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A Stillwater man has been charged with first-de- gree murder after attacking and attempting to de- capitate a man with a large knife, police said in a news conference ursday. Stillwater Police Capt. Randy Dickerson said at 2:46 p.m. Wednesday police received a call from Isaiah Marin, 21, claiming he murdered someone in a west Stillwater apartment. Marin was rambling about sacrificing and magic, according to the [email protected] Kassie McClung @KassieMcClung police affidavit. Police detained Marin, who was covered in blood and armed, near the apart- ment. Dickerson called the weapon a large knife or spear. Police found 19-year-old Jacob Crockett’s body at the apartment when they arrived at the scene. Crockett’s head “was almost entirely removed from his body,” Dickerson said. Dickerson said Crockett and Marin were acquain- tances. At least one of them lived at the apart- ment on S. Oakdale Drive. Crockett’s brother told police officers that Marin was a “religious zealot” and “heavy drug user.” On Wednesday, Marin and his brother were watching YouTube and playing card games when Marin picked up a large black sword and re- moved it from its sheath. Marin’s brother told him to be careful, and Marin responded, “I would never cut you bro,” accord- ing to the affidavit. Marin’s brother said he then heard a noise that sounded like someone being stabbed. He said he saw Crockett stand up with “blood gushing from his chest,” the affidavit shows. Marin im- mediately fled the scene. His brother told police officers that Crockett and Marin had disagreements in the past because Crockett and his brother were practicing witchcraft, and Marin had “strong Chris- tian beliefs,” the affidavit says. At ursday’s conference, Dickerson said religious af- filiation was “not pertinent” to the case. Marin fantasized about committing homicide, Dickerson said. Crockett was the one that Marin fantasized about. Marin also mentioned wanting to kill four or five people. Marin was charged with first-degree murder and will be booked at Payne County Jail. ere was evidence at the scene indicating the suspect was involved in the use of illegal drugs, Dicker- son said. Crockett was a student at Northern Oklahoma College in Stillwater and the son of an Oklahoma state trooper. NOC primarily serves a gateway program to serve students who otherwise not be admitted to Oklahoma State University. e college also admits students seeking general education courses. Marin is not a student. Marin appeared for ar- raignment via video at 1:30 p.m. on ursday. No bond was set. Marin plans to get a court-ap- pointed attorney. His next hearing is Dec. 1 at 9 a.m. is story will be up- dated as more information becomes available. O’COLLY OCOLLY.COM @OCOLLY FRIDAY, OCT. 31, 2014 O’COLLY OCOLLY.COM @OCOLLY STILLWATER PD Isaiah Marin POLICE CONFIRM HOMICIDE Stillwater resident slain in near-beheading KT KING/O’COLLY The crime took place at the 400 block of S. Oakdale Drive, on the west side of Stillwater. Murder a part of suspect’s family history. Page 4

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A Stillwater man has been charged with first-de-gree murder after attacking and attempting to de-capitate a man with a large knife, police said in a news conference Thursday.

Stillwater Police Capt. Randy Dickerson said at 2:46 p.m. Wednesday police received a call from Isaiah Marin, 21, claiming he murdered someone in a west Stillwater apartment.

Marin was rambling about sacrificing and magic, according to the [email protected]

KassieMcClung

@KassieMcClung

police affidavit.Police detained Marin,

who was covered in blood and armed, near the apart-ment.

Dickerson called the weapon a large knife or spear.

Police found 19-year-old Jacob Crockett’s body at the apartment when they arrived at the scene.

Crockett’s head “was almost entirely removed from his body,” Dickerson said.

Dickerson said Crockett and Marin were acquain-tances. At least one of them lived at the apart-ment on S. Oakdale Drive.

Crockett’s brother told

police officers that Marin was a “religious zealot” and “heavy drug user.”

On Wednesday, Marin and his brother were watching YouTube and playing card games when Marin picked up a large black sword and re-moved it from its sheath.

Marin’s brother told him to be careful, and Marin responded, “I would never cut you bro,” accord-ing to the affidavit.

Marin’s brother said he then heard a noise that

sounded like someone being stabbed. He said he saw Crockett stand up with “blood gushing from his

chest,” the affidavit shows. Marin im-mediately fled the scene.

