WEBVTT - SYSK The Podcast: Special Halloween Bonus Episode 2016, The Sequel – From Hell

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to you Stuff you Should Know from HowStuffWorks dot Com.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, and welcome to the Podcast from Hell. I'm Josh Clark,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant, and Jerry's over there.

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<v Speaker 2>So that makes the Stuff you Should Know the podcast

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<v Speaker 2>special Halloween Bonus Episode twenty sixteen. This sequel.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we've called this something different every year, from

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<v Speaker 1>Spooctober to spectacular Spectacular.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you're going to probably title this one so

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<v Speaker 1>I just I can't wait to see myself.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh yeah, I'm gonna have to give it some real thought.

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<v Speaker 1>How about Live from Hell?

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<v Speaker 2>From Hell.

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<v Speaker 1>Speak for yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>You're feeling good about this one?

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<v Speaker 1>I always feel good. I've got my traditional Halloween hot toddy.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh nice, made with candy corn sprinkle on.

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<v Speaker 1>Top, candy corn and corn whiskey. It goes well to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Heat it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you heat it up with some with some margarine.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, you're making me cry.

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<v Speaker 1>Here some pine nuts.

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<v Speaker 2>It's delicious, straight out of a Georgia mom's kitchen. I

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<v Speaker 2>wish man, you would get arrested if you tried to

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<v Speaker 2>give that out to trick or treaters.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, rightfully, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So, Chuck, we have as we usually do, this is

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<v Speaker 2>a this is a special bonus episode. It's an extra episode. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so it can come out on Halloween. It's beautiful. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a gift from us. I guess you could say, as

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<v Speaker 2>we do every year, and what we like to do

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<v Speaker 2>is read a couple of short stories, scary stories, classic

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<v Speaker 2>core fiction usually, but this year we're doing something different.

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<v Speaker 2>We're doing something contemporary, like you like your story last year.

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<v Speaker 2>And the other little land yap to that is that

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<v Speaker 2>this year's first story comes from the Grabster.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the great Ed Grabanowski, who has written many many

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<v Speaker 1>of the house stuff Works articles over the years that

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<v Speaker 1>we've based our episodes on, and we've met ed he's uh,

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<v Speaker 1>he's in Buffalo, right, Yeah, he's in Buffalo, and he

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<v Speaker 1>wrote a great story. And I just want to warn.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like we need to warn this year. Yeah, parents,

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<v Speaker 1>this one is pretty legit, scary, yeah, and creepy. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, maybe you might want to listen before you

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<v Speaker 1>round your kids around the fire.

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<v Speaker 2>To enjoy a Halloween hot hottie.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's a pretty good one.

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<v Speaker 2>Again, I think the Department of Family and Children's Services

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<v Speaker 2>should come to your house if you're giving your kids

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<v Speaker 2>Halloween hot toddies.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, and just as a preview too. After this, we

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<v Speaker 1>did something else a little different. We saw some two

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<v Speaker 1>sentence horror stories from listeners the other day and it

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<v Speaker 1>was a thing that I found is a thing like

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<v Speaker 1>the two sentence story. How creative can you be? Creepy

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<v Speaker 1>can you be? In two sentences? And we picked out

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<v Speaker 1>twenty of the best ones, and so big thanks already

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<v Speaker 1>to everyone who contributed, and sorry to the ones who

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<v Speaker 1>did not get picked because a lot of more jokes,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, we appreciated those, Yeah, but we tried to

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<v Speaker 1>keep it real and creepy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like we want to scare the pants off of

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<v Speaker 2>people this Halloween.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So that's the plan for the next what forty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes something like that, probably not even yeah around there

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<v Speaker 1>we make no time promises.

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<v Speaker 2>So without further ado, we're going to start with the

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<v Speaker 2>first story by Ed grab Anowski. It's called Extraneous Invocat.

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<v Speaker 2>None of these little incidents meant anything to me at first.

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<v Speaker 2>I drew no connections. It started in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>a fall afternoon, sunny and crisp. We were packing up

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<v Speaker 2>the apartment to move after two years in the same

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<v Speaker 2>tiny space, we were making a little more money and

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<v Speaker 2>moving to a slightly nicer neighborhood. The living room was

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<v Speaker 2>a maze of cardboard boxes, stacked and taped and labeled

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<v Speaker 2>or hanging open, half filled with the bits and pieces

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<v Speaker 2>of life we collected over our few years together. I

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<v Speaker 2>walked in from one of the two bedrooms with an

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<v Speaker 2>armload of winter scarves and hats. Should keep these outer,

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<v Speaker 2>or do you think we'll manage to find them before

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<v Speaker 2>it gets too cold out? I looked at Laura, who

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<v Speaker 2>has bent over a box with her back to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Sun shone through the wide front windows onto her long,

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<v Speaker 2>dark hair. She shuddered. Then, not a physical shutder, not

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<v Speaker 2>like a seizure, or like the twitch you see when

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<v Speaker 2>the film is about to break at a movie theater.

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<v Speaker 2>She flickered. I blinked, thinking some thing was in my eye,

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<v Speaker 2>but she was silent and oddly still crouching low over

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<v Speaker 2>the box. Then I noticed her hair. Just a second ago,

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<v Speaker 2>it had been swept sleekily across her neck and shoulders,

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<v Speaker 2>soft and curled, but now it hung in thick, wet strings,

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<v Speaker 2>hiding her face from my view entirely. It was all

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<v Speaker 2>so strange. It happened so quickly. I don't really remember

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<v Speaker 2>what I was thinking. Mostly I was mildly irritated that

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<v Speaker 2>she hadn't answered my question. But a numbness crept up

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<v Speaker 2>my spine as I realized something was not right. Laura

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<v Speaker 2>louder this time. Perhaps she moved slightly, I wasn't sure,

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<v Speaker 2>but she remained silent, and my vague feelings of strangeness

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<v Speaker 2>escalated quickly. A note of panic crept into my voice.

