1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 2: Tiffany Hobbs here filling in for Chris Merrill, who maybe 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 2: he said, A, he's really eyeballing the poop costume. Seemed 4 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 2: like he thought that that might be one that would 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 2: be interesting to be. I kind of swayed him away 6 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: from the giant condom one. I said that might be 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: able to risk a Chris maybe poop over that other. 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 3: I don't know. 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: He's still out there looking. That's why he's not here. 10 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 2: He's trying to find the most offensive costume to don 11 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 2: all week and definitely on Friday. So your suggestions have 12 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 2: been a lot of fun, as well as your talkbacks, 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 2: your spookiest most supernatural tales. And I believe Ali, we 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: have another one there. Someone sent us something really spooky. 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: Let me know when you're ready, Jean. 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 4: My husband passed away at home, and the dog jumped 17 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 4: on his chest and tried to wake him up, and 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 4: he didn't. But anyway, I went to the cemetery afterwards, 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 4: and my dog led me right to the gravesite and 20 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 4: he sat right there and wouldn't move. He saw rabbits 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 4: and birds and other little squirrels. But he didn't move, 22 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 4: He just sat there. 23 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 3: What a good boy, What a good boy. That's a 24 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 3: good boy, right there, that's a good boy. 25 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 2: Right Dogs animals period, but dogs are just so in 26 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 2: tune with us, so that's not surprising. 27 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 3: It's heartwarming. 28 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 2: I'm really sorry for your loss, all of you who've 29 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 2: shared stories of loss, I'm really sorry for that. The 30 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 2: supernatural element is really interesting, it's riveting, and thank you 31 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: for sharing. 32 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 3: Keep them coming. 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: Other people are sharing their stories around the Southland, from 34 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: the furthest reaches of La County down into the furthest 35 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 2: recesses of the South Bay, their stories in between and 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: on all corners that are super natural. These are so 37 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 2: of the spookiest tales in Haunted Los Angeles County. Starting 38 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: with this is our Deeper Dives segment. By the way, 39 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 2: Griffith parks Scale singing woman. 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 3: What let's find out? 41 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: About five years ago, while Coral Barrero was working at 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: the La Zoo, she suddenly heard a woman singing scales 43 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: outside of the zoo perimeter. It was a very eerie song, 44 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 2: a very strange song. The sound was haunting. Ali, can 45 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,399 Speaker 2: I have some scary music, A nice scary instrumental at 46 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 2: the don't you play Taylor Swift. That's not scary, Allie. 47 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: That's offensive. Something scary under me while I'm talking. So 48 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: she heard the sound that was haunting. She says, I 49 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: couldn't stop thinking about it throughout the weeks. When she 50 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: asked one of the keepers at the zoo that works 51 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: in that particular area, he said that he too has 52 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: heard the woman singing. A few months later, the same 53 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 2: zookeeper told Barrero he too had heurt the. 54 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 3: Woman now singing scales. Oh that's good, Ali. 55 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,399 Speaker 2: And then he began to see her in a yellow 56 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: raincoat and when she turns around to face the person, 57 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: she doesn't have a face. That is the singing woman 58 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: who sings scales. She's quite talented at the La Zoo. 59 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: So if you're the Griffith Park Zoo on the La 60 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: Zoo side there, so if you see this woman and 61 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: she's in a yellow raincoat and she's singing, and she 62 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: turns towards you and she doesn't have a face, that's 63 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 2: the woman, and you have just been officially haunted. He 64 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 2: never been to the Roxy on Sunset famous club. I've 65 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: been to the Roxy. That was definitely a haunt, so 66 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: to speak of mine in my twenties. 67 00:03:59,040 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 4: Well. 68 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: David to been managed The Rock Sea on Sunset from 69 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 2: two thousand and three to two thousand and six. During 70 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 2: his time there, he says he's had quite a few 71 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: supernatural encounters, but none as creepy as the one that 72 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: took place on Sunday night in two thousand and three. 