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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to whispers of the Wicked on ninth Story studios.

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<v Speaker 2>Give me a story, a voice.

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<v Speaker 3>When you work in audio long enough, every coffee shop

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<v Speaker 3>meet up feels like a reunion of ghosts. Projects that

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<v Speaker 3>burned bright for a season, collaborations that fizzled, ideas half

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<v Speaker 3>born and left to wonder. A few months ago, I

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<v Speaker 3>found myself in New York, sitting across from my friend Graham.

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<v Speaker 3>We hadn't seen each other in person for years. We

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<v Speaker 3>talked about the usual things, the shows we'd built, the

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<v Speaker 3>scripts we recorded, the late nights, editing until our ears rang,

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<v Speaker 3>And eventually we circled back to a name that always

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<v Speaker 3>seemed to follow us around even now, The Wicked Library.

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<v Speaker 3>It had been gone for years, mostly gone anyway, a

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<v Speaker 3>hand full of new episodes than silence. But the Library

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<v Speaker 3>is one of those places you just don't forget. You

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<v Speaker 3>carry it with you, like an unfinished story that refuses

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<v Speaker 3>to stay closed. That day, what started as nostalgia, just

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<v Speaker 3>two friends swapping memories, shifted into something else, a question

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<v Speaker 3>neither of us wanted to ask, but couldn't quite ignore.

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<v Speaker 3>What really happened to the Wicked Library. We thought we'd

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<v Speaker 3>treat it like a joke, side project, a way to

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<v Speaker 3>dig into a little mystery together, maybe make a true

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<v Speaker 3>crime podcast just for fun. We called it Whispers of

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<v Speaker 3>the Wicked. But the deeper we looked, the clearer it came.

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<v Speaker 3>This wasn't just a story we were chasing. It was

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<v Speaker 3>chasing us. And before long, the library stopped being a

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<v Speaker 3>memory started feeling like a crime scene.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it just popped into my head. The Wicked Library.

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<v Speaker 4>Remember that show, Horror anthology, creepy narrator, weird sponsors used

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<v Speaker 4>to be a big deal.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, Yeah, that intro music will give me goosebumps.

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<v Speaker 3>It just vanished, didn't it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like one day it was everywhere and the next

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<v Speaker 4>hoof silence. Some people say the host just walked away burnout.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe No, I heard something way weirder. Someone said they

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<v Speaker 3>saw him after the show stopped, but he was wearing

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<v Speaker 3>someone else's coat, like not metaphorically literally and he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>recognize him.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, that's creepy, but like perfectly creepy. We should look

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<v Speaker 4>into it.

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<v Speaker 5>Sorry to interrupt, but are you two talking about The

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<v Speaker 5>Wicked Library?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>We are.

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<v Speaker 5>That was my favorite podcast. I still check the feed

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<v Speaker 5>every other month or so, hoping it wakes up again.

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<v Speaker 4>We might be working on that.

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<v Speaker 5>Shadows, drink the ink of stories, doors, remember every name.

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<v Speaker 5>If you listen past the silence, you will never leave

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<v Speaker 5>the same. The books are always waiting, their pages sharp

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<v Speaker 5>with fear. They hunger for the trembling hands that dare

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<v Speaker 5>to open here. What oh, I was just asking if

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<v Speaker 5>you wanted a refill.

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<v Speaker 4>I think we're good for now, no problem.

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<v Speaker 5>If you need a warm up or a pumpkin spice muffin,

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<v Speaker 5>just let me know. 'tis the season?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay? What was that?

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<v Speaker 2>Weird?

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<v Speaker 4>Really weird?

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome to Whispers of the Wicked.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm Addison and I'm Graham.

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<v Speaker 3>The show started as a whim, a joke, really, a

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<v Speaker 3>way to dig into the disappearance of a podcast that

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<v Speaker 3>both of us had enjoyed working with, The Wicked Library.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, so we're doing this a podcast about a podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>Not just any podcast. This one had a cult following

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<v Speaker 3>and now it's gone, or maybe it's hiding.

