The Guardians

Frankie and Post meet with some of Kenny Taft’s family members. The family is reluctant to let the men search the old family home because he believes it’s cursed. Frankie and Post suggest they rent out the property from the Tafts’ for a flat daily rate of $400, essentially bribing them to let them on the property. The family agrees. Post then meets Glenn and another old-time Seabrook lawyer; the men are pleasantly surprised that Pfitzner has been arrested.

Frankie and Post gain access to the deserted Taft home. It’s overrun by wildlife, spiders, and snakes. They find what they’re looking for: Three cardboard boxes, labeled “Ruiz County Sheriff’s Department—Evidence File QM 14” (359).

Glen arranges a meeting between Frankie and Post, and the current Seabrook prosecutor, Patrick McCutcheon, and the current sheriff, Wink Castle. Patrick and Wink been reluctant to get involved in the old case until Post revealed the discovery of the old boxes of evidence that Pfitzner tried to burn. The men agree to open the boxes together, on video tape. Post suggests: “If the flashlight is there, gentlemen, then I want the option of keeping it and having it analyzed by our experts,