1 00:00:16,660 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to My Favorite Murder, the minisode we 2 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,230 Speaker 1: read you AR Stories. 3 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:27,970 Speaker 2: This one's a special episode because we just asked for 4 00:00:28,030 --> 00:00:32,350 Speaker 2: shame stories, things that you're ashamed of, like embarrassing stories, right? 5 00:00:32,590 --> 00:00:36,050 Speaker 1: Yes, and we have found some great ones to the 6 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,900 Speaker 1: point where. We think maybe we should do a dedicated 7 00:00:40,380 --> 00:00:42,500 Speaker 1: episode or a dedicated something. 8 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,580 Speaker 2: Something about it because it's funny and they're great and 9 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,540 Speaker 2: they made me feel better about myself. And I feel 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,300 Speaker 2: like it's like we're doing a service to everyone everywhere 11 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,919 Speaker 2: that everyone has done something embarrassing. 12 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,420 Speaker 1: Yes. So it's basically we're saying welcome to Shame Town. 13 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,660 Speaker 1: That's right. We've been here. Yeah. Or we're so glad 14 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,100 Speaker 1: we're not you. Right. Everybody gets relief. 15 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,069 Speaker 2: Everyone laughs. Except for you. 16 00:01:06,209 --> 00:01:08,309 Speaker 1: We enjoy ourselves. Maybe you don't as much. Yeah. But 17 00:01:08,350 --> 00:01:10,990 Speaker 1: then we'll tell stories so you don't, like, we won't laugh, 18 00:01:11,110 --> 00:01:11,950 Speaker 1: but you can laugh at us. 19 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:14,289 Speaker 2: It's basically a public service, and you're welcome. 20 00:01:14,470 --> 00:01:15,350 Speaker 1: So shut up. 21 00:01:15,410 --> 00:01:17,170 Speaker 2: So shut the fuck up. Am I first or are 22 00:01:17,190 --> 00:01:23,270 Speaker 2: you first? Go first, yeah. Celebrity encounter. I accidentally kidnapped 23 00:01:23,810 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: someone famous's kid. 24 00:01:25,740 --> 00:01:26,140 Speaker 1: Oh, no. 25 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,140 Speaker 2: Hello, ladies. My family and I visited L.A. from Kansas 26 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: this past New Year's to see the Rose Bowl parade 27 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,190 Speaker 2: and attend the football game. Welcome. Welcome. I have a 28 00:01:36,250 --> 00:01:40,250 Speaker 2: husband and three sons, ages 9, 13, and 16. The 29 00:01:40,330 --> 00:01:45,009 Speaker 2: level of noise, the volume, and smell. And Axe body spray. Honey, 30 00:01:45,030 --> 00:01:47,780 Speaker 2: you should take a year off. And it says, which 31 00:01:47,820 --> 00:01:49,940 Speaker 2: is important here. One of the days in town, we 32 00:01:49,980 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: visited the Academy Museum on Wilshire Boulevard. We walked in, 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: wide open space, lots to look at, and we headed 34 00:01:56,220 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: towards the ticket counter. It bends around, and I was 35 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,260 Speaker 2: looking up at the sign that said prices, info, etc., 36 00:02:02,110 --> 00:02:04,790 Speaker 2: As I'm looking, I put my arms around my nine-year-old 37 00:02:04,870 --> 00:02:07,330 Speaker 2: son in front of me, like a little hug, and 38 00:02:07,450 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 2: pull him towards me. The following is what happened in 39 00:02:10,250 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: a split second in my head. Hmm, weird. Theo wasn't 40 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: wearing a puffer coat. Theo doesn't have a puffer coat. Oh, 41 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:20,580 Speaker 2: my God. I had grabbed someone else's son and pulled 42 00:02:20,660 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 2: him towards me. I let go and jumped back. Somehow, 43 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: the kid was unfazed and the parents were busy up ahead. 44 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:29,859 Speaker 2: I quickly stepped back behind my own kids and told 45 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:33,310 Speaker 2: my husband. Okay, so breathing heavily, but the crisis is averted. 46 00:02:34,230 --> 00:02:36,690 Speaker 2: We then bought tickets and made our way to the exhibits. 47 00:02:36,950 --> 00:02:39,790 Speaker 2: This was the 50th anniversary of Jaws' year, so there 48 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,140 Speaker 2: was a huge floor-wide exhibit to the movie. One area 49 00:02:43,180 --> 00:02:46,220 Speaker 2: was showing the special zoom-in camera techniques used in the movie. 