Darkcast Network Presents: Wicked Intentions-A Haunting We Will Go

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Welcome to Wicked Week here at dark
Cast Network. I am your host Gina

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from the Weird True Crime Podcast,
and I will be your host this week.

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Spooky season is upon us and it
is by far one of dark cast

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Network's favorite seasons. Today is Freaky
Friday Hauntings. So I grab your munchies

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and something to cuddle with while some
of our shows tell you blood curdling stories

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of ghostly happenings. Hey, Hey, this is Autumn from Autumn's Odities podcast.

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Proud member of dark cast Network,
please enjoy this tale of the ghosts

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of Edinburgh Castle. Known as the
most haunted place in Scotland, Edinburgh Castle

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has had reports of ghosts and paranormal
activity going back hunch of years. There

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have been thousands of claims by visitors
and staff members, including apparitions, feelings

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of being touched and pulled, also
feelings of being watched, shadowy figures,

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mists, mists, green lights,
sudden temperature drops, the usual stuff,

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and people suddenly becoming unjust overcome by
emotions. The most common experience is the

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sighting of apparitions. The sighting of
an older man in a leather apron has

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been seen, as well as a
terrifying little headless drummer Boy, and of

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course the Gray Lady or Janet Douglas. Other reports include a poltergeist in the

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castle dungeon and a regular sighting of
ghost dogs in the castle's dog cemetery,

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the most notable being Gray Friar's Bobby. Legend of the Little Drummer Boy goes

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back to sixteen fifty when his headless
ghost was spotted playing an old Scottish war

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tune along the battlements. His spirit
appeared when Oliver Cromwell's men were laying siege

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to the castle, therefore giving credence
to the belief that the boy appears when

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the castle is under attack. He's
just trying to defend his sweet castle.

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Nobody knows who this apparition could be, but anyone living today hasn't witnessed this

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phenomenon. As Edinburgh Castle hasn't been
under threat since the Jacobite uprising in seventeen

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forty five, are getting a history
lesson along with the scary story. Several

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centuries ago, a secret network of
tunnels was discovered underneath Royal Mile that went

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from the castle towards Holyrood Place.
To find out where they lead the brave

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souls of the time sent a young
piper boy to search the tunnels for them.

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He set about playing his bagpipes and
the people above followed the sound.

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The sound was clear for a time
until the bagpipes abruptly stopped near Tronkirk on

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Royal Mile. Several search parties were
sent down to locate the boy, but

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the poor piper was nowhere to be
found. Disturbed by the boy's disappearance,

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the city council ordered that the tunnels
be sealed, never to be reopened.

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Since his disappearance, the little boy
playing his bagpipes can be heard from underneath

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the Royal Mile. Visitors still report
this phenomenon to this day. The story

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of Janet, or the Gray Lady, is a tragic one. Caught in

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the middle of a family feud,
she would ultimately be executed by King James,

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the fifth of Scotland. She was
related to. Her brother was Archibald

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Douglas, the sixth Earl of Angus, who was the King's stepfather and very

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very much hated by the King,
and with good reason he imprisoned him as

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a young boy. I would hold
a grudge too. I think James held

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the grudge he did against Archibald and
all the Douglas family, and in fifteen

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thirty seven Janet was convicted of trying
to poison James, and she was also

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accused of witchcraft. However, such
evidence was very difficult to prove or you

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know, obtain in any way,
so James had her servants and friends tortured

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until they gave him the evidence that
he needed. Janet was subse subsequently convicted

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and burned at the stake outside Edinburgh
Castle on July seventeenth, fifteen thirty seven,

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with her young son forced to watch. Shortly after her gruesome death,

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people witnessed the Gray Lady walking throughout
the castle weeping. I can imagine.

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There has been a defensive fort on
the site of Edinburgh Castle since the Iron

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Age, and in six point thirty
eight a d it served as a defensive

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stronghold for the Celtic speaking natives.
When the Germanic forces attacked and claimed the

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settlement, the Germanics changed its name
from Deniden to Edinburgh for the first time.

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Then in twelve ninety six, God, these are a long time ago,

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aren't they, it was overthrown by
Edward, the first of the Scots

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and then again by Robert Bruce,
who called for it to be burned to

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the ground. It was rebuilt by
and became home to Mary of Scott's until

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she was exiled to England. A
lot of exiles, a lot of executions,

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I can see why it's haunted.
After which the castle was then partially

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destroyed by the English, and it
was then rebuilt again in fifteen seventy four.

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James the seventh of Scotland lost his
throne to William of Orange in sixteen

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eighty eight and the Jacobite uprisings aside
in the eighteenth century. It has remained

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undamaged ever since, so that would
account for why the little headless drummer Boy

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has not been seen again. If
you would like to see the ghosts,

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the castle still exists. It offers
tours, and I would wager you will

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probably see a ghosts, since there
have quite literally been thousands of apparition sightings.

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It's not just like a feeling or
a mist although people have witnessed that

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as well, but apparently like you
have a really good shot of seeing an

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actual ghost if you visit Edinburgh Castle. It's a bucket list trip for me.

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Let's all organize one. Let's do
it together and we can all witness

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for ourselves the ghosts of Edinburgh Castle. Thank you for listening, and remember

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if it's creepy and weird, you'll
find it here. Hey everybody, I'm

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Josh and I'm Jamie and we're from
the Paranormal Peeps podcast and we have a

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fun story for you guys, and
it's kind of what everybody has like the

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story, right, I didn't believe
in ghosts until this happened. Yeah,

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yeah, So we have a story
and it's from Alexandra Charatan and it was

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in the Road Culture magazine and it
says I did not believe in ghosts until

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I spent a night alone at the
notoriously haunted Stanley Hotel. But this isn't

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the Stanley Hotel that you're thinking of
in Colorado. It is not, it

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is not. This is another Stanley
Hotel, which I had no idea until

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I read this article. Me neither. So this Stanley Hotel is actually in

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upstate New York, Okay. So
it goes as I'm driving the winding road

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to the Stanley Hotel, which sits
in the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in

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upstate New York. I pass several
abandoned motels, two active correctional facilities in

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the Witch's Whole State Forest. If
I didn't already have a reservation, I

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might have been concerned when I pulled
up to the hotel at dusk. At

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first glance, the three story,
white, clabbered structured, and most of

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a main street in the tiny hamlet
of Napanak looks abandoned. I'm checking in

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to this allegedly haunted hotel in the
search of ghosts, and I don't have

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to wait long to find one.
A freshly painted sign on the porch that

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reads Welcome to the Stanley Hotel prominently
features a ghost. His arms are crossed,

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but he's smiling. In contrast to
the dilapidated exterior, the inside of

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the hotel is bustling. Two couples
check in ahead of me, and when

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I step up to the counter,
manager Kim Vattel asks how many people are

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in my party? Just me,
I say. A woman behind me gasps,

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You're brave, she says. The
Stanley Hotel more than embrace its spooky

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reputation. Now officially called the Haunted
Stanley Hotel, they offer private investigations,

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provide a list of the most haunted
rooms and share evidence in the form of

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videos and electronic voice phenomenon EVP recordings. A stained glass window above the entrance

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declares the spirits are in. In
addition to a continental breakfast, My Overnight's

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day includes a five hour staff led
paranormal investigation from eight pm to one am,

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followed by free time to investigate at
my leisure. They provide equipment flashlights

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k two meters, vibration balls,
temperature sensors, frequency scanners, and encourage

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guests to bring their own. I
have a lot of stuff that's re actually

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kind of nice. There are a
few ground rules, but they're simple.

