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I'm Blair Bathory,

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and this is the Something Scary

1:46

podcast. Thank you for

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joining us. Whether it's your first time

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your blessings, expressing your thanks,

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and to celebrate those you call family.

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but not all families look like the

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happy stock photos in

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Some households are fighting. plagued

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with ill fortune, or suffer

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from familiar curses. For

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some, going home for the holidays

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with family is a death trap.

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in our featured story, whistle

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The

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it's too late for them to take it all back.

3:52

Like in this story inspired by Mary

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Ellen.

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Angelina

3:58

was a shy

3:59

child. who believed in helping

4:02

others. When her grandma Martha's

4:04

health was faving and she was getting

4:06

hospice care at home, Angelina

4:08

moved in with her. Marta

4:10

begged her granddaughter to let the nurses

4:12

take over. She wanted Angelina

4:14

to go out and enjoy life, like most twenty

4:17

five year olds. that Angelina

4:19

was devoted, and she wanted to

4:21

be there to make her grandma's

4:23

final days the best they could

4:25

be. When Martha passed,

4:28

she left the house in all her possessions to

4:30

Angelina. This seemed

4:32

fair considering not one other family

4:34

member stopped by to help. or even

4:36

visit with the elderly woman. And

4:38

yet, as

4:39

if often the case, the family

4:41

began to crawl out of the woodwork

4:44

and just two months after Marta's passing

4:46

as Thanksgiving approached. Two

4:48

of Angelina's aunts and four cousins

4:51

requested a get together to celebrate the

4:53

holiday at Martin's house, just

4:55

like the old days they said. So

4:58

not

4:58

only was Angelina mourning the law,

5:00

off of her grandmother. But now

5:02

she had to cook for six other

5:04

people who she knew had ulterior

5:06

motives. But Angelina, Bean

5:08

Angelina, agreed to the gathering

5:11

because it was the right thing to do.

5:14

As the family gathered in the house on

5:16

Turkey Day, You could smell

5:18

the greed over everything else.

5:20

They walked around the house, checking

5:22

out faces, crystal dishes, and

5:24

artwork. especially

5:26

the

5:26

large, gold frame painting

5:29

of Martha in the dining room. It

5:31

was taken right before she got sick.

5:33

That was how she wanted to be remembered,

5:35

Angelina told the guests. They

5:37

couldn't have cared less, aside

5:39

from wondering what the frame might be worth.

5:42

As Angelina put the last dish down

5:44

and all the guests took their seats, it

5:46

wasn't long before the big rain began.

5:49

One aunt asked about the China dishes, which

5:51

she claimed her mother promised her.

5:54

The other aunt demanded the candelabras

5:56

and silver. Then

5:57

the cousins all chimed in with talks of

6:00

collectibles and the sixty nine Chevy in the

6:02

garage. Angelina

6:04

felt overwhelmed with tears in

6:06

her eyes. She wasn't sure

6:08

what to do when

6:09

Bing. Suddenly, the

6:11

painting of Marta hit the floor, the

6:13

room, when silent. Angeline

6:16

rushed to put the frame back up.

6:18

As she began to lift it, she gasped

6:21

and dropped it. Everyone stood up

6:23

to look. Inexplicably, The

6:25

painting was empty. No

6:28

painting, no grandma.

6:30

Everyone began to panic, except

6:33

Angelina. Angelina turned

6:35

around slowly feeling

6:37

something no one else could. As

6:39

the guest freaked out, Angelina

6:41

looked directly crossed the table where Martha's

6:44

dining room chair was. And

6:46

there she was sitting

6:48

in it with a look of rage on her face.

6:51

By the time the other family members turned

6:53

to see what Angelina was staring at,

6:55

it was too late. As

6:57

soon as they made eye contact with Marna.

6:59

She waved her hand towards them, and like

7:01

magic, they were thrown back down

7:03

into their

7:04

seats, unable to move They

7:06

began to cry and beg, but

7:08

Martha wasn't having it. She

7:10

addressed her eldest daughter first.

7:13

Was it? The China you

7:15

wanted. Her

7:17

daughter shook her head no, begging

7:19

her to just forget it. Just

7:21

then a chider platter flew across the

7:23

room and into her daughter's face embedding

7:26

itself into her skull, killing

7:28

her instantly. Everyone

7:30

screamed. A candle lover flew

7:32

across the table and plunged into the second

7:34

daughter's test. Blood splattering

7:37

across Angelina's shocked face.

