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Devil in Ohio: The Haunting Thriller Behind the Hit Netflix TV Series Based on True Events

Daria Polatin

Joining a cult is dangerous. Escaping a cult can be deadly.

When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl sitting in her kitchen, her psychiatrist mother reveals that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with their family for a few days. But soon Mae is wearing Jules's clothes, sleeping in her bedroom, edging her out of her position on the school paper, and flirting with Jules's crush. And Mae has no intention of leaving.

Then things get weird: Jules discovers that Mae is a survivor of the strange cult that's embedded in a nearby town.

And the cult will stop at nothing to get Mae back.

Daria Polatin

Daria Polatin is a writer/producer on Stephen King's CASTLE ROCK TV series, and wrote and produced two seasons of JACK RYAN on Amazon, starring John Krasinski. She is an award-winning playwright, founding member of The Kilroys (the advocacy group for women, trans and non-binary playwrights) and holds an MFA from Columbia University. Daria is of Egyptian heritage, grew up travelling on five continents, loves hiking and inventing recipes, and lives in Los Angeles. Devil in Ohio is her debut novel and is being developed into a TV series with Netflix.