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No weapons or alcohol are allowed on
the premise. Guests should talk in a

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normal voice, Whispering may be mistaken
for an EVP, take photos with flash

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and in threes, and record everything. It's okay to be skeptic and a

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non believer, but I asked that
you keep an open mind. By Tael

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says. The hotel is fully booked
for the night and for the rest of

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October, so we split into groups
of three. I've booked Maddie's room,

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located in the former Bodello area on
the second floor. Now'm the only guest

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flying solo. My room is part
of the active investigation area, meaning that

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my door must remain open until one
am. The rooms are cozy and eclectic.

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In fact, the scariest thing at
the Stanley Hotel might just be the

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overload of contrasting pattern so by Tal
and the hotel's new owner, Kelly Hammerling,

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conducted ghost investigations on the property for
years before it became their full time

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jobs. When people suggest that the
pair is being paid to perpetuate the hotel's

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haunted reputation, by Tale tells them
I was here for eight years and I

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didn't get a dime call, and
I did it every weekend because we loved

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it and had the passion for it, for the history and the spirits in

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what goes on behind these doors.
In eighteen forty five, Thomas Rich erected

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his eponymous Rich Hotel on the Napaox
Main Street. The hotel changed owners several

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times through the years, and in
eighteen ninety five a fire destroyed the entire

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original structure. The hotel was quickly
rebuilt and reopened to guests just a few

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months later. James Shanley, an
Irish immigrant purchased the hotel in nineteen oh

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six and added the barn like addition
onto the back. It initially housed a

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barber shop and later functioned as the
gentlemen's quarters for the second floor bordello.

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James married Beatrice Rally at the hotel
in nineteen ten, and the Shanleys,

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who had ties to the Irish mafia, were well known and respected in New

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York City, just two hours south
of Napanock. Hammerling says that when Shanley

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descendants visited the hotel recently, they
told her Times Square was almost named Shanley

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Square and claimed that the gangs of
New York is loosely based on their family.

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Beatrice was good friends with Eleanor Roosevelt
and Thomas Edison stayed at the hotel.

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When the Shanleys got into trouble serving
alcohol during Prohibition, the Roosevelts helped

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clear their name. Today, the
hotel has a Roosevelt room in their honor.

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The Shanlings were known for their elaborate
parties, but there was tragedy too.

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The couple had three children, but
none of them survived longer than a

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few months. Rosie, the three
year old daughter, of the Shanley Hotel's

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resident barber fell down a nearby well
and died. A local preacher's daughter,

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Helen, was only nine years old
when she was lured with the promise of

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a lollipop to a nearby swamp and
murdered by Alfred Volkman, the son of

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a butcher. Folkman spent time in
Hudson Valley's notorious Sing Sing prison before he

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was executed. Both spirits are reportedly
still frequent guests at the Shanley. When

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Helen asked for a pink dress,
Hamberlyn obliged. It currently hangs in the

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room in which beatrice sister Esther died. Over the years, Hamerling says she

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has made contact with more than thirty
different spirits. They come and go,

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she says, we may hear from
some for four or five days straight and

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then not hear from them for weeks. We don't know why. We don't

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know where they go. If we
knew, then we'd be dead. Well,

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no, someday, but just not
for a while, not yet,

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not yet. So get into a
couple of the hauntings. There's a man

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who whistles, several children, and
even a ghost cat named Sweet thing.

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Recently, a guest asked Frank how
he died, and according of Vital,

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he replied a gunshot in the pub. Hammerling says that Frank has strangled her

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twice and when she told the group, he replied via EVP, you liked

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it. That's the kind of sense
of humor Frank has, Hammerling says.

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Vital and Hammerling clearly appreciate all of
their guests, both physical and metaphysical,

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and are humble about the chain of
command. This is an actual haunted hotel,

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and we respect our spirits. Vitel
says, this isn't our home,

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this is their home. The hotel. Spirits are known for producing some very

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clear EVPs, even if it's not
always obvious. During the nightly ghost hunts,

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searching for spirits can be hit or
missed, and there's no money back

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guarantee. They can be there talk
looking to us right now, and we

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wouldn't know until we play back the
recording. Hammerling says, we don't know

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why. Some nights we have a
tremendous amount of activity, and some nights

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it's quiet. After a particular quiet
stretch, by tell asks if there's a

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skeptic in our group, I stay
silent. But later I ask her why

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the presence of a skept may negatively
affect a hunt's outcome. The spirits just

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won't bother, she says. But
don't they want to prove they exist?

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I ask, takes a lot of
energy to contact us if I tel says,

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they don't want to waste their time. Ghosts have nothing to prove.

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That is true. It is true. They don't have to prove that they

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exist. Hammerling encourages us to engage
with, but not provoke, the spirits.

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You want them to think, Wow, these people are great. Let's

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take our time and energy to actually
talk to these people, she says.

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So we seem to have the most
luck with the tablet running the fasom box

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app, which scans through several prerecorded
radio stations in search of voices. Although

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hammering caution is that not everything you
hear through the fasom box is a paranormal.

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She urges us to listen for intelligent
responses to a specific question. What

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can be considered intelligent, like most
things during the night, is up for

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interpretation. Although ghost hunting is usually
done at night, the spirits are there

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here in the daytime, Hammering says, It doesn't matter what time of day

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it is, but the dark,
that's you experiencing them more fully. Yeah,

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because the rest of the world world, the rest of the area is

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quiet. There's not a lot of
traffic. People are usually settling down.

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And this is why we ghost time
at night exactly. So we're sitting in

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a circle and someone across from me
and gets full body chills twice. But

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other groups report even more activity,
including hearing sweet Thing who died of natural

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causes in Claire's room meow. Several
times we asked Joe questions about his history

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with the mafia. How many people
have you killed? What's your weapon of

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choice? And finally, why don't
you like women? Joe with no responses.

