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Therésa: Hello, my haunties. We're back with a brand new episode

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Therésa: of Haunting. It's another windless, weatherless day and purgatory and

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Therésa: Len is wearing shorts. Strange.

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Len: (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: Len's saying it's not strange because they're just his normal

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Therésa: cargo pants and he unzipped the bottoms, so now they're shorts.

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Therésa: But I'd argue that's even worse. Why did he decide

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Therésa: to unzip today? Who's he trying to impress? If I

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Therésa: didn't know any better, I'd say Len's got a hot

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Therésa: date tonight.

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Len: (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: Oh my god, he does have a date tonight. Lend

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Therésa: you a little slut?

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Therésa: I knew it. Who is she? How'd you meet? Tell

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Therésa: us everything? Oh yeah, what's her sign?

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Len: (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: Canadian banshee hot

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Len: (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: semi-recently deceased? Okay, good? Not too fresh?

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Len:  (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: Working through some unfinished business, aren't we all?

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Len: (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: Has a dead German shepherd haunts her childhood home. Met

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Therésa: on the apps? Ah, cute, Wait we have apps here?

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Len: (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: Ghosted the Afterlife's premiere dating app, connecting supernatural singles looking

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Therésa: for their eternal flame till death do us start huh, Naomi,

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Therésa: you're on the apps too? How do I not know

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Therésa: about this? Well Len, I'm excited for you. The zip off

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Therésa: cargo shorts were an interesting choice for a first date.

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Therésa: But here's hoping she's the ghoul of your dreams.

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Len: (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: Okay, let's get into our first story. When love calls

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Therésa: you answer. That was a segue. It'll make more sense

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Therésa: in a minute.

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STORY A: I think about what would have happened if we would

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STORY A: have answered the phone that day. Could we have maybe

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STORY A: communicated back with her, or maybe she had more to say,

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STORY A: or maybe it wasn't Even her at all.

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STORY A: My name is Corey and I received a phone call

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STORY A: from the grave. I'm from Alabama. I've lived here my

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STORY A: entire life. It's a small college town, southern hospitality. Wave

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STORY A: There's lots of friendly people, lots of football fans. It's

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STORY A: like a religion here. Pretty much everyone in my family

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STORY A: is local. We all are kind of tight kit all

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STORY A: live in the same area.

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STORY A: We're all from Alabama. My great grandmother, she was kind

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STORY A: of the glue that held everyone together. We all called

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STORY A: her mama. Even her kids called her ma ma when

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STORY A: Her real name is Maude stereotypical old school name, I guess.

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STORY A: When I think of my great grandmother, I would describe

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STORY A: her as tiny, frail, your typical great grandmother. She had

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STORY A: kind of a raspy voice that echoed her age. You know,

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STORY A: it was very distinct. If you just ran into her

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STORY A: and her home was always very welcoming. Everyone just came

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STORY A: to her house and it was just a meeting place. Honestly,

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STORY A: if you ever came to her house, it would be

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STORY A: kind of like a family reunion. A typical day for her,

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STORY A: I guess would be doing puzzles and crosswords. She always

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STORY A: ever watched it. I think she just liked to hear it.

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STORY A: But I just think of her sitting on her couch,

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STORY A: She grew up through the Great Depression, so she was

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STORY A: kind of set in her ways. So a quirk she had

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STORY A: was that she didn't really say I love you ever.

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STORY A: It was just something she did not say. It was

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STORY A: and we all knew, like, don't get your feelings hurt.

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STORY A: I have shared this story with my parents and that's

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STORY A: pretty much about it. Outside of my grandparents, who experienced

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STORY A: just kind of keep it to myself. It was late August

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STORY A: I was twelve years old. I'm visiting with my grandparents.

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STORY A: Nothing out of the ordinary. I'm very close with them,

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STORY A: My granddad. He picks up the phone, looks at it,

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STORY A: No name, no number, just ten zeros. Usually when they

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STORY A: Don't know anyone named zero zero zero zero.

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STORY A: And the answering machine can get it. He just lets

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STORY A: He picked up the phone and he plays it on speaker.

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STORY A: When he hits play, there's just static interference, like someone

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STORY A: has a bad connection. I don't want to say as

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STORY A: was kind of like rustling, and there was some crackling

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STORY A: in the message, just like someone was trying to get

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STORY A: About ten seconds after the static, we heard the words.

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STORY A: It was the distinct voice of my great grandmother.

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STORY A: We all just kind of looked at each other and

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STORY A: we're just kind of shocked and kind of in disbelief.

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STORY A: Did we hear what we think we just heard? My

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STORY A: what I heard? We actually played it back a few times,

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STORY A: and sure enough, I love you it was her voice.

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STORY A: all knew that it was her. It definitely sent a

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STORY A: there that it could possibly be her. The static of

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STORY A: it really gave you an uneasy feeling. It wasn't just

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STORY A: struggling to like get that to come through. Twelve year

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STORY A: old me was like, we're definitely going to try to

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STORY A: call this number back. I grabbed the phone and hit

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STORY A: Sorry, you have reached a number that has been disconnected or is

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STORY A: I expected it to, you know, call someone or some thing,

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STORY A: It was just a repeat of basically the original call,

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STORY A: just like wide eyes and staring at each other like.

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STORY A: What just happened.

