Speaker 1: This show contains terrifying, shocking, and haunting stories that some
Speaker 1: listeners may find disturbing or offensive.
Speaker 2: It's three twenty am. You're driving down a dirt road
Speaker 2: on the sixty two. Not a soul and sight, just
Speaker 2: you and the desert night. But wait, you hear a
Speaker 2: signal off from the distance. It's faint that it grows louder.
Speaker 2: Is it a howl of a coyote? The hiss of
Speaker 2: a king snake? Where is the voice of a man
Speaker 2: guiding you toward a great darkness? From my heart radio
Speaker 2: and overtones media, you're listening to YFT two, the only
Speaker 2: sound you'll hear in the Sleephole Valley. I'm Dixon Lewis
Speaker 2: your lone companion for the night, and I've got a
Speaker 2: new batch of stories to keep you up as you
Speaker 2: drive down this dusty, desolate highway. Ramone dreams of being
Speaker 2: a professional baseball player. All he has to do is
Speaker 2: graduate high school. His ambitions are uprooted, though, when his
Speaker 2: hometown is on the brink of destruction. This is The
Speaker 2: Ravine by Walter Thompson Hernandez.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 4: The IRA's rading here. Look, Ray, I don't know what
Speaker 4: all the hooplah's about. It's just gambling.
Speaker 5: Shoot, there's nothing wrong with wedding your beak a little
Speaker 5: bit sometimes.
Speaker 1: Letting your beak. What are you a parrot like? You're right,
Speaker 1: I agree with you. The only thing is his buddy.
Speaker 1: He should have been a little quieter about it. Then
Speaker 1: it would have been no harm, no foul type of thing.
Speaker 1: We wouldn't be here talking about it.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 4: It sure costs a lot of money to get him here.
Speaker 4: You think we got a chance to go all the way?
Speaker 1: Man, we have to. He's the real deal and these
Speaker 1: other players come up big. There's no reason why we
Speaker 1: should have made home dependent this year telling you.
Speaker 4: Is diving up on the ball, and he's diving up.
Speaker 1: He's driving me.
Speaker 4: He's not the box.
Speaker 5: And it's.
Speaker 7: Come on. I know you can hear me.
Speaker 1: Who your jets?
Speaker 7: Who my jets? Whom my jets? Talk to me with
Speaker 7: some respect. I'm your mom, that's what we're saying. Oh,
Speaker 7: get with the time, I get with the times. You
Speaker 7: know what's with the times? To respect your mother? Anyway?
Speaker 7: How did it go last night? I heard you coming
Speaker 7: in way past your curfew too.
Speaker 1: A man? It was okay, I guess went to a
Speaker 1: movie downtown over on Broadway. Then to the lookout spot
Speaker 1: over by Bale by the Highway.
Speaker 7: Yeah, that lookout spot. It's not the safest place me.
Speaker 7: Who that's where that boy where he?
Speaker 1: I heard you say that before, But that kid was
Speaker 1: up to no good.
Speaker 7: I mean, who, just be careful. I only have one son.
Speaker 1: Your son is the toughest one on the whole hill. Ah.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah that's what your dad thought too. I'll look anyway.
Speaker 7: Expananta is a good girl. She comes from a good family.
Speaker 7: They've been on a norma for a while too. No, yeah,
Speaker 7: she's cool mom. And you know she let me get
Speaker 7: on base last night. You know, first base, second base.
Speaker 7: First you're kissing, holding hands. Then you know you really
Speaker 7: want to do is go home? Wait wait no, no, no, no, no,
Speaker 7: no no.
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's the fact that.
Speaker 4: You need.
Speaker 7: Jesus, that's what you need. Look, Holy Water, look looks
Speaker 7: like more people are moving.
Speaker 1: I don't know what for.
Speaker 7: I mean, everyone is saying that they're coming here next week.
Speaker 7: At least that's what Petes is telling everyone. But you
Speaker 7: can't really trust what these people say. You know, a
Speaker 7: bunch of cheese, most of us, if you ask me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't call it, but if they come or not,
Speaker 1: I'll be ready for them.
Speaker 7: I mean, who, you shouldn't be saying those things.
Speaker 1: Saying what things that would have done the same if
Speaker 1: he were still around, you know he would.
Speaker 7: Boy, he's listening.
Speaker 1: Or it could just be our old shock have I
Speaker 1: speaking of the old man. I know where his old
Speaker 1: stash is.