50 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,740 Speaker 2: A couple was there trying it out with a museum 51 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,740 Speaker 2: helper assisting them. I stopped to watch the process for 52 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,500 Speaker 2: a moment when I met eyes with the woman of 53 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: the couple. She looked at me looking at her. Staring 54 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,770 Speaker 2: at each other, it slowly hit me. Oh, my God. 55 00:03:00,970 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 2: Tiffany Amber Thiessen's son was the boy I grabbed downstairs 56 00:03:04,460 --> 00:03:09,230 Speaker 2: at the ticket counter. What? What? Tiffany, everything is in. 57 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,250 Speaker 1: Dude, that's so specific. 58 00:03:11,290 --> 00:03:12,310 Speaker 2: And it's so, yeah. 59 00:03:12,450 --> 00:03:13,290 Speaker 1: It's so L.A. 60 00:03:13,350 --> 00:03:15,669 Speaker 2: It's so, you grab that person's side. And then Tiffany 61 00:03:15,690 --> 00:03:17,590 Speaker 2: was not privy to my thoughts. So my guess is 62 00:03:17,630 --> 00:03:20,220 Speaker 2: she's staring at me like, no, don't say hi, don't 63 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 2: say who I am and cause a stir. I was 64 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,180 Speaker 2: looking back thinking, oh, no. She thinks I'm a crazy 65 00:03:25,220 --> 00:03:27,220 Speaker 2: fan who wants to let everyone know she's here, but nope. 66 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 2: I was thinking, oh, no, oh, no. And then also, 67 00:03:29,980 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 2: I have to tell everyone I know that I sort 68 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: of abducted Kelly Kapowski's baby boy. 69 00:03:34,060 --> 00:03:35,790 Speaker 1: Abducted is strong. 70 00:03:35,810 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. Like she held him for ransom, kind of. Yeah, 71 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,670 Speaker 2: that's right. Again, I skirted over to my husband and said, 72 00:03:41,770 --> 00:03:44,210 Speaker 2: you know the boy I grabbed downstairs thinking it was Theo? 73 00:03:44,330 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: And I told him the story. Whew, well, all was well, 74 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 2: and no words were exchanged. No cops were called. My 75 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:52,700 Speaker 2: own three sons, husband, and I enjoyed the rest of 76 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,380 Speaker 2: the museum and L.A. Love the food. Thank you. 77 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,150 Speaker 1: You mean that Marie Callender's that's right down there. 78 00:03:59,150 --> 00:04:02,590 Speaker 2: By— Del Taco. Thanks for reading my story and doing 79 00:04:02,630 --> 00:04:06,130 Speaker 2: over 500 minisodes. My 13-year-old son Evan and I listen 80 00:04:06,150 --> 00:04:08,710 Speaker 2: to your minisodes every Monday on the way to school. 81 00:04:08,730 --> 00:04:09,730 Speaker 1: Hi, Evan. 82 00:04:09,770 --> 00:04:10,290 Speaker 2: Hey, Evan. 83 00:04:10,510 --> 00:04:12,710 Speaker 1: What's it like being 13? 84 00:04:12,710 --> 00:04:15,589 Speaker 2: Oh, good luck, bro. Listen. It's going to be hard 85 00:04:15,610 --> 00:04:16,469 Speaker 2: for a little while. 86 00:04:16,850 --> 00:04:19,089 Speaker 1: Just hold your breath, and before you know it, you'll 87 00:04:19,110 --> 00:04:19,510 Speaker 1: be 19. 88 00:04:19,510 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: Let your mom pop your zits. Just let her do it. 89 00:04:21,750 --> 00:04:21,990 Speaker 1: Ew. 90 00:04:22,089 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: I know. No. Yes. And then it says, I love 91 00:04:26,010 --> 00:04:28,140 Speaker 2: that we have this podcast to bond over. It can 92 00:04:28,180 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: be hard to stay interesting to your newly teenage boy. Love, Alice. Alice. Epic. 93 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 2: Tiffany Amber Thiessen, if you're listening. 94 00:04:36,740 --> 00:04:39,250 Speaker 1: If you're listening, there's a lady that's trying to steal 95 00:04:39,260 --> 00:04:42,890 Speaker 1: your children. I've done things like that, not with, like, 96 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:46,469 Speaker 1: not famous, but My equivalent is walking into the men's 97 00:04:46,510 --> 00:04:49,150 Speaker 1: bathroom because I wasn't reading the sign. Right. Have you 98 00:04:49,170 --> 00:04:51,410 Speaker 1: ever done that? Or just like a full march. 99 00:04:51,430 --> 00:04:52,190 Speaker 2: Yes, I totally have. 100 00:04:52,350 --> 00:04:55,610 Speaker 1: Full march into like past the sinks almost to the stalls. 101 00:04:55,690 --> 00:04:58,030 Speaker 2: And then nobody, like everyone pretends to not notice and 102 00:04:58,110 --> 00:05:00,270 Speaker 2: it makes it worse instead of being like, oops, ha ha. 103 00:05:00,540 --> 00:05:03,620 Speaker 1: No. I had a guy, like a businessman looking, coming 104 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: out and being like, like that. And then I just 105 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: spun on a foot and like marched back out. 106 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:10,420 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've definitely done that. 107 00:05:12,140 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: That doesn't apply, but. Okay, so along the shame town theme, 108 00:05:20,260 --> 00:05:23,780 Speaker 1: this is also a kid with a job. 109 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 2: Okay. 110 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: Good one. I won't read you the subject line. It says, Okay. 10% 111 00:05:38,690 --> 00:05:40,969 Speaker 1: was standard in Indiana, and if they greeted you with 112 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:43,849 Speaker 1: blessed when asked how their day was going, you were 113 00:05:43,890 --> 00:05:47,310 Speaker 1: for sure going to get 5%. Ooh. Yeah. Ooh. 114 00:05:47,490 --> 00:05:48,810 Speaker 2: That's an indictment, and I love it. 115 00:05:48,870 --> 00:05:51,820 Speaker 1: That's truth-telling from grassroots style. 