Gray Harbor Archive
 

Note: The information contained in this timeline can be considered "obtainable" knowledge. Characters who have Local History/Lore can feel free to assume they have a way to access this information - via local records, word-of-mouth, etc.

Date Details
2019 November 9 A mental patient known only as "Steve" crashes a meeting of the Gray Harbor Paranormal Society being held at the home of Minerva Kosimar. He begs those in attendance to send him back to the Asylum, then runs away, sobbing.
2019 October 31 The City of Gray Harbor hosts a masquerade, the brain-child of Byrone Thorne. Local residents have a meeting at City Hall to discuss their concerns with the Grand Olympic Casino.
2019 October 12 A funeral is held for Billy the Ghoul. After his spirit is laid to rest, everyone in Gray Harbor feels a "contraction" in the Veil. The reach of their powers seems to have diminished.
2019 September & October An especially virulent flu virus comes to Gray Harbor. It causes people with Glimmer to have even more brutal Dreams.
2019 September 22 Overseen by Minerva Kosimar and under the guidance of The Exorcist, several people attempt to exorcise the spirit of Billy the Ghoul from Thomas Addington. Although they are able to sever the ties between Thomas and Billy, they also wind up with a "piece" Billy in them, and in many others that have been close to the murders.
2019 September 13 The Krugers, who owned the Sea View Suites, are found murdered in the lobby of their motel. Initial suspects include their daughter, her boyfriend, and local crime-lord Felix Monaghan. During the investigation, it comes to light that the Krugers were going to testify in a lawsuit to stop the opening of the Grand Olympic Casino.
2019 September Alex Reyes and Violet Whitehouse disappear. Most suspect that Violet's twin sister, Alice Whitehouse, a long-term patient at the Asylum, had something to do with their disappearance.
2019 August 6 Easton Marshall, Geoff Turner, and Vivian Glass meet with the ghost (corpse?) of Monty Marshall. His sentient car takes them on a trip through Veil, but it doesn't bring them any closer to the mystery asylum.
2019 July & August Susan Lewis-Addington is found dead, the first murder attributed to the rise William "Billy the Ghoul" Gohl. Over the course of the summer, he will murder Robert and Isabel Addington, Derrick and Penelope Henderson, Kelly Carr, Gregory Addington, and Irene Reede. He also attacks several locals. It slowly comes to light that Thomas Addington has been haunted by William Gohl since the 1960s, and that his control over the homicidal ghost has slipped, allowing Billy to start killing Baxters and Addingtons.
2019 July 14 Dr. Vivian Glass is supposed to have a meeting with Dr. Alex Reyes. Instead, she finds herself pulled into the office of Dr. Montgomery "Monty" Marshall, who runs "the mystery asylum" somewhere in the Veil, and then dies mid-conversation.
2019 June 21 A summer storm hits Gray Harbor hard. The sewers back up on Elm Street, and residents are swept into a Dream where they fight blob-monsters and hear someone calling out for "Billy."
2019 May & June The Gray Harbor Chamber of Commerce hires the Seven Ages Theater company to perform Shakespeare in the park. Ahead of the arrival of the troupe, three members of the cast - Megan, a powerful Mentalist; Sarah, a powerful Spiritualist; and Polly, a powerful Physicalist - arrive in the town. They attempt to convert Gray Harbor residents into agents of the Dark Men. Over Memorial Day Weekend, the troupe puts on a performance of Macbeth, during which they take the Glimmering audience members into a Dream. There, the head of the troupe, a man most people only know as Keene, makes a demand: they sacrifice one of their own to the Dark Men, or he will kill them all. Instead, the Gray Harbor residents turn on the troupe. All of the theater company are killed except Megan, who escapes somewhere into the Veil.
1969 September The Johnson Family Mortuary burns down. Ultimately, it's discovered that William Gohl's bones had already been moved, lost in the sewers under Elm Street. Concerned about the power of his ghost, Thomas Addington maintains a psychic connection to the bones (and the ghost).
1969 March William Gohl's bones are claimed by Daniel Carr, removed from the Asylum, and transferred to the Johnson Family Mortuary in Gray Harbor.
1945 December Mitchell Johnson comes home from the war and marries Suzanne Johnson (nee Baxter). They open up Johnson Family Mortuary on Oak Avenue.
1938 June 4 Robert Baxter comes upon the Addington family, to include Mayor Thomas Addington II, his son Teddy S. Addington (age 14), his daughter Abigail Addington (age 12) and his wife, Marie, while they are picnicking in the local park. Reports claim that Baxter angrily confronted Mayor Addington, screaming nonsense, before slitting the Mayor's throat. Teddy is stabbed seventeen times, and Abigail and Marie are kidnapped. Baxter is never found. The city declares Marie and Abigail deceased, however their bodies are never discovered.
1938 June 3 A convict named Robert Baxter (of no reported relation to the original Gray Harbor Baxters) escaped Stonehill Prison approximately 20 miles north of Gray Harbor. While fleeing from pursuit of police, he took to hiding in Gray Harbor proper.
1927 March 23 Having been transferred to a mental institution "upstate," William Gohl dies while incarcerated.
Spring 1911 In the wake of the Gohl murders, the City attempts to revitalize it's image and create a 'family friendly' atmosphere. The Gray Harbor carousel is installed at Addington Park by Matthew Whittaker, a competitor of Charles Looff. Less than six months later, Matthew is arrested for 'child impropriety'. He commits suicide in 1912 while awaiting trial.
1902-1910 Believed to have murdered over 140 people, William Gohl - known as Billy the Ghoul - is eventually convicted of two murders and sentenced to life in prison.
1873 February 6 Elizabeth Baxter marries William Gohl (senior) in 1870. Three years later, she has a son named William "Billy" Gohl. He will grow up to become Gray Harbor's most notorious serial killer.