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At one point, Hammering thinks you
hear someone say hi, Karen,

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but there's no Karen in our group, maybe saying overprivileged women quid being a

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Karen. I don't think that they're
really I'm familiar with today's term of hearing,

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so they might not. Shortly after
Hammering and her husband purchased the hotel,

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he was cutting wood in broad daylight
when he yelled for his wife.

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He wouldn't say why he called my
name. I thought he cut himself,

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Hammerling says, But three weeks and
three drinks later, he admitted that he

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had been spooked by the sight of
a mysterious woman who appeared next to him.

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And he's a skeptic, or was
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Hammerling says. In the hotel's great
room, stacks of composition notebooks contained the

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notes from previous guests. Had a
lovely New Year's Eve in Anna's room.

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Anna and Tim Wright awakened at dawn
by the scratching at the window a friendly

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squirrel or question mark. Another page
contains a sketch of one of the hotel's

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beds. An arrow points to the
figure looming nearby, the guests nearby,

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and the guest rights she is always
watching, whether someone is watching or not.

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When one am rolls around, I
am ready for bed. I slide

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under the covers, close my eyes, and fall asleep quickly. Around two

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thirty eight m however, I jolt
awake. My heart is racing and my

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body is racked with hills. I
switched on the light and pile on more

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covers, but my teeth keeps chattering
uncontrollably. I take deep breaths and eventually

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fall back into a fifthful sleep,
but the light stays on until morning.

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I've done that a couple times.
Yes, we have where we've turned on

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the light and left it on all
night until morning. Yep. Getting ice

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cold breath in your face in the
middle of the night, yep, I'll

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do it. That'll do it.
But I think honestly the story brings out

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from really good points about not provoking, being respectful, yep, the one

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not going on a ghost on inebriated
in any way exactly, not to mention,

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it's just dangerous trying to walk around
in the dark. I mean,

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you know, sober and trying to
do it a drunk would be like hazardous.

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Well not only that, but you
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Yeah, that's that's never good,
never good. So honestly, I highly

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recommend if anyone wants to go stay
at this hotel. It is open and

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they do take they do take reservations
and you can go check them out.

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Yeah. If any of our listeners
have stayed at this hotel or have seen

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it, known about it, and
have any extra information, let us know,

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let us know, share and as
always, stay ghost to my peach.

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My name is Brenda and I'm the
crater and host of the podcast Horrifying

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History. Are you into the dark
side of History? Horrifying History tells you

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about the side of history that people
don't normally talk about. We tell the

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tale of haunted places, infamous true
crimes, the paranormal, unsolved mysteries,

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and then we look to history to
see where the truth actually lies. Do

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you know what our listeners ask me
the most. What they want to know

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is do I believe in ghosts?
I understand why I'm asked this, After

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all, I do tell spooky stories
every Wednesday. But since I do not

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tell people what they should believe in
or not, many are not so sure

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where I personally sit concerning this debate. So today is the day I come

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clean to you all. I'm a
believer. It would be hard for anyone

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to find a person who worked in
frontline healthcare like I have who doesn't believe

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in some sort of continuation after death. But let's just say, my spooky

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friends, I have seen some very
strange things. But my belief in spirits

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did not come from my chosen career. It actually came when I was very

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young, But at the time I
had no understanding of what I saw.

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It wasn't until I became older that
I came to understand what I saw one

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summer day when I was three years
old, and that is where our story

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starts today. I grew up in
a farm on the northeastern side of the

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province of Alberta in Canada. As
an adult, I see my childhood as

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one of two ways, full of
blessings and full of danger. As a

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kid, I was allowed to run
and play as far as my eye could

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see. Animals were my best friends, and when I hit the edge of

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my parents' farm, I could just
keep walking and hit my parental grandparents' house.

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They lived nearby. My grandparents' home
was my second home. Now.

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As for the danger, this is
something that every single kid who grew up

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on a farm understands as an adult. There are sharp and pointy things everywhere,

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poisonous chemicals, wild animals, and
very little direct parental supervision. This

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ruled our lives alongside hard work.
Now, personally, I have no idea

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how I survived childhood, and the
story I'm about to tell you should have

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ended me, but instead it put
me on a lifelong path to try to

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learn more of what happens after we
die. So, as I said,

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our tale starts when I was three
years old. For those of you who

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were not raised on a farm,
children are free labor. It doesn't matter

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how old or young you are,
you are expected to help out. So

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on the day in question, my
dad was in the middle of breaking new

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land. So just you all know
what this consists of. Machinery is used

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to repout any of the trees that
are standing. Then comes the process of

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removing any tree roots rocks that could
cause damage to future farm equipment. You

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have to pick those roots and rocks. This is back breaking work, even

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for a three year old. Roots
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But my dad gave me my very
first little hatchet and a pair of little

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work gloves and told me to go
with my mom and siblings to pick some

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rocks and roots. It was the
first time that I was included, so

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I was pretty excited to be part
of the big kids club. So out

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that day we went to the fields. At the end of the day,

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I was honestly filthy, but pretty
proud of myself. Then my dad told

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my brother and sister and I to
jump into the bucket attached to the front

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of the tractor so we can travel
home for our farm. Kid Riding in

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the bucket of a tractor was our
version of an amusement park. I happily

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jumped in while I heard my dad
tell my older brother and sister to watch

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me. But let's be honest here, my spooky friends, if you had

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smaller brothers or sisters, I'm pretty
sure that your parents asked you to watch

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your siblings. We all know,
though, that the older ones do not

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watch the younger ones as much as
a parent may hope. So as I

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climbed into that bucket, I knew
that maybe I could get away with some

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stuff. You see, I had
a plan in what my three year old

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brain thought was fabulous. When my
dad would start driving the tractor, I

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would stand on top of a huge
rock that he placed in that bucket.

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That way I can see in all
directions, I would be the queen of

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the farm. But, as you
guys probably guessed, this was an amazingly

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bad plan, rocks don't have seat
belts. So as this tractor started to

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move, I climbed on top that
rock and quickly looked to the right.

