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MFM Minisode 398

August 26, 2024 /

This episode of My Favorite Murder features stories about unexpected heroes, personal reflections on life, and humorous anecdotes from listeners. The hosts, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, read listener emails that highlight moments of bravery and connection.

One story recounts a mother who accidentally locked her children in a running car and was saved by a teenage cashier who noticed a locksmith van. The locksmith arrived quickly and unlocked the vehicle, showcasing the kindness of strangers.

Another listener shares a touching memory of their grandmother, who was a strong influence in their life. The grandmother's adventurous spirit and resilience are celebrated, emphasizing the impact of family on personal growth.

Listeners also write in with humorous tales, including a story about a teenager who creatively joined a Memorial Day parade without permission. This anecdote highlights the spontaneous and chaotic nature of youth.

The episode wraps up with reflections on life choices, encouraging listeners to embrace their journeys and reminding them that it is never too late to pursue their passions.

TLDR

Listeners share stories of unexpected heroes and personal reflections on life and bravery.

Episode

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Goodbye. Hello. And welcome to My Favorite Murder, the mini-sode where we read you your stories.
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Do you like emails? You want to go first? Sure. Guys, it's Friday. We're recording this on Friday.
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With video. So we have to actually put makeup on. Yeah. It's exhausting, this job.
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Oh, God, it's hard. Okay. Oh, the subject line of my first email is teenage cashier saves the day.
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Hello. I feel like the cute greeting sentences have been done to death. And there it is.
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Back in the late 90s, I was the mother of two small children ages 15 months and two years.
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My husband was a manager in retail and worked very long hours. He'd leave for work before sunup and wouldn't get home until the children were in bed.
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It was usually just me and my little ones taking on the world. She don't even have Instagram to distract her once in a while.
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Can you imagine? Right, because it's the late 90s. It was like her and Jerry Springer doing their best.
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one scorching day in Houston we were out running errands I stopped at a gas station to get us
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drinks as was usual at that time my brain wasn't always functioning on all cylinders hello welcome
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toddlers exhaustion and undiagnosed anxiety and ADD had me rattled most of the time I pulled into
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a parking space in front of the building jumped out of my van and walked around to the sliding
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door to get the kids out I was frustrated that the door didn't open when I pulled on the handle
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thinking the lock must not have disengaged. I trekked back to the driver's door to push the
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unlock button and it wouldn't open either. I had left my keys in the van and locked my kids in.
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Now I know what you're thinking. And this is in quotes. Kids locked in a hot car on a scorching
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day. Don't fret. I hadn't only forgotten my keys in the van. They were still in the ignition and
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the engine was still running, I had failed to even turn off the car. So even though I wasn't
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worried about the heat, I was still panicking. Yep. Thank God the car was still running.
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My 15 month old was asleep, so he was no help. But my two year old was awake and staring at me
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through the window. Oh my God. Oh my God. There's not even a five year old to communicate with.
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true babies i tried to get her to unlock the door like she was going to unbuckle her harness throw
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off the straps of her car seat and jump to the rescue no luck i went into the store and tried
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to explain to the teenage boy behind the counter what happened before i could finish my explanation
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and without saying a word the boy ran from behind the counter passed me and out the door i watched
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him run to a van yelling the driver had just got in behind the wheel and was pulling away from the
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pump. My brain couldn't comprehend what was happening until I saw what was written on the
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side of the van. Locksmith. Yes. Yes. This kid had noticed the locksmith van at the pump and sprung
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into action when I came in panicking. He was able to stop the vehicle and the lovely young locksmith
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unlocked my van free of charge. Looking back, I know my kids weren't in danger, but that teenage
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boy and young locksmith were both heroes thanks for reading my story stay sexy and maybe put down
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your phone and pay attention to what's going on around you you just might be someone's hero
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vicky i love that i love that so beautiful care and concern oh my god try it who am i talking to give it a whirl give it a whirl uh not reading you the subject
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hi Karen and Georgia I'll get right to it my grandma Juanita was an OG murderino she and my
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grandpa Emilio lived next door to us for most of my childhood and helped raise me we would watch
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Jeopardy and Law & Order SVU every night now that I'm older I realized that I was way too young to
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be watching Law & Order at nine years old and SVU which is like double hardcore it's very not a good
