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Schlenky's house

What was it about that house? It was so dark and scary but so intriguing at the exact same time. Legend revealed that it had once been a church where Catholics came to worship several times every week. But one day something happened.
A fire in the kitchen raged and tore half the building down with it. The priest, who was in the sanctuary at the time, was never seen again after that day. Professionals deduced that he had had ample time to escape the burning building but decided not to. No one knows why.
The fire had already burned the kitchen and half the Sunday school rooms to the ground by the time the fire department had gotten there.
Some officials and members of the congregation decided it would be best to sell the property and begin a new church in the eastern hills.
A man named Sean Schlenky was the only person to make an offer on the charred building. He fixed it up to make a splendid home for himself. But there was something odd about him…

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