Dirt Babies — Killer Halloween Crafts and Babysitter Horror

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What starts as a harmless Halloween craft project quickly turns

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into a night of terror when their little creations come

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to life and begin a gruesome killing spree. Can our

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babysitter battle these evil creations in a desperate fight for

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survival or will she become a Halloween time victim?

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and treats after this. Dirt Babies by Bruce Haney, prologue,

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Halloween Knight, nineteen forty six. At the Locust Grove Insane Asylum.

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It's not right to judge everybody who's been institutionalized as

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some drooling, crazed killer. For some people, being put in

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a mental hospital is the thing that turns their lives around.

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Jonathan Allison was not one of those who was saved

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by his experience. If anything, he got worse, much worse

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after being put in the Locust Grove Insane Asylum. Modern

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day researchers have revealed that they were administering shock treatment

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to some patients as much as five times a week.

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Common practice was just twice a week. Not much is

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known about Jonathan Allison outside his time at the asylum.

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There were rumors that he had killed a few local boys,

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and that after being arrested, he was found not guilty

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by reason of insanity and put into the asylum to rod.

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The only other thing known about him is that he

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loved that old folk poem known as the Hearse Song.

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There are rumors that during his murder spree, he was

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heard reciting lines from it For a drooling, crazed killer.

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He was smart enough to set up his night of horror,

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though it was a copy of a similar incident that

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happened at another Oregon hospital. It was October thirty first,

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nineteen forty six when his reign of terror began. He

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wanted to do it on Halloween. Luckily, for his plan,

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they had eggs for dinner. The first victim was Aaron Roots,

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who began to shake and then vomit blood onto the

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table and then, to everyone's horror, on to the other

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people that sat near him. Nurse Kleine saw this after

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swallowing her first bite of eggs and went to see

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what the matter was. She only made it a few

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feet before her legs gave out. Other patients didn't take

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notice or didn't put two and two together. Twenty more

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would die before the other nurses could stop them. The

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gluttons and suicidals guarded their plates and shoveled the food

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in as the nurses tried to take them away. Their

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deaths were most violent. Once the chaos was calming down,

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Jonathan Allison wanted more fun, so he made his way

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out of the lunch room, where he attacked the first

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patient he saw, an elderly gentleman named Bob. He grabbed

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the man and smashed his face against the wall repeatedly

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until his legs gave out and he fell to the floor.

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In the common room, he threw a chair at another patient.

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That patient dodged it and ran at Jonathan. The two

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fought hard until Jonathan bit his neck open and then

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reached into the gaping wound, grabbed the patient's jugular vein

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and pulled hard. Blood went all over the room and

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all over Jonathan. A patient who witnessed this recalled him singing,

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the old gray hearse goes.

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Roll in by.

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You don't know whether to laugh or cry for no.

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Some day it'll get you two, and the hearse's next

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load may consist of you. Later, while Jonathan was stomping

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the head of a nurse, witnesses heard him singing another

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refrain from the hearse song.

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The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out. They crawl

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all over your chin and mouth. They invite their friends

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and their friends friends to and you look like hell

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when they're through with you. You would think that this

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chaos would have ended quickly with him being attacked by

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a group of people since he had no weapon, but

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his singing and being covered in blood kept everybody at bay,

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that is until he was gunned down by the police

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some forty minutes later. Within a week, he was buried

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with the others in the asylum cemetery. Two weeks after that,

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the whole facility was shut down. It was a big

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deal when the accidental egg poisoning happened at the other

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Oregon hospital. For it to happen again with intention this

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time was unthinkable and unforgivable. Just like the patient at

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the Oregon State Hospital, he had switched out the powdered

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milk for sodium fluoride, which the hospital kept in huge

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quantities to kill cockroaches. Halloween night, teen ninety seven. Yes,

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missus Gartner, no problem, missus Gartner, Kristin said, lying through

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her teeth. It was a problem, but she agreed anyway

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to babysits Simon on Halloween night of all nights. Thank you,

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thank you, missus Gartner said, my sister was supposed to

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watch him, but something came up. It won't be bad.

