The Good Servant Orphanage & the Beast of Gevaudan

The Good Servant Orphanage & the Beast of Gevaudan, is a novel by Paul Dale Roberts

Background

Never listed in any directories and located at the end of a desolate abandoned road, it remains one of the worst cases of child abuse ever recorded in American history. At the turn of the century, children of the Good Servant Orphanage and Continuation School hailed from all over the world, including The Appalachian Experiment Children. Twelve year old Luther, a third degree burn victim and the reluctant head of the children, leads small groups of his peers as they sneak out at night to find food, completely oblivious to how unforgiving the community can be of those who are "different." So hideous looking are the small night foragers that the locals soon change the name of the institution from its given moniker, "Good Servant Orphanage" (referring to Christ) to "Good Serpent Orphanage" (referring to the Devil). A deliberately set fire puts a violent end, once and for all, to the sufferings and horrors that were perpetuated upon the young innocents whom society abandoned to the custody of a wicked headmaster, one who posed as a benevolent Christian minister but, in truth, was the very opposite of that --- a malevolent Satanist; an evil man who, unfortunately, had the backing of the U.S. government in a twisted quid pro quo.

This historically accurate novel serves to explain much of the paranormal occurrences in the Vallejo area. To this day, the violent young souls of the Good Serpent Orphanage are often seen in the area, terrorizing anyone unfortunate enough to cross their paths after dark, making it one of the most haunted locales in northern California.