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<v Speaker 2>Is something wrong? She let out a sound that I

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<v Speaker 2>hesitate even to think about. The closest I can come

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<v Speaker 2>to describing it as a sort of clicking sigh. At

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<v Speaker 2>that moment, she shuddered, twitched again, and it seemed as

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<v Speaker 2>though the room brightened. Without realizing there had been a change,

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<v Speaker 2>I saw that her hair looked as it had before,

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<v Speaker 2>and she was busily wrapping glasses in tissue paper and

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<v Speaker 2>lining them up in a cardboard carton. My rising wave

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<v Speaker 2>of dread crested then, and when I called her name again,

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<v Speaker 2>she mistook the note of urgency for anger. She turned,

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<v Speaker 2>frowning and snapped what I think. I just stood there,

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<v Speaker 2>blinking stupidly at her for a moment and already my

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<v Speaker 2>mind had rejected the entire experience. I just zoned out

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<v Speaker 2>there for a minute. Sorry, I said, should we pack these?

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<v Speaker 1>A few days later I called her at work. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the other women in the office answered, no, Laura

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't in. Yes, she was a little late coming back

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<v Speaker 1>from lunch. No, they didn't know where she'd gone. She

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<v Speaker 1>didn't usually leave the office for lunch, and she was

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<v Speaker 1>hardly ever late for anything. But I didn't think twice

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<v Speaker 1>about it at the time. Later that week, I happened

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<v Speaker 1>to thumb through a local newspaper and a small article

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<v Speaker 1>in the city news section caught my eye. Witness claim

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<v Speaker 1>stranger walks downtown streets. A homeless man was attacked on

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<v Speaker 1>the city's west side yesterday afternoon, although police are having

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<v Speaker 1>trouble getting a description of the attacker. Hail Thomas Donovan,

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two, of no permanent address, reported the attack at

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<v Speaker 1>one thirty pm after passers by found him huddled on

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<v Speaker 1>Dearborn Street near the Cray Island Railroad bridge. He was

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<v Speaker 1>yelling incoherently and was quote visibly terrified end quote. According

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<v Speaker 1>to the police report, he was treated for trauma and

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<v Speaker 1>released from sisters of Mercy Medical Center, although witnesses believed

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<v Speaker 1>the man was not physically injured. In his statement to police,

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<v Speaker 1>Donovan only said that he quote met a stranger end

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<v Speaker 1>quote under the bridge. Police confirmed that they received two

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<v Speaker 1>other reports that day of a quote strange person end

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<v Speaker 1>quote on the city's west side. Nice thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>The apartment was mostly packed up at that point. We

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<v Speaker 2>were living on frozen pizza, eating off of paper plates

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<v Speaker 2>for the next few days. Every night we went to bed,

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<v Speaker 2>exhausted from ping and lugging boxes around. That night, I

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<v Speaker 2>read in bed for a short while as Laura fell

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<v Speaker 2>asleep beside me. She lay on her side, her back

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<v Speaker 2>to me. When I set down my book and turned

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<v Speaker 2>out the light, I leaned forward to kiss her good night.

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<v Speaker 2>She made a soft, happy sound and snuggled back into me. Briefly.

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<v Speaker 2>I was soon as sound asleep as she was. When

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<v Speaker 2>I awoke, I had no idea what time it was.

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<v Speaker 2>Our alarm clock had long since been packed, and Laura

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<v Speaker 2>was using her watch alarm to wake up for work

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning. It was still extremely dark. The only

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<v Speaker 2>light of feeble blue glow from the street light outside,

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<v Speaker 2>filtered through shade and curtains. Guessing it was about three AM.

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<v Speaker 2>I stretched sleep stiff muscles and turned over to face Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>She still had her back to me, sound asleep on

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<v Speaker 2>her side. In the dim light, I could see the slow,

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<v Speaker 2>shallow rising and falling of her breath. I reached out

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<v Speaker 2>to gently stroke her hair until I fell back asleep.

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<v Speaker 2>It was ice cold and soaking wet. Oh boy, I

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<v Speaker 2>frozen place, body instantly rigid as the memory of the

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<v Speaker 2>afternoon packing incident flooded me with terror. My throat was

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<v Speaker 2>tight and dry, adrenaline surging through me as I tried

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<v Speaker 2>to keep my hands still, plotting how to withdraw without

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<v Speaker 2>letting her know I was awake. I pulled my hand

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<v Speaker 2>from that clammy mass as slowly as I could, fighting

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<v Speaker 2>the urge to recoil in a panic. My fingers were

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<v Speaker 2>tingling from fear, in another stronger numbness that spread down

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<v Speaker 2>my arm as I tried to pull it back beneath

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<v Speaker 2>the cover silently. Just then she made that chittering sound again.

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<v Speaker 2>This time I realized what it was. She was laughing.

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<v Speaker 2>I pressed myself hard against the wall on my side

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<v Speaker 2>of the bed, heart slamming and skittering. Arms pressed tight

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<v Speaker 2>to my sides My eyes were wide open, glaring into

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<v Speaker 2>the darkness, watching the shape and the bed beside me

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<v Speaker 2>for any kind of movement. I didn't know what was

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<v Speaker 2>lying less than two feet from me. I remained that way,

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<v Speaker 2>rigid with terror, for quite some time. I didn't sleep.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I even blinked. I never noticed change,

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<v Speaker 2>But at some point I heard a soft snoring, a

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<v Speaker 2>familiar Laura sound. I relaxed somewhat, but a few minutes later,

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<v Speaker 2>when she stirred and rolled over, my every muscle pulled

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<v Speaker 2>taut with apprehension. But it was just Laura, peaceful in sleep.

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<v Speaker 2>My fear ebbed away, and in the absence of adrenaline,

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<v Speaker 2>my eyes refused to stay open. Although I slept soundly,

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<v Speaker 2>I woke with stiff, sore muscles. My shoulders ached, and

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<v Speaker 2>I remembered vaguely that I dreamt of being chased through

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<v Speaker 2>my childhood neighborhood, desperately hopping fences and cutting through yards

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<v Speaker 2>to escape some unseen pursuer. Laura came back into the

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<v Speaker 2>bedroom just before she left for work. She looked down

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<v Speaker 2>at me with a look of concern. Did you sleep okay?