His brother told police officers that Crockett and Marin had disagreements in the past because Crockett and his brother were

practicing witchcraft, and Marin had “strong Chris-tian beliefs,” the affidavit says.

At Thursday’s conference, Dickerson said religious af-

filiation was “not pertinent” to the case.

Marin fantasized about committing homicide, Dickerson said. Crockett was the one that Marin fantasized about. Marin also mentioned wanting to kill four or five people.

Marin was charged with first-degree murder and will be booked at Payne County Jail.

There was evidence at the scene indicating the suspect was involved in the use of illegal drugs, Dicker-son said.

Crockett was a student at Northern Oklahoma College in Stillwater and the son of an Oklahoma

state trooper. NOC primarily serves a

gateway program to serve students who otherwise not be admitted to Oklahoma State University. The college also admits students seeking general education courses.

Marin is not a student.Marin appeared for ar-

raignment via video at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.

No bond was set. Marin plans to get a court-ap-pointed attorney.

His next hearing is Dec. 1 at 9 a.m.

This story will be up-dated as more information becomes available.

O’COLLYOCOLLY.COM @OCOLLY

FRIDAY, OCT. 31, 2014

O’COLLYOCOLLY.COM @OCOLLY

STILLWATER PDIsaiah Marin

POLICE CONFIRM HOMICIDE

Stillwater resident slain in near-beheadingKT KING/O’COLLY

The crime took place at the 400 block of S. Oakdale Drive, on the west side of Stillwater.

Murder a part of suspect’s family history.

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GAME GUIDE: KANSAS STATE

RACHAEL MALTBY/O’COLLYThe Cowboys hope to rebound this weekend after a 34-10 loss to West Virginia.

Kieran SteckleySports Editor

Cody StavenhagenSenior Sports Reporter

Tim AhrensSenior Sports Reporter

Annice McEwanSports Reporter

Nathan RuizSports ReporterO’Colly

StaffPredictionsWinner and score KSU, 31-13 KSU, 31-13 KSU, 38-10 KSU, 48-13 KSU, 48-20

Kieran’s KeysBuilding Blocks

The Cowboys’ offensive woes can be attributed to a lack of blocking up front. Not trying to call out the o-line, but the front five have to play better — and they know it. Opening holes for Tyreek Hill and Desmond Roland will keep KSU’s offensive off the field.

Hill Thrill Speaking of Hill, he had 20 touches in last week’s loss to

West Virginia. The offensive staff is clearly trying to get him the ball. I think we all can agree that’s a good idea. He is the most explosive player in college football and an All-American candidate.

Force ItThe Cowboys’ defense has been subpar in the turnover

department this season, which is concerning because that’s what OSU is known for. This year’s young squad has some issues, but forcing a few turnovers, maybe even taking one back for a touchdown, will put OSU on track for the upset.

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It’s Halloween. Isn’t this the day we should all be brave enough to face our fears? Well, that shouldn’t exclude the kind of beer we’re drinking. I’ve picked six beers that look horrifying, whether it’s the flavor the beer presents or the image the label features. These are all worth a shot, so go out of your comfort zone tonight. You’re dressing like someone different, so you might as well drink like someone different too, right?

Rogue — Voodoo Donut Bacon and

Maple AleI’ve had other bacon-

infused alcoholic beverages and was not happy with the result. However, Rogue has a way of blending the best parts of the bacon flavor without making the beer too salty, and the maple syrup really brings it all together.

Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Rogue is by far the scari-est brewery; it sports three on this weeks’ list. This ale is nutty and smooth and will go great with all that leftover Halloween candy or hangovers. Don’t let the crazy skeleton freak you out. No guys died in the making of this brew.

Rogue — Beard BeerYes, this beer is crafted

from the yeast straight from one of the brewer’s beards. I’m not joking. Read the bottle, it has used this strain of yeast to brew every bottle of this beer. Sound gross? It’s not. I’ll tell you that this is my favorite beer I have ever had. I could drink this forever.

Flying Dog Brewery In Heat Wheat

This doesn’t exactly look or sound appetizing. Dogs in heat top the charts of most disgusting occurrences ever, and I know I definitely don’t want to drink it. But don’t let the name or bloody label throw you. This is a light, refreshing wheat beer and is one of my favorites.

