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Hello, Welcome to the final belated
episode of this season's Blurry Fault Time.

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This will be the annual ghost Stories
episode. Stick around after the tales for

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some news, including big news on
the film streaming and what else has been

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going on to cause such delays with
episodes lately. I'll discuss it after puns.

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For now, I have a selection
of four creepy stories and a poem

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to keep you chilled to the bone
on a cold winter's night or a warm

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summer's night for our friends down under. Here is the twelfth installment of ghost

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Stories, Dark Sleep. Samantha had
two best friends named Ginny and Amber.

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Her father was taking her on a
weekend vacation and she invited them to come

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along. Her family owned a cabin
in the woods, and on Friday evening,

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her father drove the girls up there. See that lake, asked Samantha

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when they arrived. That's lake,
Samantha. My dad grew up here.

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He loved it so much he named
it after me. That night, after

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they had unpacked their things, the
three girls set around and thought of ways

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to amuse themselves. Does anybody have
any spooky stories? Asked Gamber. I

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have one, said Jenny. It's
a true story too. It happened to

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a friend of a friend of mine. She was babysitting these two little kids.

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One night. She's sitting in the
dark by herself watching TV, and

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the phone rings. She goes over
and answers it, and hears a voice

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on the other end, breathing really
heavy, and it says, have you

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checked on the children? Genny?
Come on? Amber interrupted. Everybody's heard

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that one. That's a lamess scary
story. Ever, does anyone else have

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a story one that's actually true?
I know one? Samantha said, about

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ten minutes hike from here, there's
an old, broken down house. We

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passed it on the way up here. It's out in the middle of nowhere,

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tucked away off a narrow, little
side road. A long time ago,

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a man lived there. His family
were really healthy, and they owned

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hundreds of acres of land around here. This man met a simple country girl

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from a simple country town and they
fell in love. His family wasn't too

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happy about it. They didn't think
the girl was good enough for him,

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but he ignored them. He was
an independent type of guy and went off

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and built a little house on a
chunk of their land out in the middle

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of nowhere. He married this girl
and everything was wonderful. They had a

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daughter, and eventually they had a
son. This is where the story starts

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to go bad. Their son was
sick, not physically but mentally. He

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was sick in the head. He
wasn't mentally disabled or anything. He was

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just a little off. By the
time he was nine years old, he

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became too much for his parents to
handle, throwing temper tantrums, erratic sleeping

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patterns, disappearing into the woods and
hiding that kind of thing. Not knowing

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what to do about his son,
the man turned to his family for help.

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His parents had the boy taken away. They sent him to a place

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deep in the woods. It wasn't
an insane asylum, but it catered to

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people with special needs, if you
know what I mean. His parents thought

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it was for the best. Over
time, the family got used to not

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having him around. They gradually stopped
visiting him. They functioned as if they

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had never even had a son,
and everything went back to being wonderful again.

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Eight years later, the boy,
who was about sixteen or seventeen at

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this time, managed to escape from
the hospital. The staff did a search,

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but he was nowhere to be found. His family was notified and they

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were devastated. They were worried for
his safety. He had been alone in

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the wilderness for weeks and he was
probably dead, But the boy wasn't dead.

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One night, he found his way
back home. He crept into his

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house and one by one he slaughtered
his entire family, his father, his

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mother, his sister, all of
them chopped to pieces. With the blood

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still dripping from his axe. He
disappeared into the woods. When the grizzly

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remains of his family were discovered a
few days later, the townsfolk and the

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surrounding area were horrified. The police
tried to find the boy, but it

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was no use. To this day, he has never been found since then.

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Every year around harvest time, people
have started to go missing, and

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in their place a corn husk doll
would be left behind. Legend has it

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the boy still roams the woods around
these parts. The surrounding towns have bought

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into the legend, and they hang
dolls by their front door for protection.

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They say, if the boy sees
a doll hanging from the door of a

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house, he will pass by that
house and leave the residence in peace.