73 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 2: It was just David and one of his staff and 74 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: they were alone in the club going over plans for 75 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: a new promotion. That's when the noises started. 76 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 3: First, it was. 77 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 2: A couple slamming doors from within the club that Tobin 78 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 2: and his coworker tried to brush off, but then the 79 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 2: banging sound started, he says, So we started to freak out. 80 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 3: We couldn't move. 81 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 2: We're in the corner booth, and all of a sudden 82 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: we heard feet banging on the steps halfway up the 83 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: stairs and stopped. At that point, we grabbed the stuff 84 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: and ran out the back door, freaked out of our 85 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 2: mind because there was no one in the building. 86 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 3: There was only us. 87 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 2: David Tobin described vibes it as a quote pretty amazing experience. Now, 88 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 2: the Roxy has seen many legends come through their upstairs 89 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: and down on the stage as well, so Jake Tobin says, 90 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 2: or David Tobin says, it made sense that there was 91 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 2: someone there. I just didn't stay around to find out 92 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 2: who it was. 93 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 3: Sounds like you, Ollie. 94 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 2: Then there's the San Pedro warehouse, so now we're taking 95 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:24,679 Speaker 2: a trip down into the South Bay. 96 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 3: The hooded figure in this San Pedro warehouse. 97 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 2: Redondo resident Latisia Castillo used to handle HR and administrative 98 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: duties at a fifty six thousand square foot warehouse in 99 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 2: San Pedro. Some coworkers complained of an eerie energy in 100 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 2: the warehouse, but she didn't put much stock in those complaints. 101 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 2: First mistake. Even when I feel like it's really loud, Olli, 102 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 2: it's like, fuck, I'm competing. 103 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 3: There we go. 104 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,119 Speaker 2: Even when a forklift operator quit on this spot thanks 105 00:05:55,160 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: after supposedly having seen a ghost, she Latisia Castillo remains, 106 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 2: he gets out of his forklift, comes running to me 107 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 2: with this pale face and tells me, I'm not staying here. 108 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 3: There's ghost here. Someone just hit my forklift, but no 109 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 3: one's here. I'm leaving. 110 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: The TCA could do nothing to convince the operator to 111 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 2: stay and didn't think much of the incident until a 112 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 2: few weeks later, there was an accident with another operator. 113 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 2: As is customary, they wrote up an incident report and 114 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: took photos of the spot in the warehouse where the 115 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 2: accident took place. The TCA says, so when we took 116 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 2: the pictures, we noticed the shadow on a picture that 117 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 2: kind of reminded me of either a priest or like 118 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 2: something weird that had this hood at cape on and 119 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 2: it was really eerie. Then there's West Covina, the Ghosts 120 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 2: of keg Canyon. When West Covina Accountain, Barry Reemer was 121 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 2: living in unincorporated La County's tiny community of k Canyon, 122 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: some odd things started happening in his home, said Keegel Canyon. 123 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 3: That's the really bad one, all right. 124 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: They culminated one quiet night when Barry tried to sleep, 125 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 2: he woke to the sound of his front door knobs 126 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 2: shaking back and forth, as if someone was trying to 127 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 2: get in. Barry reamer, gathered his courage, walked over to 128 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 2: the living room and yelled, someone lives here, go away. 129 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 2: He figured it was a squatter who assumed the house 130 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 2: was empty and abandoned. And because this is La and 131 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 2: although that experience was unnerving, he went back to sleep. 132 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 2: That's when things got weirder. All of a sudden, I 133 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 2: hear this sound. It sounded like children or high pitched cackling. 134 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 2: They were inside. I look over and I see a 135 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 2: transparency of ten twelve ghosts. These apparitions you could see 136 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 2: right through them, and they were just kind of floating. 137 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 2: The apparitions took off upstairs when Barry Reamer confronted them, 138 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 2: and they left behind the smell of burnt matches. After 139 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 2: that incident, Barry Reamer packed up his things and moved out, 140 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 2: but to this day he recalls very clearly the burning 141 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: smell the ghosts left behind. When we continue our deeper 142 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 2: dive segment, we're going to learn about the voice at 143 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 2: six six six Union. That's already an ominous address, a 144 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 2: horror in Korea Town. It doesn't have to do with parking. 