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<v Speaker 2>She asked, You look pale? She reached out a hand

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<v Speaker 2>to touch my cheek, and I flinched, looking confused and hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>Laura's stepped back. What she smelled the sleep of her shirt?

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<v Speaker 2>Do I smell bad? What's wrong? The unconscious jolt of

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<v Speaker 2>fear brought the previous night's encounter back to the forefront

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<v Speaker 2>of my mind. But already the defensive mechanis some of

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<v Speaker 2>the human psyche where at work, diffusing the memory as

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<v Speaker 2>I convinced myself it was part of my dream. No,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not you. I think I was having a nightmare

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<v Speaker 2>when I woke up, and I'm still a little foggy.

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<v Speaker 2>She gave a half smile and leaned down to kiss

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<v Speaker 2>me goodbye. I reached up to give her a quick hug,

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<v Speaker 2>feeling the warmth of her body and her soft skin

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<v Speaker 2>against my face, and she was gone.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, bad things are happening in this relationship starting

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<v Speaker 1>to pick up, isn't it. Yeah? It's uh every dan's

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<v Speaker 1>worst nightmare. The wife becomes a shape shifting ghoul right

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<v Speaker 1>with wet hair that you can't get your hand out of.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't call ed the Grabster coma master of terror

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<v Speaker 2>for nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, here we go. That night, Laura left for

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<v Speaker 1>a two day conference in Memphis. I dropped her off

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<v Speaker 1>at the airport and got back to the apartment around

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<v Speaker 1>nine at night. There wasn't much to do, since most

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<v Speaker 1>of the packing was finished and we were just waiting

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<v Speaker 1>for the occupants of our new apartment to move out.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a TV in the couch, everything else was

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<v Speaker 1>sealed in boxes. I ordered a pizza and settled in

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<v Speaker 1>to watch a baseball game. At about one am, I

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<v Speaker 1>woke up with a stiff neck. I'd fallen asleep at

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<v Speaker 1>an odd angle on the couch. The game was long over.

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<v Speaker 1>An infomercial bathed the room and flickering bluish light, but

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<v Speaker 1>I turned the volume very low so I couldn't hear

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<v Speaker 1>what they were selling, some kind of exercise equipment. It

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't the infomercial or sore neck that awakened me, however,

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<v Speaker 1>it was the early autumn chill that pervaded the apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>Puzzled and still groggy, I sat up and realized that

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<v Speaker 1>the door of the apartment was open. Not good at

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<v Speaker 1>that moment. I also noticed a foul odor, like rotted meat.

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<v Speaker 1>Very bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, who wants that?

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<v Speaker 1>I walked to the door, seeing that the outer door

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<v Speaker 1>was also hanging ajar. It was gusty out and the

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<v Speaker 1>night air was blowing straight down the hall. I closed

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<v Speaker 1>both doors, certain that I hadn't forgotten to latch them

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<v Speaker 1>shut earlier, but I could come up with no other explain.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither could I find any source for the smell, which

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<v Speaker 1>was fading quickly. There was literally no other food in

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<v Speaker 1>the house, and the garbage was outside in the dumpster.

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<v Speaker 1>My two am sleuthing skills exhausted, I gave up and

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<v Speaker 1>went to bed. The night's sleep was uneventful. Maybe he farted.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's the subtext of the whole story. I

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<v Speaker 2>think so they were both just farting on each other.

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<v Speaker 2>On Saturday morning, I picked Laura up at the airport.

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<v Speaker 2>That night was to be our last at the apartment,

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<v Speaker 2>but we were still in limbo. Everything packed, nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>do but wait. Even the cable had been shut off.

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<v Speaker 2>We spent the afternoon and evening seeing a movie and

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<v Speaker 2>having dinner at a nearby restaurant. The televisions over the bar,

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<v Speaker 2>usually tuned to a ballgame, were buzzing with news about

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<v Speaker 2>a recent murder. An old woman had been found mutilated

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<v Speaker 2>in her home. They kept showing footage of a man

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<v Speaker 2>in a suit, a detective, I guess, walking out of

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<v Speaker 2>the house with his hand over his mouth, his eyes

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<v Speaker 2>wide with shock. Our spirits were subdued when we got

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<v Speaker 2>back home, and before long we went to bed. That night,

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<v Speaker 2>that unbearable, unthinkable night, started out much like before. Something

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<v Speaker 2>woke me in the deepest hours. I had no sense

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<v Speaker 2>of time, but it was very dark. I immediately knew

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<v Speaker 2>something was wrong. I'd been having tense and disturbing dreams,

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<v Speaker 2>partly from the news stories about the murder, faceless men

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<v Speaker 2>in suits knocking at my door, walking around the house,

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<v Speaker 2>peering into the windows. But something other than a nightmare

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<v Speaker 2>was contributing to my malaise. She made the sound, that laughter,

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<v Speaker 2>that hideous, mind wrenching sound no human could make. My

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<v Speaker 2>body went numb with terror, and I gasped out loud again.

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<v Speaker 2>I shrunk to the far wall, pressed against it, my

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<v Speaker 2>eyes frantically scanning the blackness for movement. I couldn't imagine

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<v Speaker 2>passing another night like that, straining to hear, praying that

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<v Speaker 2>nothing happened. But I felt the bed shift. A of

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<v Speaker 2>cold air, reeking of rot bathed my face. The shape

0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:09.000
<v Speaker 2>in the bed beside me rolled over. Yeah, this guy's good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>If I live for a thousand years, I will never

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<v Speaker 2>forget that face. It was my wife's face, but corrupted,

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<v Speaker 2>as though my wife was being worn by something that

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<v Speaker 2>was not the same shape as her. The mouth was

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<v Speaker 2>stretched in a wide rictus, literally from ear to ear.