7:38

She stared at her grandmother,

7:41

tearfully pleading her to stop. But

7:43

Marta it be swayed. Instantly,

7:46

three of Angelina's cousins were pelted with

7:48

dozens of small trinkets, souvenirs,

7:50

and keepsakes. It was if they

7:52

had been loaded into an automatic rifle

7:54

and were blasted into their bodies.

7:57

Now, five people sat at the table.

7:59

Dead. The living grandson

8:02

wept. certain his fate had

8:04

been determined. Wasn't

8:06

the Chevy you asked for, Martin

8:09

questioned. They could hear the car

8:11

revving from the garage. The young

8:13

man begged for his life, and Angelina

8:15

threw herself in

8:16

front of him. She pleaded

8:17

with her grandmother to stop. Martha

8:20

softened suddenly

8:21

and agreed. Angelina

8:23

grabbed the keys from the kitchen and put them in her

8:25

cousin's hand. Run.

8:27

She urged and

8:29

never come back. He

8:31

listened and ran to the garage. Angelina

8:34

turned to her grandmother and threw her arms

8:36

around her. They heard car accelerating

8:38

out of the driveway. Angelina

8:41

thanked Martha for letting him go.

8:43

Then broke down, sobbing

8:45

about how much she missed her, Marda

8:48

smiled sadly, claiming

8:50

she missed her too, then her

8:52

face went blank like before.

8:55

This was followed by tire screeching, a

8:57

loud crash, and an enormous explosion

9:00

outside. Angelina looked into her

9:02

grandmother's eyes, confused, She

9:04

had gone back on her word, but

9:06

Martha lovingly pulled Angelina close to her

9:08

chest, consoling her.

9:11

Martha said, they

9:12

were not good people. You

9:15

can

9:15

take care of your

9:16

family, and your family

9:19

will take care of you. suddenly,

9:21

she disappeared from Angelina's

9:24

arms entering the portrait once

9:26

more, where she would

9:28

always watch over the one

9:30

who watched over her.

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life, Rose

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must confront her troubling

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escape her horrifying new reality.

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frightening occurrences.

12:14

that she cannot explain. As

12:16

an overwhelming

12:17

terror begins taking

12:18

over her life, Rose

12:20

must confront her troubling

12:22

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her horrifying new reality.

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the

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London has many famous ghosts due to

13:03

its long and

13:03

rich history. The

13:05

tower of London has seen many

13:07

executions in centuries past,

13:09

so it's no surprise a royal

13:11

guest or two still linger. as

13:13

in

13:13

this story written by Janine

13:16

Pipe. King

13:18

Henry the eighth to six wives

13:20

he was wedded. One

13:21

died, one survived, two

13:24

divorced, two beheaded.

13:26

There's a story which has

13:28

been passed down through my family, which never

13:30

fails to send shivers down my

13:32

spine. An ancestor of mine

13:34

was posted for duty at the tower of

13:36

London in the eighteen seventies. This

13:39

was a huge honor and something my

13:41

family and I are still incredibly proud

13:43

of today. His name

13:45

was Peter and he was captain of the

13:47

guard. Peter took his role

13:49

very seriously and never grumbled when

13:51

assigned night shifts as others

13:53

did. No matter whether it was midday

13:55

in the August son or midnight in the

13:58

December gloom. He would

13:59

be there,

14:00

patrolling the royal premises and

14:02

ensuring the safety of others. The

14:05

story doesn't mention whether Peter was

14:07

devoutly religious or believed in the

14:09

supernatural, but there can be no

14:11

doubt about the fear he must have felt

14:13

that night. It

14:15

was a chilly winter evening. The

14:17

grounds shrouded in darkness and

14:19

frost. The only light would have

14:21

been from anturns hung from the guards to be able to

14:23

see as they patrolled. At that

14:25

time of evening, the chapel should have

14:27

been empty.

14:28

In fact, Peter

14:30

knew for

14:30

certain it had been locked up for

14:33

hours and was even in possession of the

14:35

key. So when he saw

14:37

light flickering one of the windows.