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Yep, just as planned, my
brother and sister were totally ignoring everything I

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was doing. I decided that this
was my time to stand up, and

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as soon as I did, that
tractor hit a bump. The next thing

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I remember seeing was the underside of
the tractor's engine. As I hit the

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ground, I was run over by
the front left tire of the tractor,

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and then I saw the huge dual
tires coming for me. Next, I

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turned my head to the left and
the tractor skidded to a stop, with

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those big tires stopping just as they
touched my body. Then I saw my

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mom and dad at my side,
and let's just say they were totally freaking

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out. After all, they kind
of just ran their kid over with a

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tractor. So after they started the
poking and the prodding and asking if I

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was okay, I asked them a
question. You see, as I hit

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the ground and was run over by
the first tire, I saw a man

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standing behind the tractor. He looked
exactly like my dad, with a couple

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of differences. My dad and I
shared the same hair color black, but

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this man's hair was snow white.
My dad would always wear jeans and a

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flannel shirt. This guy was wearing
pants that looked like they were from the

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nineteen forties. They were woolen with
a sharp pleat in the front of the

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leg. He also wore suspenders,
and my dad never wore suspenders. This

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guy also wore a white, ironed
long sleeved shirt, and my dad he

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was all about the plaid. So
I asked my parents, who's the man

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behind the tractor. My mom and
dad then told me nobody was there,

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what was I talking about? But
I was insistent there was a man there,

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so I started to tell my parents
what he looked like. They promptly

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brought me to the hospital, positive
that I hadn't acquired brain injury. They

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also said that I would never ride
in the bucket of a tractor again,

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and the horror of losing this privilege
made me stop talking about the man behind

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the tractor, but I didn't forget
him. I also knew what I saw

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that day was true, but I
didn't bring it up to my parents.

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After all, would you want to
be reminded about the day that you ran

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over your own child with a tractor. So as I started to get older,

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I thought about this man less and
less. I finally came to the

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conclusion that this would just remain a
mystery, and now I think that,

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well, maybe that wasn't the plan
at all. One of my favorite places

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to play as a child was in
an old house that was located in the

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same yard as my proturn, an
old grandparents' house. This was my place

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to hide out if I need to
escape some chores or just to have some

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time for myself. It was a
handmade log cabin that had a porch on

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the front of it. On that
porch was a porch swing, which I

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would sit in for hours and just
watch the day pass by. When I

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was about six years old, I
went out to sit on that swing.

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I looked down and saw something shine
from one of the small spaces that was

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between the planks of the boards.
So I got down to take a look

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and found what I thought was a
coin. It was oxidized and it had

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a picture of a man carrying a
boy on his shoulder on one side.

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On the other side of this coin
it said, I'm a Catholic. In

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case of emergency, call a priest. Now I thought this was hilarious,

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and I couldn't help but think that, you know, I'd rather call an

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ambulance. But it was that very
second that I knew that this coin would

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be my good luck charm, and
it honestly was. For every quiz or

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school test that I did, that
coin was in my pencil case. If

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I went on a trip, the
coin was in my pocket. Every major

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life event, that coin was with
me. It was with me one summer

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day when I was about eight years
old. So I was walking through that

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same old house when I saw something
in the back of a closet. It

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was a book and it had a
snap closing it and when I opened it

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up, I realized what I had
was a book of photo negatives. So

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I took them up to my mom, who then took them to a professional

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to develop. When my mom came
home with the pictures, I started to

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take a look at them, and
this was when I immediately stopped in shock.

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There was a man in these photos, and that man was the man

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that was standing behind the tractor.
Same hair, same clothes, and he

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looked just like my father. I
looked towards my mom to get some sort

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of explanation behind this, and this
is where I learned about my grandfather.

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Now, my father was actually named
after his dad. For the tale.

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Today, we're going to call him
Frank. Now, Frank met my father's

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mother when she was sixteen. There
was a little bit of an age difference,

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but back then that didn't matter.
The two were smitten, so after

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courting, the two decided to get
married and start their lives together on that

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very same farm that was attached to
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So Frank and Grandma farmed their lamb
together and had four children. The first

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died at the age of six months
from a childhood illness. The second became

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Frank Junior, and that was my
dad Frank. He and my grandmother had

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two more boys together before tragedy struck. One day, Frank felt like he

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was coming down with the flu,
so he told my grandmother that he was

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going to go out and get some
farm work done since he was pretty sure

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he'd be sick for the next couple
days. So after he came back home

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to have some lunch, Frank went
outside to do what he did after every

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meal. He lit up a cigarette
and sat on the porch swing of the

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house he shared with my grandmother to
smoke it. The house in question was

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that abandoned house that stood behind my
grandmother's the very house that I spent my

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childhood playing in. While sitting on
the very swing that I would spend hours

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on, Frank had a massive heart
attack. He didn't survive, and my

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dad lost his father at the age
of nine years old. His body was

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discovered by my grandmother and the entire
family was devastated. The local community came

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to Frank's funeral, and my grandmother
had him buried with a cowboy hat that

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he loved to wear. But there
was one thing missing. You'll hear about

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that in a few minutes. But
first I had to tell you about some

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very big realizations I had in this
moment. Now. The first one was

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that my grandfather, who I thought
was directly related to me as my father's

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father, was not. So several
days after this, I went to speak

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to my grandfather Mike, about all
this. He was able to tell me

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another part of the story. So
after the death of my grandfather Frank,

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he heard about what happened through community
gossip. Mike and his siblings grew up

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near my grandma and they were all
old school friends. So when he heard

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about how his friend was now a
widow with three small boys, he and

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his brothers knew that they had to
go and help her out, So they

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would all regularly go to my grandmother's
house to help her farm the land.

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Now, I'm going to directly quote
my grandfather Mike here in what he said

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next, after a couple of years, I became the luckiest man in the

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world when your grandmother and I fell
in love. Not only I gained my

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beautiful wife, but a whole family
at once. There is no difference between

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the children that your grandmother and I
had together and the ones she brought into

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our marriage. Your dad and all
our kids are just that all of my

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kids. You are no different than
any other of our grandkids, since we

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love you with all our hearts.
Now, honestly, I still miss my

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grandfather Mike every single day of my
life. Now on to the second realization

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I had. It was that my
parents both believed me the day I got

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run over by that tractor that my
grandfather Frank came to visit after they heard

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what I was telling them in the
field that day, they knew what I

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was saying was true. I didn't
know anything about Frank at that time,

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and I never saw a picture of
him, but they both were not only

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freaked out that they ran over their
kid, but that my dad's dead father

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came over to ensure that I was
okay. Many of you likely think that

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this may have freaked me out a
bit, but it didn't. It kind

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of made me feel pretty loved.
After all, a man who was dead

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for years came back to see if
I was okay. I felt like there

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was somebody for protecting me, but
I didn't actually realize how much until years

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later. So, when I was
about eighteen years old, my sister told

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me that a local antique expert was
coming into town. She said that I

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should take my lucky coin to find
out what it is and solve that mystery.

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So I brought it to the store
hosting that antique expert and he inspected

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it. He told me that it
wasn't a coin, it was a pendant.

