The date is July 8, 1945. World War II is going to be over in a few months, a gallon of gas is just 15ยข, and the mutilated body of a little girl was discovered at a local abandoned asylum. It's up to you to solve this murder as Detective Roland Burnham.
Here is a note, handwritten by Clifton Nichols, and it talks about how to combat the evil creatures in the game.