WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:07.240 This is the Daily Dog podcast for Thursday, February thirteenth, twenty twenty. 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:12.439 I'm your host Joel Owns and today's dog is Jack, a Labrador retriever who 3 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:17.239 once saved the life of his owner. Lauren samples from the Paradise after Dark 4 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:25.440 and It's hard to talk about podcasts. Okay, Well, I want to 5 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.000 tell you about my dog Jack. He actually saved my life one time. 6 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:36.320 I think we actually had like a burglar try and come in my house one 7 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:41.119 morning at seven thirty in the morning. And the way it was set up 8 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:47.600 was the we had a laundry room that led into the garage, and Jack 9 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.280 would stay in the laundry room because he was still kind of a puppy. 10 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.799 He was maybe like six eight months old at this time, and so he 11 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:59.600 would he would stay in the laundry room, and I was upstairs. I 12 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:03.520 was actually in the shower, which is like the worst creepiest time for a 13 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.640 burglar to come in your house, right, yeah, like psycho, right 14 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:12.159 exactly. So I'm in the shower and I hear him downstairs just going absolutely 15 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:18.159 nuts, and so I jump out of the shower and and I grab a 16 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.640 towel and I ran downstairs, and I see in the launching room that the 17 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.280 door leading from the launching room out into the garage was open. This was 18 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:33.239 in I want to say January in Maine. This is when I was living 19 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:36.640 in Maine, so there is no way that that door would have been open 20 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:42.359 under any circumstances. And I let Jack out of the launcher room and he 21 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:48.200 meticulously went through the entire house. We had a town home at the time, 22 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:53.319 and he went to every single room, every single closet. It was 23 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:57.159 like he was looking for someone. And I think that whoever tried to get 24 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.480 in the house, they must have come in that door, and he just 25 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:05.159 went into attack mode and they just ran. And I actually ended up calling 26 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:09.159 the police and they came and they found footprints in the snow leading out like 27 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:14.439 from our garage, like back out into the woods behind the house. And 28 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:19.599 the creepiest thing about it was that my husband had just left for work like 29 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:23.479 fifteen minutes earlier. It was only like seven thirty in the morning. So 30 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:27.400 that makes me think that somebody was like watching and knew that I was home 31 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:30.520 alone, or I don't know. I just credit him for saving my life 32 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:36.800 absolutely. Yeah, So did that incident spur your interest in your true crime 33 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:42.680 enthusiasm. Uh no, actually I was already. I've been a hardcore Forensic 34 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:46.919 Files fan since I was about eleven, and yeah, pretty much, I've 35 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:51.319 I've always been a true crime fan. And now I have a true crime 36 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:53.240 podcast. Yeah, this would tell us about that I'm a fan, but 37 00:02:53.840 --> 00:03:00.879 our listeners may not know you. So my husband Ken and I host a 38 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:06.879 podcast called Paradise After Dark and it's true crime, unsolved mysteries, missing people, 39 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.479 and urban legends, all based in the state of Florida. Our tagline 40 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:15.960 is actually exposing the dark side of the Sunshine State. Very cool. And 41 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:20.520 you have a side project that's all you without your husband Ken, Yes, 42 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.800 I do. I have my own little passion project. It's called It's Hard 43 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:30.520 to Talk About Podcast and it's basically an interview podcast where I have anybody come 44 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:37.800 tell me something that's hard for them to talk about and I've had Oh, 45 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:42.719 it's all over the board the stories. I think I'm at about twelve episodes. 46 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.719 Seven have already been released, so there's more coming. But I mean 47 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:53.879 it's basically the raw real, you know, let's end the stigma of mental 48 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:57.639 illness. Let's just tell the truth, the what's hard to talk about, 49 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.080 Let's put it out there. And I love it because I feel like the 50 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:04.280 people that have come on my show and told their story, I feel like 51 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:12.000 it helps them to just you know, just tell their story. Hoping that 52 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:15.439 it's helping listeners. Yes, exactly, And I've had almost every single person 53 00:04:15.519 --> 00:04:18.600 tell me, Wow, that felt really good to just tell the story. 54 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:24.800 And then I'm hoping to help listeners who may be in similar situations or know 55 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:30.319 someone in similar situations, to feel less alone and more empowered or hopeful. 56 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.000 Yeah, that's like my passion project. Wonderful. So where can people find 57 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.480 out about Paradise after Dark or it's hard to talk about podcasts? Well, 58 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:46.199 both podcasts are basically on every platform, iTunes, Google podcast, Stitcher pod 59 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:50.399 being all of them. We do have a website for Paradise after Dark. 60 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:55.879 It's Paradise after Dark dot com. And from the website you can get the 61 00:04:55.959 --> 00:05:00.759 latest episodes. There's links to our Patreon, there's links to or Etsy store 62 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:04.639 and everything, and yeah, it's not hard to find. We have a 63 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:10.319 Facebook group for It's hard to talk about, which has turned into something really 64 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.759 wonderful. I think we have like about two hundred and fifty members on it 65 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:19.519 right now, and it's just a bunch of people encouraging each other and posting. 66 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:24.160 You know, if somebody's down that day, they post about it. 67 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:30.000 And there's a lot of love and uplifting content on there which is really great. 68 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:33.519 And the Facebook group is actually called It's hard to talk about Well great, 69 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.519 Lauren. Thank you so much for telling me about Jack and about your 70 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:41.600 two podcasts. You're a glutton for punishment, like I am, running two 71 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:45.759 different shows simultaneously, so I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy 72 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:56.040 schedule to talk with me absolutely before I go today. 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