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He said that he could see the
area to wear a chain that held

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it to that pendant snapped. So. Saint Christopher was a martyr that was

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killed in the third century, and
the most famous legend about him is that

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one day he carried a child who
was unknown to him across a river.

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As he carried the child, the
child got heavier and heavier, and soon

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he was struggling, but Saint Christopher
was determined to help this child and got

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him to the side of the river
safely. This is when the child revealed

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themselves to be christ and this is
why Saint Christopher is the patron saint for

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travelers. After hearing this tale,
I decided to go get this Saint Christopher

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pendant cleaned up and fixed to be
in its original form, so when I

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went to pick it up, I
was able to see it clearly that it

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was jewelry. So when I started
looking for a chain to put it on,

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I quickly decided to put on a
thick silver rope chain the jewelry.

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He questioned my choice, saying that
that chain it kind of looked a bit

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masculine. I thanked him for his
opinion, but for some reason, that

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chain looked like it belonged to the
peace. I soon left the store with

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my new good luck pendant on a
chain around my neck. So several weeks

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later, it was Christmas Day and
I was really excited to go see my

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father's mother. I hadn't seen my
grandmother for a couple months at this time,

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and I really missed her. So
when I walked into the house that

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day. The way she looked at
me made me want to turn around and

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run away. She quickly opened her
arms to me and then dropped him and

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stared at me in shock. She
pointed directly to my chest and said,

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where did you get that? I
looked down to see my pendant, and

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I told her the story what happened. This is when I was given the

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rest of the story. When my
grandfather Frank fell to the ground off that

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porch swing, he was wearing that
same pendant. He wore it every day,

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and on this day, the chain
broke as he fell to the porch

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having the heart attack. After he
passed away, my grandma searched the area

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around and under the deck for this
pendant. She was able to find the

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chain, but not the pendant.
Now, she was heartbroken and felt,

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well, that's the end of the
story. But she never expected that,

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over forty years later, that she
would just turn around and see this pendant

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on the neck of her granddaughter.
She also never expected it to be what

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looked like on the exact same chain
that Frank wore the pendant with. At

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this point, I was honestly in
shock. So my grandma then quickly got

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up and she went to her bedroom. She pulled out that original chain,

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and it was a rope chain that
was the same length and appeared to look

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like the one that I wore.
I immediately took this off and I tried

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to give it back to Grandma,
and she refused it, and she said,

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this was clearly not meant for me. It was meant for you.

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Frank clearly wanted his granddaughter to wear
it, So please always wear this with

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pride. So to this day,
I wear this pendant every time I'm worried

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or stress. I wear it when
I travel. But I did make one

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change to this pendant on this chain
now sits the pendant with a gold ring.

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00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:59.599
I received this ring after my grandmother
died, and it was her original

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00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:04.039
wedding with Frank, So when I
received it, I knew it had to

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go on the chain with Frank's pendant. That day was the first day that

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these two items have been together since
August of nineteen forty seven. If there's

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one thing that I do know is
that my grandparents are with me always,

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and that Frank has been watching over
me my entire life, even when I

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do really stupid things like getting run
over by a tractor. Thank you all

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for listening to the story of my
grandparents. Now, if you want to

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it's Arara from Burnt Marshmellow's Cozy Mysteries. You may recognize my voice from

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Murder Murder News, but I have
a new ish podcast asked for those of

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you that really love Who Done It? And spooky campfire style stories. In

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today's story, I had a ghost
story for you called Home. Olivia's French

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bulldog, Tator, was the epitome
of canine contentment, his jowls flapping gently

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in the wind as he hung his
head out the car window. Olivia stole

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a glance at her furry companion and
managed a weak smile. I'm glad one

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of us is excited for this drive, she said, her voice carrying a

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mixture of exhaustion and resignation. Driving
through the familiar streets of Maplewood, Olivia

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was engulfed by a tidal wave of
memories. Each won a sharp pang of

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nostalgia and regret. The town held
fragments of her past, fragments she had

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00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:52.559
desperately tried to forget. Spotting the
school, she remembered all the times her

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mother had forgotten to pick her up. She recalled the last glimpse of her

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00:34:57.719 --> 00:35:04.320
father at the waffle house, his
face etched with sadness before he disappeared from

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her life. The death of her
mother hadn't come as a surprise. Her

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mother had been struggling with alcohol use
since Olivia was a child, seeking solace

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in a bottle as her life unraveled, and now returning to clear out her

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00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:24.960
late mother's house after her passing,
it felt like stepping back into a nightmare

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she had once managed to escape the
house. A weathered structure from Olivia's childhood

491
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loomed ahead. The grass and the
yard had grown untamed, the once vibrant

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garden reduced to wild, overgrown chaos. On the porch, there was an

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old wooden chair, weathered by countless
storms, marking her mother's favorite smoking corner.

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Despite the passage of years, Maplewood
hadn't stood still. A rush of

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new families had flood it into town
during the lockdowns, fleeing the nearby city

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in search of refuge and space.
Their arrival had inflated property values, turning

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what was once a modest home into
an unexpected windfall. Olivia tried to find

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solace in this fact, knowing that
selling the house would at the very least

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bring some positive change. As Olivia
put the car in park, a message

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hopped up on her phone. It
was her partner, Eric. He asked,

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how's the drive? How are you
holding up? Olivia quickly typed back,

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just got here, miss you already. She took a deep breath as

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Tater handed excitedly next to her.
All right, I guess we got to

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work cut out for us. Olivia
rolled her suitcase to the front door and

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00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:54.480
found the key her mother had hidden
under a cracked flower pot. Inside the

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house carried the unmistakable scent of mustiness. Despite her mother's mental health struggles and

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alcoholism, it was surprisingly tidy.
She set out a bowl of water for

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Tater and decided to start the daunting
task of packing, beginning with her old

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room. Stepping into her childhood sanctuary, it was like entering a time capsule.

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Posters, a bikini kill and hole
adorned the walls faded relics from her

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teenage years. She couldn't help but
giggle at the sight of her old closet

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filled with an impressive amount of satin
and silver attire in the two thousands.

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Just then, as Olivia sorted through
the nostalgia clutter, she heard the front

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door slowly creak open, and Tater
darted out, barking furiously. Panic Cryptolivia

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00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:52.480
and her eyes scanned the room for
something that could be used as a makeshift

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weapon. Her gaze landed on a
hand mirror resting on her old vanity,

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and she slowly crept out into the
living room. As she rounded the corner

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of the hallway, she saw a
shadowy figure ahead. Her heart raised,

519
00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:14.239
but then she heard a familiar voice, Hello, is someone in here?

