Timeline of events

MASTER INDEX

Events in chronological order: *stories with hyperlinks have been covered on r/nosleep. stories in italics are pending stories that have yet to be told.

1923

A German U-boat, part of an experimental deep sea dive operation was lost in the Atlantic Ocean near to the Bermuda Trenches.

1942

Second Lieutenant Allen Ward crashes on the Island of Jaret-Bouch.

1961

Eight Unmarked Graves in Dunwich County-

Synopsis: Two con artists are hired by Robert Malone, a member of the Lyvonic Order; to move eight bodies from the county graveyard in Dunwich and take them a crime lord referred to only as the Gravemaker. Along the way, the two run into a town filled with dark secrets and discover that while there near to a local mountain, the corpses come back to life and act like rabid monsters. One of the criminals kills his partner to save face with the locals who seem to be aware of this phenomenon. Later he is escorted to the Gravemaker by a local named Harley Warren who seems to have some history with the crime lord. The unnamed criminal leaves Dunwich County behind.

1973

The Janus Project is created and establishes its first base of operations in the Arctic Circle.

1991

''A secondary team is sent out to the Arctic Circle after communications were cut off, while there they uncovered a massive white stone structure that displayed cosmic powers beyond modern scientific understanding. The team chose to attempt to destroy the object, resulting in the loss of the majority of the team.''

2007

''Two teams involved with the Janus Project embark on missions in Western Afghanistan and the Bermuda Trench under the guidance of Doctors Meredith Parker in the first mission and Edgar Bishop in the secondary mission. Both missions were marginally failures, setting the project back greatly due to the loss of Doctor Bishop. ''

2010

Aftermath of the Incident at Sarnath Mines

Synopsis: Logan Washington, a member of the Janus Project; goes to the secluded town near the Sarnath mines to track down wanted criminal Harley Warren. During his time there, the locals kill Warren and Logan is forced into the mountains to hide and uncovers evidence of new lifeforms deep under the mountain. The Janus Project steps in and quarantines the entire area around the mountain, establishing it as a new base of operations code named Clearriver. Logan returns to his duties in Melbourne Florida.

2011

Everyone on Flight 109 is dead

Synopsis: Doctor Jacki Taggart, a disgraced archaeologist; is asked to excavate a recently abandoned mine in southern Peru. Her team uncovers a new lifeform deep in the mines that exerts power over the human subconscious. After one of them dies, the crew take the organisms to an undisclosed airfield where Jacki's estranged sister, Meredith Parker; reveals they intend to take the lifeform to the Clearriver HQ to experiment on. During the first leg of the flight to the Florida base, members of the security detail along with Carter White, reveal themselves to be members of an ancient cult known as the Lyvonic Order. They sabotage the flight, causing the plane to crash near to the Island of Jaret-Bouch. Jacki is rescued by the USS Sanchez and related her experience with the crew before ending her life. The others on board the plane were never accounted for nor was any other wreckage discovered.

2016 and 2017

Casefile 52 Casefile 53

Synposis: A married couple travels to northeast Washington state for their anniversary but along the way experience a car accident. A passerby takes them to the town of Clearriver where the wife is taken and experimented on by the local company, Auset Pharmaceuticals.The husband is also captured and held in captivity for nearly a year before managing to escape and report the incident to a nearby township police department.

The Drowned Graves

Synopsis: Five college students attempt to find buried treasure on the island of Jaret-Bouch. They are escorted there by a mysterious Arabic man that has made an arrangement with the islanders who have been procreating with mysterious underwater aliens. During the five days that the college students spend there, all of them die at the hands of either the islanders or the mysterious organism that they uncover in nearby ancient underwater ruins. The only survivor,Will, makes a deal with the Arab to stay quiet and stays on the run from the authorities for a good year before talking with his criminal uncle, the one that sent them there in the first place; and discovering he has a connection to the islanders as well. This prompts him to end his own life.

2018

January

Turtles are Dying in Florida Again

Synopsis: Following the unprecedented death of a large colony of logger turtles, the Janus Project (under the pretense of working alongside the Florida Wildlife Research Institute) steps in and quarantines the area. Meredith is disturbed by the rapid growth and changes that the organism shows, something that has never occurred before during their time with it. She assigns a group of researchers to study the organism, all of which die. During the first infection event, they uncover evidence that cancer can cause the organism to slowly die. However there is also an indication that the organism has the ability to adapt to diseases as well.

March

My Parents made a Sex Tape

Synopsis: Jacob Atley, a young man in south Melbourne Florida; uncovers bizarre video tapes which reveal that his parents were experimented on by the Janus Project at least twenty years ago. Sharon Washington, the sister of Logan who died during the Florida Incident; was attempting to learn the reason behind the change in operations for Janus and what her brother had figured out before his death. However, Jacob's mother prevented her from digging any deeper into the incident and kidnapped Jacob and his brother. Jacob's brother died, and Jacob was taken to the Janus Project for experimentation.

June

Something Sinister is Happening to the Prisoners at Kingsport Correctional

Synopsis: During a routine medical procedure by the Department of Health, Stephen Leng realizes that the project is a secret government operation that is attempting to make contact with another dimension. The Janus Project used an organism that was connected to a previous expedition in the Arctic Circle to create a hive mind among at least twenty prisoners. Stephen managed to stop their attempt to open a breach to the other dimension and as a result was hired by Meredith Parker.

September

The Government shut down my sex shop

Synopsis: In Melbourne Florida the owner of a small adult film store is taken into custody by members of the US Army who are inquiring about the Janus Project, His sister suffers from abnormal mutations and dies while they are in custody and he is rescued by Stephen Leng. Afterward he sails off to the south Atlantic, believing he will be taking a vacation.

November

We Discovered a Monolith at the Bottom of the Ocean

The crew of the USS Curwen and the HMS Johansen encounter six massive stone tablets at the bottom of the Bermuda Trench which exert control over the time and space of the area preventing them from leaving. During the ten days they are trapped there, the crew experiences visions of the future and the past, encounters people from 1991, the tail end of a military craft (Flight 109) and scientists connected to the Janus Project from 2007. Only Captain Bailey survives the incident, and discovers due to his interference the progress the project was making was held back by nearly ten years.