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Nobody knows if it's true or not, but there's a doll hanging from every

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door of every house in town.
That's so creepy, cried Jinny. Do

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you have a doll on your door? Of course, said Samantha. My

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dad says he doesn't believe the legend, but we hung one just in case.

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I think I just peed my pants, said Amber. Apparently the house

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is still haunted by the ghosts of
his murdered family, and if you go

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up there late at night, you
can hear the whole thing take place all

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over again. Do you think we
can go up there, Jinny asked,

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Sure, said Samantha, but tomorrow
during daylight. There's no sense tempting fate.

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That night, the girl slept in
the same room and huddled together,

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trying to pretend they weren't frightened by
the story and expecting to hear something tapping

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at the window at any moment.
The next morning, Samantha's father made them

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all a big breakfast, and they
went down to the lake for a swim.

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Around noon, they decided to make
the trip up to the old haunted

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house. When they got there,
the girl sensed an eerie presence in the

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old, dilapidated place, It was
enough to make their skin crawl. They

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explored the ruins of the old house, peeking into corners and sifting through the

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rubble. After a while, Samantha
spotted something half buried in the dirt.

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It was some sort of book.
She dug it out and dusted it off.

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The girls gathered around as she opened
it and began to flip through the

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yellowed pages. It's like a diary
or something, said Samantha. Maybe it's

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his diary. Jenny whispered, who's
diary, asked Amber. The guy,

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said Jinny, the guy that killed
his family. Samantha read the diary aloud

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as the others listened. There's a
dedication inscribed on the inside cover, she

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said. It reads to my family, who I love and cherish and will

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always be with me. September fifth, nineteen eighty seven. It has been

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hard alone. All they had to
do was talk to me. They could

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not talk to me. I hear
their voices late at night. Sometimes I

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hear their screams. It is cold
and dark. I needed love. They

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did not love me. The medicines
are gone. I am free, free

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from all of them. If they
could not love me, they had to

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go dark sleep for everyone. I
hear their voices, still always screaming.

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December fourth, nineteen eighty seven.
They've stopped looking for me. It is

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okay for me. Now I live
in the forest. I chase down the

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animals and put them in dark sleep, just like Mom and dad in sys

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I visit my old house at night. I listened to the voices, and

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at least they talk to me now. October third, nineteen ninety five.

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I left the forest years ago and
moved to a small town near by.

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Nobody recognizes me. No one knows
who I am. I hear people telling

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my story. Sometimes it makes me
laugh inside. They all fear me.

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I still come to the forest sometimes
I spend the nights in my old house.

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Mom and Dad still talk to me. They say they are very proud

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of me. November two, nineteen
ninety eight. Life has been good.

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I found a job about a house. I met a girl. She is

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very quiet and pretty. Sometimes I
bring her to the forest. She likes

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it. I let Mom and Dad
see her. They like her. July

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first, two thousand. Today is
a great day. I have a baby.

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Now I'm so happy. Mom and
Dad are grandparents. Now my wife

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isn't doing so well though it was
hard for her, she might not make

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it. Maybe she will go in
dark sleep. I am happy now.

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August thirteenth, twenty ten. I
am so proud of my child. She

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is just like me, except she
is much smarter. She has no problems,

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she doesn't hear the voices. She
goes to school and has lots of

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friends, not like me. Sometimes
I take her to the woods. I

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love her so much. I named
her after the lake Samantha. For a

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few moments after Samantha stopped reading,
there was stunned to silence. What the

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heck, cried Jinny, Samantha,
Is this some sort of joke? Amber

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asked nervously. It isn't funny this, this can't be true, Samantha whispered,

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couldn't possibly be Just then, they
heard the sound of twigs snapping behind

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them. When they turned around,
they saw Samantha's father standing there. There

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was a strange, pained look on
his face, and he was holding an

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axe in his hands. You weren't
supposed to find that, he muttered,

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there's no other way now, dark
sleep for everyone. No, Dad,

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Samantha screamed, no, no,
no. When Samantha's father had finished chopping

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up the bodies. He put the
pieces in large plastic bags and buried them

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deep in the woods, so deep
that no one would ever find them.