116 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:52,580 Speaker 2: You can't take it. 117 00:05:53,180 --> 00:05:55,860 Speaker 1: Then don't go to restaurants and not tip. Exactly. Cut 118 00:05:55,900 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: to me, the only fourth grader at Holy Spirit who 119 00:05:58,220 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: is regularly rolling in ones and fives. 120 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:03,469 Speaker 2: Yep. I love it. 121 00:06:03,490 --> 00:06:04,670 Speaker 1: A little plaid uniform. 122 00:06:04,690 --> 00:06:04,810 Speaker 2: Yeah. 123 00:06:05,380 --> 00:06:08,110 Speaker 1: And whenever there was pizza day, field trip, or book fair, 124 00:06:08,430 --> 00:06:10,630 Speaker 1: you can bet that I was the one my classmates 125 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:15,150 Speaker 1: turned to for a loan at 100% interest a day. 126 00:06:15,290 --> 00:06:16,190 Speaker 2: Damn. 127 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: And then this is all written as if it's dialogue. See, 128 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,900 Speaker 1: I'll give you $ 2, and then you just give me 129 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:27,669 Speaker 1: $ 4 tomorrow. That's how they did it. These were kids 130 00:06:27,690 --> 00:06:30,050 Speaker 1: with allowances and parents who were born in this country. 131 00:06:30,460 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: They didn't know the value of a dollar. However, you 132 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,740 Speaker 1: best believe that I knew the amount of sweat and 133 00:06:35,820 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: fake smiles it took to pry a buck out of 134 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: some old man's wallet when he came in for a 135 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,950 Speaker 1: lunch special. So they had no problem paying me, and 136 00:06:44,029 --> 00:06:45,390 Speaker 1: I had no problem taking their money. 137 00:06:45,510 --> 00:06:46,130 Speaker 2: Oh, no shame. 138 00:06:46,650 --> 00:06:49,330 Speaker 1: I still might have the ledger I kept somewhere in 139 00:06:49,370 --> 00:06:52,890 Speaker 1: my box of childhood mementos. I can tell you, however, 140 00:06:53,130 --> 00:06:55,810 Speaker 1: that my waitressing apron has long been languishing in a 141 00:06:55,890 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: dump somewhere in the Midwest. 142 00:06:57,380 --> 00:06:58,900 Speaker 2: Stay sexy. Stay sexy. 143 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,660 Speaker 1: And come see a 10-year-old loan shark when the bank 144 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,150 Speaker 1: won't approve that pizza loan. Claudia. 145 00:07:04,730 --> 00:07:07,750 Speaker 2: Wow, Claudia. I love the little picture of a 10-year-old 146 00:07:07,790 --> 00:07:10,250 Speaker 2: you fucking slinging drinks. 147 00:07:10,790 --> 00:07:14,140 Speaker 1: I don't actually think, I think I've mislabeled this. I 148 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,510 Speaker 1: don't think Claudia is ashamed at all. And this is really, 149 00:07:17,530 --> 00:07:19,810 Speaker 1: this isn't, no one's asking to go to shame town. 150 00:07:19,860 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 2: I think she thinks she should be shamed. And we're like, no. 151 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:23,700 Speaker 1: Not at all. 152 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 2: You're smarter than the other kids. Congratulations. 153 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,140 Speaker 1: Well, and also just that point of like, this is 154 00:07:29,180 --> 00:07:31,740 Speaker 1: what it takes to get a dollar. So I will 155 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,730 Speaker 1: absolutely get your dollars. 156 00:07:33,730 --> 00:07:33,940 Speaker 2: 100%. 157 00:07:33,940 --> 00:07:34,750 Speaker 1: Hell yes. Love it. 158 00:07:34,990 --> 00:07:35,330 Speaker 2: No shame. 159 00:07:35,770 --> 00:07:36,130 Speaker 1: No shame. 160 00:07:36,250 --> 00:07:37,270 Speaker 2: That's what we say. 161 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:38,830 Speaker 1: Either shame or no shame. 162 00:07:38,850 --> 00:07:39,210 Speaker 2: Yeah. 163 00:07:39,230 --> 00:07:41,150 Speaker 1: And then when someone's really bad, we can ring a 164 00:07:41,210 --> 00:07:42,950 Speaker 1: bell and go shame like in Game of Thrones. 165 00:07:43,010 --> 00:07:48,620 Speaker 2: I love it. Okay, my next one's called Late Confessions. 