1 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: Love, hello, and welcome to my favorite murder the minisode. 2 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: There you go emails for you, bye you bye bye. 3 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: You go first. I demand you go first. I shall 4 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: all your paperwork. 5 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 3: Okay. 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: The subject line of this email is hometown the trash 7 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: adult who took me on a drug run. 8 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 2: Okay. 9 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: You know I'm gonna pick one of those. Of course, 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: these are my people. Hi, Karen and Georgia. I'm Lithuanian, 11 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: so I don't know how to say all these sweet 12 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: things people usually write at the beginning of these email 13 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: but just know I love you both loads. 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 3: And now let's get into it. 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: Lithuanian. 16 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: I know, right, because I've got a prime trash adult 17 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: story for you. 18 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 3: So period. 19 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: Picture six year old me, six out of my tiny 20 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: mind in the dead heat of a small Lithuanian village summer. 21 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 3: You've been there a. 22 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: Thousand times before, picturing it. No friends around, no TV, 23 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: no entertainment except for the occasional chicken. 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: That's great. 25 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's tough. 26 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: I'm just chilling in the dust on the side of 27 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: the road like a little feral villager when along comes her, 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: our neighborhood's very own spiritual healer slash drug dealer slash 29 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: disaster on two legs. She was known for selling quote 30 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: unquote natural medicine, which is adorable because in hindsight, I'm 31 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: ninety nine percent sure she was slinging low grade narcotics. 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: She tells me she's heading to the far side of 33 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: the village to do some business and asks if I 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: want to come with her all caps, and I said yes, Helliah, 35 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: because of course I did. What else was I doing? 36 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: I had no sense of danger and way too much 37 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: free time. So off I go, six year old assistant 38 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: to a probable drug mule, skipping through the village like 39 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: we're in a whimsical Eastern European comedy. Hours pass, she 40 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: does her house calls, and I assist her as the 41 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: unpaid intern. I provide I don't know, vibes, maybe an alibi. 42 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: And then just as we're finally heading back, I hear it, 43 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: my name screamed. 44 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 3: From every direction. 45 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: Oh no, like a haunted megaphone. And that's when I 46 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: knew I had fucked up. Turns out I had been 47 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: gone long enough for my grandma to declare a full 48 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: blown Code red. But did anyone call the police? Of 49 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: course not, that would have been. 50 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,679 Speaker 2: Too logical snitching. No one snitches, no way. 51 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: Instead, the entire able bodied male population of the village 52 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: was mobilized. Forests were scoured, lakes were dove into men 53 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: and this is on all caps. Men actually dove into 54 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: the water looking for. 55 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 3: My tiny drowned body. 56 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: Then it says fun side note, I was the kind 57 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: of six year old who was allowed to go swimming alone. 58 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 3: So like fair, it says. 59 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: By the time I casually strolled home, my grandma was 60 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: halfway through a heart attack. They called an ambulance, but 61 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: still not the police. So she literally was halfway through 62 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: a heart attack. 63 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 2: Oh oh, literally, they called an ambulance for the grandma. 64 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: For the grandma, but they didn't call it please. My 65 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: mom was on the verge of an emotional implosion, and 66 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: the lake divers returned looking like war survivors. I fully 67 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: expected to be grounded until I turned thirty. My mother, Oh, 68 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: she handled it with grace, which is to say she 69 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: tried to rip out the trash adult's hair with her 70 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: bare hands while screaming so loudly. I'm pretty sure the 71 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: storks migrated early that year. Honestly iconic. 