The Old Newspaper is a memo found in Silent Hill: Homecoming on the park bench in Shepherd's Glen and also in the reception room of the Toluca Lake Offices in Silent Hill. The newspaper clipping details the story of a murderer and his execution. Prior to examining the newspaper, children can be heard singing the last line to "Ring Around the Rosie", which is speculated to be about the Bubonic Plague. The actions of the murderer is similar to Walter Sullivan in Silent Hill 4: The Room.