Listener Tale 106 : Comfy Queens

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[01:43] we are off to a fucking iconic start to be honest i don't think it's ever started that hot and heavy 2026 2026 um whoa wow i forgot all the things i was gonna say to you yeah um we're just comfy queens today we are comfy [02:05] Queens. So pause what you're doing. If you're driving, like, pause safely and get comfy and then resume. [02:13] being a queen and be a queen or a king whatever you prefer whatever you feel um or theme [02:19] There you go. So we wanted to read you some haunted-ass listener tales today, because it's been a while, I think, since we did, like... [02:25] a purely haunted one. Which is weird that this is... [02:29] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Nicholas knew that. Nicholas agreed. Um, that's weird. It's weird that this is the one we chose for today. Like we're like, you know what? Haunted houses. Let's go with that. And Nicholas is like, I'm here. [02:59] Nicholas but it was like the wrong voice and Aiden was like okay Nicole because it was a like a woman's voice and then when Nicholas came on he was he said like a bunch of things and then he said Nicole [03:11] I can't get over that. And he said so much and now he's just being quiet. I know. And it's really dark in here. Because one of the last things he said was stressed. Yeah.

[03:19] It was after Mikey screamed. I think he's like, I'm stressing you guys out. Sorry. Yeah, maybe. We haven't done a Listener Tales episode in a little while. Yeah. Like, recorded one. It's been, like, over a month. So I think he's, like, he had a lot to say. [03:33] He was like, we haven't hung out in a while. Like, let's do this. That was genuinely terrifying. That was really scary. Wow. All right. What other things do we have to tell you? We're really trying to get sponsored by soda. Yeah. I really... Generally soda. Soda. Across the board. I want Olipop. Listen, listen, Brands, you get the first one free. First one free, Dr. Pepper. We want Olipop and Dr. Pepper. Eye contact. Oh, okay. [04:01] okay to sponsor us you got that i think you have to take a sip after you cheers or it's bad luck and i didn't hear that anywhere it's just my intuition i believe you okay thanks i'm gonna go with it so yeah i actually just spent like so much money directly at the olipop store because i couldn't find the shirley temple flavor anywhere i love that i did buy a case of 12 i really like that commitment yeah i got the orange cream too i love orange cream anything me too sorry i was [04:31] Pure uncomfortability. It was spooky up in this bitch. Yeah. [04:37] Wow, I'm all thrown. All right. Let's start, I guess. Let's start. Haunted houses. Haunted houses and haunted morbids and haunted pod labs. Yeah. All right. Well, this one is tale one. Linda, the friendly ghost with slightly possessive tendencies. All right, Linda. Hello. I must start with the obligatory groveling with appreciation for the many hours I have gotten to spend listening to your glorious productions of the most interesting topics that satiate my need for mental stimulation outside of work and motherhood. That was a great sentence.

[05:07] was. I absolutely love delving into crime, haunting, spooky things, and wild stories with you two. Shout out to the molasses flood episode, just what in the hell? That was a crazy one. That was. [05:18] I also absolutely live for your listener tales and thought I might have something interesting to share. Let's take it back and set the scene. My name is Cassie, not Casey, please. And yes, of course, you can use my name and any others mentioned in this story. It's because you said please. Yeah. If you didn't say please, I would have been like, nope, calling you Cassie or Casey, whichever one. Casey. Casey. Call you Casey. We're going to call you Cassie because you're a polite queen. It's true. Queen. So I live in the North Georgia area. [05:48] intimidating. That is intimidating. Dahlonega? [05:52] Yep. Dahlonega, which was the site of a major gold rush and is now a cute little mountain town that is loved for its vineyards, Christmas lights, and is highly visited during leaf-looking season. I feel like that's a Hallmark movie. It sounds like it. Yeah, it feels like. Locals refer to themselves as nuggets. Oh, yeah, this is Hallmark-ian. Is this real? Like gold nuggets, LOL. Also of significance was the Cherokee population that inhabited the area before the gold rush days. [06:22] Correct? [06:23] Oh, look at me. I did it. Is the Cherokee word for gold. Oh, shit. Cool. That makes sense. My husband, Trusten, and I, I'm so hoping that I'm saying that right and just punch me if I'm not, were high school sweethearts and had been engaged since my senior year of high school. I'm obsessed with that. And you said much to the non-delight of my entire family.

[06:43] I was historically a very goody-two-shoe-er type, so it shocked my parents when I moved in with him the day after I graduated high school. We rented-slash-lived with his dad while I decided to pursue the college route. We got married four years later and finally decided, as I was finishing up my last year of college, that it was time we found our own home to start our family in. We didn't have a lot of money, but we were determined to buy a starter home that we could raise at least one or two little kids in for a little while. That's so cute. I will never forget finding our home. [07:11] We saw the house online and initially dismissed it, but one day we just decided to go check out the house. The driveway was a dirt road, not uncommon in our area, but it was not well-maintained. Maintained, I said that weird. Not well-maintained. Maintained. They're not-maintained. Not-maintained. Why were they not-maintaining it? Who would-maintained it? [07:29] You're going to Montana. I bet. [07:34] Okay. [07:35] So would Nicholas. [07:37] Wake up. You were wild. I don't know. Maybe stay asleep. So in fact, we had to park and walk up the driveway because it wasn't untimed. And we weren't even sure that our cars would make it up the hill. We all got to the top of the driveway out of breath and slightly dying. But we go inside and we fall in love with this house. Trusten and I weren't sure why it was in our budget, but assumed it had to do with the difficult driveway. It was very cabiny with large windows that overlooked the trees in the front of our three acre property. That's a lot of acreage. [08:07] We found out that the property was a foreclosure, but we didn't know why. We put an offer in, went through the hideous process of buying the damn thing, and eventually it became our home sweet home. We were so thrilled to have something to call ours and started to move in the moment that we could. Nobody actually tells you how hellacious it is to buy your first home. Oh yeah, the process is wild. Like, of course you're so lucky to be able to buy a home and you appreciate that, duh. But...

[08:30] The underwriting? It's a lot, yeah. The process is what? Underwriting almost took me out several times. I think the process is meant to see if you are strong enough. It is, yeah. They're like only the strong enough. It's nuts. So, and that's a joke. That's a joke. So that's when it all began. We had the windows and doors open as we began to bring items into our new home. Every time we dropped off stuff into the house and then went back outside, as soon as we stepped back outside, bam, bitch went down. Just kidding. The door would slide behind us. Bam, Sid, super bitch. [09:00] sorry I had to finish it you have to [09:02] At first, we thought, eh, just some wind, right? But it happened every single time that we'd go back outside, almost like something wanted us out. We were only moving a few things in to spend the night there as we had a very busy week, so all we really wanted to move in was like a mattress, some charging cords, and some simple toiletry items until we could officially move everything in. We were standing in the kitchen discussing how weird the door situation was when all of a sudden we heard a woman's voice coming from the bedroom down the hallway. We both looked at each other [09:32] Coming from inside of the house. Surely. It must have echoed off the hills outside and through the open windows, right? [09:38] Right. Right. Right. We decided just to ignore it and go sit in the empty living room having a beer to celebrate our accomplishment. You just ignored that? That's crazy. Like that's, that goes crazy. That's when we're watching you on the, what's it called? On the TV? Scary movie on the TV. On the scary movie and we're like, what are you doing? Don't ignore that. Go investigate. Mm hmm. [09:59] So we sat on the floor and started chatting when we realized we were missing one of our dogs. We have two dogs. Both are rescued. One of our pups, Pazzie. That's so cute. Was rescued from a very abusive home. Oh, fuck those people who did that. I'll kill them myself. In fact, when we first brought him into our previous home, I will. You heard animals. I'll bare hand. That's right. It's fine.