72 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: Holy shit. 73 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, I plopped myself on the couch and was handed dessert. Yes, 74 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: because they thought she was gone. Yeah, because apparently when 75 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: a child disappears for hours with a stranger, the appropriate 76 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: reward is putting. And the best part, I didn't learn 77 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: my lesson, not even a little. Two weeks later, all caps, 78 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: same woman, same scenario, same kid, me, and this time 79 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: she didn't even bother tending to ask permission. She just 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: took me under her arm and off we went on 81 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: another totally illegal adventure. 82 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: Oh, she had. 83 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: The perfect cover a six year old. Yeah, she just 84 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: looks like a kindly aunt. 85 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: I'm an anti Yeah, not a drug. 86 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: Meal, stay sexy, and seriously, don't take someone else's kid 87 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: on your rural drug errands. Laura from Lithuania, where the 88 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: police don't get called when a child vanishes for hours, 89 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: but a mob of men will absolutely dive into freezing 90 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: lakes without hesitation. 91 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 2: What a perfect picture of a time and place, Laura. 92 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 2: You did. That was excellent. 93 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: It's everything we need to know about Lithuania everything. 94 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's amazing. 95 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 3: You don't call the cops. Men will do what it takes. 96 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: And it reminds me like when you were little and 97 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: you did something all the time and then one time 98 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 2: you did it and it wasn't okay. Yes, and then 99 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 2: you got in trouble for it. But I had never 100 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 2: not been okay for you to stay out late or 101 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: to do any like to play with this or that. 102 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 2: And then suddenly your mom decides that you're not supposed 103 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: to do that and you're in trouble. 104 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a rule that you were not told that 105 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: somehow comes up and it's like, oh, we weren't paying 106 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: attention before. 107 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 3: They have been doing this the whole time. 108 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 2: This is what my anxiety is based on, is that 109 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 2: I'm going to get in trouble for doing something I 110 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 2: didn't know I wasn't supposed to. 111 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 3: Yeah that sticks. 112 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay. My trash uncle story two to three minute read. 113 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: Thank you, hey friends, longtime listener, and have wanted to 114 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: send this story in for a long while now and 115 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 2: finally got the guts to do it. So let's get started. 116 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: Long story short, my uncle ended up being a part 117 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,119 Speaker 2: of a bank robbery. Hey, it's a long story short. 118 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: He and a few other guys robbed a CCU bank 119 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 2: and thought they could get away with it. Spoiler alert. 120 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 2: They ended up getting caught. But let me tell you 121 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: how my uncle got caught. So me five years old 122 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 2: at the time, My mom, dad, and uncle were actually 123 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 2: on the way to turn him in a decision he made, 124 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 2: but ended up stopping at Walmart to get him some 125 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 2: clothes for whenever he got out of prison. 126 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: I don't know, that seems like you're doing it on purpose. 127 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: He's like, can I just get a couple things really quick? 128 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 2: I have a few years to pick something. Probably, Yeah, 129 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 2: you know. Now this was years ago when Walmart still 130 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: had banks in them. Oh, the security guard at the 131 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 2: bank recognized my uncle immediately because this picture got sent 132 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 2: to every bank in the area. And before the guard 133 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: could tackle him or confront him, my uncle grabbed me 134 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 2: and held me as we walked out so the guard 135 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 2: wouldn't touch him. 136 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: Oh. 137 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: Yes, my uncle used me as a shield when I 138 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 2: was all caps five human shield, five year old. This 139 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: is the aunt and uncle episode. Once we got in 140 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 2: the car, we were heading to turn my uncle in, 141 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: but since the security guard saw him, he notified the 142 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: police and next thing I know, we're getting pulled over 143 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 2: by at least ten cops. 144 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 3: Oh shit. 145 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 2: Now, me being five years old, you know that security 146 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 2: guard was like so stoked to be the hero of 147 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: the day, so boring his job, and then salmart suddenly 148 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 2: he's like a fucking bank robber. I have this to 149 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 2: give now. Meeting five years old, I thought that any 150 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: of the times I would misbehave or would hit my 151 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 2: older sister meant I was in big trouble. Because when 152 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 2: the cop came up and stuck a gun into the 153 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: front passenger side window, yelling everyone, put your hands in 154 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 2: the air, my hands immediately went up, terrified that I 155 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: was going to jail. 156 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: These little hands in the back kind of. 157 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 2: Sliding up, tiny little Oh this is it. I knew 158 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 2: it was coming. 