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I'll leave you cash for pizza. Since it's a holiday

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and all, and Simon has a project to do, so

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that should make the night go by fast. What kind

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of project, Kristin asked, He has everything to make a

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dirt baby. His whole class is making them and having

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a show and tell. Simon is excited about it. Missus

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Gartner said, what's a dirt baby? Kristin asked, let me

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tell her. A small voice could be heard saying, then,

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after a few seconds of phone fumbling noises, Simon was

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on the phone. Hi Kristin, he said, Hi Simon, Kristen

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said in a friendly tone. While checking her watch. Her

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smile slipped while looking at the time. Okay, Simon, tell

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me what a dirt baby is. A dirt baby is

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a plant with a face. Basically, you fill a stocking

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with dirt and grass seed, tie it off to make

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it head shaped, and then you decorate it to look

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like a person. Simon said, Ah, so like a homemade

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chi ahead. Kristen asked, I guess. Simon said, we called

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them turf.

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Babies when I was a kid. Simon, can you put

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your mother back on the phone, Kristen said, After a

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couple more seconds of phone shuffling sounds, I'm back, missus

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Gartner said, okay, easy peasy. He has everything for it.

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Kristen asked, yeah, he oh, oh dang, I forgot I

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was supposed to pick up the soil. Oh He's going

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to be so bummed. Missus Gartner said, don't worry about it.

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I can pick up soil on my way. Kristin offered,

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you sure, I don't want I'm sure I knew there

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was a reason I hadn't removed the basket off my

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bike yet. Okay, okay, you are a life saver. I'm

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so glad that you're the one watching him on Halloween.

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He prefers you to my sister. Anyways, missus Gartner laughed.

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Kristin was bummed about the job. At fifteen years old,

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she was too old to trick or treat, but she

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had plans to hang out with her friends. They were

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meeting at the old abandoned cemetery before going to Jennifer's

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house to listen to the new Gloom Macabre album. She

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was also thinking tonight might be the night that she

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tried pot for the first time. Her friend Sid was

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always holding. Then there was the boy Bram was supposed

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to be in attendance, and she had a major crush

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on him, but missus Gartner's offer of one hundred dollars

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was too much to say no to. She had been

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eyeing a pair of Doc Martin's at the mall that

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just happened to be one hundred bucks. All her favorite

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rock stars wore them. The most she had ever gotten

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before for babysitting was forty dollars, but since it was

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short notice and a holiday, they were paying much more.

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Kristin looked at her freshly done goth makeup in the mirror.

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She thought about washing it off for the babysitting gig. Typically,

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she would dress down when she had one, but she

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figured that since it was Halloween, she could dress like

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her typical self and play it off as a costume. Plus,

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she still had time to meet her friends at the

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cemetery and at least enjoy part of her original plans.

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She didn't want to do that in blue jeans in

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a sweater. She wasn't ready for Bram to see her

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dressed like a normy. Before she left her house, she

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grabbed a few items that she needed for the night's events.

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For the cemetery, she grabbed a black candle and her

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Book of Shadows. She only had it for a few weeks,

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but she made time to write a few spells in

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it from the last time she was able to get

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on the internet at the library. Kristen was an exceptional artist,

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so she filled some pages with dark drawings. Once she

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caught herself absent mindedly drawing a picture of Bram on

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one of the pages, which wasn't good since she planned

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on showing the book to her friends to impress them,

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so she had to turn him into a creature. She

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could still tell it was him, though, because she left

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his nose intact. To her, he had the most beautiful

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and perfect nose, and she was so proud of herself

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forgetting it just right. As a professional babysitter, she kept

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some tools of the trade. She filled her backpack with

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a couple of coloring books, plus her draft box that

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included items like paint, various colored felt sheets, and a

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low temp hot glue gun, all the stuff that would

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make the best dirt baby that Simon could ever hope for.

