Speaker 1: This show contains terrifying, shocking, and haunting stories that some
Speaker 1: listeners may find disturbing or offensive. It's two thirty am.
Speaker 2: You're driving down a dirt road on the sixty two.
Speaker 2: Not a soul in sight, just you and the desert night.
Speaker 2: But wait, you hear a signal off in the distance.
Speaker 2: It's faint that it grows louder. Is it a howl
Speaker 2: of a coyote, the hiss of a king snake? Or
Speaker 2: is the voice of a man guiding you toward a
Speaker 2: great darkness? From my heart radio and overtones media, You're
Speaker 2: listening to YFT two FM, the only sound you'll hear
Speaker 2: in the Sleephole Valley. I'm Dixon Lewis your lone companion
Speaker 2: for the night, and I've got a new batch of
Speaker 2: stories to keep you up as you drive down this dusty,
Speaker 2: desolate highway. Maya has not been a good friend. She
Speaker 2: tries to fix her relationships. She gets messages from an
Speaker 2: unknown number to become life threatening. This is left unread
Speaker 2: by Maya Lynn Sugarman.
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 3: I just hate horror movies.
Speaker 4: Aren't you trying to be a film buff? I am well.
Speaker 4: All the experimentation happens and horror.
Speaker 3: First, but I go to the movies to feel better.
Speaker 4: No, I love being terrified.
Speaker 3: The stress of my own life terrifies me enough. Ugh,
Speaker 3: you're so dramatic, I am, but that's actually why I
Speaker 3: wanted to grab drinks.
Speaker 5: Things have been so busy. I feel like I've been
Speaker 5: ghosting lately.
Speaker 4: Oh, it's it's okay.
Speaker 6: I guess I just wasn't sure what was happening, like,
Speaker 6: I wasn't sure if I did something or No.
Speaker 3: No, it's all me. It's just this podcast. It's taking
Speaker 3: so much out of me.
Speaker 7: I hear you.
Speaker 5: By the end of the day, I just want to
Speaker 5: curl up next to Aaron on the couch and make
Speaker 5: him rub my feet while we watch dumb television.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but I really want to make a better effort.
Speaker 4: Thanks.
Speaker 6: I appreciate that.
Speaker 4: And look, I get it. Podcasts are telling me right
Speaker 4: now too.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, how are your shows going?
Speaker 4: Okay? I actually had to go to the er last week.
Speaker 3: Wait, what are you? Okay? What happens?
Speaker 4: I'm find now.
Speaker 6: I was feeling really overworked, so after the er thing,
Speaker 6: I took some stuff off my plate.
Speaker 3: Well that's good.
Speaker 4: What's up everything? Okay?
Speaker 6: Oh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, everything's fine. Why do I look concerned?
Speaker 4: You're just making a weird face.
Speaker 8: I'm just getting these texts from some number I don't recognize.
Speaker 4: Look, Maya, what's up? How are you? Can you get
Speaker 4: back to me asap? Damn? This person's thirsty.
Speaker 3: I have no idea who they are.
Speaker 4: It's probably someone you met at conference or something.
Speaker 3: Yeah, probably. Okay, wait, so you went to the er.
Speaker 6: I had this panic attack the night before. I had
Speaker 6: all these deadlines, and I was like, this is not possible.
Speaker 6: I'm sorry, Maybe you should just text back.
Speaker 3: No, no, I'm here, I'm focused. Continue.
Speaker 6: So the scariest part was the next morning I woke
Speaker 6: up and couldn't hear. It was like there was cotton
Speaker 6: balls in my ears.
Speaker 4: The less I was worse.
Speaker 3: Holy shit, that is terrifying.
Speaker 4: I've never had that happen to me before. And of
Speaker 4: course I started researching, and only the worst.
Speaker 1: Things come up.
Speaker 6: So, I mean, your ear disease or a tumor, or
Speaker 6: like a brain disorder. I feel like you should just handle.
Speaker 4: This real quick.
Speaker 3: No, no, it's fine.
Speaker 6: Anyways, it turns out it was just stress, so much
Speaker 6: stress that I freaking lost my hearing.
Speaker 3: Hey, how about it. We pheel, I'll get us more drinks,
Speaker 3: another whiskey.
Speaker 4: Yeah, sure, I guess I'm not done with this one, but.
Speaker 3: Okay, I'll be right back. Hey, can I get another
Speaker 3: glass of the red and a whiskey on the rocks?
Speaker 9: You got it?
Speaker 8: You know?
Speaker 1: One new voicemail to listen?
Speaker 4: Press one, Maya.
Speaker 3: I don't like being ignored. Why aren't you responding to
Speaker 3: my messages? You're too busy for me. I'm starting to
Speaker 3: take it personally.
Speaker 1: Call me back. What the fuck?
Speaker 3: Talk about doing too much?
Speaker 4: Here you go?
