WEBVTT - The Haunted Queenslander 

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<v Speaker 1>Appoja Production. Welcome back to the Chills, the Spooky Story Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard to believe unless, of course, it happened to you.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got a story that you reckon can give

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<v Speaker 1>us the chills, then you can email us at the

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<v Speaker 1>Chills atpodshape dot com. And that's exactly what Lily's done.

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<v Speaker 1>From Brisbane. Let's get into a story. What a do

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<v Speaker 1>you secret? Now? So picture this Lily and Jack. They're

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<v Speaker 1>a young couple, just like us, and they're dreaming big,

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<v Speaker 1>saving up and finally snagging their first home in one

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<v Speaker 1>of Brisbane's North Side suburbs. The new house is a

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<v Speaker 1>classic Queenslander, a beautiful elevated home with those signature wide

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<v Speaker 1>verandahs and high ceilings. It's the perfect blend of style

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<v Speaker 1>and comfort, just the way they liked it. The first

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<v Speaker 1>few months for Lily and Jack were sunshine and rainbows.

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<v Speaker 1>They painted the walls planet flowers and even tackled some

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<v Speaker 1>do it yourself projects. Jack tried his hand at fixing

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<v Speaker 1>the leaky tap. It wasn't perfect, but Lily says it

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<v Speaker 1>was okay. Then one night, Lily began hearing soft footsteps downstairs.

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<v Speaker 1>When spoiler alert, No One was there. Jack started noticing

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<v Speaker 1>his keys would vanish, only to pop up in the

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<v Speaker 1>most random places, like the freezer. Maybe the ghost had

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<v Speaker 1>a sweet tooth Jack joke one night, trying to lighten

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<v Speaker 1>the mood. Lily wasn't so sure. So then one weekend

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<v Speaker 1>in summer, Lily and Jack decided to explore underneath their Queenslander. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>if you've ever lived in one of these beauties, you

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<v Speaker 1>know the space beneath the house can be like its

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<v Speaker 1>own little world, filled with old boxes, forgotten treasures, and

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<v Speaker 1>the occasional possum or rats. Lily started rummaging through a

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<v Speaker 1>few old boxes, which she didn't recognize. She stumbled across

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<v Speaker 1>a dusty old photo album tucked away in a corner.

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<v Speaker 1>In her curiosity, she called Jack over to try and

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<v Speaker 1>help her out. They sat down together, flipping through pages

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<v Speaker 1>filled with family photos. They weren't Lily and Jack's family photos.

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<v Speaker 1>There were other people's. There were doggie had pages, and

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<v Speaker 1>one picture that made them both do a double take.

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<v Speaker 1>There she was a woman standing in their very living room,

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<v Speaker 1>looking very out of place. She had a sad smile

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<v Speaker 1>and was holding a teacup that screamed, I belong in

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<v Speaker 1>the nineteen fifties kitchen, not a modern day Brisbane house.

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<v Speaker 1>Intrigued and a little bit creeped out, they started asking

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<v Speaker 1>around about the house's history. Enter the lady next door.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll call her Missus Thompson. She was the neighborhood's unofficial

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<v Speaker 1>history guru and Bingo night champion. She said the house

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<v Speaker 1>used to belong to the Anderson family, but she also

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<v Speaker 1>said something terrible had happened about thirty years ago. Missus

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<v Speaker 1>Anderson just disappeared without a trace, and no one ever

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<v Speaker 1>found out what happened to her. Lily and Jack were

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<v Speaker 1>a little freaked out and couldn't believe that she just vanished.

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<v Speaker 1>So they got to the bottom of it, and they

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<v Speaker 1>dove into old newspaper articles. They found an article about

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<v Speaker 1>Missus Anderson and a disappearance. She was a single lady

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<v Speaker 1>living alone in the Queenslander that they now occupied. One

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<v Speaker 1>night in a Brisbane storm, she went missing, and during

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<v Speaker 1>extensive searches, no one ever found out any clues about

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<v Speaker 1>where she went. As Lily and Jack dug deeper the

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<v Speaker 1>strange happenings in their house. Ramped up doors would slam

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<v Speaker 1>shut on their own, and Lily often felt a cold

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<v Speaker 1>breeze sweep through the room, even though all the windows

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<v Speaker 1>were locked. Jack also started having vivid dreams about Missus Anderson,

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<v Speaker 1>seeing her standing by the window looking lost and annoyed.