145 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: Something called dancing Joe hmm. And this is somewhere around 146 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 2: Long Beach. And I hope to be able to get 147 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 2: more of your spooky stories using our talk back feature 148 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 2: on the iHeart app. Let us know of your supernatural experiences, 149 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: your ghost tails, your tales of war, or will play 150 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: them as long as they're true. And this is your 151 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 2: platform to share just before we get to Halloween, your scariest, spookiest, 152 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 2: most supernatural experiences right here on KFI AM six forty, 153 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 2: Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Tiffany Hobbs filling in 154 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: from maryl till seven. 155 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 156 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 2: Tiffany Hobbs filling in for Meryl. He's still on this 157 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 2: journey to find the most offensive Halloween costume. I said, Chris, 158 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 2: I don't think that's a good idea, but I feel like, 159 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: you know, you're making yourself vulnerable to getting canceled. And 160 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 2: He's like, I can do it. You know they'll understand it. 161 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 2: They get me, they get me. And I was like, 162 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 2: all right, So I've been looking at lists of strange 163 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 2: costumes that are interesting. There're funny placement of meatballs and 164 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 2: places they shouldn't be, and middle finger costumes and all 165 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 2: sorts of things. If you want a costume, first, there's 166 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:04,359 Speaker 2: a poor, a potty adult costume. There's an oversized costume 167 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 2: for men where you can be a bra because that's 168 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 2: where we're at now in twenty twenty five. You can 169 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 2: be beer, you can be a Breadthaalzer there you go. 170 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 2: You'll be the life of the party. If you're that, 171 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 2: you can also be a toilet, complete with like all 172 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 2: the details that look like a toilet, and you have 173 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 2: to hope that someone doesn't mistake you for an actual 174 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 2: one once the drinks get flowing. At any rate, have 175 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 2: fun out there, Chris. I'm here till seven. Maybe Chris 176 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 2: will hit the talk back and let us know about 177 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 2: his scary stories. 178 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 3: You've certainly been doing, so. 179 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 2: Keep it coming, Keep those stories coming, supernatural ghost stories, 180 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 2: whatever they are. 181 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 3: Let us know what you've experienced. 182 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 2: You have about thirty seconds to do so I'm gonna 183 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 2: jump back in to this list by LAist dot com 184 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 2: of Haunted la people from southern California sharing their spookiest tales. 185 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 2: Oh that's good, here we go. The voice at six 186 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 2: six six Union. That's already ominous, right. Frank Ayala used 187 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 2: to work a job at an address that had the numbers. 188 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 3: Six six six in it. 189 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 2: He would start at midnight and the lighting at the 190 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 2: building was practically nonexistent. To mitigate this, he'd have to 191 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 2: wear a headlamp to do his work. 192 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 3: On the day of the incident. 193 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 2: The incident in question, Frank arrived punctually at midnight. It 194 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 2: was just him and another worker who had arrived earlier 195 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 2: and was on the other side of the building. As 196 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 2: Frank set up his tractor to begin his routine, his 197 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 2: phone rang. It was his daughter, who would call him 198 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 2: two to three times a week around midnight while she 199 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 2: was getting off of work. He continued to do his 200 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 2: work while they chatted, when suddenly Frank heard the voice 201 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 2: of a man clearing his throat. Dad, his daughter said 202 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 2: on the phone, is someone there with you? I'll call 203 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 2: you back, Frank said. When Frank turned around toward the 204 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: sound of the voice, his head light shined on no one. 205 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: Frank turned back to do his work kind of brushed 206 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 2: it off, and he heard it again, only this time 207 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 2: even louder. He gathered his courage, turned around again and said, 208 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: I came here to do a job. I don't bother anyone, 209 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: and I don't want to be bothered from the dark. 210 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 2: He heard a long, low chuckle. Frank returned to his 211 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 2: work and never encountered the voice again. 