Episode 150: The Back Door

[00:00:00] [SPEAKER_01]: Odd Trails is a true paranormal podcast. If you have a story to share, send it to stories at oddtrails.com. Enjoy the show.

[00:00:10] [SPEAKER_01]: Forget facts. Forget logic. Forget everything that seems real. You just trust. Believe.

[00:00:58] [SPEAKER_01]: The Back Door by Mallory. I've been a funeral director and embalmer for the last 12 years,

[00:01:06] [SPEAKER_01]: and it's the only career I've ever had. Working day to day in a funeral home seems spooky to many

[00:01:14] [SPEAKER_01]: people, but it's actually pretty boring as far as ghosts and goblins are concerned. I've always

[00:01:20] [SPEAKER_01]: been interested in the paranormal, but to my slight disappointment, funeral homes for the most part

[00:01:26] [SPEAKER_01]: are not haunted. They're mostly just normal buildings that happen to house people who aren't

[00:01:33] [SPEAKER_01]: living anymore. However, the first funeral home I worked for is an exception. Located in Atlanta,

[00:01:42] [SPEAKER_01]: Georgia, this particular funeral home was very busy. We worked hours similar to a firehouse. 48 hours on,

[00:01:50] [SPEAKER_01]: 24 hours off. That way we were ready at a moment's notice if a death occurred, or if we needed to drive

[00:01:57] [SPEAKER_01]: somewhere in the middle of the night. When you were on call overnight, you had to sleep in the funeral

[00:02:03] [SPEAKER_01]: home. Due to this, we had this little old futon in the corner in the back and a small bathroom with

[00:02:10] [SPEAKER_01]: a shower, sink, and toilet. Otherwise, it was a far cry from homey. The futon was in the back,

[00:02:18] [SPEAKER_01]: among the shelves of embalming fluid and cleaning supplies. Sleeping in there always gave me the

[00:02:25] [SPEAKER_01]: creeps, but I took some comfort in knowing the building was very secure with deadbolts and keypad

[00:02:31] [SPEAKER_01]: locks at both the front and back doors. The front door faced the main street, where cars drove by

[00:02:39] [SPEAKER_01]: and or people waited for the bus. The back door opened into the employee parking lot, so the only people who

[00:02:46] [SPEAKER_01]: ever used that door were staff. When you came through the back door, you could either go to the right,

[00:02:52] [SPEAKER_01]: or up a ramp to the main floor of the building where the office's embalming area and storage space were.

[00:03:00] [SPEAKER_01]: If you went to the left, you'd go down a ramp and around a corner into the basement.

[00:03:06] [SPEAKER_01]: This was where we had our refrigeration unit for the deceased, and it's where we stored extra caskets

[00:03:12] [SPEAKER_01]: and cots. From the basement, there was a long staircase that went up to the main floor,

[00:03:17] [SPEAKER_01]: and at the top of the staircase was a heavy metal door that made a lot of noise when it opened,

[00:03:24] [SPEAKER_01]: and even more noise when it closed with a loud bang.

[00:03:28] [SPEAKER_01]: Through the metal door was a tiny hallway, then another door into the employee kitchen.

[00:03:34] [SPEAKER_01]: The storage area, aka my sometimes bedroom,

[00:03:37] [SPEAKER_01]: was on the other side of the wall of this hallway. Anytime someone came through the back door,

[00:03:44] [SPEAKER_01]: I could hear them through the wall coming from the basement, up the stairs, and through the loud

[00:03:50] [SPEAKER_01]: metal door. I woke up on that futon early one morning, surprised that my phone hadn't rung all night.

[00:03:58] [SPEAKER_01]: I was glad though, because it was rare to get a full night's sleep on that futon.

[00:04:03] [SPEAKER_01]: I got out of bed at around 7am, knowing I had the place all to myself until everyone started coming

[00:04:10] [SPEAKER_01]: in at 8.30. So I took a shower, brushed my teeth, and just got ready for my day.

[00:04:17] [SPEAKER_01]: Then I took advantage of my spare time and did one of my favorite things,

[00:04:22] [SPEAKER_01]: scrolling through my phone while I sat on the toilet. I must have sat there for just a couple

[00:04:27] [SPEAKER_01]: of minutes when I heard someone entering the code into the keypad at the back door. I heard the beeps,

[00:04:33] [SPEAKER_01]: and then the back door opened. I sat there and listened as someone came up the basement stairs

[00:04:40] [SPEAKER_01]: and through the heavy metal door. I then heard the bang, and everything.

[00:04:47] [SPEAKER_01]: Damn, I thought, Julie must be early today. Julie was one of the other funeral directors,

[00:04:54] [SPEAKER_01]: and was a notorious morning person who was always extremely early. I listened to her walk down the

[00:05:02] [SPEAKER_01]: hallway, and then go through the second door into the kitchen. I figured I should probably get off of

[00:05:08] [SPEAKER_01]: my phone and go say good morning to her, make some coffee for everyone, and get our day started.

[00:05:14] [SPEAKER_01]: So I left the bathroom after washing my hands and went through the hallway into the kitchen.

[00:05:19] [SPEAKER_01]: But there was no Julie. I then walked into the front area of the funeral home, through the lobby,

[00:05:26] [SPEAKER_01]: and into the main office where the employees worked. No Julie there either. I was very confused.

[00:05:34] [SPEAKER_01]: I knew that I heard someone come through the back door. Thinking that she maybe went out back

[00:05:40] [SPEAKER_01]: without me hearing her, I called Julie on her cell phone. Hello? Julie answered on the first ring.

[00:05:46] [SPEAKER_01]: Hey, I wanted to see where you went, I said. I'm about ten minutes away. I'll be there in a little bit,

[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_01]: she replied cheerfully. I could hear that she was driving because the radio was playing softly

[00:06:00] [SPEAKER_01]: in the background. I just, well, you haven't come into work yet? I asked, feeling the bottom of my

[00:06:08] [SPEAKER_01]: stomach drop out. No, but I'm close. I'll be there soon, okay? Julie assured. My hands got sweaty.

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_01]: I told her okay as I hung up. Who else could be there? Maybe someone we work with forgot something

[00:06:24] [SPEAKER_01]: and came in to grab it? I went from room to room looking for anyone. The office, embalming area,

[00:06:31] [SPEAKER_01]: laundry room, storage area, closets, the basement. But there was nothing. There was no one.

[00:06:37] [SPEAKER_01]: The doors were all locked. I was still alone in the funeral home. I went back to the front lobby and

[00:06:44] [SPEAKER_01]: I sat on one of the couches. My heart was pounding and my senses were on high alert. Sure enough,

[00:06:50] [SPEAKER_01]: about ten minutes later, Julie pulled into the back parking lot. She unlocked the back door,

[00:06:55] [SPEAKER_01]: came through the back hall, and then through the kitchen to find me on the couch. When I saw her,

[00:07:01] [SPEAKER_01]: I explained why I called her, and together, we both looked through the whole building again.

[00:07:07] [SPEAKER_01]: And again, found nobody. This is the only thing that has ever happened to me that I've

[00:07:13] [SPEAKER_01]: confidently classified as paranormal. None of my coworkers ever admitted to coming in that morning

[00:07:20] [SPEAKER_01]: or leaving quickly, which was essentially the only other solution that there would be.

[00:07:26] [SPEAKER_01]: My old boss started the business back in the 1980s and worked hard to turn it into the busy

[00:07:33] [SPEAKER_01]: establishment that it is today. He died just a few months after I started working there,

[00:07:38] [SPEAKER_01]: and his brother inherited the place. Sometimes I wonder if perhaps he came back for a visit that

[00:07:45] [SPEAKER_01]: morning or just wanted to make sure we were taking care of the place.

[00:08:17] [SPEAKER_00]: To preface, I'm an incredibly skeptical person. I don't believe in ghosts or the paranormal,

[00:08:26] [SPEAKER_00]: but there is one event in my life that presents a genuine conflict to me of what's real and what's

[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_00]: not. I grew up in my family's generational home. My grandparents built it, raised my father there along

[00:08:40] [SPEAKER_00]: with his siblings, and eventually my parents ended up owning the house. We moved there when I was

[00:08:47] [SPEAKER_00]: around six. It's a very calm and beautiful area, but steeped in a lot of dark history.

[00:08:55] [SPEAKER_00]: The house is a short walk from an island that was a fortification for a militia that fought in

[00:09:01] [SPEAKER_00]: the siege of Savannah. You can walk there and see the bunkers, find cannonballs, and plenty of

[00:09:08] [SPEAKER_00]: indigenous pottery. Most of the area was used for training, and also had plenty of plantations.

[00:09:15] [SPEAKER_00]: You can dig around in the backyard and find bullets and other relics. Because so much happened

[00:09:22] [SPEAKER_00]: there, you can feel a palpable weight in the air. It's a unique energy of feeling like you're

[00:09:28] [SPEAKER_00]: somewhere sacred. I don't know how to explain it exactly. However, I adored growing up there.

[00:09:36] [SPEAKER_00]: I always felt comfortable, and it's the one place I can go to relax and feel at home.

[00:09:42] [SPEAKER_00]: The house itself is a two-story, ranch-style building. My bedroom was upstairs along with

[00:09:49] [SPEAKER_00]: my sister's. My entire childhood I was obsessed with technology and video games. On my 10th birthday

[00:09:57] [SPEAKER_00]: I was gifted a PS2 for my uncle. I was overjoyed, and we set it up in a room across from my bedroom.

[00:10:04] [SPEAKER_00]: The exercise room where my dad had set up a home gym. Needless to say, I spent the majority of my

[00:10:12] [SPEAKER_00]: time in there, playing video games and doing what I love. Now, here's the thing. In the back of the

[00:10:20] [SPEAKER_00]: room, there is a large closet with heavy wooden doors that slide open from the middle. I never

[00:10:27] [SPEAKER_00]: considered myself to be sensitive or anything of that nature, but the closet gave me the absolute

[00:10:34] [SPEAKER_00]: creeps. I always felt like something was watching me from the closet. I had nightmares about it opening.

[00:10:43] [SPEAKER_00]: I would close the room when I went to bed because I hated looking into its darkness at night.

[00:10:49] [SPEAKER_00]: I kept this all to myself and never expressed my discomfort. But it all came to a head during a

[00:10:57] [SPEAKER_00]: sleepover with my cousins. We decided to bonk on a mattress in the exercise room and all sleep

[00:11:03] [SPEAKER_00]: together. I ended up on the side of the bed directly next to the closet. I was about 11 or 12 at the time.

[00:11:11] [SPEAKER_00]: As I tried to sleep, I experienced actual terror. A true fight-or-flight response just by being next

[00:11:20] [SPEAKER_00]: to the closet. To this day, I've never felt so terrified. It was like the pure energy and feeling

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_00]: coming from the closet was overwhelming me. I started to cry and explained what I was feeling.

[00:11:35] [SPEAKER_00]: They sympathized with me and let me sleep away from the closet. I eventually got to sleep,

[00:11:42] [SPEAKER_00]: but that feeling has stuck with me for more than a decade now. Well, that's all cool and all,

[00:11:49] [SPEAKER_00]: but being a child is an incredibly trippy experience, and I wrote it off as me letting my fear take over.

[00:11:57] [SPEAKER_00]: I never forgot about it, but I never brought it up again. Most importantly to the story,

[00:12:03] [SPEAKER_00]: I never told my dad. He's always been a no-bullshit kind of guy when it comes to the paranormal.

[00:12:10] [SPEAKER_00]: He had never in my life talked to me about any experiences he had until I was much older,

[00:12:17] [SPEAKER_00]: moved out, and married in my 20s. But one night at dinner, he opened up about his own

[00:12:24] [SPEAKER_00]: unexplainable experience. Come to find out, the exercise room was his bedroom when he was growing up

[00:12:31] [SPEAKER_00]: there. And he hated it as well. The same feeling of being watched, of pure dread,

[00:12:39] [SPEAKER_00]: of overwhelming discomfort just from being in its presence. Remember, I never told him of my experience,

[00:12:48] [SPEAKER_00]: so I was amazed he was corroborating my own feelings. Then he explained something that I

[00:12:54] [SPEAKER_00]: never thought would come out of his mouth, considering how much of a skeptic he is.

[00:13:00] [SPEAKER_00]: One night, when he was attempting to fall asleep, he felt that familiar feeling. It grew stronger and

[00:13:08] [SPEAKER_00]: stronger until the closet forcefully threw itself open in front of him. He ran out of the room in

[00:13:15] [SPEAKER_00]: absolute terror. The fact that we both had a similar experience with something of this nature,

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_00]: without ever directly communicating about it, but having corroborating stories, is to this day

[00:13:28] [SPEAKER_00]: the one thing I'll never be able to explain.

[00:13:32] [SPEAKER_00]: I genuinely cannot come up with any theory. This is simply something neither of us will ever understand.

[00:13:40] [SPEAKER_00]: I know it's not a scary story, but it's one that will stick in my mind forever.

[00:13:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I remain a skeptic, but there's nothing I can do to refute what happened to us.

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[00:16:26] [SPEAKER_01]: Strange Encounter in the Woods by Financial Cheek, 1624

[00:16:33] [SPEAKER_01]: One night, my friend Sam and I decided to go smoke somewhere.