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STORY A: I expected someone to pick up, some old lady to

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STORY A: That did not happen.

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STORY A: I was very stunned to find out that it was

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STORY A: not an actual number. Up until the very day of

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STORY A: her passing, she still never even told my granddad that

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STORY A: she loved him. I feel like she had regrets or

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STORY A: she just needed to let him know that before moving on.

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STORY A: It does provide another sense of comfort, especially for my

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STORY A: I definitely feel like it was something he needed to hear.

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STORY A: I feel like it gave my granddad closure and some comfort,

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STORY A: just knowing that maybe she's okay, that she does definitely

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STORY A: love him, even though he knows. But it's just a

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STORY A: comforting feeling, even for me, so I know it has

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STORY A: to be for him, you know. It definitely has changed

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STORY A: my perspective. When you see a number pop up that

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STORY A: you don't know, there's always someone on the other end

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STORY A: trying to reach you for whatever reason. It does make

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STORY A: you stop and think, because once it hangs up, you

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STORY A: know that's it. You don't get a second chance. But

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STORY A: if instead of it going to voicemail. If we had answered,

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Therésa: Len? Corey's mama's ghost could be you tonight. I'm kidding obviously,

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Therésa: don't tell you love her on the first date, but

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Therésa: I'll admit you got me inspired. I made a ghosted profile.

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Therésa: It's really hard to get a good picture.

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Therésa: When I look around, all I've seen of other people

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Therésa: are a lot of ethereal blobs and what looks like

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Therésa: water damage. Ooh, this guy seems fun. He's a wraith. Okay,

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Therésa: bad boy perpetually twenty eight worst fad I ever participated

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Therésa: in tuberculosis. He's funny. Ooh, this one's a voice note.

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Len: (MUMBLES)

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Therésa: Okay, Okay, I'm convinced that (GROWL)

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Therésa: hmm, guttural. I'm swiping right, Anyway. Dating is a numbers game.

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Therésa: It's all about racking up matches and seeing what sticks. Naomi,

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Therésa: have you met anyone on here a nice incubus to

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Therésa: settle down with maybe?

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Therésa: Well, I don't know what you're into? Alright, While I

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Therésa: survey the goods. Meet Kim, Who's haunted farmhouse became something

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Therésa: of a daycare when a friendly spirit decided to play babysitter.

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STORY B: On this one particular day. It was a cold February morning.

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STORY B: It was just me and the babies in the house.

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STORY B: When they woke up, they were hysterical, inconsolable. I could

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STORY B: hear them screaming and crying from the kitchen, and then

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STORY B: all of a sudden, they stopped crying. In all of

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STORY B: this confusion, I had forgotten to turn the monitor on.

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STORY B: When I turned it on, I heard something. Someone's in

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STORY B: the house and I have no idea who this is.

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STORY B: It's scary and I don't know what to do. My

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STORY B: name is Kim, and there was something in the house

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STORY B: with me. Back in the seventies, my family moved into

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STORY B: this old farmhouse. It was on a hill, white with

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STORY B: black shutters and a porch that went the entire length

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STORY B: of the front of the home and the side of

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STORY B: the home, with a large living room and seven bedrooms,

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STORY B: four on the second floor and three on the third floor.

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STORY B: When you come up the street, that's the first house

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STORY B: of the original farmhouses for that area of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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STORY B: My mother found records and she talked to the previous owners.

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STORY B: They lived there from the forties the fifties the sixties

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STORY B: until we get this in the seventies. They said the

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STORY B: farmhouse was built in nineteen hundred and then in about

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STORY B: nineteen thirties it was taken over by a woman named

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STORY B: missus Dagandesh. She was an old, heavyset woman and I

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STORY B: think she was German. She started a boarding house for

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STORY B: nuns and single ladies and whomever for a brand new

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STORY B: high school that was being built in Southampton. When we

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STORY B: moved in in the seventies, my father put an addition

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STORY B: on the back of the house. He put a rec room,

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STORY B: another set of stairs, another bedroom, and a big bathroom.

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STORY B: So it was a big and beautiful old house. from

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STORY B: the moment we moved into that house, From the very

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STORY B: first night, I would hear footsteps. If I was in

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STORY B: I said to her, Missus Dagandash, where the hell are you?

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Therésa: If I could sing, I'd be on every baby monitor

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Therésa: in America. And I get that this story is unsettling,

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Therésa: dead non disembodied voice, the general weirdness of twins, but

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Therésa: other than a visit from a beloved dead relative, this

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Therésa: is best case scenario paranormal encounter. Actually, both of today's

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Therésa: stories were kind of feel good. Between that, Len's date,

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Therésa: I'd say it's been a pretty good day at Haunting HQ.

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Therésa: And look at that Len decided to rezip his shorts

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Therésa: You need help. Len, I'm not touching your knees. Are

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Therésa: you insane? Don't start, Naomi. It's basically Gray area workplace harassment. Well,

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Therésa: it's been an almost good day. I'm gonna figure out

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Therésa: if we have an HR department here, But you guys

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Therésa: know the drill. If you've got a supernatural experience you'd

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Therésa: your story could be featured in one of our upcoming episodes. Now,

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Therésa: everyone wish Len good luck on his date and tune

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Therésa: in next week for the dirty deets because on this pod,

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Therésa: we haunt, we hoe, we kiss, we tell love you all.

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