212 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 3: Orror in Koreatown. 213 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 2: This doesn't have to do with parking, which would be 214 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 2: terrifying enough if you know Korea Town, But in this case. 215 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: A little more than twenty years ago, a man named 216 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,119 Speaker 2: Mark Roder was living in an apartment in Koreatown. Everything 217 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 2: was fine until it wasn't. First, it started with some 218 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 2: creepy ghost activity at the foot of his bed. He 219 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 2: woke to his dog staring intently at the corner near 220 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 2: his bed. He says, I looked there, and the corner 221 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 2: of the bed is pressed down, as if somebody is 222 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 2: sitting there, But there was no one there, and I'm 223 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 2: looking at this, and the corner of the bed just 224 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 2: rises as if whoever was sitting there got up and 225 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 2: walked away. That one night, while Mark was washing the 226 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 2: dishes completely home alone, suddenly he felt as if someone 227 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 2: pushed him. The last straw came a couple weeks later, 228 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 2: when Mark and his wife were going to see a movie. 229 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 2: They were halfway out the building when Mark realized he'd 230 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 2: forgotten something in the apartment. He says, I run up 231 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 2: to go get it, and as soon as I walked 232 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 2: through the door to the apartment, I just felt some 233 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 2: kind of negative presence. And all I can understand from 234 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 2: this presence is that I'm not supposed to be there. 235 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 2: A couple days later, Mark and his wife began looking 236 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 2: for another place to live. He says, we're packing up 237 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 2: to move, and the next door neighbor says. 238 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 3: Oh, you guys are moving. 239 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 2: That's too bad. Did's something weird happen? And I said, 240 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 2: what are you talking about? The neighbor says, oh, the 241 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 2: guy who lived there before you. He killed himself in 242 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 2: the apartment. We found him dead in the bathtub. He'd 243 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 2: been in there for about three weeks. Dontantan dancing, Joe. 244 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 2: This will be our final spooky tale of the evening. 245 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 2: Not all ghosts are bad. They're not all malevolent. Some 246 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 2: are just a little silly, little mischievous. 247 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 4: Well. 248 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 2: Julie Greenberg currently lives in Long Beach, but this story 249 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 2: takes place about twenty years ago, when she's worked the 250 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 2: door at a rock club. The building was a residential 251 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 2: home decades before it became a club, but remnants of 252 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 2: its past life remained. 253 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 3: Specifically, Joe. 254 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 2: Joe was a man believed to have lived at the 255 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: rock club when it was a residential building. Not much 256 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: is known about Joe, though the story went that he 257 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 2: fought in World War Two. Once the building was turned 258 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 2: into the club, Julie would often catch. 259 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 3: Glimpses of Joe. 260 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 2: She says, I saw Joe several times at the club. 261 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 2: His image never frightened me. When I would see his 262 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 2: image moving in front of the stage for more than 263 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 2: thirty seconds, that was my way of knowing he liked 264 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 2: the band. Now it's been years since Julie worked at 265 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 2: the club, but she says she still drives by that corner, 266 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 2: and although the building doesn't look like a house anymore, 267 00:15:54,200 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: she hopes Joe is still dancing. Those are are our 268 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 2: spooky tales from all across southern California. When we come back, 269 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 2: we're going to look at a few rare, maybe irrational, 270 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: and certainly pecure your phobias you've likely never heard of. 271 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 2: You know, there's a fear of peanut butter sticking to 272 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 2: the roof of your mouth, or even a fear of 273 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 2: being without your cell phone that's specific to teenagers. There's 274 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 2: even a fear of opening one's eyes, especially with what's 275 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 2: going on in the world. 276 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 3: I imagine. 