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there. >> Yeah, I think that's good. Are you happy with that? >> I'm fine with that. Okay, cool. Sorry.
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>> Sensible. >> Sensible. Nicholas likes it, too. >> Nicholas says sensible. We changed our
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angle a little bit. >> Yeah. And he was like, you know what? Sensible. >> Sensible.
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[Music] >> Heyos, I'm Ash. And I'm Elena. And this is Morbid. >> Listener Tales.
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>> Listener Tales. It's brought to you by Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, guitar solo with a
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gun. >> He said, "Succeeded at your guitar solo." Uh, listener tales is brought to
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you by you, for you, from you, and all about you. Amen. Woo! And it's bride edition.
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>> It's bride edition. I am a dead bride. I am Grace from Ready or Not. If you haven't seen that, you should see that.
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>> You got to see that movie. >> So good. >> Yeah, I love that movie. >> You know, actually, our
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editor/cousin/nephew Aiden hasn't seen that. I showed him like a little bit of it once, but he had
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to go back to school. >> Oh, we have to show him. >> Yeah, we got to We should have a movie
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night. Yeah. So, we're just making other plans. This is the fourth time that I've
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dressed up as a dead bride because in my childhood, I dressed up as a dead bride.
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I've probably said this before, but if you're new here, you didn't know. Um, three years in a row.
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>> Yeah. You were you're a dead bride quite a bit growing up. That was your go-to.
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And you you nailed it. Do you know this time? >> I feel so Bonita right now. Yeah, she
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feels the best she's ever felt right now. >> I want to wear this. I just want to be
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Maybe this is who I am. >> I think it might be who I am. >> Maybe it's who I am.
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>> Yeah. >> Yeah. I was going to be uh Lydia Deetsz, but my costume wasn't going to come in
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time. I said, "What the [ __ ] am I going to do?" And then I said, "I mean, I have
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my dress that I took my engagement pictures in, >> so we might as well ruin it."
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>> I guess I could cover it in blood. I've never worn it again and it's been like 3
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years. >> Trash the dress. Yeah. So, let's go, girl. It's a comfy dress. And maybe I'll
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be a dead bride again for Halloween this year. I think you should be. >> I think I should be too. I want to save
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this. >> I was the corpse bride last year. >> That was a really good idea. >> It was so much fun.
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>> I thought about doing that and then I was like, that's like a lot of makeup. >> Yeah, you got you got to be a lot of
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blue. >> Yeah, that's the thing cuz this is also a lot of makeup, but blue is different.
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>> Blue Yeah, blue hits different. You'll be tinged that way for a few days. So,
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yeah. >> Um, we're also going to be on Watch What Crappins after this. If you listen to
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Watch What Crappins, I don't know if uh I think they I know they put their videos on Patreon. Yeah.
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>> So, we might still look like this for a below deck recap. >> Yeah. Which lucky for me, I don't look
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super different, especially from here up. It's like a different >> vibe, I suppose. But this is a little
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different. >> Just a little. Just slightly. >> Little bit, >> you know, a little bit. It's fine.
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>> Little bit. >> So, yeah. Um, we did some bride tail. Sorry. I'm sorry. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Uh, we did some
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bride tales. Some of them are like, uh, like super duper wedding themed. Some of
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them just put the gun between rest your gun between us. >> She's obviously fake.
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>> Yeah. Duh. Like obviously >> you think we got a gun license up in this [ __ ]
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>> I think uh and some are just kind of like wedding um adjacent. >> Yeah. >> Correct. Yeah.
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>> Correct. >> Yeah. >> Um do you want to start or do you want me to start? >> I'll start. Okay, great. I'll close my
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computer in that case. >> Close your so you're not Mac forward. >> Yeah. I don't want to be Mac forward.
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I'm going to leave it a jar though so I don't have to enter my password every time. Uh, should I do? Let's see. The
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first one is really sweet. It's really sweet. >> Yeah. Maybe I should have you read that
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one. First they're sour, then you're me. All right, let's see. Uh, what about my
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haunted wedding? >> Yeah, that one's good. >> Okay, let's do my haunted wedding.
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>> All right, let me see. >> Right, that one's good. >> It's from Allison. Allison said it's
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okay to say her name. All right, Alison. Alison, >> you got to get it in there. >> Allison, I love your yabos. Um, so it
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says, "Hey, you gorgeous spooky babes. My name is Allison. Feel free to use it. Also, I use she her pronouns." Thank you
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for that. That's very helpful. I think this is the part where I praise you for bringing the greatest podcast that has
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ever graced my ears into existence. Thank you. >> I love listening to you talk about
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anything and everything and love how your personalities shine through your show.
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>> Thanks. Every time I catch up on episodes from you, I try my best to find another podcast to fill the void in my
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day. As great as some other shows are, they just aren't the same. Please never stop bringing us your funny
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personalities and morbid tales. Love you. A I love you. >> Never will forever. We're here.
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>> I'm resubmitting this group of short listener tales after a few years. I realized that I hadn't double spaced the
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pre previous podifa. So obs could not read it on the pod. I'll be writing about experiences that I I and my guests
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had at our wedding held at the George Washington Hotel. I provided the address below because while there
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>> incorrect >> incorrect is just said you weren't married there. >> No. >> Incorrect.
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>> I don't know where you think you were married but it's not there sweetie. >> Nope. He knows. Uh because while there
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are a lot of hotels named the George Washington Hotel, none are quite like this queen. Maybe that's why Nicholas
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said incorrect cuz he was like you were married there. And she's like, "Oh, I was married at the other one."
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>> That's a good point. You know, maybe he he only knows another one. >> He just knows of the one.
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>> Yeah. I first came across this memerizing beauty when I was searching for wedding venues in the Pittsburgh
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grandmother. Was your grandmother a guest? Perhaps uh wedding venues in the Pittsburgh area. I found the name of the
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hotel on one of the many wedding planning websites I was using at the time. There are so many.
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>> So many. The listing had no pictures and only a short description. However, George Washington and I go way back.
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When I was a small child, my family and I visited Disney World. Yes, this does relate to George Washington. My father
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dragged us to the Hall of Presidents. I knew that's what that was coming. >> Every time we've gone to Disney, it's
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been closed. We've never got to go. >> John desperately wants to go to the Hall of Presidents,
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>> but it was closed every time. >> You know what that means? >> What? >> We have to go back.
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>> They don't allow those. They don't allow them. But they don't allow them. You're like,
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"No, >> they don't allow them away." >> No, don't get me banned from do it. Like, what?
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>> My father dragged us to the Hall of Presidents because he is an accountant and that is what they do for fun.
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>> Well, there I discovered to my great dismay that the great George Washington,
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the man who led the American Revolution and fathered our country in 1776, was dead. I'm sorry for your loss.
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As you can imagine, this was very difficult for me emotionally, and I spent most of the day sobbing as I
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mourned the loss of our great first president. So, >> and it says, just to clarify, at the
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time, we only learned the good things about American history in school. How incredibly naive of us.
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>> Yeah. >> Nailed it. Like, nailed it. >> Fast forward about 20 years, and I adopt
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my very first dog. He's pictured below. I would never leave you hanging like that. This little scruff monster has the
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most serious face and disposition. So, how could I name him anything other than, you guessed it, George Washington.
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Absolutely iconic dog name. >> I love this. >> George Washington. Come here. >> Come here, George Washington. Uh, come
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here, founding father. So, when I came across the weird hotel on this weird hotel on the list, even though there are
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no pictures showcasing uh wait, hold on. There are no pictures showcasing gorgeous ballrooms or overflowing cookie
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tables. A Pittsburgh wedding tradition. That's the best wedding tradition I've ever heard.
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>> Yeah, I love that. >> Overflowing cookie tables. >> Sign me up. >> Hell yeah.
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>> In fact, I feel remissed. >> Undoubtedly, Nicholas says undoubtedly a [ __ ] banger wedding tradition.
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>> That is Nicholas's version of saying [ __ ] yeah. >> That's it. Direct translation. Uh we
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knew we had to check it out. Looking at the website, we found that it was not only gorgeous, but has an incredible
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history to it. The George Washington Hotel was built in 1922 and opened on February 22nd, 1923. Pisces season. No,
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Aquarius. Sorry. Sorry. To this day, they try to maintain the original feel of the hotel by making minimal
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adjustments and updates. I love that. The layer the layout of the building, to my knowledge, is the same as it has
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always been. Most rooms are twoerson suites and they have a speak easy in the basement.
