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Speaker 1: and Grim and Mild from Aaron Bankey. Headphones recommended for

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Speaker 1: we've finished circling the whole lake, I'll officially have done

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Speaker 1: every trail of Freetown. And why do you like doing this?

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Speaker 1: Come on, look at this place. It's gorgeous mother nature

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Speaker 1: and all our splendor. Sure, if you like that sort

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Speaker 1: see endless trees. Central Park had plenty of those. I

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Speaker 1: Central Park haunted? No way, Freetown State Forest is hella haunted.

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Speaker 1: People see all sorts of weird stuff in here. I mean,

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Speaker 1: take this, like, apparently in the seventies they found blood

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Speaker 1: And they say when it rains, the rocks get slick

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Speaker 1: with red, like they're weeping blood. See right right up there,

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Speaker 1: I think you can see some carvings. Oh yeah, there,

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Speaker 1: Look Uh, dude, where'd you go? No, seriously, you're freaking

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Speaker 1: come on in, settle down and find a seat. I

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Speaker 1: see we have some more folks in class today. It's

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Speaker 1: maybe a few seniors who remembered that they need a

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Speaker 1: history class to graduate. Perhaps, well, you're in the right place.

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Speaker 1: Folklore and Fact an exploration into unusual America a pretty

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Speaker 1: interesting way to get a history credit, if I do

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Speaker 1: say so myself. Now, don't worry if you're just joining us.

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Speaker 1: You didn't miss anything too important in the first class.

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Speaker 1: We just had the chance circle and the blood packed.

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Speaker 1: But in all seriousness, the reading list that I handed

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Speaker 1: hard time chasing down any of the texts. Actually, don't

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Speaker 1: Why we're all here? I see a couple of familiar

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Speaker 1: faces from last semester's witchcraft class. High couldn't get enough

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Speaker 1: of the occult? Huh, Well, I get it. I have

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Speaker 1: dedicated my life to this stuff because human beings, we

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Speaker 1: are fascinated by the strange and the unusual, the inexplicable.

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Speaker 1: they help us explore the gruesome truths of humanity in

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Speaker 1: a safe environment, because stories can't hurt us. Now, some

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Speaker 1: might argue that ghosts and monsters can hurt us, but

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Speaker 1: a disappointment to some of you. But no, this class

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Speaker 1: pursuit this semester is not paranormal, but anthropological. What can

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Speaker 1: people of southeastern Massachusetts believe that this area is a

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Speaker 1: Let's let's get back to the task at hand, shall we. Yeah, Hello, hey,

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Speaker 1: mom oh Jeremy, what a what a pleasant surprise? Hi? Um?

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Speaker 1: Have you gotten a call from the Freetown police? What? No? No?

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Speaker 1: you anything? Water? Coffee? Wow? Full service around here? Slow day? Right?

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Speaker 1: Mr Bradshaw? Yes, hello, are you Captain Haddock? Please call

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Speaker 1: me Martin? Right, Martin, you're Thomas Bradshaw's boy. That's right.

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Speaker 1: He was a very good man. You're dad. I've only

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Speaker 1: You found something? Yes, yes, we did. Come on through.

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Speaker 1: Please take a scene. Did you really find my father's badge? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: the hell excuse me, Mr Bradshawn. No, I was just

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Speaker 1: What the hell is this? I'm sorry, sir, I don't

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Speaker 1: see this badge is pristine. Okay, it's forty years old

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Speaker 1: with a time machine? Look at this? That badge looks

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Speaker 1: to talk to Captain Haddock. I'm sorry, sir, he's in

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Speaker 1: talk to Captain Haddock for you. If you leave me

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Speaker 1: your number, I'll follow up Okay, what's your name? Officer

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Speaker 1: Aboutista Sarah? Alright, thank you all for spartiste. I know

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Speaker 1: I'm sounding alarmist, but this is strange. Yeah, what's strange?

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Speaker 1: Look at this? Oh finish love it? Yeah? Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: missing in with my father. Oh yeah, this is the

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, except this doesn't look like it was found

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Speaker 1: No offense. But you sound like Becca who and Becca

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