159 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 3: I shouldn't have found a human shield that way. 160 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 2: I shouldn't hit my sister. She deserved it. I immediately started 161 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 2: crying while watching my uncle get yanked out of the 162 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: car and onto the ground, and for some reason, they 163 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 2: did the same to my dad. Yeah that makes sense. Yeah. 164 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 2: I was just sitting in the back with my hands up, 165 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: regretting all the times I didn't listen to my mom 166 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 2: and scared that the cops were there to take me 167 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 2: to jail. 168 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: The idea that they're just like gun in the car 169 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: scream whatever. 170 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't remember much after that. But I do 171 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 2: remember my mom getting me into the back of a 172 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 2: police car trying to calm me down, and then the 173 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: cop coming up and apologizing to me. 174 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 3: You're better. 175 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: My uncle did go to jail and has served sixteen years. Wow, 176 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 2: that Walmart run could have waited. 177 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: I mean, also, just the big bank, the idea of 178 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: a bank robbery. 179 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 3: It never works out. 180 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 2: It's never going on worlds, never scheduled to be released 181 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 2: any day now, wish me luck, smiley face. Also fun 182 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 2: fact this bank robbery is known as the first one 183 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 2: to occur in my hometown. Wow, hope you all enjoyed 184 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 2: this and got a good laugh at some of my trauma. 185 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 2: Stay sexy and maybe don't use a five year old 186 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: as protection. 187 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, Haley, Haley, we respect your trauma. Yeah, it's like 188 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: TV movie of the week trauma. And the fact that 189 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: you shared it with us means I think that it 190 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: might be a lowercase T trauma for you at this point. 191 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 2: Maybe, oh yeah, because you're able to process it. Don't 192 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 2: share your uppercase T trauma until it's lowercase to T trauma. 193 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: I mean just that it feels like as awful as 194 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: that would be a great story. 195 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 3: Maybe she can laugh at it now. 196 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, we definitely can, so we don't want to if 197 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: we shouldn't. 198 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 3: So insane. 199 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: Also, just if you're going to go drop someone off 200 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: at prison, maybe get a baby, get a babysitter, get 201 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 1: a babysit. 202 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 2: That's a great idea. 203 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: I'm not going to read you the subject line of this. 204 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: It says, Hi, Karen and Georgia. I've been listening to 205 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: you guys since twenty eighteen. I was sixteen. Oh my god, 206 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: Welcome sophomores. Welcome always. When my sister introduced me to 207 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: you as a repayment, I got her tickets to the 208 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: MFM Live Tour in. 209 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 3: Austin this September. 210 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: Yes, you guys are great and can always keep me 211 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: entertained when driving or folding laundry. 212 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: Hey, Hey, that's us baby. 213 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: Hey. Anyway, let's get into my hometown's pedophile story. I 214 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: attended Lake Travis High School, which is about a thirty 215 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: minute drive from downtown Austin, Texas. This meant our school 216 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: was very large. I'm talking about each graduating class of 217 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: eight to nine hundred people per year. 218 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 3: Wow, that's wild. 219 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: When I was a freshman around fifteen years old, my 220 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: friends and I would sneak out and get into the 221 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 1: normal teenage trouble drinking, smoking, vaping. 222 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 3: Alcohol is hard to get as a. 223 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: Fifteen year old, obviously, so when a man who was 224 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: around thirty years old started adding us kids on Snapchat 225 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: under the name The Latter and selling bottles of alcohol 226 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: to be delivered, we were a static. 227 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 2: Oh my, this is what every parent warns every kid about, 228 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 2: and they don't listen. 