Speaker 7: I know mobile me who don't talk like that. He's
Speaker 7: not here to talk about the things he did. It.
Speaker 7: Tell who you want to you want to not.
Speaker 1: Be around whatever? Mom, I can whatever, Nika, nada, hm.
Speaker 1: Then he could just come in here. I think they
Speaker 1: could just come into our home.
Speaker 9: No, no way, I'll show them.
Speaker 7: He's starting to remind me of you more and more.
Speaker 7: Remember what you promised me. Don't forget to take care
Speaker 7: of your son again. M indeed, no way. Man.
Speaker 5: Was it like closer to second or more like a
Speaker 5: little after first?
Speaker 9: Mm?
Speaker 5: Yeah, somewhere a little closer to second, actually, dang man,
Speaker 5: nobody's ever gotten that far with her. Jimmy from Bishop
Speaker 5: that was the last one who tried.
Speaker 1: Because they aren't me Holmes. You know, if she didn't
Speaker 1: go to cathedral, I would have got a little.
Speaker 3: Further with her.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, Catholic schoolgirls don't put out like that.
Speaker 4: Hey, did I tell you about the scout coming to
Speaker 4: see me next week? The one from UCLA?
Speaker 1: What no way, man, you did just say a word?
Speaker 1: Is that how you treat your best friend? Shit?
Speaker 5: Coach Salazar said he's coming to check me out against
Speaker 5: Wilson next week. They got that big old white boy
Speaker 5: Eddie Johnson. Supposedly he's signed to go play at USC
Speaker 5: next year.
Speaker 1: The big lefty white kid, the one that looks like
Speaker 1: he's nothing but beef and corn bread.
Speaker 4: Johnson.
Speaker 1: Yeah that's him, But who cares.
Speaker 5: I'm gonna strike his butt out every time he steps
Speaker 5: up to the plate.
Speaker 1: Hell yeah, he's a conner if you ask me, he
Speaker 1: doesn't know what he's got coming.
Speaker 4: How about you, ramon? You still thinking about the army
Speaker 4: next year?
Speaker 1: I think so, man, Pops did it, and my TiO
Speaker 1: Juan might.
Speaker 5: As well do it too. Your Pops was real cool, man.
Speaker 5: I know he'd be proud of you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so too. Throwing like that? Come on,
Speaker 1: Eddy's gonna hit it out the park?
Speaker 7: Hey, but like, how do you know it was him?
Speaker 1: But can you so hose? I saw him with that bimbo.
Speaker 10: They thought everyone was sleeping, but I had bad cramps
Speaker 10: at night, so I was up.
Speaker 7: Was my heart.
Speaker 1: I hope to die girl. I saw how short her
Speaker 1: skirt was too.
Speaker 5: Well.
Speaker 7: I hope they're both happy, the both of them. Well, yeah,
Speaker 7: I meg, I have you read the latest letter the
Speaker 7: city since?
Speaker 10: Yeah, we did, and the money would help. I honestly
Speaker 10: don't want to go, but if we do have to,
Speaker 10: my sister's got some landover and said no, and you know,
Speaker 10: it might be good for us and the kids, either
Speaker 10: that or up in Fresno.
Speaker 1: But I hear it's too hot up there.
Speaker 7: I know if it seems too far, and SEO doesn't
Speaker 7: seem too bad. I mean, they say they're gonna be
Speaker 7: calling it alesioned His you know, thirteen story buildings, stores
Speaker 7: and stuff. Can you believe it?
Speaker 10: I believe it when I see it. He's green gonna
Speaker 10: say it. Lot, Are you gonna go to the next hearing?
Speaker 10: A lotta says she's gonna take another group soon? Okay,
Speaker 10: the lotta says it might help change people's minds.
Speaker 7: I mean, you should go if you want, But I'm
Speaker 7: fine here. Hey help me with these clothes?
Speaker 1: Yeah, thang this one's real happy.
Speaker 2: What are you doing?
Speaker 10: Laundry for all of La Loma.
Speaker 2: We'll be back with our broadcast after these messages.
Speaker 1: Hey man, let's go check out the spot on the
Speaker 1: way home.
Speaker 4: But I have practice, man, I gotta get right to school.
Speaker 1: Come on, man, it won't take long, promise.
Speaker 4: All right, But I can't be late, not this week.
Speaker 1: What in the heck? These belong to my dad, all of.