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She was going to grab some candy for bribing purposes,

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but figured that the gardeners must have candy on hand

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for the holiday Kristen thought they better. I am not

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responsible for any egging or tepeeing that happens because they

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didn't prepare. The last thing she did in preparation for

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the night was to look through the VHS tapes in

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the living room for something from her childhood that would

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be Halloween themed but not too spooky. Since Simon was

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only seven years old, she wasn't seeing much, but then

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she spotted one. Oh perfect, I haven't watched this in years.

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She always loved the spooky and she was excited to

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have a reason to rewatch The Witchy Woods again. It

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was scary to her the first time she saw it,

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but she was six at the time. She hoped that

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Simon wouldn't be too scared by that one scene. The

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main plot of the movie is about a young girl

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who gets lost in the woods when her family is camping.

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She gets so lost that she ends up in a

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part of the woods known as Witchy Woods, where people

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have been known to disappear. It sounds dark, and parts

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of it are, but it's also a kid's movie, so

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the main message is not to wander off and to

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not judge women who live in the woods by their

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looks because that alone doesn't mean that they're evil. Kristen

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always had hoped the story would end with the little

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girl protagonist turning into a witch, but it didn't happen.

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The ending song and dance number about not judging a

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book by its cover was annoying and hard to stomach.

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Don't judge a book by its cover. Love one another.

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You just might discover a friend. But those first forty

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minutes were perfection in Kristin's eyes.

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U sh it was only the wind, your safe, weekly spooky.

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We'll be right back.

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The cemetery was a few miles from her house, so

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if she wanted to make it on time, she had

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to use her bicycle with its pink color and white

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basket with daisies on it. She wasn't excited for her

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friends to see it. She had the bike since her

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preteen pre goth days. Her father was cheap and bought

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it a size bigger than what she could ride at

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the time, so it would last longer. She had talked

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to her father about helping her paint it black, which

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she said he would, but had not gotten around to

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it yet. He wasn't a big fan of what he

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called her cure phase as she went out the back door.

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On her way to the garage to get her bicycle.

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She put on her hot topic conjuror's coat that cost

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three months of babysitting money. The goth lifestyle wasn't cheap.

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The garage was full of old furniture and boxes, which,

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to Kristen gave it a claustrophobic feel. She hated being

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in there. She was always afraid that one day one

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of the piles would fall on her and it would

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be weeks until someone discovered her rotting body with her

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face half eaten by rats. Once she grabbed her bike,

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she heard the door she entered through clothes Mom, she said, Dad,

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Still hearing nothing, she said her brother's name, Tommy. She

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was starting to get worried, then thought better of it.

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Whoever it was probably just swung it closed from the outside,

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not knowing I was in here. With her fear pushed aside,

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she made her way to the exit, being careful to

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look around to make sure nobody was in there hiding.

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Before she opened the door, she noticed a sheet that

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was draped that she didn't think she had seen before.

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She quickly pulled it off and yelled, gotcha, but it

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was just an old lamp, Kristin laughed to herself. Ah,

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she suddenly heard behind her. She turned just in time

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to see a werewolf coming at her, screaming with its

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claws up ready to attack. Kristin screamed, reached for the door,

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and ran out. A moment later, she heard laughter. It

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was her older brother, Tommy, you jerk. I thought you

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were too old for Halloween, she yelled. Too old for

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the treat, never too old for the trick. I can't

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believe you fell for that. Tommy said, yeah, yeah, Kristin

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replied while getting on her bike. Then she flipped him

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off as she rode away. She cursed her brother's name

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the whole way to the cemetery. He knew she hated

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to be scared, but he still always did it, not

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just at Halloween time either. The previous month, on the

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first day of school, Tommy hid a fake rat in

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her backpack. The worst part was she didn't notice until

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she was at school putting her books away in her locker.

