Outlast

Outlast is developed by Red Barrels Inc.

## 1818

Mary Shelley anonymously publishes "FRANKENSTEIN, or The Modern Prometheus".

## 1916/1917

Future World War II airman veteran Jerome Gillette is born.

## 1936/1937

Sullivan Knoth is born. A prerelease description of him stated he was the age of Jesus Christ when crucified in 1966, but this does not match with the information given in the game.

## 1938

U.S. Chemical company Murkoff is exposed selling weaponized Diphosgene to German forces.

### September

#### 6

German government document on the experiments of Dr. Wernicke.

## 1943

### June

Dr. Wernicke records three instances of spontaneous bleeding, and half a dozen test subjects develop tumors of pure lead.

OSS memorandum refers to various experiments with U.S. military volunteers.

## 1945

The O.S.S. initiates OPERATION PAPERCLIP, recruiting scientists from Nazi Germany to conduct research for the U.S.A.

## 1947

Leland Coyle first joins the police force.

## 1949

Dr. Wernicke immigrates to the United States with a visa from the State Department.

### April

#### 30

A. Bradley Avellanos proposes new business opportunity to The Board for the Murkoff Corporation to work with the Central Intelligence Agency.

## 1951

"The Mother Gooseberry Hour" is a locally broadcast television program in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, created due to the the popularity of Dr. A. Futterman and his daughter Phyllis using puppets to distract patients during dental appointments.

A program of hypnosis testing and experimentation starts being conducted.

## 1952

Shirley Pierce is admitted to Mount Massive Mental Hospital.

### July

21 American prisoners of war refuse to come home, and rather stay in Communist China, which makes a big news story.

### October

Responsibility of BLUEBIRD/ARTICHOKE appears to be transferred to Inspection and Security Office.

## 1953

### January

#### 12

CIA agent Jameson Lawler interviews Doctor Hendrik Joliet Easterman in Chicago, Illinois.

#### 14

The archive of the interview is listed a third time.

### February

#### 9

Dr. Easterman sends a letter to Irene Easterman updating her on his situation in Hong Kong and telling her that he has found her secretly keeping his letters, reiterating that she should burn them all. She does not burn the letter.

## 1954

Dr. Wernicke permanently stays in the United States.

Olivier W. Baranczyk is hired as Assistant Director of Behavioral Medicines at Mount Massive Hospital before April.

A program of hypnosis testing and experimentation stops being conducted. An interim report regarding these tests states they were neither of sufficient complexity nor conducted under the hazardous conditions necessary to warrant "extravagant" claims for operational use.

### January

#### 20

Dr. Easterman writes in his private journal, then a second time while inebriated.

#### 24

Dr. Easterman writes about brainwashing techniques in Hong Kong.

### February

#### 10

An MKULTRA program hypnotic research experiment is conducted by the CIA.

#### 11

Dr. Easterman journals his experience with Private Raymous and the Skinner Man.

#### 26

A. Bradley Avellanos sends a not subtle note to Jameson Lawler upon hearing him to be considering a different contractor.

### April

#### 3

The Murkoff Corporation procures the CIA interview between Jameson Lawler and Dr. Easterman.

#### 19

Olivier Baranczyk introduces himself in a letter to Dr. Easterman and forcibly invites him to Los Alamos, New Mexico.

#### 30

The married Dr. Wernicke fills out landesarbeitsamt processing sheet at Bremen-Lesum.

### May

#### 1

Dr. Easterman finds a collection book of monster stories from Weird Tales magazine while at a used book shop in Santa Fe, and writes about it in his journal.

#### 4

Dr. Easterman vents in his journal about Olivier Baranczyk and Dr. Wernicke. He also plans on asking Murkoff Corporation human resources about bringing Irene Easterman out to him.

### July

#### 4

Jerome Gillette's last memory is of being offered chewing gum by a woman in white before blacking out.

#### 5

In the early hours of the morning, Jerome Gillette murders a farm family of five, as well as sexually molests them and some of their livestock. He claims no memory of the crime.

#### 6

Newspaper on aftermath of yesterday's event.

### August

#### 3

Jameson Lawler corresponds with A. Bradley Avellanos to ensure no connections are made with Jerome Gillette. His response is mistakenly dated for early July, making the true date unknown.

## 1955

Police raid the studio for "The Mother Gooseberry Hour" on charges of kidnapping and racketeering. Phyllis Futterman kills two and injures five before being apprehended and sentenced to life at Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

## 1956

### February

#### 16

Clyde Perry writes to A. Bradley Avellanos on backstory and surveillance of Sergeant Leland Coyle. He also has an interview that leaves him extremely injured.

### August

#### 22

Discussion on tax advantages to the Charitable Outreach Centers for the Murkoff Corporation. One date mistakenly lists it as in 1959.

### October

#### 21

Sidney Gottlieb recommends Moses Scarfiotti as an architect to A. Bradley Avellanos.

### November

#### 13

Moses Scarfiotti job interview by A. Bradley Avellanos.

### December

#### 13

Clyde Perry writes to A. Bradley Avellanos that he had secured a 20-minute interview with Phyllis Futterman at Holmesburg Prison. Also another letter gives backstory to her life.