[10:21] So when we first brought him into our previous home, he would not get on the couch to sit down and relax. We finally realized this must have meant that he wasn't allowed on the furniture at his old home and was probably abused if he tried to get on the couch. I know. [10:34] I hate that. I know. It took months to finally show him that he was allowed to lay on the couch. And once he finally realized this, he then spent months not wanting to leave the couch. I love that. I love that. Long story short, he eventually opened up to us and never wanted to leave our side. So it was strange that we didn't know where he was in this moment. We started calling him, which he would always respond to, but we couldn't find him inside or outside. We decided to go check our unfinished basement, but the lights were off down there, so we were pretty sure that he wouldn't be down there. [11:03] To our surprise, he was in the basement, in the dark, calmly laying beside a drain in the middle of the room as if it was a long-lost friend. [11:12] What? My husband and I looked at each other like, what the fuck is going on here? Pazzy refused to leave the area until about 30 minutes later, he came back upstairs and laid beside us. [11:23] What a weird start to being homeowners. Yeah, we decided to ignore the weirdness. I mean, we did just sign a 30 year contract. So what were we going to do about it anyways? I mean, there is that underwriting. Not as easy. Fast forward about a month. I was working the night shift on a nursing home in town. It was the weekend and Tristan didn't have to work. So he decided to have a few drinks and play some video games. We're both night owls. So I wasn't surprised to get a text from him around 3 a.m. [11:48] Babe, that's not night owls. That's something. You guys are morning owls. You guys are nocturnal. You might be. I was surprised, however, when he asked if I had ever seen condensation form inside of a house before on only one window area. I thought to myself, he's had a few drinks. He must be messing around slash cuckoo nuts bananas. Yeah. He sent me a picture and I immediately saw what looked like to me in the condensation. A nun kneeling, crying and praying.

[12:18] I want to look at clouds with you. What? [12:22] do you have a picture of this? Yeah. Do we have a picture? We have a picture of this? Okay. Yeah. I called him and I said, do you see what I see? And he said, I see the condensation. And then I told him what I saw. Honestly fair. He eventually saw it too. An hour later, it just disappeared. And we've never had another episode of condensation inside our house just occurring randomly. I can't wait to see this condensation. So what do we do? We pretend we do. We pretend it's no big deal. And we move on. Guys, I'm yelling at you so much. Guys, [12:52] audience i don't know what you're supposed to do but stop ignoring honestly valid i don't know what you're supposed to do either but ignoring it feels crazy but what what do you do i don't know you call ghostbusters i don't know write a story about it here you are yeah so the next weird thing that happened was a few months later trust and lost his wallet and we looked all over the house in the cars in the laundry everywhere we could think of and could not find his wallet we decided [13:22] in the day. We were running late to go to a movie, but decided to double-check our bed sheets since we were chilling on our bed earlier, and he always likes to keep his wallet in his pocket. Brown chicken brown cat. Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh! Just chillin'. Just chillin'. [13:36] We took all the sheets off, shook them out, and made up the bed since we were already moving the sheets around. But time was running out and we still wanted to get to the movie, so we left. When we came home, his wallet was placed in the center of our bed on top of the sheets.

[13:50] We both felt weird about that, but we were highly doubtful with our driveway situation and the remote location of our house that somebody would have actually come into our house. So we decided we possibly had a ghost and she was actually... [14:05] What? He said looking for me. It sounded like he said Wu-Tang for me. And I said, what exactly does that mean? Wu-Tang for me. He said Wu-Tang forever. [14:21] He said, I know you're thinking bone thugs for me at the... What? What did he say? He said not bone thugs for me. [14:35] not likely he really said wu-tang for me he said i have nodded to meet me at the cross listen to you bitch oh my god wu-tang for you you're on one today i really love it so but he did say looking for me question mark so that was more spooky i mean we are always looking for you [15:05] Other than just feeling a little bit unsettled about things moving around and the possibility of some ghost just hanging out, we never felt any fear, so we just continued on. About a year later, I was tidying up the kitchen when I found this random small piece of cut fabric lying on the island in our kitchen. It was fabric that I had never seen before, and being the crafty person in the house, if there was extra fabric laying around, it would have been bought by me.

[15:28] Since I didn't recognize this fabric square thing, I just threw it away. But later that day, my husband and I were getting things out to cook for dinner, and the fabric was on the counter again. I asked my husband, why did you get this out of the trash? Is this something of yours? And he said, what are you talking about? I didn't put that there. [15:45] I picked up the fabric and noticed it was cut from the exact same fabric as the piece that I found earlier, but it was a different shape and a slightly different part of the pattern. I went to get the other piece out of the trash to compare and see if maybe it was the same piece of fabric that randomly fell out of the trash and back onto my kitchen island, because that makes sense. Why not? But the trash had been taken out recently. Okay. [16:07] floor as floor things go so there was no way that it was the same piece of fabric where was this coming from if there was a ghost in the house where was she keeping this fabric and why did she want me to have some [16:19] The house was completely empty when we moved in, so I felt a little uneasy about this mystery fabric. And then I also noticed that the pattern kind of resembled a face, which I will attach this picture to. [16:30] She was literally just saying, if there is a ghost and she's giving me this fabric, why does she want me to have it? [16:38] And he said she hides. Like she was referring to that ghost as a she. And then he just referred to she hides. She hides. [16:44] Okay, he's putting in his guests. Thank you, Nicholas. Said she hides. I would be worried in this scenario that it was somebody living in my walls or attic. Me too. I have the gnarliest chill all of a sudden, and I'm scared. Yeah, I got goose bumpies. Ooh, I feel like that feeling, that's weird in my neck. She hides.

[17:02] Oh, that's ominous. I mean, that was a warm moment. Yeah, I'm continuously warming. Yeah. Weird. [17:09] But alas, life moves on. We put a thumbtack in this fabric and put it on our spiral staircase, as I didn't want it to go missing and more mystery pieces of fabric to show up. I decided I was going to keep my eye on this one. Life continued on, and we could hear bumps in the night, knocking on our headboard occasionally, and, you know, hear a woman's voice every now and then. Oh. [17:28] just, [17:29] you know, very casual things. Just that. Just that. Just that. But we decided to name our friendly ghost Linda. I considered saging the space, but I decided that so far, Linda hadn't been a true issue. I mean, how bad is a ghost if she's finding your husband's wallet and kindly placing it on your bed for you? Honestly. And I really didn't want to piss her off by trying to get rid of her, so I just let it be. We had considered moving, but surprise, I became pregnant, and we decided to stay a little while longer and settle into new parent life. Yay! We paved the [17:59] And we're enjoying our little treehouse cabin. So why not? Yeah. [18:03] I understand. Yeah, Nicholas gets it. He said I understand. Yeah, he said I get it. That was really cute. He's like, you know what? Yeah, that makes sense. That was nuts. And if it makes sense to Nicholas, it makes sense to us. Yeah. [18:15] Unfortunately, the room we heard the woman's voice in often was the only suitable place for a nursery. [18:21] I don't know that you know the definition of suitable. Hmm. [18:24] Hmm. Okay. Scary. It's a choice. I mean, I guess what are you going to do? Like, you can't put a baby in the living room. Well, that's if it's the only suitable place.

