Welcome to Otherworld.
I'm your host, Jack Wagner.
This story comes in all the way from a town called Climax, North Carolina.
A very unusual name for several reasons, I suppose.
I actually looked it up.
Apparently, it is named Climax because it marked the high point of the nearby railroad.
So, not exactly an interesting explanation.
I guess you could say it's an anticlimactic explanation.
But either way...
The story comes from a man named Madison, and it takes place when he was in high school in the early 2000s.
At this time, Madison was hoping to throw a party at his parents'
house in their big open field after the homecoming football game was over.
It was a beautiful, cloudless night.
As his friends started to trickle in after the game, he thought it would be a normal high school party.
But after one of his friends ended up showing up late, he discovered that...
This night will be one that he will always remember, but for a very terrifying reason.
This episode is called Homecoming Night, and you're listening to Otherworld.
My name is Madison.
I live in Central North Carolina.
I've lived here all my life.