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<v Speaker 1>This is Later with Lee Matthews, The Lee Matthews Podcast

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<v Speaker 1>more what you hear weekday afternoons on the Drive.

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<v Speaker 2>You know Lauren Lipcus from Orange is the New Black.

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<v Speaker 2>You've also seen her on the Wrong Missy with David Spade.

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<v Speaker 2>I will always remember her as Stuart's girl Denise in

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<v Speaker 2>The Big Bang Theory. She is now in a new

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<v Speaker 2>scripted podcast and it is out wherever you see podcasts

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<v Speaker 2>to hear podcasts, including the iHeartRadio app. And it is

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<v Speaker 2>called Haunting. This is a different kind of paranormal podcast, isn't.

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<v Speaker 3>It it is? I mean, well, for one thing, it

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<v Speaker 3>mixes comedy and horror together. I play a dead influencer

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<v Speaker 3>named Terreza, who is like weaving you into these stories

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<v Speaker 3>and giving you a little backstory about me and what's

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<v Speaker 3>going on with me. But then we get to hear

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<v Speaker 3>really really scary stories from real people.

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<v Speaker 2>What was being a part of such an iconic TV

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<v Speaker 2>show like Big Bang Theory inspirational for you? And do

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<v Speaker 2>you draw on that experience in this podcast?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? I loved being on that show. It was so fun.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it was amazing because I got to come

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<v Speaker 3>into that show when it was in season eleven, and

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, it obviously had a rabid fan base

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<v Speaker 3>at that point. So it was so much fun to

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<v Speaker 3>go do the tapings where audiences were live in person,

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<v Speaker 3>so excited to be there. The energy was really amazing,

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<v Speaker 3>and I loved being a part of that. And I,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I think, do I take that into this

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<v Speaker 3>horror podcast. I don't know if I take that into

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<v Speaker 3>the horror podcast, but I think the feeling of loving

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<v Speaker 3>to perform for people is always there.

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<v Speaker 2>How'd you like that hook? I was just trying to

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<v Speaker 2>kind of weave it all together.

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<v Speaker 3>I loved that.

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<v Speaker 2>Laura Lovekis is with us. Her new podcast is Haunting.

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<v Speaker 2>What's funny about death?

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<v Speaker 3>God, you know, not much. I mean, I think when

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<v Speaker 3>we're talking about ghosts, it feels so removed from the

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<v Speaker 3>actual experience of death that we can separate those things

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<v Speaker 3>a bit, or we do in our minds. This character

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<v Speaker 3>that I play, this influencer, she dies in a very

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<v Speaker 3>you know, embarrassing way that I'll let be revealed on

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<v Speaker 3>the podcast. But you know, all the stories that we're

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<v Speaker 3>hearing are real. So it's I guess you automatically think

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<v Speaker 3>of death, But when I think of ghots, I just

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<v Speaker 3>think more being scared. I don't think about the actual

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<v Speaker 3>person who was alive, who is now a ghost, you

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<v Speaker 3>know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, as many funerals as I've been to

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<v Speaker 2>and as many times as I've been a pall bearer,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the one that is usually at the funeral thinking

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<v Speaker 2>of wow, that's kind of funny. I'll give you well, yeah, please,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll give you an example. My grandfather's funeral, he used

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<v Speaker 2>to call my aunt, who was a bit of a snob,

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<v Speaker 2>he used to call her house the Sanctum sanctorum. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>in the midst of the funeral, he was a Freemason,

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<v Speaker 2>and in the Freemason service, they kept bringing up the

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<v Speaker 2>Sanctum sanctorum and I looked over my mom, and my

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<v Speaker 2>mom looked at me, and we had to stifle the

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<v Speaker 2>giggles that we at this funeral because it was supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be so Yeah, that's an example too. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>I read about a woman who buried her husband on

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<v Speaker 2>her own property and it took so long to get

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<v Speaker 2>the headstone she lost track of exactly where it was,

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<v Speaker 2>so in the end she lost her husband twice.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, Oh my god, you know I've had that

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<v Speaker 3>where I can't stop laughing at a funeral. So I

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<v Speaker 3>totally relate that. I mean, I honestly kind of love

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<v Speaker 3>those moments in life where you can't stop laughing and

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<v Speaker 3>you're really not supposed to. I had it at a

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<v Speaker 3>wedding recently, which seems like it wouldn't be bad to laugh,

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<v Speaker 3>but this guy was introduced. It was really sweet. It

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<v Speaker 3>was I mean, I'm a comedian and a bunch of

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<v Speaker 3>comedians were at this wedding, so we're naturally, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>going to laugh at things that other people are not

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<v Speaker 3>laughing at. But the officient was like making jokes about

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<v Speaker 3>the weather and they just weren't landing, and it was

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<v Speaker 3>so funny. And then there's that feeling of like I

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<v Speaker 3>don't want to laugh because I don't want to ruin

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<v Speaker 3>this like beautiful moment. But then we all start laughing

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<v Speaker 3>and could not stop. And it's one of my favorite memories.

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<v Speaker 3>I just I love that feeling of like trying to

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<v Speaker 3>hold back laughter.

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<v Speaker 2>Laura Locus she doesn't do that. She lets you laugh

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<v Speaker 2>as much as you want in her podcast Haunting, which

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<v Speaker 2>is out. Now, what are some of the what are

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<v Speaker 2>some of the plot twists we're going to hear about

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<v Speaker 2>and this is this is a scripted thing. This isn't

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<v Speaker 2>you add living.

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<v Speaker 3>The parts where I'm thereza are scripted. And then the stories,

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<v Speaker 3>the ghost stories are all real, so it's not scripted.