[18:33] What are you going to do? Hey, I often wonder if we did Evelyn a disservice by putting her in this room, as it seems like she never slept. Was that because of Linda keeping her awake by creeping around? Or does my baby just have severe FOMO? Probably severe FOMO, I feel. Linda doesn't strike me as someone keeping your baby awake. No, but maybe it wasn't just Linda. Oh. Or maybe it's the FOMO. [18:53] She hides. Either way, the last kind of major event, quote unquote, in the house happened when my daughter was about five months old. It was Thanksgiving morning and Trusten had went out to hunt with his brother while I stayed home with Evelyn. I was asleep when I heard a loud click and looked at the baby monitor and noticed that the light was on. [19:10] My sleep-deprived brain thought, why in the hell would my husband come home and just go flick Evelyn's light on while she was sleeping? Yeah. I'd be pissed. Yeah. But quickly, I realized it had only been 20 minutes since my husband left. So I went in and turned the light off, sent a thanks to God that Ep was still sleeping, and then looked back at the baby monitor recordings to see if I could figure out what exactly was going on. I had a recording of the room being pitch black and then heard that loud click that woke me up. Her room went from pitch black to bright light as if the light switch has been turned on. Nobody there, though. [19:40] flicked up by itself i immediately went into panic mode assuming that somebody had to have done that so i grabbed my gun and tried to find them but i found no one i was a little freaked out over the whole situation and i was overjoyed when my husband finally came home we eventually decided it was time to move closer to our family they were about an hour from our house and began the process of selling

[20:02] We were ready to get a bigger home that could accommodate another kiddo. But weirdly, after starting to discuss selling the house, I started to experience my phone flying off the shelf over my head and smacking me in the face in the middle of the night. This happened multiple times. And then one night I heard, God damn it! And looked over and Tristan's phone was on his face. I said, is this happening to you too? And Tristan said that it happened multiple times over the last week. I said, me too. And we decided Linda was not pleased that we wanted to move. [20:32] We started to only discuss moving when we were not home, and phones stopped being hurled at us in the middle of the night. Linda, if you love us, you gotta let us go. Oh, Linda. We finally moved, found a new house, and then, surprise again, we were pregnant. Yay! Yeah, and this time we were having twins! Babies! Twins! So much babies. Surprise of our life. All the babies. Our new house has had zero activity, making me believe that I was not crazy the whole time, and we truly cohabitated with Linda the ghost for the last five years. Yeah, you did. [21:02] kind of miss her even. Even if she was kind of a douche about us moving out and possibly haunting my firstborn and leaving her with poor sleep habits for life, she never was really out. [21:13] It is difficult. It's difficult to leave someone behind. It is. Yeah. She never really was out to get us, I think. And I never really found out if something happened at that house or if it was just the land, honey. Honey, the land. Honey, the land. [21:26] Was it a Cherokee woman or somehow truly an estranged nun? Was she so nice that my rescued pup loved her so much that he would go sit by her drain in the basement? Maybe. And why? Why buy the drain? Was she so helpful with my husband's wallet but would bring down her wrath via phone slams to our faces when we wanted to move? Where did she keep the fabric all this time? These are valid questions. Anyways, take it away, Ash. Keep it weird, but...

[21:51] Not so weird that condensation appears on your window in the form of a nun crying and praying. [21:57] All right, so here's the condensation. But I do see it. I see the nun. And then Cassie gave us. The nun does not see me. Oh, my God. It actually does, like. Wow, it has a whole face. And, like, a shroud, kind of. Or, like, a, sorry, a habit. A habit. And look, it does look like they're kneeling. Yeah. Yeah. [22:14] We'll have to post this. That's fucking crazy. And you can see the whole face looking up. And it looks like they're crying. Yeah. Yeah. [22:19] Holy shit, we're going to post this. That's actually gnarly. [22:23] Oh, what a weird fabric. [22:25] Huh. [22:25] damn strange fabric that one was nuts oh and their family is so cute [22:31] Oh my god, they're adorable. Look at those babies. I love them. Oh, and the pups. [22:35] Oh, look at those pups! The pups are... [22:38] Maylene and Pazzy. Oh, stop it. Pazzy's on the right. Maylene's on the bottom. Maylene is such a cute name. [22:45] On the couch. That was a good one, Cassie. I think we lived in a haunted house. Damn, Cassie. [22:57] you [22:58] This episode is brought to you by Ashley. Your home should show off who you are. Ashley has styles that balance timeless appeal and modern trends to bring your personal look home. The eye-catching design of Ashley pieces is one thing, but they also offer practical features like stain-resistant performance fabric options that are incredibly durable, super easy to clean. Some pieces even have machine washable cushion covers, obsessed with that. Ashley offers well-crafted, affordable pieces built to stand up to real life,

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[27:11] I have been a huge fanboy from the first listen, as I'm drawn to all things paranormal, and I appreciate how you both breathe humanity into every single story y'all tell. That was so nice. That was really nice. I teach middle and high school English, hell yeah, and creative writing, and I love to write poetry, songs, and short stories in my spare time. Hell yeah. What a creative badass. I always appreciate good storytelling, which drew me into your pod. And while it is high in entertainment value, you also provide some much-needed nutrients for the soul. [27:41] chicken soup. Oh my goodness. Nutrients for the soul, you say. You are a writer. I'm a promoter of things I love, so I managed to get my wife, Kate, and my 16-year-old daughter, Pella, hooked on Morbid as well. I love that name. Family affair. I know Pella's a cool name. And that's awesome. Our cats, Steak and Potato. I'm obsessed. We'll be fans of the pod one day if you ever decide to make a cat version. Meowbid? Meowbid? I kind of love that. I'm obsessed. Meowbid? Meowbid? For as [28:11] I've been a supernatural slut. [28:16] And Nicholas is like, George was too. George was also a supernatural slut. Magnetized towards anything involving ghosts, the paranormal, the unexplained, and unsolved mysteries. That show was my fucking shit when I was younger, and I've been binging the new version too. Hell yeah. Did you also watch that and then Rescue 911, and are you that way because of that? Rescue 911. Rescue 911. I think you were too young. Yeah, I watched Unsolved Mysteries.

