer on caged ferret
- Children freed and gather here with their animals after adults are killed
house
- Lights on
- Big house windows all boarded shut
- Porch windows all blackout curtained
- Flashing multicolored light visible through edges
- "shoop shoop shoop" noises (like scraping)
- Continued applause sounds from TV
Kitchen
- Disgusting
- Rotten smell
- Yellow lino floor
- Flickering light
- Flies everywhere
- Maggots
- woman, very pale, thin blonde hair, watching television
- Grainy figure skating footage at full volume
- No obvious reason to be watching figure skating
- 6 dirty mattresses with sleeping(-ish, maybe) children
- Child pulls shotgun from kitchen counter
- Fridge contains: cold cuts, eggs, deli containers full of purple liquid with something floating inside
FAMILY ROOM
- Single beatup armchair
- Wood panel walls
- 10 mattresses
- TV (off, but turns on by itself - "when animals attack" show)
BEDROOM
- Sheetless stained mattress
- Rusted metal bedframe
- Tape recorder on tripod
- Dirty clothes all over floor, mostly undergarments
- Porno mags and condoms
- Stuffed animals and dolls
- Dresser with crackpipe
- Needles on the floor
- Drawers full of drugs
BATHROOM
- Spotless (in stark contrast to rest of house)
BIG HALLWAY
- Newer part of house
- Very dark, kind of musty
- Door boarded shut at end
Two Dormitory Rooms
- Each has 8 bunkbeds (16 bunks each)
- One room: pink sheets, very dusty, nobody's been here for years
- Other room: blue sheets, posters of Hulk Hogan, Bo Jackson, Ken Griffey Jr
- One poster peeling off wall, revealing discoloration
- Behind poster: crayon drawing exactly matching SEAMUS's birthmark (dancing boy shape)
cottage
- Front porch with armchair
- Smoke coming out of chimney
- Looks like a fairy-tale cottage, very nice
- Knitting needles and half-finished blue scarf on rocking chair
- Blue and pink
- Windows are frosted
- Contains KALAMATIANO in LADYSLUG form (see person file)
Initial appearance (illusory):
- Furniture warm and inviting, immaculately tended-to
- Cozy rug, hardwood floors
- Kettle on stove
- Smells like gingerbread
- Russian crosses and icons on walls
- Old woman on couch with shawl
- Table with lit candle (black flame)
True appearance (after candle extinguished):
- All crosses upside-down
- Filth shit and vomit covers every surface
- Furniture is fucked
- Freezing cold
- No fire
- Smell of rotting meat
- KALAMATIANO revealed as LADYSLUG
Destruction:
2016 Discovery
- The 11 mummies are found under where the cottage used to be
- Preserved and dessicated, but not toilet-papered
- No decomp whatsoever
- Unnatural
Other Features
big spooky tree
- On the way to cottage
- Carving of creepy symbol with three figures
- Each figure has a deeper cut:
- One on the hand
- One on the head
- One on wherever SEAMUS got bit by the crow
- These drawings correspond to the three agents and their animal bites
- LOTTIE sniffs it, smells like tree
Three Cars in Driveway
- Disabled by team before entering house
Current Status (2016)
- Prison housing 800 inmates
- Not evacuated during investigation
- Excavation mostly outside fenced grounds
- International news coverage
- FBI task force onsite
- Harvard specialists onsite
- Ground-penetrating radar searching woods
- Portable stadium lights
- Yellow and white tents dotting clearing
- Cleanly-cut square holes
- Surveying implements
- Vibe is scorched; people openly weeping; dead stares; cigarettes
- WAREHOUSE surrounded by plastic bubble tent