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<v Speaker 2>An inner set of black, oily lips curled back in

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<v Speaker 2>a manic smile, uncovering a row of impossibly large teeth.

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<v Speaker 2>I could see things caught in those teeth. The eyes

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<v Speaker 2>were huge, glistening black, no iris or pupil. The nose

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<v Speaker 2>was distorted in a thin ridge bone with narrow slits.

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<v Speaker 2>The scalp and hair seemed to hang loosely, as if

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<v Speaker 2>partially detached from the skull beneath. And yet the model

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<v Speaker 2>gray skin of a thin neck disappeared into my wife's

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<v Speaker 2>pale blue night shirt. It was an obscenity. It crawled

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<v Speaker 2>across the bed toward me, unnaturally agile. Those eyes widened,

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<v Speaker 2>the grin somehow stretching the jaw working at a bizarre speed. Still,

0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:11.080
<v Speaker 2>that sound issued from its throat. I tried to scream,

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<v Speaker 2>but my throat was clenched in terror. A hand gripped

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<v Speaker 2>my shoulder, terrifyingly strong and cold as ice. Its face

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<v Speaker 2>was inches from mine now, the mouth opening wide, it screamed.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a shrill, screeching roar of deafening volumes, so

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<v Speaker 2>loud it made my eyes hurt. As it screamed, it

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<v Speaker 2>shook violently. Its cold, wet hair flailed and fell in

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<v Speaker 2>thick ropes across the face, But the cold, black eyes

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<v Speaker 2>stayed focused on mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Boy, it really paints a picture.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna take a lot of corn, whiskey and candy

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<v Speaker 2>corn to wipe this one from everybody's mind. Wow, But

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<v Speaker 2>we can try.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't we. We met Ed's wife or girlfriend, wife, lovely woman.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, she's My hair's totally dry and of the normal temperature.

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<v Speaker 1>And my husband's crazy, crazy talented. All right, here we go.

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<v Speaker 1>When I awoke, the room was flooded with sun. I

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<v Speaker 1>have no idea what happened. I can only assume that

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<v Speaker 1>I passed out from sheer terror. Laura was already up showering.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to the other bathroom to wash a strange

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<v Speaker 1>chemical taste out of my mouth. In the mirror, I

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<v Speaker 1>noticed that thin trails of blood had seeped from the

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<v Speaker 1>corners of my eyes then dried. Somehow I got through

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<v Speaker 1>that day. I stayed busy with loading the moving van,

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<v Speaker 1>unloading at the new apartment. Unpacking, I avoided Laura. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know what to think or what to do. I

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<v Speaker 1>finally convinced myself that whatever had happened was probably related

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<v Speaker 1>to the apartment itself, since we were moving, I was

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<v Speaker 1>escaping whatever it was. But I woke up in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the night again. We were sleeping on the

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<v Speaker 1>mattress on the floor, surrounded by boxes. My heart was

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<v Speaker 1>slamming in my chest. As I looked at Laura. She

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to be sleeping peacefully, lying on her side, facing

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<v Speaker 1>away from me. That made it even more of a

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<v Speaker 1>shock when I heard the sound the laughter again. It

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<v Speaker 1>seemed so loud though I tried to get up, get

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<v Speaker 1>out of bed, and away, but I could not move

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<v Speaker 1>my limbs. The clicking laugh sound came again. At this

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<v Speaker 1>time I felt it. I felt it come from my

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<v Speaker 1>own throat. My limbs began moving then, but I was

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<v Speaker 1>not in control. I was a passenger. I put my

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<v Speaker 1>hand on Laura's shoulder, squeezing hard. It was my hand,

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<v Speaker 1>but not my hand, gray skinned and clawed. It woke

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<v Speaker 1>her up. Hey ow. As she rolled over and I

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<v Speaker 1>began to pull at her shoulder, opened her eyes and screamed.

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<v Speaker 1>Just as her arm toward breathe. I could see clearly

0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.719
<v Speaker 1>her eyes had gone glassy with terror and pain. Underscreen

0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:04.040
<v Speaker 1>was soon cut short. I can only hope she went

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<v Speaker 1>into shock before most of what came next. I was

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<v Speaker 1>not in control, but I watched it all happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, the end, all right? That is extraneous invocat by

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<v Speaker 2>the great ed Grebanowski and.

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<v Speaker 1>Chill bumps literally on my arms.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I wonder what that thing's gonna do with the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of its day, what comes after that?

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, mister protagonist, it's not the apartment.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, that was wishful thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>I was moving with you to the new apartment.

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<v Speaker 2>He's like, it's a it's fine, yeah, stay, the pure

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<v Speaker 2>dark evil will just stay behind in this apartment for

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<v Speaker 2>the next tenant to deal with.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure it's just this crappy studio, This two bedroom

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<v Speaker 1>we're moving into will be great, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And what is the spear that stabbed Jesus Christ and

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<v Speaker 2>the ribs doing under the bed?

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<v Speaker 1>So, by the way, we're gonna get into our two

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<v Speaker 1>sentence horror stories. But something jumped out at me. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're into this two sentence thing, an interset of black,

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<v Speaker 1>oily lips curled back in a manic smile, uncovering a

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<v Speaker 1>row of impossibly large teeth. I could see things caught

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<v Speaker 1>in those teeth. That's how you do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, uh yeah, I thought it might even be unfair

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<v Speaker 2>to be like Grabster, you got a two sentence yeah story.

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<v Speaker 1>He'd say, pick out any two sentences of anything else

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<v Speaker 1>I've ever written and light a cigar. Oh wow, boy,

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<v Speaker 1>that was a good one.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a good one. Man. I'm pretty pretty psyched

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<v Speaker 2>we use that one.

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<v Speaker 1>Does he have a lot of these?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's he's a One of the things he does

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<v Speaker 2>is right horror.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, he might just become our guy next year. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna I'm not sure if it's gonna work. But I

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<v Speaker 1>found out that Stephen King has something called his dollar Babies.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you heard of this? No, he has a list

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<v Speaker 1>of stories, short stories, like probably twenty of them on

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<v Speaker 1>his website called his dollar Babies that have not ever

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<v Speaker 1>been optioned for anything. And if you submit, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently it takes like a month to get responded to.

