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This episode may contain content that is
not suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion

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is advised, especially for those under
the age of thirteen. Welcome to Endo

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the Night. I'm Narri your guide
on today's excursion down a twisted path.

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Be careful not to get lost.
Be it dark or light, it's easy

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to lose your way. Are you
ready? Then let's begin an ounce of

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Prevention Part two. The nurses paused
for a moment. Yes, that's what

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I mean. I've heard stories on
those crime shows about nurses or assistants killing

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patients. That's terrible. We could
all get in trouble if that's what's happening

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exactly. We need to make sure
none of this lands on us. I'm

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not taking the fall. This is
a shitty job at a shitty hospital,

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and I'm not having my name dragged
through the mud or go to prison.

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My world spun. Could Moe be
capable of something like that? Could she

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kill people? I didn't want to
consider it, but she had called it

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a special experience to be there when
patients died. The nurses stopped talking and

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I went back to stacking boxes.
My mind played the nurse's conversation over and

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over. Some time later, I
jumped when a hand touched me on the

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shoulder. Whoa, ted, It's
just me, most of their smiling.

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I didn't mean to scare you.
You almost dropped that box. Are you

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okay? Uh? Yeah, nothing's
wrong. You just startled me. I

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looked all over for you before I
found you in here. You need something?

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My voice had an edge to it, and I saw her flicker across

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her face. No, I don't
need anything. I want to see if

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you wanted to join me in the
cafeteria for lunch or whatever eating in the

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middle of the night should be called. I looked at her. Her sweet

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voice and tender eyes were the same, the same Mo I'd known for months.

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The idea of her killing anyone was
unthinkable. I'm sorry, Mo.

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I didn't mean to sound sharp.
I'm in a bad mood and I shouldn't

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take it out on you. Nothing
you need to worry about either. Yeah,

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let's go eat. We talked and
laughed as usual, and I pushed

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the dark thoughts out of my mind. The next night, the nurses continued

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whispering about Mo anytime they had a
few moments to talk amongst themselves. What

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they said angered me. Not about
Mo, but that their only concern was

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making sure they didn't get in trouble
if Mo poisoned or suffocated or did whatever

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they conjure her doing to patients.
What about the patients? Didn't they care

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that the people were dying? It
was no wonder they worked at the worst

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hospital in the area. They lacked
empathy and compassion. Maybe the trauma of

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the job did it to them,
or maybe they were just terrible people.

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I'm not sure which it was.
The string of deaths continued, and each

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time Moe was in the room alone
when it happened. I needed to get

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to the bottom of what was going
on, no matter how badly I didn't

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want to know the answer. Two
nights later, I watched as Moe crept

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into mister Crittenton's room. She looked
both ways, trying to remain undetected as

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she went through the doorway quietly.
I walked to the room and stood outside,

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listening. The heart monitor beaped but
then flatlined. I briskly stepped into

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the room and stopped, speechless,
Kneeling over Frank Crittinton. Moe held her

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face over his, open mouthed and
inhaling deeply. When she saw me.

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She leapt from the bed, horrified
that I'd seen her. Ted, I

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know this looks bad beside myself,
I yelled, So it's true. She

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sobbed. No, what's true?
What are you talking about? Ted?

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You have to believe me. Please
just let me explain. Don't turn me

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in. The doctor and nurses ran
into the room and tried to resuscitate mister

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Crittenton. The nurses glared at Moe, who pressed herself against the wall.

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Against my better judgment, I left
the room with Moe. We took the

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elevator down to the first floor and
walked out into the night. We strode

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down the sidewalk to a quiet spot
near the courtyard. Maureen, you'd better

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have some good answers. It sure
as hell looked like you killed him.

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Are you killing our patients? She
shrunk back from me. Furious. I

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sneered at her and waited for her
response. Ted, I swear I haven't

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killed anyone. You have to believe
me, She wiped tears off her cheek.

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I want to believe you, but
it it doesn't look good. The

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nurses think you're killing the patients,
and after what I just saw, I

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tend to believe them. I'm going
to tell you something, and I think

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it will explain a lot. It's
going to sound crazy, but it's the

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truth. I sat staring at her, waiting for her to explain herself.

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There is a reason why I'm with
the patients when they die. It's not

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because I kill them. It's because
they help give me life. What hear

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me out? I sighed, and
I rubbed my hands across my face,

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trying to make sense of the situation. Okay, I'm old, Ted,

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don't lie to me. You're younger
than I am. You're what twenty three?

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She looked past me as if she
recalled memories that she needed to repeat

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correctly when she told me the details. Finally, she spoke, No,

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oh, Ted, I'm thousands of
years old. It's my curse. None

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of what you're saying makes any sense. Mo, if that's even your real

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name, She reached from my hand. I am, MO, that's the

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truth, and I am as old
as I said I am. Let's say

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you are. What does that have
to do with the patients. When I

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was the age you see me as, a witch cursed me. I was

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young and I did something stupid,
and she thought I had to pay what

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did you do? I'd meet her
husband by the well and he fell in

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love with me. You said she
cursed you. What's this curse? I

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will only remain young and beautiful if
I consume an ounce of human souls each

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month. If I don't, I'll
appear as old as I really am.

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That is a lot to believe.
Are you sure you shouldn't have a therapist

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helping you as your friend? I
think you should seek help. I'm not

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crazy, Ted, don't you see
remember when you wanted to date me?

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I nodded. I wanted that too, I really do. But I can't.

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I can't ever have anyone love me
because the witch's husband fell in love

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with me and I let him.
I was flattered and foolish. I can

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never have someone to love. Why
not? If you are able to stay

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young, why can't I love you? Because every day I turn old again,

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I can only stay young at night. We could never have a life

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together. I sat silently, ted, this is my secret. Now that

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you know, I'll have to leave, I'll change my name and find a

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new hospital to work at. It's
too dangerous here for me. Now you

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should go back inside before you get
in trouble. Goodbye, ted. She

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squeezed my hand, then rose and
walked away, looking back only once to

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wave. She disappeared under the light
of the street lamp, and I never

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saw her again. So here,
I am an old man myself, and

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I know I don't have long to
live, but you seem so kind to

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sit with me night after night,
and I felt like now was the right

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time to lift this burden off my
chest. I've carried it for too long.

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There are people, or at least
one person, walking this earth who

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are cursed to be here throughout the
ages. Moe is likely somewhere right now

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waiting for someone to die so she
can consume a part of his soul.

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If you don't mind, would you
please sit with me a while longer as

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I drift off to sleep so I'm
not alone. Thank you for joining me

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for this episode of the Into the
Night Anthology podcast. Written by Caroline Giamanco,

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narrated by Nari Quak, Theme music
by Nico Rodriguez, all other original

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music, sound design and editing by
Omenhawk Studios. You can find our links

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in the shadows or in the daylight, all twisted paths lead you into the

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