166 00:07:49,620 --> 00:07:52,260 Speaker 2: Howdy from Texas. When me and my bestie were old 167 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,860 Speaker 2: enough to reach the car pedals, but not old enough 168 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,310 Speaker 2: to drive, we would dare each other to back my 169 00:07:57,350 --> 00:08:02,020 Speaker 2: mom's car out of the driveway and back in. What 170 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 2: a great dare. Yeah. She worked nights, and it was 171 00:08:04,580 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 2: the 1980s, bad combo for mischief. Yes. All fun until 172 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 2: my friend hit the garage door and dented it. The 173 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,300 Speaker 2: good news was that because my mom worked nights, she 174 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 2: never saw it and was too tired in the morning 175 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,179 Speaker 2: to notice. During the day, her car blocked the dent, 176 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,290 Speaker 2: so my dad never saw it until much later on. 177 00:08:24,610 --> 00:08:26,970 Speaker 2: When it was noticed, none of the drivers owned up 178 00:08:27,030 --> 00:08:30,860 Speaker 2: to it. My parents blamed my two older brothers. For years, 179 00:08:30,980 --> 00:08:33,140 Speaker 2: every Thanksgiving, it would come up and my brothers get 180 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 2: in a friendly argument and would blame each other. And 181 00:08:35,780 --> 00:08:37,020 Speaker 2: I sat there quietly. 182 00:08:37,590 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: Shame. 183 00:08:38,380 --> 00:08:39,370 Speaker 2: So much shame. 184 00:08:39,490 --> 00:08:40,410 Speaker 1: Ring the bell. 185 00:08:40,490 --> 00:08:42,590 Speaker 2: When I was in my late 30s, I assumed the 186 00:08:42,610 --> 00:08:46,590 Speaker 2: statute of limitations was passed. So I confessed. Shock. And 187 00:08:46,630 --> 00:08:50,990 Speaker 2: then laughter went around the table. Cheers, Joanne. Shame. 188 00:08:51,350 --> 00:08:55,270 Speaker 1: Shame, Joanne. But also like those, I love those, we'll 189 00:08:55,290 --> 00:08:59,370 Speaker 1: call them like benign. Yeah. sins or whatever, where like, 190 00:08:59,530 --> 00:09:01,230 Speaker 1: but you still hold onto it for 20 years. 191 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:03,870 Speaker 2: Totally, because it's your family and that's the dynamics that 192 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:04,300 Speaker 2: come with it. 193 00:09:04,850 --> 00:09:06,330 Speaker 1: It's not going to be funny. We have to put 194 00:09:06,350 --> 00:09:09,890 Speaker 1: a couple decades on this before it's funny. Because you 195 00:09:10,170 --> 00:09:12,230 Speaker 1: screw up your dad's car or a car in the family, 196 00:09:12,270 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: like for us, is like, you can't. My brother did it, 197 00:09:15,690 --> 00:09:18,180 Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah. And then the insurance goes up. 198 00:09:18,340 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 2: Yeah. Okay. 199 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: This is kind of a legendary shame town. It's so good. 200 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,510 Speaker 1: It just says most embarrassing moment. Years ago, I sang 201 00:09:27,530 --> 00:09:30,130 Speaker 1: in a church choir near my parents' house. Before I 202 00:09:30,170 --> 00:09:32,250 Speaker 1: went to sing, I would stop and visit my parents, 203 00:09:32,590 --> 00:09:35,010 Speaker 1: who had a dog with a thick white ruff. I 204 00:09:35,070 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: often left their house covered with dog hair. One Sunday 205 00:09:38,130 --> 00:09:40,819 Speaker 1: morning at choir, an older woman was wearing a bright 206 00:09:40,940 --> 00:09:44,380 Speaker 1: cobalt blue dress. I noticed that one long wavy white 207 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,540 Speaker 1: dog hair from my clothes had made its way to 208 00:09:47,580 --> 00:09:50,540 Speaker 1: the neck of her dress. Feeling all sisters got to 209 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: stick together, I went to pluck it off. Only to 210 00:09:53,970 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: find it was, all caps, Growing from her cheek. 211 00:10:02,420 --> 00:10:03,260 Speaker 2: That long? 212 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: When I tugged it, it pulled the skin of her 213 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,470 Speaker 1: face like a tent. When I tugged on it, it 214 00:10:10,490 --> 00:10:12,929 Speaker 1: pulled the skin of her face out like a tiny tent. 215 00:10:13,450 --> 00:10:14,310 Speaker 2: Oh my God. 216 00:10:15,050 --> 00:10:18,270 Speaker 1: So, so period. Stay sexy and keep your hands off 217 00:10:18,330 --> 00:10:19,309 Speaker 1: other people's clothes. 218 00:10:19,890 --> 00:10:23,090 Speaker 2: MB. I mean, she was doing her a favor, but 219 00:10:23,130 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 2: then it just turned so quickly on her. But like, 220 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 2: why had no one ever done that? I know. 221 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: Why had no one ever done that? 222 00:10:29,620 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 2: You've got to tell someone. 223 00:10:31,429 --> 00:10:35,830 Speaker 1: Oh, I will absolutely tell people, and I insist. 224 00:10:35,870 --> 00:10:38,350 Speaker 2: And it has to be women, because I know Vince doesn't. 225 00:10:38,670 --> 00:10:41,089 Speaker 2: I can have a huge hair on my fucking chin, 226 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,780 Speaker 2: and I'm like, why didn't you tell me? Vince doesn't 227 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:44,340 Speaker 2: notice that shit. 228 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:45,190 Speaker 1: They don't look at it. 229 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 2: You have to tell your girlfriends. 