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>> Shut the front door. What is cooler than that? I agree, Alison. Nothing is cooler
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than that. >> Imagine having a speak easy at your wedding, too. >> That's badass.
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>> I wish that I hadn't already had and planned my wedding. Allison had a speak easy and an overflowing cookie table.
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>> Yeah, excuse me. Not just a cookie table. >> Uh, in its heyday, the GW Hotel was also
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a hot spot for some big names. Al Capone. >> Hey, I know. JFK, >> my man's >> and the goddess herself, Marilyn
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[ __ ] Monroe, are listed among those who visited. But wait, it gets better. You can actually stay in the
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room that Marilyn Monroe stayed in when she visited. >> Shut the [ __ ] up. We have to go.
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>> Add it to our list. >> We have to add it to our list. >> It is very creatively named the Marilyn
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Monroe suite. >> How did they come up with that? >> I know. That's really creative. After
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our first visit, we were sold. This was our venue. very unique and very us. Because this venue is gorgeous and
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special, we were not the only ones who booked it. There was a wedding scheduled on Friday night and ours was on
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Saturday. This leads to my first spooky tale. Spooky tale number one, my own. I myself have always been a bit spooky. As
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a child, I said plenty of creepy things like quote, "I have a bad feeling about tonight." to the consistent dismay of my
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family. That would [ __ ] me up. >> That would also be to my consistent dismay. >> Truly. One time when our phone rang, as
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my mother went to pick it up, I said, "Oh, is it Jimmy?" Jimmy is my mother's cousin who calls maybe once a year. Sure
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enough, this was that annual phone call. I have an incredibly underdeveloped Clare audience, which we just looked up.
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We didn't know what that was. So, thanks for telling us. >> It means you can like hear [ __ ] that's
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inaudible. >> Yeah, that's pretty cool. >> Kind of. Was it like telepathy sort of?
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I imagine something like that. >> Yeah, feels similar. which I'm a little too afraid to actually work on. But it
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does result in me frequently waking up to hearing people saying my name. >> Gross. Not sleep paralysis though. Thank
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god. And even one time let my grandmother speak to me from beyond the grave. That's [ __ ] cool. I would work
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on that. I would work on that. >> Yeah. I was trying to put my newborn baby down to sleep. He's 11 months now.
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And there are obviously pictures below of his cute squishy face. >> Yes. Oh my goodness. Congratulations.
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We'll post the puppy but not the baby. >> Yeah. And he was not having it. He was
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crying. I was crying. We've all been there. I was desperate to desperately trying to get a hold of myself when I
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heard Allison. My friend, my husband wasn't home. Neither was her friend. >> My friend wasn't home. My husband wasn't
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home. >> So, it wasn't him. A psychic later confirmed that it was my grandmother
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telling me to get my [ __ ] together and get my baby to sleep. >> Get it done. She's like, "Do it." It
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worked. Anyway, back to the actual story here. Even though there was a wedding in
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the hotel the night before our own, theirs was small enough that there was still about 10 rooms left that my guests
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and I could use on Friday night, so we didn't have to haul all of our business in on Saturday morning. Our our ceremony
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was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, and we wanted to get all the bridal party pictures done beforehand.
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>> Smart. So smart. I did that. >> Highly recommend that. I also did that. >> Yep.
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>> Which meant a very early curtain call for all the bridesmaids in needs of need
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of an updo. >> Yep. My stylists were coming to set up at 7:00. So, at 6:45 a.m., I am marching
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my sleepy bridal butt down the hallway to the elevator to get to our readying suite on the mezzanine level. As I'm
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walking down the carpeted hallway, I hear the elevator ding and a pair of high heeled shoes begin to walk out of
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the hardwood elevator vestibule. Click clack click clack click. >> My first thought would be, is that
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Marilyn? Keep reading. My first thought is, yes, bridesmaid from last night's wedding. Way to get some and walk.
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I love this. Way to get some and walk of and she wrote shame and crossed it out and wrote fame before everyone is up.
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Honey, you did that wedding right. Three steps later and I'm ready to mentally high-five my new friend on her victory.
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You're a girl's girl. I love it. Yep. >> Only to discover that there is no one there. And the elevator door is closed.
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And I oop. I think hm maybe she just got into the elevator and I missed the sound
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of the door closing. I hit the button and the door opens immediately, signaling to me that it hasn't moved and
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revealing a completely empty carriage. I can't quite explain to you how certain I
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was that there was a person. I know what I heard and I know that there is no way
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that I made that up in my sleepy state. I didn't expect to hear anyone up at that hour, especially not in high heels.
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And then when I did hear it, I acknowledged it and even made up a story in my head about who those footsteps
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belong to. In my deepest, wildest dreams, they belong to Marilyn Monroe. But who knows? I do. They belong to
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Marilyn Monroe. >> It was Marilyn. >> Absolutely. >> It's it's canon now. >> Spooky tale number two, Ansley's. The
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next story is similar to the first, but belongs to my friend Aninsley. Feel free
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to use her name. She's a big fan of the show. I love that name >> and definitely is losing her [ __ ] right
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now. If you're reading this, pick your [ __ ] back up. Find it. Pick it up. >> At this point in your reading uh of this
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note, I am no longer losing my [ __ ] because I've simply passed out from all the excitement. Wake up. I was just
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going to say that. >> Wake up. Wake up. Anyway, Aninssley Aninsley. They lied. >> They hide.
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>> They hide. That's spooky. >> I don't like it. All right, go off, Nicholas. Who hides?
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>> Anley is a Yeah, who hides? Let us know when you get a minute. Anley is a witchy
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[ __ ] and it is no surprise to me that she was the one who also had an experience. Aninsley was staying at a
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different hotel since rooms at the GW were so limited. So when she was a little tipsy and had to pee, she
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>> Lori. Lori hides. >> The fact that we said who hides and they gave us a name.
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>> He said, "Oh, it's Lori." >> Oh, Lori, obviously. >> Who is Lori? If you when you get a
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second, just let us know who Lori is, please. >> If you could, I would appreciate it. Um,
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okay. So, when she was a little too tipsy and had to pee, she felt too fancy to use the public bathrooms, I guess,
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and opted instead to head to our friend's room on another floor. The second she stepped off the elevator, the
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hairs on the back of her neck stood up, and she heard footsteps down at the end of the hall. She heard the footsteps
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stop, but didn't hear a door or anything open. Well, in the words of Aninsley, she then went to investigate the creepy
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footsteps on the abandoned floor of a 100-year-old hotel because she is quote, "A drunk white girl, and that is what we
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do, babes. It's true. She said she saw nothing and no one and the hallway was freezing cold and she just felt
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something. Perhaps a love a lovesick JFK searching for his Marilyn. Could they both be trapped searching for each other
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in the same hotel three floors apart for eternity? Maybe you should have kept it
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in your pants, Jack. Maybe. Maybe, Jack. I love that it's just like romance. Maybe you should have kept it in your
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pants, Jack. And immediately he became Jack, too. Yeah, it's like when you know >> you're not even John today.
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>> You're in trouble. >> So, spooky tale number three, Rick and Katie's. The final installment of
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Allison is procrastinating doing any work by writing this incredibly long email is an explanation of a strange
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encounter that my friends Rick and Katie had. I checked with them. You can use their names, too. Rick and Katie's story
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is the final of the evening and technically happened on Sunday morning around 3:00 a.m. Obviously spooky. So,
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after the wedding reception ended at about 11:00 p.m., we moved this party to a bar down the street to keep the fun
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going. >> You gota You gota Now, by the time this after party was over, I would not have
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noticed if a ghost punched me square in the face, but Rick and Katie are somewhat more responsible, though still
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pretty toasted. Once we all had closed down the bar and walked back to the GW hotel, Rick and Katie realized that they
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were in fact not staying at the GW hotel and needed to call an Uber to get back to their own.
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>> They said, "Oh, they said, "Oop, we don't stay here." Maybe responsible actually isn't the word to describe
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them. Anyway, while waiting, they hung out in the lobby admiring the grand piano and checking for their ride.
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During this time, they caught the eyes of the front desk employee. This odd sir lures them into a conversation by
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telling tales of the grand piano playing itself. And little boy blue, the boy prominently uh featured prominently in a
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larger than-l life painting on the stairs who haunts the halls. Little Boy Blue would [ __ ] me right up.