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<v Speaker 1>So we didn't have time. But if you submit and say, like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a student filmmaker, I'd like to make this as

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<v Speaker 1>a project, He'll say, fine, give me a dollar and

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<v Speaker 1>have at it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>So I might see if we can do a legit

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen kingwin next year for a buck. That is really

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<v Speaker 1>cool man, And we'll see. That's just neat that he

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<v Speaker 1>does that though. Yeah, dollar babies.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's pretty cool. It's like weird Al Yankovic tweeting

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number the payphon he's standing by. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's along the same vein.

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<v Speaker 1>When did he do that in the eighties?

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<v Speaker 2>No, No, not too long ago. He tweeted it and

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<v Speaker 2>then whoever called first, he just sat and talked with

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<v Speaker 2>us for like twenty minutes while he's waiting for a flight.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's a cool guy. If there's one thing that

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<v Speaker 2>everybody knows about weird Al, it's that he is deeply cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. All right, So, like we said, we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>finish up today with twenty two sentence stories that people

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<v Speaker 1>sent in, and we appreciate the creativity these are. We're

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<v Speaker 1>probably gonna critique them as we go because we're us. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think everyone left the name for the most

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<v Speaker 1>part and where they were from.

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<v Speaker 2>But some are abbreviated, yeah, sure, some have the pronunciation

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<v Speaker 2>even Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And we tried to read a bunch of these on subreddits,

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<v Speaker 1>and I tried to weed out the ones that were plagiarized.

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<v Speaker 1>So if any of these turn out to be plagiarized,

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<v Speaker 1>and shame on you, and I'm sorry to the original authors.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, nice, Chuck, how's that that's pretty good? A little shaming, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>pre shaming, and I believe you've not been found out yet,

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<v Speaker 2>but shame on you.

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<v Speaker 1>So I believe we're also going to have a little

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<v Speaker 1>creepy bed of ambient sounds here as well.

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<v Speaker 2>If there's one thing Jerry does, it's it's horror.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I see here in the corner, and now she's

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<v Speaker 1>cranking up the ambient horrorse.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a monkey with the cymbals, but it's a real monkey,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's dead.

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<v Speaker 1>It's weird. All right, you can go ahead and take

0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:12.440
<v Speaker 1>the first one there.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, this one comes from Jamie Clark. No relation as

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<v Speaker 2>far as I know, from only Texas. Not related to

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<v Speaker 2>that town either. Jenny walked into her home to see

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<v Speaker 2>flowers on the dinner table with the note I love

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<v Speaker 2>to watch you sleep. She called to thank her husband,

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<v Speaker 2>but was interrupted by the masked man's reflection in the base.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty good, boom. I just thought it was creepy enough

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<v Speaker 1>that her husband would say I love to watch you sleep.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, apparently they're into that kind of thing, though. They've

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<v Speaker 2>got that in there, like a whole fetish of pretending

0:23:47.720 --> 0:23:51.439
<v Speaker 2>you're sleeping or dead and then like that you're revived

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<v Speaker 2>by the person who you're having conjugation with. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>that's the thing, conjugation that this is what it's called,

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<v Speaker 2>all right.

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<v Speaker 1>This one is from Canam true Ax or true traw

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<v Speaker 1>t r u a X Saint Cloud, Minnesota Truaw.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a great name, Canum Truaw.

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<v Speaker 1>And this one's is wonderful because it's nice and concise.

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<v Speaker 1>Only part of my wife came back. I wish I

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't stopped payment on the check.

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<v Speaker 2>Boom.

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<v Speaker 1>Not bad.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of violence against women in horror. Have you

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<v Speaker 2>ever noticed that?

0:24:32.680 --> 0:24:36.080
<v Speaker 1>H Yeah, it's a saying, don't say, yeah, let's let's

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<v Speaker 1>kill some husbands, how about it? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>You're ready?

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<v Speaker 1>Sure?

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<v Speaker 2>This one comes from Murph. Oh, buddy, Tyler Murphy from

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<v Speaker 2>Rapid City, South Dakota. Murph, a great guy, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>who we also met at the Denver show.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. He gave me a right home from the Denver

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<v Speaker 1>show man, drove me all the way to Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 2>And then took a left and went up to South Dakota. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you're yeah. As I sat there feasting upon my freshly

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<v Speaker 2>made ham sandwich, it struck me as odd that I

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<v Speaker 2>had no other name for it. I mean, it tastes

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<v Speaker 2>like ham, But by what other name would I refer

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<v Speaker 2>to the flesh of my mother? Woman? Violence against woman?

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, Tyler Murphy, school teacher, putt putt golf worker

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<v Speaker 1>for now, all right? This one is from Sophie Court

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<v Speaker 1>and Waterford, Oireland, And here we go. Sophie, she's been

0:25:32.080 --> 0:25:35.160
<v Speaker 1>sitting in the same spot for three years. I dress

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<v Speaker 1>her up and we mourn her anniversary together.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice. Well, so far, that one's my favorite.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>All of them have been great. You did good job

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<v Speaker 2>curating these on That one's a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate that. Well, I didn't write it, soph He

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<v Speaker 1>appreciates that.

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<v Speaker 2>This one comes from Donovan Stone from Sydney, Australia. But

0:25:56.160 --> 0:25:59.479
<v Speaker 2>he includes the caveat that he wrote this well on

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<v Speaker 2>holiday in Kyoto. And then we should add the caveat

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<v Speaker 2>that holiday means vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, and that on holiday means hopped up on sake

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<v Speaker 1>in Tokyo or.

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<v Speaker 2>Kyoto kyoto saki and tofu you ready? Yep, mom, what's

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<v Speaker 2>that noise? Your mother's not coming home? The voice replied,

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<v Speaker 2>thought of that on vacation, man, you know dark days demented?

