THE WITCHING HOUR MIX.

Submitted for the approval of The Midnight Society, I call this story The Tale of THOMAS HOPKINS. (Uncle TNUC’s great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great Uncle from the olde country).

If you look real hard at the artwork above (amazingly portrayed by Blake Clark) you’ll see the striking resemblance between Uncle Thomas and Uncle TNUC. He’s got the blonde mop chilln’ on top of his melon, obviously right? He’s got the serious beak and his own personal holding company full of fundage that he weases off of mama. Oh and the dagger earring. Who could forget the dagger earring which has been passed down from generation to generation of “Uncle T’s”.

You see, Uncle Tommy Hopkins was one of the most notorious witchfinders throughout all of Salem in 1692. He was quite impactful with helping gather the group of young girls that claimed to be processed by the devil and practice witchcraft. We all know the story of the witch trials. But why ‘The Tale of Thomas Hopkins’ isn’t talked about in school is because he wanted to BURN those girls at the stake. He called for death by fire, which is a practice that hadn’t been seen since mid-1400s Europe. The sadistic bastard just couldn’t accept a good, old fashioned hanging. He wanted flames, pitchforks, cornfields burning and tomatoes and cabbage being thrown from the townspeople. Really though, can you blame the guy?

And for that alone, the Chief Justice of Salem removed Tommy Hopkins from the council. He was banished from Salem, locked in a medieval prison, ate cabbage water until his dying day and scrubbed away any mention in history books!

For the past 20 years whenever Uncle TNUC sees images of witchcraft, warlocks and broomsticks, he gets a little emotional. October rolls around and he’s reminded of his Uncle and the legend that could have been.

But not this October. The other stormy night while lightning crashed and curtains billowed from the windows overlooking the rocky coast of Castle TNUC, he decided to make one of his favorite hot stews. Unfortunately he had far too many beers that day and was passed out cold in the kitchen.

With the cast iron hearth running hot, the cauldron proceeded to bubble over and boil onto the floor. Just before the scorching hot stew crept inches away from Uncle T’s face, potentially about to turn him into a disfigured freak, suddenly up from the steam rose the face of ye olde TOMMY HOPKINS, beckoning Uncle T to arise! TNUC awoke in sobered amazement.

The spirit of this rotten bastard then repeated a whispering phrase over and over, “avenge my death….make me a musical concoction in tribute to my witchfinder days of lore”.

Introducing TNUC’s 14th Halloween mixtape:
† THE WITCHING HOUR †

PROLOGUE: JOHN CARPENTER & ALAN HOWARTH – HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
1) THE SISTERS OF MERCY – FLOOD II
2) W.A.S.P. – BALLCRUSHER
3) CHARIOT – EVIL EYE
4) GHOST DANCE – DOWN TO THE WIRE
5) JANIE JONES – WITCHES BREW
6) T.S.O.L. – SILENT SCREAM
7) GOBLIN – SUSPIRIA
8) ROSETTA STONE – WITCH (extended)
9) TORCH SONG – WHITE NIGHT
10) RAY STEVENS – CAT’S EYE
11) WARLOCK – BURNING THE WITCHES
12) PETER ROCHON – WITCH’S NIGHT OUT
13) MICHAEL BOYD & GARY MALKIN – UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
14) VIGIL – THERAPIST
15) MIKE ARMSTRONG- HOUSE OF THE DEVIL OPENING CREDITS
16) BLACK SABBATH – LADY EVIL
17) SNAKEBYTE – SHE’S A WITCH
18) LISSIE – DRAGULA
EPILOGUE: THE SISTERS OF MERCY – LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION

Enjoy, you creeps. Please share it with the villagers!

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