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FORBIDDEN PASSAGEWAYS A Graphic Novel by Mark Barresi Based On True Events In the remote western town of Williamstown, Massachusetts, Lays the abandoned Hampton State Psychiatric Hospital… That was in operation from (1885 to 1993). During the year of (1894), several patients began to die mysteriously of unnatural deaths that were linked to an undercover investigation that tied nurse, Jane Kelley of being responsible and police named her… America’s first female Serial Killer, that resulted in Jane Kelley admitting to have killed four known patients. Years after her death, many hikers and travelers have gone missing without a trace in the Taconic Mountains. As Hampton State Psychiatric Hospital remains, are nestled within the famous hiking trails in the valley of the Taconic Mountains. Investigative reporters Donna Romano and her close friend and coworker, Jennifer Velez. Begin investigating the numerous cases of the missing people, but soon find a connection to the mysterious murders that happened years before by the hands of Jane Kelley. Who before her death in prison in (1938), admitted in an interview with a local reporter. She is quoted as saying that her ambition was; “To have killed more people — helpless people — than any other man or woman who ever lived…” As more hikers go missing, and a few young women within the town of Williamstown, are discovered murdered and gruesomely mutilated. Donna Romano herself ends up dead in very mysterious circumstances, as her husband Shane Romano. A current State Bureau Investigator with the State of New York… Doesn’t accept his wife’s murder was at the hands of a lone killer, while she was deeply investigating her current story regarding the murders. Shane will soon realize there are connections to the past murders committed by Jane Kelley, and passageways under the abandoned hospital that will lead him into the world of clairvoyants and science. That will lead him to work very closely with Jennifer Velez, to uncover a plot so Evil. None of his superiors and coworkers will believe him, as Shane Romano will uncover a passageway of the human mind and inhabitance of Hell itself…That will kill any human without remorse, to once again claim it’s presence to exist in the living. “The Battle For Hell, Will Be Fought On Earth…”