14:39

He hurried over. No

14:41

doubt he initially thought. Perhaps the

14:43

candle had been forgotten. although he was

14:45

a clever man and would have noticed it on

14:47

previous perimeter checks. He

14:49

later told how when approaching the chapel,

14:51

he already chile air

14:53

turned frigid. that his breath was visible

14:55

and tiny particles of ice began to

14:57

form on his pristine uniform.

15:00

Rather than entering the building straight

15:02

away, He

15:03

decided to press his nose up against the

15:05

window and see if he could make out anything

15:07

through the class. You'd

15:08

have to remember this is around a hundred

15:11

and fifty years ago. There

15:12

was no such thing as movie projectors

15:15

or the type

15:15

of special effects to carry this

15:17

off. So when

15:18

Peter looked into the chapel

15:20

and saw a small session of transparent

15:23

lords, ladies and knights and armor,

15:25

he would have been terrified, especially

15:28

when he saw the figure at the center

15:30

of the festivities.

15:30

Of

15:32

course, it had to have been over three hundred years

15:34

since her execution and burial under the

15:36

very chapel, but Peter would

15:38

have recognized her from anywhere.

15:41

Holding court inside the building as she

15:43

had in life was none

15:45

other than Anne Berlin. Second

15:47

life of the infamous King

15:49

Henry the VIII.

15:53

If you've

15:53

ever ridden the Hana mansion ride at Disney

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World, the ballroom scene with the

15:58

dancing ghost, That's what I imagined it

15:59

looked like for Peter. Only there

16:02

were no parlor tricks or use of the

16:04

pepper's ghost technique. He

16:06

was terrified. No noise came

16:08

from the chapel. It seemed these

16:10

particular

16:10

specters were silent as they

16:13

glided about, and for a moment, he

16:15

just stood there. staring

16:16

through the glass, unable

16:18

to move a muscle. He described

16:20

Anne as being slightly more

16:23

there. than the others, which

16:25

I

16:25

can only interpret as being

16:27

more corporal, less

16:30

see through. Despite

16:31

his fear and confusion at such an

16:34

inexplicable supernatural occurrence,

16:36

the spirit seemed to be unaware of his

16:38

presence and quite happy to

16:40

just do whatever activity this

16:42

imprint on time was once

16:44

his heart had begun to hammer down

16:46

slightly less.

16:47

Peter attempted silently step away from

16:49

the window. No

16:50

doubt considering this way above his pay grade

16:52

to deal with. Alas, as

16:55

he stepped back, he dis lodged some stones

16:57

and the sound of them hitting the ground in

16:59

the still of night was like a cannon

17:01

firing. He stood frozen and

17:03

as he dared to raise his eyes to the window.

17:05

He let out a scream of object

17:08

terror.

17:08

Each and every specter

17:10

in the chapel had turned to the window

17:12

and was facing him

17:15

and stood at the front and as our eyes

17:17

bored into his, he felt his throat

17:19

began to tighten and his lungs

17:21

start to burn.

17:24

He was found unconscious shortly

17:26

after and carried screaming to the

17:28

infirmary. Peter managed to

17:30

speed a recovery from his shock and

17:32

carried on working at the tower until his

17:34

death many years later. But

17:36

there was one small change.

17:38

He fused to ever work the

17:40

night shift again or be

17:41

posted close to the chapel. That

17:44

and the streak of white which had stolen

17:46

the pigment from his hair were the legacy

17:48

he was membered by.

17:50

My own father

17:52

told me his family story just before I

17:54

headed to the tower on a school trip.

17:56

When my group got close to the

17:58

chapel, I felt

17:59

dizzy and faint.

18:01

Maybe it was just a coincidence. or

18:04

maybe

18:04

Anne is

18:05

still there and recognized

18:07

my DNA.

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20:19

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20:21

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20:26

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20:28

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This was his coping mechanism for dealing

20:36

with his whiny little sister.

20:39

and any orders being barked at him by Carrie and David.

20:42

Two people he knew preferred being

20:44

called, mom and dad. Chase

20:46

remained defiant as he walked through the

20:48

halls and down the stairs. He entered

20:50

the

20:50

kitchen, defensive

20:52

attitude ready, To

20:54

his surprise, no one was there.