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<v Speaker 3>It's people calling in and leaving audio messages telling their story.

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<v Speaker 3>So you get a little bit of both. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>so from my part, you know, it's really it's it's

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<v Speaker 3>fun and light and this influencer as a very superficial

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<v Speaker 3>person who has all the wrong priorities as far as

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<v Speaker 3>I'm concerned, and you get to just hear a little

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<v Speaker 3>behind the scenes of her recording the podcast and what's

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<v Speaker 3>going on in her after life as she's hoping to

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<v Speaker 3>land in heaven ideally. And then we cut to these

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<v Speaker 3>stories where we hear people share terrifying things that have

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<v Speaker 3>happened to them. There's a story about a school trip

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<v Speaker 3>where kids go to a haunted house and obviously something

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<v Speaker 3>supernatural happens. There's one that's really really scary where women

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<v Speaker 3>are on a care free trip together, just having a

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<v Speaker 3>vacation and then this scary figure appears at the foot

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<v Speaker 3>of their bed and they have to deal with that.

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<v Speaker 3>These there are all things that really happen to people,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's what makes it so fun because you get

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<v Speaker 3>to hear you know, these are I love a true story.

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<v Speaker 3>I love a true ghost story.

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<v Speaker 2>Lauren Lopcis is with us. Okay, I don't know that

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<v Speaker 2>I've had any ghost stories. I've had things happen to

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<v Speaker 2>me that I attribute to being a ghost. One example,

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<v Speaker 2>I was staying at my grandmother's house, who had passed

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<v Speaker 2>away a good ten years previous to that. She was

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<v Speaker 2>always obsessing about light. She was worried if you had

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<v Speaker 2>a subdued light, you were hurting your eyes, so she

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<v Speaker 2>was always turning lights on. I'm walking into the bedroom

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<v Speaker 2>where I'm staying, which is in her house, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>in her bedroom, and right as I walk in, the

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<v Speaker 2>lamp by the bedside comes on. And my first reaction was, well,

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<v Speaker 2>as a matter of fact, Grandma, I did need a

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<v Speaker 2>light on.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I believe that was her. That sounds like

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<v Speaker 3>so perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>I've told that story so many times. I'm sure the

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<v Speaker 2>producers are rolling their eyes. Oh, here we go again.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's the perfect context to share it right now.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, we've definitely my family has had moments like

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<v Speaker 3>that where you're talking about someone in a light slickers

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<v Speaker 3>like things like that that you just can't attribute to anything,

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<v Speaker 3>and it just feels like it has to be that person.

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<v Speaker 3>And even if there are definitely skeptics out there, people

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<v Speaker 3>aren't going to say that's not real. But if it

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<v Speaker 3>gives you some comfort in those moments, I think that's

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<v Speaker 3>totally great. I mean, I'd rather take the moments where

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<v Speaker 3>it's somebody that I love sending me a message than

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<v Speaker 3>a terrifying ghost that I have no connection to who's

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<v Speaker 3>trying to scare me. That's that's not my favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>You know her from Orange is the New Black. You've

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<v Speaker 2>also seen her in the Wrong Missy with David Spade.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember her Stuart's Girl and the Big Bang Theory

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<v Speaker 2>Lauren Lipkus and her podcast Hunting with Lauren Lipkis. That

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<v Speaker 2>was my question, Have you had a scary paranormal experience?

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<v Speaker 3>I did have one when I was a kid that

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<v Speaker 3>my family can we cannot explain, and it's really crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>We were at home and there was a voicemail or

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<v Speaker 3>you know, an answering machine had a message on it. It

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<v Speaker 3>was the nineties, so it was a long time and

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<v Speaker 3>we played the message and it said you have a

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<v Speaker 3>Collect call. It was like, if you remember Collect calls,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm actually just making it telling the oldest story in

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<v Speaker 3>the world, but okay, it was. And it said you

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<v Speaker 3>have a Collect call from and then you hear some

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<v Speaker 3>like clinking of glasses, and then you hear a voice

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<v Speaker 3>say Grandpa Joe, which was my great grandpa who had

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<v Speaker 3>a bar. And we heard that clear as day. And

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<v Speaker 3>I remember my whole family screaming and freaking out and

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<v Speaker 3>playing the message over and over again. And I can't

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<v Speaker 3>explain it, and I think it was real, and I

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<v Speaker 3>choose to believe it was real because it's way more

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<v Speaker 3>exciting than somebody prank calling us.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine if you had been home when the call came

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<v Speaker 2>through and you that would have been better answered the phone.

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<v Speaker 2>What would have happened to them?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. What did you want to say? Why

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<v Speaker 3>was he calling? He was calling Collect? I mean he

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<v Speaker 3>didn't have a coin, so it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Scary. Do you do you do a lot of production

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<v Speaker 2>elements in the podcast in The Haunting with Lauren Lipkuz.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't. We have an amazing team. It's all done

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<v Speaker 3>by this company, Glass Podcast, and they are so amazing

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<v Speaker 3>compiling the stories and you know, putting it together with

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<v Speaker 3>amazing sound effects and giving it a really nice feel.

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<v Speaker 3>So thankfully I don't have to do that part because

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<v Speaker 3>that's not my expertise.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well, we will be listening to Haunting with Lauren Loppez,

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere you

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<v Speaker 2>get podcasts. Thank you for so much great comedy, Lauren,

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<v Speaker 2>and for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening to Later with Lee Matthews, the Lee

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<v Speaker 1>Matthews podcast, and remember to listen to The Drive Live

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