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>> Yeah, I was when I was reading this earlier, I was like >> me too. >> I'm scared. Nicholas said
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>> Nicholas is scared and I am too. >> We are too. Um we should cover this whichever Grand Washington Grand
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Washington George Washington it is. >> Let's go. Um, so let's see. I know. There it is.
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He then asked them if they've been downstairs to the speak easy yet. They replied that no, they haven't. It's not
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a functional speak easy. It's now a room that you can rent out, and we did not rent it. So, he says, "Well, would you
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like to?" And they were like, "No, sir. It's 3:00 a.m. We would like to leave this place." But next thing you know,
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creepy conciier has them in an elevator pressing the button to take them down to
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the basement before turning and abandoning them to fend for themselves. That's the best concierge in my opinion.
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Here you go. >> When the elevator door opened, all they saw was a basement lit up with red
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lighting. To hear them tell it, they had bad vibes, but were literally too drunk
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to take in any actual information. They slammed on that button to take them back
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up and ran past creepy conciierge to spend the rest of the time waiting outside. Well, that's it.
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>> Idiot. He said idiot. The concierge or Rick and Katie. >> That was Nicholas said that. Nicholas.
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I'm Nicholas, y'all. >> Well, that's it. Those are my spooky to tails. No, not the most exciting, but
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they're mine, and I had a blast sharing them with you. I thought they were great.
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>> As promised, here's the correct correct address for my spooky hotel. >> Oh, perfect. Thank you. Gave it to us.
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And more importantly, George Washington, the dog. >> I love him. >> He's also wearing a hat.
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>> He should. >> And I love him so much. I literally love him. >> Oh my god. >> Also, your wedding was gorgeous.
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>> I didn't even see these pictures when I was looking. Oh my god. And you are gorgeous. I want to see. And there's an
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there's an actual overflowing cookie table. Wait, what? It's overflowing. Let me see if
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>> Oh my god. And your baby. >> Wait, I'm screaming. Dogs, wedding dresses, cookie tables. Hold on.
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>> This is just too much for me. >> Hold on. >> Oh my god. Wow. Your dress was stunning.
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>> Stunning. Stunning. >> Oh, I love the sleeves. >> Gorgeous. One of my biggest regrets is
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that I didn't wear a wedding dress with sleeves cuz I love them. So >> I love the sleeve as well and neither
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did you. No. >> Well, your wedding was in June, so that's the thing. I really >> I was in [ __ ] November. I should
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have. >> Yeah, you literally had the excuse. >> Yeah, but you look [ __ ] amazing at
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your wedding, [ __ ] >> Thank you. Others disagree. >> But who gives a [ __ ] Yeah, not me. Um,
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oh my god, your baby. >> Oh my god, your baby. All right, what's those were great stories and I love it.
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>> Yeah, that was wonderful. And now we're going to look into the George Washington
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Hotel for a spoopy tale. Yeah, we are. >> Yeah. >> All right. Next is Listener Tale. The
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pissed-off ghost bride who nearly derailed my best friend's wedding. Damn. All right, let's go. It says, "Hey,
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weirdos. Yes, you can use it in Ash's Angry." Oh, yes, you can use it. In Ash's angry whisper, so you don't have
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to wonder. My name is Kristen. I couldn't remember if you like 12point font or 14, so I compromised and I made
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it lucky number 13. >> Oh, I like that. In a world where I say I don't like people while driving too
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many times to count, I love you guys. I love you. Love you. >> I live in Houston, which has uh to rank
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somewhere close behind Boston in terms of rage inducing traffic. And hearing your voices makes my drive so much
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better. I'm surprised, but none of the listeners are, I'm sure, to say that I haven't voluntarily voluntarily listened
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to music in the car for around 2 years, thanks to you lovely ladies. Did he just
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say, "Are you recording?" Yes, Nicholas, we're recording. Can Can you still get um uh give us a little bit
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of information on who Lori is and why she's hiding? >> We still have questions. >> Yeah, we are recording though. I know
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that's legally what we should tell you, Nicholas. >> Yes, you're on candid camera.
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>> Okay. Yeah. One last thing before I get started. Congrats on the nuptuals to Ash
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and Drew. Thanks. I wore this. I hope you had a smooth and beautiful day as you celebrate your love and life
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together. I hope it was beautiful and just what you imagined it to be, but I also hope that I loved this. I also hope
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that it was not the best day of your life. I hope that life gets sweeter and more wonderful each day that you have
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together, especially as you plan your growing family, whatever that includes, paws, toes, and everything in between.
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And I can't wait to hear every maybe not every detail. Thank you. That was really
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sweet. >> That was really sweet. >> And I think that's so like such a good point to make. Like your wedding day is
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an amazing awesome day, >> but it shouldn't be the best day of your life. >> It shouldn't be the best day of your
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life after that. >> And there's so much pressure for it to be the best day of your life. It's not
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going to be the best day of your life, but it's going to be a pretty [ __ ] cool day.
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>> It's the beginning of the best days in your life. Hopefully >> this is the beginning. What is that
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from? The beginning. This is Oh, it's RuPaul. Thank you. >> Okay. I was like, I don't know.
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>> Thank you, fellow >> and Elena. You're a badass. When I think of the dream life I want for myself, you
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beat me to it. >> That's really sweet. >> It was really nice. That was like really
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nice. >> Really sweet. >> I know. You started off this email really nice. >> I do really like my life. So that's
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really nice. >> I think I like this little laugh. I'm going to call Drew and say that later.
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>> Any horse. Any horse. My listener tale just happens to be about a pissed-off ghost who nearly derailed my high school
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best friend's wedding. >> Damn. Yeah. Galveastston Island is made up of essentially 5% living people and
00:22:10
95% ghosties. Wherever you're at, there's probably the story of a haunting. Whether it's the local
00:22:15
Walmart, which actually has a super tragic story, or a random Airbnb, everything, and I mean everything in
00:22:21
Galveastston is haunted. It's just a matter of degree. >> The Galvaz Hotel is one of the
00:22:26
offthecharts haunted locations. >> Oh [ __ ] we got a look to go. >> You guys are just giving us content
00:22:32
>> ideas. Uh, there are multiple entities that call the Galveves home. A nun and
00:22:36
at least one child potentially named Sarah whose name my mom learned in a Ouija board session. An unknown
00:22:42
malevolent male entity who I had the misfortune of running into on a separate occasion. And a haunting painting that
00:22:49
watches you. And Audra, the fourlororn bride of room 501. For some reason, Audra
00:22:57
>> Audra is a beautiful name. >> It's a gorgeous name. >> I actually just mentally added it to my
00:23:01
baby name. That's a cute name, >> Audra. And it's just like in a angry bride named Audra or a sad bride named
00:23:08
Audra. It just makes sense. >> I'll text Drew later and I'll be like, what do you think of this name? And
00:23:12
he'll go, >> I don't hate it. I don't hate it. >> That's Drew's favorite thing to say to
00:23:15
names. >> I don't hate it. >> Joan's favorite thing was to if he really didn't like it, he'd just go. And
00:23:20
I was like, well, that's that. >> Well, I guess we won't be naming our child that. While I obviously have
00:23:25
multiple stories about this hotel, our story today centers around Audra. Audra. Audra, as the legend goes, was set to
00:23:32
marry a seaman. Insert seventh grade boy style snicker here. I like how you said
00:23:37
seaman. Really? Seaman. She was set to marry him sometime in the 1950s. She sat up in the
00:23:44
bridal suite, room 501, at that time, and awaited for the arrival of her soon-to-be husband from his time at sea,
00:23:50
being a seaman. >> A seaman. >> Unfortunately, a storm hit the ship and he was assumed to be lost.
00:23:56
>> Oh no. In an act of despair, she hanged herself from one of the four towers on
00:24:00
the roof of the hotel, only for her fiance to ultimately return from the doomed adventure.
00:24:05
>> I knew it. >> Tragically, they were never to be reunited in this life or the next.
00:24:10
>> Whoa. >> In this despair, she continues to roam the halls, endlessly searching for her
00:24:15
lost love. And many who stay in the room or even simply on the fifth floor have claimed to have have encountered her.
