WEBVTT - Short Stuff: Two Scary True Shorties!

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, and welcome to the short Stuff. I should say,

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<v Speaker 1>hey and welcome to the short Stuff. I'm Josh, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's Chuck. And Jerry's here too, skulking around like a

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<v Speaker 1>real ghoul who just wants to dig up a grave

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<v Speaker 1>and eat the corpse inside. That's what Jerry does around

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<v Speaker 1>this time of year. And this is short stuff. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's get going because it's basically Halloween.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, the day before Halloween. We're going to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about two scary stories. Big thanks to Medium, People Magazine,

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<v Speaker 2>A Cult of Weird, and The Cut and other places

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<v Speaker 2>for these two scary stories. The first one about the

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<v Speaker 2>Breeziest family of Auburn, Pennsylvania, who moved into a home

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<v Speaker 2>for their family of six. They were like, let me,

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<v Speaker 2>let's renovate a little bit. Let's take down this wall in.

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<v Speaker 3>The living room, and oh my god, what is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Basically because what they found within the walls of the

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<v Speaker 2>home were dead animal carcasses, bones and skeletons.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, and very quizzically. They were wrapped in newspaper that

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<v Speaker 1>dated from the nineteen thirties and forties, and apparently every

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<v Speaker 1>wall that they opened up to put insulation in they

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<v Speaker 1>found it packed with not only like dead animals, but

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<v Speaker 1>also some spices artifacts and by god, I searched high

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<v Speaker 1>and low for an example of what the artifacts were,

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<v Speaker 1>but everybody just followed the example of whoever first wrote artifacts,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's all you can get. So I have no

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<v Speaker 1>idea what the artifacts are.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe that was the newspapers.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess this qualify as artifacts. Yeah, yeah, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll just say that. So spices, newspapers, and dead animals.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're like, I don't know what's going on here,

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<v Speaker 1>So let's ask some locals what they think is happening.

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<v Speaker 1>And it turns out that these people bought their house

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<v Speaker 1>smack dab in the middle of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and

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<v Speaker 1>it turns out what had happened they discovered that their

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<v Speaker 1>house was being protected via a kind of Dutch magic,

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<v Speaker 1>Pennsylvania Dutch magic called pow wow.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>It has its roots in Pennsylvania there, and it's sort

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<v Speaker 2>of like, I mean, Christianity is part of it because

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<v Speaker 2>they do use the Christian or I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>they're still around or maybe did use the Christian Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it is still around, Okay, but there's definitely

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<v Speaker 2>folk magic healing remedies, stuff like that powwow refers to

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<v Speaker 2>or it actually came from this German book called The

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<v Speaker 2>Long Lost Friends by John George Homan, published in eighteen twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>and they believe that it wasn't called pow Wow at first,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was renamed that later after the Algonquin word

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<v Speaker 2>for you know, pow wow gathering of medicine men, and.

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<v Speaker 3>That was it.

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<v Speaker 2>It was this book basically that also has kind of

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<v Speaker 2>a creepy backstory though, right, well, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So just a little more about the book. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of folk remedies and spells and recipes and hey,

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<v Speaker 1>use this, you know, cat's paw for you know, to

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<v Speaker 1>ward off this thing. And it very importantly to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing in the book is for casting spells against somebody

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<v Speaker 1>or for hexting somebody. It's all protective or defensive to

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<v Speaker 1>like undo some somebody did on you. So it's basically

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<v Speaker 1>all positive and pow wow doctors who again are still

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<v Speaker 1>around today, they don't take a cent for what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to give them something as a token

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<v Speaker 1>of thanks, they'll accept it, but they do not charge

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<v Speaker 1>for their services or else it won't work. And to

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<v Speaker 1>the people that they're working with and themselves. They are

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<v Speaker 1>a conduit through from God to this person who needs healing,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what they're serving as, which is where the

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<v Speaker 1>Christianity part comes in.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mentioned the creepy backstory of that book here

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<v Speaker 2>is that because in nineteen twenty eight it was found

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<v Speaker 2>in the Possession of them guy, a murderer named John Blimeyer,

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<v Speaker 2>and there was a local witch in this story named

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<v Speaker 2>Nellie Knowle and what great name, Nellie.

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<v Speaker 1>Hole Yeah or a witch?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 2>John Blimeyer was convinced that he was cursed by one

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<v Speaker 2>of his neighbors and so he went to break into

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<v Speaker 2>that neighbor's house to find this spell book and try

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<v Speaker 2>and reverse this curse. But when he broke in, his

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor was actually there, so they just killed him. They

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<v Speaker 2>mutilated him, and they thought maybe that will lift the curse.