229 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,719 Speaker 1: No, because as a teen, who's like, I just want 230 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: to party and I'm invincible and I don't know what 231 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: the fuck is going on in the world, yes, or 232 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 1: what the possibilities are. 233 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 3: God's like, the latter wants to help us. 234 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. 235 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: The Latter would charge outrageous prices for handles of alcohol, 236 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: of course, the cheapest stuff he could find, and jewels, 237 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: the vape pens but uh name checking a vapin. But 238 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: as kids didn't care, we would all sneak out to 239 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: a friend's house whose parents were chill and text the 240 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: latter what we wanted for the night. 241 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 2: Oh. 242 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,319 Speaker 1: He would then drive to our address, which we gave 243 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: him without a second thought, of course, and trade the 244 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: cash for the goods. He got to know my friend 245 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: group so well he would even give us free fast 246 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: food regularly. 247 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 2: Oh my god. 248 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: This man would drive around at night and give alcohol 249 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: and vapes to hundreds of high schoolers. Holiou And since 250 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: everyone used him, we didn't see the harm. That wasn't 251 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: until one afternoon when my friend and I were in 252 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: school like normal, and we got a text that the 253 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: latter lotr I guess like parking lot I don't know. Yeah, 254 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: the latter was arrested. Everyone who used him freaked out 255 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: and deleted his contact, hoping the cops didn't see any 256 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: of our information on his phone. We all thought he'd 257 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: been caught for selling illegal products to underage miners. 258 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 3: Nope. 259 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: A few weeks later we see a news article about 260 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: the Lotter's arrest, and it turns out that he was 261 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: exchanging alcohol and vapes for sexual favors from fifteen year 262 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: ol boys and sending slash asking for sexual pictures. His 263 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: case ended up being investigated by the FBI, and in 264 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, he received sixty years in prison for 265 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: sexual exploitation of a child, followed by ten years of 266 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: supervised release, and he was also ordered to pay restitution 267 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: to his victims. I am now twenty two and my friends, 268 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: and I occasionally recall how stupid we were to trust 269 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: a random man who sells things to kids. Sorry, mom, 270 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: that's stranger danger one oh one. I mean you couldn't 271 00:11:58,400 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: get more on the nose. 272 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 2: Really if she hadn't started listening to my favorite murder yet, 273 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 2: because oh, we weren't doing our job. If she was 274 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 2: doing that, I mean, yeah, that's her team. 275 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 3: We let her down. 276 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: If she thought that that was okay, yeah, yeah, hopefully 277 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 1: when she logged on and then was like, oh, they're 278 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: yelling at me. 279 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 2: What's this? 280 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 3: What's this? 281 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: I shouldn't follow a strange man around a parking lot, 282 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: Oh god, And then it just says, can't wait to 283 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: see you guys in September. Stay sexy and don't buy 284 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: alcohol from strangers. Lily, Hey, Lily, that's how bars work, 285 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: so you'd better figure something else out. 286 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: Every time we hear those stories, just my youth, my 287 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 2: adolescence just flashes through my mind and I'm just can't 288 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 2: believe I'm here. I know, I'm so happy about it. 289 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: I've told you this story, but like, we found a 290 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: guy in the Golden Eagle shopping Center parking lot, and 291 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: kids from the other high school like were walking away 292 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: and they're like, hey, those guys will buy up for you. 293 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: And we walk up to the It was a station 294 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: wagon that was like it looked like all the tires 295 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: were flat, so it was way close to the ground. Yeah, 296 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: and it was two guys that looked like they were 297 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 1: from scumbag Central Casting and they were just like, yo, 298 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: what do you want? And we're like, can we get 299 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: this job? They were a life cool. It was like 300 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: we were doing very specific orders and they just drove 301 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: away with our money. 