00:24:21
>> Poor Audra. It's said that you'll know she's near by the powerful floral scent
00:24:25
that accompanies her. That would give me a headache. >> I bet she smells good, though. Yeah, she
00:24:29
probably >> Did he say I miss you? >> Why is she here? >> Why is she here? Is Audrey here or is
00:24:37
Lori Lori? Who's hiding? Why is she here? >> And where is she hiding? >> You got to give me more information on
00:24:42
Lori, man. I I don't know why she's here either. >> Nicholas, please. Who is Lori and where
00:24:46
is she hiding? This room is a mess. She could be hiding anywhere. >> Could be hiding anywhere
00:24:50
>> off camera. You guys have no idea. [ __ ] is everywhere. >> We need to do some summer cleaning. We
00:24:56
need to do some like does it spark joy? >> So, jumping to present day, my childhood
00:25:04
best friend got married to a wonderful man. >> Oh, >> a seaman. >> A seaman perhaps.
00:25:09
>> In September of 2022 at the Galves, congrats. Which is actually hilarious because she hates the paranormal and was
00:25:14
with me in sixth grade during my ghost tour birthday party. So, she knew full well what was she what she was getting
00:25:20
into. sixth grade ghost tour birthday party. She will She just left me to handle that on my
00:25:32
own. Well, I guess I'm going to need this. What the [ __ ] does this Hello? Nicholas just said
00:25:49
Nicholas just said she will bite you. Where? I repeat where she >> Why don't I have my own gun? Nicholas,
00:26:00
tell me where she is. I'm upset. I don't like it. I'll bring my dust. Do you know how to use this thing?
00:26:17
I'm just going to hide under my veil. Oh my god. Oh no. Nicholas, tell us tell us more about Maybe Tell us less.
00:26:24
>> Tell me more. Tell me more. >> Tell me lies. Tell me sweet little lies. Tell me she won't bite me. Please.
00:26:33
Hello. Hello. I'm literally in pain though. >> Me, too. Mentally. All right. So,
00:26:41
anyway, got back to this wedding. >> Oh my god. [ __ ] My husband and I arrived on the island just in time for
00:26:47
the rehearsal the night before the wedding, so we had to wait to check in until after dinner. We got back to the
00:26:52
hotel around 8:00 p.m. After getting settled, I decided to take him up to the fifth floor for shits and giggles.
00:26:58
Loving most things paranormal, I was hoping to encounter Audra because that's just the kind of [ __ ] crazy I am.
00:27:04
Honestly, a [ __ ] Do you ever just add a [ __ ] when they didn't write it? >> Hell yeah.
00:27:07
>> Okay, cool. >> Absolutely. >> Luckily for us, it just so happened that while we were there, the fifth floor was
00:27:13
being renovated, so no one was staying on that floor. And no one was there to witness me geeking out about ghosts, but
00:27:18
hello to stirring up the ghosties. Hell yeah, cuz renovations. >> Renovations. Excuse me. I was half expecting the
00:27:29
elevator to either skip the floor entirely or simply not open as it occasionally does. But Audra led us up
00:27:35
without issue. It was more eerie than normal simply due to the fact that there were no other living souls on the floor.
00:27:41
We got off the elevator and began walking in the direction of her room. All felt normal until we rounded the
00:27:46
corner. The hotel makes a giant U. When after a few feet it was as though I walked through a sheet of ice,
00:27:53
completely bone chilling. No, not a normal cold. This was such a deep cold that it seemed as though it touched your
00:28:00
soul. But it wasn't just the temperature drop. I could feel a hand on my arm. No
00:28:04
pressure, no weight, but cold in the outline of a hand on my arm. I was walking in front of my husband and
00:28:11
somehow managed to say nothing in regard to either the wall of ice or the hand on
00:28:15
my arm. I didn't react at all because I wanted to see if he would sense it without any influence from me.
00:28:21
>> Smart. >> Yeah, really smart. Sure enough, when he crossed the ice threshold, he let out a
00:28:26
whoa whoa whoa. And Joey Lawrence. >> Yeah, Joey Lawrence. And he said he heard what sounded like someone
00:28:32
attempting to flick his ear. >> Oh, I hate that. That reminds me of when we were on the ship, the USS Salem
00:28:39
>> and and something blew in my ear. >> Yeah. And she I've never seen Elena like
00:28:44
jump up so quickly, like genuinely terrified. >> It was so jarring. >> Yeah, it was a lot.
00:28:48
>> Yeah. So he immediately backtracked the c to the crook of the hallway on the other side of the quote unquote cold. I
00:28:54
however kept walking. I hadn't reached yet 5 I hadn't yet reached 501. I walked the rest of the way there with my chili
00:29:00
escort, paid my respects, and off to the hotel bar we went. I had naively assumed
00:29:04
that our encounter with Audra was over. As the festivities wore on, I overheard the bride's mom mention that there was a
00:29:10
lot to do to set up that night before the wedding the following day. And time was the time was quickly approaching 10
00:29:15
p.m. I offered to stay and set up and headed to the ballroom. While we were there, the mother of the bride
00:29:21
disappeared. So I asked where she went. Not to be petty, just out of cure just out of sheer curiosity.
00:29:26
>> Not to be petty. >> Like where where's your mom? Where'd your mom go? Your mom just [ __ ]
00:29:31
leave. >> Your mom doesn't want to decorate. >> She just doesn't want to be here.
00:29:34
>> Oh, she's better than that. But no, just out of sheer curiosity and needing to know where stuff goes.
00:29:40
>> Yeah. >> Someone replied that she had taken the >> He said, "Are you a friend?" Yeah, we're
00:29:45
a friend. >> Does that mean you won't bite us? What did he say? >> Killed. >> Does that mean Lori was killed? He said
00:29:53
killed. >> Hello. Anyway, um, okay, Nicholas, any more information you got, just, you know,
00:30:07
throw it our way. Yeah, we're here about Lori. We're here and we're crying. What's Lori doing? Where is she? Hiding.
00:30:14
Someone replied that she had she, the mother of the bride, had taken the bride to room 501. I was a little pissed
00:30:20
because she knew how much I loved the paranormal. Not going to lie. What the [ __ ] Like, why would they not take me?
00:30:25
It was actually part of my roast into the intro at the reception that I was the spooky friend. But I put my big girl
00:30:31
panties on and I tried not to take it personally and just continued with the setup.
00:30:34
>> I love you. A few minutes later, the power completely went out. And I don't mean just in the ballroom or even the
00:30:40
hotel. The entire island lost power. So there we were in the near pitch darkness trying to set up in a wedding
00:30:48
in a hotel that we all knew to be haunted in the pitch black. >> Hello. >> Hello.
00:30:55
>> Which you actually wrote hello. Not too long after, the bride and the mother of
00:30:58
the bride made their way back down and they tell us what happened. Insert face palm here. After getting to the room,
00:31:05
the the mother of the bride yelled out to Audra. She pointing to the bride is marrying a
00:31:12
seaman in the morning. What are you going to do about it? What the [ __ ] Insert double face bomb here.
00:31:20
>> Yes, we're recording. That's why we're so stressed out. Are you recording? Yeah, you're
00:31:26
stressing us out on camera. Well, yes, the bride was marrying was really marrying a ship captain.
00:31:33
>> Holy [ __ ] >> And yes, her mom challenged the ghost of a seaman's bride. >> Was she Zach Bagens?
00:31:39
>> And yes, I know. And yes, the entire island lost power at that exact moment. >> Yeah, you don't piss Audra off.
00:31:46
>> No, that's rude. >> So, we do our best to finish up. >> We said, "Where is Lori?" And he just
00:31:52
said the closet. There's no way Lor's in the closet because like I said, >> the closet is right there though.
00:31:59
>> The closet is right there. But the closet is a [ __ ] mess. >> I don't know. He just said Lori's in the
00:32:05
closet. >> How can Lorie fit in the closet with all the stuff we have in there? Or is Lori
00:32:10
in my closet? Your closet gives me weird vibes. I'm not going to lie to you. I don't like
00:32:15
going in there. >> Oh no. Sorry. Oh no. Okay, tell us more, Nicholas. >> Be more specific. the closet in this
00:32:23
room or the closet out there and and like what what's Lori about? Like is is Lori okay? She mad.
00:32:35
>> When you have a minute. >> Yeah. Whenever you have a minute, just let us know.
00:32:37
>> More on this at 5. You know, >> so >> is he talking about Halloween? >> Like Lorie Strode?
00:32:45
>> Yeah, >> maybe. >> Cuz she >> she was in the closet in the closet. >> Yeah. And she
00:32:51
>> Wait, doesn't she bite Michael Myers, too? >> Nicholas, are you watching Halloween
00:32:56
wherever you are? >> She does, doesn't she? >> Probably. I mean, she should have.