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It was Missus Jenkins, the neighbor. Relieved, Olivia said, Missus Jenkins,

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you nearly give me a heart attack. Missus Jenkins startled, letting out

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a gasp. Olivia, I could
say the same to you. What are

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you doing back in town, Olivia
replied, I've decided to sell the house.

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I'm just here packing things up.
Missus Jenkins, her face mark with

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concerns, said I'm sorry to hear
about your mom. How are you holding

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up? Olivia replied with a sigh. I'm hanging in there. I'm just

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ready to put all this behind me. Missus Jenkins nodded sympathetically. Well,

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Olivia, you let me know if
you need anything. All right, I'll

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let you get back to work.
Feeling the pangs of hunger, Olivia wandered

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into the kitchen, hoping to find
something edible. She swung open the fridge

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door, only to be met with
a nauseating stench of rotting food. Among

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the grim contents, she spotted a
box of Trigger Joe's wine and thought to

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00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:23.480
herself, why not. She poured
herself a glass, took a sip of

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the wine, and started tossing spoiled
food into the trash can. As Olivia

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worked her way through the kitchen sipping
wine, she suddenly heard Tater's low growl.

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She went to investigate and found him
at the top of the stairs,

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staring down at the darkness. She
called him back, and, with a

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sense of trepidation, turned on the
light to investigate the basement carefully Descending the

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00:39:52.800 --> 00:40:00.079
creaking stairs, Olivia found herself in
a dimly lit space. Her eyes i

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settled on the washer and dryer and
some clothes her mother had left hanging downstairs.

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There was an eerie stillness to the
basement, broken only by the distant

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hum of the appliances. Suddenly,
the overhead light flickered and then went out

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entirely. She quickly grabbed her phone
and turned on the light to scan the

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basement, but nothing seemed out of
place. Olivia made her way back upstairs.

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She closed and locked the basement door, telling herself Peter was just doing

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weird things dogs do. She then
continued her assessment at the house, mentally

547
00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:45.280
calculating how many boxes she would need
and what items might fetch a decent price

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00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:50.880
and a garage sale. As she
entered her mother's bedroom, Olivia found herself

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standing before the medicine cabinet. She
couldn't help but linger over the array of

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prescription bottles. There were medications for
blood pressure, diuretics for cirrhosis, and

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antipsychotics for schizophrenia. Olivia knew her
mother had been diagnosed with schizophrenia later in

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life, after she had started hearing
voices around the house. She had been

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convinced the house was haunted that Olivia
had never experienced anything unusual in the house

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during her own childhood. After her
trip to Loew's, Olivia returned home ready

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to die back into packing away the
old memories. The trader Joe's wine became

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her reluctant companion as she sitted through
the remnants of her past. The next

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morning, she awoke abruptly on the
couch to the sound of her phone buzzing.

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Groggy with a pounding headache, she
answered Hello. Eric's voice came through

559
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on the other end, tinged with
concern. Hey, I thought you were

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going to call last night. Is
everything okay? Olivia's mind raised as she

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tried to piece together last night's events. I'm sorry. I guess I must

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just have had a little bit too
much wine and fell asleep early. Eric's

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00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:09.880
concern deepened. Are you sure you
don't want me to head out there and

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help. Feeling embarrassed about her behavior, Olivia replied, let's say those vacation

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days and do something fun after we
get rid of this house. She hung

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up and headed to the bathroom,
hoping a long, hot shower and some

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00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:31.840
ibuprofen would help shake off this hangover. After finding a towel and pouring a

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glass of water, she went to
the medicine cabinet to find pain meds.

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However, as she opened the mirrored
cabinet, her blood ran cold. There

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00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:51.840
Scrawled in an eerie handwriting were the
words I'm still here. Panicked course through

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her as she looked around, searching
under beds and in closets. Had someone

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00:42:57.719 --> 00:43:02.280
broken into the house? Doors were
all locked and there was no sign of

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00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:07.840
forced entry. Was that her hangover
playing tricks on her? She took a

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00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:14.440
deep breath and tried to calm herself. Maybe it was just her imagination or

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00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:20.159
perhaps her mother's presence lingering in the
house. Determined to regain her composure,

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she decided to continue with her morning
routine. The sooner she packed up and

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00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:30.840
left this place behind the better.
As Olivia continued to make her way through

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the house, she found herself and
her mother's closet. Among the colorful assortment

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of caftans that had long been her
mother's uniform. Something on a high shelf

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caught her eye. A set of
journals, neatly lined up and forgotten,

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had remained hidden for years Olivia had
never known her mother to keep a journal,

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and the presence of these intimate writings
felt like a breach of privacy.

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00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:05.239
Nevertheless, she couldn't resist the pull
to take a look. She sat on

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the edge of the bed, Tater
happily joining her, offering his belly to

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00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:14.880
be pet. Olivia chose one of
the journals, and with a mixture of

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00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:21.239
curiosity in trepidation, she opened it. The entries she found within were deeply

587
00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:29.119
disturbing. Her mother had documented her
descent into alcoholism and harrowing detail. The

588
00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:32.880
entries painted a picture of her feeling
like she was losing her memories of her

589
00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:39.039
yearning to stop to feel healthy again. However, what disturbed Olivia the most

590
00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:45.119
was the revelation of how long her
mother had been dealing with hallucinations. Her

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00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:52.400
mom's words described the unsettling feeling of
being watched, the persistent sensation of someone's

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00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:59.280
presence in the house with her.
She wrote of her struggles with the constant

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00:44:59.360 --> 00:45:05.280
dread that enveloped her, the ever
lingering paranoia that made her question her own

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00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:10.199
sanity. Most heartbreaking of all,
with her mother's belief that no one believed

595
00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:15.199
her, that she was trapped within
a reality that no one else could see.

596
00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:22.719
In these private pages, her mother
had expressed a desperate desire to leave

597
00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:28.360
the house, to escape the force
that seemed to hold her captive. As

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00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:32.719
Olivia read on, she couldn't help
but feel a growing sense of guilt and

599
00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:39.519
sorrow for having not understood the true
extent of her mother's suffering. Returning to

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the boxed wine and the fridge as
she sorted through the belongings, Olivia continued

601
00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:49.840
her work with a sense of melancholy. As the day wore on, the

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00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:54.079
wine began to take its toll,
and Olivia, tipsy and weary, settled

603
00:45:54.119 --> 00:46:00.400
on the couch to watch a movie. The soothing familiarity of the the film

604
00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:07.400
lulled her into a However, her
slumber was abruptly interrupted by the sound of

605
00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:15.039
Tater growling. Startled, Olivia opened
her eyes to find a shadowy figure bewoman,

606
00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:20.800
hovering above her. The woman's eyes
were naturally cold and dark, devoid

607
00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:25.280
of any trace of humanity. Her
hair glowed with an eerie red hue,

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and her shape seemed to envelop the
room. Fear gripped Olivia, and she

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let out a piercing scream As she
sat up Tater, barking wildly in response.