[28:41] calls, but they would dramatize them. Oh. [28:45] changed my life and it was always unsolved mysteries and then rescue 9-1-1 and it was it was really traumatizing but like for two hours you were just locked in on the most fucked up shit that was going to ruin your sleep that night damn yeah that lady judy that i used to live with we would watch unsolved mysteries all the time oh see she knew it was up that it like actually just gave me a chill right now what is the red i need to look it up the rescue [29:15] I think might awaken something in me as well. Did it slap? Let me see. Oh, yeah. Wow, it's so 80s. [29:22] Yeah, that awakened something. That was a good song. Yeah. All right. Supernatural slut. All right. Supernatural slut. Unsolved mysteries. We love it. We've been shit. The unknown terrifies me and intrigues me equally and thus has threaded itself throughout my entire life. From being caught talking to invisible entities as an infant, revealing potential hints at past lives as a toddler. I love that. And literally seeing the ghost of a great grandmother I had never met while she was in her body. [29:48] Sitting in her favorite chair that my mom and I inherited. That's cool as fuck. On a genealogical deep dive, I discovered that I have relatives who are convicted of murdering lovers and lovers who fell, jumped or were pushed off a balcony to their death and then allegedly haunted the grounds that witnessed their early demise. There are many experiences I'd love to share from the vault. But the story I chose to share first comes from my awesome Aunt Annie. Auntie Annie. Auntie Annie. She made pretzels. She made the best pretzels.

[30:18] favorite human she's literally the first licensed animal chiropractor in minnesota yeah okay chiropractic those animals and send me those pretzels i heard whispers of aunt annie's ghostly encounters from the house down the street when i was young and i would set my imagination on fire but it was only recently that i asked her to recount her experiences to me on the record [30:42] So that I could document what she saw, heard, felt, whatever she remembered. Annie gave me her permission for this story to be shared, and I promise that everything is accurate and true. Thank you for all that you do. Thank you for all that you do. It's called Grandma Phoned Her Daughter and the Ghost Responded First, Alexi Moody. Can I say your whole name? I hope so. You just did. What did he say? He just said... [31:06] What? What? Grandma Edie raised three children, survived two husbands and spent over 50 years of her life in the Dutch colonial cottage at St. Paul Park, Minnesota. I just don't just in case. This is where I spent my childhood holidays, gathered around a fireplace with loved ones. Well, the it's a wonderful life snow gently coated everything outside. [31:36] Oh, that's nice. [31:46] I laughed at Grandpa Charlie's dad jokes while climbing his big, friendly, giant frame like a spider monkey and lived family bonding experiences so rich with joy and unconditional love that my young self could never have comprehended just how fortunate I was to have them or how often I would revisit those fading memories and become overwhelmed with gratitude and love. Alexi.

[32:07] Alexi. [32:09] That was really nice. You are a creative writer. Like, that is, wow. That was really sweet. I can smell that. So this is the same neighborhood where Grandma Evie's only daughter, Annie, my aunt, would meet her best friend, Debbie. Debbie lived down the street in the big pale blue house at the top of the hill on Summit Avenue that seemed to tower over most of the houses around it. [32:39] transported to this blue-collar, middle-class stretch in the Northlands. Alexi, you better write a book or some shit. Just painting a picture. Built in 1890, the four-bedroom house sits on a half-acre lot as my parents and I drove by it on the way to the holidays at my grandparents' house. My stepdad would always whimsically say, There's the haunted house! And I would stop whatever I was doing and laser-focus my eyes on the old building, drifting by his window, checking for any sign of spirits from the safety of a moving vehicle. [33:09] Yeah. [33:28] Back in the day, the big picture window looking out onto the street would reveal a classic living room with an elegant fireplace and library. But today, the overgrown foliage covers many windows on the ground floor, and there's newspaper covering the once glorious picture window, as if no one should be allowed to see inside the silent structure with many tales that the walls could tell.

[33:58] She was bold enough to work up the nerve to ask her about her paranormal experiences there that they were always hinted at or overheard at family gatherings. These are the stories she shared. [34:08] Annie and Debbie became friends in seventh grade. They both attended Altsman Junior High School in St. Paul Park and lived only a couple blocks from each other. So they would walk to school together, sometimes stashing contraband in the old ticket booth that they would pass on the way to school. That's the coolest, like, small town, old timey thing I've ever heard. I love it. Debbie lived with her single mother, Sharon, and two older sisters, one of which would move out to attend college shortly after Annie started coming around. So the home had many more rooms than the family could occupy. [34:38] much looser structure than at Grandma Edie and Grandpa Charlie's house, and it was there Annie had her first alcoholic beverages and explored the freedom that virtually all teenagers seek. Needless to say, Annie spent a lot of time in that house, and there was some peculiarities that she remembers well to this day. For one, Sharon, Debbie's mom, she would often talk to spirits. This seemed to be commonplace for all who lived there and their guests. Sharon might laugh at a [35:08] man by all accounts. [35:10] I kind of love that. Without embarrassment or explanation, Annie accepted it as normal since everyone else seemed to and there was not any perceived malevolence with the unseen guests. All right. One odd reoccurrence in the house involved a coffee table in the living room. Apparently, if one set their cup of tea or whatever they were sipping down for a moment on the table and carried on with their conversation, at some point the cup would likely just disappear. What? No sound of it moving, no sight of dinnerware floating away, just gone. At some later point

[35:40] Someone in the house was exploring a storage room in the attic that was seldom, if ever used, only discover a stack of teacups filled with uncipped beverages, saucers and all. [35:51] What the fuck? No explanation was ever given for this phenomenon. [35:56] Okay. What? Most of the activity in the house happened near the back where Debbie's bedroom was. It was where there the girls spent many hours hanging out and being teenagers. At one point, Annie played a cassette tape in Debbie's room with a recording of Debbie as a little girl singing a funny folk song called Daddy's Whiskers. All right. We have a dear old daddy. His hair is silver gray. He has a set of whiskers. They're always in the way. That's adorable. [36:26] Okay. [36:39] A man's voice, gravelly, slow, and melancholy, begins singing the same song. [36:46] No, a man doesn't need to sing that song. We have a dear old daddy. His hair is silver gray. He has a set of whiskers. They're always in the way. [37:01] Thank you. Nailed it. Some sad soul singing to no one or to whoever would listen. Some might argue that cassette tapes can bleed while recording, meaning that something recorded on one side shows up on the reverse side.

[37:31] that no one was ever able to identify. [37:33] I don't like it. That's fucked up in a way I can't describe. [37:37] Grandma Edie would call Sharon's house when it was time for Annie to come home for dinner. On this particular night, Debbie's older sister, Kathy, was the first to answer her call. Kathy set the phone down and yelled across the house for Annie to take the call, and then went back to whatever she was doing. Edie waited patiently for her daughter to answer the phone. Eventually, Annie grabbed the phone in the unhurried and unbothered way that most teenagers respond to a routine call from their parents. I'll be right home, said Annie. Edie was silent, then severe. [38:06] Now. [38:07] Hello? Annie was confused as to why her mom sounded so serious on the phone, and when she walked in the door, her mom interrogated her with a very similar energy. She asked who was at the house, specifically if there was any men there. Ooh. Annie informed her mom that there was no men in the house. Edie doubled down, giving her a final opportunity to tell her the truth or face the wrath of God. [38:37] Sharon. Sensing that her daughter was being truthful, Edie's body relaxed slightly and her tone shifted from accusatory to fearful, clutching Annie tightly as if she were in danger. Apparently, in the blank space between Kathy setting the phone down and Annie answering, a man's voice spoke sharply into the phone. [38:56] I'll be right home. Clear as day. The exact same words that Annie would say into the phone just seconds later. Oh, it's weird that she hadn't even said that yet. And a man saying, I'll be right home. I'd be like, no, the fuck you won't. No. No men were in the house. And again, no explanation was ever satisfactorily accepted to dismiss this incident. One evening, the girls were playing with the Ouija board in the front room on the couch with a grand staircase at one end, the fireplace roaring and crackling behind them,