277 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 2: But we'll get into more of those fears and phobias 278 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 2: on the other side of the brake. Tifney Hobbs filling 279 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 2: in from maryl till seven and then doctor Wendy will 280 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: be here with her wonderful show as always. 281 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 282 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 2: Tiffany Hobbs here and we are going to get into 283 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 2: something that I'm fascinated by. And the list, I think 284 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 2: what fascinates me most is at the seems to be 285 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 2: ever evolving and ever expanding. And I don't know what 286 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 2: the criteria is for this thing to become classified as 287 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 2: a phobia or for the thing to be classified as 288 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 2: a phobia, the fear. 289 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 3: But again, that list seems. 290 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 2: To be very fluid, like it just keeps going. And 291 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 2: here are twenty one rare, maybe even irrational, judgy, judge 292 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 2: and certainly different phobias that you and I likely never 293 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 2: heard of until today. Now, phobias are fears and we 294 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: often know of, like the ones that are based around 295 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 2: pop culture. A rack nophobia, fear of spiders, whole movie 296 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 2: was made from it, terrified me as a kid, Love 297 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 2: it now, But fear of spiders, a rack noophobia, fear 298 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 2: of heights, acrophobia. 299 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 3: There are lots of phobias that you might know. 300 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 2: But what about the fear of peanut butter sticking to 301 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 2: the roof of your mouth. There is such a thing 302 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 2: the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of 303 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 2: your mouth. And bear with me, I'm gonna try to 304 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 2: pronounce it a raki butter a phobia. A raka butter 305 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 2: with phobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to 306 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 2: the roof of your mouth. And so the severity varies 307 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 2: from person to person. But some people with this condition 308 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 2: may be able to eat small amounts of peanut butter, 309 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 2: but others will avoid peanut butter or anything with a 310 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 2: similar consistency all together. Then there's nama phobia. Nama phobia 311 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: is the fear of being without your cell phone. People 312 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 2: who experience nama phobia often also experience excessive anxiety about 313 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 2: not having their phone with them, their. 314 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 3: Battery being low or dying. 315 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 2: Or their phone losing service, and people will panic and 316 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 2: experience extreme symptoms of anxiety. Often stems from having a 317 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 2: cell phone addiction. So if you don't have your phone, 318 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 2: then you have nomophobia. Then there's a rhythmaphobia, fear of numbers. 319 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 2: I think I had this in eleventh grade algebra two. 320 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 2: Fear of numbers a rhythmophobia. These are people who grew 321 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 2: up dreading math class cheers to that, but people with 322 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 2: a rhythmophobia also have a genuine fear of numbers, and 323 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 2: they often experience anxiety associated with doing math or dealing 324 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 2: with numbers in general, versus a fear of actually seeing 325 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 2: number symbol. So it's manipulating numbers in some way, either 326 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 2: through math or whatever any other occasion might be. And 327 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 2: it can be a major impairment in someone's life, affecting 328 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 2: their jobs, affecting how they handle money. That's a rhythma phobia, 329 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 2: fear of numbers. Now, on the flip side of that, 330 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 2: let's say you're making a whole bunch of money and 331 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 2: that's scared that terrifies you. Fear of money is called plutophobia, plutophobia. 332 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 2: Do you have that, Kayla? Plutophobia? Uh no, oh, fear 333 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 2: of money. Actually, if you attract what you're scared of, 334 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 2: I hear, then yes, I have a huge fear of money. 335 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,120 Speaker 3: A little reverse psychology there you go. 336 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 2: I know most people, of course, probably most of us 337 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 2: listening and here in the studio probably wish we had 338 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 2: more money. We work in radio, right, But plutophobia is 339 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 2: a fear of money or wealth, and people with this 340 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 2: fear legitimately fear anything associated with wealth, even wealthy people 341 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 2: or becoming wealthy themselves. They generally dread money and having 342 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 2: to deal with it, even leading to the sabotaging of careers. 343 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 2: My favorite color is green. What's your favorite color, Kayla? 344 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 3: Blue? I like a mixture of the two, in fact, turquoise. 