Rio Grande Brewing Chile Cerveza

This is straight from my homeland. This green chile beer is intimidat-ing in the least. But don’t worry. It only has notes of the magnificent green chile aroma and none of the spice.

Tallgrass Brewing Company — Zombie

MonkeyDon’t let the glaring mon-

key on this can scare you off, this porter smells of coffee and goes down as smooth as cream. It is a great blend of rich flavor and refreshing aromas. One of the darkest brews I’ve had, but it’s better for a casual drink.

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Isaiah Marin: Suspect’s disturbing past

A simple Google searches reveals Isaiah Marin’s troubled past.

Marin was charged with first-degree murder Thursday in Stillwater.

The O’Colly found a blog belonging to Isaiah’s brother, Malachi. Malachi includes a bio that details his upbring-ing, including the murder of the siblings’ father.

“Turns out ... my dad was murded in the house I was raised in,” the blog says.

Arnuflo Ayala was charged with the Aug. 5, 1998 murder of Raul Marin II, according to Bexar County court records.

With more research, The O’Colly found court records from Dianna Marin v. State of Texas, where she appealed her conviction of conspiracy to commit murder. Dianna Marin is the siblings’ mother.

The appeal gives back-ground of Dianna becom-

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STAFF REPORTS ing “involved in an affair with one of her employees, Arnulfo ‘A.D.’ Ayala.”

The two planned the murder of Raul after Dianna complained of “abusive treat-ment of her children and herself,” according to the appeal.

Dianna and her children had moved to Oklahoma permanently because of the abuse, according to the appeal. After two weeks, Dianna went back to San Antonio to meet with Ayala. She then returned to Okla-homa.

The two decided “they could get Raul drunk enough to pass out and discussed leaving the back door open to make it appear as if there was a break-in,” according to the appeal.

On Aug. 4, 1998, Ayala went to Raul’s house in San Antonio, waited for him to fall asleep, then “hit him with the crowbar and stabbed him repeatedly until

he appeared dead,” according to the court documents.

Malachi’s blog mentions their mother being absent.

“Our Grandma Bates told us about what happenned to our mom and that we wont be seeing her for a while,” the blog says.

The siblings moved in with grandparents in Oklahoma City while their mother was serving her sentence.

After living several years in Oklahoma City, they then moved to Stillwater, accord-ing to Malachi’s blog.

The victim, Jacob Crock-ett, and Marin attended high school together at Stillwater High School, according to The Oklahoman.

For links and more details to Marin’s past, visit ocolly.com

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5 modern-horror movie gems

It isn’t Halloween with-out an obligatory “favorite horror movies” list.

Although I’m not crazy about the state of modern horror, there have been enough standouts through-out the past half-decade. Here are my thoughts on a handful of them:

‘Coraline’ (2009)Don’t let the PG rating

fool you; “Coraline” boasts more terrifying imagery than most traditional horror movies.

The stop-motion anima-tion lends itself to some ap-propriately macabre environ-ments and character designs, while the musical score is haunting and hypnotic.

‘Drag Me to Hell’ (2009)After a near-20-year

hiatus from the genre, Sam Raimi returns with one of the funniest horror films in recent memory.

Unlike other horror-comedies, though, “Drag Me to Hell” refuses to let its gross-out goofiness interfere with its scare factor.

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‘The Conjuring’ (2013)James Wan (“Insidi-

ous,” the original “Saw”) has quickly become the mainstream horror scene’s go-to guy. It’s not his most reserved film, but it might be his best.

The film relies less on gore and more on building strong characters and a palpable sense of dread.

‘Evil Dead’ (2013)Speaking of Raimi, the re-

make of the cult classic “Evil Dead” is a proper reimagin-ing. I commend director Fede Alvarez for wanting to deliver a unique interpreta-tion of the material.

It’s also refreshing to see a modern horror flick opt for something more tangible in practical effects.

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‘The Cabin in the Woods’ (2012)

Acting as both a biting satire and a loving homage, “Cabin in the Woods” is ar-guably the be-all and end-all of horror movies.