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<v Speaker 1>Right. This one is from Scott w of unknown origin.

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<v Speaker 2>Who may or may not exist.

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<v Speaker 1>Frankly, Yeah, the creepy clown eagerly fulfilled my request to

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<v Speaker 1>make me a balloon animal. Then suddenly his face broadened

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<v Speaker 1>with a sinister grin and did a swift motion his

0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:48.879
<v Speaker 1>razorlike teeth burst my latex skin. Nice scared a balloon animal?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? He managed to insert a joke in there, but

0:26:53.040 --> 0:26:54.200
<v Speaker 2>it remained scary. Still.

0:26:54.880 --> 0:26:56.800
<v Speaker 1>What was the joke that?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he wanted to be made in made a balloon animal,

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<v Speaker 2>and it made him into a balloon animal.

0:27:03.840 --> 0:27:04.840
<v Speaker 1>And find that funny?

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<v Speaker 2>That's jokey? Sure, okay, okay. This one comes from Raimi

0:27:09.000 --> 0:27:12.520
<v Speaker 2>Fights from Indiana, great name. Nowhere, in particular in Indiana,

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<v Speaker 2>Just Indiana. They are reproducing faster than anticipated with teeth

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<v Speaker 2>fully formed. Unusual. Indeed great.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's like a lab notebook. All right. This is

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<v Speaker 1>from Mary Abel in Houston, Texas. I woke with a start,

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<v Speaker 1>and my eye scanned the room for the source of

0:27:32.400 --> 0:27:35.280
<v Speaker 1>the crash. A man crouched in the corner, and although

0:27:35.320 --> 0:27:39.879
<v Speaker 1>his mouth was stitched clothes, I clearly heard him hiss, run,

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<v Speaker 1>hm hmm.

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<v Speaker 2>Indeed, yeah, that was good. Good voice acting too, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate that this one is from Krista coryvo. We got

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<v Speaker 2>the pronunciation included from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, currently occupied kneeling

0:28:00.680 --> 0:28:03.800
<v Speaker 2>on the platform before my family and friends. I heard

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<v Speaker 2>the sound of the guillotine descending and I closed my eyes,

0:28:07.000 --> 0:28:10.400
<v Speaker 2>bracing for impact. I feel no pain, and I'm relieved

0:28:10.400 --> 0:28:13.480
<v Speaker 2>there was a malfunction. However, as I breathe a sigh

0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:16.080
<v Speaker 2>of relief, I slowly opened my eyes and see the

0:28:16.119 --> 0:28:18.639
<v Speaker 2>bloody stump of a neck where my head used to be.

0:28:20.560 --> 0:28:23.880
<v Speaker 1>That one art podcast on that sure very topic.

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<v Speaker 2>What was it? A do you stay conscious at your decapitation?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Apparently Christa thinks so a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Of commas in that one. Yeah, managed to extend it

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<v Speaker 2>quite a bit. That's right, way to go, Krista.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, this for Andrew Butler of unknown origin. I'm

0:28:39.440 --> 0:28:42.080
<v Speaker 1>so sorry, he said, as he released pressure from her

0:28:42.120 --> 0:28:45.720
<v Speaker 1>neck wound. Thanks to the blood loss, she was gone

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<v Speaker 1>before the stake entered her art.

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<v Speaker 2>I like how you made him sound almost sarcastic.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh did I?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Okay, so sorry, Okay, I'm up. This is from

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<v Speaker 2>Thomas Berdino from Hutchinson, Kansas. After singing Happy Birthday, I

0:29:07.440 --> 0:29:09.440
<v Speaker 2>told my five year old daughter to blow out the

0:29:09.440 --> 0:29:13.280
<v Speaker 2>candles and make a wish. She sat frozen, unblinking as

0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:17.240
<v Speaker 2>she stared emotionlessly at the candle flames, and finally she whispered,

0:29:17.520 --> 0:29:18.800
<v Speaker 2>I wished for gasoline.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that, kid, Oh you do?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure?

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<v Speaker 1>Firestarter?

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<v Speaker 2>All right?

0:29:25.080 --> 0:29:31.440
<v Speaker 1>Lauren Hellman from Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania nice. Her eyes fluttered, and

0:29:31.480 --> 0:29:35.000
<v Speaker 1>the smell of earth pulled her further into consciousness. A

0:29:35.080 --> 0:29:37.280
<v Speaker 1>scream welled in her throat as she realized that her

0:29:37.360 --> 0:29:39.640
<v Speaker 1>arms were pinned beside her in the blackness and the

0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:43.120
<v Speaker 1>air would not last. Hey, nothing like a good buried

0:29:43.120 --> 0:29:43.920
<v Speaker 1>alive story.

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<v Speaker 2>Nope, And it was a her. I like that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you ever see that they remade Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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<v Speaker 2>in the eighties? Did you watch it?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Man, it was great. It was fantastic, right. And

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<v Speaker 2>one of the ones that I remember more than any

0:30:03.000 --> 0:30:07.200
<v Speaker 2>other was it was one where this these two prisoners

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<v Speaker 2>had this deal where one of them would pretend like

0:30:10.400 --> 0:30:13.880
<v Speaker 2>he was dead. No, he was going to climb into

0:30:13.920 --> 0:30:17.680
<v Speaker 2>the casket of a dead prisoner, get get transferred out

0:30:17.680 --> 0:30:20.280
<v Speaker 2>of the prison buried, and then the other prisoner, who

0:30:20.320 --> 0:30:22.800
<v Speaker 2>was in charge of like I guess yard keeping or whatever,

0:30:23.000 --> 0:30:25.720
<v Speaker 2>would come dig him up like a half hour later,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he would be set free. Right. Well, the

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<v Speaker 2>the plan goes according to everything's going according to playing.