345 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. 346 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 2: But did you know that you can actually have a 347 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 2: legitimate phobia of colors, and specifically, the fear of the 348 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 2: color yellow is xanta phobia. 349 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 3: How do you even avoid the color yellow? It's every 350 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 3: rare nature. 351 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 2: Well, people with this rare phobia are usually also afraid 352 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 2: of any object that's yellow, such as school buses. 353 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 3: I don't mean them, they are terrifying. Don't mean. Have 354 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 3: you ever driven next to one of those scaries. I'm 355 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 3: not getting to the banana aisle? And they're like, oh god. 356 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 2: No, school buses, flowers, bananas, yellow crayons. 357 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 3: The sun, the sun, all those four fellows. So have 358 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 3: you got that phobia? Talk back to us, what happens 359 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 3: to you? 360 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 2: They may even find yellow foods to be distressing, the 361 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 2: corn them They're like, oh god, oh, this phobia tends 362 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 2: to interfere with everyday life. You think as yellow things 363 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 2: can be found everywhere. Then there's a fear of bathing, 364 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 2: A fear of bathing, a bluetophobia that just sounds bad. 365 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 2: A bophobia, yes, is the fear of bathing, washing, or 366 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 2: cleaning oneself, and it often occurs in children and can 367 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: resolve itself with age. You've been around little kids. They're 368 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 2: very water adverse outside of pools or like playing in water. 369 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 3: But when it's. 370 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 2: Baftime, oh no, now they fight like cats. Like they 371 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 2: become very limber and strong all of a sudden. But 372 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 2: it usually resolves itself with age, although it can be 373 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 2: present in adults. People with a bluetophobia so harsh a 374 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:56,719 Speaker 2: bluetophobia avoid bathing and showering, which can the words are 375 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 2: hard also lead to all sorts of high gene issues 376 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 2: and sometimes social isolation. However, their fear of bathing and 377 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 2: the anxiety they experience while bathing can become so extreme 378 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 2: that their consequences are significant. It can result from traumatic 379 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 2: events involving water or a fear of getting wet, and 380 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 2: in some cases can be related to aquaphobia, which is 381 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 2: the fear of water, fear of the number eight. They 382 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 2: go aile one, two, three, four, five, sixty seven nine, one, two, three, four, five, 383 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 2: six seven nine. Nope, not doing it. Octophobia. Octophobia is 384 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 2: the fear of the number eight. There are few other 385 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 2: known phobias related to specific numbers. There is the fear 386 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 2: of numbers themselves. That's a rhythmophobia. We talked about that. 387 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: And there's the fear of the number thirteen, which is 388 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 2: often related to something supernatural. You know, there's no thirteenth 389 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 2: floor on this in this hotel, or in the elevator, 390 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 2: whatever it may be. But people with octaphobia fear the 391 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 2: symbol eight as it appears written down, such as in 392 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 2: addresses or advertisements. They can also fear objects presenting in 393 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 2: groups of eight. Now they say that this rare phobia 394 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 2: may come from its resemblance to the infinity sign. It 395 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 2: also can stem from traumatic events involving the number eight, 396 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 2: such as an accident that happened on the eighth of 397 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 2: the month or the eighth month, or whatever it may be. 398 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 2: Octophobia the fear of the number eight. Optophobia the fear 399 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 2: of opening one's eyes. We're talking about rare phobias and fears. 400 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 2: Optophobia is the fear of opening one's eyes. 401 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 3: That's I think that's all that needs to be said. 402 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 3: With that one. 403 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 2: There's a fear of of balloons. That's glob of phobia, 404 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 2: fear of long words. Know what what this phobia is called? 405 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 3: Fear of law. 406 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 2: Here we go, hippopotta monstrosis equipped aliophobia. 407 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 3: They can't say what they have. Fear of long words. 408 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 3: That's just how does a doctor diagnosed the person you 409 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 3: say the word? 410 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 2: I think if they try to say this and they 411 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 2: scream and like fall down and just distress, they're like, yeah, 412 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 2: you got that, of which many people would have if 413 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 2: they looked at this word, this word that the actual 414 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 2: phobia is like, can't count it quickly, but it's at 415 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 2: least twenty five letters. 