00:32:59
>> I think at one point she does. >> Can you Google that, please? >> Hold on. I'm going to I'll
00:33:07
>> Oh, there you go. Does Lorie Strode bite Michael Myers in Halloween? Sometimes Siri needs to get it together.
00:33:19
Yeah. AI is not always I. Siri really isn't. Um I swear she does at one point. I'm
00:33:27
going to look it up. Bite. You know when you like feel something is true so much that you can like picture
00:33:33
it in your head even though maybe it's not true. It doesn't look like I don't see anything about her biting
00:33:45
him, but Oh, damn it. Well, I don't know. He could be talking about Halloween. I don't know. Either way,
00:33:50
Lory's in our closet, I think. So, so tell us more about that, Nicholas, please, whenever you get a chance.
00:33:56
>> Please. All right. Again, more on this at 5. So, we do our best to finish setting up this highly elaborate wedding
00:34:01
in the dark. Everyone, including the mother of the bride, make note of that for later, has their phone's flashlight
00:34:06
on to try to illuminate the massive black hole of a venue. Eventually, we call it a night and begin wrapping up,
00:34:12
and I head upstairs to get a few hours of sleep. Unbeknownst to me, the mother of the bride just couldn't find her
00:34:17
phone. After a massive search, no one can find it. Not the other h helpers, not the hotel staff, no one. Like
00:34:25
Nicholas said later. >> He said later. >> He'll tell us later. Okay. Like I said,
00:34:28
more on this at 5. >> Yeah. Literally, he's like 5:00. >> He said, "Sounds good." The mother of
00:34:32
the bride didn't just lose her phone, but lost her lifeline to wedding contractors, to-do lists, and other
00:34:38
countless pieces of wedding info. >> Oh [ __ ] >> Of course, she would be able to get most
00:34:43
of that back later via the cloud, but not in time for the wedding. Oh no. >> That's why you don't piss off a bride.
00:34:49
>> Yeah, not Audra. >> Especially not a dead one. In the morning, the concierge was finally able
00:34:54
to locate the phone. It had spent the entire night in a bucket of water at the closed bar after having been seen in the
00:35:00
ballroom post blackout. Now, it definitely could have been the evil stepmother who had done other petty
00:35:06
things at the wedding. Or maybe could it have been that Audra was just super pissed?
00:35:11
>> I mean, she did say, "What are you going to do about it?" And Audrey said, "Oh,
00:35:16
watch me, bitch." >> Wait a second. >> She said, "Hold up. Hold my phone." >> She said, "Hold my ectoplasm."
00:35:23
>> She sure did. >> That's what she said. >> Before I went back to my room, though,
00:35:27
before the shenanigans, I grabbed a white rose from a wedding day. From a wedding display. Whoopsie. And left it
00:35:33
at the door of 501 to atone for any of our group's offense. >> Oh, that was nice of you.
00:35:36
>> That was really nice of you. You said, "I will not be involved in this." >> You said, "Not me, sister."
00:35:40
>> No, could never be me. You said, "I respect you, Audra." So, to sum it up, keep it weird, but not so weird that if
00:35:46
you find yourself in a wedding venue occupied by the spirit of a forlorn bride, maybe don't disrespect her. You
00:35:50
could find yourself in near total darkness or experience your phone getting yeated into a bucket of water.
00:35:55
>> K, thanks. >> K, thanks. >> Wow, >> that was a good one. >> That was a really good one.
00:36:02
>> That was scary as hell. And I think it was Audra. >> I think it was definitely Audra
00:36:06
>> cuz I don't think you go in there and say, "She's marrying a seaman. What are
00:36:09
you going to do about it?" Cuz Audra's like, "I'm going to do this." She said, "Oh, me? Hey, I'll just take away your
00:36:12
lifeline to plan the rest of this one. >> Me? I'll ruin your life. How about that?
00:36:16
>> That's what Audrey does. >> How about that? >> Yeah, I'm really inspired to name a kid
00:36:19
Aldra now. >> I like that a lot. All right, let's see. Uh, let's do listener tales sleep
00:36:25
paralysis trio of Nope. Let us Yeah, let's do that. All right, it says, let's see. Might have to make this a little
00:36:32
bigger. We're blind. Cuz we're blind. First off, I am okay if you use my name. Kevin.
00:36:39
>> Kevin. >> Hi, Kevin. Hi, Kevin. >> I haven't told many people about this, but when I do, everyone is terrified or
00:36:45
enthralled. It's like a shitty party trick that I wish I didn't have. Also, I just want to say you guys are amazing.
00:36:51
You're amazing. >> My wife found your podcast at the beginning of the pandemic, and it has
00:36:56
really helped to get us through being cooped up at home. We regularly talk about what episodes we listen to during
00:37:01
our work days, and the listener tales have become a staple in all of our road trips.
00:37:05
>> Hell yeah. >> I love that. >> I love when people say that. >> I do, too. Anyways, I continually have
00:37:10
sleep paralysis and as mentioned in the previous sleep paralysis episode, it is regularly triggered when I am incredibly
00:37:16
stressed. I have three figures that regularly appear and I wanted to share a brief story on the first time I saw each
00:37:22
of the figures who as a group I have affectionately named the trio of nope. I think that's perfect.
00:37:29
>> Yeah, that's great. >> All right, I'll love this. The first one's name is Grimmie.
00:37:33
>> Grimmie. To help cope with the debilitating fear you get from these things, I try to have find humor in it
00:37:38
all, hence the names. The first time I had sleep paralysis, I woke up staring at the ceiling, unable to move. At the
00:37:45
time, I had no idea what sleep paralysis was. I just knew I could not move, and I
00:37:48
was wondering if you could paralyze yourself from sleeping. I don't know, man. I was just tired and cold. Then I
00:37:54
realized something didn't feel right. Everything actually felt colder than normal. We live in Monterey, California,
00:38:00
where in the summers it is still 60° out. So yeah, cold is normal, but this was some arctic cold. I felt a deep,
00:38:07
deep sense of dread. I was not safe. And if I wasn't safe, my wife wasn't safe. And if she wasn't safe, I was going to
00:38:14
beat the be Jesus out of whoever the [ __ ] decided to show up. >> And that's [ __ ]
00:38:19
>> Lack of moving, be damned. If there is a will, there is a way. Spoiler. Spoilers.
00:38:24
Sleep paralysis means there is a will, but there is not a way. >> Simply cannot. I looked around and saw
00:38:31
in a far corner complete darkness. Darkness that was 10 times more dark than anything else around me. My
00:38:37
immediate thought was, "Well, poop on a stick. Looks like my dumbass isn't going
00:38:41
to be able to ward off whatever is in the black pit of nope over there." Slowly, a figure in black worn robes
00:38:47
filled with holes glided out of the darkness. He stood there with a hood staring right at me. His head touched
00:38:54
the ceiling. Hore. It makes me think of an it follows the tall guy something >> about that.
00:39:03
>> No, >> really the best way to describe how he looks is you. This is literally what I
00:39:09
just pictured. >> You know the Muppets Christmas Carol movie? He looks like the ghost of
00:39:14
Christmas future, just more black and more holes in his clothes. I'm not kidding you. That's exactly what I
00:39:19
pictured. That's terrifying. >> That's exactly cuz he's huge. >> Yeah, I know. He's massive.
00:39:24
>> Yeah. which by the way was way too scary for a children or Muppets movie in general.
00:39:29
>> Yeah. >> Also, the the one of Christmas past the child, >> please don't. When we first watched this with my kids,
00:39:41
>> one of them, they were trying to figure out like what this was all about. So like when the the ghost of Christmas
00:39:46
passed, which is just like a Victorian child with a very small Victorian child voice was on, they were like, "So that's
00:39:53
just like they're ghosts." And I was like, "Yeah." And they were like, "So they're like dead." And I was like,
00:39:59
>> "Yeah." And then she goes, "So that's just a dead kid?" And I was like, >> "Yeah."
