Phil paused to drink his coffee. “All right, now there's this story I heard years ago, more like folklore actually, and all of this reminds me of that.” He looked around the room and I nodded.
“Okay, by the time the gold rush was in full swing, the city was an intolerable den of iniquity.” He winked. “Back in those days, San Francisco was known as the most wicked town in the United States. Anyway, there was a priest who had come to the city to minister to the growing population, but he was distraught by what he saw, because he knew the source. The city was overrun by ghosts and demons. Some haunted people and killed them, but the more powerful were possessing people, turning them into murderous monsters. And of course, since the city had a bad reputation, it attracted all kinds of miscrea