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But as her senses sharpened and the
adrenaline course threw her, Olivia realized

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that the menacing figure had disappeared.
The room was once again empty, and

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it left her bewildered and shaken.
None of it made any sense. Had

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she been dreaming or had the wine
played tricks on her aready disconcerted mind.

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Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she made her way to the kitchen,

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her hands trembling. Perhaps another glass
of wine would help soothe her nerves

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and bring back a semblance of normalcy. The following morning, Olivia woke up

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feeling utterly exhausted. She had been
plagued by unsettling dreams of the mysterious woman

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hovering above her, her own transformation
into that same and human figure. Her

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head throbbed relentlessly as she staggered into
the kitchen, her eyes falling on a

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forgotten bottle of vodka in a cabinet, She decided to mix a drink,

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hoping it would take the edge off
the events of the past days. In

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an attempt to clear her head,
she repeated her routine of a hot shower

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and ibuprofen hoping to shake off the
lingering effects of yesterday's wine field endeavors.

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As she got dressed and wiped the
steam in the bathroom mirror, her breath

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caught in her throat. Reflected in
the misty glass was the woman from her

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dreams, her eyes devoid of humanity. Olivia let out a scream and stumbled

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back. When she mustered the courage
to look again, her own reflection stared

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back at her normal and unthreatening.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the

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door. Olivia's heart raised as she
opened it, finding Missus Jenkins standing there,

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a look of genuine concern etched on
her face. Is everything all right,

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dear? I heard a scream,
she said, her voice laced with

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worry. Embarrassed and unsure how to
explain what she had seen, Olivia replied,

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oh, just clearing out some old
ghosts from the house. Missus Perkins,

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her expression softening with understanding, said, you know, I never realized

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how much you look like your mother. Olivia glanced down and realized she must

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have unknowingly flipped into one of her
mother's kat fans. Holding a glass of

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wine. Missus Perkins continued, her
tone, gentle, how's the packing,

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going I don't see it for sign
sale yet. Considering her words for a

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moment, Olivia hesitated before finally saying, you know, I've decided not to

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sell. I think I'll stay after
all. Thanks for camping up with Burnt

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Marshmellows joined me every Tuesday for another
original story of crime solving, spirits,

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urban legends, Bigfoot, We've got
it all. Happy Halloween, spooky friends.

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Hi guys, I'm Courtney the host
of the Book of the Dead podcast,

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a true crime podcast focusing on lesser
known crimes and unsolved cases. But

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today I have for you with different
story, the story of a haunting that

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inspired a movie. This is the
story of the Han in Connecticut. The

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Sneteker family were like any other family
in America, middle class, comprised of

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a mom Karen, her husband Alan, and their four children, Philip,

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Bradley, Alan Junior, and Jennifer. Carmen's niece Tammy also lived with them.

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When their son Philip was very young, he was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma

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and because of his diagnosis, the
Senetickers traveled long distances to the University of

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Connecticut hospital for treatment. Obviously,
this takes quite a toll on a family

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all of that traveling, so they
looked for a house closer to the hospital.

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Soon they found what looked like the
perfect home, a historic building on

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two o eight Merridan Avenue in Southington, Connecticut. It was five bedrooms,

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two bathrooms with plenty of space for
a large family. So on June thirtieth,

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nineteen eighty six, the Sneteckers moved
in. Things went well for a

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while. They moved in with no
issue, The children picked their bedrooms,

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and their belongings were loaded into the
house. Everything was fine until Carmen made

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a very disturbing discovery in the basement
of the home. Among the dusts and

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the cobwebs were funerary items, equipment
for embombing, and other materials that were

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needed to run a mortuary. Carmen
claims that they had no idea that the

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home was once a funeral parlor,
that when they toured the home, she

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couldn't even enter the basement because renovators
and contractors had blocked the basement door.

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The home's owner, Daryl Kern,
confirmed that the home was indeed a funeral

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parlor at one point, a funeral
parlor called the Hallahan funeral home, and

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it was in operation for decades prior
to becoming a residential building. However,

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he claims that he did in fact
tell the family that it was a funeral

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home. This revelation did not stop
Philip and Bradly for claiming the basement as

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their own bedroom. They wanted a
private space, and this was a big

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area with plenty of room for the
two of them compared to the bedrooms in

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the upper floors. According to legend, they reportedly slept in the casket room

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down the hall from where the embombings
were conducted, but the family would not

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know peace. From the first night
that they stayed in their new home.

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The paranormal activity started almost immediately as
soon as the sun set, and Philip

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was their primary target. Carmen claimed
that Philip would see a young man with

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long black hair, and this man
would talk to Philip every day. Sometimes

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he would threaten Philip, other times
he would stand and watch him. Other

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00:52:46.320 --> 00:52:52.519
times he would say his name,
terrifying him. Soon enough, however,

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the activity spread to other family members
and it wasn't just a ghostly apparition watching

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or speaking to them. Carmen claimed
that while she mocked the floor, the

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water turned into blood and smelled like
rotting flesh. But most shocking was the

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claim that Carmen and Allan had unknown
forces assaulting them in the night. And

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they say that when this started,
the apparitions took a deeper interest in Philip.

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Soon enough, his personality began to
change. He was irritable and reckless

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and cruel, so cruel to his
siblings. He locked his brother in a

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chest and walked away. He would
spin his brother Bradley on a gurney over

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and over again until Bradley begged and
begged and begged him to stop. Finally,

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the attacks from Philip escalated and he
attacked Tammy and he was forcibly hospitalized

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for forty five days, eventually being
diagnosed with schizophrenia after he confided in them

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about the entities that he was.
Finally, the Snettekers sent Philip away to

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live with some relatives, and Philip
got better. He stopped hearing voices,

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stopped seeing spirits, but the Snetekers
still lived in fear, so they contacted

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Edin, Lorraine Warrant, paranormal investigators, clairvoyance and demonologists, as well as

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a priest to do an exorcism in
the home. On September sixth, nineteen

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eighty eight, they claim a priest
performed an exorcism on the house, and

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the family reported that the paranormal activity
just stopped. After two years in the

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home, they finally moved out and
never returned, but the Roman Catholic Church

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claims that they never once authorized an
extorcism to be conducted. The Snetekers went

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public with their experiences before they even
left their home, but Darryl Kern notes

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that this paranormal activity that they claimed
was so rampant only seemed to to escalate

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when the family was behind on their
rent. Even their neighbors believed it to

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be a hoax, claiming that the
family was happy whenever they were outside,

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not the terrified neighbors that they claim
to be, and even Philip's friends said

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that Philip was quite the storyteller.
No always had to be the center of

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tension. Now some people still debate
whether or not this story is true,

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but even if it's not, the
story of the haunting in Connecticut and the

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Senetica family themselves are part of one
of the greatest ghost stories in American history.