00:40:06
I was like, "Merry Christmas." Are you feeling merry and bright? I was like, "Yeah, I watched this when I was
00:40:13
little." And I didn't didn't connect those dots. >> We watched it in school. >> But yeah, that's just a dead kid leading
00:40:19
him through his life choices. I guess >> it's just like that. >> Yeah. She was just kind of like that's
00:40:23
just a dead kid following him. And I was like, "The fuck." >> She was like, "All right, got to confirm
00:40:28
that. Got to do what you got to do, man." But I agree with you. Very scary. Uh, let's see. So, but I digress. I felt
00:40:34
like nothing but death was coming. I knew it. This was not good, and I'm legitimately going to die. He stood
00:40:40
there waiting for a few minutes, then began to move towards my side of the bed. Closer and closer, the cold, then
00:40:46
colder and colder it got. Eventually, he was next to me, staring down. I wanted to scream. I wanted to cry. I wanted to
00:40:54
shake my wife awake and tell her, "Get the [ __ ] out of the apartment." The feeling of helplessness and dread was so
00:40:59
powerful, I didn't know what to do with it. Eventually, he floated onto my chest
00:41:05
and would breathe freezing cold air on me. I couldn't breathe. He felt like he weighed a ton and he was just staring at
00:41:13
me doing nothing at all. I mean, bro, I have Brenda. What did it say? Random. >> Brenda.
00:41:23
>> It said Brenda. >> Brenda's in the movie we're doing. Yeah, Brenda is in that. I mean, bro, I have
00:41:29
asthma. If you're trying to suffocate me, standing on my [ __ ] lungs and changing the temperature instantly
00:41:34
combined with the fact that I cannot move to get my inhaler is 100% the way to do it. And everyone would be one
00:41:40
would be none the wiser. I tried to shake him off. I kept trying to scream. I kept trying to freaking cry. And then
00:41:46
I wake up freezing and feeling like I just went through the biggest fight of my life. Godamn it, Grimmie. You sick
00:41:53
son of a [ __ ] [ __ ] Grimmie. [ __ ] Grimmy. It's true though. Sleep paralysis. We say it all the time when
00:42:01
we mention it, but it's no [ __ ] joke. If you've never dealt with it, you can't
00:42:06
conceive of it. >> I also can't imagine uh dealing with it like like people deal with it regularly.
00:42:11
I can't imagine that. I've only had it like twice. >> I get it if I'm really stressed. Like I
00:42:16
got it >> I think like a week and a half ago. >> And I woke up and I was literally
00:42:21
shivering. I was so cold. Like to the point where I was like, >> am I like sick or is something wrong?
00:42:27
which like leads you to believe that it is paranormal in >> I was literally like one of those like
00:42:33
you can't like shivering and John's like laying next to me like with the blankets
00:42:37
half off and I'm like and I didn't have like a fever or anything. It just went away. No, I I do feel like there is a
00:42:43
paranormal aspect to it for sure. >> There has to be. >> No, Nicholas just said come over here
00:42:51
and he didn't say like come on over baby. He said, "Come over here." I said, "No, no, thank you. I'm actually good
00:43:01
right here. Thanks." You know, ask me again later. >> Don't Don't even do that. >> The answer is probably going to be the
00:43:07
same. >> All right. The next one is Karen. >> Karen. >> The way this starts. Karen is a [ __ ]
00:43:20
>> Karen is a [ __ ] Specifically. said, "Keep recording." That was nice, though, because we said, he said, "Come
00:43:30
over and we said, "No, that's okay. We're here." Like, "We're just going to stay here." And he said, "Keep
00:43:35
recording." >> I hear you. >> Keep recording. >> I hear this is your job. I understand.
00:43:39
>> Thank you. >> Thank you, Nicholas. >> Thanks, Nicholas. So, >> this is what we got to do.
00:43:44
>> So, Karen's a [ __ ] Uh, specifically a little [ __ ] I can even pinpoint when
00:43:49
Karen started appearing. It was weeks after I watched the movie Ghost Stories with Martin Freeman. If you haven't seen
00:43:56
the movie, regardless of my experience, I would recommend it. It is a trip. >> I have not seen it.
00:44:02
>> My side of the bed is near a corner of the bedroom. When I turned towards the
00:44:05
wall, there is about 4t from me to the wall. Can I just say that this really upset me because same Oh, like exact
00:44:13
same. >> Oh, yeah. >> One wonderfully Oh, me too. I was like for a second I was like
00:44:21
trying to think. I was like can I get her back? Yeah, I can. I literally was like
00:44:26
>> I was like wait. I'm like reverse. >> Yeah, that's not great. One wonderfully
00:44:32
shitty night I woke up realizing that I was having another episode. Grimmie presumably would be appearing from the
00:44:37
black pit of nope at the far corner of the room and I will try not to [ __ ] my pants again. No promises. It never gets
00:44:43
easier. To my wonderful surprise, no Grimmy. But that feeling of dread was still around. That's when I noticed
00:44:49
Karen in all her glory. >> That little [ __ ] >> That little [ __ ] A little girl no
00:44:54
older than nine stood in the corner closest to me. She wears an old dirty blue dress that looks like she was
00:45:00
buried in it. >> That's so [ __ ] made. That's such a [ __ ] move. >> Yeah, that's that's trick [ __ ]
00:45:06
>> [ __ ] you showing up in your burial shroud, [ __ ] >> Her black hair is in pigtails and her
00:45:14
head stays down. No. Get out of here. No. Go talk to the manager. Okay. >> Look, I've watched enough horror movies
00:45:22
to know that old people ghosts are bad. Little girl ghosts are the worst. >> So, right off the bat, I thought, "Nope,
00:45:30
Grimmy. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. Take me back." But all I could do was sit there and
00:45:36
look straight up trying to ignore her. Kids just want attention. And if I don't give her the time a day, she won't
00:45:42
bother me. Well, not the case. Once again, she just appears at my side of the bed. Then I see an old veiny hand
00:45:50
with a green hue to it and long chipped dirty yellow nails come up along the side of my face.
00:46:00
>> No. No to all angles. >> No. That's when we jumped from the nope train to >> I'm not. Thank you for asking. He said,
00:46:09
"Are you okay?" And we said, >> "No, >> there's a lot going on, Nicholas. Thank you for checking in.
00:46:14
>> Yeah, that was really kind of you. >> Um, so he jumped from the nope train to
00:46:18
the nope bullet train. The pointer finger was directed at me and it slowly crept down towards my temple. I could
00:46:26
sense it getting closer and I could feel that choked up feeling in your throat when you're about to cry. I didn't have
00:46:31
the feeling like I was going to cry. I had the feeling like I was going to scream an ugly cry like Jennifer
00:46:37
Lawrence eat your heart out kind of cry. Incredible. I could tell it was getting
00:46:42
closer and closer to my head and then I wake up and my head is screaming in pain.
00:46:47
>> I woke up like that this morning, too. >> Yeah, we all did. >> Not a fan of that little girl. Hence,
00:46:52
Karen. >> [ __ ] you, Karen. >> Karen. Next is the bride. >> The bride sucked. >> I have only seen the bride three times,
00:47:02
hence no name. Even Nicholas just said no. singer. Oh, >> no. No. [Laughter] >> I have only seen the bride three times,
00:47:22
hence no name. Open to suggestions. >> I just like the bride. It's >> the bride is scary. And the first time
00:47:28
was at a hotel while I was on a work trip. When she appears, it's either a semi sleep paralysis and dream mix or
00:47:35
it's just straight up sleep paralysis. Sometimes I can move, sometimes not. The first occurrence was a nice mix.
00:47:42
>> A nice mix. >> I was staying at a double tree for work and had a room with two and had a room
00:47:48
with two beds thanks to my lazy ass booking the room at the last minute. Oh well, expense supports exist for a
00:47:54
reason. Before going to bed, I could not shake an uncomfortable feeling that I really could not get to the bottom of. I
00:48:00
tried to convince myself it was just stress from work because holy hell, there was a ton of that. Am I right?
00:48:05
Yes. And eventually fell asleep. I woke up and realized I was having a sleep paralysis episode. Let's go through the
00:48:12
squad. Grimmie, the far corners were not that Did he just call us old? >> He said hold.
00:48:21
>> We can't. We're recording. Grimmie, the far the far corners were not that dark.
00:48:26
So, nope. [ __ ] Karen. I have to deal with Karen again. That [ __ ] >> That's when I looked to the right and
00:48:31
saw player number three. The empty bed was on my right and I could see a woman in a dirty wedding dress floating just
00:48:38
above the bed with her back to me. Ew. Slowly, she started to turn her head and I could see through the veil that her
00:48:45
jet black hair was ratty and matted to the side of her face. Her skin was pale white with tiny blue veins clearly
00:48:52
visible throughout. Her eyes were black and her mouth was grotesqually >> what you you were about to say. You
00:49:01
literally said her mouth was grotesque and he said disgusting. I love that he's getting into it now.