[00:16:37] [SPEAKER_01]: I got into his beat-up Ford, and we set off.

[00:16:40] [SPEAKER_01]: I lived in Vermont, where there were plenty of turn-offs and hidden smoke spots,

[00:16:46] [SPEAKER_01]: so you just had to look for them.

[00:16:49] [SPEAKER_01]: That night, Sam and I were bored, so we decided to find a new spot.

[00:16:53] [SPEAKER_01]: It was one of those nights where you could already tell that we would be out until at least 3am.

[00:17:00] [SPEAKER_01]: Luckily, I told my parents that I was staying at his house and his mom wasn't around much

[00:17:05] [SPEAKER_01]: and didn't care what time we got back.

[00:17:08] [SPEAKER_01]: We left his house at around 10.30, picked up some bud from a local dealer,

[00:17:12] [SPEAKER_01]: and started driving down the usual back roads that we had known our entire lives.

[00:17:17] [SPEAKER_01]: We began taking random turns, hoping to find roads that we hadn't explored yet,

[00:17:23] [SPEAKER_01]: but still hadn't made any progress.

[00:17:26] [SPEAKER_01]: Being in high school, any sign of life or the possibility of a cop just freaked us out,

[00:17:31] [SPEAKER_01]: so that really narrowed down our options.

[00:17:35] [SPEAKER_01]: Essentially, we found ourselves quite literally in the middle of nowhere,

[00:17:40] [SPEAKER_01]: just driving down winding back roads.

[00:17:43] [SPEAKER_01]: I saw what looked like a potential spot,

[00:17:46] [SPEAKER_01]: a turn-off with no signs or markings of any kind.

[00:17:49] [SPEAKER_01]: We turned up the road in his beat-up white Ford

[00:17:52] [SPEAKER_01]: and headed up what appeared to be an access road for power lines.

[00:17:56] [SPEAKER_01]: After a while of driving on two tire tracks separated by some grass,

[00:18:01] [SPEAKER_01]: we reached a small clearing with the makeshift parking lot,

[00:18:05] [SPEAKER_01]: where service vehicles had access to the power lines.

[00:18:08] [SPEAKER_01]: We set up in the front seat,

[00:18:10] [SPEAKER_01]: with the car on and the headlights still pointed at the forest,

[00:18:14] [SPEAKER_01]: while we hit a few bowls.

[00:18:16] [SPEAKER_01]: After a while, there was a lull in the conversation,

[00:18:19] [SPEAKER_01]: and we were both completely baked,

[00:18:22] [SPEAKER_01]: staring at the forest illuminated by the headlights.

[00:18:25] [SPEAKER_01]: Suddenly, Sam sat up and asked me,

[00:18:28] [SPEAKER_01]: Is that a deer?

[00:18:30] [SPEAKER_01]: I sat up, and I looked out the window at what he was pointing at.

[00:18:35] [SPEAKER_01]: From where I was sitting,

[00:18:36] [SPEAKER_01]: it looked like a deer was resting in the gravel,

[00:18:40] [SPEAKER_01]: but it was sitting almost unnaturally.

[00:18:44] [SPEAKER_01]: Sam threw the car into gear and pulled up next to it.

[00:18:47] [SPEAKER_01]: We both got out, turned off the car,

[00:18:49] [SPEAKER_01]: and pulled out our flashlights on our phones.

[00:18:52] [SPEAKER_01]: We walked over to it and realized that it was a deer,

[00:18:56] [SPEAKER_01]: but not all of it.

[00:18:58] [SPEAKER_01]: It was the head and the skin,

[00:19:01] [SPEAKER_01]: but there was no meat or blood,

[00:19:03] [SPEAKER_01]: just the head attached to the skin.

[00:19:07] [SPEAKER_01]: We both started saying,

[00:19:09] [SPEAKER_01]: What the fuck?

[00:19:10] [SPEAKER_01]: As we looked at it,

[00:19:11] [SPEAKER_01]: why would a hunter fully clean a deer

[00:19:14] [SPEAKER_01]: and just leave the head and skin?

[00:19:18] [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know, Sam replied,

[00:19:20] [SPEAKER_01]: picking up a stick.

[00:19:21] [SPEAKER_01]: He flipped it over,

[00:19:22] [SPEAKER_01]: revealing a strange symbol carved into the other side.

[00:19:26] [SPEAKER_01]: It looked almost like a plus sign,

[00:19:29] [SPEAKER_01]: except all of the lines were curved and embellished

[00:19:32] [SPEAKER_01]: with strange accent marks.

[00:19:35] [SPEAKER_01]: We didn't think to take a picture,

[00:19:37] [SPEAKER_01]: but in hindsight, we probably should have.

[00:19:40] [SPEAKER_01]: Almost immediately after this,

[00:19:42] [SPEAKER_01]: we heard noises coming from down along the power lines.

[00:19:45] [SPEAKER_01]: For those who don't know,

[00:19:47] [SPEAKER_01]: when there are big power lines running through the forest,

[00:19:50] [SPEAKER_01]: they clear all of the trees underneath,

[00:19:52] [SPEAKER_01]: leaving a narrow strip of clearing

[00:19:54] [SPEAKER_01]: along the length of the lines.

[00:19:56] [SPEAKER_01]: The access road was on a ridge line,

[00:20:00] [SPEAKER_01]: and the power line ran perpendicular to the ridge

[00:20:03] [SPEAKER_01]: so we could see all the way down the hill

[00:20:05] [SPEAKER_01]: into the valley

[00:20:06] [SPEAKER_01]: and then up the other side

[00:20:08] [SPEAKER_01]: through the narrow clearing

[00:20:10] [SPEAKER_01]: where there weren't any trees.

[00:20:13] [SPEAKER_01]: After hearing the noises,

[00:20:15] [SPEAKER_01]: we turned our flashlights off,

[00:20:16] [SPEAKER_01]: thinking that it might be service workers

[00:20:19] [SPEAKER_01]: about to bust us.

[00:20:21] [SPEAKER_01]: We stopped and listened for a moment.

[00:20:24] [SPEAKER_01]: The sounds were distant,

[00:20:25] [SPEAKER_01]: so we moved to the edge of the gravel to hear better.

[00:20:29] [SPEAKER_01]: The noises got louder,

[00:20:31] [SPEAKER_01]: and it sounded like people breaking sticks.

[00:20:33] [SPEAKER_01]: Then suddenly, we saw 20 to 25 people

[00:20:37] [SPEAKER_01]: burst out of the tree line

[00:20:38] [SPEAKER_01]: about 100 yards away,

[00:20:40] [SPEAKER_01]: full-on sprinting from tree line to tree line

[00:20:43] [SPEAKER_01]: across the clearing.

[00:20:45] [SPEAKER_01]: The starlight was bright enough

[00:20:46] [SPEAKER_01]: to see that the men were wearing all black,

[00:20:49] [SPEAKER_01]: Amish-looking clothing,

[00:20:50] [SPEAKER_01]: but without the hats.

[00:20:52] [SPEAKER_01]: The women were wearing white dresses,

[00:20:55] [SPEAKER_01]: holding them above their knees as they sprinted.

[00:20:57] [SPEAKER_01]: We had no idea why they were running,

[00:21:00] [SPEAKER_01]: but almost instantly,

[00:21:01] [SPEAKER_01]: Sam and I had the same thought.

[00:21:04] [SPEAKER_01]: We both made a beeline for his car.

[00:21:07] [SPEAKER_01]: Sam peeled out of the gravel parking spot

[00:21:09] [SPEAKER_01]: and headed back down the access road.

[00:21:12] [SPEAKER_01]: The whole time in that passenger seat,

[00:21:14] [SPEAKER_01]: I kept repeating,

[00:21:16] [SPEAKER_01]: What the fuck?

[00:21:17] [SPEAKER_01]: What the fuck?

[00:21:18] [SPEAKER_01]: We both started laughing at the insanity

[00:21:21] [SPEAKER_01]: of what we had just witnessed.

[00:21:23] [SPEAKER_01]: At this point,

[00:21:24] [SPEAKER_01]: we were doing about 60 miles per hour

[00:21:26] [SPEAKER_01]: down the barely-marked road,

[00:21:28] [SPEAKER_01]: and out of nowhere,

[00:21:30] [SPEAKER_01]: I saw two shining dots in front of us,

[00:21:33] [SPEAKER_01]: huge yellow eyes.

[00:21:36] [SPEAKER_01]: Then a massive silhouette

[00:21:38] [SPEAKER_01]: filled the windshield

[00:21:39] [SPEAKER_01]: before a bang.

[00:21:41] [SPEAKER_01]: We both screamed so loud.

[00:21:44] [SPEAKER_01]: Sam slammed on the brakes and yelled,

[00:21:46] [SPEAKER_01]: Was that a fucking owl?

[00:21:48] [SPEAKER_01]: I just screamed,

[00:21:50] [SPEAKER_01]: We're not fucking stopping.

[00:21:52] [SPEAKER_01]: Just go.

[00:21:54] [SPEAKER_01]: We made it back onto the main road

[00:21:56] [SPEAKER_01]: and then to his house

[00:21:57] [SPEAKER_01]: at around 2.30 a.m.

[00:22:00] [SPEAKER_01]: We then smoked some more

[00:22:01] [SPEAKER_01]: and talked about

[00:22:02] [SPEAKER_01]: what the hell we had just seen.

[00:22:05] [SPEAKER_01]: To this day,

[00:22:06] [SPEAKER_01]: we still talk about it

[00:22:07] [SPEAKER_01]: and neither of us knows

[00:22:09] [SPEAKER_01]: what we actually witnessed.

[00:22:11] [SPEAKER_01]: Were those people running towards something

[00:22:13] [SPEAKER_01]: or away from something?

[00:22:16] [SPEAKER_01]: No idea.

[00:22:17] [SPEAKER_01]: Though it doesn't make much sense,

[00:22:19] [SPEAKER_01]: we both feel like the owl

[00:22:21] [SPEAKER_01]: was somehow connected

[00:22:23] [SPEAKER_01]: to what we saw.

[00:22:24] [SPEAKER_01]: We just don't know how.

[00:22:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Haunted Central Florida

[00:22:44] [SPEAKER_00]: by Juliette

[00:22:47] [SPEAKER_00]: I grew up in a smallish town

[00:22:50] [SPEAKER_00]: about one hour southwest of Orlando.

[00:22:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Growing up,

[00:22:54] [SPEAKER_00]: everyone had heard about the areas

[00:22:56] [SPEAKER_00]: that were about 45 minutes away from us.

[00:22:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Brewster and Bradley Junction.

[00:23:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Brewster,

[00:23:02] [SPEAKER_00]: which has been uninhabited

[00:23:03] [SPEAKER_00]: since the 1960s,

[00:23:05] [SPEAKER_00]: used to be a phosphate mining town.

[00:23:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Bradley Junction is still home to some people,

[00:23:11] [SPEAKER_00]: but it isn't made up of much.

[00:23:13] [SPEAKER_00]: I have two stories

[00:23:15] [SPEAKER_00]: that involve these areas.

[00:23:17] [SPEAKER_00]: The first story didn't happen to me,

[00:23:19] [SPEAKER_00]: but to a few of my friends

[00:23:21] [SPEAKER_00]: back in high school.

[00:23:22] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll call them

[00:23:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Jack, Casey, and Susie.

[00:23:26] [SPEAKER_00]: These three were part of our

[00:23:28] [SPEAKER_00]: high school's morning show team,

[00:23:29] [SPEAKER_00]: and they were tasked

[00:23:31] [SPEAKER_00]: with getting footage

[00:23:31] [SPEAKER_00]: of somewhere spooky

[00:23:33] [SPEAKER_00]: for the show's upcoming

[00:23:34] [SPEAKER_00]: comedy whore skit

[00:23:36] [SPEAKER_00]: that they did every year.

[00:23:38] [SPEAKER_00]: Jack had researched

[00:23:39] [SPEAKER_00]: abandoned areas

[00:23:40] [SPEAKER_00]: in and around our hometown

[00:23:42] [SPEAKER_00]: and settled on an old,

[00:23:44] [SPEAKER_00]: large house

[00:23:44] [SPEAKER_00]: that hadn't been lived in

[00:23:46] [SPEAKER_00]: for many years.

[00:23:47] [SPEAKER_00]: It was in Bradley Junction.

[00:23:50] [SPEAKER_00]: So,

[00:23:51] [SPEAKER_00]: the three of them

[00:23:52] [SPEAKER_00]: packed up in Jack's SUV

[00:23:53] [SPEAKER_00]: and made the 45-minute drive

[00:23:56] [SPEAKER_00]: to the desolate town

[00:23:57] [SPEAKER_00]: to take a look at the house.

[00:23:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Pulling up to it,

[00:24:01] [SPEAKER_00]: it didn't look like much.

[00:24:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Just an old Florida-style house

[00:24:05] [SPEAKER_00]: like so many others around it.

[00:24:07] [SPEAKER_00]: But things got weird

[00:24:08] [SPEAKER_00]: once they exited the car.

[00:24:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Immediately,

[00:24:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Casey and Susie

[00:24:13] [SPEAKER_00]: said they began to feel

[00:24:15] [SPEAKER_00]: really cold,

[00:24:16] [SPEAKER_00]: even though September's

[00:24:18] [SPEAKER_00]: in central Florida

[00:24:19] [SPEAKER_00]: are considerably warm,

[00:24:21] [SPEAKER_00]: even in the evening.