302 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, that same thing happened. He's like, Okay, we're gonna 303 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: put the bag next to the car and we're gonna 304 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 2: drive away, so that don't go to the bag and 305 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 2: tell me drive away, so like in case anyone's watching, 306 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 2: puts the bag down, drives away, And then I watched 307 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 2: my friend walk up and kick the empty bag and 308 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 2: anger still it like beer funds. Speed all got on 309 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 2: beer Funds two hundreds of dollars. 310 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,359 Speaker 3: Oh my god, I mean okay, yeah. 311 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 2: Buried Bones helped me find proof of my dad's lore. Oh, 312 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: Buried Bones a podcast on the Exactly Right Network. 313 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 3: That's right, Quarles and Kate Winkler Dawson. 314 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 2: That's right. Oh, hey, all of our dads have told 315 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: us when we were little that if they told us something, 316 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 2: they would have to kill us, right, show that old joke. No, 317 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 2: just me and my sisters. Well, from a young age, 318 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 2: we all knew my dad, Ronald had been in the army, 319 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 2: but definitely was not anymore. When we would ask what 320 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 2: he did in the army, he would always tell us 321 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: if I told you, I would have to kill you. 322 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: Of course, as little kids, we thought it was hilarious. 323 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 2: When we got older, he finally told us what really happened. 324 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: Picture it. It's Chicago, nineteen sixty eight and the Democratic 325 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 2: Party convention is causing a lot of chaos in the city. 326 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 2: There were rallies and riots and a lot happening outside 327 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 2: the convention that had been well documented over the years. 328 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 2: It's a famous event. My dad, though, he was involved 329 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 2: with monitoring what was happening inside the convention and the like. 330 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 2: You may be asking yourself why that's a big deal. Well, 331 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: the Army Security Agency was tapping the phones of delegates, candidates, 332 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: and others in the streets, listening in for any information 333 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 2: they could about plans for rioting, clandestine connections with communist 334 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 2: affiliated groups, etc. They would have vans driving around the 335 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 2: city a lot of times in areas that was pretty 336 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 2: much off limits to the military that were decked out 337 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 2: with radio receivers that monitored police radio, telephone communications, and 338 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 2: shortwave radio transmissions. 339 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: I mean, it kind of sounds like a paranoid conspiracy theory, 340 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: but it's likely are being monitored at all times. 341 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's true. They were operating without the knowledge or 342 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 2: assistance of the Chicago Police, FBI, or other law enforcement 343 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 2: intelligence agencies. Just the Army going solo. 344 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 3: Rogue finding out some stuff they need to find out. 345 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: I guess. So all of this information came in but 346 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 2: never went back out. If it had, they would have 347 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 2: needed to answer questions on how they got that information. 348 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 2: And what they were doing was definitely bordering on going 349 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 2: against the constitution. 350 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 3: Hmm, sounds familiar. 351 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 2: I think you could border going against the constitution, goes 352 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 2: right up against it. My dad voiced his concerns about 353 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 2: this and other things he was privy to while working 354 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 2: in Army intelligence to his superiors and was basically told 355 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 2: to sit down and shut up. That didn't sit right 356 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 2: with my dad, so he went a wall to Canada, 357 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 2: Oh Toronto, specifically, that's where he gave a series of 358 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 2: interviews to the Toronto Star. It was supposed to be 359 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 2: four different installments, but only one ever got printed. Over 360 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 2: the years, it's been brought up here and there, But 361 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 2: two years ago I really started looking in earnest for 362 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 2: this article that I knew would be hard to find. 363 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 2: It also didn't help that my dad couldn't remember the 364 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: exact year it came out and says nineteen seventy, or 365 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 2: even the exact newspaper it was in dad's dad's This 366 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 2: is where Buried Bones enters the chat. Back in June, 367 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 2: on my way to work, I was listening to an 368 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 2: episode and I heard Kate talking about how she loved 369 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 2: to use newspapers dot com to help with her historical research. 