Perhaps the most chilling detail from the investigation was a recording found at the scene. Scudder had been recording himself playing the harp and reciting William Blake’s "The Tyger" earlier that day. When the killers ransacked the house, they accidentally hit "play," causing Scudder's sonorous voice to boom through the manor as they committed the murders.
The third photo was the hardest to look at. It captured the narrow hallway leading to the library. The wooden floorboards, which Scudder had polished to a mirror shine, were mapped with frantic, muddy boot prints. These were the marks of the intruders—young men who had come looking for a hidden fortune that never existed, fueled by rumors of devil worship and secret hoards of gold. corpsewood manor crime scene photos
: Images captured blood-stained walls, overturned furniture, and a library filled with books on the occult and witchcraft. The "Pink Room" Perhaps the most chilling detail from the investigation