Drew Goddard’s self-aware direction, as well as writer Joss Whedon’s snappy dialogue, makes for one of my all-time favorites.

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STAGED EVENTOSU Allied Arts presents L.A. Theatre Works performance of “In the Heat of the Night” on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. in the Seretean Center Concert Hall. Based on a 1965 novel by John Ball, the story became an Oscar-winning film and Emmy Award-winning television series. The thriller which is set in a small southern town, deals with murder and racial prejudice and is intended for a mature audience. For more information and tickets visit alliedarts.okstate.edu.

Oklahoma State University announced

Thursday it will soon build a nearly $60

million Performing Arts Center and

home for the Department of Music. The

new building is a critical element to the

elevation of music and theatre programs

at OSU.

Located at the corner of University

Avenue and Hester Street on the south

side of the Stillwater campus, the building

will feature an 1,100-seat performance

hall, 222-seat recital hall, technology-rich

rehearsal spaces and practice rooms,

and an outdoor amphitheater. In addition,

a new parking garage will be located on

the southwest corner of the Performing

Arts Center property.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

for Oklahoma State and the region,” said

OSU President Burns Hargis. “There is a

growing understanding of the importance

of the arts and culture across campus

and how vital they are to the education

we aspire to provide at OSU.”

The Performing Arts Center will host

traveling stage productions as well as

operas, orchestra and other musical

student performances led by the OSU

Department of Music’s acclaimed faculty.

The Theatre Department will become

the main tenant of the Seretean Center,

the university’s existing performing arts

venue. The Seretean Center, along with

the new Performing Arts Center, will play

a role in the synergy and excitement

created by OSU’s many dynamic events

in a way that elevates the university’s

academic reputation and cultural

appeal.

At its heart, the Performing Arts

Center will be home to the Department

of Music and its master-class

curriculum. Teaching studios will

provide space for one-on-one lessons;

ensemble rooms will have appropriate

space and acoustics for practice and

instruction while technology will facilitate

instant reference and feedback on

rehearsals so students can further

master their art.

Dr. Barry Epperley, founder of Tulsa

Community College’s Signature

Symphony, is serving as a consultant on

the project. “This building will become

the gem of the plains,” said Epperley.

“This building and the technology

within will give OSU the ability to

record performances and share the

experience with audiences outside of

the region.”

Groundbreaking on the new

Performing Arts Center is expected to

occur sometime in 2015.

Facility will also be home to the Department of Music

If you haven’t climbed the rock wall in the

Colvin, what are you waiting for? Rock

climbing is a great way to be active, work

out, challenge yourself and experience

an adrenaline rush. The OSU Outdoor

Adventure staff can help you get started

with several beginner routes and there

are more challenging routes for the

experienced climber. Thursdays are ladies

nights at the rock wall and Outdoor

Adventure will host the 10th annual Red Dirt Pump

Fest at the Colvin on Nov. 8. For more information

call Outdoor Adventure at 405-744-5581 or visit

http://okla.st/colvinwall. Rock on Cowboys!

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Guthrie bed and breakfast has spooky past

MILES CLEMENTS/O’COLLYThe Stone Lion Inn, a bed and breakfast in Guthrie, offers murder mystery dinners and chances to see the paranormal.

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MilesClements

@MilesDailyMovie

home’s oddity. The first owners, the

Houghton family, started out in a house next door, but commissioned this house to be built in 1906. It was finished in 1907.

Irene’s parents also died in the home. When the re-maining Houghtons fell on hard times, they moved to Enid for a retail opportunity. They leased the home to a group who turned it into Smith’s Funeral Home in the 1920s.

The second owners, the Walker family, bought the home in the ’50s and owned it for many years until Luker strolled into town with a love for restoration.

Before moving to Guthrie, Luker lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she taught high school English and History. Luker soon found a new love in historic restoration and real estate development.

Luker knew a lot about Guthrie from her history studies and knew it was a top site for historic restora-tion. The town didn’t have a bed and breakfast, and many of the locals didn’t exactly know what that even meant, but were anxious for the tourism.

“We wanted to stay in a bed and breakfast, but because they didn’t have any, we stayed at a Best West-ern,” she said. “The next morning, I woke up, saw a picture of a house on a real estate window and ended up staying for three days work-ing on a contract for the property.”