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Now they could be together forever.
I'll watch over you now, he mumbled

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as he padded down the earth with
a shovel. You may not understand now,

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but you will in time. This
is the only way for us to

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be together. Dark sleep, Forever
we all stayed together. Car keys.

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One night, a father and his
daughter were driving down a deserted country road.

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They were returning home after spending the
entire day visiting the girl's mother in

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hospital. Listening to the sound of
the rain drumming on the car roof,

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the girl began to doze off.
Suddenly there was a loud bang. The

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father struggled with the steering wheel,
but the car skidded off the wet road

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and slammed into a stone wall.
After checking that his daughter was uninjured,

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the man got out of the car
to survey the damage. Both of the

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front tires had large punctures and the
right finger was crumpled against the wall.

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The rest of the car had survived
unscathed. Must have driven over something in

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the road, he explained to his
daughter. Whatever it was, it blew

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out both the tires. You can
fix it, right, asked the daughter,

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somewhat shaken by the accident. No, replied the father, shaking his

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head. I've only got one spear
in the boot. I'll have to walk

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back into town and find somebody to
toe the car, he said. It

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isn't far from here. You can
wait in the car while I'm gone.

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Okay, she said reluctantly, but
please don't take too long. The man

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could see in his daughter's eyes that
she was frightened. Sit tight, replied

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the father as he slammed the car
door. I'll be back at two o'clock.

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His daughter watched him in the rear
view mirror as he trudged off down

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the road in the pouring ring disappeared
into the night. More than an hour

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passed and her father still had not
returned. The girl began to wonder what

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was taking him so long. She
was very worried because he should have been

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back by now. Just then,
she glanced in the rear view mirror and

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saw a figure in the distance walking
towards the car. At first she thought

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it was her father, but when
she turned around to take a closer look,

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she realized that it was a strange
man. He was dressed in overalls,

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had a big, bushy beard.
He was carrying something large in his

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left hand, swinging him back and
forth. Something about him made her very

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nervous. As he approached, she
stared at the back window and squint at

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her eyes. In the dim light, she could just make out what he

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was clutching in his other hand.
It was a big, sharp, butcher's

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eye. Thinking quickly, the terrified
girl locked both doors in the front of

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the car, and then jumped into
the back seat and locked the rear doors.

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When she looked up again, she
saw that the strange man had stopped

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in his tracks and seemed to be
staring directly at her. Suddenly, the

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man raised his arm and the girl
let out a blood curdling scream. In

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his left hand, he was clutching
her father's severed head. She just kept

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screaming and screaming. She couldn't stop
herself. Her heart was pounding and she

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struggled to breathe. The grotesque expression
on her father's face was horrifying to behold.

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His mouth was hanging open and his
eyes were rolled back in his head.

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When the man reached the car.
He shoved his face right up against

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the window and glowered at her with
his crazed, bloodshot eyes. His hair

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was wild and matted with dirt.
His face was covered in deep scars.

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For a moment, he just stood
there in the driving rain, grinning at

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her like a madman. Then he
reached into his pocket, took something out,

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and slowly lifted his left hand.
He was holding her father's car keys.

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We'll take a quick ad break and
be back soon, piggyback. There

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was once a married couple who had
one young son. Even before their son

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was born, the couple's marriage was
on shaky ground. As the years went

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by, the mother and father fought
all the time. Their arguments became more

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frequent, and they talked about getting
a divorce. In the end, they

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stayed together for the sake of their
son, but the arguments continued and the

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fights became more and more violent.
By the time their son was five years

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old, the couple had grown to
hate each other. One night, after

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they had put the boy to bed, the mother and father got into an

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enormous argument. The father flew into
an insane rage and murdered his wife.