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Hello, my name's Jazmic Castile and
I am the host of Hands Up

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my podcast. My podcast covers I
think true crime cases of people of color

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and the queer community, and I
will be talking about the haunted Docky Lady

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Bridge in Texas. Now, San
Antonio has its very own unamother that hides

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out under a mysterious country bridge.
The Old Apple White Bridge is only about

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half an hour's drive away south from
downtown San Antonio. This bridge is locally

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known as the Donkey Lady Bridge.
It is reported that the Donkey Lady Bridge

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is haunted by the ghost of a
woman who was disfigured in a fire.

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As such, it has become a
local landmark steeped in folklore and urban legend.

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Located on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, this bridge is a

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source of intrigue and mystery. Her
story dates back to at least nineteen fifties,

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but it could be even earlier,
as far back as the eighteen hundreds.

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However, the versions of the story
are largely consistent, with only minor

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invariations, just like the typical folklore. There are several versions of the legend

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of the Donkey Lady. One tells
the story of a woman whose husbands started

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a fire in their house. This
fire kills their two children and the husband.

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The wife was left horribly disfigured.
The most common version of the legend

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tells of a woman who lived on
a farm with her husband and a donkey.

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The woman was said to be cruel
to the donkey, often beating and

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00:57:15.519 --> 00:57:20.440
neglecting its care. One night,
the husband, enraged by his wife's mistreatment

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00:57:20.480 --> 00:57:23.440
of the animal, set fire to
the home. The woman was caught in

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the blaze and was severely burned,
her face becoming disfigured beyond recognition, and

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some of these other versions of the
story, her soul merged with that of

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her domesticated donkey and others. She
is said to have been driven mad by

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the fire and now roams the area
around the bridge, attacking anyone who dares

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to cross it. Legend says that
when her physical injuries healed, her face

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00:57:47.719 --> 00:57:52.679
was saggy and her fingers had fused
together, making them look like hoods.

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Thus she earned the name Donkey Lady. Legend says that she went crazy morning

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00:58:00.119 --> 00:58:04.519
the deaths of her children and remain
in the area of Bear County. She

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haunts the swampy land near the bridge
called the Donkey Lady Bridge. Another spin

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off on this folklore is that a
traveler started the fire. Ableegedly, a

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00:58:16.360 --> 00:58:22.039
wealthy merchant's son was passing by the
farm when he began to tease a horse

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or mule on the property. In
response, the animal bit him. He

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00:58:25.719 --> 00:58:30.280
then proceeded to beat the animal until
the woman and her husband heard the creature's

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cries. They ran outside and through
rocks of the sun who ran away,

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00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:44.039
shouting that he would get revenge that
night, he returned with an angry mob

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00:58:44.360 --> 00:58:50.559
and set the haunts ablaze. The
woman emerged from a fire. Though many

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00:58:50.599 --> 00:58:53.760
of the details about the Donkey Ladies
are not agreed upon, they all hold

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00:58:53.800 --> 00:59:00.400
the Donkey Lady haunts the area around
Elm Creek and the bridge that runs over

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00:59:00.719 --> 00:59:04.920
Elm Creek. Those who have ventured
near the bridge at night have reported hearing

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00:59:05.039 --> 00:59:08.639
strange noises, such as the braying
of a donkey or the woman's wails.

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Some have even claimed to have seen
her apparition, a figure with a donkey's

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00:59:15.519 --> 00:59:20.599
head and glowing eyes. According to
local lore, if you visit the bridge

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00:59:20.599 --> 00:59:23.719
after dark and call out her name
three times, she will appear before your

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00:59:23.800 --> 00:59:30.719
eyes. Although there are no solid
proof that this mythical creature exists, many

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00:59:30.760 --> 00:59:36.719
people have reported seeing her in the
swampy overgrown bog surrounding the bridge. Now,

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00:59:36.760 --> 00:59:39.280
if you are brave enough to visit
the Donkey Lady Bridge, be sure

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00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:44.000
to do so with caution. It
is important to be aware of the dangers

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00:59:44.000 --> 00:59:47.920
of trespassing on private property. The
bridge is located on a working ranch,

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00:59:49.360 --> 00:59:53.360
and the landowners have been known to
call the police on trespassers. Some visitors

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00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:58.119
to the bridge claim to have spotted
a person with a donkey's face. Other

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00:59:58.239 --> 01:00:02.760
reported finding hoof like in dentations on
their car. Many claim to hear the

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01:00:02.800 --> 01:00:07.800
sound of rushing hoofs. Some visitors
don't claim to see anything on the Donkey

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01:00:07.840 --> 01:00:13.079
Lady Bridge, but they do feel
like they're being watched. Most of the

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stories include damage to their cars,
blood on the windshields, and visions of

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a woman with a deformed head and
hoof like hands. Locals and visitors alike

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01:00:22.199 --> 01:00:29.239
tell these stories like this story.
The father and his two sons were terrified

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as they watched the strange creature approach
their truck. After quickly gathering their camping

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01:00:34.440 --> 01:00:37.000
gear, The father told us boys
to jump in the truck as fast as

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01:00:37.039 --> 01:00:42.320
they could. The creature was now
on the windshield, pounding it with its

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deformed hands and shrieking at them.
Reacting quickly, the father slammed on the

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brakes, which sent the beasts flying
off their vehicle. With a sigh of

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01:00:51.960 --> 01:00:57.400
relief, they drove away from this
frightening encounter. Eventually, the donkey Lady

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01:00:57.400 --> 01:01:01.320
retreated into the woods. When the
father and son return, no one would

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01:01:01.360 --> 01:01:07.519
believe their story until they saw the
truck with its broken windshield, dented hood,

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01:01:07.679 --> 01:01:13.480
and scratched paint. The folklor is
worth reading about, and the trailheads

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01:01:13.559 --> 01:01:19.559
around the bridge are a lovely visit. Just be aware if the donkey Lady

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doesn't get you, the ivy snakes
and farrow hogs might. Thank you for

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joining us for dark Cast Networks Wicked
Week. Join us tomorrow for spooky true

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01:01:32.159 --> 01:01:37.760
crime stories again. I'm Gina from
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01:01:37.840 --> 01:01:44.719
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