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Killville Massachusetts. A dirty little town nestled
between the Berkshire mountains and the mighty Connecticut river that
most folks would prefer did not exist. Every spring the flood waters
from the melting snow wash the sins from these hills into the muddy
water and carry them out to sea. But some sins are just too filthy to
wash away.
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They gather in brackish pools and fester. They fertilize
the land and evil grows. Grows into places like Killville. Angry Johnny
and the Killbillies live here. They sing songs about sin and hate and
the occasional redemption. Exposing the dark underbelly of americana
with a Faulkneresque flare, they paint a Norman Rockwellion nightmare
laced with just enough black humor to keep you smiling, and a backwoods
beat that'll keep your toes tapping all the way to the Promised Land
if you're lucky, and all the way down to Hell if you're not.
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Known in these parts as the unsolved-murder capital
of New England, Killville is also home to "Stinky"
the famous Pond Monster, as well as the world renownedKillville
Historical Museum Of The Strange where you can find oddities and
freaks of nature galore.
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A favorite destination for both leaf peepers and UFOlogists
alike, the Great Killville Saucer Crash of 1911 predates Roswell's by
36 years. The wreckage remained where it crashed for the next fifty
years until old man Baker got the idea to drag it out to the state highway
and build himself a tourist attraction. Killville also has it's fair
share of mysterious crop formations, cattle mutilations, lights in the
sky and many an unexplained disappearance that have been attributed
to alien visitors.
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In
1959 with the two nickels he had to rub together and an old Plymouth,
Angry's dad George started up the Killville Murder Tours & Taxi Service.
There he is pictured on the right with Angry's brother Allan and the wagon.
Some folks around here found the whole enterprise in bad taste, still,
business was pretty good for a while until the town council shut him down.
Something about "trying to change the town's image" or some
such nonsense.
Angry and his brother still pull that old Plymouth out
of moth balls every once in a while and cruise around the old murder
sights just for old time's sake. |
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Many fringe religious organizations have migrated to
Killville over the centuries on account of it's location far off the
beaten path and it's sometimes violent distrust of the government (Daniel
Shays is from just up the road a piece). Everything from snake worshipers
to Satanic cults can be found hiding up in these hills, but by far the
strangest of the bunch has gotta be the Possum Handlers. They call themselves
The Holy Church of The Tree Rat and when they're not drinking gasoline
or eating broken glass, they're swinging rabid possums, Foamers they
call 'em, by the tail and speaking in tongues.
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Well
that's about it. While you're in town you can stop by the the local watering
hole Dewey's Bar & Grill for an ice cold PBR
and a shot or two of Old Scratch. Or head on over to the Killville
Historical Museum Of The Strange. Or y'might wanna take a quick browse
through Angry Johnny's art gallery
while ya listen to the sweet sounds of the Killbillies on WKIL
Radio. |
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KILLVILLE
MASSACHUSETTS....A NICE PLACE TO VISIT,
BUT I WOULDN'T WANNA DIE THERE. |
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