Story 8 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow

Aaron Bledsoe is a bank foreclosure specialist. He has spent thirty years collecting what others owe. When he discovers an abandoned mill in rural Ohio with no clear owner and no tax records since 1952, he sees opportunity. What he doesn't know is that twelve men died in that mill, trapped and burning, owing debts they could never repay. After the siren sounds at 8:47 PM, the Lienholders come. They know his name. They know his brother. They know every debt he has ever collected, and the one he has refused to pay. Some debts can't be settled in money. Pride is stronger than fire.

1980s supernatural horror | Gothic ghost story | Industrial thriller

Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Content: Psychological horror, themes of family estrangement, labor history, and guilt, no graphic content

📚 DISCOVER THE WILLOW'S BEND NOVELS:

The horror at Ironwood Retreat is just one chapter of a much larger story. The darkness in Willow's Bend has been feeding for over a century. Learn how it all began:

The Haunting of Willow's Bend Farm (1977-1978) & What Dwells Beneath (1885)

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Both novels reveal the dark entity behind these hauntings and the families it consumed long before Ironwood Retreat existed.

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