20:57

The normal

20:57

hustle and bustle was missing,

21:00

strange he thought, but it was

21:02

the

21:02

day after Thanksgiving. Maybe

21:04

everyone was sleeping in. As

21:06

he

21:06

scrolled through his cell and time

21:09

passed, still no

21:11

one

21:11

stirred. He began

21:13

to look around and realized all the dishes

21:15

from the night before were put away,

21:17

something he had been tasked with doing

21:19

in the morning. Then he noticed

21:20

that the table set up his mother spent days

21:22

working on had been

21:25

cleared. In fact, it was

21:27

almost as if there was no trace

21:29

of Thanksgiving anywhere, which was

21:32

unusual. It usually took weeks

21:34

for his mother to put those kinds of things

21:36

carefully away. It fully

21:38

hit him when he opened the fridge to

21:40

get milk for his cereal.

21:42

He noticed something. or

21:43

perhaps he noticed nothing.

21:46

He

21:46

stood there shocked. Where were

21:48

the leftovers? The

21:50

turkey, mashed potatoes, the three pies

21:52

because his dad always buys too many.

21:55

Nothing

21:55

was there. Just

21:57

the usual milk, butter, and condiments.

21:59

Could this

22:00

be because of the fight?

22:02

He ran

22:03

upstairs and opened

22:04

his sister's door first. She wasn't

22:06

there there. Her bed was perfectly

22:09

made, the room empty. He

22:11

ran to parents. This time calling out for mom and

22:13

dad reflecting his

22:15

panic. Again,

22:16

no one was there. Not even Bailey.

22:18

Their goal retriever

22:20

was responding to his calls.

22:22

What was going on?

22:24

He grabbed the phone and started

22:27

dialing. as he called his grandmother and asked if she

22:28

knew where their whereabouts were. He ran to

22:30

the

22:30

garage. By the time his

22:33

grandmother had finished saying she hadn't heard

22:35

from them, The door to the garage

22:37

revealed both cars sitting in their

22:39

spots. Key is still on the side of the

22:41

counter. His mother's purse and

22:43

father's wallet in their places. It

22:45

was like they had simply vanished.

22:48

Sensing his worry, his grandmother told him

22:50

to call the police. By the time

22:52

the police arrived. Chase had

22:54

called roughly a dozen friends and

22:56

family. He called his parents and sister cell

22:58

phones, finding them all within

23:00

the house. with no leads as to

23:02

where they could have gone. During

23:05

the police interview, the officer

23:07

had him retrace his steps of

23:09

Thanksgiving Day, Cha submitted that

23:11

at one point he asked to leave to go to his

23:13

friend Devin's house. His

23:15

parents lived in Chicago and through the biggest

23:17

party every year. Most

23:19

of Chase's friends would be there, but his

23:20

parents wouldn't let him go.

23:22

Instead, he had to sit and listen to his dad

23:25

tell a stupid story at the

23:27

dinner table. The detective asked him

23:29

to recount the story. So

23:31

Chase told him about the history of

23:33

the Turkey's Wishbone that it

23:35

dated back to Roman times when it was

23:37

believed birds possess mystical

23:39

powers, and when the bone would

23:41

break, whoever had the larger piece would

23:43

suddenly possess such powers,

23:45

Chase told his dad the story was lame and wanted

23:47

to go to his room. His dad insisted

23:49

that he break the Wishbone with his

23:52

sister. and then he could leave the

23:54

table. So Chase did,

23:56

getting the bigger half of the bone. When

23:58

his dad lit up and told him he could make

23:59

a wish, Chase scoffed.

24:02

he

24:02

yelled at his only thing he wished for was that

24:04

his family would disappear so he could live

24:06

on his own and go to his friend's house whenever

24:08

he wanted. Then, With

24:11

the bone in his hand, he stormed up to his room, threw

24:13

himself on his bed, grabbed his

24:15

earbuds, and blared his music as loud

24:17

as he could.

24:19

As Chase finished telling the

24:21

detective the story, the hairs on

24:23

his neck began to rise, and he ran

24:25

up to his room. he searched

24:27

through his bedding and in the middle of the comforter

24:30

laying the bone. With the

24:32

detective looking over his shoulder,

24:33

shoulder Chase turned

24:34

around holding it tears in

24:36

his eyes. You don't

24:39

think

24:39

he began, he began

24:41

of course not. the

24:43

detective shook his head. That went against all

24:46

logic. Wishes don't come

24:47

true, but Chase's world

24:49

quickly began to unravel. Not

24:53

only did he have to uproot his whole life

24:55

and live with his grandma, he desperately

24:57

began to miss his family,

24:59

and rumors began to swirl.

