Kill All Kill All

This story was inspired by actual events.On 25th January, 1683, in the small north-east England town of Ferryhill, County Durham (then a predominantly farming community), Andrew Mills, a nineteen year-old servant at Brass Farm, murdered the three children of farm owners John and Margaret Brass. Jane, aged nineteen, John, seventeen, and Elizabeth Brass – only ten years old – were all severely beaten before being killed in the bedroom of their home. At first blaming robbers to try and cover up his heinous crime, Mills finally admitted to the murders, saying he'd carried them out after being told to do so by the Devil. This was a story from which he never wavered, even on the day he was hanged. Many myths and urban legends surround the Brass Farm murders to this day.So, what if this happened?Michael Hodgson, a 25 year-old History student at Durham University, is researching the story behind the killings for an assignment when he comes across reports of rumoured sightings of Mills' ghost and even how it can be made to appear. Believing this to be the perfect opportunity for extra credit, he persuades four fellow students to carry out one of these rituals and see if they themselves can bring the murderous Mills back to Ferryhill one more time. What he doesn't take into account is the torment and humiliation Mills had inflicted upon him before he died, and that some of those people could have descendants who still live in the area today – people Mills might feel he has a legitimate reason to hate and exact revenge upon.Or, even worse, that they possess looks bearing a remarkable similarity to the object of Mills' burning romantic desire that has lain dormant for more than three centuries, like Hodgson's friend, Jane Parkes...

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