[00:24:23] [SPEAKER_00]: The two said

[00:24:24] [SPEAKER_00]: they both ignored this, though,

[00:24:26] [SPEAKER_00]: and they tried to see

[00:24:27] [SPEAKER_00]: if they could get

[00:24:27] [SPEAKER_00]: inside of the house.

[00:24:29] [SPEAKER_00]: The front door was locked,

[00:24:31] [SPEAKER_00]: but the back was not.

[00:24:33] [SPEAKER_00]: All three of them

[00:24:34] [SPEAKER_00]: told me that

[00:24:35] [SPEAKER_00]: the very moment

[00:24:36] [SPEAKER_00]: they stepped foot in the home,

[00:24:38] [SPEAKER_00]: something felt wrong.

[00:24:40] [SPEAKER_00]: The atmosphere felt thick,

[00:24:42] [SPEAKER_00]: and all their chests

[00:24:44] [SPEAKER_00]: became heavy.

[00:24:46] [SPEAKER_00]: It was so intense for Casey

[00:24:47] [SPEAKER_00]: that she began to cry

[00:24:49] [SPEAKER_00]: uncontrollably.

[00:24:51] [SPEAKER_00]: After taking some time

[00:24:52] [SPEAKER_00]: to console her,

[00:24:54] [SPEAKER_00]: they all made their way upstairs.

[00:24:56] [SPEAKER_00]: The closer they got

[00:24:57] [SPEAKER_00]: to the door of the room,

[00:24:59] [SPEAKER_00]: at the end of the

[00:25:00] [SPEAKER_00]: second-story landing,

[00:25:01] [SPEAKER_00]: the thicker and heavier

[00:25:03] [SPEAKER_00]: the atmosphere became.

[00:25:05] [SPEAKER_00]: It got so bad that,

[00:25:07] [SPEAKER_00]: when Jack put his hand

[00:25:08] [SPEAKER_00]: on the door handle

[00:25:09] [SPEAKER_00]: to open it,

[00:25:10] [SPEAKER_00]: he couldn't even turn the knob.

[00:25:12] [SPEAKER_00]: It wasn't locked.

[00:25:14] [SPEAKER_00]: His body just

[00:25:15] [SPEAKER_00]: wouldn't let him.

[00:25:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Then,

[00:25:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Jack said something

[00:25:19] [SPEAKER_00]: in his mind

[00:25:20] [SPEAKER_00]: told him to let go

[00:25:21] [SPEAKER_00]: of the handle.

[00:25:22] [SPEAKER_00]: As he did,

[00:25:23] [SPEAKER_00]: the door blasted open,

[00:25:25] [SPEAKER_00]: and the trio

[00:25:26] [SPEAKER_00]: scurried away

[00:25:27] [SPEAKER_00]: and out of the house.

[00:25:30] [SPEAKER_00]: After calming down,

[00:25:31] [SPEAKER_00]: they decided to ask

[00:25:33] [SPEAKER_00]: the locals

[00:25:33] [SPEAKER_00]: about the house.

[00:25:35] [SPEAKER_00]: An older lady

[00:25:36] [SPEAKER_00]: who lived across the street

[00:25:37] [SPEAKER_00]: was kind enough

[00:25:38] [SPEAKER_00]: to tell them this story.

[00:25:40] [SPEAKER_00]: The house was built

[00:25:41] [SPEAKER_00]: by a pastor,

[00:25:42] [SPEAKER_00]: for him,

[00:25:43] [SPEAKER_00]: his wife,

[00:25:44] [SPEAKER_00]: and their young daughter.

[00:25:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Later,

[00:25:47] [SPEAKER_00]: after being exposed

[00:25:48] [SPEAKER_00]: for committing

[00:25:49] [SPEAKER_00]: certain abuses,

[00:25:50] [SPEAKER_00]: he murdered his wife

[00:25:52] [SPEAKER_00]: and then hanged himself

[00:25:53] [SPEAKER_00]: in the bedroom

[00:25:54] [SPEAKER_00]: at the end

[00:25:56] [SPEAKER_00]: of the second-story landing.

[00:25:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Soon after,

[00:26:00] [SPEAKER_00]: the home was sold

[00:26:01] [SPEAKER_00]: to a young family

[00:26:02] [SPEAKER_00]: who lived there

[00:26:03] [SPEAKER_00]: for only six months.

[00:26:05] [SPEAKER_00]: They told the lady

[00:26:06] [SPEAKER_00]: across the street

[00:26:07] [SPEAKER_00]: that they had

[00:26:08] [SPEAKER_00]: to sell the house

[00:26:09] [SPEAKER_00]: due to being terrorized

[00:26:11] [SPEAKER_00]: by what they could

[00:26:12] [SPEAKER_00]: only identify

[00:26:12] [SPEAKER_00]: as ghosts.

[00:26:14] [SPEAKER_00]: As of 2022,

[00:26:16] [SPEAKER_00]: the house

[00:26:17] [SPEAKER_00]: has been demolished,

[00:26:18] [SPEAKER_00]: and a new one

[00:26:19] [SPEAKER_00]: has taken its place.

[00:26:22] [SPEAKER_00]: This next story

[00:26:23] [SPEAKER_00]: happened during

[00:26:23] [SPEAKER_00]: my junior year

[00:26:24] [SPEAKER_00]: of high school.

[00:26:26] [SPEAKER_00]: After I had gotten

[00:26:27] [SPEAKER_00]: my first car,

[00:26:28] [SPEAKER_00]: and I no longer

[00:26:29] [SPEAKER_00]: had a curfew

[00:26:30] [SPEAKER_00]: on the weekends,

[00:26:31] [SPEAKER_00]: around 9 p.m.

[00:26:33] [SPEAKER_00]: that December,

[00:26:34] [SPEAKER_00]: my friend and I,

[00:26:35] [SPEAKER_00]: I'll call him Xander,

[00:26:37] [SPEAKER_00]: got into my crappy

[00:26:38] [SPEAKER_00]: 1998 Dodge,

[00:26:40] [SPEAKER_00]: and we made

[00:26:41] [SPEAKER_00]: the drive ourselves.

[00:26:43] [SPEAKER_00]: This time,

[00:26:44] [SPEAKER_00]: we went past

[00:26:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Bradley Junction,

[00:26:46] [SPEAKER_00]: driving our way

[00:26:47] [SPEAKER_00]: into Brewster.

[00:26:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Immediately,

[00:26:49] [SPEAKER_00]: as you turn out

[00:26:50] [SPEAKER_00]: of Bradley Junction,

[00:26:52] [SPEAKER_00]: you feel a difference,

[00:26:54] [SPEAKER_00]: that feeling you get

[00:26:55] [SPEAKER_00]: when you know

[00:26:56] [SPEAKER_00]: that you're

[00:26:56] [SPEAKER_00]: absolutely alone

[00:26:57] [SPEAKER_00]: somewhere.

[00:26:59] [SPEAKER_00]: We drove

[00:27:00] [SPEAKER_00]: for a few minutes,

[00:27:01] [SPEAKER_00]: and the streetlights

[00:27:02] [SPEAKER_00]: soon ceased

[00:27:03] [SPEAKER_00]: to exist.

[00:27:05] [SPEAKER_00]: We were there

[00:27:06] [SPEAKER_00]: for a scare,

[00:27:07] [SPEAKER_00]: and wanted to keep

[00:27:08] [SPEAKER_00]: driving until

[00:27:09] [SPEAKER_00]: we saw something.

[00:27:11] [SPEAKER_00]: After about

[00:27:11] [SPEAKER_00]: 10 minutes of driving

[00:27:13] [SPEAKER_00]: and taking a few turns,

[00:27:15] [SPEAKER_00]: cell service

[00:27:15] [SPEAKER_00]: suddenly fell off,

[00:27:17] [SPEAKER_00]: and I lost my GPS.

[00:27:19] [SPEAKER_00]: We freaked out a little,

[00:27:21] [SPEAKER_00]: as we sort of

[00:27:22] [SPEAKER_00]: weren't paying attention

[00:27:23] [SPEAKER_00]: to the route

[00:27:24] [SPEAKER_00]: we were taking,

[00:27:25] [SPEAKER_00]: and we were dumb

[00:27:26] [SPEAKER_00]: teenagers

[00:27:26] [SPEAKER_00]: who didn't know

[00:27:28] [SPEAKER_00]: our way back home.

[00:27:30] [SPEAKER_00]: So,

[00:27:30] [SPEAKER_00]: our plan of action

[00:27:31] [SPEAKER_00]: was to keep driving

[00:27:33] [SPEAKER_00]: until we regained

[00:27:34] [SPEAKER_00]: service

[00:27:35] [SPEAKER_00]: and go from there.

[00:27:37] [SPEAKER_00]: We drove

[00:27:38] [SPEAKER_00]: for a few minutes

[00:27:39] [SPEAKER_00]: until that feeling

[00:27:40] [SPEAKER_00]: of absolute isolation

[00:27:41] [SPEAKER_00]: dissipated.

[00:27:43] [SPEAKER_00]: We didn't see anything,

[00:27:45] [SPEAKER_00]: but we knew

[00:27:46] [SPEAKER_00]: we weren't alone

[00:27:47] [SPEAKER_00]: on the road anymore.

[00:27:48] [SPEAKER_00]: That's when

[00:27:49] [SPEAKER_00]: a pair of headlights

[00:27:50] [SPEAKER_00]: appeared.

[00:27:52] [SPEAKER_00]: They were about

[00:27:53] [SPEAKER_00]: a football field's

[00:27:54] [SPEAKER_00]: length behind us

[00:27:55] [SPEAKER_00]: and rapidly approaching.

[00:27:57] [SPEAKER_00]: I thought,

[00:27:58] [SPEAKER_00]: okay,

[00:27:59] [SPEAKER_00]: they can just pass us.

[00:28:01] [SPEAKER_00]: But soon enough,

[00:28:02] [SPEAKER_00]: the lights

[00:28:03] [SPEAKER_00]: were right up on us,

[00:28:04] [SPEAKER_00]: and they were so bright

[00:28:05] [SPEAKER_00]: I couldn't see

[00:28:06] [SPEAKER_00]: what vehicle

[00:28:07] [SPEAKER_00]: they belonged to.

[00:28:08] [SPEAKER_00]: I tried waving

[00:28:10] [SPEAKER_00]: my arm

[00:28:10] [SPEAKER_00]: to tell them to pass,

[00:28:11] [SPEAKER_00]: but nothing happened.

[00:28:13] [SPEAKER_00]: We drove

[00:28:14] [SPEAKER_00]: for what felt

[00:28:15] [SPEAKER_00]: like forever,

[00:28:16] [SPEAKER_00]: our hearts racing

[00:28:17] [SPEAKER_00]: as these lights

[00:28:19] [SPEAKER_00]: nearly blinded us.

[00:28:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Then suddenly,

[00:28:22] [SPEAKER_00]: they simply vanished.

[00:28:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Gone.

[00:28:25] [SPEAKER_00]: No sign of anything.

[00:28:28] [SPEAKER_00]: That feeling

[00:28:29] [SPEAKER_00]: of aloneness

[00:28:30] [SPEAKER_00]: returned,

[00:28:31] [SPEAKER_00]: and we also

[00:28:32] [SPEAKER_00]: regained self-service

[00:28:33] [SPEAKER_00]: and were able

[00:28:34] [SPEAKER_00]: to GPS

[00:28:35] [SPEAKER_00]: our way back home.

[00:28:37] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know

[00:28:38] [SPEAKER_00]: what was behind us.

[00:28:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Was it trying

[00:28:40] [SPEAKER_00]: to hurt

[00:28:41] [SPEAKER_00]: or scare us?

[00:28:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Or could it have

[00:28:43] [SPEAKER_00]: been escorting us

[00:28:44] [SPEAKER_00]: out of its home

[00:28:45] [SPEAKER_00]: until we regained

[00:28:46] [SPEAKER_00]: service?

[00:28:48] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not sure,

[00:28:49] [SPEAKER_00]: but it was terrifying.

[00:29:11] [SPEAKER_01]: What Crossed Our Paths

[00:29:13] [SPEAKER_01]: That Night

[00:29:13] [SPEAKER_01]: by Drew's Gal 26

[00:29:15] [SPEAKER_01]: This must have been

[00:29:19] [SPEAKER_01]: around 2007.

[00:29:21] [SPEAKER_01]: One night,

[00:29:22] [SPEAKER_01]: two friends and I

[00:29:23] [SPEAKER_01]: were out ghost hunting

[00:29:24] [SPEAKER_01]: in a very remote

[00:29:25] [SPEAKER_01]: little town

[00:29:26] [SPEAKER_01]: in western New York.

[00:29:28] [SPEAKER_01]: My friend Jane

[00:29:29] [SPEAKER_01]: wanted a couple

[00:29:30] [SPEAKER_01]: of pictures

[00:29:31] [SPEAKER_01]: in the old cemetery,

[00:29:32] [SPEAKER_01]: so her boyfriend

[00:29:33] [SPEAKER_01]: and I waited

[00:29:34] [SPEAKER_01]: in my SUV

[00:29:35] [SPEAKER_01]: while she did her thing.

