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Eduard Cupák and Jana Dítětová in Road Back (Cesta zpátky) 1959, dir. Václav Krška IMDB

Since Everett Hudson knows about the Road Back, maybe Hudson Enterprises existing was keeping the Road Back from expanding its influence even further and in disbanding it, Nancy helps it grow in power. It would be interesting to explore after she killed Temperance and broke Ace’s heart to save him, that this thing she actively destroyed was actually helping protect the town

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Is there a place for secret societies in the archives?

Hannah Gruen, Horseshoe Bay branch

Above: Icaran cult

Horseshoe Bay is noticeable for having several things in abundance: ghosts, young adult detectives and secret societies. Most notably are the Icarans, a secret society rumoured to still be active today, that were spreading their misogynistic message throughout the 1930s. The Horseshoe Bay archive holds several items relating to them as a part of the town’s history. There is no way of separating Horseshoe Bay’s past from the Icarans. Their hall still stands outside of the town. They had amassed a great deal of power and influence in the town and, at the time the group was decimated by the Women in White, they had been planning to make one of their members mayor of the town.

However, the inclusion of the Icarans items in the Horseshoe Bay Historical Archive does come with its own dangers. As I have mentioned before, the society is still rumoured to be active today. Attracting the attention of such groups by storing information about them within the archives undermines the role of the keepers. It is our mandate to protect items of supernatural origin and keep the public from being harmed by them. I am therefore of the opinion that we should endeavour to not accept items from secret societies unless they already know about the supernatural. The last thing we need is for a group to decide they want to steal back proof of their existence and suddenly becoming aware of the dangerous supernatural items being held alongside papers that might happen to mention them. The Icarans already had a knowledge of the supernatural due to their conflicts with the Women in White. Other societies may not have this prior knowledge.

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Eduard Cupák in Road Back (Cesta zpátky) 1959, dir. Václav Krška IMDB

I have very little evidence for this theory but gonna throw it out there anyway:

The Frozen Hearts Killer was referencing the Road Back when he spoke about there being something Nancy didn’t understand. After all, it seems like the police made very little progress in years and this was a high profile case involving the FBI, not some crime left unsolved by the police department of a coastal town. It would make sense if he had the help from a powerful party.

And from a story telling perspective, Temperance and Bess seem to be setting out on an attempt to restart the Women in White, so the Road Back rising from the woodwork to try and make a move would make sense given their past animosity.

We know the Road Back has killers on their payroll too so it wouldn't be out of the question. I can imagining them sending their killer purposefully out to kill the Matthew Burke (the man in the tent) due to his interest in the Hudsons. Maybe it wasn't Ryan or Nancy he was interested in, rather it was the death of Celia and that he suspected Ryan might have been the one to cross the Road Back and caused the death. He certainly seemed interested in the Icarians as well as the Hudsons. Maybe he wasn’t following Temperance Hudson but rather his whole investigation is into the Road Back. And they sent the Frozen Heart Killer after him because of it. Then the Road Back told him to linger around town, purposefully trying to get Nancy’s attention because the Road Back would have been able to work out from the timings of what happened that Nancy is the most likely person the deal was made for so setting a serial killer loose on her town might have been an intended distraction to keep her from further investigating the Road Back.

Also underground prison (mentioned in the 3x06 synopsis) being linked to the Frozen Hearts Killings? It suggests he had someone with a great deal of influence linked to him who was able to buy up a large amount of property at a time where people wouldn't pay much attention to what was being build - say the time the Icarians are about.

All this leads me to the question - how much did Daniel West tell the Road Back? Because they knew the list was intended to go to them. They knew Daniel West had made a move on their behalf and Celia blocked it. It suggests Daniel West at least made contact about getting hold of the list. To me the most obvious time for the call would be when he has Ace. He would have his guarantee that he would get the list, (has half an hour to kill) and would also be aware that he just kidnapped the son of a cop and that the moment he hands Ace over he has no leverage and the cops could swarm over him. It makes sense that he would call them the moment his victory is assured (so he doesn't end up failing them which seems like it might not be a fun thing to do) and ask to arrange a meeting place so he can easily disappear into the care of the Road Back and not have to worry about trying to contact them when he is a wanted man.

This turned into a bit of a ramble. If you can make sense out of it, congratulations. Just throwing out my thoughts on a possible theory really.

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