0:30:32.840 --> 0:30:37.400
<v Speaker 2>The guy crawls into the casket and encloses it, and

0:30:37.440 --> 0:30:39.960
<v Speaker 2>then he gets buried, and he's got like one match

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<v Speaker 2>or something, and when he lights the match, he sees

0:30:42.640 --> 0:30:45.040
<v Speaker 2>that he's in the casket with the man who's supposed

0:30:45.080 --> 0:30:45.800
<v Speaker 2>to dig him up.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I love it, that old trick. Yeah, all right, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>now you're up.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I just used the term with that anecdote,

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<v Speaker 2>don't you go ahead? Okay? This one's from Dan Lewis

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<v Speaker 2>l from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jones's heart was still racing,

0:31:04.200 --> 0:31:07.200
<v Speaker 2>but as she jolted back to consciousness, she became aware

0:31:07.280 --> 0:31:09.840
<v Speaker 2>that her feeling of sickening dread, of trying to get

0:31:09.880 --> 0:31:13.120
<v Speaker 2>away from an evil unseen force was nothing but a

0:31:13.200 --> 0:31:16.800
<v Speaker 2>terrible dream. She was relieved for a full second before

0:31:16.840 --> 0:31:19.440
<v Speaker 2>she realized the sound that jarred her awake was the

0:31:19.480 --> 0:31:21.720
<v Speaker 2>sound of card makes as it breaks through a rickety

0:31:21.760 --> 0:31:24.600
<v Speaker 2>guardrail before she drove off the side of the cliff

0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:28.320
<v Speaker 2>sleep drive in quite a twist.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I didn't see that coming. I didn't either. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>themb on Louise's action.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never seen that movie. Is it good?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's terrific.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'll check it out.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk about ahead of its time. Sure, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>feminist fantasy.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice, all right?

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<v Speaker 1>Moving on? Uh this is from Oh, this is from

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<v Speaker 1>Hilary losar Our Buddy Low's in Montana. Oh yeah, with

0:31:51.680 --> 0:31:55.240
<v Speaker 1>the flat heeadlike cheese loses. Yeah, the cheese in the

0:31:55.600 --> 0:31:57.520
<v Speaker 1>mic los ars mm hmm.

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<v Speaker 2>The whole lozar client.

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<v Speaker 1>Find people also a teacher with a dark side.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice.

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<v Speaker 1>Here we go with a horrible feeling of dread and

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<v Speaker 1>a wretched, lighthearted tinkling sound. I fumbled for what seemed

0:32:08.480 --> 0:32:11.360
<v Speaker 1>to be an eternity, finally dropping the primitive key I'd

0:32:11.360 --> 0:32:14.880
<v Speaker 1>worked so hard for weeks to fabricate outside my cell door,

0:32:14.960 --> 0:32:17.640
<v Speaker 1>to be snatched and dragged down the drain by the

0:32:17.680 --> 0:32:22.160
<v Speaker 1>hordes of rats waiting below. My execution is tomorrow at dawn.

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<v Speaker 1>A bit of a run on Low's, but well crafted.

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<v Speaker 2>Plus I'd appreciated her word tinkling. Yeah, yeah, it's the

0:32:33.960 --> 0:32:38.040
<v Speaker 2>brain going. Sure does that's a one of those words

0:32:38.040 --> 0:32:38.440
<v Speaker 2>that does that.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you know that? Oh? That like literally has an

0:32:41.760 --> 0:32:44.480
<v Speaker 1>effect on your brain? Well, in my opinion, Yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>This is from Brian Coe of Lake Stephens, Washington. The

0:32:50.400 --> 0:32:53.520
<v Speaker 2>monster Hunter stared in shock as the swarm of Ghoul's

0:32:53.640 --> 0:32:56.680
<v Speaker 2>race past him, each bearing a look of horror. As

0:32:56.720 --> 0:32:59.320
<v Speaker 2>they vanished into the murky night, He slowly turned to

0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:00.920
<v Speaker 2>face what had terrified them.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's good stuff.

0:33:03.880 --> 0:33:05.760
<v Speaker 1>Scary things are scared of something else.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's that's not good, not good. That's not one

0:33:08.760 --> 0:33:10.920
<v Speaker 2>of those situations where the enemy of your enemy is

0:33:10.960 --> 0:33:14.440
<v Speaker 2>your friend. I think it's your toast is the ultimate outcome.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what my brother used to do to me.

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<v Speaker 1>We always hear great stories about Scott. This was how

0:33:21.680 --> 0:33:25.000
<v Speaker 1>he tormented me. I think he still does this occasionally

0:33:25.000 --> 0:33:28.080
<v Speaker 1>when he remembers. I would be like our bedrooms were upstairs.

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<v Speaker 1>We had a Jack and Jill scene up there, and

0:33:32.320 --> 0:33:35.600
<v Speaker 1>when I you know, Jack and Jill bathroom bedroom situation.

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<v Speaker 3>Right right, but that scene, yeah, yeah, And I would

0:33:39.800 --> 0:33:42.560
<v Speaker 3>when I would be going up the stairs, he would

0:33:42.600 --> 0:33:44.840
<v Speaker 3>like be at the top of the stairs and he

0:33:44.880 --> 0:33:47.280
<v Speaker 3>would look in horror.

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<v Speaker 1>At something behind me, and I would bolt so fast

0:33:50.640 --> 0:33:53.360
<v Speaker 1>up the stairs, scared out of my mind. And I

0:33:53.360 --> 0:33:56.440
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't even look back. And he did that to me

0:33:57.000 --> 0:33:57.479
<v Speaker 1>a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>And you never caught on, huh, or you just weren't

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<v Speaker 2>willing to take the risk.

0:34:01.160 --> 0:34:03.840
<v Speaker 1>Now, one time it was true a good it scared me.

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<v Speaker 2>That's hilarious, man, Man, Scott is the bomb.

0:34:07.440 --> 0:34:12.080
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it makes you like it even more. Uh. Where

0:34:12.120 --> 0:34:12.399
<v Speaker 1>are we.

0:34:12.360 --> 0:34:13.720
<v Speaker 2>Here, Matt Saylor?