[00:29:36] [SPEAKER_01]: It must have been

[00:29:38] [SPEAKER_01]: around midnight,

[00:29:39] [SPEAKER_01]: and we were parked

[00:29:40] [SPEAKER_01]: on a back road,

[00:29:41] [SPEAKER_01]: but there were

[00:29:42] [SPEAKER_01]: some streetlights

[00:29:43] [SPEAKER_01]: up ahead.

[00:29:43] [SPEAKER_01]: Jane was behind us

[00:29:45] [SPEAKER_01]: and off to the right,

[00:29:47] [SPEAKER_01]: but we could still

[00:29:48] [SPEAKER_01]: see her

[00:29:48] [SPEAKER_01]: and her flashlight.

[00:29:50] [SPEAKER_01]: John and I

[00:29:51] [SPEAKER_01]: happened to be

[00:29:52] [SPEAKER_01]: looking up the road

[00:29:53] [SPEAKER_01]: when,

[00:29:53] [SPEAKER_01]: about 50 to 65 yards

[00:29:55] [SPEAKER_01]: ahead,

[00:29:56] [SPEAKER_01]: out from under

[00:29:57] [SPEAKER_01]: this streetlight

[00:29:58] [SPEAKER_01]: on the left-hand side

[00:29:59] [SPEAKER_01]: appeared this dark

[00:30:00] [SPEAKER_01]: figure

[00:30:01] [SPEAKER_01]: in a wide-brim

[00:30:03] [SPEAKER_01]: hat.

[00:30:03] [SPEAKER_01]: He just

[00:30:05] [SPEAKER_01]: appeared there.

[00:30:06] [SPEAKER_01]: He was blacker

[00:30:07] [SPEAKER_01]: than black,

[00:30:08] [SPEAKER_01]: more like a void.

[00:30:11] [SPEAKER_01]: This was 100%

[00:30:12] [SPEAKER_01]: not a person.

[00:30:14] [SPEAKER_01]: This being

[00:30:15] [SPEAKER_01]: had absolutely

[00:30:16] [SPEAKER_01]: no features,

[00:30:17] [SPEAKER_01]: but we could

[00:30:19] [SPEAKER_01]: make out the hat

[00:30:19] [SPEAKER_01]: from the profile.

[00:30:21] [SPEAKER_01]: It was a flat

[00:30:22] [SPEAKER_01]: top hat

[00:30:23] [SPEAKER_01]: with a wide

[00:30:24] [SPEAKER_01]: brim around it.

[00:30:25] [SPEAKER_01]: Now,

[00:30:26] [SPEAKER_01]: on my mother's grave,

[00:30:27] [SPEAKER_01]: it took maybe

[00:30:28] [SPEAKER_01]: 30 steps

[00:30:29] [SPEAKER_01]: before

[00:30:29] [SPEAKER_01]: it morphed,

[00:30:31] [SPEAKER_01]: which is the only

[00:30:31] [SPEAKER_01]: way I can describe it,

[00:30:32] [SPEAKER_01]: into a black

[00:30:34] [SPEAKER_01]: cat

[00:30:35] [SPEAKER_01]: before it reached

[00:30:36] [SPEAKER_01]: the streetlight

[00:30:37] [SPEAKER_01]: on the opposite

[00:30:37] [SPEAKER_01]: side of the road

[00:30:38] [SPEAKER_01]: and disappeared

[00:30:39] [SPEAKER_01]: into a field.

[00:30:41] [SPEAKER_01]: Again,

[00:30:42] [SPEAKER_01]: you could tell

[00:30:42] [SPEAKER_01]: that it was

[00:30:43] [SPEAKER_01]: in the shape

[00:30:43] [SPEAKER_01]: of a cat,

[00:30:44] [SPEAKER_01]: but it was still

[00:30:46] [SPEAKER_01]: just this black

[00:30:46] [SPEAKER_01]: void.

[00:30:48] [SPEAKER_01]: John and I

[00:30:49] [SPEAKER_01]: stared at each other

[00:30:50] [SPEAKER_01]: for about two minutes

[00:30:51] [SPEAKER_01]: before we could

[00:30:52] [SPEAKER_01]: even speak.

[00:30:53] [SPEAKER_01]: When the time

[00:30:54] [SPEAKER_01]: came,

[00:30:55] [SPEAKER_01]: all he could say

[00:30:56] [SPEAKER_01]: was,

[00:30:57] [SPEAKER_01]: you saw that

[00:30:58] [SPEAKER_01]: too,

[00:30:58] [SPEAKER_01]: right?

[00:30:59] [SPEAKER_01]: We continued

[00:31:00] [SPEAKER_01]: to sit there

[00:31:01] [SPEAKER_01]: in absolute

[00:31:02] [SPEAKER_01]: awe.

[00:31:04] [SPEAKER_01]: Jane came back

[00:31:05] [SPEAKER_01]: not long after

[00:31:06] [SPEAKER_01]: and I couldn't

[00:31:07] [SPEAKER_01]: even move

[00:31:08] [SPEAKER_01]: to unlock

[00:31:08] [SPEAKER_01]: the doors.

[00:31:09] [SPEAKER_01]: I was able

[00:31:10] [SPEAKER_01]: to move

[00:31:11] [SPEAKER_01]: my hand

[00:31:11] [SPEAKER_01]: just enough

[00:31:12] [SPEAKER_01]: to hit

[00:31:12] [SPEAKER_01]: the unlock

[00:31:13] [SPEAKER_01]: button

[00:31:13] [SPEAKER_01]: and let her

[00:31:14] [SPEAKER_01]: in the back

[00:31:14] [SPEAKER_01]: as she jokingly

[00:31:16] [SPEAKER_01]: said,

[00:31:16] [SPEAKER_01]: you both

[00:31:17] [SPEAKER_01]: look like

[00:31:17] [SPEAKER_01]: you saw

[00:31:18] [SPEAKER_01]: the devil.

[00:31:20] [SPEAKER_01]: John

[00:31:20] [SPEAKER_01]: was a huge

[00:31:21] [SPEAKER_01]: guy,

[00:31:22] [SPEAKER_01]: very tall,

[00:31:23] [SPEAKER_01]: muscular,

[00:31:23] [SPEAKER_01]: and intimidating.

[00:31:24] [SPEAKER_01]: I looked over

[00:31:25] [SPEAKER_01]: and he was

[00:31:26] [SPEAKER_01]: shaking

[00:31:27] [SPEAKER_01]: and in tears.

[00:31:28] [SPEAKER_01]: All he could

[00:31:29] [SPEAKER_01]: say was,

[00:31:31] [SPEAKER_01]: cat.

[00:31:32] [SPEAKER_01]: I tried to

[00:31:33] [SPEAKER_01]: explain what

[00:31:34] [SPEAKER_01]: happened to

[00:31:34] [SPEAKER_01]: Jane,

[00:31:35] [SPEAKER_01]: but I struggled

[00:31:35] [SPEAKER_01]: to even talk.

[00:31:36] [SPEAKER_01]: It was about

[00:31:37] [SPEAKER_01]: a 35 minute

[00:31:38] [SPEAKER_01]: drive back home

[00:31:39] [SPEAKER_01]: and I can

[00:31:40] [SPEAKER_01]: remember Jane

[00:31:41] [SPEAKER_01]: saying things

[00:31:41] [SPEAKER_01]: like,

[00:31:42] [SPEAKER_01]: this isn't

[00:31:43] [SPEAKER_01]: funny anymore,

[00:31:44] [SPEAKER_01]: you guys are

[00:31:44] [SPEAKER_01]: scaring me.

[00:31:46] [SPEAKER_01]: John insisted

[00:31:47] [SPEAKER_01]: that we take him

[00:31:48] [SPEAKER_01]: to his church

[00:31:49] [SPEAKER_01]: where we both

[00:31:50] [SPEAKER_01]: said a prayer

[00:31:51] [SPEAKER_01]: to Mother Mary

[00:31:52] [SPEAKER_01]: at the outdoor

[00:31:53] [SPEAKER_01]: statue.

[00:31:54] [SPEAKER_01]: While he

[00:31:55] [SPEAKER_01]: continued to

[00:31:55] [SPEAKER_01]: pray,

[00:31:56] [SPEAKER_01]: I tried to

[00:31:57] [SPEAKER_01]: explain to

[00:31:57] [SPEAKER_01]: Jane what

[00:31:58] [SPEAKER_01]: we had seen.

[00:31:59] [SPEAKER_01]: I remember

[00:32:00] [SPEAKER_01]: telling her

[00:32:00] [SPEAKER_01]: and thinking

[00:32:01] [SPEAKER_01]: how crazy

[00:32:02] [SPEAKER_01]: I sounded.

[00:32:03] [SPEAKER_01]: Now to this

[00:32:03] [SPEAKER_01]: day,

[00:32:04] [SPEAKER_01]: it still

[00:32:05] [SPEAKER_01]: gives me

[00:32:05] [SPEAKER_01]: chills.

[00:32:06] [SPEAKER_01]: Whatever it

[00:32:07] [SPEAKER_01]: was,

[00:32:07] [SPEAKER_01]: it was not

[00:32:08] [SPEAKER_01]: of this

[00:32:09] [SPEAKER_01]: earth.

[00:32:10] [SPEAKER_01]: That's all

[00:32:10] [SPEAKER_01]: that I

[00:32:11] [SPEAKER_01]: know.

[00:32:12] [SPEAKER_01]: A part

[00:32:12] [SPEAKER_01]: of me

[00:32:13] [SPEAKER_01]: wants answers

[00:32:13] [SPEAKER_01]: so badly,

[00:32:14] [SPEAKER_01]: but I keep

[00:32:15] [SPEAKER_01]: thinking maybe

[00:32:16] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm better

[00:32:16] [SPEAKER_01]: off not

[00:32:17] [SPEAKER_01]: knowing

[00:32:18] [SPEAKER_01]: exactly

[00:32:18] [SPEAKER_01]: what it

[00:32:19] [SPEAKER_01]: was.

[00:32:20] [SPEAKER_01]: Jane and

[00:32:20] [SPEAKER_01]: I lost

[00:32:21] [SPEAKER_01]: touch over

[00:32:21] [SPEAKER_01]: the years,

[00:32:22] [SPEAKER_01]: but we did

[00:32:23] [SPEAKER_01]: reconnect

[00:32:23] [SPEAKER_01]: eventually.

[00:32:24] [SPEAKER_01]: We talked

[00:32:25] [SPEAKER_01]: about that

[00:32:25] [SPEAKER_01]: night,

[00:32:26] [SPEAKER_01]: as it was

[00:32:27] [SPEAKER_01]: always the

[00:32:27] [SPEAKER_01]: elephant in

[00:32:28] [SPEAKER_01]: the room.

[00:32:28] [SPEAKER_01]: She told me

[00:32:29] [SPEAKER_01]: that following

[00:32:30] [SPEAKER_01]: the incident,

[00:32:31] [SPEAKER_01]: all of the

[00:32:32] [SPEAKER_01]: crosses in

[00:32:32] [SPEAKER_01]: her mom's

[00:32:33] [SPEAKER_01]: house would

[00:32:33] [SPEAKER_01]: randomly turn

[00:32:34] [SPEAKER_01]: upside down

[00:32:35] [SPEAKER_01]: for a couple

[00:32:36] [SPEAKER_01]: of weeks

[00:32:36] [SPEAKER_01]: after this

[00:32:37] [SPEAKER_01]: happened to

[00:32:37] [SPEAKER_01]: us.

[00:32:38] [SPEAKER_01]: It only

[00:32:39] [SPEAKER_01]: stopped

[00:32:39] [SPEAKER_01]: when Jane's

[00:32:40] [SPEAKER_01]: mom went

[00:32:41] [SPEAKER_01]: around the

[00:32:41] [SPEAKER_01]: house very

[00:32:42] [SPEAKER_01]: deep in

[00:32:43] [SPEAKER_01]: prayer and

[00:32:44] [SPEAKER_01]: blessed it.

[00:32:45] [SPEAKER_01]: Jane and

[00:32:46] [SPEAKER_01]: John lived

[00:32:47] [SPEAKER_01]: with her at

[00:32:47] [SPEAKER_01]: that time.

[00:32:49] [SPEAKER_01]: Did

[00:32:50] [SPEAKER_01]: something follow

[00:32:50] [SPEAKER_01]: them home?

[00:32:51] [SPEAKER_01]: I've never

[00:32:52] [SPEAKER_01]: seen anything

[00:32:52] [SPEAKER_01]: like that

[00:32:53] [SPEAKER_01]: again and

[00:32:53] [SPEAKER_01]: I pray I

[00:32:54] [SPEAKER_01]: never will.

[00:32:55] [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for

[00:32:56] [SPEAKER_01]: letting me

[00:32:56] [SPEAKER_01]: share here.

[00:33:17] [SPEAKER_00]: The White

[00:33:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Light by

[00:33:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Victoria.

[00:33:21] [SPEAKER_00]: I was

[00:33:22] [SPEAKER_00]: listening to

[00:33:23] [SPEAKER_00]: episode 128

[00:33:24] [SPEAKER_00]: and you

[00:33:25] [SPEAKER_00]: guys discussed

[00:33:26] [SPEAKER_00]: the possibility

[00:33:26] [SPEAKER_00]: of being the

[00:33:27] [SPEAKER_00]: most vulnerable

[00:33:28] [SPEAKER_00]: to spiritual

[00:33:29] [SPEAKER_00]: attacks in

[00:33:29] [SPEAKER_00]: our sleep.

