The austere painting American Gothic, by Grant Wood, has a special place in the Dark Museum.

1930, Iowa. The effects of the crash are terrible in this part of America.
With mass poverty, egoism prevails everywhere. In the middle of a terrible drought, the installation of a traveling circus stirs up the already heated spirits of the residents.

As Lazarus Henkel despairs, struggling to provide for his family, a car accident occurs close to his farm. And the smell of the driver’s burning body suggests a macabre solution...

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  6/22/2022