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My Mother was born in 1977, so she grew up with '80s horror movies. When we were living with my Grandmother there was a creepy half-shed, half-house behind it. One of my uncles stayed there for a little while but when he moved everyone just tossed their things into it. I liked to play in there because there was an old-timey radio and creeky door. The attic was on the end opposite the door and was impossible for a kid to reach with all the clutter.
Mom remembered the movie "Madman" and it's villain, Madman Marz. She told me about him and it creeped me out quite a bit being five or so at the time. One of the cousins I lived with heard her tell me about him. He told me that Madman Marz was just his nickname and he lived in the attic. He kept to himself and would eat rats and squirrels he found around the shed. My cousin said if he ever heard his real name he would come out and attack the person who said it with an axe, but he wouldn't tell me his real name, saying he was afraid to be heard. That started me in the phase of calling everybody "man" "buddy" and "sir" around the shed.
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