230 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: Recently, I was on a trip, and we got up 231 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,420 Speaker 1: in the morning, and my friend I was on the 232 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:54,830 Speaker 1: trip with, their friend was in town, and they're like, oh, 233 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:57,189 Speaker 1: he's going to meet us and whatever. And so I 234 00:10:57,190 --> 00:10:59,490 Speaker 1: was like, need to sit here and put on a 235 00:10:59,510 --> 00:11:01,190 Speaker 1: bunch of makeup I'll just you know what I mean 236 00:11:01,270 --> 00:11:04,410 Speaker 1: I tried to be like easy breezy yeah and it 237 00:11:04,460 --> 00:11:06,339 Speaker 1: all went fine until I got back to my hotel 238 00:11:06,380 --> 00:11:10,010 Speaker 1: room and just like The one white chin hair just 239 00:11:10,050 --> 00:11:11,130 Speaker 1: like sticking out or. 240 00:11:11,110 --> 00:11:13,510 Speaker 2: It's like pointing out at everybody. 241 00:11:13,730 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: You have to review in these later years. You can't 242 00:11:17,540 --> 00:11:19,500 Speaker 1: just like throw on some sunglasses and assume. 243 00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:23,300 Speaker 2: You can't be like the hotel's light in the bathroom. 244 00:11:23,380 --> 00:11:24,059 Speaker 2: Everything's fine. 245 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: You get into that fucking magnetized mirror. 246 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 2: I bring my tweezers with me everywhere I go because 247 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:30,630 Speaker 2: you never know how good those magnetizing mirrors at hotels 248 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,270 Speaker 2: are going to be. That's right. Sometimes they're great. 249 00:11:32,350 --> 00:11:33,410 Speaker 1: They can be so good. 250 00:11:33,470 --> 00:11:33,650 Speaker 2: Right. 251 00:11:33,970 --> 00:11:36,890 Speaker 1: Face torn up, completely ruined, scarred. 252 00:11:40,730 --> 00:11:44,599 Speaker 2: My last one is called Grandma and Elvis, Man, Not Cat. 253 00:11:46,540 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: Hello, all. What if it was a whole story about 254 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:48,819 Speaker 1: your old cat? 255 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,220 Speaker 2: I would love that. And I love that we have 256 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 2: to clarify that in this podcast. It means so much 257 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:56,190 Speaker 2: to me. Hello, all. Hope everyone's well. Let's get into it. 258 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 2: I'm writing in because you all recently asked for stories 259 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,180 Speaker 2: about hanging out with celebrities, and my grandma did just that. 260 00:12:02,740 --> 00:12:06,260 Speaker 2: My maternal grandmother, Patricia, moved to the United States from 261 00:12:06,340 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 2: England in the early 1960s because, in her words, she, quote, 262 00:12:09,780 --> 00:12:14,860 Speaker 2: didn't feel like marrying a boy from great Yarmouth and 263 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:16,380 Speaker 2: settling down. Yarmouth? 264 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: I think it's Yarmouth. 265 00:12:17,540 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 2: Yarmouth. And settling down. She was about 21 when she 266 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,380 Speaker 2: arrived in New York and quickly made her way to 267 00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:26,340 Speaker 2: California with some girlfriends who had also moved across the pond. 268 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 2: One day, shortly after their arrival, the women all took 269 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,459 Speaker 2: a break from their retail jobs to visit Santa Monica Pier. 270 00:12:33,190 --> 00:12:36,229 Speaker 2: Some American boys gravitated towards the group and eventually revealed 271 00:12:36,270 --> 00:12:39,450 Speaker 2: that they were part of Elvis' road crew. Thinking they 272 00:12:39,490 --> 00:12:41,970 Speaker 2: were full of it but still wanting to party, Grandma 273 00:12:42,030 --> 00:12:44,510 Speaker 2: Pat and her friends went with these men they had 274 00:12:44,610 --> 00:12:47,209 Speaker 2: just met to a house in the hills to continue 275 00:12:47,250 --> 00:12:51,790 Speaker 2: their night. No such thing as SSDGM back then, I guess. Hey, listen. 