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:

• Dowsed with gasoline by SEAMUS
• Lit on fire by ERASTUS
• Burns with LADYSLUG inside

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