Mark Burton

Apprentice to Murder

A troubled Pennsylvania farm boy becomes the apprentice of a charismatic folk healer, whose growing belief in curses and Satanic persecution leads them toward a hermit accused of poisoning the land. The small beautiful Pennsylvania Dutch community is rocked by a series of bizarre events which lead to a web of deception, violence and murder. Apprentice to Murder is a story of infatuation with love, dreams, and out-of-world temptations. Fire-and-brimstone preacher sees Satan everywhere, trains gullible young boy to "detect" evil, and the two of them commit several murders in the name of Jesus. Based on a true story.