[39:26] of the dining room on the other side. Iconic. They asked the spirits if so-and-so liked them, and the classic Ouija board ask, and whatever else 13-year-old girls might wonder about, and another, quote, dumb questions about boys, as Aunt Annie told me. The board kept responding with, Annie, don't be an asshole. Ha! [39:44] annie remembers being shocked to be addressed with the type of language because that word was not in their vocabulary even as rambunctious teenagers every question they asked the spirit was met with annie don't be an asshole oh my god the tension built with each response and annie got very upset and she started getting smart with it taunting whoever it was that would talk that way to a young person the spirit did not react kindly the coffee table that the board was set [40:14] Ooh. [40:33] Fear quickly set over them. What the fuck? [40:36] The girl's eyes, wide as saucers, looked up at each other, and then Annie noticed that the smoke from the fireplace had reversed course and was now pouring into the living room, and the air became cold. Which, like, why would that even happen? That was like the flu closing. Sharon heard the commotion and came running into the room. Once she gathered what had happened, she began immediately apologizing to no one, to the smoke, to the spirit that was now upset, begging for forgiveness. Slowly, the smoke cleared and the room returned as it was. Holy shit.

[41:06] the last time they play with the Ouija board and the last episode that Annie recalls from her time at the haunted house. [41:12] Today, the house is vacant, newspaper covering the once glorious big picture window. To this day, all these years later, I cannot drive past the house without slowing down, turning down the music and peering into the dark, empty windows, searching for a sign, searching for answers. [41:29] anything. And this is a picture of the house and it [41:33] is a beautiful house but i it's spooky it's a big ass house it is very spooky peace garden oh my god i love them [41:42] Steak and potato. Oh, my God. I love them. [41:46] Oh, look at this gorgeous family. Okay, you're all gorge. You're very pretty people. Holy shit. [41:52] and your child is like spitting image of both of you i was gonna say i can't tell who more [42:00] Wow. Alexi. Holy shit. That was a spooky-ass story, Alexi. That was spooky as hell, and it brought so much Nicholas out. It did bring a lot of Nicholas out. [42:10] Damn, I can't get over the teacups. [42:12] I know that just the fact that they like found them later. They just would disappear. And then they find like a pile of them in a room that's not really used. I would be so mad though, because do you think they would be moldy? Yeah. [42:21] they will like the liquid inside and then it gets to a point where it's just you can't clean it you know yeah you just got to get rid of you don't want to throw in a teacup that wasn't the time where people threw things away i feel no [42:30] No. [42:31] All right. This next one is... [42:33] Listener Tales, I babysat at the S.K. Pierce Mansion. The S.K. Pierce Mansion. What? All right.

[42:40] Back in 2001, my English class assigned all the students the project of looking up Gardner history in the area that we each lived in. Growing up in South Gardner, my group jumped at the opportunity to see if we could get into the newly purchased spooky Victorian house. Hell yeah. The SKPS mansion. Having passed by it almost every day of my life, it was so exciting to see somebody finally take care of the beautiful building that had been so overgrown with vegetation for years. [43:10] building was finally getting another chance. I can't remember exactly how we got in touch with the owners, but it's quite possible my awesome mom just drove our group down to the mansion and said, well, knock on the door and ask. Why not? You know, the owners were so welcoming and we arranged a time to take a video camera through the property. Mark explained that while there was some roof damage that affected the front turret spaces, all the rest of the house needed was a good dusting. And lucky enough, there was extra of the original wood used in the initial build [43:40] badass. It never happens. Yeah. He took us through all the floors, including the top little tower, which we didn't go in last night. I know. We didn't go with Sam and Colby. We went with Sabrina and Corinne. Yeah. So back we go. To the tower. I love the SK Pierce Mansion. Me too. And the people who bought it. The people who bought it are sick. A plus. Go try to get a tour there. I think they're trying to turn it into a B&B, right? Yeah. And follow their TikTok account because they're doing a lot on there now and giving a lot of investigation content. So go follow

[44:10] We love them. We love them a lot. So there was a cast iron safe on the second floor that was also original because nobody could figure out how to move it. I know what you're thinking. It's empty. Womp womp. The only space we did not go was the basement. I went there. That's right. I went there. Fun fact, S.K. Pierce had a tunnel built that led from his house under the railroad that used to follow along West Broadway over to his factory. Don't laugh at me. No, because I had the same thing. I was like, I'm not alone. [44:40] sealed. It has. And people think it's a portal. Now to the good stuff. Due to that project, my parents became good friends with the new owners, where we once attended a Halloween party, and my parents even attended their wedding on the property. Wow. Eventually, my cousin and I were asked to babysit their two children. I'm going to be changing the names to Kyle and Sarah. They were around eight and ten. For privacy, even though they're adults now, that's why I changed their names. I'm reading this so weird. I did the same thing. I don't know what's happening. I don't know [45:10] I'm throwing it all to the wind. I did. I said, fuck, fuck. Me too. My cousin Ashley and I agreed that we would take turns babysitting the kids over the summer, alternating weeks so that we didn't lose our whole summer to babysitting. That was smart. That was. We'll have a team up. [45:23] There were a few rules, obviously. No going in the basement or the third floor and above. No playing with the dumbwaiter system. If we thought we experienced any haunting type situations, we needed to tell them. And if we were playing hide and seek and we couldn't find Kyle, look in the hidden panel where they used to keep the blocks of ice before panicking. Wow. All right. I thought you were going to say if you, one of the rules was if you experience a haunting, you better videotape it. If you experience a haunting, just run out of there. Come with receipts and show me it.

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[49:10] dark house and a small child is lurking in the shadows. Tell me about it. I know that's you have that nightly occurrence. I need to pause here to explain some anatomy of the house. There are two staircases, the grand staircase in the middle of the structure and what was the servant staircase off of the kitchen. When looking at the front of the house, they use the front right room as the living room. That's not what I would have assumed. That's what we were wondering. I figured that would be like a I thought it would be the back room like the parlor. Yeah, I thought the the one [49:40] like a formal sitting yeah because the other one is like the lady's sitting room yeah i wonder where they have the tv me too tell me tell me tell me so la-di-da-do they used the front right room as the living room and the front left room as the gift shop mostly victorian era items as suzanne was from england it was not a spooky gift shop the kitchen was the back left room and the dining room was the back right right [50:05] Interesting. That is interesting. The dining room makes sense, but the kitchen is... [50:08] because the kitchen you walk into the left. I wonder if they moved it, though. I think you're right. I think I remember them saying something about that. Kyle's room was above the kitchen at the top of the servant stairs. We were told this used to be the baby's room. Which baby? No idea. The baby. The baby. Don't worry about it. Then connected to that room via a very tiny hall was Sarah's room, which we, yeah, I can picture it. We were told traditionally was the room of the caretaker of the child, hence the little connection hallway. The baby. So back to the night it happened. [50:37] The final time Kyle came down, we stood up and he bolted back up the servant stairs to his room, with us following closely behind. We were calling out a combination of things like, ''Go to bed! Stop messing around!'' As we're going up the stairs, we hear his door slam. We get to the top of the stairs and one of us tries to open the door, but nothing. Now this is an old Victorian doorknob. There's no locks on this door. So we try to push a little harder. Nothing. ''Kyle, stop messing around! You could get hurt! Let us open the door!''