370 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 2: Cut to me signing up for the seven day free 371 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 2: trial and searching my father's name and newspapers in Canada, 372 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 2: and it popped right up. I took a screenshot of 373 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 2: it and sent it to my dad. This was his response, quote, 374 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 2: the ghosts of the past comeback. What happened next killed 375 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 2: the series. The government contacted the owners of the Toronto 376 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 2: Star and threatened them if they didn't kill the stories 377 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 2: by the third edition of the Sunday paper. It was 378 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 2: off the front page and disappeared. Your dad really tried 379 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 2: to do something, but it wasn't until Edward Snowden many 380 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 2: years later that got the job done. 381 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 3: Oh my god. 382 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 2: The only good thing that came out of it was 383 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 2: when I did return. They were afraid to make a 384 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 2: big deal of it, and I ended up with a 385 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 2: relatively easy sentence end quote. 386 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 3: WHOA. 387 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 2: For Father's Day this year, I had the images of 388 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: the article blown up to post herself and framed for him. 389 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 2: And now they hang in the only place in the 390 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 2: house where they would fit, the rumpest type of room 391 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 2: in the basement where he spends a good amount of 392 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 2: his time. This thing holds a lot of meaning to 393 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 2: him because he felt like he was doing something good 394 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: and he was just a race from history. This is 395 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 2: just one part of my dad's lore that would make 396 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 2: a really interesting autobiography. We keep telling him he has 397 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 2: to write. I know this is long, but thanks to 398 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,919 Speaker 2: whoever over there that took the time to read it. 399 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 2: Even if it doesn't make it to the podcast, Stay 400 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 2: sexy and always try to do what's right, even if 401 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 2: the story gets killed. Hava, Yes, pronounce like the song 402 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 2: Hava Nagila and one of the daughters from Fiddler on 403 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 2: the Roof. No I was not named after either. 404 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: What an incredible thing to have a dad as a 405 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: whistleblower who's trying to be like, hey, the government might 406 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: be doing the wrong thing for the people. 407 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, your dad has like a backbone. Yeah that's nice. 408 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 3: That's tough. 409 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: Let's take a real left turn right now. The subject 410 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: line of this email is Colin Ferrell spotting in Intercourse, Pennsylvania. 411 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: Hello MFM, love you lots, longtime listener, thanks to my 412 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: two older sisters who saw you live in Philly and 413 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: it is dot dot dot without me. 414 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 3: Dot dot dot. 415 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: But that's beside the point. Let's get into it. I 416 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: lived just outside of Philadelphia, and every summer when my 417 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: cousins would fly into town, my nan would take us 418 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: all out to Amish Country, Lancaster, Pennsylvania to see some 419 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,360 Speaker 1: horse and buggies, gock at the Amish families, and buy 420 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: tons of homemade goods. Our favorite place to visit was 421 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: called Kitchen Kettle Village in Intercourse, PA. I shit you not, 422 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: that's the name of the towns it was. I had 423 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: a T shirt in the nineties and it was all 424 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: the weird Pennsylvania townsers like blue balls, an inner course, 425 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: and it's a horny state. 426 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 2: It just is. 427 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: It seems wrong to name a town whose population consists 428 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 1: mostly of Amish something vulgar. 429 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 3: But who am I to say? 430 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 2: AnyWho? 431 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: Kitchen Kettle has a ton of little shops with various 432 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: goods like jams, quilts, and pottery. On this particular visit, 433 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: I remember it being extremely hot, and most of us 434 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: kids were pretty done with the visit after the first 435 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: two stores. My Nan, who has always been stubborn and persistent, 436 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: refused to leave without going into her favorite store at 437 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: the very end of the village. Me, being the youngest 438 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: and never really having a say, God, isn't that the truth, 439 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: had to go into the store with her while everyone 440 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: else waited outside. As we're walking around the store, I'm 441 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: begging my Nan to hurry up in any way I can. 442 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: When all of a sudden, I see a tall, dark 443 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: haired man with bushy eyebrows and the most chisel jawline. 