"Cult Evaded", Way to Die #310, is the fourth death to be featured in "Gratefully Dead", which aired on January 13, 2010.
Plot
Stacy, a teenager girl who has been in foster homes for most of her life, is taken in by Roman and Minnie, an excessively devout and extremist Christian couple. Unfortunately, on her first day living with them, they are immediately convinced that she is possessed by the Devil because of her tattoos, piercings, dark make-up, and interest in the Goth subculture (including having a boyfriend who is Goth), so they and two friends from their church try to exorcise her by tying her to the ground inside an enclosed tent and burning a large amount of coal and incense to rid her of the alleged demons inside her, when in reality they were torturing her and plotting to murder her. In a twist of faith, however, the exorcism goes horribly wrong, as the coal and incense create more smoke inside the tent, and eventually everyone (except for Stacy, who was so low to the ground that she had a layer of fresh air above her) drops dead from inhaling the Carbon Monoxide generated by the coal, compiled with Benzopyrene from the incense. Stacy then unties herself and joyfully heads off to the mall, relieved and happy over their deaths as Roman, Minnie and their two dead friends go to Hell.
Interviewees
- Dr. Franklin Ruehl - Deathologist
- Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael - Neurologist
- Sarah Aurmingtin - Stacey (lead)