The First Session

Jimmy and Ben, two very different personalities, arrived at Rupert Merriweather's room at exactly the same moment. They were instantly diverted by Merriweather's lawyer, a Mr. Cheatham. Cheatham explained that Merriweather was gravely ill and requested the investigator's presence. There was some talk of a will...

However, Merriweather was in intensive care and could not speak with the investigators. Until such a time as he could reveal why they were gathered, Don Cheatham asked the two to assist with a small crisis. A home Mr. Merriweather owned was rumored to be haunted. He then introduced them to the landlord, Harold McCoy.

McCoy believed that the home was most likely the target of a rich developer, considering it was the only piece of property not converted into office blocks by tycoon Jonathon Runewald. The two investigators, though barely able to suffer each other's company, agreed to take on the case for $20 a day and $100 at completion.

The two agreed to speak with the prior family, but first went to the Boston Globe's morgue files, where they found the following clippings:

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