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idea for a nine but what can I say that show has been on for 26 seasons for a reason That right My grandma passed away recently but lived well into her 90s She was a badass farmer whose weapon of choice was a shovel She was known to have cut down a
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wasp's nest without protection and killed a rattlesnake. Holy shit. I'm so happy that I
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grew up next door to her because she influences my choices to this day. But let's get to why I
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wrote this email. In California middle school in the early 2000s, I took the US Constitution test.
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If you've got more than 90%, you've got to go to Outback Steakhouse. And it's got two little stars around Outback Steakhouse.
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Special. Where they would have a little ceremony and give you a certificate. They obviously got 90% because it says, I remember there was an attorney who seemed to be important who took pictures with us and gave a speech.
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At the end of his speech, he opened the floor to questions. Being that I watched Law & Order SVU so much, I felt like I knew a thing or two about the court system, but was confused about some aspects of the charges laid against people in the show.
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So I raised my hand and asked, what is the difference between murder one and murder two?
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That man's face was burned into my memory because he looked horrified slash confused slash amused and then said, next question.
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years later i thought this was all a weird made-up memory but one night in an insomnia
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induced wikipedia binge i was looking at political officials as you do in the middle of the night
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sure it's very comforting and i realized that the important attorney from outback was the california
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attorney general at the time what if i ever had the chance to meet again i would like him to know
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that i was not a biting murderer and instead went the opposite direction i'm a geriatrician
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who saw the injustices in medicine that occurred with my grandparents and decided I want to correct
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them. Wow. Shout out to my sister who recommended this podcast to me when I was in medical school.
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You ladies got me through my residency where I did ICU night shifts during the pandemic.
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Oh, my God. Thank you. No chill there. I mean, also intense bravery. We all clanged our pots
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and pans. But again and again, everyone should be thanking those essential workers that truly,
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when we thought we don't know what's happening out there, they're like, anyway, bye. We're going
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to go take care of some stuff. I'm going to work overnight. Goodbye. I came out relatively
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unscathed, except for a touch of PTSD. Stay sexy and don't ask the California Attorney General
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about the nuances of murder charges. LP, she, her. LP, I think that sign off should have been,
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And definitely ask any attorney anytime you're around them any questions that you want.
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I mean, while we're here, we should probably recommend, if you don't know, we have a Law & Order SVU podcast.
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That's right. Called That's Messed Up. And if you love Law & Order, you should listen to it because it's really good.
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It's so good. And they book the actors from Law & Order. And they interview them.
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Hello there. I'm currently listening to a Hometown episode in which Karen talks about her father narrating parades
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and stated that it would be so easy to just sneak in and join the procession. Well, I'm here to tell you that it can be done and with style to boot.
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Oh, no. Imagine this. It's the early aughts and you're at a Memorial Day parade in a small Wisconsin city.
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You're watching the usual groups and floats go by. High school marching bands, various armed forces battalions, fire trucks complete with firefighters throwing candy to the hordes of children, etc., etc.
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Suddenly, you come to behold a very strange sight indeed. a 1981 white Chevy Camaro
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towing a vintage yellow trailer from the 60s. In the trailer are two life-sized cardboard cutouts,
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one of former President Bill Clinton playing a saxophone and the other of esteemed former Green Bay Packers coach Mike Holmgren there are spray painted signs on the side of the trailer stating god bless america and the fresh air brigade
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the song hot barbecue by brother jack mcduff plays loudly on repeat from a large speaker
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red white and blue streamers fly from the back of the trailer it is memorial day after all
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the fresh air brigade themselves aka my brother and one of his friends are riding in the Camaro and throwing Taco Bell hot sauce packets
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to all the eagerly waiting kids. Hot sauce packets. People are like, yay, they're throwing something,
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and then they catch it, and then I'm like, I guess we'll put these in that drawer that we have.
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Some little six-year-old opens it up and just starts crying. Yes, that's right. My, at the time, 16-year-old brother just pulled into the parade lineup
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near the start, and no one stopped them throughout the entire 1.8 mile route. They never got into trouble afterward either,
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except for getting, quote, yelled at pretty severely by one of our teachers the next day,
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despite her having no real authority on what happens during a parade. Yeah. My brother's one of the funniest people I know,