No one told her anything about the history of the site or that many people have thought it to be haunted.

When the paperwork was done, Luker traveled back to Sante Fe to grab a crew to work on the Guthrie loca-tion. Luker’s mother didn’t think a woman moving into a home with eight men and a few kids would fly over well in Guthrie, so she came along as a chaperone.

On the day Luker closed on the house, she was walk-ing around the house with Mrs. Walker. All of the furniture had been auctioned off except for one table. She was an elderly woman who carried a heavy southern drawl and short, bright blue curly hair, which was a fun sign that Sante Fe was in Luker’s rear view mirror.

“I really didn’t know what it was at the time,” Luker said. “I said, ‘Aren’t you go-ing to take this table?’ She says, ‘No sugar, we don’t have room for that.’ I asked if it was a baker’s table, and she said, ‘Well no I’m not sure what it’s used for, but use it any way you see fit.’ She knew damn well it was an embalming table.”

Today, one of the first things a visitor will see when entering Stone Lion is a long white table with a tray of Coke products and an ice bucket on top — a clear reflection of the home’s strange past and the friendly, carefree people calling it their own.

‘THIS HOUSE HAS ISSUES’

Not long after Luker and her crew arrived to start restoring the property, strange noises made them-selves known throughout the house.

“Steps going up and down the stairs, doors opening and closing, but when you’re liv-ing with that many people, you’re thinking someone must be getting up to go to the bathroom or hav-ing a cigarette on the front porch,” she said. “When everything was done and my mother and the work-ers went home, we still were hearing the noises. Then I began to think, ‘This house

has issues.’”Luker tried to put it on

the market, but the real es-tate agent said she was crazy for thinking she could sell the property after buying it for $95,000 and sinking just as much into the home. It would be years before the real estate market would pick up again in Oklahoma.

The noises started weigh-ing on Luker, enough to where she called the police on several occasions think-ing someone had broken into the house. One day, she heard her youngest son talking to Michelle Smith, Luker’s business partner for

In 1907, young Irene Houghton enjoyed playing with her many siblings on the third floor of what is now Guthrie’s Stone Lion Inn — until she was diag-nosed with whooping cough and passed away.

Irene was 7 at the time, and Stone Lion’s third owner, Becky Luker, still gets customers reporting paranormal experiences.

“I had no idea about the history of this place when I bought it,” she said. “I’m a skeptic, but some things are hard to look past.”

The Stone Lion Inn in Guthrie sits on an average street corner, but towers over the homes around it. The looming aura of the home’s Victorian style catches the eye more than any of the surrounding houses. The red brick sidewalk stretches across the front of the state-ly mansion and looks as if it hasn’t changed since 1907. The worn wooden pillars in the front give it a rustic look, perfectly reflecting the home’s mysterious history.

It doesn’t look old; it’s weathered with stories to tell.

The home gives off a strange first impression. The floor creeks at every step. A piano in the living room looks unplayable, but the room’s bizarre ambi-ance makes the visitor wait for it to play on its own. Every chair in the room is drastically different from its neighbor, and the packed bookshelves capture the

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28 years, about the home. “He said, ‘Just make me

some breakfast, and I’ll go back upstairs when she’s done,’” Luker said. “I walked in and asked, ‘Who are you talking about?’ He said, ‘No mom, it’s the ghost.’ The dreaded ‘G-word’ had been thrown out there. We figured out the kids were trying to protect me just as much as I was protecting them.”

Whether it’s the feeling of a child trying to wake them up, or the constant attempts to scare fellow guests, overnight visitors have a history of report-

ing odd activity. Luker said one woman even walked out of the room and woke everyone else up because of how much she was frightened by a child waking her up in the middle of the night.

Guests will also find their glasses on the other side of the room or in the bathroom. Luker says they swear and down they put them there and can’t get up without them.

Luker and her family, in-cluding Smith, have lived in the home so long that they all have their own stories to tell. Smith often will notice she’s been locked in the basement while doing laundry.

