Samuel Carver Orne

Not much is known about Samuel Carver Orne.

First surfacing on November 26, 2003, Orne openly and aggressively criticized SPONGE and the inactivity of its Historian Network. Regarded as an associate of Richard Faraday and affiliated with SCUM, the members of SPONGE generally displayed distrust and dislike for Orne.

At the time of the disappearances in 2003, SPONGE begrudgingly allied themselves with Orne in investigating the disappearances of several SPONGE Officers, Prof MG Miller, and a few other notable denizens of Arkham. On December 19, Orne, along with TN Smith and Morgan Dunne, investigated the area of Christchurch Cemetery in which Prof MG Miller was found. They reported hearing a strange buzzing noise, and after purportedly emitting an exclamation, Orne disappeared. His vanishment was described as instantaneous, as TN Smith claimed it happened before he or Dunne had time to react or turn around to see what was happening.

Orne was the last to return out of those who mysteriously disappeared. On December 23, a member of SCUM claimed that Orne had sent word he was alive and well in Irkutsk, Russia. This source alleged that Orne reported that on the day of his disappearance, the three investigators had heard something coming from the woods at Christchurch Cemetery, and while the two SPONGE members were looking away, something grabbed him and lifted him off the ground. The next thing Orne could recollect, he was in a dimly lit place, in which he saw a huge hulking form in the shadows. Upon his attempt to approach the form in an effort to see more clearly, it vanished.

Orne, according to the source, said he would be flying into Boston within days of his message. He did not return to Massachusetts, however - it was said by SCUM that Orne has made his way to the Netherlands and would be there for some time. Some have suggested that this is a pun in regards to Orne's actual location; others are convinced of the face-value of the statement and insist Orne was in Europe. On September 26, 2006, Samuel Carver Orne began to post on the Wilmarth Cafe forums. He commended Murph on the growth of WARK (even though Murph had very little to do with it) and implied he may resume an administrative position. In 2008, he did return to WARK and has served as station administrator since.