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and this stunt will forever go down in our families and probably our town's history
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as one of the greatest, weirdest things to ever happen at a parade. Stay sexy and think outside the bun.
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Sam Shearer. And then it says, P.S. pick or it didn't happen. And we have a fucking pick of this.
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Oh, my God. There's a photo of the fucking God bless the USA. Oh, this is way shittier than I
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even imagined it looked. Because the trailer that she's talking about is the cutoff back half of an
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old Chevy truck. I thought it was like a, you know, a little streamline trailer and I didn't
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get it but this is just the like the cut off back of a camaro and a badass camaro and the god bless
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usa is spray painted in black paint on like a piece of cardboard it looks like and if so was
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the fresh air brigade oh my god i love this what do you think the fresh air brigade was referencing
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like farting because of taco bell oh maybe but then nothing yeah maybe it's just random and
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these guys love to smoke pot. Wow. I love this picture so much. Maybe one of their parents was
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like, you need to get out of the house and get some fresh air. And so like, okay. And then they
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were like, here's what you fucking get. Yeah, fine. We'll join a parade then. Okay. Here's my second one. I'm not going to read you the subject and it just starts.
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Hello, Alejandra. You're looking beautiful today. Alejandra, of course, picks our hometowns. Yeah. And she picked this one because you can
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manipulate Alejandra about her appearance. I actually picked this one myself. So Alejandra's
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off the hook. She probably would have deleted it. She's modest. She's incredibly modest,
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almost none like. That's right. So I am officially saying Alejandra, you look beautiful today.
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You do. Thank you. Okay, pre pandemic listener, which I think qualifies as long ass time,
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fourth time writer, first time my story is being read on the pod. because you got to manifest that shit, right?
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And you did. You did it. Manifesting works. I'll preface this by saying that I mean no disrespect to the elder population,
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but the woman this story is about was a cuckoo loco, and for the good of humanity, I will not be silent about that.
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I grew up so Mormon that when I was 21 years old, I went on a mission to preach the sweet gospel of JC.
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In one of the cities I lived in, my companion and I taught an 87-year-old named Darlene, name changed.
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Darlene lived in a single wide mobile home. She was legally blind and had two cloudy eyes that drifted off to separate sides at all times.
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She was perpetually dressed in a floral muumuu, and I'm here to say no shade. Us too.
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And she was extremely opinionated and frequently interrupted our church lessons by inserting what she thought the church's rules should be instead.
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Hell yes. It says, go off, queen. For God knows what reason, Darlene decided to get baptized.
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We set up a meeting with our district leader, a male missionary who was in charge of other
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missionaries, which took place on a Saturday morning. Side note, in the LDS church, anyone who chooses to be baptized has to have an interview with
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the priesthood leader where they answer such questions as, one, do you believe the Book
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of Mormon is the Word of God? Two, do you believe Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, etc.?
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I'm sure it's multiple choice, right? D. C. Our district leader told us that Darlene answered all the questions correctly,
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so she was good to move forward with her baptism scheduled for later that afternoon.
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He then told us that there was one thing during the interview that made him laugh.
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When asked if she had repented all of her sins, Darlene said, yes, well, there is one big one, and drifted off.
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But our district leader, being 19, didn't find this reason enough to inquire further.
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He ended the interview, and Darlene was baptized a few hours later. The next morning, we arrived at church for Darlene's confirmation, a blessing where the
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newly baptized person receives the gift of the Holy Ghost and is confirmed a member of
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the LDS Church. However, Darlene was nowhere to be seen. The church meeting proceeded as scheduled, no Darlene.
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After the service, we went to our bishop to ask if he knew anything about where she might
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be. And I bet they get points for each person they recruit, and they're like, where's our
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girl? Yes, for sure. And we want God's point. That's the whole point of a mission.
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And so it's like, you're not going to lose that at the 11th hour. No, I need that gold star from Jesus.
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Jesus, please watch this. He says, quote, oh, I have meaning to tell you, ladies, Darlene is in jail.
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She was arrested for arson. And that face that you're making right now, that O face, there's literally an emoji.
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Not even an emoji, just like a little two dots and an O. It looks exactly like your face.