Speaker 3: Thanks, you can put it on my tap. Here you go.
Speaker 4: Thanks.
Speaker 3: Oh my god, that person left me a voicemail. I
Speaker 3: just listened to it and it sounds ridiculous. Oh yeah, wait,
Speaker 3: so can you hear?
Speaker 4: Okay? Now yeah, my hearing is mostly back.
Speaker 3: But sorry, hold on.
Speaker 4: You know, I actually think I'm gonna head out.
Speaker 3: What what?
Speaker 6: No, I gotta wake up early. Anyways, maybe i'll see
Speaker 6: you this weekend. That clear's baby shower? Where are you going?
Speaker 5: Sorry? This will seriously just take one second. I'm blocking
Speaker 5: this person and now it is done.
Speaker 3: Wait what did you ask me?
Speaker 4: Nothing? It's fine? Oh okay, I'll see you later. Okay,
Speaker 4: I got a deadline to hit. Anyways, let's try for
Speaker 4: another time.
Speaker 9: Yeah, sure, okay, bye, Maya.
Speaker 3: Hi, happy baby shower. I'm not sure what you say
Speaker 3: a baby shower.
Speaker 10: I'm surprised to see you.
Speaker 3: Oh shit, I forgot to RSPP.
Speaker 10: I'm sorry.
Speaker 3: Oh shit, I said shit there are kids here.
Speaker 10: Sorry, that's not what I meant.
Speaker 3: Is everything?
Speaker 8: Okay?
Speaker 10: How's the party so far?
Speaker 3: Hope I didn't miss the games? Are we gonna like shotguns,
Speaker 3: some baby formula or something?
Speaker 10: What bad joke? Are you gonna pretend like what you
Speaker 10: said last week didn't happen? What do you mean? We
Speaker 10: haven't texted in a few weeks? Six months, Maya? It
Speaker 10: had been six months? Really?
Speaker 4: Wow?
Speaker 3: Time fly?
Speaker 10: If I can't believe you just showed up here and
Speaker 10: you're acting like you didn't even send that voice memo,
Speaker 10: voice memo? What are you talking about? What am I
Speaker 10: talking about? Are you serious?
Speaker 11: This?
Speaker 10: Maya ring a bell?
Speaker 12: Hey Claire, it's been a while, hasn't it.
Speaker 3: You used to be so fun, remember all those after
Speaker 3: hours parties?
Speaker 5: Wait, no, what I didn't just listen in Vegas and.
Speaker 3: Look at you now?
Speaker 10: Who would have thought you'd become like everyone else? So boring.
Speaker 10: That's not me.
Speaker 12: If you really feel that way, I wish you'd just
Speaker 12: admitted to my face what you talk about is your
Speaker 12: annoying baby and your boring house and your dumb husband
Speaker 12: and blah.
Speaker 3: Claire, I would never say this. I don't think this
Speaker 3: at all. I'm always obsessing over some new problem. I'll
Speaker 3: show you our Texas messages. See, I can't do this
Speaker 3: because of the baby.
Speaker 5: I mean, I know I haven't answered all these messages,
Speaker 5: but look, there's no voice memo.
Speaker 10: This doesn't prove anything. You just deleted them from your phone.
Speaker 8: I feel like any kind of friendship with you is
Speaker 8: just a waste of my time.
Speaker 3: But whatever that voice.
Speaker 8: Is, whoever they are, it's not I mean, the excuses
Speaker 8: you'll come up with to deny this are honestly funny.
Speaker 10: Claire.
Speaker 3: It's good you're moving back to Miami. I certainly won't
Speaker 3: miss you. Goodbye, Claire.
Speaker 10: You know, when you first stop responding to me, I
Speaker 10: just figured you were busy.
Speaker 3: I was, I'm so tired all the time.
Speaker 10: Weeks went by, I started to wonder, is she mad
Speaker 10: at me? Did I do something?
Speaker 4: No?
Speaker 3: I wasn't mad at all.
Speaker 10: And it became months and I started to realize, No,
Speaker 10: I didn't do anything wrong. You just don't care. Claire.
Speaker 10: I should have called thank you for sending that voice memo.
Speaker 10: No it wasn't me, because at least now you finally
Speaker 10: just told me, and I don't have to wonder.
Speaker 3: I'm so sorry.
Speaker 10: It's one thing you are right about. It's good. I'm
Speaker 10: moving away. Please goodbye, Maya, Claire, Claire.
Speaker 2: We'll be back with our broadcast after these messages.
Speaker 3: I'm fucked. I'm so totally fucked.
Speaker 1: It's okay, babe, We're gonna figure this out.
Speaker 3: I mean, is this even possible? Am I getting hacked?
Speaker 3: Is this scam?
Speaker 11: I mean, I guess the voice memos could have been
Speaker 11: made with some deep fake tool, But your message is
Speaker 11: getting hacked, and the likelihood you wouldn't notice it's pretty impossible.