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<v Speaker 2>So that has nothing to do with actually what's in

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<v Speaker 2>the book, because like you said, it's a positive book

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<v Speaker 2>of protection spells mainly, but it is Halloween, so I

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was worth mentioning.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and also reverse the curse sounds like a cub's

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<v Speaker 1>T shirt from the nineties.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, yeah, yeah, totally or red sox maybe.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah. It turns out that the house of Nelson Reemeyer,

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<v Speaker 1>the neighbor who was killed by John Blmeyer, it's still

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<v Speaker 1>around and his great grandson lives there. And the part

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<v Speaker 1>of the floor where Remeier was burned alive is still singed,

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<v Speaker 1>and the guy is cut it out and put plexiglass

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<v Speaker 1>over it and gives tours of the house.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, and again, has nothing to do with this

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<v Speaker 2>home or the dead animals in the wall. They're just

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<v Speaker 2>dead animals in the wall. And by all appearances, it

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<v Speaker 2>was part of a powwow protection ritual. They don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what that house might have been trying to be protected from.

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<v Speaker 3>That's kind of creepy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but they took care of everything to the tune

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<v Speaker 2>of about twenty thousand dollars because insurance would not cover it.

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<v Speaker 1>Nope, they said this existed before your policy. So ts

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<v Speaker 1>for you the spookiest part of the story exactly. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's take a break and we'll come back and talk

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<v Speaker 1>about a second real life horror story. How about that.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Stop you should know, stop, you should I should know?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Chuck, So for the second real life scary story.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to talk about the saga of Derek and

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<v Speaker 1>Maria Brotus, who bought a dream home essentially in Westfield,

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey in twenty fourteen. They paid over asking for it,

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<v Speaker 1>which is also very scary. They paid one point four

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<v Speaker 1>million for it. And this house was a fourth bathroom,

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<v Speaker 1>six bedroom Dutch colonial, which should be the opposite. It

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<v Speaker 1>was built in nineteen oh five, and they loved the house.

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<v Speaker 1>They thought it was amazing. What they didn't know is

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<v Speaker 1>that there was a stock watching the house who called

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<v Speaker 1>themselves appropriately the Watcher.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>This is, of course the basis of the Netflix show

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<v Speaker 2>The Watcher. And we should also say we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>cover this in about six or seven minutes. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is a very dense story, so there is a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more out there about the Watcher, and this is the

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<v Speaker 2>broadest of overviews about the broadest family like that. But

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<v Speaker 2>this house was originally built in nineteen oh five. About

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<v Speaker 2>a month before closing, the Woods family, who was selling it,

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<v Speaker 2>got a letter from someone that called themselves the Watcher.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure was hand typed, and they claimed to be watching

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<v Speaker 2>the house in one of a long line of people

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<v Speaker 2>in their family that had been watching the house since

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen oh five.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and one little note about the letters. The letters

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<v Speaker 1>were tight, but the envelopes were hand handwritten in a

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<v Speaker 1>block script. Yeah, yes, And that to me suggests strongly

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<v Speaker 1>that the watcher couldn't figure out how to type onto

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<v Speaker 1>an envelope, which I finally as.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's pretty funny.

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<v Speaker 2>So six fifty seven Boulevard is where this house is,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Woods family had lived there for twenty three years,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were like, this letter's kind of weird. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a little creepy, but we're selling it and let's just

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<v Speaker 2>not tell anybody.

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<v Speaker 1>That, right. So, yeah, apparently it was the first letter

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<v Speaker 1>they ever got. No one never seems to have intimated

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<v Speaker 1>that they got one prior to this, so they just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of threw it away and were just like whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>And then over the course of the next month, as

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<v Speaker 1>the Brotuses started moving their stuff in, three days after

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<v Speaker 1>closing in June, they received a letter, their first letter,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was essentially the watcher introducing themselves to this

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<v Speaker 1>new family who'd moved into this house at six five

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<v Speaker 1>seven Boulevard, that the watcher was the third generation to

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<v Speaker 1>watch this house.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, Dave.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe we could Dave producer Dave for the shorties. Make

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<v Speaker 2>we have some scary music when we read these letters. Yeah, great,

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<v Speaker 2>So cue the scary music. And here we go with

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<v Speaker 2>letter two. My grandfather watched the house in the nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>twenties and my father watched in the nineteen sixties. It

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<v Speaker 2>is have b and of course put the little parenthetical sic.

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<v Speaker 1>In there, which I'm not the dummy. They're the dummy.