[51:04] Kyle, I'm not touching the door. [51:06] Ashley and I look at each other confused and we both start to try to push and bump against the door but nothing Kyle what did you put in front of the door Kyle nothing I'm not touching the door because you do have to be like really specific with that because he's like I'm not touching the door and you're like what'd you put in front of the door I'm not touching it so okay I've had enough I walk through Sarah's room which takes me about five seconds to get in Kyle's room and I just see him standing in the middle of the room looking at the door there's nothing in front [51:36] 30 pounds soaking wet so he wasn't blocking two teenage girls from muscling open a door. Huh. [51:42] I walk open to the door and it just opens. [51:45] It just works. [51:46] opens there isn't even the sticking of the door frame when it gets super hot in the summer [51:51] It just opens. I fully believe after being in that house, I'm going to believe anything you tell me. Weird shit happens in that house. Ashley and I look at each other with large eyes and say in our most stern voices, Kyle, go to bed. We have come to the conclusion that our chasing him up the stairs startled a protective spirit. And in an attempt to protect him, they blocked us from opening the door. [52:14] Now, this might not seem like a big deal, but I'm telling you, at one point, both of us were body slamming the door and it wasn't moving. Damn. We never went up the servant staircase again. Can't say I blame you. Overall, I loved being in that house. I've always been super sensitive to spiritual energy. And to be honest, the only thing that ever creeped me out were the clown paintings in the storage room on the third floor. Yes, clown paintings. Also, I wonder which room was the storage room, because if it was the very back room, there's another reason why that room creeped you out.

[52:44] Bad vibes in that room. I noped right out of that room. [52:47] After the owners sold it and multiple new owners came in, I feel like they really tried to ride the haunted aspects. And as you both mentioned in the episode, it created more of a magnet for negative spirits to join the party. And also some people, we won't say who, but some people like went against instructions. Yeah. That were left. Somebody that like is like kind of famous. Like a famous person. Apparently like. Was told not to use a Ouija board. Yeah. It's like a rule. It's a rule in a lot of haunted places. [53:17] won't allow Ouija boards anymore. Because they create portals and shit. It's also just important it's not your house. If you're going in there and they say this is a rule of the house, don't bring a fucking Ouija board. And somebody did who's kind of famous. Pretty famous. Pretty famous. And they think they created a fucking portal that fucked up the vibes. And that person is not welcome back. No. You would literally never guess. But we can't say it. Yeah. That was fucked up. [53:47] entertains you and makes you think about the relationships that we all have with our houses. Yeah. I now live in a house built in 1910 for overflow servant staff of a mansion up the street that I work in. And you better believe I tell the house, have a good day. Hell yeah. Every time I leave. Keep the positive energy flowing. [54:03] I don't know if we're supposed to say your name or not. [54:05] oh no it didn't say it didn't say i'll just say n yeah and shout out to my college roommate m for introducing me to your podcast during the pandemic you had me on the wizard of oz episode yes keep it weird but not so weird that take it away ash you babysit at the sk pierce mansion hotel and a what the fuck is up kyle child just comes popping into the room and you have to chase him up the serpent stairs and then he's locked in his room and you're like why are you locked in your room what did you put it in front of the door and he's like i didn't put anything in front of the door and you're like what did you put in front of the door and then you're like wait there's a hallway that i can go through and you go through the hallway and then you just see that random kid well like the kid

[54:35] you know, standing there and there's nothing in front of the door. And then the door just opens and, whoa, ghosts. [54:39] That might be one of my best. That was really good. Thank you. You didn't stumble at all. I didn't. No. So if you want to see, by the way, because we were mentioning how we were there with Sam and Colby and Sabrina and Corinne, we filmed the one with Sam and Colby. [54:54] on their channel. So go check out the Sam and Colby YouTube channel. It's on there. It was really fun. It was towards the end of the year. It was in December, right? I think it was their last video. Yeah, it was their last video of the year. It's a really fun one. [55:10] Turned out to be a crazy video. It's really fun to watch, so definitely check it out. And we did, obviously, an episode about it where we talked to Sam and Colby about it. We've done a few episodes. And then if you want to book, like, a tour there or whatever it is, and even people are going and investigating there more. They are, yeah. We'll put it, we'll link it in the show notes. If you go, check out the wall. We signed it. Yeah, we did. In the kitchen. Yep. [55:34] We sure did. All right. [55:36] Is Nicholas still on? [55:38] He's being so quiet again. [55:40] Weird. [55:41] Maybe he felt silenced. I was like, why is he? Watch out, Mikey. Yeah. [55:45] The last one we're going to do today is called The Day Danny Disappeared. Not Danny! [55:50] ominous. It is. What an ominous name. It is. Hello, lovely ladies. My name is... [55:56] Amber. Amber. Amber. And I've been a listener for a few years now. I love the podcast and especially look forward to listener tales. I always hope to someday have a tale that was worthy of sending in. Finally, I have one. And it's about the disappearance of a young lad. Thank you for disappearing, Danny. I've been meaning to write in for months ever since my mother-in-law and I bonded over a family ghost story on a snowy Christmas Eve. Goals. What a beautiful relationship, Stada. Goals.

[56:26] is in the oven writing a ghost story that I honestly wouldn't have believed from anyone else. I titled this story The Day Danny Disappeared, and it has been discussed so much in my husband's family that they even typed up a document detailing the incidents and shared it with them. Damn, this is legit. [56:42] That family sounds awesome. I know. In this tale, all names have been changed, so don't worry about sharing names. Also, just for funsies, I've included a picture of my adorable doggos on St. Paddy's Day because, well, they have the best doofuses around and will hopefully make you smile. I love a doofus-y dog. I love that. Oh, dinguses and doofuses, dogs forever. All the lifelong day. I have included a 14-point double-spaced put-a-foot. Feel free to share the included pictures of my dogs if you wish. I also shared a picture of where the tale takes place, [57:12] Jared, just to be safe. We got you. So without further ado, I will share the story of how Danny disappeared. Our story began in the winter of 1967 when the Birch family moved into a house on Mohican, thank you, Avenue, in a small Ohio town. John and Jane Birch raised four children in this house, two girls, Betty and Beth, and two boys, Brad and Tim. I bet Tim felt left out, truly. When they first moved in, the younger children. Betty, Beth, and Brad, and Tim. And Tim. [57:42] This is Betty and Beth and Brad and Tim. [57:47] I kind of love it. I love it. When they first moved in, the younger children... I was just about to say they should have named them Bim. You know why? Because my brain keeps going back to the Schuyler sisters.