416 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 3: This is crazy. 417 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 2: Hippopota monstrosis equipped aliophobia. I'm sure somebody will have the 418 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 2: talk back and say, you're not pronouncing that right, Well, 419 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 2: let us know how it's pronounced. There's also the fear 420 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 2: of adolescence fa bi phobia. You fear youth, You fear 421 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 2: kids youth, fear of belly buttons, that's omphalophobia, fear of string, 422 00:25:54,840 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 2: linoon phobia, fear of hair, chay to phobia, fear of beards, 423 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 2: paga phobia. Don't like beards, they're they're for some people, 424 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 2: they're terrifying, for others, they're lovely. Vesta phobia, fear of clothing, 425 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 2: ergo phobia, fear of work, have that often decide. 426 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 3: A phobia, fear of making. 427 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 2: Decisions, s so traphobia, fear of mirrors, depthnaphobia, fear of 428 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 2: dining with others, phoba phobia, fear of phobias. 429 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 3: Come on, and then. 430 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 2: That's our last one, phoba phobia, fear of phobias. So 431 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 2: these these are there, and this is just a list 432 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 2: of the twenty one most rare, irrational and strange phobias 433 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 2: you've likely not heard of. All Right, when we come back, 434 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 2: we're not going to talk about the number yellow or 435 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 2: the number or the excuse me, the color yellow or 436 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 2: the number eight, lest we scare some of our listeners. 437 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 3: But we are going to get. 438 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 2: Into what is genuinely, genuinely scaring educators teachers around the country, 439 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 2: and it has to do with the ability or inability 440 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 2: of their students. And students are melting down when asked 441 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 2: to do this one simple task. 442 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 3: I'll tell you what it is. 443 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 2: On the other side of the break k I am 444 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 2: six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app Tifney Hobbs 445 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 2: here till seven filling in for Meryl. 446 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 447 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,880 Speaker 2: Tiffany Hobbs here, and we are going to jump into 448 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 2: our newest segment, which is not really it's not really 449 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 2: a new segment, but it's a segment that I'm pulling 450 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 2: from where it used to be, which was at a 451 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 2: different point, And it's the Viral Load where we chronicle 452 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 2: some of the stories that are going viral on social media. 453 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 2: And these stories have been shared by hundreds of thousands, 454 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 2: even millions of people to the tune of us knowing 455 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 2: about what's happening because they're popular. And this story is 456 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 2: a story that fits right in with the Halloween theme 457 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 2: and spooky theme of today. By the way, keep your 458 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 2: talkbacks coming. If you have a spooky tale, a supernatural 459 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 2: tale of which we've had quite a few submissions and 460 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 2: played them on air, you can get on air. 461 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 5: Guys. 462 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 3: Let us know. 463 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 2: We want to know your spookiest, scariest, most supernatural stories 464 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 2: in thirty seconds or less, of course, and again we'll 465 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 2: get them on air. Can't wait to hear what you're 466 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 2: cooking up that is our question of the evening, and 467 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 2: later on we will definitely get to the there's no 468 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 2: business life Go. 469 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 3: Business segment first. 470 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 2: Sure, so stay tuned for that, but right now, a 471 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 2: high school teacher went viral this week to the tune 472 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 2: of tens of millions of view shares and comments showing 473 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 2: his students horrified reaction to a simple instruction to write 474 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 2: a paragraph. Let's hear what the teacher, Eli Carbuluto had 475 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 2: to say and how his students reacted in a paragraph. 476 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 5: Oh, my gosh, in a paragraph. Well, you know what 477 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 5: complete sentence is? Yeah, exploit five sentences. Five sentences. Yeah, 478 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 5: you have to do five complete sentences. Could you imagine 479 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 5: that having to write five complete sentences. Okay, that's a 480 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 5: test on its own, five complete sentences. 