Vernon

Map of Vernon

**Vernon** is a small midwestern town located in Vernon County in a state in the United States of America. It had an estimated population of 5,000 to 10,000.

## History

Prior to 1987, Vernon was a largely quiet and uneventful town, but in October 1987, the town was shaken by the murders of three young 16-year-old girls, Tiffany Clark, Marisa Song and Heather Hernandez who were all killed and found in similar manners: stabbed sixteen times. The killer was never found, but Vernon still views him as an icon and hosts a “murder tour” while people wear his mask.

35 years later on October 27, 2022, teenager Jamie Hughes mourns the death of her mother, Pam, who was friends with Tiffany, Marisa and Heather. It’s was the 35th anniversary of the murders, and while Pam was waiting for trick-or-treaters, someone wearing the Sweet Sixteen Killer’s mask shows up at the Hughes house and stabs her sixteen times, to death.

Jamie later contacts Chris Dubasage since she knew he and Pam were texting, with hopes that they may uncover the killer’s identity. Chris shows Jamie a note that was supposedly left in Pam’s locker in high school by the killer, warning her she was going to be next. When Jamie returns to join Amelia at the fair, the killer appears and chases after Jamie. She hides in the photo booth where the time machine is, and the killer activates it by stabbing the control panel, transporting Jamie to 1987.

She is taken to the high school to look for the young Pam and is instantly enrolled as a new student. After class, Jamie introduces herself to the girls and tries to find a way to get Tiffany to cancel her sweet sixteen party for that night, but just gets rudely told off by Pam. Later, Jamie and Lauren go to Tiffany’s party, but Jamie fails to keep Tiffany in her eyesight, and the killer emerges from a closet and stabs Tiffany to death on the waterbed. Jamie and Pam arrive too late to find her dead.

Back in the present, Blake notices Jamie has gone missing, and he suspects Chris had something to do with it. Amelia sees her time machine and figures Jamie was sent back in time. She gets help from Chris, as they find new crime scene photos of Tiffany’s murder, since they remember her being found in the garage unlike now where it was her parents’ bedroom.

Jamie later joins Pam, Marisa, and Heather at the same cabin where Marisa was murdered, despite Jamie’s protests to keep things small. Randy, Kara, and Blake also show up for festivities but when Jamie gets locked out of the cabin, she sees the killer entering and tries to warn Kara and Randy. Jamie then sees the killer going after Heather instead of Marisa. The killer chases Heather and stabs her to death in the living room. Jamie and Blake manage to fight the killer off and send him running.

Two days later, Jamie and the rest of the group shows up at the fair, and gets stalked by the killer inside a haunted house. As he goes after Marisa, the others fight back against him, ending with Kara impaling the killer with a scythe. Jamie unmasks the killer, revealing him to be Doug. Pam then remembers that Doug was Trish’s boyfriend. Marisa then realizes that Doug knew about a sleepover they had where the Mollys invited Trish over and got her drunk because they wanted to know if she really had sex with their coach. After crying in Tiffany’s room, Trish drove home and got into her fatal accident. Jamie starts to blame Pam, thinking she would allow Trish to do that, but Pam says that she was in a fight with Tiffany at that point and was not at the sleepover. She also doesn’t remember receiving a note in her locker like what Chris had shown Jamie.

Moments later, another killer shows up and slashes Marisa’s throat, forcing everyone to run. Also back in the present, Lauren finds Amelia knocked out, and the time machine is gone. Jamie runs toward the Quantum Drop, while Pam and the killer follow Jamie onto the ride. After Jamie ejects Pam from the ride so she can be safe, the copycat killer is revealed to be Chris, who killed Pam and his own dad to kickstart a new killing spree so he can profit off of it with his podcast. He attempts to kill Jamie, but she shoots him with Lauren’s nail gun and he explodes into pink mist.

Jamie returns to the present and is elated to find Pam alive. Lauren and Amelia show up moments later, letting them know that their efforts to save Jamie worked. Lauren privately talks to Jamie outside, letting her know that a lot has changed since she altered the past, so she gives her a notebook to check in on all the differences.

## Residents

### Known families

* Creston family:
	+ Lauren Creston (1971-)
	+ Amelia Creston (2005-)
* Dubasage family:
	+ Norm Dubasage † (19??-1987)
	+ Chris Dubasage † (1971-2022)
* Hughes family:
	+ Blake Hughes (1971-)
	+ Pam Hughes (1971-2022) (original timeline); (1971-)
	+ Jamie Hughes/Colette (2005-)
	+ Jamie Hughes (1988-)
* Lim family:
	+ Dennis Lim (19??-)
	+ Kara Lim (1971-)

### Individuals

* Tiffany Clark † (1971-1987)
* Randy Finkle (1971-)
* Heather Hernandez † (1971-1987)
* Lurch (1971-)
* Mr. Parr (19??-)
* Eddie Royal (1971-)
* Marisa Song † (1971-1987)
* Doug Summers † (1971-1987) (second timeline); (1971-)
* Coach Zane (19??-)

## Included and Nearby Locations

* Vernon High School
* Billy's Boardwalk
* Vernon Sheriff Department
* Zatta Burger

## Behind the scenes

*Totally Killer* was filmed on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, and surrounding areas.

## References

1. ↑ The apparent size of Vernon High would be consistent with a town of perhaps 5,000 or 10,000 residents.