“The first time, I was doing laundry down there, and the door locked on me,” Smith said. “I sat down there for a while before someone came home and heard me. It hap-pened a couple more times, but

I remembered to use another exit I forgot about the first time whenever it happened again. I prop up things against the door so it won’t happen again.”

One day during the acquisition of a second bed and breakfast down the road, The White Peacock, a rancid smell developed on the first floor of Stone Lion. Luker and company scrubbed the floors and used bleach on everything they could, but the stench never wavered. Smith finally confronted Luker about it, stat-ing that when she left for the day, Luker needs to sit down and explain to the house what they’re doing.

“I did just that,” Luker said. “I sat down on the staircase and told the house we weren’t leaving for good and we would be back on the weekends, and it stopped. We call it the house, and not the ghost.”

Luker is still a skeptic about the presence of paranormal activity. When customers started coming to her with their experiences in the late ’80s and early ’90s, she always tried to find a logical explanation, but would never jump to the “ghost” conclusion.

Luker will do her own investigations, testing differ-ent lighting angles and trying to recreate a certain noise by walking around to calm a shaken customer.

“Even though I question the hauntings, there are some pictures that are downright eerie,” she said. “One of them was a couple that was sitting in a chair in the living room dur-ing the murder mystery night, and it looks like a head is rising from in between them with a hat on. It’s freaky. It looks like it’s a man with shoulders. It’s fuzzy, but it’s hard to ignore.”

A GROWING LEGENDWhen the Internet started

gaining momentum and guests started sharing their stories online, the Stone Lion’s haunt-ing reputation quickly spread, and it was hard for Luker and Smith to deny some of the more popular occurrences, such as little Irene playing upstairs.

“There is something in this house,” Smith said. “Becky will try to reassure us there isn’t, but there is something here. The doors will open and close in sequence. When you’ve been in this house as long as we have, you know which door is open-ing or closing from anywhere in the house. It’s always in the same order when it happens.”

Smith has children of her own, and they’ve had their own experiences in the house.

“Ebony, my daughter, was 5 at this time, but she would be the only one who went upstairs

to play by herself,” Smith said. “I asked her what she was do-ing once, and she said she was playing with that little girl. I said, ‘What little girl?’ She said, ‘The girl that plays upstairs.’”

The oddity of Ebony’s experience only escalated from that point. Later that night at the Smith residence, Michelle’s brother started getting on Ebony’s nerves.

“If you don’t behave, Mama Red is gonna whoop your butt,” Ebony said.

Smith was shocked to hear Ebony even mention Mama Red, Michelle’s deceased grandmother who passed long before Ebony was even born.

“I asked her how she knew about Mama Red,” Smith said. “Then she started explaining what she looked like. After experiences like that, you

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won’t find me running around upstairs looking for little ghost girls.”

The Stone Lion Inn receives around five phone calls a week from “paranormal groups” wanting to come perform their own investigations, but this attention can be a negative where business is concerned.

“We’ve had to be careful, because we are a bed and breakfast with customers, and we don’t want to disturb them,” Luker said. “This is why we don’t publicize the hauntings. On the website, the word haunted is used once, but

we don’t go into depth about anything.”

Murder mystery nights are the main event at the Stone Lion Inn, bringing in the majority of the home’s income. Luker says the ghost doesn’t make any money, so letting these “investigators” run around screaming all night during our murder mysteries doesn’t help business.

Murder mystery nights saved the Stone Lion Inn.

Every Friday and Saturday, 40 people come in — 20 of which stay the night. The events are sold out every weekend. A week beforehand, Luker emails the guests their character and what part they will play with a scenario. It starts with a cocktail party, and then moves to a seven-course dinner when something eerie happens.

Then someone dies. Then the group begins an

investigation with a certain theme. A popular one is telling everyone the river is flooded and no one can leave, so they must discuss the issues at hand and figure out what happened. They all have clues, and each person is given a pamphlet when they enter the home to help them through the process.

“The first year I did this, I thought it would never last,” Luker said. “We went broke that year. I remember sitting in the kitchen saying my chil-dren are going to starve, and I’ll be a bag lady in New York. I heard people were doing this out east, and I thought, I can write, so I wrote one.

“This bed and breakfast and the murder mystery night provided me money to raise my kids and send them to college.”

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