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<v Speaker 4>Just a few days after we met up in New York,

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<v Speaker 4>we received a delivery a box wrapped in weird black paper,

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<v Speaker 4>paper that makes no sound, doesn't crinkle, and can't be torn.

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<v Speaker 4>Or cut and no it's not plastic right.

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<v Speaker 3>No sender or receiver address, no postage.

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<v Speaker 4>No FedEx truck, no UPS driver. It was just there

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<v Speaker 4>sitting lurking in the studio.

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<v Speaker 3>Really weird, that smell of old books wafting out of

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<v Speaker 3>it as soon as it was opened, and.

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<v Speaker 4>The contents scraps of wet paper covered with odd writing.

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<v Speaker 4>Thumb drive with recordings, some of which we'll share with

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<v Speaker 4>you all, and a key to a storage unit.

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<v Speaker 3>So we started asking questions, casual ones at first, reaching

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<v Speaker 3>out to people we'd known through the show writers, narrators, producers.

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<v Speaker 3>We figured we'd get like polite brush offs or vague

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<v Speaker 3>stories about burnout and moving on.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, except that's not exactly what happened, right.

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<v Speaker 3>Several people agreed to talk, but only off the record.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of the voice actors we reached out to said

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<v Speaker 3>they'd rather not be named at all, and what they

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<v Speaker 3>told us was strange, unsettling.

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<v Speaker 4>One described getting postcards handwritten, no return address, just fragments

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<v Speaker 4>of phrases, almost like spells. Another actress we know swore

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<v Speaker 4>she recorded dialogue that was never released, a character for

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<v Speaker 4>Enfield Detective Agency, the promised mini series that was written

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<v Speaker 4>by Aaron Bleck as a sequel to The Private Collector.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, didn't she say when she pulled up the original

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<v Speaker 3>file she could hear a weird whispering layered underneath her vocals.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, she was really freaked out by it.

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<v Speaker 3>And then there was the music, because the Wicked Library

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't just about stories and narration. It had a sound

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<v Speaker 3>of signature atmosphere created by composer and producer Nico Vitzi.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Nico's music was the Library in a lot of ways,

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<v Speaker 4>the tone, the dread, the pulse behind it.

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<v Speaker 3>So we reached out to Nico, and while he agreed

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<v Speaker 3>to speak with us us, what he told us wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>exactly reassuring. You'll hear from him a little later in

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<v Speaker 3>this episode.

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<v Speaker 4>But for now, let's start at the beginning, where the

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<v Speaker 4>Wicked Library first went silent and why some people still

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<v Speaker 4>check the feed every other month hoping it will wake

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<v Speaker 4>up again.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're listening to this, maybe you were one of them.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe you were refreshing the feed year after year, waiting

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<v Speaker 3>for something to appear.

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<v Speaker 4>And most of the time nothing, but then out of nowhere,

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<v Speaker 4>one or two new episodes, no announcements, no explanation just

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<v Speaker 4>enough to remind everyone the library wasn't entirely dead.

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<v Speaker 3>Those episodes were different, rougher, sparse. Some of the regular

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<v Speaker 3>narrators were missing, and a few listeners swore the production

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<v Speaker 3>sounded off like there were extra voices in the background.

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<v Speaker 4>Which is where our so called investigation started. We figured, fine,

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<v Speaker 4>let's just call around see what people remember. At worst,

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<v Speaker 4>we'll waste a weekend chasing rumors.

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<v Speaker 3>Except people didn't laugh, they didn't roll their eyes, They hesitated,

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<v Speaker 3>they lowered their voices. Some told us they couldn't go

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<v Speaker 3>on record because they'd signed agreements. Others said they talk,

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<v Speaker 3>but not with their names attached, and a.

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<v Speaker 4>Couple of them told us things that were well, you'll hear.

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<v Speaker 4>We're not the type to throw around words like possession

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<v Speaker 4>or curses. But some of these stories they don't fit

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<v Speaker 4>neatly anywhere else.

