The Chapochaug Tunnel Haunting
Details
Pages: 23-34
Author: Bret Kramer
Artists: Chris Huth
Handouts Dean Engelhardt
Setting: 1920s, Lovecraft Country
Appears in: The Arkham Gazette #0.
Summary
The investigators are drawn to investigate the secrets of the Chapochaug rail tunnel.
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Synopsis
The scenario is structured to allow the Keeper to select what motivates the investigators - suggested motivating factors include a missing young couple, a wayward Miskatonic University student, and ghostly legends. Likewise the Keeper is left to select what the precise source of the unusual reports from the tunnel are, from mundane superstitions, to a genuine haunting, or even a Mythos threat.
References
Player Handouts:
Aylesbury, a Century of Progress: The Chapochaug Tunnel; Witches, Warlocks, and Legends of Old Massachusetts: Chapochaug Hill; The Boston Spirit Clarion: A Letter from a Corespondent; Thaumaturgical Prodigies in the New-English Canaan: Chapposhogg Hill
Locations: The tunnel is between Dean's Corners and Aylesbury
Creature: A malevolent ghost (optional), A Spawn of Abhoth (optional)
Tomes and Artifacts: None
Comments
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