481 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 2: The horror, that's a test on its own, one of 482 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,239 Speaker 2: the students says, and Carbluto has to has to repeat it. 483 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 2: That's a test on its own, five sentences. This is 484 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 2: a terrifying story, if ever there was one. So in 485 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 2: the video posted this previous Wednesday, high school teacher and 486 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 2: coach Eli Carbillito demonstrated how dire the situation is in 487 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 2: American schools. It's the sophomores in his class are reacting 488 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 2: to him asking them to write five complete sentences. The footage, 489 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 2: which you can see online and we heard the audio from, 490 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 2: shows mister Carballito sitting at his desk as he begins 491 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 2: to relay instructions for the simple writing exercise. He goes 492 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 2: on to say in a paragraph, and the students interject 493 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 2: and go, oh my gosh, you heard them, Oh oh, 494 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 2: this waffling, and then Carballito, mister Carballito tries to explain 495 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 2: what a paragraph actually means. He's like, you know what 496 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 2: a complete sentence is, Just write five of those things. 497 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 2: And at this demand, as you heard there, his class 498 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 2: erupts in outrage. 499 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 3: Oh no, oh, five centenzens. 500 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 2: Many of them are again saying five sentences. One says 501 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 2: that's like a test on its own. Now, mister Carballto 502 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 2: is himself new to teaching. He's only twenty three, and 503 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 2: he's kind of green. You're kind of green, fresh out 504 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 2: of college, fresh out of you know, your whatever program 505 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 2: you've been in. And mister Carbollrito, twenty three, bless his heart, 506 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 2: might not yet realize just how bad things have become 507 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 2: in the public school system in the United States. At 508 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 2: the end of the previous school year, one teacher went 509 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 2: to TikTok and said she quit because her sophomore class 510 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 2: could not read. It pushed her to actually quit. Now, 511 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 2: this teacher went on to say, quote technology is ruining education. 512 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 2: She says, it's directly contributing to the literacy decrease that 513 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 2: we're seeing now. For those of us who are north 514 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 2: of anything in the teens, anything in the twenties, thirties, forties, 515 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 2: you likely can remember a time when this was the norm. 516 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 2: Not necessarily the reaction, but the request, the requirement, the 517 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 2: ability to construct a complete paragraph with five sentences. Some 518 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 2: of you might even be saying only five. I remember 519 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 2: when it was five to seven. I'm of that ilk 520 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 2: it's now three to five, and I believe that things 521 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 2: have been lowered to respond to this sort of arguing 522 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 2: against simplistic writing exercises. The Nation's report Card, which compiles 523 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 2: an assessment of educational progress, return disappointing results for the 524 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 2: year twenty twenty four. They found the Nation's report Card 525 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 2: this organization that reading scores for high school seniors fell 526 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 2: to their lowest since nineteen nine two. Now these scores 527 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 2: decline significantly for grades four and eight as well, but 528 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 2: high school seniors are seeing a sharp decline in the 529 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 2: ability to read Dean Martin excuse me, Martin West Harvard 530 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 2: Graduate School of Education. Dean also suspects that the culprit 531 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 2: is modern technology. He says, I don't think we have 532 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,480 Speaker 2: smoking gun evidence that the rise of screen based childhood 533 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 2: is a direct contributor to the literacy trends that we're seeing, 534 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 2: But I'm willing to put it very high on my 535 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 2: list of potential suspects. What is the fear of writing 536 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 2: a paragraph or the phobia of writing or constructing a 537 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 2: complete paragraph? 538 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 3: Paragraph of phobia? 539 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 2: That probably will be added to the list very shortly 540 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 2: as more and more US students are unable or unwilling 541 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 2: to construct simple paragraphs. How the mighty have fallen? When 542 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 2: we come back, we're going to get into our scammers 543 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 2: gonna scam segment. What the heck is ghost tapping? Is 544 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 2: it you poking an apparition or a ghost? No, but 545 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 2: I will tell you what it is on the other side. 546 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 1: Kf I am six forty on demand