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<v Speaker 2>It is have be put in charge of watching and

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for its second coming. You don't want to make

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<v Speaker 2>unhappy talking about the house. Do you need to fill

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<v Speaker 2>the house with the young blood I requested? I asked

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<v Speaker 2>the previous owners to bring me young blood.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is not the kind of letter you would

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<v Speaker 1>want to get when you're moving into your new house,

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<v Speaker 1>especially because you have kids. In this person, it's this

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<v Speaker 1>anonymous letter writer is mentioning young blood that you apparently

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<v Speaker 1>brought to them, and they the watcher said that the

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<v Speaker 1>Woods had told the house because the watcher asked them to,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were doing the watcher's bidding, something that the

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<v Speaker 1>watcher liked to apparently think about themselves, that they were

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<v Speaker 1>in control of everything that happened. With this house. And

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks later another letter arrived. It was addressed to

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<v Speaker 1>mister and missus Braddis. They left the O out this time,

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<v Speaker 1>and it got even more detailed about the kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was talking about their birth order, their nicknames,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is very creepy. But it asked who would

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<v Speaker 2>be in the street facing rooms and said it will

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<v Speaker 2>help me to know who was in which bedroom then

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<v Speaker 2>I can plan better.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, don't forget the music their day. So Derek Brotus

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<v Speaker 1>did what every normal father and husband would do in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty fourteen, he set up webcams in the house.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, and they hadn't moved in, by the way.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, it never moved in. They had moved some

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<v Speaker 2>of their stuff in, but given what was happening, they

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<v Speaker 2>were slow rolling, I think.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah. So weeks after the second letter, so this

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<v Speaker 1>is a couple months after they closed down the house,

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<v Speaker 1>they got another letter that said where have you gone to?

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<v Speaker 1>Six fifty seven Boulevard is missing you? And that's fairly creepy,

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<v Speaker 1>but at least it wasn't a threatening letter this time.

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<v Speaker 1>But it also showed that the watcher was clearly watching

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<v Speaker 1>the house. And so a year went by a year, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 1>where these people who paid almost one and a half

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars for their house never moved into it because

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<v Speaker 1>they were too scared of whoever this person was, and

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<v Speaker 1>they also grew very paranoid. I don't think the Netflix

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<v Speaker 1>special took any liberties with that. I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>like an actual depiction of like how this family, especially

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<v Speaker 1>the Dag, kind of descended into paranoia and suspecting anyone

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<v Speaker 1>and everyone of being the Watcher. They just couldn't take

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<v Speaker 1>this at all, so they just never moved in the

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<v Speaker 1>house and they tried to sell it and it did

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<v Speaker 1>not go over it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I thought a second ago you were going to say,

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<v Speaker 2>these people didn't move into their one point for me

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<v Speaker 2>dollar house for a year because they were too scared

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<v Speaker 2>and privileged.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we just won't move in.

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<v Speaker 1>So one other thing too, I called it a Netflix special,

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<v Speaker 1>which I think kind of outed me as almost.

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<v Speaker 3>Fifty right in a program.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the Netflix movie of the week.

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<v Speaker 3>You're watching your program.

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<v Speaker 2>So they went to court and said, hey, these Woods

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<v Speaker 2>people got this, they knew about this, they didn't disclose this.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we've got this scary haunted house, or maybe not haunted,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe being stalked by a real dangerous person, and.

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<v Speaker 3>The Woods were like, no, no, no, that's not true.

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<v Speaker 2>That didn't happen, And so news started getting hold of this,

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<v Speaker 2>they started reporting it. They actually did DNA testing and

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<v Speaker 2>found that woman's DNA on the envelopes and letters, and

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<v Speaker 2>that they had any postmarks on them.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's twenty miles away and closer to New York.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if we said this whole thing takes

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<v Speaker 1>place in uh, what is it, Westfield, New Jersey? Right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, New Jersey. Okay, so the cops are involved.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the prosecutor's office is actually involved or spending money

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<v Speaker 1>testing this stuff for DNA, like you said, And they

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<v Speaker 1>started theorizing of who it could be, and that they

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<v Speaker 1>thought maybe it was one of the other prospective buyers

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<v Speaker 1>who was mad that they've been outbid by the.

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<v Speaker 3>Brotuses did get them out of there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, could yeah, exactly. Could have been one of the neighbors,

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<v Speaker 1>like the watcher, essentially intimated. And then there was a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of suspicion on the Brotus family too, that they

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<v Speaker 1>were essentially like the family from the Amityville horror that

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<v Speaker 1>they had they were trying to basically create a sellable story,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what turned out to be the case. Actually, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>or buyer's remorse too, that's another one too. But they

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<v Speaker 1>that would be a terrible, terrible thing to do if

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<v Speaker 1>you just wanted to sell the house, And there were

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<v Speaker 1>other people who had offered over, asking why would you

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<v Speaker 1>like saddle it with a now famous stalker rather than

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<v Speaker 1>just being like, we're gonna sell it and we'll try

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<v Speaker 1>to sell it at least break even.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, for sure. That doesn't make much sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So in twenty sixteen, they try to subdivide the

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<v Speaker 2>property into a couple of lots, get rid of that house,

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<v Speaker 2>build two more.