25:02

people began pointing the finger at him, the

25:04

only survivor. For a decade,

25:06

Chase searched for his family while

25:08

dodging accusatory looks. he

25:11

couldn't

25:11

eat or sleep. His mental

25:13

health deteriorated, and before and long,

25:15

he found himself a Piedmont psychiatric

25:17

facility at

25:17

the age of twenty five. For

25:20

Thanksgiving there, the staff served

25:23

all

25:23

the trimmings and he watched

25:24

as they cut into a turkey behind the

25:27

glass. The

25:27

idea came to him to make a wish and again make

25:29

things right. He pounded on

25:31

the glass begging for the

25:33

wishbone. Finally,

25:34

the solution was right in front of him. But

25:36

as his

25:37

hospital policy, that would be forbidden as

25:39

a patient could use it as a

25:42

weapon.

25:42

His pounding continued and tempers

25:45

flared. Security came

25:47

grabbing him, putting him in restraints and

25:49

giving him a sedative as he

25:51

thrashed about. screaming for his

25:53

family. Chase would

25:55

spend years being sedated

25:57

and restrained with no help from the

26:00

outside world. all because

26:00

he broke the cardinal rule. He

26:03

was careless and paid the price.

26:05

He didn't

26:06

believe that wishes could come

26:09

true. Do

26:10

you believe that

26:13

wishes can come true? Have you ever

26:15

been guilty of wishing your family would

26:17

go away. What do

26:18

you hope for when breaking a

26:21

wishbone? Will you try it this year and tell

26:23

us about

26:24

it? In

26:28

our

26:32

final story, join my cohost, Stephanie,

26:34

as she tells the Urban Legend of La La

26:36

Chousa inspired by

26:38

Jessica and animated over on our

26:40

YouTube channel. the

26:42

sounds of chirping birds singing

26:45

their melodies might brighten your

26:47

day and even inspire you to

26:49

sing back. but their sweet songs

26:51

could also be an omen of

26:53

death. Jessica

26:56

danced around the field at her uncle chicken

26:58

farm. She hung a happy tune,

27:01

adding a whistle here and

27:03

there. She and her family have made

27:05

their trip to El Salvador to

27:07

visit relatives for the Thanksgiving holiday. Her

27:09

Theo's farm was nothing like what Jessica

27:11

was used to in New Jersey. She

27:13

kept pursuing as she laid the field

27:16

looking up at the sky and wiggling her

27:18

bare feet. Suddenly,

27:20

she stopped. She swore she

27:22

heard a whistle She sat up

27:24

and looked around expecting to see someone

27:27

or something capable of making the

27:29

noise. But there was nothing

27:31

except the chicken coop in

27:33

sight. She knew the chickens were definitely

27:35

not making the noise. Her

27:37

heartbeat to quickened. She slowly looked

27:39

around the field, eyes darting side

27:41

to side. It seemed she was alone.

27:43

so she drew a deep breath and then

27:46

whistled again. As

27:48

she

27:48

heard a

27:48

whistle response, Her

27:51

eyes widened, and she jumped up and

27:53

ran towards the house, leaving her boots

27:55

behind. The distance felt

27:58

like eternity. her bare feet were torn up by

27:59

twigs and rocks, but she didn't

28:02

dare to stop. With the house

28:03

in sight, she noticed someone waiting on

28:05

the

28:05

front porch. Safety

28:07

she thought feeling

28:10

so relieved. The woman from

28:12

the front

28:12

porch rushed over to help her. Jessica

28:15

collapsed in her arms

28:16

and tears ran down her cheeks.

28:18

She was too worked up to wonder

28:20

who the woman was.

28:22

Thank you. Thank

28:25

you. Jessica cried.

28:27

But when she looked up into her

28:29

lifesaver's face, she couldn't mask

28:31

her repulsion. The

28:32

woman had no

28:35

eyes and cloudy white

28:37

falls filled the sockets. Her

28:39

face was gaunt. lined with

28:42

wrinkles. Her lips and eye

28:44

sockets were tinged with

28:46

black appearing as they

28:48

were rotting. at that

28:50

moment, Jessica fell into her

28:52

Theo's arms, but not before

28:54

she smelled a stench admitting from

28:56

the woman's mouth. He

28:57

her to leave his property

28:59

as he carried Jessica inside.

