Dylan tells Abby the Hawthorne house has “layers on layers” and that every legend about it is true.
1. Palimpsest’s “Visitations: Junior Satan Club” places Abby inside the abandoned Hawthorne house with Dylan, Adam, Sandy, and Kat.
2. Jamison Ridenour wrote and produced the episode, while Haley Henninger voiced Abby and Brooks Wallace voiced Dylan.
3. The episode asks what is actually happening inside a boarded-up house where teenagers trade stories about freak shows, sacrifices, cannibalism, and hauntings.
4. Sandy says the Hawthorne house operated as an 1890s freak show with separate rooms and brass plaques bearing performers’ names.
5. Kat repeats a story about a 1970s cult that lured high school students inside, intoxicated them, and sacrificed them to Satan.
6. Another account claims a 1950s woman killed neighborhood residents, butchered them, and served them at dinner.
7. The teenagers also mention a story about a woman feeding her child to the family dog.
8. Dylan hides whiskey in the chimney, starts a campfire, and plays a mixtape featuring Secret Shame songs.
9. Adam writes Black Sabbath lyrics on the walls while joking that the friends resemble a “junior Satan club.”
10. A grandfather clock in the foyer begins making noise after the group remembers the house being quiet when they arrived.
11. Adam tells Dylan that their friendship has changed since middle school and says, “I fucking miss you, man.”
12. Dylan and Adam investigate a figure that appears extremely tall and wears a long black coat.
13. Sandy says Dylan is often already inside the house and may have been talking to someone while alone.
14. Abby reveals that she and Dylan have kissed twice, prompting Sandy and Kat to question her place in their friend group.
15. The friends discuss school rumors involving Deborah Altman and an alleged second-floor bathroom encounter.
16. Dylan tells the group that an unfamiliar man lives in the Hawthorne house and thanks Adam for giving him a knife.
17. Abby finds Dylan covered in blood and hears him describe warnings from a man in a black suit.
18. The closing confrontation uses a knife, an axe, a playing mixtape, and the house’s claim that “everything stays.”
19. Horror-fiction listeners who enjoy supernatural teenage ensemble dramas.
20. Listeners seeking nonfiction history, comedy, or a nonviolent story.