444 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: At this point in my life, I'm not sure i'd 445 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: seen a Colin Farrell movie, but just by his look, 446 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: I knew he was famous. 447 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 2: I mean talk. 448 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: About it factor totally that guy telling you, I just 449 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: I felt him coming when I was at the movie 450 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: theater at the same time as him. I quickly ran 451 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: out the door and screamed at and screamed at my sister. 452 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: There's a celebrity in here, but I don't know his name. 453 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 2: I have to give it to my sister. 454 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: For actually believing me and running in to check it out. 455 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 3: Believe women and children. 456 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: My sister has always been a pop culture whiz, so 457 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: she pinned it down right away. She knew it was 458 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: Colin Ferrell. We're trying to keep our cool, but we're 459 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: also young, so we probably were doing in the exact opposite. 460 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: And we've taken a full one eighty and are trying 461 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: to get my nan to stay as long as possible. 462 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 2: In the store. 463 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,719 Speaker 1: Her being totally clueless to Colin Ferrell's existence, mentions that 464 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: she wants to go upstairs to see the music boxes. 465 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 1: As we're climbing up the stairs, we can hear the 466 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 1: girl with Colin Ferrell say I'm ready to leave, to 467 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: which Colin Ferrell says, I think I want to check 468 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: out those music boxes upstairs. 469 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 2: My sister and I could have. 470 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: Died, and I don't even really remember what happened after that. 471 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,639 Speaker 1: Eventually we went to tell our family the news. My 472 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 1: uncle's first reaction being was he wearing jeans? Why? I 473 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: don't know? That was just my uncle being my uncle. 474 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 2: Wearing that is such an uncle question. Oh, it was 475 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 2: he wearing jeans? 476 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, he was that one guy wearing jeans among all 477 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: the rest. 478 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 2: In Pennsylvania, of all places. 479 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: I think we eventually learned that he was filming nearby 480 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: for a movie, and that's why he was in the area. 481 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: Till this day, whenever Colin Ferrell is brought up in conversation, 482 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: it is always quickly followed up with was. 483 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 3: He wearing jeans? 484 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 2: Anyway? 485 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for all you guys do. You've 486 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: made countless road trips and days in the office more enjoyable, 487 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: Stay sexy, and don't forget to keep an eye out 488 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: for Colin Ferrell even in the middle of nowhere. 489 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 2: Jackie, that's so exciting. 490 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 3: I'm so excited. 491 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 2: I do see. We have to get a photo with 492 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 2: him now, Colin Ferrell, if we see him in la 493 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:27,719 Speaker 2: here would be my approach. 494 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: I try to get physically lower yeah, and just be like. 495 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 3: My grandparents are from Ireland. 496 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: Okay, I play on that kind of light, got the 497 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: Ireland town thing. 498 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,479 Speaker 2: Okay, my podcast is a fan of yours. 499 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 3: Yes, there you go. 500 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: You can come with the thing that's very effective on 501 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 1: people where you say I'm not a fan, right my 502 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: friend Kara, someone else will be jealous. 503 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, so could you please? 504 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 2: Okay? My last one is hometown prink calls orthodontis. I'm 505 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 2: not going to read you the whole thing the end. Okay, 506 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 2: Georgia subject line. Okay, that's new Karen Georgia at all. 507 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 2: I'm not sure what hometown category this story fits. Prank 508 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 2: calls awkward adolescents. Whatever it is, it's got everything and 509 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 2: you've asked for literally anything. 