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I did the match of like, oh, here's what happened. On that Saturday morning before her interview yes the same interview where she admitted that there was one big thing she had not repented to Darlene trailer caught on fire and was burnt to a crisp Everything inside was ruined
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At first, authorities wondered if this was an accident. Blind old lady living alone and everything.
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But then they discovered that the night before the fire, Darlene had moved all of her valuables to a separate storage shed.
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She was convicted of arson and spent a few weeks in jail. But hey, at least she got that baptism in so she could be forgiven all of her sins.
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Thank you so much for doing this podcast. I'm 32 and often find myself extremely anxious that I
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haven't achieved my life dreams yet. Can you fucking imagine? Please don't even you're just
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starting life. You're just starting when you feel that way. Go to the movies. When you feel that way,
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go do something outside. And then it says then I remember it's okay. Georgia was 35 when she
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started my favorite murder. Sorry, Karen. I can't remember how old you were. If Georgia was 35,
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I was 45. That's right. But for real, you remind me that it's never too late to start doing what you love.
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And I thought 35 was so old. Now it's not. You're still fine not knowing what you're going to do in your 30s and 40s and just doing
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what pays the bills until you find something you love. Also, Georgia and I, for this thing, it's not like we had some plan.
00:19:11
It's not like we were like, we have to sit down and figure out the way. It's like you just try and you try and you try and you try again and you do stuff and
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it's fucked up and you think it's all ruined. And then you do another thing that you're like, oh, that'll be fun.
00:19:23
She and I'll do. And then suddenly you're like standing in front of 3000 people who are screaming at the top of your lungs.
00:19:29
Yes. Everyone goes at a different pace. And that's totally fine. Yeah. Do you? It's not high school.
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There's no contest. People aren't tracking you. They're worried about themselves.
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Stay sexy and burn the house down while you have the chance. You can always have your sins washed away later.
00:19:46
Bronwyn, she, her. Bronwyn, I'm sorry we lectured you so much. But it's really fun in that anytime anyone young expresses those things, it's like, please listen to us.
00:19:56
We are. Yeah. I've lived for over half a century, which is still mind boggling to me.
00:20:02
I always think like, OK, I'm hoping to live to be like 86 or so. That means I'm like halfway done.
00:20:07
I mean, there's so much more fucking time to do the things. 32 is like not even halfway done yet.
00:20:14
For real. You've got time. And 32, you should know that you're assuming that people are judging you like, oh, you haven't done anything, when most people are like, oh, look at Bronwyn's skin.
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Look at Bronwyn's overall youth. God, I wish I had that. Like, truly don't understand.
00:20:31
Yeah. Wear SPF and have fun. And I could highly recommend Korean skincare. While the world watches the stars at the FIFA World Cup this summer,
00:20:45
Hyundai has its eyes on the next generation of talent. The future soccer stars who are already turning heads at age 14.
00:20:50
Making plays that end up on everyone's feed, scoring from angles that don't make sense,
00:20:55
rewriting record books that barely had time to gather dust. Because Next doesn't wait for an invitation, and Hyundai doesn't either.
00:21:01
Hyundai has always moved the future within reach. Hyundai did it by making advanced safety standard on every vehicle.
00:21:07
Hyundai did it by engineering EVs with ultra-fast charging capability. And Hyundai continues doing it every day.
00:21:13
From robotics that change how people live to young athletes changing the game, the future isn't some far-off concept. It's already here.
00:21:20
Next starts now. Hyundai, an official partner of FIFA. Goodbye. Peace of mind can be hard to come by.
00:21:27
Especially at 2 a.m. when your house suddenly makes a weird noise. That's why so many people trust SimpliSafe to help keep their home secure.
00:21:34
Traditional home security only alerts you after a break and has already happened, and that's too late.
00:21:39
SimpliSafe is changing that. The system is customizable so you can build the one that fits your home and your specific needs.
00:21:45
A 24-7 professional monitoring is effective and affordable and won't lock you into a long-term contract.
00:21:51
Listen, Cookie is a really good watchdog, but she's not going to tell me what is actually going on,
00:21:55
if it's a raccoon or if it's a person looking through my windows. Like, you have to get this level of safety if you want to feel as safe as possible.
00:22:04
So you know what's going on. So I just feel safer with actually having something like SimpliSafe around.
00:22:08
There's a whole staff at SimpliSafe that's waiting to talk to you and help you out and tell you, no, you're fine.
00:22:14
It's a raccoon. Right now, you can get 50% off your new system by visiting SimpliSafe.com slash MFM.
00:22:19
That's half off at SimpliSafe.com slash MFM. There's no safe like SimpliSafe. Goodbye.
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00:22:42
Terms and conditions apply. See Pandora.net for more details. Goodbye. Okay, the subject line of my last email is, all caps, vibes, exclamation point, and a sixth sense, sort of.
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Happy Monday to you all. Today in Minnesota 393, you asked if anyone had stories about people who had sort of accurate vibes when meeting someone good or bad.
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And my daughter is one of those people. What if she had bad vibes when she met her daughter?
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The nurse puts the baby on her chest and she's like, oh, this isn't going to work.
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When Erin was just 15 months old, she would connect strongly with so many people.
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She'd smile and clap her hands with glee to almost anyone she'd meet or sit next to in a restaurant or out shopping.
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You get the point. She could just tell who the good people were in her little world.