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Everybody heard her scream. She didn't talk to Tommy for

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a whole week after that. For today's incident, she thought,

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maybe just a couple of days of the old cold

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shoulder would be sufficient. On her way to the cemetery,

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she rode past the hardware store. She thought about grabbing

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the soil first, but then thought better of it. I'll

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get the soil on the way back. No reason to

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carry the extra weight. Once she was no longer upset

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with her brother, her mind shifted to thoughts of Bram.

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She was nervous about this meeting. This was the first

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time they had hung out outside of school, and she

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suspected that he was more interested in her friend Sarah.

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Kristin looked at her watch. She was only running a

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few minutes late. She hadn't expected the call from missus Gartner,

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nor did she expect it to go on as long

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as it did. Kristen sped up on her bike. She

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wanted to get there before Bram had too much time

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with Sarah. She didn't worry about Sarah stealing him, but

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didn't want to be the second choice either. Better to

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make sure he likes her before he decides who he

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likes best. The best way to the cemetery was through

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the woods by taco time, but from her house, the

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quickest way was to go through the parking lot of

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the abandoned asylum that the cemetery long to Before getting

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to her friends, she ditched her bike near an old tree.

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She didn't want Bram or her friends to see her

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girly bike. At the cemetery, she saw Sarah Sid and Bram.

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Bram was talking about something and was quite animated. As

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he spoke. She stopped and listened. I couldn't believe it.

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He was drenched in blood and walking through a church,

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Bram said. Kristin gave him a curious look. Then he

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made it to the pulpit just in time to sing

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the chorus. God doesn't know what you need. Yeah, he

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thinks we're just fleas Yeah, we can be the disease. Yeah,

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because he can't be pleased, Bram sang. While he sings,

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they cut to the regular church goers in various stages

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of shop fuck that is, until don't spoil it. I

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haven't seen the new gloom a Cob video yet, Kristin

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piped up. Hey, Kristin, Bram said, we were wondering when

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you'd show up, Sid said Kristin. Sarah yelled while walking

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over and giving her a big hug. We were waiting

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for you before we started the first part of our

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Sarah was interrupted evening of debauchery. Brahm said in a

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voice that he meant to sound smooth and sophisticated. Sarah

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pulled out a bottle of wine and a chalice from

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her backpack. Oh, Kristin said, did you bring a new spell?

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Sarah asked I did, but Kristen said, great, let's get

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set up by the tree. Sarah pointed, yeah, just so

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you know, Kristen started, Are you scared? Bram asked no,

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I just need to Kristen started once again to gather

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the blood of a virgin. Sid asked, can I finish

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a thought? Kristin said, feeling annoyed, Yeah, sorry, of course.

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Bram said, I can't stay long, Kristin said and sighed

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she didn't want to disappoint her friends. What we've been

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looking forward to this night all month, Sarah said? What

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could be more important than hanging out with your friends,

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listening to the new Gloon macab record and doing witchy things?

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Sid asked one hundred bucks? Kristen said, understandable. Sarah replied,

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I get that, Bram said, And what lurid thing are

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you doing to obtain these hundred bucks? Sid asked, just

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babysitting the hundred is because it was short notice and

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to holiday crad. I was worried that you would become

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a teenage prostitute. Sid said, ha ha, Chris and replied,

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in a dismissive tone, at least I made it to

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the cemetery. It was the most important part of the evening,

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wasn't it. Kristen asked, I thought Sarah letting me get

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to second base was the most important part of the evening.

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Sid said, like you want that. Sarah said, of course

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I do. Sid replied, we know. Okay, you don't have

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to pretend. Sarah said, no what Sid asked? You're gay?

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Sarah said, no, I not. Everyone knows it. Brahm said

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I don't, and I would appreciate it if you stopped

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saying that. I would appreciate it if you stopped objectifying

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me and talking about touching my breasts. Sarah said, okay,

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I'll stop talking about your breasts and you stop talking

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about me being gay. Sid said, of course, we won't

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talk about it until you're ready to come out the closet.