29:01

As her

29:02

mom bathed her feet, she told her

29:05

Familia would happened, her

29:07

Theo took out his shotgun and closed up

29:09

all the windows to the

29:11

house. He told him he believed

29:13

that Jessica had summoned He

29:17

explained

29:17

this was an ordinary woman who

29:20

had sold her soul to

29:22

the devil. become a

29:24

blocha, a witch with mystical

29:26

powers. She

29:27

could shape shift between her

29:28

human form and an owl

29:31

looking for her next prey. If

29:33

she whistled and you whistled back,

29:36

well, he didn't need to finish

29:38

his sentence. Jessica's

29:40

parents chimed in telling them it

29:42

was all a ridiculous tall

29:45

tail. No one had

29:47

anything to worry about, and

29:49

they

29:49

all just needed to just get some

29:52

sleep. The

29:53

night was still it. Jessica laying

29:55

her sleeping bag on the guest room floor.

29:57

She was still nervous

29:58

from before

29:59

and

30:00

purposely kept her breathing low

30:03

and quiet, and then

30:05

she heard it.

30:06

The whistle grew louder and

30:08

louder as she crawled to the window,

30:11

her feet. still to tender to

30:13

walk on.

30:14

Peering outside, she saw a massive,

30:17

gnarly looking owl hovering

30:19

outside the window. It

30:21

whistled. Jessica threw

30:23

her hands over her mouth knowing

30:25

she must not

30:28

whistle back. the sound of a

30:30

shotgun spooked them both. A

30:32

bird dropped to the ground then

30:35

with an obvious injury to its

30:37

left wing it blew off

30:39

into the woods. When

30:41

Jessica looked down, she saw her

30:43

Theos standing outside with a

30:45

shotgun next to him her

30:47

father. She shook as she listened

30:49

to them bicker. Her

30:51

father asked, why? Why didn't

30:53

you just kill a darn thing. But her

30:56

theo said you can't kill Maletusa

30:58

with a gun. Her father gave

31:00

a hearty laugh. He

31:02

didn't really believe in those urban legends. Did

31:04

he? Her theo's stern

31:08

expression,

31:08

said it all. He informed

31:11

her father that whoever tried to

31:13

kill it with a gun would

31:15

mysteriously die themselves.

31:18

Then, with nothing further to say on the

31:20

matter, the two men went back to

31:22

their home. The following

31:24

morning seemed to wash away

31:26

all the terror from the night

31:28

before. The smell of thanksgiving

31:30

feast filled

31:31

the house. Jessica

31:33

was sitting at the table when

31:35

she noticed

31:35

the strange old woman from

31:38

yesterday standing at the front

31:39

door. The smell

31:42

of Thanksgiving feast filled

31:44

the house. Jessica was sitting

31:46

at the table when she noticed

31:48

the strange old

31:49

woman from yesterday standing at

31:51

the front door Jessica

31:54

called

31:54

out for anyone, but her mother

31:56

was busy cooking and her father

31:58

and deal were at

31:59

the coop. Through

32:02

the

32:02

window, the old woman still looked disheveled

32:05

and creepy. But Jessica reasoned

32:07

that the woman had helped her

32:10

the

32:10

day before. She

32:12

opened the front door, but before

32:14

she could

32:14

ask what the woman wanted, Jessica

32:17

noticed blood

32:18

seeping through her shirt and on the left shoulder,

32:21

the same as the left ring of the

32:23

owl her Theo had injured. Jessica

32:26

Gas and tried to slam the

32:28

door, but it was too

32:30

late. Jessica's

32:31

mother screamed, if you man

32:33

slater, the men arrived at the house.

32:35

She told them she came in from

32:36

the kitchen to find the front door

32:39

open, a short trail of blood on the

32:41

porch, and no sign of

32:43

Jessica at all. Her

32:46

Theo

32:46

shook his head and despair

32:48

as Jessica's

32:48

parents wet to

32:50

this day The legend of La

32:52

La Josa lives on. Daring,

32:55

no one to whistle

32:58

in happiness.

33:03

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33:06

week's podcast stories were edited

33:08

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33:10

Janine Pike, and Stephanie

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33:22

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