276 00:12:52,370 --> 00:12:54,949 Speaker 1: Sometimes people just get drunk and have some fun. 277 00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:57,500 Speaker 2: That's right. They're drinking and talking in the kitchen late 278 00:12:57,510 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 2: into the evening. When suddenly the saloon-style doors swing open, 279 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,110 Speaker 2: and you guessed it, the king himself walks in. The 280 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:08,449 Speaker 2: guys weren't lying after all. To hear her tell the story, 281 00:13:08,490 --> 00:13:10,650 Speaker 2: he was pretty laid back and even let one of 282 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 2: the young women interview him for their little newspaper back 283 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:17,209 Speaker 2: in Yarmouth. He handed out signatures for them to give 284 00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:19,950 Speaker 2: to friends and family back home. Later in the night, 285 00:13:20,050 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 2: Elvis ordered Chinese takeout for the group. When the ladies 286 00:13:23,390 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 2: finally left, he went out to the driveway and guided 287 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 2: them down the steep incline back onto the main road. 288 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,660 Speaker 2: I mean, I've got mixed feelings about this whole thing 289 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,450 Speaker 2: because on one hand, it's an amazing celebrity encounter. But 290 00:13:35,490 --> 00:13:38,250 Speaker 2: on the other hand, he had already met and begun 291 00:13:38,309 --> 00:13:42,030 Speaker 2: grooming Priscilla, who was living in his home in Memphis 292 00:13:42,110 --> 00:13:44,300 Speaker 2: at the time of this encounter. When I asked my 293 00:13:44,340 --> 00:13:46,510 Speaker 2: grandma Pat about whether he came off as a creep, 294 00:13:46,750 --> 00:13:49,510 Speaker 2: she said she, quote, didn't pay much attention to him 295 00:13:49,550 --> 00:13:51,540 Speaker 2: back then because she didn't like his music. 296 00:13:52,780 --> 00:13:53,100 Speaker 1: What? 297 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:56,589 Speaker 2: How? So there's that. Grandma was too cool for the king. 298 00:13:57,750 --> 00:13:59,590 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for all you do. I'm a day 299 00:13:59,710 --> 00:14:02,310 Speaker 2: one listener who started listening to your show in undergrad 300 00:14:02,390 --> 00:14:04,030 Speaker 2: and just finished graduate school. 301 00:14:04,270 --> 00:14:05,210 Speaker 1: Oh, congratulations. 302 00:14:05,370 --> 00:14:07,450 Speaker 2: I now have a doctorate in history, which means we 303 00:14:07,470 --> 00:14:07,870 Speaker 2: do too. 304 00:14:07,950 --> 00:14:08,650 Speaker 1: That's right. 305 00:14:08,670 --> 00:14:09,110 Speaker 2: That's the new rule. 306 00:14:09,130 --> 00:14:09,690 Speaker 1: The honorary. 307 00:14:10,309 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 2: I've been doing a re-listen of the show while preparing 308 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 2: for my new job as a history professor. And you 309 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 2: kept me company on road trips and cross-country moves. Keep 310 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 2: doing what you're doing. S-S-D-G-M, Kayla. P.S., here's a picture 311 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,330 Speaker 2: of 20-year-old Grandma Pat before she left for England with 312 00:14:26,350 --> 00:14:27,790 Speaker 2: the pearls. Look how cute she is. 313 00:14:27,810 --> 00:14:29,090 Speaker 1: Oh, my God. 314 00:14:29,110 --> 00:14:32,060 Speaker 2: The platinum blonde hair. She looks like Anna Faris, doesn't she? 315 00:14:32,210 --> 00:14:32,750 Speaker 1: She does. 316 00:14:33,270 --> 00:14:35,130 Speaker 2: Like, of course the king was nice to them. They're 317 00:14:35,170 --> 00:14:35,930 Speaker 2: fucking cuties. 318 00:14:35,990 --> 00:14:38,620 Speaker 1: They're so cute. Also, and I don't know if he 319 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,460 Speaker 1: had a different backup band or, you know, whatever, but 320 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: the guys that were in the Elvis backup band, at 321 00:14:43,420 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: least from that special he did in 68, were insanely hot. 322 00:14:47,060 --> 00:14:48,060 Speaker 2: Oh, really? Yeah. 323 00:14:48,140 --> 00:14:50,690 Speaker 1: All of them were, like, had the, like, Dark. 324 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:51,740 Speaker 2: Hair slicked back or whatever. 325 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,300 Speaker 1: They were cool. Okay. This is kind of amazing. Okay. 326 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,220 Speaker 2: It starts, you guys. 327 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:03,530 Speaker 1: Day one listener, first time writer, lifetime procrastinator. I've mentally 328 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:06,030 Speaker 1: written so many stories to share with y'all, but I 329 00:15:06,150 --> 00:15:08,370 Speaker 1: never type them out. I was going to send this 330 00:15:08,530 --> 00:15:11,570 Speaker 1: as a fucking hooray, but then you specifically asked for 331 00:15:11,650 --> 00:15:15,650 Speaker 1: lottery stories, and I knew this was finally it. Okay. First, 332 00:15:15,690 --> 00:15:18,370 Speaker 1: your podcast is the first podcast I ever listened to 333 00:15:18,950 --> 00:15:22,470 Speaker 1: and is, of course, my favorite. Period. No joke. You 334 00:15:22,590 --> 00:15:24,660 Speaker 1: all are one of the greatest joys in my life 335 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: and one of the best things to ever happen to me. 336 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,479 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. Thank you. 337 00:15:31,390 --> 00:15:34,690 Speaker 1: That is until earlier this year when I won the 338 00:15:34,770 --> 00:15:35,710 Speaker 1: fucking lottery. 