00:49:10
Like he reminded me of You're not going to get this, but it reminded me of Lisa Barlo from Salt Lake City going
00:49:16
disgusting. Disgusting. He's part of this. He's He's like really feeling comfortable now.
00:49:27
>> He's like, I know what you need for me. You need commentary. >> I just love grotesque, disgusting.
00:49:36
>> I love it. I love that Nicholas is officially like gross. Disgusting. >> Oh my god, Nicholas, you're hired. Where
00:49:45
do we give your cuts? >> That's $10.99 this wire you. >> Can you fill out a W9? Let us know where
00:49:56
you live, honey. >> Oh my god. Damn. >> Oh [ __ ] >> Thank you, Nicholas. You're correct.
00:50:04
>> Disgusting >> because her mouth was disgusting. Large and in an ear to ear grin. That is
00:50:15
disgusting. Will I recover? Never. Immediately I was understandably terrified. >> Disgusted.
00:50:27
I hadn't ever seen her. And I was initially, as I said before, ready for Grimmie or Karen to appear, not this. So
00:50:34
cool. There's a [ __ ] party, I guess. Slowly, the bride lowered herself under the bed, almost as if she was bowing,
00:50:40
never losing eye contact with me. Then she floated over the empty bed, across the gap between our beds, and on top of
00:50:48
me. >> That's presumptuous. That's presumptuous. >> You were away from your wife on a work
00:50:52
trip, >> and I'm a Brad. >> And I'm a Brad, baby. What did he say? >> He won't leave.
00:50:58
>> He won't leave. Huh? That got weird. Um, all right. Okay. Let's see. Uh, the dress moved like it
00:51:08
was underwater floating around her. >> That's kind of beautiful. >> What a picture.
00:51:12
>> That's not disgusting. >> That's not disgusting. >> And everything felt freezing cold.
00:51:17
Slowly, her hands reached out onto the covers and she started to climb her way up to my face.
00:51:25
He said there's three. He said there's three. And there are three entities in this story. Nicholas, fill out your W9
00:51:33
yesterday. >> You are keeping up, brother. >> Yo, I love that you put you were like,
00:51:38
"Oh my god, what the fuck?" I put on your computer. >> No, that's crazy. >> Okay,
00:51:45
>> that's crazy. >> Nicholas. >> Nicholas. >> Nicholas. >> There's three. What the [ __ ] are the
00:51:51
odds of that? >> Not one in three. One and three. Nobody do the odds. They're crazy. Uh, so,
00:51:57
okay. Um, >> damn. >> Okay. Oh, so she's crawling up to my face. Once she was a few inches away
00:52:04
from my face, that horrible grin widened into a smile, and her teeth looked jagged, sharp, and far too large to be
00:52:12
human. Ew. She didn't speak. She didn't breathe. She didn't laugh. She was completely silent and cold.
00:52:21
Her black eyes stared directly into mine like she knew she was going to do something to me. And me not knowing what
00:52:28
it was brought her even more delight. Can you hear the sound of my blinks? The sound of silence.
00:52:36
>> Ew. That's when the sleep paralysis changed. I finally could move my arms. My only thought was to shove her off and
00:52:43
try to fight back. >> You said I am a married man. >> Yeah. You said that I'm This is not that
00:52:46
kind of work trip. When I pushed her back, she floated backwards. I tried to reach out and get her, but she floated
00:52:53
just out of my reach. I couldn't sit up, so I just stared at her, terrified. She
00:52:58
just looked back, still knowing something I didn't. Then I woke up. I have had moments when I wake up and she
00:53:04
is standing in the corner of our bedroom. Another time, she was just at the end of our bed. On both occasions, I
00:53:11
could not move at all. She just stands there with that huge grin on her face, staring into my eyes. She's never gotten
00:53:18
that close to my face again, and I am incredibly thankful for that. Sorry for the length, and thanks for making such
00:53:23
an epic podcast. Don't be sorry, and thank you. >> Oh, no. Nicholas said bedroom.
00:53:37
Lori's in your >> Wait, do you hear that noise? >> What the [ __ ] was that? It just stopped.
00:53:53
>> Did you hear that? You didn't hear that? >> No. >> What was it? What the [ __ ] is that?
00:54:16
This is not for the bit. Where do we go from here? >> Unquestionably. No, I have a lot of
00:54:26
questions. In fact, >> fire. >> You just said fire. Okay, let's hope it's not. What is that, though?
00:54:40
Is it up in like the curtain? I'm looking at you like that close >> like that. Mikey's going to investigate.
00:54:49
>> I hate it. It sounds mechanical. >> It does. [Music] >> Well, the show must go on. What the [ __ ]
00:54:57
was that? Everybody keep it weird, but not so weird that you have three figures that appear in your sleep and they are
00:55:03
more and more terrifying that you actually hope and pray that you see a grim reaper-l like figure because all
00:55:07
the other ones scare you more than him. Thanks, Kevin. >> Thanks. Thanks, Kevin.
00:55:11
>> Thanks, Kevin. I don't know what the [ __ ] you just brought into this room, Kevin. What have you wrought, Kevin? All
00:55:15
right, >> protect us. >> We're going to read this sweet one last. >> So, this one is Listener Tales. How your
00:55:20
podcast and a friendly ghost caused a wedding. A yay. Okay, so, >> hi ladies. You know the spiel. You guys
00:55:28
are the [ __ ] and your banter makes me laugh until I cry. And from a fellowshole,
00:55:32
>> are there? >> How many are there? I think we've read I think this is the fourth or the fifth,
00:55:38
something like that. >> Let's go with that. >> Hi, lady. Uh, and from a fellow [ __ ]
00:55:42
when the mask slips out, especially you, Elena, my fiance and I will quote it for
00:55:46
days. Speaking of my fiance, as the title of this tale tells, it's thanks to your podcast and a friendly ghost that
00:55:52
we are getting married on January 27th, 2025. >> I love that. >> Retroactive congratulations.
00:55:59
>> Hell yeah. >> Yay. That's really cool. >> Yeah. >> How you say? Well, hold on to your tits.
00:56:04
Sorry. I'm a boobs gal and I shall explain. My name is Steph and yes, you can use my name Steph. I am actually
00:56:11
from Maine but moved into Mass roughly 5 years ago for work. I'm a research scientist and the only research we have
00:56:17
up in Maine is in Bahaba. >> Bahaba. >> Yes. Yes, we do pronounce it like that. Who needs ours anyway?
00:56:22
>> Not me. But I digress. I moved into Mass and I started my big girl job after graduating college and ended up in
00:56:28
Worcester. >> Wora working in an old as [ __ ] building that is falling apart at the seams.
00:56:32
>> I love that. >> Side note, filming. >> What did he say? Do you feel me? That's
00:56:39
to you. Side note, there have definitely been people who died in this building and as a whole, this building is haunted
00:56:45
as [ __ ] I'm moving on. Fast forward to me being almost at my job for a year. And the new girl gets hired. Megan. Yes,
00:56:53
you can use her name. Get in. Megan gets introduced to all of us. And when I tell
00:56:57
you this girl wanted to throw herself off the fifth floor that we were all on instead of being introduced to us as a
00:57:03
group, that's a massive understatement. She had a fake smile plastered to her face. She wore two hoodies that were way
00:57:08
too big for her and had her hair, which was dyed bright orange half in her face.
00:57:13
Throw back to those skater girls in high school who spoke to very few people but
00:57:16
were stupid cute. Listen to Paramore and Green Day all day and hated roughly 92%
00:57:21
of society. Honestly, same. A few months later, excuse me, a few months had passed and besides a couple of good
00:57:27
mornings or have a good weekend, Megan and I hadn't interacted much at all. So, the day I look up and see her standing
00:57:33
at my desk looking like a scared p puppy, let's just say my interest was peaked. I gave her a super suave. Sup,
00:57:40
Megan? And as she proceeds to word vomit at me, and I quote, um, "Hi, um, I heard
00:57:44
that you really like the Wizard of Oz, and I'm not sure if you're a podcast girl, but if you are, I listen to these
00:57:48
two girls who are also from Mass and who talk about murder, and I love them. But,
00:57:51
um, they also came out with a podcast about the Wizard of Oz today. And did you know that the witch almost died?"