[57:58] in Hamilton, and they're like, the Schuyler sisters, and they say their names, and she's like, and Peggy. That's all I think of. I was laughing because I just thought they should have named them Bim. Bim. Bim. Bim. When they first moved in, the younger children started to notice things right away. The most active place was their attic, which was a playroom for the kids. The kids would start, would hear whistling and playing around the house at night when everyone was supposed to be asleep. Sometimes Mrs. Birch would hear running up and down the stairs throughout the night, [58:28] to bed, but all the children were sleeping soundly. [58:31] hate that she would also wake up in the mornings to the bottom cabinets being all open during the night as though a child had left them all over you know that just gave me shiva shiva shiva and it made me think it always makes me think of the sixth sense i know me too and it makes me think of the sixth sense in paranormal activity oh i got so many shivers oh the sixth sense though [58:51] Oh, fuck. I gotta stop picturing it. I hate that scene. His hands on the table. I hate that scene. I hate that scene. Often they would hear trucks going back and forth across the floor, and they would hear the Hot Wheels track being played upstairs. That's kind of adorable. The family would hear a child giggling and marbles being rolled across the floor of the attic, even though none of the toys upstairs were marbles. Someone's just having the time of their GD... [59:12] Death. And just the GD afterlife. And they're just conjuring marbles. Yeah. The family, you know, the family assumed that there was a child ghost in the new home, but felt no fear. So they eventually started to consider him just part of the house. That's a great family vibe. That is a good vibe. Little Betty's room was at the top of the stairs with their door opening into the hallway to the attic.

[59:33] several times, Benny would see the attic door open and close. [59:38] Just enough for a small child to peek their head through. [59:43] That's not cute. [59:44] That's not cute. That's ugly. Betty would yell downstairs to her mom. The ghost is watching me. [59:50] to which her mom would say, tell him it's time to go to bed. That's mom shit right there. Betty would then tell the ghost to go to bed, to which he appeared to go upstairs, and they would hear him playing with the toys in the attic the rest of the night, so he wasn't going to bed. He's like, you're no fun. [1:00:05] you're not my mom there was one night when betty was sleeping in the attic she woke up to a small boy poking her arm with his finger we said that so casually yeah we said that we said that with just like it was another sentence she fell asleep in the attic and she woke up little boy just poking her and you just said that you just said that icky uh she couldn't see him clearly in the dark but she wasn't afraid of him and she just went back to sleep nighty night kids are wild [1:00:35] go back to sleep nighty night the youngest son tim started to grow more interested in the ghost he would [1:00:43] You know, yeah, maybe maybe the ghost's name starts with the T. Tim eventually got the ghost to talk to him. When Tim was seven years old, he told the family about having a conversation with the ghost. Tim had gone upstairs to use the bathroom when he noticed that the attic door was open. He was curious, so he sat on the steps and started talking to the ghost. The ghost told Tim that his name was Danny.

[1:01:03] Tim told his parents. It's not. Tim told, and not Bami. And not Bami. He was like, oh my God. He was like, all right, we have this in common. Tim told his parents about talking to the little boy upstairs. When his parents asked how the little boy looked, Tim said he looked like he was very little. About the size of Alan, his four-year-old cousin. This verified what the family thought about the ghost, that he was, in fact, a little boy. From then on, they called the ghost Danny. What do you do? Very respectful. [1:01:33] four-year-old ghost boy lives in your house. Because I'd also be worried about him. I'd be like, can I [1:01:37] Do you need to brush your teeth? Like, do you need to do things that four-year-olds need to do? Yeah. Now, as the years went by, they continued to have experiences with Danny. Even their friends who stayed the night would report spooky occurrences, including Betty's friends seeing a little boy standing on the stairs on the second floor, clear as day, until he turned and ran up the stairs. Hmm. [1:01:58] When Betty's friend ran downstairs to tell Mrs. Birch what she saw, Mrs. Birch laughed and assured her that it was just their harmless little boy ghost, Danny. [1:02:06] Oh, she's like, we got a lot of kids. She's like, it's cool, man. One of them's dead. After about a decade, when Tim was just was about 17 years old, he decided to try to get Danny talking to on a recorder pre iPhone, of course. Since Tim felt he had a connection with Danny, he thought he could get him to talk. He went to the attic with a recorder and started the recording while asking a few questions. Finally, when he asked, what is your name? The ghost replied, be quiet, secret. [1:02:33] Tim asked, is your name Danny? And the ghost answered, don't say that. Which is like such a little boy response because his name is probably not Danny. You know what I mean? Yeah, like that's not my name. So maybe it is. On the recording, they were able to hear the ghostly voice and share it with the rest of the family, which further validated that this ghost was a little boy named Danny. Or maybe not. Maybe not. That's not my name. Or maybe like...

[1:02:55] He's like, no, shut up. I'm like mysterious. Yeah, he's like, that's not my name. That's not my name. You call me Danny, but I am Danny. [1:03:06] Maybe I'm Danny. It's not the same. That's not my name. [1:03:13] So I imagine you're wondering. I thought this was a story about when Danny disappeared. Oh, right. Well, dear listener, we're about to get to that part. Okay. As mentioned previously, Tim and the Birch family lived in a very small town [1:03:25] Everyone knows everyone. So when the previous owner of their home, Mr. Smith, passed away, they attended the funeral to pay their respects. As the Birch family read the obituary, they noticed the names of Mr. Smith's children. One thing caught their attention. Mr. Smith had a child who passed away at the age of four years old in the 1950s. The Birch family was shocked to find out that this child's name was. [1:03:48] was Danny. [1:03:49] So they just had like weird intuition. What the fuck? In 1956, Danny Smith was a sweet little boy who went with his mom and dad to deliver cookies to his neighbor. Danny somehow slipped away from his father and ran into the street. Sadly, Danny was hit by a car and was killed. According to the Smith family, losing Danny broke Mr. Smith's heart. And for the rest of his life, Mr. Smith blamed himself for the death of his son. Oh, that's awful. As you can imagine, the Birch family was very surprised with this revelation. [1:04:20] Tim was eager to speak with Danny, if he could, now that he knew the story of his death. After the Birch family returned from the funeral of Danny's father, Tim went upstairs to the attic to find Danny. To his surprise, Tim could not find Danny anywhere. Tim came downstairs to his family and announced, he's gone.

[1:04:36] From that moment on, the family never had any other experience with Danny. That is the day Danny disappeared. But it's like the day of his father's funeral. Maybe he was waiting for him. He was, I bet. His dad went back and got him. He was like, we're going somewhere else, babe. Yeah, let's go. Now we will fast forward to how this story was brought back to my husband's family, the Smith family. Many years passed after Danny left the house on Mahican Avenue. [1:05:06] gathering where we started talking to Mrs. Birch. Martha really wanted to ask Mrs. Birch about going to visit her old childhood home, but was not sure how to bring it up. As Martha talked to Mrs. Birch about the house, Mrs. Birch mentioned strange things that happened. To that, Martha laughed and said, well, yes, I know that basement flooded after you moved in. Mrs. Birch then proceeded to explain the story of their little ghost to Martha, including the day Danny disappeared after his [1:05:36] they found a jar of marbles hidden in the wall. [1:05:40] that they believed were Danny's. Martha was shocked to hear this spooky, heartwarming story about her late brother. As Martha took in all the details, she felt a sense of peace knowing that her brother was a happy child, [1:05:52] even after deaths, and that her father had carried Danny to the afterlife. This is the most beautiful ghost story I have ever read. Martha shared the story of Danny with her siblings and her cousins in the Smith family. Hopefully now this story will also be shared with others as a story about a little boy who loved his father, and a father that was able to reunite with his beloved boy at the end.