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When he came to his senses,
and realized what he had done. He

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set about disposing of the body.
He dragged his wife's corpse into the garage

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and put her in the boot of
his car. Then he drove out to

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the mountains under cover of darkness.
He slung her dead body over his shoulders

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and carried her out to a marshy
swamp nearby. He dragged her out into

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the foul smelling muck and watched as
her corpse sank into the murky depths.

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As dawn was beginning to break,
he returned home to clean up and take

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a shower. No matter how much
he scrubbed and scrubbed, he couldn't seem

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to get rid of the sickening smell
of the swamp. He slept for a

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few hours, and when he awoke, he started to think about what he

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would do if his son asked where
his mother was. He decided to tell

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the boy that his wife had gone
to stay with her sister for a while.

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However, when his young son got
up for breakfast, he never mentioned

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his mother at all. He just
stared at his father and said nothing.

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The man could still smell the odor
of the muck from the swamp where he

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had buried his wife. He took
an air freshener and began spraying it around

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the house, hoping to mask the
unpleasant scent. It made him feel sick.

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A few hours passed and the little
boy was watching TV in the living

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room. The father began to get
an uneasy feeling in the pit of his

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stomach. Every time he went into
the living room, he noticed that his

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son was staring at him with a
curious look on his face. It made

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the father feel nervous and paranoid.
His mind was racing. Perhaps the boy

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knew what had happened, he thought. Maybe the boy had overheard him murdering

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his mother. If his son knew
what he had done, perhaps he would

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have to kill him as well.
The father walked into the room where his

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son was still watching TV. Is
there something you want to ask me,

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he said. The boy thought for
a few seconds and then replied, yeah.

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Is it about your mother, asked
the father. Yeah, said the

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boy. And I suppose you're wondering
where your mother is, said the father.

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No, said the boy. I'm
wondering why mommy's face is so pale,

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and why you've been giving her a
piggyback ride all day. Vault door.

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There was once a boy who got
a summer job working in a cemetery.

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It was not the type of work
he would normally choose, but his

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dad was friends with the undertaker and
had convinced him to take the job despite

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his fear of dead bodies. It
was a very eerie place to work,

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and after being there for over a
week, the boy still got the creeps

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when he caught sight of a corpse. Luckily, he didn't have to get

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anywhere near the dead bodies. His
work consisted mainly of digging graves, sweeping,

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polishing, and cutting grass. His
boss, the undertaker, was the

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one who prepared the dead bodies for
burial. The scariest things were the vaults.

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Families bought these large tombs, and
every member of the family who died

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was placed inside the vault in a
coffin. It creeped him out to think

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about all those bodies lying around inside
the dusty chambers and secret rooms. The

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boy gradually got used to working in
the cemetery and everything went well until one

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evening the unthinkable happened. While he
was inside one of the vaults, sweeping

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the floor and polishing the name plates, A gust of wind blew the vault

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door shut. He realized, to
his horror that he was trapped in the

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crypt, surrounded by dead bodies and
coffins, with no one to help him.

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His worst nightmare was coming true.
He shouted and hollered, but it

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was no use. Oh the Undertaker's
house was too far away and nobody could

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hear him. As the hours passed, the desperate boy realized that he would

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have to rely on himself and began
to try to think of a way out.

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There was a small open window high
up above the vault door, Unfortunately

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it was much too high to reach. Looking around the tomb, he decided

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that he could use the coffins.
If he stacked them up, one on

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top of the other, they could
form a flight of steps. After stacking

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the coffins up against the door,
the boy climbed up them gingerly, taking

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care not to tip them over.
Just when he thought his plan was working,

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he stepped on the top coffin and
the wood gave way under his weight.

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His foot went straight through the coffin
lid, and he felt a sudden

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sharp pain in his leg ah crying
out in agony, He could picture the

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splintered wood and rushxten nails slicing into
his skin. The stack of coffins began

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to wobble, and for one horrifying
moment, he thought he was going to

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lose his balance and tumble down to
the stone floor. Luckily, he managed

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to grab onto the window and steady
himself. He could feel blood trickling down

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his leg. Despite the pain he
was in, the boy pulled himself up

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and began shaking his leg to free
himself from the coffin lid. The stack

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of coffins tipped over and clattered to
the ground. Clinging to the window,

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the boy pulled with all his might
and crawled through the narrow opening. He

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dropped down on the outside and limped
toward the undertaker's house to get help.