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<v Speaker 1>One night, Lily decided she'd had enough. She wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>confront whatever was haunting their home. She lit some candles,

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<v Speaker 1>of course she did, because what's a ghost story without candles,

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<v Speaker 1>and she sat in the living room holding the old

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<v Speaker 1>photo of missus Anderson. She called Missus Anderson's name and said,

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<v Speaker 1>we're sorry for what happened, but we want to help

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<v Speaker 1>you find peace. Suddenly, the room went cold, the candles

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<v Speaker 1>flickered like they were trying to send a message, and

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<v Speaker 1>Lily says she saw a faint figure of a woman

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<v Speaker 1>standing by the window. The woman's eyes were filled with

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<v Speaker 1>sadness and maybe a hint of frustration, just like Jack

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<v Speaker 1>had seen in his dream. Please, the woman whispered, help me.

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<v Speaker 1>Lily and Jack knew that they had to do something,

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<v Speaker 1>so they dug a bit deeper into the story of

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<v Speaker 1>missus Anderson. They discovered that she had been seen arguing

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<v Speaker 1>with someone on the night she disappeared, but no one

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<v Speaker 1>knew who it was or what the argument was about

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<v Speaker 1>there were no signs of break in, no struggle, just

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<v Speaker 1>an empty house and a lingering mystery. They were determined

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<v Speaker 1>to try and bring some closure, so Lily and Jack

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<v Speaker 1>decided to honor missus Anderson's memory. They hosted a small

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<v Speaker 1>gathering for the neighbors, sharing what they'd learned and asking

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<v Speaker 1>if anyone had any more information. Now, this next bit's unbelievable,

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<v Speaker 1>but we'll call the person mister Harris. He was apparently

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<v Speaker 1>an old bloke that lived on the same street and

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<v Speaker 1>had been there for over forty years. He revealed that

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<v Speaker 1>he saw miss Anderson a few days before she vanished,

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<v Speaker 1>looking distressed and talking to herself in the garden. She

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<v Speaker 1>seemed like she had a lot on her mind, he said.

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<v Speaker 1>With his new lead, Lily and Jack organized a community search,

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to find any looked evidence. They became essentially a

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<v Speaker 1>true crime podcast. While searching in the backyard under that

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<v Speaker 1>infamous Morton Bay fig tree, they found a hidden spot

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<v Speaker 1>where Missus Anderson used to sit. There beneath the tree

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<v Speaker 1>was a small box containing personal letters and some photos.

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<v Speaker 1>It turned out Missus Anderson had been planning all along

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<v Speaker 1>to leave town and start fresh and something must have

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<v Speaker 1>gone wrong, and that was the end of Jack and

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<v Speaker 1>Lily's search to find out the truth for Missus Anderson,

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<v Speaker 1>apart from a small memorial that they set up under

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<v Speaker 1>that tree in the garden that often like candles and

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<v Speaker 1>plant flowers, where Missus Anderson had spent most of her time,

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<v Speaker 1>And that was when things began to change inside the house.

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<v Speaker 1>The air felt lighter and the house returned to its

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<v Speaker 1>peaceful state. Lily and Jack felt a sense of relief

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<v Speaker 1>and fulfillment, knowing that they'd helped Missus Anderson find the

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<v Speaker 1>peace she'd been searching for. Unbelievably, Lily and Jack still

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<v Speaker 1>live in that Queenslander on the north side of Brisbane.

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<v Speaker 1>The home itself now is quiet and peaceful, and Jack's

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<v Speaker 1>keys occasionally still go missing. If you've got a story

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<v Speaker 1>to tell like Lily and Jack's, maybe you want to

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<v Speaker 1>email us at the Chills at podshake dot com. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>see you next time.