[00:33:30] [SPEAKER_00]: It reminded

[00:33:31] [SPEAKER_00]: me of two

[00:33:32] [SPEAKER_00]: experiences I

[00:33:33] [SPEAKER_00]: had, so I

[00:33:34] [SPEAKER_00]: thought I'd

[00:33:34] [SPEAKER_00]: share.

[00:33:35] [SPEAKER_00]: To start

[00:33:36] [SPEAKER_00]: off, I am

[00:33:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Christian and

[00:33:38] [SPEAKER_00]: love all

[00:33:38] [SPEAKER_00]: things spooky

[00:33:39] [SPEAKER_00]: and paranormal.

[00:33:40] [SPEAKER_00]: I am a

[00:33:41] [SPEAKER_00]: believer in

[00:33:42] [SPEAKER_00]: the supernatural.

[00:33:43] [SPEAKER_00]: It's also

[00:33:44] [SPEAKER_00]: important that

[00:33:45] [SPEAKER_00]: for my job I

[00:33:46] [SPEAKER_00]: study vintage

[00:33:47] [SPEAKER_00]: architecture,

[00:33:48] [SPEAKER_00]: interiors,

[00:33:48] [SPEAKER_00]: and furniture.

[00:33:50] [SPEAKER_00]: A few

[00:33:51] [SPEAKER_00]: years ago,

[00:33:52] [SPEAKER_00]: my boyfriend,

[00:33:53] [SPEAKER_00]: now husband,

[00:33:54] [SPEAKER_00]: and I went

[00:33:54] [SPEAKER_00]: to a popular

[00:33:55] [SPEAKER_00]: renaissance

[00:33:56] [SPEAKER_00]: festival in

[00:33:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Texas.

[00:33:58] [SPEAKER_00]: We decided

[00:33:59] [SPEAKER_00]: to stay at

[00:33:59] [SPEAKER_00]: an Airbnb

[00:34:00] [SPEAKER_00]: for one

[00:34:00] [SPEAKER_00]: night.

[00:34:01] [SPEAKER_00]: I love

[00:34:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Victorian

[00:34:03] [SPEAKER_00]: houses, so

[00:34:04] [SPEAKER_00]: when I found

[00:34:05] [SPEAKER_00]: one about

[00:34:05] [SPEAKER_00]: ten minutes

[00:34:06] [SPEAKER_00]: away from

[00:34:06] [SPEAKER_00]: the festival,

[00:34:07] [SPEAKER_00]: I was sold.

[00:34:09] [SPEAKER_00]: It was a

[00:34:09] [SPEAKER_00]: long drive, so

[00:34:11] [SPEAKER_00]: we got to

[00:34:11] [SPEAKER_00]: the Airbnb

[00:34:12] [SPEAKER_00]: at around

[00:34:13] [SPEAKER_00]: nine o'clock

[00:34:13] [SPEAKER_00]: at night.

[00:34:15] [SPEAKER_00]: When we

[00:34:16] [SPEAKER_00]: walked into

[00:34:16] [SPEAKER_00]: the room, I

[00:34:17] [SPEAKER_00]: was immediately

[00:34:18] [SPEAKER_00]: uneasy.

[00:34:20] [SPEAKER_00]: The energy

[00:34:21] [SPEAKER_00]: just felt

[00:34:22] [SPEAKER_00]: off.

[00:34:23] [SPEAKER_00]: I know

[00:34:24] [SPEAKER_00]: that's

[00:34:24] [SPEAKER_00]: cliche, but

[00:34:25] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't

[00:34:25] [SPEAKER_00]: know how

[00:34:26] [SPEAKER_00]: else to

[00:34:26] [SPEAKER_00]: describe it.

[00:34:28] [SPEAKER_00]: To the

[00:34:28] [SPEAKER_00]: left of

[00:34:29] [SPEAKER_00]: the bed,

[00:34:29] [SPEAKER_00]: there was

[00:34:30] [SPEAKER_00]: a vanity

[00:34:30] [SPEAKER_00]: from the

[00:34:31] [SPEAKER_00]: mid-1800s

[00:34:32] [SPEAKER_00]: with an

[00:34:33] [SPEAKER_00]: original

[00:34:33] [SPEAKER_00]: mirror that

[00:34:34] [SPEAKER_00]: was facing

[00:34:35] [SPEAKER_00]: the bed.

[00:34:36] [SPEAKER_00]: There was

[00:34:37] [SPEAKER_00]: also an

[00:34:37] [SPEAKER_00]: old

[00:34:38] [SPEAKER_00]: paddle

[00:34:38] [SPEAKER_00]: brush and

[00:34:39] [SPEAKER_00]: old perfume

[00:34:40] [SPEAKER_00]: bottles from

[00:34:41] [SPEAKER_00]: around the

[00:34:41] [SPEAKER_00]: same era

[00:34:42] [SPEAKER_00]: sitting on

[00:34:43] [SPEAKER_00]: the vanity.

[00:34:44] [SPEAKER_00]: The wall

[00:34:45] [SPEAKER_00]: at the

[00:34:45] [SPEAKER_00]: foot of

[00:34:45] [SPEAKER_00]: the bed

[00:34:46] [SPEAKER_00]: also had

[00:34:46] [SPEAKER_00]: a mirror.

[00:34:48] [SPEAKER_00]: As we

[00:34:49] [SPEAKER_00]: settled down

[00:34:49] [SPEAKER_00]: for the

[00:34:49] [SPEAKER_00]: night, I

[00:34:50] [SPEAKER_00]: had a hard

[00:34:51] [SPEAKER_00]: time falling

[00:34:51] [SPEAKER_00]: asleep.

[00:34:52] [SPEAKER_00]: It felt

[00:34:53] [SPEAKER_00]: like something

[00:34:54] [SPEAKER_00]: was watching

[00:34:55] [SPEAKER_00]: me.

[00:34:56] [SPEAKER_00]: I told my

[00:34:57] [SPEAKER_00]: boyfriend, and

[00:34:58] [SPEAKER_00]: he said I

[00:34:58] [SPEAKER_00]: was probably

[00:34:59] [SPEAKER_00]: just unsettled

[00:35:00] [SPEAKER_00]: by the

[00:35:00] [SPEAKER_00]: mirror facing

[00:35:01] [SPEAKER_00]: my bed.

[00:35:02] [SPEAKER_00]: I agreed

[00:35:03] [SPEAKER_00]: and eventually

[00:35:04] [SPEAKER_00]: fell asleep.

[00:35:05] [SPEAKER_00]: I

[00:35:06] [SPEAKER_00]: ended up

[00:35:07] [SPEAKER_00]: having a

[00:35:07] [SPEAKER_00]: lucid

[00:35:08] [SPEAKER_00]: dream where

[00:35:09] [SPEAKER_00]: I was

[00:35:09] [SPEAKER_00]: basically

[00:35:10] [SPEAKER_00]: consumed by

[00:35:11] [SPEAKER_00]: an extremely

[00:35:12] [SPEAKER_00]: bright white

[00:35:13] [SPEAKER_00]: light.

[00:35:14] [SPEAKER_00]: I

[00:35:15] [SPEAKER_00]: couldn't see

[00:35:15] [SPEAKER_00]: anything but

[00:35:16] [SPEAKER_00]: this light.

[00:35:17] [SPEAKER_00]: I heard a

[00:35:18] [SPEAKER_00]: male voice

[00:35:19] [SPEAKER_00]: say,

[00:35:19] [SPEAKER_00]: let me in.

[00:35:21] [SPEAKER_00]: I told the

[00:35:22] [SPEAKER_00]: voice no.

[00:35:24] [SPEAKER_00]: It repeated

[00:35:25] [SPEAKER_00]: itself,

[00:35:26] [SPEAKER_00]: let me in.

[00:35:28] [SPEAKER_00]: I told it

[00:35:29] [SPEAKER_00]: no again.

[00:35:31] [SPEAKER_00]: It told me

[00:35:32] [SPEAKER_00]: one more

[00:35:33] [SPEAKER_00]: time,

[00:35:34] [SPEAKER_00]: let me

[00:35:35] [SPEAKER_00]: in.

[00:35:37] [SPEAKER_00]: I began

[00:35:38] [SPEAKER_00]: to pray in

[00:35:39] [SPEAKER_00]: my dream,

[00:35:39] [SPEAKER_00]: and the

[00:35:40] [SPEAKER_00]: white light

[00:35:41] [SPEAKER_00]: immediately

[00:35:42] [SPEAKER_00]: vanished,

[00:35:43] [SPEAKER_00]: and I woke

[00:35:43] [SPEAKER_00]: up in a

[00:35:44] [SPEAKER_00]: panic.

[00:35:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I couldn't

[00:35:46] [SPEAKER_00]: sleep for

[00:35:46] [SPEAKER_00]: the rest

[00:35:47] [SPEAKER_00]: of the

[00:35:47] [SPEAKER_00]: night.

[00:35:48] [SPEAKER_00]: At about

[00:35:49] [SPEAKER_00]: 7 a.m.,

[00:35:50] [SPEAKER_00]: my boyfriend

[00:35:51] [SPEAKER_00]: and I

[00:35:51] [SPEAKER_00]: packed up.

[00:35:53] [SPEAKER_00]: As he was

[00:35:53] [SPEAKER_00]: taking stuff

[00:35:54] [SPEAKER_00]: to the car,

[00:35:55] [SPEAKER_00]: I wanted

[00:35:55] [SPEAKER_00]: to explore

[00:35:56] [SPEAKER_00]: the house

[00:35:56] [SPEAKER_00]: a bit.

[00:35:58] [SPEAKER_00]: I walked

[00:35:58] [SPEAKER_00]: across the

[00:35:59] [SPEAKER_00]: hall into

[00:36:00] [SPEAKER_00]: the dining

[00:36:00] [SPEAKER_00]: room.

[00:36:01] [SPEAKER_00]: In there,

[00:36:02] [SPEAKER_00]: I saw a

[00:36:03] [SPEAKER_00]: crystal ball,

[00:36:04] [SPEAKER_00]: spell books,

[00:36:05] [SPEAKER_00]: and what I

[00:36:06] [SPEAKER_00]: assumed were

[00:36:07] [SPEAKER_00]: spell jars.

[00:36:08] [SPEAKER_00]: I knew in

[00:36:09] [SPEAKER_00]: my gut that

[00:36:10] [SPEAKER_00]: this is why

[00:36:11] [SPEAKER_00]: I had that

[00:36:11] [SPEAKER_00]: dream.

[00:36:12] [SPEAKER_00]: The owner

[00:36:13] [SPEAKER_00]: of the

[00:36:13] [SPEAKER_00]: house must

[00:36:14] [SPEAKER_00]: have invited

[00:36:14] [SPEAKER_00]: something in.

[00:36:16] [SPEAKER_00]: I had

[00:36:17] [SPEAKER_00]: the same

[00:36:17] [SPEAKER_00]: dream one

[00:36:18] [SPEAKER_00]: other time.

[00:36:19] [SPEAKER_00]: I forgot

[00:36:20] [SPEAKER_00]: where I was,

[00:36:21] [SPEAKER_00]: but I was

[00:36:22] [SPEAKER_00]: staying in

[00:36:23] [SPEAKER_00]: an older

[00:36:23] [SPEAKER_00]: hotel.

[00:36:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Once again,

[00:36:25] [SPEAKER_00]: there was a

[00:36:26] [SPEAKER_00]: mirror facing

[00:36:27] [SPEAKER_00]: the bed.

[00:36:28] [SPEAKER_00]: When I

[00:36:28] [SPEAKER_00]: went to

[00:36:29] [SPEAKER_00]: sleep,

[00:36:29] [SPEAKER_00]: it happened

[00:36:30] [SPEAKER_00]: again.

[00:36:31] [SPEAKER_00]: A disembodied

[00:36:33] [SPEAKER_00]: voice telling

[00:36:34] [SPEAKER_00]: me three

[00:36:34] [SPEAKER_00]: times to

[00:36:35] [SPEAKER_00]: let it

[00:36:36] [SPEAKER_00]: in.

[00:36:38] [SPEAKER_00]: After the

[00:36:38] [SPEAKER_00]: third time,

[00:36:39] [SPEAKER_00]: I prayed.

[00:36:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Then,

[00:36:42] [SPEAKER_00]: the white

[00:36:42] [SPEAKER_00]: light vanished

[00:36:43] [SPEAKER_00]: and I woke

[00:36:44] [SPEAKER_00]: up.

[00:36:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I decided

[00:36:46] [SPEAKER_00]: to put a

[00:36:46] [SPEAKER_00]: sheet over

[00:36:47] [SPEAKER_00]: the mirror

[00:36:48] [SPEAKER_00]: and I felt

[00:36:49] [SPEAKER_00]: safe enough

[00:36:49] [SPEAKER_00]: to fall

[00:36:50] [SPEAKER_00]: back asleep.

[00:36:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I haven't

[00:36:52] [SPEAKER_00]: had that

[00:36:52] [SPEAKER_00]: dream since.