339 00:15:35,810 --> 00:15:36,250 Speaker 2: No. 340 00:15:36,450 --> 00:15:36,750 Speaker 1: Uh-huh. 341 00:15:36,810 --> 00:15:39,210 Speaker 2: That's the only thing that wouldn't offend me. You know, 342 00:15:39,350 --> 00:15:39,830 Speaker 2: anything else. 343 00:15:39,870 --> 00:15:40,630 Speaker 1: Immediate fix. 344 00:15:40,670 --> 00:15:43,590 Speaker 2: Until I found the podcast Morbid, and now I hate 345 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:43,970 Speaker 2: you both. 346 00:15:44,050 --> 00:15:48,410 Speaker 1: Those girls are incredible. It says, who the hell has 347 00:15:48,470 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: money to waste on the lottery? I always thought. But 348 00:15:51,290 --> 00:15:53,460 Speaker 1: over the years, I became a casual player because my 349 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:56,700 Speaker 1: mom occasionally had good luck. Then came the lottery apps, 350 00:15:56,780 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: which made things so much easier. 351 00:15:58,460 --> 00:16:00,540 Speaker 2: There's a lottery app? I wish I didn't know that. 352 00:16:00,620 --> 00:16:02,090 Speaker 1: I know. Careful, careful. 353 00:16:02,110 --> 00:16:02,290 Speaker 2: Yeah. 354 00:16:02,610 --> 00:16:05,010 Speaker 1: I really got into it the last few years. So anyway, 355 00:16:05,170 --> 00:16:07,110 Speaker 1: recently I decided to play a game that I don't 356 00:16:07,170 --> 00:16:11,110 Speaker 1: normally play because the jackpot was a high, perfectly round number. 357 00:16:11,490 --> 00:16:14,460 Speaker 2: I see you, ADHD. Perfectly round number you have to play. 358 00:16:14,740 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: Yes. 359 00:16:14,890 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 2: It's good luck. 360 00:16:15,780 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: It's telling me. Yeah. I follow what it says. I 361 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: played five $ 1 tickets, four of which were quick picks. 362 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: I forgot to check right after the drawing, but I 363 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: got an email saying I won. I've gotten those before, 364 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: so I assumed it was like a couple of dollars 365 00:16:31,420 --> 00:16:34,700 Speaker 1: like usual. Yeah. Nope. It all felt like slow-mo. 366 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:35,260 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. 367 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:37,940 Speaker 1: I checked the first game. No wins. I checked the 368 00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:41,870 Speaker 1: next one. No wins. Confused, I checked the last one, 369 00:16:42,070 --> 00:16:45,750 Speaker 1: and I saw the numbers were all highlighted. My eyes widened, 370 00:16:45,950 --> 00:16:48,070 Speaker 1: my ears got warm, my heart sped up, and then 371 00:16:48,150 --> 00:16:50,390 Speaker 1: I saw it. One million dollars. 372 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:50,910 Speaker 2: What? 373 00:16:51,530 --> 00:16:54,380 Speaker 1: One million dollars. I lost it. I thought I was 374 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,890 Speaker 1: going to pass out from the excitement building inside my body. 375 00:16:56,910 --> 00:16:57,510 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. 376 00:16:57,530 --> 00:17:00,290 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe it. I still don't. I had done 377 00:17:00,350 --> 00:17:02,770 Speaker 1: research before, and I knew I should get a lawyer 378 00:17:02,910 --> 00:17:05,409 Speaker 1: and a tax pro and whatnot. So I did all 379 00:17:05,450 --> 00:17:08,850 Speaker 1: that first. Then I claimed the money anonymously. And then 380 00:17:08,890 --> 00:17:11,750 Speaker 1: it says, so please don't share my name. I've told 381 00:17:12,010 --> 00:17:15,270 Speaker 1: very few people, but I immediately knew that I wanted 382 00:17:15,310 --> 00:17:19,129 Speaker 1: to tell y'all. Thank you. I'm so happy for you. 383 00:17:19,710 --> 00:17:22,420 Speaker 1: It's been a whirlwind, but I am beyond happy. I 384 00:17:22,420 --> 00:17:24,630 Speaker 1: have so many plans for myself and the people I love. 385 00:17:24,990 --> 00:17:26,909 Speaker 1: Most of them have no idea what's coming. 386 00:17:27,170 --> 00:17:28,230 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. 387 00:17:28,250 --> 00:17:31,389 Speaker 1: Stay sexy and remember that you have to play to win. 388 00:17:32,109 --> 00:17:32,429 Speaker 2: P.S. 389 00:17:32,790 --> 00:17:34,810 Speaker 1: I couldn't send my first email without telling y'all how 390 00:17:34,850 --> 00:17:37,469 Speaker 1: much I appreciate the way you do constantly educate your 391 00:17:37,510 --> 00:17:41,030 Speaker 1: listeners about the realities of the world inside and outside 392 00:17:41,050 --> 00:17:43,070 Speaker 1: of true crime. I love the way you speak up 393 00:17:43,190 --> 00:17:45,970 Speaker 1: and speak out for people of color and other marginalized groups. 394 00:17:46,430 --> 00:17:49,820 Speaker 1: As a black woman in America, hearing the compassion, the understanding, 395 00:17:49,980 --> 00:17:52,690 Speaker 1: the rage that you share with us It's so impactful. 396 00:17:53,150 --> 00:17:55,230 Speaker 1: It's helped me heal in ways I didn't know I needed. God. 397 00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:56,310 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. 