In "The Waxwork," written by A. M. Burrage, a journalist named Hewson is set out to write an entry on a night in the Murders' Den. The journalist is convinced that writing a story about this waxwork horror scene is something that comes easy to the mind, and the manager finds Hewson's idea rather old, as many people before him have attempted the same thing. When the journalist is finally led into the den, the manager shows him each wax model, a particular one being Dr. Bourdette, who is a notorious murderer. Before he falls asleep, he goes mentally insane, imagining the wax figures coming alive and moving around him, quickly writing down notes about the terrifying experience. When he finally closes his eyes, he dreams about Dr. Bourdette stepping off of his pedestal, and coming close to murdering him; the journalist never wakes up.
I find that the most difficult situation that Hewson endures is his mental instability while in the den. I find this situation so hard because the only thing he sees is a dark room and killers surrounding, "watching" his every move. If I were in a similar situation, surrounded by wax figures of murderous, I would only imagine that my mind would play tricks. Often when I am in a spooky situation, I find that my mind makes the event more terrifying than it actually is. In my opinion, I think that this is what Hewson had to deal with mentally. It's only understandable, as I would probably end up just as he did (although, probably not dead.)
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