[00:36:54] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't

[00:36:54] [SPEAKER_00]: know if

[00:36:55] [SPEAKER_00]: any of

[00:36:55] [SPEAKER_00]: this is

[00:36:56] [SPEAKER_00]: coincidence

[00:36:56] [SPEAKER_00]: or if

[00:36:57] [SPEAKER_00]: something

[00:36:57] [SPEAKER_00]: supernatural

[00:36:58] [SPEAKER_00]: is at

[00:36:59] [SPEAKER_00]: play,

[00:36:59] [SPEAKER_00]: but anytime

[00:37:00] [SPEAKER_00]: there's a

[00:37:01] [SPEAKER_00]: mirror facing

[00:37:02] [SPEAKER_00]: the bed,

[00:37:03] [SPEAKER_00]: I make

[00:37:03] [SPEAKER_00]: sure to

[00:37:04] [SPEAKER_00]: cover it

[00:37:04] [SPEAKER_00]: up.

[00:37:29] [SPEAKER_01]: Mallory's

[00:37:29] [SPEAKER_01]: story was

[00:37:30] [SPEAKER_01]: so similar

[00:37:30] [SPEAKER_01]: to a ghost

[00:37:31] [SPEAKER_01]: story that

[00:37:32] [SPEAKER_01]: my uncle

[00:37:32] [SPEAKER_01]: told me

[00:37:32] [SPEAKER_01]: from years

[00:37:33] [SPEAKER_01]: ago.

[00:37:34] [SPEAKER_01]: Did he

[00:37:34] [SPEAKER_01]: also work

[00:37:35] [SPEAKER_01]: in a funeral

[00:37:35] [SPEAKER_01]: home?

[00:37:36] [SPEAKER_01]: No,

[00:37:37] [SPEAKER_01]: no,

[00:37:37] [SPEAKER_01]: but he

[00:37:37] [SPEAKER_01]: did run

[00:37:38] [SPEAKER_01]: his own

[00:37:38] [SPEAKER_01]: delivery

[00:37:39] [SPEAKER_01]: company

[00:37:39] [SPEAKER_01]: and he

[00:37:40] [SPEAKER_01]: would deliver

[00:37:40] [SPEAKER_01]: to different

[00:37:41] [SPEAKER_01]: restaurants

[00:37:41] [SPEAKER_01]: around the

[00:37:42] [SPEAKER_01]: Napa Valley.

[00:37:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh,

[00:37:44] [SPEAKER_00]: okay.

[00:37:44] [SPEAKER_01]: It's closed

[00:37:45] [SPEAKER_01]: now,

[00:37:46] [SPEAKER_01]: but there

[00:37:46] [SPEAKER_01]: was an

[00:37:46] [SPEAKER_01]: old upscale

[00:37:47] [SPEAKER_01]: restaurant

[00:37:48] [SPEAKER_01]: called,

[00:37:48] [SPEAKER_01]: what was

[00:37:49] [SPEAKER_01]: it,

[00:37:50] [SPEAKER_01]: Villa Romano

[00:37:51] [SPEAKER_01]: in Napa

[00:37:52] [SPEAKER_01]: and this

[00:37:53] [SPEAKER_01]: was on his

[00:37:53] [SPEAKER_01]: delivery route.

[00:37:54] [SPEAKER_01]: He told me

[00:37:54] [SPEAKER_01]: about this

[00:37:55] [SPEAKER_01]: late night

[00:37:55] [SPEAKER_01]: delivery when

[00:37:56] [SPEAKER_01]: the place

[00:37:57] [SPEAKER_01]: was closed

[00:37:58] [SPEAKER_01]: and he was

[00:37:58] [SPEAKER_01]: in the

[00:37:58] [SPEAKER_01]: bathroom

[00:37:59] [SPEAKER_01]: downstairs

[00:38:00] [SPEAKER_01]: and the

[00:38:01] [SPEAKER_01]: place was

[00:38:01] [SPEAKER_01]: totally locked

[00:38:02] [SPEAKER_01]: up.

[00:38:02] [SPEAKER_01]: It was the

[00:38:03] [SPEAKER_01]: middle of

[00:38:03] [SPEAKER_01]: the night

[00:38:03] [SPEAKER_01]: but he

[00:38:04] [SPEAKER_01]: heard a

[00:38:04] [SPEAKER_01]: bunch of

[00:38:05] [SPEAKER_01]: footsteps

[00:38:05] [SPEAKER_01]: and things

[00:38:06] [SPEAKER_01]: banging

[00:38:06] [SPEAKER_01]: upstairs

[00:38:07] [SPEAKER_01]: and it

[00:38:08] [SPEAKER_01]: would have

[00:38:08] [SPEAKER_01]: been basically

[00:38:08] [SPEAKER_01]: impossible.

[00:38:09] [SPEAKER_01]: I remember

[00:38:09] [SPEAKER_01]: how scared

[00:38:10] [SPEAKER_01]: he got

[00:38:11] [SPEAKER_01]: when he

[00:38:11] [SPEAKER_01]: was telling

[00:38:12] [SPEAKER_01]: me about

[00:38:12] [SPEAKER_01]: it.

[00:38:13] [SPEAKER_01]: It was

[00:38:13] [SPEAKER_01]: just so

[00:38:14] [SPEAKER_01]: weird to

[00:38:14] [SPEAKER_01]: see him

[00:38:15] [SPEAKER_01]: like that.

[00:38:16] [SPEAKER_01]: He said

[00:38:16] [SPEAKER_01]: that he

[00:38:17] [SPEAKER_01]: knew something

[00:38:18] [SPEAKER_01]: paranormal

[00:38:18] [SPEAKER_01]: was going

[00:38:19] [SPEAKER_01]: on,

[00:38:20] [SPEAKER_01]: like it

[00:38:20] [SPEAKER_01]: just

[00:38:20] [SPEAKER_01]: didn't

[00:38:21] [SPEAKER_01]: feel

[00:38:22] [SPEAKER_01]: right

[00:38:22] [SPEAKER_01]: and

[00:38:23] [SPEAKER_01]: nobody

[00:38:23] [SPEAKER_01]: could have

[00:38:24] [SPEAKER_01]: been in

[00:38:24] [SPEAKER_01]: that

[00:38:24] [SPEAKER_01]: restaurant

[00:38:24] [SPEAKER_01]: so he

[00:38:25] [SPEAKER_01]: basically

[00:38:25] [SPEAKER_01]: just ran

[00:38:26] [SPEAKER_01]: out of

[00:38:26] [SPEAKER_01]: the bathroom

[00:38:27] [SPEAKER_01]: and got

[00:38:27] [SPEAKER_01]: out of

[00:38:27] [SPEAKER_01]: there as

[00:38:28] [SPEAKER_01]: quickly as

[00:38:28] [SPEAKER_01]: possible

[00:38:29] [SPEAKER_01]: and

[00:38:29] [SPEAKER_01]: he

[00:38:29] [SPEAKER_01]: didn't

[00:38:30] [SPEAKER_01]: see

[00:38:30] [SPEAKER_01]: anyone

[00:38:30] [SPEAKER_01]: in sight

[00:38:31] [SPEAKER_01]: or any

[00:38:31] [SPEAKER_01]: sign

[00:38:31] [SPEAKER_01]: of a

[00:38:31] [SPEAKER_01]: break-in.

[00:38:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:38:33] [SPEAKER_00]: I could

[00:38:33] [SPEAKER_00]: see how

[00:38:34] [SPEAKER_00]: that might

[00:38:34] [SPEAKER_00]: ruffle some

[00:38:35] [SPEAKER_00]: feathers in

[00:38:35] [SPEAKER_00]: the Tate

[00:38:36] [SPEAKER_00]: household.

[00:38:38] [SPEAKER_00]: They don't

[00:38:38] [SPEAKER_00]: really believe

[00:38:39] [SPEAKER_00]: in any

[00:38:39] [SPEAKER_00]: of it,

[00:38:40] [SPEAKER_00]: right?

[00:38:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Like nothing

[00:38:40] [SPEAKER_00]: paranormal.

[00:38:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:38:42] [SPEAKER_01]: exactly.

[00:38:42] [SPEAKER_01]: Ghosts aren't

[00:38:43] [SPEAKER_01]: something that

[00:38:43] [SPEAKER_01]: they believe

[00:38:44] [SPEAKER_01]: in for the

[00:38:44] [SPEAKER_01]: most part so

[00:38:45] [SPEAKER_01]: this was

[00:38:46] [SPEAKER_01]: kind of a

[00:38:46] [SPEAKER_01]: big deal

[00:38:47] [SPEAKER_01]: and the

[00:38:48] [SPEAKER_01]: story really

[00:38:49] [SPEAKER_01]: sparked my

[00:38:50] [SPEAKER_01]: interest in

[00:38:51] [SPEAKER_01]: the paranormal

[00:38:52] [SPEAKER_01]: at a young

[00:38:52] [SPEAKER_01]: age because

[00:38:53] [SPEAKER_01]: you could tell

[00:38:54] [SPEAKER_01]: that he wasn't

[00:38:55] [SPEAKER_01]: just making

[00:38:55] [SPEAKER_01]: something up.

[00:38:56] [SPEAKER_01]: He was

[00:38:56] [SPEAKER_01]: genuinely

[00:38:56] [SPEAKER_01]: scared.

[00:38:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Well,

[00:38:58] [SPEAKER_00]: that experience

[00:38:58] [SPEAKER_00]: shaped your

[00:38:59] [SPEAKER_00]: uncle into

[00:38:59] [SPEAKER_00]: the person

[00:39:00] [SPEAKER_00]: he is today

[00:39:00] [SPEAKER_00]: so I

[00:39:01] [SPEAKER_00]: wouldn't

[00:39:01] [SPEAKER_00]: trade it

[00:39:02] [SPEAKER_00]: for the

[00:39:02] [SPEAKER_00]: world.

[00:39:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Exactly.

[00:39:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.

[00:39:04] [SPEAKER_00]: How about

[00:39:05] [SPEAKER_00]: that story

[00:39:06] [SPEAKER_01]: from Mallory

[00:39:06] [SPEAKER_01]: though?

[00:39:06] [SPEAKER_01]: What a

[00:39:07] [SPEAKER_01]: great little

[00:39:08] [SPEAKER_01]: story.

[00:39:09] [SPEAKER_01]: It kind

[00:39:09] [SPEAKER_01]: of reminded

[00:39:10] [SPEAKER_01]: me of

[00:39:10] [SPEAKER_01]: playing that

[00:39:11] [SPEAKER_01]: game,

[00:39:12] [SPEAKER_01]: The Mortuary

[00:39:12] [SPEAKER_01]: Assistant.

[00:39:13] [SPEAKER_01]: You're basically

[00:39:14] [SPEAKER_01]: just performing

[00:39:15] [SPEAKER_01]: all these

[00:39:15] [SPEAKER_01]: tasks like

[00:39:16] [SPEAKER_01]: you're working

[00:39:17] [SPEAKER_01]: in a mortuary

[00:39:17] [SPEAKER_01]: but these

[00:39:18] [SPEAKER_01]: things start

[00:39:19] [SPEAKER_01]: happening and

[00:39:19] [SPEAKER_01]: things get

[00:39:20] [SPEAKER_01]: creepier and

[00:39:21] [SPEAKER_01]: creepier as

[00:39:21] [SPEAKER_01]: the night moves

[00:39:22] [SPEAKER_01]: on.

[00:39:22] [SPEAKER_01]: Eventually you

[00:39:22] [SPEAKER_01]: basically

[00:39:23] [SPEAKER_01]: encounter

[00:39:23] [SPEAKER_01]: demonic spirits

[00:39:25] [SPEAKER_01]: and stuff.

[00:39:25] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a great

[00:39:26] [SPEAKER_00]: little game.

[00:39:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:39:27] [SPEAKER_00]: there's a ton

[00:39:28] [SPEAKER_00]: of really good

[00:39:28] [SPEAKER_00]: indie horror

[00:39:29] [SPEAKER_00]: games out

[00:39:29] [SPEAKER_00]: there like

[00:39:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Limbo and

[00:39:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Inside that's

[00:39:32] [SPEAKER_00]: from the same

[00:39:32] [SPEAKER_00]: developer.

[00:39:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Phasmophobia

[00:39:34] [SPEAKER_00]: of course.

[00:39:35] [SPEAKER_00]: There's just

[00:39:36] [SPEAKER_00]: a lot of

[00:39:36] [SPEAKER_00]: garbage you

[00:39:37] [SPEAKER_00]: gotta filter

[00:39:37] [SPEAKER_00]: through.

[00:39:38] [SPEAKER_01]: I know

[00:39:39] [SPEAKER_01]: what you

[00:39:39] [SPEAKER_01]: mean.

[00:39:40] [SPEAKER_01]: Steam is

[00:39:40] [SPEAKER_01]: full of

[00:39:40] [SPEAKER_01]: those like

[00:39:41] [SPEAKER_01]: five dollar

[00:39:42] [SPEAKER_01]: quote unquote

[00:39:43] [SPEAKER_01]: psychological

[00:39:43] [SPEAKER_01]: horror games

[00:39:44] [SPEAKER_01]: that are

[00:39:44] [SPEAKER_01]: basically just

[00:39:45] [SPEAKER_01]: jump scares.

