Creepy America Episode 3: Beyond Belief!

By Noah Hoffmann

A series of horror short-stories, "Creepy America" recounts the webshow of the same name. Filmed, edited, and published by friends Zoey and Liam, the two traveled from state to state trying to find the truth behind the strange happenings, local hauntings, and urban legends all across the continental United State. Told years later from the perspective of Liam, these tales describe the events that transpired on the show, from the evolving friendship of the two co-hosts to the vast conspiracy uncovered piece by piece as more and more secrets are uncovered.

In this episode, Liam finds a video tape of a twisted TV show containing some disturbing implications about human nature.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noah Hoffmann
• Release date: Oct 13, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463650592

Noah Hoffmann

A mild-mannered truck driver by day, I spend my nights writing mostly at an attempt to convince the last few shreds of sanity I have not to jump ship with the rest. When I'm not doing that, you can usually find me playing tabletop rpgs, raiding the "50 cents" section of bookstores, and generally committing similar acts to solidify my reputation as a "huge nerd." Otherwise, my time is spent caring for my loving and intelligent-deficit dog Slade and yelling at you for cutting me off in traffic.

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Creepy America: Episode 3

Beyond Belief!

By Noah Hoffmann

Published by Noah Hoffmann and distributed by Smashwords.

Copywrite 2019 by Noah Hoffmann

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Other series by Noah Hoffmann:

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Table of Contents

Episode 3

Creepy America

Season 1, Episode 3

Beyond Belief!

Cincinnati, Ohio

I wish I could say that once we incorporated the new research philosophy, we started finding things left and right, but the truth is that it took a while before we found anything worthy of an episode. That’s just how it was; some months were long investigations into one subject, some months were hectic bounces from one adventure to another, but most were long days spent on the road, followed by exploring leads that ended up going nowhere. We focused on the highlights, but more time was spent… well, working.

Ohio was one of those times. Pretty boring state, to be entirely honest. One rolling field after another, stops in cities with nothing to go on. We tried asking around, seeing if there was something  spooky to follow up on, but most folks just gave us a deer in the headlight stare, then pointed to some haunted location or other. We quickly found out that most of those were fake. This continued until we were in Cincinnati, right on the southern border of the state. Originally the plan was to only spend a day or so there, but we extended it to two weeks. After this, we were going to be traveling straight into West Virginia and Zoey really wanted to have an episode for each state. But Ohio was just refusing to cooperate, so we were about ready to give up on that idea. In my opinion, it just isn’t a creepy state.

As a last resort, I managed to sneak into the abandoned subway tunnels underneath the city (apparently, they were built but never used). There wasn’t much to them. Just large concrete passageways void of decoration and purpose. Rather boring, actually.

The only thing I managed to find was what I assumed to be the camp of a homeless person. There was a green vinyl sleeping bag, a broken down shopping cart filled with various odds and ends, and a mass of fast food and candy wrappers. The only thing of interest was an old VHS tape laid to the side of the sleeping bag and away from the other objects, as if it held a special significance.

I picked it up and shined my flashlight on it. Written in silver sharpie were the words ‘Beyond Belief! s 3 ep  15’. No other markings.

I stared at it, then tucked it under my arm as I made my way out of the tunnels.

Looking up ‘Beyond Belief!’ online yielded no results. There were no shows of that name recorded anywhere, not even a footnote of a failed pilot or a half-conceived concept, much less a show that lasted a minimum of three seasons. That sparked my