THE HAUNTED MILL PRESENTED BY THE SCREAM SHACK

The Thornburns

After returning home to Coldwater at the End of WW2, Dr. Nicolas Thornburn (“Doctor Nic”) and his wife Selma set up a rehabilitation center on the vacant second floor of The Mill. The purpose of the center was to help soldiers re-adapt to “normal” Life. As time went by soldiers would enter the Mill but would not return home.  When families inquired about their loved ones, they would be told by Dr. Nic that more time was needed and that he was working on something that would “help” the soldiers. Eventually some of the soldiers would return home in a “zombie” like state, unable to speak and with slowed motor skills. Soon, whispers spread around town of The Thornburn’s “experiments” and rumors of the Doctor having gone mad. 

Eventually the center was raided by local authorities and what was found inside could not be comprehended. Machines that looked like they had come from the future and horrific experiments that traumatized those that looked upon them! No one knows exactly what drove the Thornburns to do what they did but a number of reasons were speculated, from experiments gone horribly wrong to the spirits of the former residents of the second floor (the Dravens) possessing him and his wife. Unfortunately, the Thornburns disappeared and with them the answers the town was seeking.