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<v Speaker 3>Which brings us back to the people closest to the library,

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<v Speaker 3>the voices you remember, the ones who helped build it.

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<v Speaker 3>A few of them agreed to speak to us carefully, cautiously,

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<v Speaker 3>and their stories are where this gets darker than we expected. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I've got the recorder on. Say that again. If you

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<v Speaker 3>don't mind.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't distort our voice.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So, like I said, I don't know what happened to

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<v Speaker 2>the library, None of us do. But one day the

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<v Speaker 2>recording started sounding wrong, like there was someone else in

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<v Speaker 2>the booth with us, breathing, waiting. I told myself it

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<v Speaker 2>was Mike bleed. But it kept happening, same whisper low

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<v Speaker 2>every time. But I talked to I mean, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the other voice actors we know, and she said she

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<v Speaker 2>was having the same problems with her recordings. The producer

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<v Speaker 2>once said it felt like he was editing in a hallway,

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<v Speaker 2>not a studio, like the tracks stretched on too far

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<v Speaker 2>and the walls kept moving away from him. He laughed

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<v Speaker 2>and called it liminal space. But the way he said it,

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<v Speaker 2>it didn't sound like a joke anyway. Don't tell them

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<v Speaker 2>I said this, I can't be.

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<v Speaker 4>Named a Whoay, Okay, that's definitely not creepy at all.

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<v Speaker 3>But that wasn't the only story. We heard variations of

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<v Speaker 3>the same thing from three different people. The voice is

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<v Speaker 3>the sense of someone else in the room. Let's take

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<v Speaker 3>a quick break and when we come back. Graham's interview

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<v Speaker 3>with Nikovitezi.

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<v Speaker 6>Today's episode of Whispers of the Wicked is brought to

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<v Speaker 6>you by People Pets, Lovecraft's line of sentient animal companions,

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<v Speaker 6>pets for people. Tired of your catches purring instead of

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<v Speaker 6>reciting ancient incantations, Frustrated that your dog wags its tail

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<v Speaker 6>instead of warning you about the portal in your basement.

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<v Speaker 6>With people Pets, those days are gone. Each familiar has

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<v Speaker 6>carefully grown in our patented whispered jars and bottle fed

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<v Speaker 6>on pure alverage, inc ensuring loyalty, devotion, and just the

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<v Speaker 6>right amount of nightmare fuel. Choose from our wide selection.

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<v Speaker 6>The Shagath Spaniel, loyal, writhing and always watching. The esoteric

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<v Speaker 6>tabby pers and forgotten languages. The parakeet of all thar Any,

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<v Speaker 6>bright eyed and sworn to avenge every slight. The ferrets

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<v Speaker 6>of laying slippery, sleepless, and fond of rearranging your furniture

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<v Speaker 6>while you dream. The multidimensional ravens. They leave a dawn

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<v Speaker 6>and return at dust, carrying secrets from skies that aren't ours.

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<v Speaker 6>And for those with delicate sensibilities that have seen gray whispers,

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<v Speaker 6>they live just beyond the corner of your vision, and

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<v Speaker 6>you'll swear you never own them.

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<v Speaker 2>At all.

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<v Speaker 6>And remember these aren't just pets. They're guardians of your sanity.

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<v Speaker 6>They see things that you won't admit are there. Use

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<v Speaker 6>code whispers twitchy Tail and check out for thirteen percent

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<v Speaker 4>Nico, you were the music producer for the Wicked Library

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<v Speaker 4>for years. Your sound more or less was the Library.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, that was me, all those years, tucked away in

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<v Speaker 7>my little room, trying to make it sound much bigger

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<v Speaker 7>than it was. I always thought of it as painting

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<v Speaker 7>with shadows. Creepy, sure, but it needed heart too. Otherwise

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<v Speaker 7>it's just noise.

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<v Speaker 4>And when the show slowed down and then went quiet.

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<v Speaker 4>Did you notice anything unusual?