Speaker 4: Them, and they still work.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they do. He bought them back from the war,
Speaker 1: and you some of these a night he got into
Speaker 1: that shootout with the cops. If the city comes like
Speaker 1: they say they are, then this is what they're gonna get.
Speaker 10: You.
Speaker 1: Ever, shoot with this thing with my dad all the time,
Speaker 1: and sometimes I come up here a target practice. Frank
Speaker 1: you in a help if they come.
Speaker 5: I don't know, man, Baseball's probably the only thing I
Speaker 5: should be thinking about right now.
Speaker 1: I got that recruiter coming loock. Man, baseball isn't going anywhere.
Speaker 1: I'm counting on you, man, Come.
Speaker 5: On, What if something happens, What if something like we
Speaker 5: get hurt or something worse?
Speaker 1: What about our home? Man? If you don't want to
Speaker 1: do it, that's fine. I'll find others. Juana and Gabe
Speaker 1: would do it. Yeah, I bet they would. Look this
Speaker 1: one's all oiled up ready to go.
Speaker 4: I'll think about it, and I gotta go to practice.
Speaker 8: H What is it, Mama? I could get understand.
Speaker 7: I am.
Speaker 1: That boy's gonna do whatever he's going to do.
Speaker 7: But there are other ways to fight back. What did
Speaker 7: that way ever do for us? That way is why
Speaker 7: you're not even here anymore.
Speaker 1: It did a lot for us. It did a lot
Speaker 1: for me, you know what. I am still here.
Speaker 7: We do speaking like you were before. But I kept
Speaker 7: my promise, did not?
Speaker 1: I told you I always be here, you remember, no
Speaker 1: matter what?
Speaker 7: Yeah, you did. But it's almost harder now than it
Speaker 7: was before. Like at least before I could hold you,
Speaker 7: touch you, feel the warmth of your body. Now I
Speaker 7: just hear the floor creaking under you.
Speaker 1: I miss those things too, matter I do, but it's
Speaker 1: better than nothing to me.
Speaker 7: You know, sometimes sometimes I wish it wasn't.
Speaker 1: Too mah hm, who are you talking to?
Speaker 7: No, no buddy, nobody mean who through here?
Speaker 4: Did he or dated by the video.
Speaker 2: Of Fanguli, old man Yellow Brown will be more fully removed.
Speaker 3: No, No rock, whoa whoa whoa I'm gonna shoot whoa,
Speaker 3: it's it's Frank.
Speaker 1: Don't shoot me, Frank. What the hell? Man, Brot's bring
Speaker 1: your freaking brains out.
Speaker 5: They got my dad, dude, and cuffs others too.
Speaker 4: Here.
Speaker 1: Take this all right, cock it like this. Take these
Speaker 1: extra blizz too, and take the safety off. Just once
Speaker 1: you're ready, point it and start through these two lines. Okay, cocky,
Speaker 1: all right. They forced us to do this, man, Remember
Speaker 1: that they forced us. Wow, what a great game today.
Speaker 4: Huh A real good one.
Speaker 1: Man. Doesn't that guy in the batter's box remind you
Speaker 1: of big old Eddie Johnson?
Speaker 2: Man?
Speaker 5: He kind of does, big old white boy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, man, he kind of does. Huh man kind of.
Speaker 6: Does La lom haloed.
Speaker 7: The Bishop vision.
Speaker 2: The Ravine is written and directed by Walter Thompson Hernandez.
Speaker 2: The executive producers are James Kim and Taylor Checquoine. Erica
Speaker 2: Huang is a producer. Diego Perez is producer and lead
Speaker 2: sound designer. Alisina Sauy Nozari provided additional sound designer. Daniel
Speaker 2: Martinez is a production sound mixer. Matthew Wong is a composer.
Speaker 2: Theme music by Ryo Baum and Robert Garova. Artwork by
Speaker 2: Justin D.
Speaker 7: Lee.
Speaker 2: This episode was recorded at Hobby Shop West in Highland Park,
Speaker 2: Los Angeles. Walter Thompson Hernandez plays Miguel. Vladimir Santos plays Ramon.
Speaker 2: Elsa Sanchez plays Zamara. Michael Lorenzo Porter plays Frank Carmena
Speaker 2: called her own. Santos plays Maria. You Feel In This
Speaker 2: Too is a production of iHeartRadio and Overtones Media