Aug 25, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
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This is Dr. Benjamin Price.
Narration.
Also, this Price not being the Price who has been warning us about grizzly ghouls from every tomb in the funk of 40,000 years.
Professor of ancient history.
Creating a new professor who made the mistake of opening the Necronomicon several years ago, instead of just having this character be Professor Knowby, who was introduced in Evil Dead 2, because Evil Dead movies love to say [beep] you to Necronom continuity.
The fabled Necronomicon, the Book of the Dead, is not just a myth.
We get it.
Evil book, evil monsters.
Starting with yet another recorded exposition dump on the matter is honestly just bad Necronom economy.
I'm guessing Benjamin chose to make a verbal recording after reviewing his notebook and realizing, "Holy [beep] this incredibly important research is [beep] unreadable."
The Circle of the Wise Men have found it.
A billion sin rebate is up for grabs if the Circle of Wise Men ends up being the Ghostbusters.
An item of great power, capable of sending them back to hell, should they return.
I've hidden it.
But why hide the one weapon that can stop the demons? Shouldn't he pass it down to someone trustworthy, or at least let someone know that you finally found a non-chainsaw based weapon that works? I mean, sure, you don't want the demons to find out, but it's equally useless if no one ever finds it.
I've hidden it behind rune and hex.
A rune and hex that we will never see and will never be mentioned of again, like an unwanted and inconvenient third child.
It must remain that way, for if unsealed, they will sense it.
How the [beep] does he know that? This weapon was found after the initial threat had been dealt with, so he doesn't have any first-hand knowledge of what the [beep] happens when it's uncovered.
Where's your bibliography, Professor? Cite your references.
Also, why would the Deadites be able to sense it in the first place? How would one accidentally make it a demon-killing dagger and also a homing beacon for said demons?
They will smell its call in the earth.
Oh, well, why didn't you say so? Ah, sudden oculus.
This is Dr. Benjamin Price.
Narration.
Also, this Price not being the Price who has been warning us about grizzly ghouls from every tomb in the funk of 40,000 years.
Professor of ancient history.
Creating a new professor who made the mistake of opening the Necronomicon several years ago, instead of just having this character be Professor Knowby, who was introduced in Evil Dead 2, because Evil Dead movies love to say [beep] you to Necronom continuity.
The fabled Necronomicon, the Book of the Dead, is not just a myth.
We get it.
Evil book, evil monsters.
Starting with yet another recorded exposition dump on the matter is honestly just bad Necronom economy.
I'm guessing Benjamin chose to make a verbal recording after reviewing his notebook and realizing, "Holy [beep] this incredibly important research is [beep] unreadable."
The Circle of the Wise Men have found it.
A billion sin rebate is up for grabs if the Circle of Wise Men ends up being the Ghostbusters.
An item of great power, capable of sending them back to hell, should they return.
I've hidden it.
But why hide the one weapon that can stop the demons? Shouldn't he pass it down to someone trustworthy, or at least let someone know that you finally found a non-chainsaw based weapon that works? I mean, sure, you don't want the demons to find out, but it's equally useless if no one ever finds it.
I've hidden it behind rune and hex.
A rune and hex that we will never see and will never be mentioned of again, like an unwanted and inconvenient third child.
It must remain that way, for if unsealed, they will sense it.
How the [beep] does he know that? This weapon was found after the initial threat had been dealt with, so he doesn't have any first-hand knowledge of what the [beep] happens when it's uncovered.
Where's your bibliography, Professor? Cite your references.
Also, why would the Deadites be able to sense it in the first place? How would one accidentally make it a demon-killing dagger and also a homing beacon for said demons?
They will smell its call in the earth.
Oh, well, why didn't you say so? Ah, sudden oculus.
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