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<v Speaker 7>At first, I thought it was just tired is I'd

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<v Speaker 7>bounce to track down neat as anything. Then the next

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<v Speaker 7>morning it sounded different, heavier, like there were layers I

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<v Speaker 7>hadn't written, notes bent out of shape, Sometimes even voices. Voices, yeah,

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<v Speaker 7>low whisper in the reverb tales. Once I swear one

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<v Speaker 7>of them said my name, not loud, but enough to

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<v Speaker 7>freeze me.

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<v Speaker 4>And you're sure it wasn't just a glitch.

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<v Speaker 7>That's what I told myself. But soon every session fell off,

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<v Speaker 7>like I wasn't in my studio anymore more, like a

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<v Speaker 7>hallway that stretched forever, doors on either side, none opening,

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<v Speaker 7>just me sat there, finishing tracks that wouldn't end.

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<v Speaker 4>That's unsettling.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I started to think maybe it wasn't just me

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<v Speaker 7>right in the music anymore. Maybe something else had joined in.

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<v Speaker 7>Ink bleeds backwards through the margins, whispered, lines erased, the day,

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<v Speaker 7>shelves will shift when eyes are closing, guiding wanderers astray.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry what was that.

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<v Speaker 7>I was saying? I hope you too have success figuring

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<v Speaker 7>out what happened. Best of luck with it.

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<v Speaker 3>Nico's story lined up with what we'd already been hearing,

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<v Speaker 3>whispers buried in the recordings, a sense of someone or

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<v Speaker 3>something else in the room. He chalked it up to

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<v Speaker 3>long hours, tired ears. Maybe it was just audio paradolia.

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<v Speaker 3>But when you hear the same story over and over

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<v Speaker 3>from different people, it stops feeling like a coincidence. It

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<v Speaker 3>starts to feel like a pattern. And patterns are where

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<v Speaker 3>every investigation begins.

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<v Speaker 4>So voices in the music, endless hallways and producers who

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<v Speaker 4>started sounding like they've stepped out of a seance. Totally

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<v Speaker 4>normal day at the office.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, Except Nico wasn't the only one.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>We've heard stories from actors, editors, listeners, even.

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<v Speaker 4>And we're just getting started.

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<v Speaker 3>Next time, we'll talk about what showed up in the mail,

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<v Speaker 3>that box filled with corrupted audio, scribblings, transcripts, letters that

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<v Speaker 3>don't quite make sense.

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<v Speaker 4>And what we found in that storage unit.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what's coming up on Whispers of the Wicked.

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<v Speaker 4>And if you are still checking the Wicked Library feed,

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<v Speaker 4>maybe you should keep doing that just in case. We

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<v Speaker 4>leave you today with one of those recordings from the

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<v Speaker 4>mysterious box.

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<v Speaker 1>What a piece of work is, man, What a piece

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<v Speaker 1>of work is man a lattice of sinew stretched upon bone, pliable, breakable,

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<v Speaker 1>host to one thousand tremors. How noble in reason he

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<v Speaker 1>who screams logic into the void, and he has only

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<v Speaker 1>his own breathless echo, How infinite and faculty his fingers

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<v Speaker 1>made to pry upour secrets, never meant for hand, nor minds,

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<v Speaker 1>nor stars. Inform in motion, how express, how admirable? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>watch him dance brief, trembling thing upon the lip of

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<v Speaker 1>the cosmic drain in action, How like an angel one

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<v Speaker 1>cast down, molting wings and gutters, slick with memory, an apprehension,

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<v Speaker 1>How like a god, a god of gnats and mirrors,

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<v Speaker 1>blind to the pattern beneath the skin of the world,

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<v Speaker 1>the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals, Dust

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<v Speaker 1>made recursive, flying upward, ever upward, to glimpse a truth

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<v Speaker 1>that will not love him back? And yet to me,

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<v Speaker 1>what is this quintessence of dust? A vessel, a joke,

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<v Speaker 1>a candle in the wind of void? Man delights not me,

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<v Speaker 1>nor woman, nor anything born of clay, though by your

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<v Speaker 1>smiling you seem to say otherwise. Tell me, when did

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<v Speaker 1>your smile learn to lie