Lessin is an island located just outside New York, in the east river. It was home to a small village. But, to this very day, the island remains uninhabited.
There was a breakout of smallpox during the year of 1885. With the arrival of the new disease on the island, the leaders decided it would be best to quarantine the entire island.
Nobody got in. Nobody got out.
During the quarantine, the death rate had skyrocketed. Everyone had just assumed it was small pox, but it wasn't.
There was a small mental institution within the deep forestry of the island. When the island was closed, many businesses -including hospital and said institution-.
With all the staff gone, three patients managed an escape. They all the happened to be violent maniacs.
And they blamed the small pox