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Most were all good, of course. Then one day, my old college roommate came over with her new boyfriend.
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She wanted us to meet her latest love interest. And Aaron took one look at him and screamed bloody murder.
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Literally one look and she lost it. My hubby and I were like, this is so odd. She's never done this before.
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She must need a nap. And then in all caps, it says, nope, he was a bad dude. It took my friend a few years to figure it out, but she discovered that he was a liar, a cheat, and drove her to bankruptcy.
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Oh, my God. If only we had trusted Aaron's vibes. A few years later, and then in parentheses it says, I know you'll find this fascinating.
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Aaron gave us a huge gift on the morning after my dad passed away. He had lived with Parkinson's disease for 25 years, and she only knew her papa as basically the special guy we visited at the long-term care facility,
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who was confined to a wheelchair with limited verbal abilities. So that morning, when we were obviously so sad,
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she burst out of her room, she was five at the time, to make the announcement that, quote,
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Papa came to me last night. He's good. He's chasing birds and making snow angels.
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Oh, my God. He's chasing birds. And making things that you have to do with limbs, specifically.
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Yes. He's using his body. Yeah. And then it just says, well, goosebumps. We absolutely knew she was telling the truth.
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He chose her to visit, I think, because he knew that she was open to receiving his message to all of us.
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He was a bird nerd and loved the weather slash four seasons we have here in Minnesota.
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So her announcement made perfect sense. Oh, my God. I know. What a gift. She changed our perspective on that sad day and helped us feel grateful for our time with him on earth and put a smile on our faces, imagining how he was now able to run and be free.
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Oh, my God. I don't cry. I know. Ever. I'm about to fucking cry. You will now. This is the closest I think I've.
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Oh, my God. You'll get there. Erin's vibes continue to steer her away from the creeps of the world and keep the good ones close.
00:25:41
Stay sexy and listen to your kiddos. They might have good intel and either save you from disaster or bring you an unexpected blessing Melissa That is so special Yeah Oh my God There more going on There more going on than we know
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That's really beautiful. If you want to join the fan cult, you can see Georgia almost crying.
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We just get an influx. We've never gotten this many fans. Everyone gives a shit about it.
00:26:05
This is the content people are absolutely starving for. Okay. No, I look like shit.
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Okay. My last one is just an MFM cute story. OG listener from 2016 is the subject line.
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Okay. And it's quickie. I'm an OG listener and met you both at the Fort Lauderdale show in 2016 with my now ex,
00:26:24
a first responder who had the lion encounter in the 80s, which you read out on hometown
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34 or 37. Remember that? Yes. Yes, I do. Fort Lauderdale. That was a fun show. Yes.
00:26:34
It was such a cool theater. Remember? It was kind of like carpeting on the walls, kind of.
00:26:38
It felt like. Yeah. Like at a middle school. Yeah. Yes. Auditorium or something. That was cool. I was listening to episode 438 about the Zodiac
00:26:48
killer copycat. That's the one I did in New York. Yeah. On the way to pick up my elderly mother to
00:26:53
take her to Target. She doesn't like talk radio. So I turned it off when she got into my car.
00:26:58
I don't like talk radio. I agree with her. We arrive and she's quietly watching me piece
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together her mobility scooter. And out of nowhere, she says, I thought they didn't catch the Zodiac
00:27:10
killer. Taken aback at her timing of topic, I said they didn't. Then she says, quote, so this
00:27:17
guy was a copycat? She said, weirdly. And I asked, how are you hearing my podcast? I turned it off.
00:27:23
She said, quote, I can hear it in my hearing aids clear as hell. No, no, no, I'm sorry. Clear as a
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bell I wish it was clear as hell Turns out her Bluetooth hearing aids which run from an app on my phone was picking up MFM because I only muted it not turned it off How fucking cool is that So sorry So sorry ma But she didn say anything
00:27:46
She just kept listening and then was like, maybe I do like talk radio. This is the talk radio that she never encountered before.
00:27:52
That's right. SSDGM and turn off. Don't mute, Linda. Linda, that's amazing. We won over someone who doesn't like this.
00:28:05
Yeah. Hey. Hey. Welcome to The Fold. What's up? Tell us your stories about your six senses and...
00:28:15
I like hearing about people that we've met before. Yeah. Remember I met you and da-da-da.
00:28:19
Because there are so many people I remember from those of you. You remember fucking everyone.
00:28:23
And then you give me some weird tidbit of information that I'm like, oh yeah, I remember that too.
00:28:26
still never forget the two girls that brought their grandma busted her out of the i think we
00:28:32
were in iowa or cedar rapids or was it no it was somewhere super midwest yeah and they were like
00:28:40
we got grandma out of the nursing home to bring her to this and it was like 10 o'clock at night
00:28:44
or something yeah and she was like she was a super og original murderino and then she started
00:28:49
telling us about a case she went to and was at the jury every day that's right amazing i love this
00:28:55
job. Tell us your stories. Tell us your OG murderino grandma stories. Oh my God, Georgia,
00:29:00
my sweatpants are on backwards. I just tried to reach into my pocket and my pockets are going the
00:29:05
other way. Stand up and show the fan call your backwards sweatpants. Come on, you have to do it.
00:29:12
Oh my God. Now you can grab your own butt whenever you want. Thank God. That's so comforting.
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Jesus Christ Amazing Thanks for listening Yes We love you Stay sexy And don get murdered Okay Elvis do you want a cookie This has been an Exactly Right production
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Episode Highlights

