The Baker Ranch Case Files [unpaid 17+]

Edward Baker is the wealthy, powerful landowner of the Baker Ranch in 1972. He is a manipulative, unhinged abuser who completely lacks empathy. After murdering his teenage grandchildren, he confidently spins a lie to frame his dead granddaughter for the crime. He feels completely untouchable by the local police because of his status and political connections. He never panics; he treats the law like a game he has already won.

• Vocal Style: Calm, chillingly polite, mocking, and low. He speaks with a slow, deliberate pace that is meant to push the Chief’s buttons. He never breaks his composure or loses his temper, treating the interrogation like a game he has already won.

• Accent: A slow, arrogant, wealthy Southern country drawl. He has a traditional, smooth cadence that sounds deceptively charming but hides a deeply cold, sociopathic nature

Chief Malcolm Handler is a 42-year-old small-town police chief in 1972. He is a deeply moral family man who is physically and mentally exhausted, caught between a horrific supernatural tragedy and a corrupt local government forcing him to bury the truth. His voice should sound heavy, gravelly, and raspy from stress and lack of sleep. He carries an intense, simmering undercurrent of raw, protective fury.

• Vocal Style: Gritty, worn-down, and capable of jumping from a tired, gravelly whisper to explosive, throat-tearing anger and country accent please this takes place 1972 Georgia

• Accent: Thick, authentic Georgia or Texan country drawl (naturally dropping the "g" sounds in words like lying or standing).

Willowdean Mae Baker is a tragic sixteen-year-old girl from Georgia who was murdered by her grandfather in July 1972. Trapped for fifty years at the bottom of the ranch fishing pond, her spirit has transformed into a terrifying, weeping Banshee. Her voice is ghostly and echoes with raw, painful supernatural energy, yet she is still just a heartbroken teenager mourning her lost family.

• Vocal Style: Hauntingly beautiful, slow, and full of sorrow. Her voice carries an air-thin, weeping quality that can shift instantly into an eerie, echoing supernatural stillness. It needs to sound like a heartbroken sixteen-year-old girl trapped in an eternity of grief.

• Accent: A slow, sorrowful, distinct Georgia country drawl. She stretches her vowels out heavily and naturally drops her "g" sounds (using a thick, melancholy country cadence for words like listenin', runnin', and screamin'

Gregory Handler is a 68-year-old retired lawman. As a 14-year-old boy in 1972, he witnessed the horrific murder of the Baker twins and spent his life waking up in a sweat from the trauma. Now, fifty years later, he has finally reeled Willowdean’s bones out of the fishing pond and uncovered his father's old, forbidden police cassette tapes. He is completely heartbroken listening to the past, but fiercely resolved to face the entities waking up in the pines.

• Vocal Style: Gritty, slow-paced, and weathered by age. He balances the tender, raw vulnerability of a weeping, broken old man with the deep, authoritative gravity of an experienced law enforcement veteran.

• Accent: A heavy, slow-rolling Texas-Georgian country drawl. He stretches his vowels out deeply, speaking with a tired but intense country rhythm.