398 00:17:56,590 --> 00:17:58,630 Speaker 1: I think one of the reasons people ride so hard 399 00:17:58,670 --> 00:17:59,170 Speaker 1: for the show. 400 00:17:59,190 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. 401 00:18:00,810 --> 00:18:01,389 Speaker 1: This is going to get me. 402 00:18:01,410 --> 00:18:03,910 Speaker 2: I feel like we won the lottery. I know. 403 00:18:04,460 --> 00:18:07,419 Speaker 1: Is because it really feels like you see all of us. 404 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:09,649 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. 405 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,100 Speaker 1: You'll never know how much that truly means. Thanks a bunch. 406 00:18:15,020 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: Like sweetheart, like the emoji with the big teary eyes. 407 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:19,270 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. 408 00:18:19,310 --> 00:18:19,830 Speaker 1: Anonymous. 409 00:18:19,850 --> 00:18:25,180 Speaker 2: We can't say who it's from. Thank you to you. Yeah. 410 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,060 Speaker 1: Wow. Thank you, rich lady. 411 00:18:29,180 --> 00:18:30,350 Speaker 2: I'm assuming. Yeah. 412 00:18:30,369 --> 00:18:31,590 Speaker 1: That's incredible. 413 00:18:31,630 --> 00:18:34,250 Speaker 2: I love that story. That was so fucking sweet. And 414 00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 2: it is mind boggling. It's yeah. Yeah. 415 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,580 Speaker 1: Oh, first of all. The idea that we got thought 416 00:18:42,619 --> 00:18:46,340 Speaker 1: of to share the most exciting news is just so touching. Totally. 417 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,940 Speaker 1: Aside from a beautiful message, which is like, what a 418 00:18:49,060 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: nice thing to hear. Yeah. 419 00:18:50,550 --> 00:18:52,550 Speaker 2: And we're genuinely so excited for you. It feels like 420 00:18:52,869 --> 00:18:54,489 Speaker 2: a friend of ours won the lottery. I don't know anyone. 421 00:18:54,710 --> 00:18:58,460 Speaker 1: Buy yourself a crazy expensive purse and then it'll be. 422 00:18:59,130 --> 00:19:03,030 Speaker 1: It'll be so satisfying. It'll feel crazy. And then you'll 423 00:19:03,070 --> 00:19:03,369 Speaker 1: have like. 424 00:19:03,430 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 2: You'll still have so much money left over. 425 00:19:05,380 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: You put it in the purse. 426 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 2: And the. 427 00:19:08,820 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 2: You stuff that. 428 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: Purse with cash. 429 00:19:10,260 --> 00:19:12,780 Speaker 2: Expensive purses have their own purses. 430 00:19:12,940 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 1: They're bags. That's right. 431 00:19:13,900 --> 00:19:15,860 Speaker 2: They come in. It's crazy. So you get two for one. 432 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,460 Speaker 1: That's right. And also expensive purses come with a bunch 433 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: of money inside. That only rich people know that. And 434 00:19:22,820 --> 00:19:24,379 Speaker 1: now this is the world you live in. 435 00:19:25,170 --> 00:19:27,660 Speaker 2: Well, thank you, everyone, for writing in and for listening. 436 00:19:27,740 --> 00:19:28,900 Speaker 2: And that was so much fun. 437 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: The minisodes. They're really becoming something. 438 00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:31,860 Speaker 2: They are. 439 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:33,820 Speaker 1: It's so exciting. All right. Stay sexy. 440 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 2: And don't get murdered. 441 00:19:35,060 --> 00:19:35,540 Speaker 1: Goodbye. 442 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 2: Elvis, do you want a cookie? 443 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:47,050 Speaker 1: This has been an Exactly Right production. 444 00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:48,990 Speaker 2: Our managing producer is Molly Smith. 445 00:19:49,190 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: Our consulting producer... is Kate Schellenbach. 446 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 2: Our creative lead is Allison Agosti. 447 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,020 Speaker 1: Our associate producer is Tessa Hughes, and our editor is 448 00:19:56,140 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: Aristotle Acevedo. 449 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 2: This episode was mixed by Liana Squalacci. 450 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 1: Email your hometowns to myfavoritemurder at gmail.com and follow the 451 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: show on Instagram at myfavoritemurder. 452 00:20:05,820 --> 00:20:09,020 Speaker 2: Listen to My Favorite Murder on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 453 00:20:09,100 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 2: or wherever you get your podcasts. 454 00:20:10,900 --> 00:20:14,310 Speaker 1: Or watch new episodes every week on Netflix. 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