Speaker 3: I guess this is what I get for ghosting all
Speaker 3: my friends.
Speaker 1: You didn't ghost all of your friends. You had good
Speaker 1: reason to.
Speaker 8: My mom getting diagnosed with cancer should have been a
Speaker 8: reason to reach out, not disappear.
Speaker 1: It's okay, we all deal with things differently.
Speaker 11: I really think you should just tell them friends like
Speaker 11: James and Claire, they'll be understanding.
Speaker 3: I think it's too late for that. I think I
Speaker 3: lost my chance.
Speaker 1: There's no way. What is it?
Speaker 12: Is it possible to get a voice memo from yourself?
Speaker 1: What the fuck? What does it say?
Speaker 6: Maya?
Speaker 3: I told you I don't like it when you ignore me.
Speaker 3: This is what happens. I always have a way. Who
Speaker 3: the fuck is this?
Speaker 7: Oh?
Speaker 3: Why are they doing.
Speaker 9: This to me?
Speaker 1: Wait?
Speaker 2: Wait? Wait?
Speaker 11: Can I see the original number, the one you black
Speaker 11: last week?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 12: Here, I'm in What are you doing?
Speaker 1: Don't ignore? What?
Speaker 10: See?
Speaker 1: That's what the number spells. Don't ignore.
Speaker 3: It can't be. It must just be a coincidence.
Speaker 1: My like what happens? If what happens? If you call yourself,
Speaker 1: wouldn't it just go to my voicemail? Well there's only
Speaker 1: one way to find out.
Speaker 13: Okay, Maya, see I knew you to call.
Speaker 4: Who are you?
Speaker 3: Why are you trying to ruin my life?
Speaker 6: Why?
Speaker 4: I didn't ruin anything?
Speaker 13: You already did that yourself by ignoring bullshit?
Speaker 3: What do you want?
Speaker 4: Money?
Speaker 3: I want us to be perfect friends.
Speaker 9: Ends.
Speaker 3: I'm not your friend, and I want this to stop.
Speaker 8: It will stop when you finally stop ignoring me.
Speaker 4: Come meet me tonight.
Speaker 3: Okay, I'll meet you. You don't, I'll come meet you where.
Speaker 9: Hello?
Speaker 1: Are you sure you want to do this?
Speaker 3: I don't have a choice. This has to end. Where
Speaker 3: are you?
Speaker 1: Show your face?
Speaker 3: Where are you are?
Speaker 6: Maya?
Speaker 3: There you are? Where are you? You see? I'm here
Speaker 3: to fix us? Fix us? What are you talking about?
Speaker 3: Aren't you say? Of being a bad friend? The selfish friend,
Speaker 3: the friend who's never there? You don't know shit about me?
Speaker 4: But of course I do.
Speaker 8: I know everything about you, don't you see?
Speaker 3: I am you.
Speaker 5: I'm gonna make us the perfect friend who always answers
Speaker 5: the phone and says yes, the.
Speaker 8: Friend who puts everyone first. You don't understand that's impossib
Speaker 8: of course it's possible. What are you?
Speaker 3: I'm the real Maya.
Speaker 7: Oh, I'm so sorry, but don't worry.
Speaker 12: Everything's going to get better from here. You don't need
Speaker 12: this anymore. Hey, Claire, it's me. I'm really sorry about
Speaker 12: what I said. Can we talk?
Speaker 3: I love you?
Speaker 4: Why?
Speaker 3: Aaron?
Speaker 8: You?
Speaker 3: Okay?
Speaker 9: You love her?
Speaker 3: I'm coming. I'm coming.
Speaker 1: You okay? Oh my god, what happened?
Speaker 3: I'm okay? It's over?
Speaker 1: She is that.
Speaker 5: My?
Speaker 1: How is that even possible?
Speaker 3: I don't know, but it's over. Can we go home?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Of course, all right, babe? Hmmm, why are you
Speaker 1: wearing a different jacket?
Speaker 2: Left Unread is written and directed by Maya Lynn Sugarman.
Speaker 2: The executive producers are James Kim and Taylor Chiquoyne. Erica
Speaker 2: Huang is a producer, Diego Perez producer and lead sound designer.
Speaker 2: Daniel Martinez is a production sound mixer. Matthew Wong is
Speaker 2: a composer. Theme music by Ryo Baum and Robert Garova.
Speaker 2: Artwork by Justin d Lee. This episode was recorded at
Speaker 2: Hobby Shop West in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: Tara Tuzzi plays both.
Speaker 2: Maya's Steve Han plays James, Emily Matt plays Claire. Malcolm
Speaker 2: Ferrell plays Erin special thanks to Aaron Williams. You Feel
Speaker 2: In This Too is a production of iHeartRadio and Overtones
Speaker 2: Media