[1:06:13] I'm obsessed. I am going to cry. And I love your dogs. Holy shit, those dogs are the cutest things I've ever seen. I really wish that Dolores would wear a bandana. Wow. Dolores does not fuck with a bandana. That was... [1:06:28] wild. That really was. That story... [1:06:32] was absolutely... [1:06:34] Gorgeous. It was beautiful. Like, truly gorgeous. It was really beautiful. I'm going, and your name is Amber. I knew that, but I didn't want to get it wrong. Amber. [1:06:43] That is a beautiful haunted house story. I love. Even Nicholas stayed quiet for that. [1:06:50] I was waiting for him to be like, shut the fuck up! Stupid! Dumb! Die! Whoa. You never know. Wow. Above! [1:06:58] Well, [1:06:59] Oh my gosh, guys. I love Listener Tales. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. What was the first thing? What was the weird thing I said? Main time. Oh my gosh, main time. Main time. I hope you guys have been comfy queens and kings and... [1:07:15] whatever else and i hope that you cracked open an olipop or a dr pepper an olipop or a dr pepper [1:07:24] sponsor us. And that you keep listening, and we hope you keep it weird! But not so weird that you don't have a maintained driveway with a ghost in your house that cries like a nun, but dogs are happy to be there. And you babysit at the Esky Pierce Mansion, and Danny disappears, and and, and, um, Annie's house, Annie's friend's house, Debbie, you don't keep it as weird as that house kept it. Yeah. But maybe it's the

[1:07:54] Don't cry like a nun. Don't cry like a nun. Bye. [1:08:04] . [1:08:05] Thank you. [1:08:35] Thank you. [1:08:56] Hey weirdos, I'm Ash. I'm Alina. And this is Haunted. [1:09:03] Do you know? Wait, that's the wrong voice. I was like, who is that bitch? Get her out of here. Who is that bitch? [1:09:09] What is your name? What's your name? You, Nicole. Get out of here. Okay, we don't have to go after Nicole. Where's Nicholas? Nicholas. [1:09:17] Oh my god, that was so off-putting. Nico! She was like, hey girl. We heard Nicholas in the closet the other day. [1:09:23] Remember?

[1:09:24] In the closet? [1:09:25] You don't remember the other day when like three different noises came from. Oh, yeah. I thought you meant like his voice. I thought you meant his voice. I was like, no, I was not there. I was like, girl, you don't remember the closet, the closet. [1:09:38] Yeah, it's fine. What's my name? [1:09:42] Oh. [1:09:42] You're a lad. [1:09:45] What? [1:09:49] What's your name? Give it back. My leg. Actually, your leg. [1:09:56] Put that in the outtakes. [1:10:00] Thank you. [1:10:03] Wait a fucking second! [1:10:08] Wait a fucking second Are you kidding me? [1:10:14] That is so scary! [1:10:17] Oh! [1:10:21] going to. [1:10:21] MR KIRBY: I'm just going to advance your – [1:10:24] Thank you. [1:10:25] I don't even know how to respond. [1:10:28] I'm so upset. Nicholas, what? [1:10:33] I don't see you. [1:10:42] I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that. I don't know why that got to me. I don't know why that got to me. I just... [1:10:52] I'm so struck with him.

[1:10:55] Call him? I told him. All right. [1:11:01] Axe. He talks about axes frequently. He does, man. You got axe. [1:11:07] you have an axe I do not have an axe body spray but do you have an axe? we do why? [1:11:15] You don't? [1:11:16] No, not that I know of. To chop. [1:11:19] I don't frequently chop, but I don't think Drew does either. To be roasted from the afterlife like that is crazy. You know what? Let me confirm that I don't have an axe because now I feel weird. Text my hottest Tomy. [1:11:41] What do you want to say to my hottest homie? Do we have an axe? I'm being bullied from the afterlife. Question mark. [1:11:48] He's going to be like, what the fuck are you talking about? Anyway, I'm moving on. It was so mean. Pathetic. He was like, ugh. [1:11:58] Film? We are filming. [1:12:00] Okay. [1:12:01] Grow. [1:12:04] Yeah, man. Girl. He's like, get back to work. Yeah, he's like, film. Stop texting. [1:12:12] What did he say? [1:12:14] You're leaving? What did he say? What did he say? He said, it's hard. I'm leaving, stupid. [1:12:23] Thank you. [1:12:24] Oh no!

[1:12:29] MR. [1:12:30] We're not, it's not funny, I think. I don't know. We're all very uncomfortable right now. [1:12:36] enraged twice are you okay i'm sorry i'm sorry nicholas we're not laughing at your did he say enraged twice he said it twice [1:12:44] Nicholas, we're not laughing at you. We're not laughing at you. We're just very uncomfortable. And I laugh at funerals. And it's not because I think they're funny. It's because I'm very uncomfortable. [1:12:54] Please don't be mad. [1:12:56] maybe he's just taking a second maybe he's just taking a second i don't know he left in a in a fit of rage he called us twice he called us stupid this feels like a haunted house interactive experience no it truly does but this is your house bitch [1:13:12] You live here. [1:13:14] I don't have to. Okay, Nicholas. Fuck. Um, okay. [1:13:23] I'm Ash. I'm Elena. [1:13:24] And this is morbid. [1:13:27] We got Aiden on the ones and twos. He won't leave. Wait. I'm sorry. Oh, is it because Aiden's not normally here? This is Aiden, our cameraman, cousin, social media guy. Yeah. Yeah. [1:13:41] Can I say your whole name? I hope so. You just did. [1:13:47] What? [1:13:53] Why did you... [1:13:56] It's not for you. [1:13:58] Oh.

[1:14:00] What? [1:14:01] Can you beep out his name? Yeah, beep out his name. [1:14:05] because Nicholas said so. Nicholas is very concerned about his... [1:14:10] Yeah, he's sore about it. So we're going to. Okay. [1:14:15] leave it in the part where he advocates for him yeah [1:14:23] Thank you. [1:14:24] We're trying to get you a good rep, man. [1:14:28] He said that goes against my reputation, helping someone. [1:14:33] Leaving the Barbary hut? No thanks. [1:14:37] Okay. [1:14:39] Okie dokie. He said, fuck that. [1:15:09] Imported from Mexico exclusively by Lexco St. Louis, Missouri. [1:15:13] Oh my gosh, have you been to Marshalls lately? They have all the brand name and designer pieces you love, but without the jaw-dropping price tags. All right, so here's the truth. You should never have to compromise between quality and price. And at Marshalls, you don't have to. [1:15:28] Marshall's believes everyone deserves access to the good stuff, and that's why their buyers hustle around the clock to make it happen for you. Visit a Marshall's store near you or shop online at marshalls.com.