0:34:13.880 --> 0:34:15.440
<v Speaker 1>All right, sallyar is it mine?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

0:34:16.280 --> 0:34:22.759
<v Speaker 1>Okay, yes, Matt Salor from Southwest Kansas. Doesn't matter where

0:34:22.800 --> 0:34:24.480
<v Speaker 1>you are in Southwest Kansas.

0:34:24.200 --> 0:34:26.600
<v Speaker 2>That's all the same, one giant town.

0:34:27.760 --> 0:34:30.360
<v Speaker 1>They get it wrong. You know. The greatest trick I

0:34:30.600 --> 0:34:33.960
<v Speaker 1>the devil ever really pulled was convincing the world that

0:34:34.000 --> 0:34:38.640
<v Speaker 1>God exists. The undulating amiba of despair and madness made

0:34:38.640 --> 0:34:42.160
<v Speaker 1>what amounted to a cackle before it reached forward, and

0:34:42.200 --> 0:34:43.480
<v Speaker 1>I succumbed to the dark.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice, Okay, I'm up, I'm up. This is Taylor from Iowa,

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<v Speaker 2>as generic as it comes. Uh. It wasn't the fact

0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:55.319
<v Speaker 2>that he ate the meat that surprised Harold, who knew

0:34:55.360 --> 0:34:58.239
<v Speaker 2>that any other man would, upon finding himself in such

0:34:58.239 --> 0:35:02.880
<v Speaker 2>a sorry state of affairs, also find himself fustly tempted. Now,

0:35:03.120 --> 0:35:05.560
<v Speaker 2>it was the fact that he enjoyed it that surprised

0:35:05.640 --> 0:35:11.040
<v Speaker 2>him that moonless winter night behind the medical lab. Yeah,

0:35:11.120 --> 0:35:12.799
<v Speaker 2>that's where you get meat if you're a sick.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, Jess g in Pittsburgh, and I think Pittsburgh had

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<v Speaker 1>a deleted it, but it had an exclamation point. Even

0:35:24.880 --> 0:35:28.359
<v Speaker 1>you deleted it's from Pittsburgh. I thought it might ruin

0:35:28.400 --> 0:35:29.600
<v Speaker 1>the vibe. But we've already done that.

0:35:29.960 --> 0:35:30.960
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, long ago.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, here we go. It didn't matter how fast

0:35:34.320 --> 0:35:36.800
<v Speaker 1>or how far he ran, he always woke up in

0:35:36.840 --> 0:35:40.759
<v Speaker 1>the same place, in the same skin, in the same nightmare.

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<v Speaker 2>Mm h, good's it's appropriately vague. Nice, this is from

0:35:46.920 --> 0:35:49.960
<v Speaker 2>Jacob Riley Graves, who is either an author or a

0:35:50.000 --> 0:35:55.359
<v Speaker 2>serial killer from Wellsville, New York. Another day, my pockmarked

0:35:55.440 --> 0:35:58.800
<v Speaker 2>teenage face behind a faint blue monitor, reveling in the

0:35:58.920 --> 0:36:02.719
<v Speaker 2>joys of the Internet, safe and unaffected in my periphery,

0:36:02.800 --> 0:36:05.920
<v Speaker 2>the wall warps and let's out of pain, scream. My

0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:09.200
<v Speaker 2>sense of reality is torn asunder and I am broken.

0:36:10.719 --> 0:36:15.080
<v Speaker 2>And clever use of colon's there instead of periods, it's like,

0:36:15.120 --> 0:36:17.279
<v Speaker 2>don't put a period, just put another dot ahead of

0:36:17.320 --> 0:36:18.560
<v Speaker 2>it and it's not a period.

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<v Speaker 1>That was good. I like it.

0:36:20.600 --> 0:36:22.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, way to go, JR.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we're gonna wrap it up here with Michael

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<v Speaker 1>McGuire in Northampton, Massachusetts. Every year on the day, the

0:36:30.160 --> 0:36:32.720
<v Speaker 1>whole town would gather to hear the song and the well,

0:36:33.440 --> 0:36:35.760
<v Speaker 1>and every year on the day, the song would grow shorter,

0:36:36.320 --> 0:36:40.680
<v Speaker 1>the girl's voice fainter, boom, sad.

0:36:41.320 --> 0:36:45.600
<v Speaker 2>That is an amazing two sentence story. I think, Michael McGuire,

0:36:45.760 --> 0:36:48.680
<v Speaker 2>did you purposely end with is arguably the.

0:36:48.600 --> 0:36:49.920
<v Speaker 1>Best of all That was rando.

0:36:50.440 --> 0:36:52.280
<v Speaker 2>That was really good. Nice choice.

0:36:52.360 --> 0:36:54.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, very sad too, And I agree with you, Josh.

0:36:55.120 --> 0:36:58.600
<v Speaker 1>Too many women and girls getting punished here. Yeah, let's

0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:02.399
<v Speaker 1>work on that and start cutting off arms of men.

0:37:03.160 --> 0:37:05.520
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, it's true. The thing is, though, is I

0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:08.760
<v Speaker 2>mean like it is a recurring theme in horror violence

0:37:08.760 --> 0:37:12.280
<v Speaker 2>against women? Yeah? Usually, though you can make the case

0:37:12.320 --> 0:37:15.360
<v Speaker 2>that it is only a woman that survives any given

0:37:15.400 --> 0:37:16.000
<v Speaker 2>horror movie.

0:37:16.040 --> 0:37:16.680
<v Speaker 1>Too true.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, look what happened to Kevin Bacon Skeward true?

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<v Speaker 2>And what was that Friday the Thirteenth Part three?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Yeah, And let's not even talk about what they

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<v Speaker 1>do in minorities in horror movies. That's almost not almost,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a trope beyond tropes at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Right exactly, So the yeah, we should say the white

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<v Speaker 2>woman survives?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Crazy? Yeah. Well, if you if you have an explanation

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<v Speaker 2>I guess before we sign off, Chuck, we should say

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<v Speaker 2>happy Halloween, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I have a safe Halloween, be careful out there,

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