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The undertaker came out and found the
poor boy lying on his doorstep clutching his

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bleeding leg. He carried the boy
to his car and drove him straight to

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the hospital. After the doctor washed
off all the blood, he began to

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examine the boy's wounds. How did
you get these injuries, asked the doctor.

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I got cut by some broken pieces
of wood, said the boy.

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But these aren't cuts, said the
doctor, they're human bite marks. Willow

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garden. Down in the willow garden, my true love and I did meet,

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and there we sat a courton.
My love fell off to sleep.

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I had a bottle of burgundy wine
I love. She did not know.

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And there I poisoned that dear little
girl down by the banks below. I

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drew my knife right through her heart. It was a bloody night, true

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her in the river. Then it
was a dreadful sight. My father always

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told me that money would set me
free if I did murder that dear little

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girl whose name was Rose Connolly.
Now he sits by his old cabin door,

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and he's wiping his tear brimmed eyes. He's mourning for his only son

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out on the scaffold high I've traveled
the world over, and I knew some

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day i'd go to where the fires
are burning down in hell below. My

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race is run beneath the sun,
and the devil's now waiting for me,

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for I did murder that pretty little
girl whose name was Rose Connolly. That's

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the twelfth installment of ghost Stories in
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Puns. Thanks for sticking around.
So here's some news about Shadows in the

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Desert, the film Derek Kays and
I put together. They gave us a

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streaming date of March fifth. That
means it'll be available to watch on that

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date, most likely to rent or
buy it first. We haven't been told

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the streaming platform yet. We're hoping
it'll be Amazon Prime, maybe to be

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something like that. They'll let us
know eventually, but March fifth, Shadows

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in the Desert, look for it
and for all you backers of the Kickstarter

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that helped us make this film in
the first place. We'll be in touch

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to verify shipping addresses so you guys
can get your rewards and thank you again

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for your patients. We're also going
to be showing the film in the Sydney

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Sci Fi Film Festival, which is
actually happening in Melbourne in Australia. Their

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organization name is the Sydneysy five Film
Festival, I think something like that,

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and they are holding at least part
of it, if not all of it,

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in Melbourne this year from my understanding. Anyways, Australian friends, that's

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going to be February twenty fifth at
Cinema Nova in Carlton. I'll also be

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posting some more info about that on
Facebook, so mark your calendars, go

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check it out and tell everybody,
hey, great film, thanks for having

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it. Give them an award.
On another note, I've gotten myself kind

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of busy lately because I have started
a theater company where I'm living. This

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has taken up a ton of time
and the podcast has suffered for it.

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I'm working on finding the balance so
it's not so long between episodes, but

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you know that's easier said than done, so for now, I thank you

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for your patience as you wait for
more content. You guys who I've listened

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for a while, know that I
place a great deal of emphasis on quality

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in my content and deep, well
researched information. Now that takes time,

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but I don't want to sacrifice that
quality just to get some filler out there.

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I hope you can understand, and
I appreciate you staying with me and

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listening. And that's what's up,
or at least the short of it.

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If you want to support me and
or the arts, follow Firebird Theater Company

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on Facebook and Instagram. It has
a little black firebird outlined in red and

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orange as the logo and we could
use the support. Other than that,

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you can hear me and Brent cover
fun topics on Hysteria fifty one, listen

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to me on Quiz Quiz Bang Bang
for some trivia, and check out my

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audio books by searching for my name
on Audible. Anyway, I've kept you

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long enough. Thank you so much
for listening, and for this episode of

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Blurry Photos. I have been the
bidy body in the vault. David Flora,

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don't stop blurr even to to