{"id":5698,"date":"2025-10-10T19:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2025-10-10T19:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:09:07","slug":"freak-out-with-your-geek-out-first-look-face-your-fears-in-crownsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/freak-out-with-your-geek-out-first-look-face-your-fears-in-crownsville\/","title":{"rendered":"Freak Out With Your Geek Out \u2013 First Look: Face Your Fears in &#8220;CROWNSVILLE #&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/ehy8qgabb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0014p5g5X8hRBhD4na72L4Hq7zBRMdZPGqVpJIxfDAK3m-p0tSfJN0GVkKoDJGBezFInagbTiDbWoWnSX4ck2TyznU_95YU67aczRKeaoT6oUXWSnaX67NWeX0Pl8FMC6e5G9H-yoBimXR5jpGz41OtMg==&amp;c=8KY9PaqiUKMiZM6HraNRZn7ieww0d3akYolsQycSjPjSWnkF33rjiA==&amp;ch=xVi_OVmWOxT7th1w9GSyIrP8quzLJL-2njEaZgpu36an97OMGrVq2Q==\">Oni Press<\/a>, unleashed a look inside CROWNSVILLE #1, the first in a chilling five-part series. The book is inspired by the real-life horrors of the notorious Maryland psychiatric hospital once called the \u201cHospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland\u201d that preyed upon the segregated Black communities surrounding Annapolis, Maryland for decades.<\/p>\n<p>CROWNSVILLE #1 is a haunting fusion of true crime, tension-addled thriller, and roaring supernatural horror from Rodney Barnes \u2014 the Eisner Award-nominated writer of <em>Killadelphia<\/em> and Peabody award-winning writer of <em>The Boondocks<\/em> and <em>Wu-Tang: An American Saga<\/em> \u2014 and acclaimed artist Elia Bonetti (<em>Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>Here\u2019s more:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Founded at the turn of the 20th century outside of Annapolis, MD, the Crownsville Hospital was a notoriously segregated, all-Black psychiatric institute. After decades of overcrowding and neglect\u2014 alongside darker, more-persistent rumors of patient abuse and illegal medical experiments\u2014it was finally closed. Today, it stands condemned\u2014a crumbling testament to a legacy of all-too-real terror inflicted on a marginalized and vulnerable community. But even as a ruin of its former self, Crownsville still casts a long shadow. . . . When an unexplained death inside the abandoned hospital is ruled a suicide, Annapolis police detective Mike Simms and journalist Paul Blairare are compelled to dig deeper, only to discover the reality of the horrors that once took place there . . . and the powerful connection they share to the anguished spirits of the dead that are still locked within its walls.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5698 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/freak-out-with-your-geek-out-first-look-face-your-fears-in-crownsville\/crownsville-1-pg-32-letters-fnl\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage32.jpg?fit=420%2C645&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage32.jpg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage32.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/freak-out-with-your-geek-out-first-look-face-your-fears-in-crownsville\/crownsville-1-pg-33-letters-fnl\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage33.jpg?fit=640%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage33.jpg?w=1626&amp;ssl=1 1626w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage33.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage33.jpg?resize=666%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage33.jpg?resize=768%2C1181&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage33.jpg?resize=999%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage33.jpg?resize=1332%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1332w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CROWNSVILLE_001_SamplePage33.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>CROWNSVILLE #1 <\/strong>is in comic shops everywhere on November 5th with a double-sized, 48 page first issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friends at Oni Press, unleashed a look inside CROWNSVILLE #1, the first in a chilling five-part series. 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