## 1957

MKULTRA excerpt.

Newspaper clipping of Jerome Gillette is transcribed for Dr. Easterman's records.

### February

#### 12

37 Murkoff Charity Outreach Centers are successfully operational. One date mistakenly lists it as in 1959.

### March

#### 1

Six more Charity Outreach Centers will open, pending signage correction.

#### 7

Due to the more than expected number of patients taken in from their Charity Outreach Centers, the Murkoff Corporation buys a controlling share of Liberty Meat Hauling LLC to lower the cost of transport to the Sinyala Facility. One date mistakenly lists it as in 1959.

## 1958

Doctor Bruce Newhouse, MD is first employed at Mount Massive Hospital.

Archbishop Wilfred Panzram of the Denver Archdioces is employed at Mount Massive Hospital.

### March

Clyde Perry's letters on surveillance of Leland Coyle are re-transcribed for internal investigation.

### April

#### 15

Jameson Lawler leaves a note on an except from MKULTRA to present to Operations for Technical Services Division.

### June

#### 29

At the request of The Board, there is a personnel report on the list of deaths and injuries in the past month from Dr. Easterman's Limbic Aggression Therapy, Project LATHE. Immediate shutdown is strongly advised.

### July

#### 12

Dr. Easterman writes in his journal on the pending collapse of Project LATHE.

#### 13

Dr. Easterman assumedly writes in his journal about his thoughts for Project LATHE Two and what to do differently.

#### 14

A recorded conference between Dr. Easterman, A. Bradley Avellanos, and Moses Scarfiotti at the Sinyala Facility regarding the pivot to Project LATHE Two.

#### 16

Internal correspondence from Dr. Easterman to Olivier Baranczyk about Project LATHE Two. One date mistakenly lists it as in 1957.

#### 19

Dr. Easterman writes in his journal that the only consistency between subject even close to noteworthy are visions of the Skinner Man. One date mistakenly lists the 23rd.

#### 20

Internal correspondence from Dr. Easterman to Olivier Baranczyk that his mentioned proof of concept is very successful and that he should recommend Murkoff continues funding the project. The filing date is unknown due to a typo.

### August

#### 25

Project LATHE Two is officially authorized. Limbic Aggression Therapy is replaced with Latent Agency Therapy.

### September

#### 4

A recorded conference between Dr. Easterman and Moses Scarfiotti.

#### 17

Dr. Easterman writes in his journal to disregard the Skinner Man.

## 1959

The Murkoff Corporation conducts group experiments for CIA program MKUltra. This takes place in the form of the events of The Outlast Trials.

Clyde Perry is hired as the Director of Historical Refinement at Mount Massive Hospital.

Silas Knisely is hired to Human Resources and Corrections at Mount Massive Hospital.

### March

#### 15

Reagent 0877 is released under the surveillance of Clyde Perry in San Antonio, Texas.

### April

#### 12

Clyde Perry writes his uneventful surveillance report for Day 28 of observing Reagent 0877 and requests reassignment.

#### 14

Clyde Perry's report is filed/transcribed.

### June

#### 14

Reagent 0946 is released under the surveillance of Clyde Perry in Muncie, Indiana.

#### 20

Clyde Perry writes an eventful report on Day 6 of observing Reagent 0946.

3:00 P.M. - Trigger 8 tested with satisfactory results.

9:30 P.M. - Trigger 13 tested with exceptional results.

#### 21

Clyde Perry's last report is filed/transcribed.

#### 22

Reagent 0946 attempts to break into the house of a 12-year-old girl that laughed at his claims of extra-sensory abilities, but is intercepted by Clyde Perry.

11:06 P.M. - Reagent 0946 is terminated by Clyde Perry, shot six times with a silenced pistol and garroted.

#### 23

Clyde Perry sends report letter of the event, transcribed/filed the same day. One date mistakenly lists it as in 1949, on the 29th.

#### 29

A. Bradley Avellanos asks Clyde Perry to retrieve and transport Reagent 0877 to Los Alamos for further study by July 1st. One date mistakenly lists as August 3rd.

### July

#### 1

Olivier Baranczyk is at Los Alamos to receive and process Reagent 0877.

#### 27

Reagent 1616, Sullivan Knoth, is released under the surveillance of Clyde Perry in Fort Worth, Texas.

### August

#### 3

Olivier Baranczyk asks Dr. Easterman to send more Reagents like 0877.

Olivier Baranczyk asks A. Bradley Avellanos about the secret suspicions with the PAPERCLIP gang at Los Alamos. One date mistakenly lists it as in 1957.

#### 7

Day 11 of Clyde Perry's surveillance of Reagent 1616, who was fired from shoe department of store after groping a customer, amongst other curious behavior.

4:10 P.M. - Trigger test with exceptional results.

#### 8/9

Reagent 1616 sells his unwanted possessions and takes a bus to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

#### 10

For day 14, Reagent 1616 applies to multiple jobs and kills a woman before his trigger could be neutralized.