[00:39:46] [SPEAKER_00]: See,

[00:39:47] [SPEAKER_00]: that's all the

[00:39:47] [SPEAKER_00]: more reason

[00:39:47] [SPEAKER_00]: that we

[00:39:48] [SPEAKER_00]: actually have

[00:39:48] [SPEAKER_00]: to make

[00:39:49] [SPEAKER_00]: this Odd

[00:39:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Trails video

[00:39:50] [SPEAKER_00]: game.

[00:39:51] [SPEAKER_00]: It's gonna

[00:39:51] [SPEAKER_00]: happen.

[00:39:52] [SPEAKER_00]: It's gonna

[00:39:52] [SPEAKER_00]: happen.

[00:39:53] [SPEAKER_00]: We don't

[00:39:54] [SPEAKER_00]: even have

[00:39:54] [SPEAKER_00]: time to

[00:39:55] [SPEAKER_00]: wipe our

[00:39:55] [SPEAKER_00]: own butts

[00:39:56] [SPEAKER_00]: these days.

[00:39:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:39:57] [SPEAKER_01]: we can always

[00:39:58] [SPEAKER_00]: wipe each

[00:39:59] [SPEAKER_01]: other's.

[00:40:00] [SPEAKER_01]: When I was

[00:40:01] [SPEAKER_01]: little I

[00:40:01] [SPEAKER_01]: used to lean

[00:40:02] [SPEAKER_01]: over the

[00:40:02] [SPEAKER_01]: bathtub when

[00:40:03] [SPEAKER_01]: I was finished

[00:40:03] [SPEAKER_01]: going to

[00:40:04] [SPEAKER_01]: the bathroom

[00:40:04] [SPEAKER_01]: and yell

[00:40:04] [SPEAKER_01]: somebody

[00:40:05] [SPEAKER_01]: come wipe

[00:40:05] [SPEAKER_01]: me off.

[00:40:07] [SPEAKER_01]: That's

[00:40:07] [SPEAKER_01]: adorable.

[00:40:08] [SPEAKER_01]: I love

[00:40:09] [SPEAKER_01]: that.

[00:40:10] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah,

[00:40:10] [SPEAKER_01]: everyone in

[00:40:11] [SPEAKER_01]: the house

[00:40:11] [SPEAKER_01]: got a kick

[00:40:11] [SPEAKER_01]: out of it

[00:40:12] [SPEAKER_01]: when I

[00:40:12] [SPEAKER_01]: did it

[00:40:12] [SPEAKER_01]: at this

[00:40:13] [SPEAKER_01]: family get

[00:40:13] [SPEAKER_01]: together

[00:40:13] [SPEAKER_01]: at my

[00:40:14] [SPEAKER_01]: grandparents'

[00:40:14] [SPEAKER_01]: house.

[00:40:15] [SPEAKER_00]: I,

[00:40:16] [SPEAKER_00]: yeah,

[00:40:17] [SPEAKER_00]: my great

[00:40:18] [SPEAKER_00]: grandma,

[00:40:18] [SPEAKER_00]: she would,

[00:40:19] [SPEAKER_00]: I would

[00:40:19] [SPEAKER_00]: ask her to

[00:40:20] [SPEAKER_00]: sit on

[00:40:21] [SPEAKER_00]: the edge

[00:40:22] [SPEAKER_00]: of the

[00:40:22] [SPEAKER_00]: bathtub

[00:40:22] [SPEAKER_00]: when I

[00:40:23] [SPEAKER_00]: would sit

[00:40:23] [SPEAKER_00]: on the

[00:40:23] [SPEAKER_00]: toilet just

[00:40:24] [SPEAKER_00]: to talk

[00:40:24] [SPEAKER_00]: about life.

[00:40:26] [SPEAKER_00]: That's what

[00:40:26] [SPEAKER_00]: I called

[00:40:27] [SPEAKER_00]: it too,

[00:40:27] [SPEAKER_00]: talking about

[00:40:28] [SPEAKER_00]: life.

[00:40:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Hey,

[00:40:28] [SPEAKER_00]: grandma,

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_00]: can you

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_00]: come talk

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_00]: about life

[00:40:30] [SPEAKER_00]: with me?

[00:40:31] [SPEAKER_00]: And I

[00:40:31] [SPEAKER_00]: got a lot

[00:40:32] [SPEAKER_00]: of nuggets

[00:40:33] [SPEAKER_00]: of wisdom.

[00:40:33] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess

[00:40:34] [SPEAKER_00]: you could

[00:40:34] [SPEAKER_00]: say.

[00:40:35] [SPEAKER_00]: I love

[00:40:35] [SPEAKER_00]: that.

[00:40:36] [SPEAKER_00]: I think

[00:40:36] [SPEAKER_00]: he told

[00:40:36] [SPEAKER_00]: me about

[00:40:36] [SPEAKER_00]: that.

[00:40:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.

[00:40:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.

[00:40:38] [SPEAKER_00]: And it

[00:40:38] [SPEAKER_00]: was a

[00:40:38] [SPEAKER_00]: different

[00:40:39] [SPEAKER_00]: time.

[00:40:39] [SPEAKER_00]: So she

[00:40:39] [SPEAKER_00]: would smoke

[00:40:40] [SPEAKER_00]: her cigarette

[00:40:41] [SPEAKER_00]: and we

[00:40:42] [SPEAKER_00]: would just

[00:40:43] [SPEAKER_00]: sit there

[00:40:43] [SPEAKER_00]: talk about

[00:40:44] [SPEAKER_00]: life and

[00:40:44] [SPEAKER_00]: she would

[00:40:45] [SPEAKER_00]: keep me

[00:40:45] [SPEAKER_00]: company.

[00:40:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I remember

[00:40:47] [SPEAKER_00]: that.

[00:40:48] [SPEAKER_01]: That's

[00:40:48] [SPEAKER_01]: adorable.

[00:40:50] [SPEAKER_01]: Anyway,

[00:40:51] [SPEAKER_01]: so it

[00:40:51] [SPEAKER_01]: sounds like

[00:40:51] [SPEAKER_01]: we have

[00:40:52] [SPEAKER_01]: ourselves a

[00:40:53] [SPEAKER_01]: non-sleep

[00:40:54] [SPEAKER_01]: paralysis

[00:40:54] [SPEAKER_01]: hat man

[00:40:55] [SPEAKER_01]: sighting in

[00:40:56] [SPEAKER_01]: this episode.

[00:40:57] [SPEAKER_01]: See,

[00:40:57] [SPEAKER_01]: that's what I

[00:40:58] [SPEAKER_01]: was thinking

[00:40:58] [SPEAKER_01]: until he

[00:40:59] [SPEAKER_01]: morphed into

[00:41:00] [SPEAKER_01]: a cat.

[00:41:01] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah,

[00:41:02] [SPEAKER_01]: good point.

[00:41:02] [SPEAKER_01]: The hat man

[00:41:03] [SPEAKER_01]: form could

[00:41:03] [SPEAKER_01]: have just

[00:41:04] [SPEAKER_01]: been like

[00:41:04] [SPEAKER_01]: a coincidence

[00:41:05] [SPEAKER_01]: or maybe

[00:41:06] [SPEAKER_01]: it's just

[00:41:07] [SPEAKER_01]: one of its

[00:41:07] [SPEAKER_01]: many different

[00:41:08] [SPEAKER_00]: forms that

[00:41:09] [SPEAKER_00]: it takes

[00:41:09] [SPEAKER_00]: on.

[00:41:10] [SPEAKER_00]: It was

[00:41:11] [SPEAKER_00]: weird how

[00:41:11] [SPEAKER_00]: they described

[00:41:12] [SPEAKER_00]: the form

[00:41:12] [SPEAKER_00]: as being

[00:41:13] [SPEAKER_00]: more like

[00:41:13] [SPEAKER_00]: a black

[00:41:14] [SPEAKER_00]: void rather

[00:41:14] [SPEAKER_00]: than a

[00:41:15] [SPEAKER_00]: solid color.

[00:41:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Makes it

[00:41:17] [SPEAKER_00]: sound like

[00:41:17] [SPEAKER_00]: it's somehow

[00:41:18] [SPEAKER_00]: bridging

[00:41:18] [SPEAKER_00]: dimensions or

[00:41:19] [SPEAKER_00]: something.

[00:41:20] [SPEAKER_01]: I actually

[00:41:20] [SPEAKER_01]: really like

[00:41:21] [SPEAKER_01]: that description.

[00:41:22] [SPEAKER_01]: I did good.

[00:41:23] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah,

[00:41:24] [SPEAKER_01]: you did good

[00:41:24] [SPEAKER_01]: kid.

[00:41:26] [SPEAKER_00]: I actually

[00:41:27] [SPEAKER_00]: sometimes

[00:41:27] [SPEAKER_00]: forget that

[00:41:28] [SPEAKER_00]: you're at

[00:41:28] [SPEAKER_00]: least a

[00:41:29] [SPEAKER_00]: couple years

[00:41:29] [SPEAKER_00]: older than

[00:41:29] [SPEAKER_00]: me.

[00:41:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:41:31] [SPEAKER_00]: my joints

[00:41:32] [SPEAKER_00]: haven't

[00:41:32] [SPEAKER_00]: forgotten.

[00:41:33] [SPEAKER_00]: So,

[00:41:33] [SPEAKER_00]: yeah,

[00:41:34] [SPEAKER_00]: don't rub

[00:41:34] [SPEAKER_00]: it in

[00:41:34] [SPEAKER_00]: though.

[00:41:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:41:36] [SPEAKER_00]: none of

[00:41:36] [SPEAKER_00]: that stuff

[00:41:36] [SPEAKER_00]: is fun.

[00:41:37] [SPEAKER_00]: I will

[00:41:38] [SPEAKER_00]: say though

[00:41:38] [SPEAKER_00]: that switching

[00:41:39] [SPEAKER_00]: to a

[00:41:40] [SPEAKER_00]: natural

[00:41:40] [SPEAKER_00]: single

[00:41:41] [SPEAKER_00]: ingredient

[00:41:41] [SPEAKER_00]: whole foods

[00:41:42] [SPEAKER_00]: type of

[00:41:42] [SPEAKER_00]: diet

[00:41:43] [SPEAKER_00]: has made

[00:41:43] [SPEAKER_00]: such a

[00:41:44] [SPEAKER_00]: huge

[00:41:45] [SPEAKER_00]: difference

[00:41:45] [SPEAKER_00]: where I

[00:41:45] [SPEAKER_00]: feel way

[00:41:46] [SPEAKER_00]: better than

[00:41:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I ever did

[00:41:47] [SPEAKER_00]: when I

[00:41:47] [SPEAKER_00]: was even

[00:41:47] [SPEAKER_00]: in my

[00:41:48] [SPEAKER_00]: 20s.

[00:41:48] [SPEAKER_00]: It sounds

[00:41:49] [SPEAKER_00]: like I'm

[00:41:49] [SPEAKER_00]: going to

[00:41:49] [SPEAKER_00]: inject a

[00:41:50] [SPEAKER_00]: gnat here

[00:41:50] [SPEAKER_00]: but I

[00:41:50] [SPEAKER_00]: promise I'm

[00:41:51] [SPEAKER_00]: not.

[00:41:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:41:53] [SPEAKER_00]: just basic

[00:41:53] [SPEAKER_00]: single

[00:41:54] [SPEAKER_00]: ingredients.

[00:41:55] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't

[00:41:55] [SPEAKER_00]: really do

[00:41:56] [SPEAKER_00]: alcohol

[00:41:56] [SPEAKER_00]: anymore and

[00:41:56] [SPEAKER_00]: I've cut

[00:41:57] [SPEAKER_00]: out all

[00:41:57] [SPEAKER_00]: refined

[00:41:57] [SPEAKER_00]: sugar and

[00:41:58] [SPEAKER_00]: rarely eat

[00:41:59] [SPEAKER_00]: bread or

[00:42:00] [SPEAKER_00]: pasta.

[00:42:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:42:01] [SPEAKER_00]: it's been

[00:42:02] [SPEAKER_00]: great.

[00:42:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Your mileage

[00:42:03] [SPEAKER_00]: may vary

[00:42:03] [SPEAKER_00]: though.

[00:42:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh yeah,

[00:42:05] [SPEAKER_00]: that's the

[00:42:05] [SPEAKER_00]: truth.

[00:42:06] [SPEAKER_01]: You can

[00:42:06] [SPEAKER_01]: cover everything

[00:42:07] [SPEAKER_01]: with just

[00:42:08] [SPEAKER_01]: some meat

[00:42:09] [SPEAKER_01]: and avocado.

[00:42:10] [SPEAKER_01]: Ain't that

[00:42:11] [SPEAKER_00]: also the

[00:42:11] [SPEAKER_00]: truth?

[00:42:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.

[00:42:13] [SPEAKER_00]: So,

[00:42:14] [SPEAKER_00]: I liked

[00:42:15] [SPEAKER_00]: the family

[00:42:15] [SPEAKER_00]: haunted

[00:42:15] [SPEAKER_00]: house story

[00:42:16] [SPEAKER_00]: from the

[00:42:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Savannah

[00:42:17] [SPEAKER_00]: area.