510 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 3: Very true. 511 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 2: So I was twelve. It was summertime, and my friends 512 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 2: and I spent every moment together or on the phone 513 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 2: for hours, days, maybe weeks. My parents were at work. 514 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 2: MPD was playing Jeremy by Pearl Jam. I remember that summer, 515 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: you know, the deal good hit of the summer, and 516 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 2: I was deep in a three hour phone call with 517 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 2: my best friend Brooke. At some point I started complaining 518 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 2: about my upcoming orthodontist appointment. I was about to get braces, 519 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 2: and the dramatics were high. Eventually we decided to hang up, 520 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 2: eat lunch, and call each other back in a bit. 521 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 2: I remember that it's open. I remember being on the 522 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 2: phone with friends for hours, and just earlier, my favorite person, 523 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 2: my best friend Kate, called me and I didn't answer 524 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 2: the phone. I'm just like, it's a different thing now. 525 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: And also you'd be on the phone for hours, and 526 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: then like at our house, my dad just be like. 527 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 2: Get off the phone. 528 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: You just hear yeah, get off the phone, yelled randomly. 529 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,959 Speaker 2: Always yeah. Seconds after I hung up the phone, rang 530 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 2: I picked up. In a woman's voice, said Orthodonis Office, 531 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 2: calling to confirm Megan's appointment. Naturally, I assumed it was 532 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 2: Brooke using her extremely convincing adult voice to prank me. 533 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 2: So I leaned into it and said, in my most 534 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 2: serious tone, Megan is dead. Oh. There was a pause, 535 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: but not the haha, you got me kind of pause. 536 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 2: It was very long, very awkward, very adult silence. Then 537 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 2: the woman whispered, oh, I'm so sorry and hung up. Immediately, 538 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 2: I called Brook to confirm it was her, but she 539 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 2: swore it wasn't. That's when it hit me. I had 540 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 2: just told a real medical professional that I was dead. 541 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 2: I knew I was in deep trouble, but I also 542 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 2: knew the only way I was to deny everything and 543 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 2: hope for the best. 544 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 3: Why you called up for a woman? 545 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 2: Let her off the hook. That evening, the orthodonist himself 546 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 2: called the house because she was like crying right and 547 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:03,880 Speaker 2: oh yeah, well, what are your patients? Horrible child? He 548 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 2: asked to speak with my mom. I listened from the 549 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 2: next room, and she assured him I was, in fact, 550 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 2: very much alive and standing right there. After she hung up, 551 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 2: she asked if anyone had called to confirm my appointment 552 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 2: earlier in the day. I lied, like a pro Nope. 553 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 2: I was on the phone with Brooke all day. She 554 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 2: believed me no idea, but she dropped it and we 555 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 2: never spoke of it again. Oh, I would have gotten 556 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 2: in so much. 557 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: Trouble, and nothing like that ever happened at our house. 558 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,479 Speaker 1: It'd be like, ask three more questions and you're busted 559 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: and it's over. 560 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 2: When we showed up for my bracest fitting later that week, 561 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 2: I was very aware of the side eyes and whispers 562 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 2: from the front desk. My mom let out some nervous 563 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 2: laughter while checking me in, and I just tried to 564 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 2: disappear into my seat to be fairy. Doctor Goldstein and 565 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 2: his team were incredibly kind throughout my orthodonic journey, and honestly, 566 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 2: I've always felt guilty about giving them a heart attack 567 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 2: that day. As an adult, I realized how brutal that 568 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 2: phone call must have been horrible. Preparing to offer condolences 569 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 2: to the grieving mother of a twelve year old girl 570 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 2: who was just watching MTV and eating a lunchible is 571 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 2: she me so yeah, sorry, Doctor Goldstein, stay sexy and 572 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,959 Speaker 2: don't fake your own death, Megan. 573 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 3: She her, Megan, that's so epic. 574 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: But also it's just the funniest thing of like the 575 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: shortest distance between the end of that mistake is just 576 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: going immediately call that lady back and I'm like, I'm 577 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: so sorry, I that you were my friend, Frankie. Like 578 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: there's no minus to that that l'd be like, oh 579 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: thank god. 580 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, but like she gave her the whole day to 581 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 2: and then the doctor called to offer his condolence. Oh wow, 582 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 2: what a horrible phone call with that. 583 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 1: Megan, You're a horrible person and we love you and 584 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: we couldn't be happier. They listened to Welcome, Welcome to 585 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: the pod. 586 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 2: Way to go everyone. Thanks for sending us her email. 587 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: Send them to My Favorite Murder at Gmail and stay 588 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 2: sexy and don't get murdered. Goodbye, Elvis. 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