  • A Charming Neurosurgeon's Dark Secret
    A neurosurgeon who promised healing instead left a trail of broken bodies.
    “He promised to heal them. Instead, he left a trail of broken bodies.”
    @ 00m 48s
    August 26, 2024
  • Teenage Cashier Saves the Day
    A teenage boy and a locksmith heroically rescue children locked in a hot car.
    “Thank God the car was still running.”
    @ 03m 54s
    August 26, 2024
  • Darlene's Shocking Baptism
    A legally blind woman is arrested for arson right after her baptism.
    “Darlene is in jail. She was arrested for arson.”
    @ 17m 37s
    August 26, 2024
  • Hyundai's EV Innovation
    Hyundai is leading the charge in electric vehicle technology with ultra-fast charging capabilities.
    “The future isn't some far-off concept. It's already here.”
    @ 21m 17s
    August 26, 2024
  • SimpliSafe's Home Security
    SimpliSafe offers customizable home security solutions that provide peace of mind.
    “There's no safe like SimpliSafe.”
    @ 22m 22s
    August 26, 2024
  • A Child's Gift of Comfort
    A touching story of a child bringing comfort after a loss, sharing a message from a grandfather.
    “He's chasing birds and making snow angels.”
    @ 24m 41s
    August 26, 2024
  • Unexpected Insights from Kids
    Children can provide surprising insights that guide us in life.
    “Stay sexy and listen to your kiddos.”
    @ 25m 41s
    August 26, 2024
  • Hearing Aids and Podcasts
    A humorous moment when a mother discovers her hearing aids can pick up a podcast.
    “How fucking cool is that?”
    @ 27m 23s
    August 26, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • He promised to heal them. Instead, he left a trail of broken bodies.
    MFM Minisode 398
  • You're just starting when you feel that way. Go to the movies.
    MFM Minisode 398
  • Stay sexy and burn the house down while you have the chance.
    MFM Minisode 398
  • If only we had trusted Aaron's vibes.
    MFM Minisode 398
  • Papa came to me last night. He's good.
    MFM Minisode 398
  • Stay sexy and listen to your kiddos.
    MFM Minisode 398

Key Moments

  • A Charming Neurosurgeon00:37
  • Teenage Hero03:54
  • Darlene's Arrest17:37
  • Life Dreams18:23
  • EV Innovation21:07
  • Home Security21:30
  • Comfort After Loss24:41
  • Unexpected Connection27:23

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