[00:42:18] [SPEAKER_00]: It's always

[00:42:19] [SPEAKER_00]: so interesting

[00:42:20] [SPEAKER_00]: when

[00:42:20] [SPEAKER_00]: long-term

[00:42:21] [SPEAKER_00]: skeptics

[00:42:22] [SPEAKER_00]: experience

[00:42:22] [SPEAKER_00]: that one

[00:42:23] [SPEAKER_00]: thing that

[00:42:24] [SPEAKER_00]: just completely

[00:42:25] [SPEAKER_00]: challenges

[00:42:26] [SPEAKER_00]: everything that

[00:42:26] [SPEAKER_00]: they thought

[00:42:27] [SPEAKER_00]: they believed

[00:42:27] [SPEAKER_00]: in so

[00:42:28] [SPEAKER_00]: firmly.

[00:42:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:42:29] [SPEAKER_00]: exactly,

[00:42:29] [SPEAKER_00]: like my

[00:42:30] [SPEAKER_00]: uncle's

[00:42:30] [SPEAKER_00]: story.

[00:42:30] [SPEAKER_00]: I love

[00:42:31] [SPEAKER_00]: that stuff.

[00:42:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh,

[00:42:32] [SPEAKER_00]: hey,

[00:42:32] [SPEAKER_00]: there you

[00:42:32] [SPEAKER_00]: go.

[00:42:33] [SPEAKER_00]: So,

[00:42:33] [SPEAKER_00]: our friend

[00:42:34] [SPEAKER_00]: John told

[00:42:34] [SPEAKER_00]: me that

[00:42:35] [SPEAKER_00]: his dad

[00:42:35] [SPEAKER_00]: just recently

[00:42:36] [SPEAKER_00]: stayed at

[00:42:37] [SPEAKER_00]: some small

[00:42:37] [SPEAKER_00]: historical

[00:42:38] [SPEAKER_00]: hotel and

[00:42:39] [SPEAKER_00]: he heard

[00:42:39] [SPEAKER_00]: heavy

[00:42:40] [SPEAKER_00]: footsteps

[00:42:40] [SPEAKER_00]: pacing

[00:42:41] [SPEAKER_00]: outside of

[00:42:41] [SPEAKER_00]: his door

[00:42:42] [SPEAKER_00]: late at

[00:42:42] [SPEAKER_00]: night.

[00:42:43] [SPEAKER_00]: He also

[00:42:44] [SPEAKER_00]: said that

[00:42:44] [SPEAKER_00]: he heard

[00:42:45] [SPEAKER_00]: sprinting

[00:42:45] [SPEAKER_00]: up and

[00:42:46] [SPEAKER_00]: down the

[00:42:46] [SPEAKER_00]: hallway,

[00:42:46] [SPEAKER_00]: so he

[00:42:47] [SPEAKER_00]: eventually

[00:42:47] [SPEAKER_00]: got out

[00:42:48] [SPEAKER_00]: of bed

[00:42:48] [SPEAKER_00]: and stood

[00:42:49] [SPEAKER_00]: next to

[00:42:50] [SPEAKER_00]: the door

[00:42:50] [SPEAKER_00]: ready to

[00:42:50] [SPEAKER_00]: swing it

[00:42:51] [SPEAKER_00]: open and

[00:42:51] [SPEAKER_00]: catch some

[00:42:52] [SPEAKER_00]: kids messing

[00:42:53] [SPEAKER_00]: around or

[00:42:53] [SPEAKER_00]: something.

[00:42:55] [SPEAKER_00]: But when

[00:42:56] [SPEAKER_00]: he opened

[00:42:56] [SPEAKER_00]: the door,

[00:42:57] [SPEAKER_00]: as he

[00:42:58] [SPEAKER_00]: heard more

[00:42:58] [SPEAKER_00]: feet sprinting

[00:42:59] [SPEAKER_00]: by,

[00:42:59] [SPEAKER_00]: you can

[00:43:00] [SPEAKER_00]: probably

[00:43:00] [SPEAKER_00]: guess it,

[00:43:01] [SPEAKER_00]: there was

[00:43:01] [SPEAKER_00]: nobody out

[00:43:01] [SPEAKER_00]: there.

[00:43:02] [SPEAKER_00]: He just

[00:43:03] [SPEAKER_00]: laid in

[00:43:03] [SPEAKER_00]: bed until

[00:43:04] [SPEAKER_00]: he could

[00:43:04] [SPEAKER_00]: fall back

[00:43:04] [SPEAKER_00]: asleep,

[00:43:05] [SPEAKER_00]: but apparently

[00:43:06] [SPEAKER_00]: it went

[00:43:07] [SPEAKER_00]: off and

[00:43:07] [SPEAKER_00]: on throughout

[00:43:07] [SPEAKER_00]: the night.

[00:43:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Wow,

[00:43:09] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of

[00:43:09] [SPEAKER_00]: also like

[00:43:10] [SPEAKER_00]: my uncle's

[00:43:11] [SPEAKER_00]: story.

[00:43:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Do you

[00:43:11] [SPEAKER_00]: know which

[00:43:12] [SPEAKER_00]: hotel he

[00:43:12] [SPEAKER_00]: stayed at?

[00:43:13] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't,

[00:43:14] [SPEAKER_00]: and John

[00:43:15] [SPEAKER_00]: either forgot

[00:43:16] [SPEAKER_00]: to ask or

[00:43:16] [SPEAKER_00]: didn't ask,

[00:43:17] [SPEAKER_00]: but I'll

[00:43:18] [SPEAKER_00]: see if he

[00:43:18] [SPEAKER_00]: can find

[00:43:18] [SPEAKER_00]: out.

[00:43:19] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah,

[00:43:20] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm really

[00:43:20] [SPEAKER_01]: curious which

[00:43:20] [SPEAKER_01]: one it

[00:43:21] [SPEAKER_01]: was.

[00:43:21] [SPEAKER_01]: For some

[00:43:22] [SPEAKER_01]: reason,

[00:43:22] [SPEAKER_01]: I always

[00:43:22] [SPEAKER_01]: imagine a

[00:43:23] [SPEAKER_01]: small Victorian

[00:43:24] [SPEAKER_01]: bed and

[00:43:24] [SPEAKER_01]: breakfast type

[00:43:25] [SPEAKER_01]: thing when I

[00:43:26] [SPEAKER_01]: hear stories

[00:43:26] [SPEAKER_01]: about historical

[00:43:27] [SPEAKER_01]: hotels.

[00:43:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:43:29] [SPEAKER_00]: yeah.

[00:43:29] [SPEAKER_00]: For me,

[00:43:30] [SPEAKER_00]: it's either a

[00:43:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Motel 6 from

[00:43:31] [SPEAKER_00]: the early

[00:43:32] [SPEAKER_00]: 90s or

[00:43:32] [SPEAKER_00]: some Wild

[00:43:34] [SPEAKER_00]: West,

[00:43:34] [SPEAKER_00]: American

[00:43:37] [SPEAKER_00]: reason I

[00:43:38] [SPEAKER_00]: never imagined

[00:43:38] [SPEAKER_00]: your everyday

[00:43:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Hyatt Regency.

[00:43:42] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah,

[00:43:42] [SPEAKER_01]: exactly.

[00:43:43] [SPEAKER_01]: Well,

[00:43:44] [SPEAKER_01]: during my

[00:43:44] [SPEAKER_01]: stay in

[00:43:45] [SPEAKER_01]: Seattle,

[00:43:45] [SPEAKER_01]: I actually

[00:43:46] [SPEAKER_01]: stayed at

[00:43:46] [SPEAKER_01]: one of

[00:43:46] [SPEAKER_01]: those

[00:43:47] [SPEAKER_01]: Regency

[00:43:48] [SPEAKER_01]: type hotels

[00:43:49] [SPEAKER_01]: near the

[00:43:49] [SPEAKER_01]: airport,

[00:43:50] [SPEAKER_01]: and I

[00:43:50] [SPEAKER_01]: swear to

[00:43:51] [SPEAKER_01]: you,

[00:43:52] [SPEAKER_01]: there were

[00:43:52] [SPEAKER_01]: ghosts just

[00:43:53] [SPEAKER_01]: walking around

[00:43:54] [SPEAKER_01]: in my room

[00:43:54] [SPEAKER_01]: during the

[00:43:55] [SPEAKER_01]: middle of

[00:43:55] [SPEAKER_01]: the night,

[00:43:55] [SPEAKER_01]: just passing

[00:43:56] [SPEAKER_01]: back and

[00:43:57] [SPEAKER_01]: forth like

[00:43:57] [SPEAKER_01]: they own

[00:43:57] [SPEAKER_01]: the place.

[00:43:58] [SPEAKER_01]: I can't

[00:43:59] [SPEAKER_01]: believe you're

[00:43:59] [SPEAKER_01]: just now

[00:44:00] [SPEAKER_01]: telling me

[00:44:00] [SPEAKER_01]: about this.

[00:44:01] [SPEAKER_01]: I know,

[00:44:01] [SPEAKER_01]: I know,

[00:44:02] [SPEAKER_01]: I don't

[00:44:02] [SPEAKER_01]: know why.

[00:44:03] [SPEAKER_01]: We just

[00:44:04] [SPEAKER_01]: really haven't

[00:44:04] [SPEAKER_01]: talked,

[00:44:04] [SPEAKER_01]: but I was

[00:44:06] [SPEAKER_01]: surprisingly not

[00:44:07] [SPEAKER_01]: scared,

[00:44:07] [SPEAKER_01]: it was

[00:44:08] [SPEAKER_01]: weird.

[00:44:08] [SPEAKER_01]: I just

[00:44:08] [SPEAKER_01]: assumed it

[00:44:09] [SPEAKER_01]: was some

[00:44:09] [SPEAKER_01]: kind of

[00:44:10] [SPEAKER_01]: hypnagogic

[00:44:10] [SPEAKER_01]: hallucination,

[00:44:12] [SPEAKER_01]: but then

[00:44:12] [SPEAKER_01]: one of them

[00:44:13] [SPEAKER_01]: noticed me,

[00:44:14] [SPEAKER_01]: and it

[00:44:14] [SPEAKER_01]: started walking

[00:44:15] [SPEAKER_01]: directly towards

[00:44:16] [SPEAKER_01]: me,

[00:44:16] [SPEAKER_01]: like really

[00:44:17] [SPEAKER_01]: fast.

[00:44:18] [SPEAKER_01]: Holy shit!

[00:44:19] Yeah.

[00:44:20] [SPEAKER_00]: That's actually

[00:44:21] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of really

[00:44:21] [SPEAKER_00]: scary.

[00:44:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Like,

[00:44:22] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of really

[00:44:23] [SPEAKER_00]: scary.

[00:44:23] [SPEAKER_00]: That was

[00:44:24] [SPEAKER_00]: scary,

[00:44:25] [SPEAKER_00]: yes.

[00:44:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:44:26] [SPEAKER_00]: yeah.

[00:44:27] [SPEAKER_00]: I literally

[00:44:27] [SPEAKER_00]: said out

[00:44:28] [SPEAKER_00]: loud,

[00:44:28] [SPEAKER_00]: go away,

[00:44:29] [SPEAKER_00]: and it

[00:44:29] [SPEAKER_00]: just

[00:44:29] [SPEAKER_00]: disappeared.

[00:44:31] [SPEAKER_00]: That's like

[00:44:31] [SPEAKER_00]: when Kevin

[00:44:32] [SPEAKER_00]: Callister tells

[00:44:33] [SPEAKER_00]: the furnace

[00:44:33] [SPEAKER_00]: in the basement

[00:44:34] [SPEAKER_00]: to shut up.

[00:44:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:44:36] [SPEAKER_01]: that's exactly

[00:44:36] [SPEAKER_01]: what it

[00:44:37] [SPEAKER_01]: was.

[00:44:37] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[00:44:38] [SPEAKER_01]: Anyway,

[00:44:39] [SPEAKER_01]: getting back

[00:44:39] [SPEAKER_01]: to the story,

[00:44:40] [SPEAKER_01]: I like how

[00:44:41] [SPEAKER_01]: the author's

[00:44:42] [SPEAKER_01]: dad basically

[00:44:43] [SPEAKER_01]: validated their

[00:44:44] [SPEAKER_01]: experience just

[00:44:45] [SPEAKER_00]: so out of the

[00:44:46] [SPEAKER_00]: blue like that.

[00:44:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:44:48] [SPEAKER_00]: I can only

[00:44:48] [SPEAKER_00]: imagine how

[00:44:49] [SPEAKER_00]: that must have

[00:44:49] [SPEAKER_00]: felt,

[00:44:49] [SPEAKER_00]: having your

[00:44:50] [SPEAKER_00]: dad of all

[00:44:50] [SPEAKER_00]: people,

[00:44:51] [SPEAKER_00]: somebody else

[00:44:52] [SPEAKER_00]: who's also

[00:44:52] [SPEAKER_00]: so skeptical,

[00:44:55] [SPEAKER_00]: and have

[00:44:56] [SPEAKER_00]: some sort

[00:44:57] [SPEAKER_00]: of shared

[00:44:58] [SPEAKER_00]: experience in

[00:44:59] [SPEAKER_00]: its own way.

[00:45:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah,

[00:45:00] [SPEAKER_00]: awesome stories

[00:45:01] [SPEAKER_00]: this week,

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