#### 11

On day 15, Reagent 1616 continues to act as a "human compass" and Clyde Perry discovers him to always point towards the Sinyala Facility.

## 1961

Clyde Perry stops being employed at Mount Massive Hospital.

### May

#### 20

Recording of Dr. Newhouse talking to Father Clarke about the importance of his contributions and assuring the safety of his working conditions.

## 1963

Olivier Baranczyk stops being employed at Mount Massive Hospital.

## 1964

Shirley Pierce leaves the care of Mount Massive Mental Hospital.

## 1965

Dr. Newhouse stops being employed at Mount Massive Hospital.

## 1966

Silas Knisely stops being employed at Mount Massive Hospital.

Father Thomas Witter is employed at Mount Massive Hospital.

Sullivan Knoth hears the voice of God in the background of the radio and begins to preach. Within a year, he has dozens of followers form The Testament of the New Ezekiel

## 1967

Three scientists are murdered by an unknown patient at Mount Massive Asylum for the Criminally Insane. Authorities order the asylum to cease all activities.

### September

#### 3

Radio singer Rosetta comes to Clifton, Colorado.

#### 4

Mistakenly labeled as a Wednesday, Clifton News reports on Mount Massive Asylum being investigated.

8: P.M. - Rosetta performs at the Clifton Theater, which tickets for sold out in less than two hours.

## 1968

Jermain Dallaire is employed as Deputy Director of Colonic Hydrotherapy at Mount Massive Hospital.

Mount Massive Asylum ceases operations. Murkoff buries evidence of its crimes.

## 1969

In the winter, Sullivan Knoth and nearly 100 followers set out into the desert to go and found Temple Gate.

## 1971

### November

#### 26

The Testament of the New Ezekiel founds Temple Gate.

## 1972

CIA Director Richard Helms orders all MKULTRA files destroyed. A small number of documents survive.

## 1977

### November

#### 1

In the past week, over a half dozen patients and former employees of Mount Massive Asylum accuse the Murkoff Corporation of various abuse and illegal practices.

#### 2

Mistakenly labeled a Thursday, a newspaper speculates on these conspiracies regarding Mount Massive Asylum since its inauguration nearly a century prior.

## 1978

Murkoff expands mind control programs for public testing. Mass suicides ensue.

## 1985

### December

#### 27

Dr. Wernicke exit interview from Los Alamos, New Mexico.

## 1987

Paul Marion passes the Ohio state bar exam.

## 1990

William P. "Billy" Hope is born in Nathrop, Colorado.

## 1995

All of Blake Langermann's flashbacks to St. Sybil High School. Father Loutermilch kills Jessica Gray and covers it up.

## 2000

Shortly after the turn of the millenium, Dr. Wernicke relocates to Colorado.

## 2003

### June

#### 4

Current attendant for Dr. Wernicke works until his supposed death.

## 2006

Under Jeremy Blair's "research through charity" initiative, the Murkoff Corporation buy the Spindeltop Psychotherapy Clinic in Hattin Texas.

## 2008

Paul Marion and Pauline Glick are partnered as Murkoff Corporation Insurance Mitigation Department officers and are quickly called the Pauls.

solve the hat box murders committed by Chris Walker at the Spindeltop Psychotherapy Clinic. Omar Abdul Malik is framed for the crime.

### July

Dr. Wernicke moves to Mount Massive Preserve.

### February

#### 28

4:11 - Dr. Wernicke's death is faked as heart failure due to his advanced age.

### April

#### 12

Initial patient consult for William Hope.

## 2010

Melissa Cho first files a lawsuit against Murkoff Charitable Psychiatry Inc. for gender selection in contractors at Mount Massive Asylum.

### November

#### 1

Initial patient consult for Frank Manera. He is admitted with a weight of 228 pounds.

## 2011

### January

#### 28

Initial patient consult for Chris Walker.

## 2012

### August

#### 29

A status report for Frank Manera. His current weight is 155 pounds.

### October

#### 4

An anonymous email is sent by Michelle Haas to Murkoff Corporation human resources about OSHA neglect at Mount Massive Charitable Hospital. The Pauls are sent to investigate.

## 2013

The events of Outlast 2 take place sometime toward the end of the year.

### February

#### 14

Initial patient consult for Eddie Gluskin.

### May

#### 9

2:19 P.M. - Miles Upshur publishes article about the Murkoff Corporation turns global water crisis into a billion dollar revenue stream.

### August

#### 27

The last time a scientist at Mount Massive Asylum sees his partner Jane.

### September

#### 17-18

The events of the first game and the Whistleblower DLC take place.

#### 19

4:19 A.M. - An email concerning flesh eating bacteria, Necrotizing Fasciitis, at Mount Massive Asylum. The date is certainly a typo.

## 2015

### September

#### 17

A document to report on the radio towers at the Sinyala Facility after an electrical storm. Considering that everything else indicates Outlast 2 to occur only several weeks after the original game, the year is certainly a typo.

## 2016

### April

#### 22

Sullivan Knoth proclaims in a secret message in a trailer that their reckoning begins on this date, but this is likely non-canon promotion of real life marketing for Outlast 2.