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<v Speaker 3>The zoning board in the town said no, no, big

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<v Speaker 3>slap in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Face, and they rented the place and the renter was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I know about this watcher thing, but like,

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't too freaked out.

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<v Speaker 3>It was fine.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a good house to rent, and I did

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<v Speaker 2>have a clause and out clause in my lease in

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<v Speaker 2>case another.

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<v Speaker 3>Letter popped up.

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<v Speaker 2>Smart, And another letter did pop up, and this was

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<v Speaker 2>a really creepy one, and I think you should.

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<v Speaker 3>Read this one.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, the whole thing. Okay, violent winds and bitter

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<v Speaker 1>cold to the vile and spiteful Derek and his wench

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<v Speaker 1>of a wife, Maria. Do you wonder who the Watcher is?

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<v Speaker 1>Turn around, idiots, Maybe you even spoke to me, one

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<v Speaker 1>of the so called neighbors who has no idea who

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<v Speaker 1>the Watcher could be. Or maybe you do know and

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<v Speaker 1>are too scared to tell anyone. Good move. I walked

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<v Speaker 1>by the news trucks. Remember this whole thing had become

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<v Speaker 1>like a media circus by now when they took over

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<v Speaker 1>my neighborhood and mocked me. I watched as you watched

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<v Speaker 1>from the dark house in an attempt to find me.

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<v Speaker 1>Telescopes and binoculars are wonderful inventions. Six fifty seven Boulevards

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<v Speaker 1>survived your attempted assault and stood strong with its army

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<v Speaker 1>of supporters barricading its gates. My soldiers of the boulevard

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<v Speaker 1>followed my orders to a tee. They carried out their

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<v Speaker 1>mission and saved the soul of six fifty seven Boulevard

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<v Speaker 1>with my orders. All hail the Watcher. Pretty full of themselves, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he kind of came across as a smarmy a

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<v Speaker 2>hole in that one. Remember this watcher, is.

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<v Speaker 1>He or she don't forget they found female DNA on

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<v Speaker 1>the envelope.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, that's true. This sounds like something got I

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<v Speaker 2>would do. Though they did mention the renter in that letter.

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<v Speaker 2>The renter was a little bit spooked, but it was like,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'll stay here, you know, I like this place.

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<v Speaker 2>Get some of those cameras in there, and I'll be fine.

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<v Speaker 2>And then there was one last spooky, spooky tag on

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<v Speaker 2>this letter about the revenge that might befall them. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a car accident, maybe a fire, Maybe something as simple

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<v Speaker 2>as a mild illness that never seems to go away

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<v Speaker 2>but makes you feel sick day after day after day

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<v Speaker 2>after day after day. Maybe the mysterious death of a pet.

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<v Speaker 2>Loved one suddenly die. Planes and cars and bicycles crash,

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<v Speaker 2>bones break.

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<v Speaker 1>They threatened to make a plane crash.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, that's pretty scary.

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<v Speaker 1>So how the whole thing end up? The Bronus family

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<v Speaker 1>finally did sell the house about five years after they

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<v Speaker 1>bought it, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, at a four hundred thousand dollars loss. And that

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<v Speaker 2>is the end of the story. What I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>was how the Netflix show that. Surely it just doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>wrap up that way.

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<v Speaker 1>There's Oh, you haven't seen it, No, have you? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>It's good? Oh is it good?

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<v Speaker 3>You watch the whole thing?

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

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<v Speaker 3>Does it end? Well, don't tell me how it ends.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess on air, but.

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<v Speaker 1>I honestly don't remember how it ends. But I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't seem to It didn't seem to be like

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<v Speaker 1>a succinct ending, like everything was wrapped up, if I

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<v Speaker 1>remember correctly. But it's nuts, man, it's off the rails.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got and and you know, I'm sure they fictionalize

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of it, but it's got what's his name,

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<v Speaker 2>the guy like Roseburn's husband, Bobby kind of ali.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, he's married to Rosebrnd. I didn't know that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, one of my favorite couples.

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<v Speaker 2>And I sat next to him in a lounge at

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<v Speaker 2>the LaGuardia Airport one time and he smiled at me.

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<v Speaker 3>So, yeah, I think we got something brewing their friendship one.

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<v Speaker 1>I think so too. Well, you should definitely watch the

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix special on the Watcher because you need something to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about with him.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, And thanks to everyone for indulging this extra

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<v Speaker 2>long two parts shorty and be safe tomorrow.

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