00:57:55
And, um, uh, it's called Morbid, and I thought you might be interested. Okay, bye. Oh my god, I love this so much.
00:58:00
This was all said in one single breath and spoken in roughly 15 seconds. And then I watched her speed walk back to
00:58:07
her office and I sat at my desk and eventually burst out into laughter. Now, I should say The Wizard of Oz is my
00:58:13
favorite movie. And FYI, Elena, I'm a scarecrow gal. >> Oh, all right. I understand.
00:58:18
>> I get it. >> I get it. >> I even have a half sleeve tattoo where on one side is the witch in her castle
00:58:24
and flying monkeys and the other half is the scarecrow in his field. That sounds
00:58:28
sick as [ __ ] That's badass. >> I don't think you included a picture. Please send us one.
00:58:32
>> And also, it's cool because we don't have to fight over our You could double date.
00:58:36
>> Yeah. >> Another fun fact, I'm partially color blind and I can't see yellow. But does
00:58:41
my tiny 52 ass still sing follow the yellow road at the top of my lungs every time I watch it? You bet your sweet Os.
00:58:48
>> So, I get up from my desk and I walk into her office. She looks mortified that she had just vom word vomited all
00:58:53
over the place, but I walked up to her with a big smile and I said, "Hey, what was that podcast called again?" Oh my
00:58:58
god, >> it sounds right up my alley. >> I love this. >> Now, between you and me and, you know,
00:59:03
the possibly thousands of people who might potentially hear this, this smile that broke across her face was
00:59:09
absolutely stunning. As I began listening to your podcast, she would find me in the mornings and ask me about
00:59:15
what episode I was on, and I would happily go to that episode so that we could talk about and she would happily
00:59:19
go to that episode so we could talk about it later. I started at episode 1, and I will die on this hill. But
00:59:25
underwater, slightly manic Ash and Elena dipping their toes into the podcast world are some of my favorite episodes.
00:59:31
>> You're a real one. >> You're You're an OG. >> We try to bring some of that old We're
00:59:36
trying to bring some of that old uh manic energy back. >> Yeah, we're like almost happy again. So,
00:59:40
we're getting there. >> So, we're getting there. >> And I have relistened to many to get a
00:59:44
hearty chuckle. We continued listening to old morbid episodes together, which turned us into which turned into us
00:59:49
hanging outside of work almost every weekend to watch documentaries about the cases or to watch horror movies because
00:59:55
I'm a baby [ __ ] when it comes to horror movies. And I needed a needed a lap to
00:59:59
jump into with every jump scare scene. >> Hell yeah. >> Now, you might be asking, uh, ma'am,
01:00:03
where does this friendly ghost come into play? Well, my de delightful weirdos, right now. One weekend, we were cleaning
01:00:10
out her parents house because Megan was moving into it in a couple months once her apartment lease ended. We were
01:00:14
taking a break and sitting on the floor eating pizza just shooting the [ __ ] when
01:00:18
behind her head I see movement. It was only us in the house and we were surrounded by piles of boxes that were
01:00:24
either trash for uh >> What the [ __ ] is that noise? >> I'm not going sit to sit back over
01:00:40
there. So Roomie, what's up? Couchi, what's up? >> Couchi, what's up? >> Jack's Couchie, what's up? Jason Couchi,
01:00:47
what's up? All right. Uh, it was only us in the house and we were surrounded by piles of boxes that were either trash or
01:00:52
for donation. So, I slowly leaned to the right so that I could see behind her head to where the movement was
01:00:57
occurring, the stairs. And that is when I see a completely see-through older woman in a white flowy dress who is who
01:01:06
quickly, but with elegance I will never possess, made her way up the stairs. >> [ __ ] me up.
01:01:11
>> No, I'd cry. It was probably only 5 seconds that I actually saw her before she was gone. I'd forgotten that Megan
01:01:17
was still talking to me until she quickly made eye contact with me again with the biggest smile on her face and
01:01:22
goes, "Wait, did you see her? She never shows herself to new people." I stared at her and I tried to say something, but
01:01:29
nothing came out. Now, I went to school for seven years and not to toot my own horn, but beep beep. I'm a pretty smart
01:01:34
cookie. I have a degree in neuroscience and two specialties in behavior. >> Yeah. Toot toot. Honk honk.
01:01:45
All that to say, the words that eventually left my mouth, I can only compare to as a drunk person trying to
01:01:50
give directions. While looking back and forth from Megan to the stairs and back again, I managed to mumble, "Stares
01:01:57
address a late as she flows." She's see-through. >> Nailed it. Megan proceeds to get giddy
01:02:02
as hell and she explains that there are actually two ghosts in this house and that the woman frequents heavily on the
01:02:08
stairs but is the friendliest ghost and was assessing the new person in the house. My god, I love this. Apparently,
01:02:14
I passed the test. A >> the second ghost is a man named John who was the original owner of the house.
01:02:19
John doesn't really ever show himself, but for shits and giggles will cause something to fall upstairs in what we
01:02:24
can only assume was his bedroom. >> Honestly, that's very John. >> So, that is very John. That's valid. So,
01:02:30
long story short, a couple months later, Megan asked if I wanted to move into the
01:02:33
house with her as she knew that I was looking for a new place because I hated my apartment. It was too small and it
01:02:37
gave me so much anxiety that Megan demanded I stay at her apartment every weekend. So, yeah, I moved in. An
01:02:43
incredibly nervous first kiss, introducing our cats. Honestly, I should have known then. And a year and a half
01:02:47
of dating, and then a proposal where I used our cats to ask her later, >> and I get to marry my soulmate.
01:02:53
>> Oh my god. >> So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you ladies. When people ask us how we
01:02:57
started dating, we say a ghost and a little murder. >> Oh my god, I love that story so much.
01:03:03
>> I love you guys. That was like the perfect one to end on. >> Oh my god, that made me so happy.
01:03:08
>> And congratulations. I hope you guys are so happy and so beautiful and that all
01:03:12
the ghosties attended your wedding. >> Oh, I love that. So, and you know what it was? I love that you like it be it
01:03:19
started with you like validating something that she was excited about. >> Yeah. Because I feel like we've gotten
01:03:24
into a place where like people like make fun of are stupid with people like for them liking or being excited about
01:03:32
things. Like it's always been like it's very like childish. >> Yeah. We'll be like, "Oh, that's weird
01:03:37
that you're so obsessed with that thing or it's weird that you're like into that
01:03:41
or talk about it all the time." >> Like as adults like I feel like there's this group of adults that just like do
01:03:46
that. >> Yeah. And I always think like that is the biggest red flag for me when somebody's like, "It's so weird how
01:03:52
obsessed this person is with this thing." I'm like, "Let them like something." >> Yeah, you can like the fact that she ran
01:03:57
over and just like was like, "I really like this thing and I think you would like it and then just like ran away."
01:04:02
You could tell she was like, "She might think that this is like weird and that like I'm being obsessive."
01:04:07
>> And it's like I love that you were just like, "What's that [ __ ] podcast?" I
01:04:09
probably love that. >> Hold the phone. Tell me more. >> Yeah. Like that would be like so that
01:04:13
must have been so relieving and like endearing for her >> in that moment. You probably became her
01:04:18
safe space >> literally. And I [ __ ] love that. Be like Steph and in a world full of Beth.
01:04:25
>> Be a Steph. Validate people's excitement about things. Don't [ __ ] on people or
01:04:29
discourage them for liking things >> and everybody will be awesome. >> Awesome. Yeah. And it's okay if you are
01:04:35
obsessed with things and like things and get hyperfixated on things. I feel like
01:04:39
you should be obsessed with things and like things and get hyperfocused >> and we're on a floating rock in space.
01:04:44
>> That's the thing. How [ __ ] long are we here? Get obsessed with stuff. Hyperfixate. Go nuts. Be manic. Live
01:04:51
your life. >> And with that, we leave you. >> We hope you keep listening. >> And we hope you
01:04:56
>> keep it weird, but not so weird that you don't get hyperfocused on things and
01:05:00
fixated and manic. And not so weird that we don't find out what the [ __ ] [ __ ]
01:05:04
that sound is on the other side of the room, >> cuz it's right over there. >> It's right there. So, we're going to go
01:05:08
investigate that. And we love you. >> We do. >> We already told you to keep it weird.
01:05:12
So, bye >> bye. [Music]