The Myth of Dead Ed

1971.
Ed Kowalsky is born to loving parents in Burkittsville, Massachusetts. An only child, he was seen often playing in the yard. At the age of 3, he was allegedly playing with dead animals, sometimes dead by his own hand.
1977.
Ed's parents, Edith and Martin, divorce. Ed moves to Boston with his mother, unhappy. He misses the country solitude.
1989.
Ed graduates from high school at the top of his class. He joins the army and is stationed in Fort Doyle, Vermont.
1993.
Ed receives an Honorable Discharge from the Army. Ed becomes infatuated with the burgeoning Internet, and invests his college money into several Web-based companies.
1994.
Ed Kowalsky is ostracized from his Burkittsville, Mass. community for his alleged blasphemous beliefs. Maintaining a living off of the sale of internet domain names, Ed was known to spend hours online, participating electronically with various cults. The nickname Dead Ed came about when efforts to contact him were often thwarted by his being online.
February, 1995.
Teenagers begin to disappear from the Burkittsville area. Police are baffled until an anonymous tip leads them to Ed's door. A scan of Ed's computer revealed extensive contact with several of the teens, often with occult overtones. Ed is questioned, but no charges were filed over lack of evidence.
August, 1996.
More teenagers disappear. Families in the area become increasingly paranoid, believing that Ed is responsible.
September 14, 1996.
Ed's home is firebombed, a cross burning in his yard. Reportedly, Ed did not survive; no body was ever found. Ed's girlfriend "Jennifer" fled the scene into the nearby woods; her body was never found.
September, 1997.
Teenagers begin disappearing again. Families are baffled, then suspect that their crime a year ago is back to haunt them. A search of the woods ends in tragedy, as several search parties disappear without a trace.
October, 1997.
Life returns to normal in Burkittsville. Police are still confused over the disappearances and lead search parties into the woods, but uncover nothing.
September, 1998.
Again, disappearances of teenagers and, sadly, younger children, plague Burkittsville. Soon it is known as the Curse of Dead Ed.
July, 1999.
In nearby Boston, A new wrestler named "Dead Ed" debuts in the UWC. A figure wrapped entirely in black, he is an enigma to all. Owner Chad Foster promises great things about this man. It is unknown if this man is Ed Kowalsky.
August, 1999.
Wrestler Eric Lee faces Dead Ed and defeats him. Shortly thereafter, he disappears. He returns, but some say he is not the same person he was. Later, Dead Ed defeats Billy Bob, another wrestler. Billy Bob soon suffers a freak injury and is sent to the hospital. He has disappeared since then.
September 1, 1999.
Chad Foster, Melissa More, and Michael Haber head to Burkittsville with camera equipment to document a meeting with Dead Ed. They take the wrong exit, run out of gas, and crash their car in the woods. With camping equipment, their camera, and a satellite uplink to UWC headquarters in Boston, they venture forth to find their way to safety or Dead Ed.