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Sarah said, fuck you, Sid replied and gave her the

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middle finger. Sarah hugged him and then they both laughed together.

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Where should we set up? Kristin asked, I was thinking

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over there under the tree, Sarah said, with an evil smile,

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Really under that tree. Kristen asked, why. What's wrong with

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that tree? Brahm asked, that's where they buried the killer.

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Sid said, A murderer is buried over there. Brahm asked,

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not just a murderer, the murderer, probably the most infamous

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killer in five hundred miles. Kristin explained, Really, what did

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he do? Brahm asked, poisoned forty people, most of whom died,

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and then killed ten more with his bare hands. Sid said,

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while holding up his scrawny teenage arms and hands, imitating

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the killer. Where did this happen, Bram asked. Sarah pointed

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through the trees to the old Asylum. What is that place,

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Bram inquired. It's the Locust Grove Insane Asylum. That's where

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his spree happened. This cemetery that we're hanging out in

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is the cemetery for that asylum. Kristin explained, So all

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these people buried here were crazy, Bram said, crazy, unwonted, handicapped,

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whatever society deemed at that time as undesirable. Kristin explained,

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back then, Sid could have been put in here. Sarah said,

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why why would I be putting there? Sid asked, um,

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never mind, We just agreed not to talk about it.

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Sarah replied, you could be putting an asylum for being gay.

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Sid asked, it's deviant Unchristian behavior, my buddy, that's what

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makes you so cool. Hail Satan, Brahm said, and then

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did devil horns. Thanks, I guess, Sid said. Kristin walked

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over to Jonathan Allison's grave and the others followed. The

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first step is to draw our circle, Kristin said, I'll

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do it. Bram was quick to find a broken limb

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for the task. Kristin was well studied on the history

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of magic, but lacked confidence, so she preferred chaos magic

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to the more well established spells. She did hers based

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on what she thought and felt would work with a

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bit of informed knowledge. The spell was a simple one,

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a modified verse version of one for bringing back the dead.

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Kristin didn't believe in that kind of power, and if

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she did, she didn't think a beginner like her could

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accomplish it anyway. The funny thing about Sid, asking if

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she had trouble getting the virgin blood. Was that the

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original spell did have blood as a part of it,

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it didn't specify that it had to be from a virgin.

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She hoped that this modified spell would let them see

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a ghost. The circle was formed. Excellent, Can I see that?

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Kristin motioned towards the stick. Yeah, Bram handed it to

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her while smiling and making eye contact. She could feel

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herself starting to blush, so she looked away and composed herself.

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Then she drew a strength symbol in the dirt next

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to the circle. See this, it's just an X with

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a line through it. Can you draw three more of

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these around them? Circle, one for each of us? Kristin asked,

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of course, Brahm said, while pushing his long hair from

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his face. What can I do? Sid asked? Can you

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get the wine bottle open and fill the chalice? Kristin replied,

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of course, Sid said, a task for me, Great sorceress,

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Sarah inquired, do you recall how to make the protection symbol?

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Of course, but Sarah had misremembered and ended up drawing

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four energy symbols. This meant that they had strength and energy,

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but no protection. Once all the tasks were done, they

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sat down in the circle on the murderer's grave and

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Kristin lit the candle. Okay, I need everyone to follow

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my direction and to follow my lead. It's of utmost

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importance that you take this seriously, or there could be

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dire consequences. Christin took a moment to look each of

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her friends in the eyes. Is everybody ready? Yes, they

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all said in unison. She noticed that Syd was nervous. Relax.

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We're in a protected circle. We are amongst nature, the wind,

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the trees, and earth, Christin said, as she took a

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small amount of dirt from the ground and poured it

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out over her hand slowly around the candle. Then she

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picked up the chalice. Drink and speak after me, Christin said,

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as she handed it to Sid, who took a drink.

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We seek power, Christin said, we seek power. Sid repeated

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as he handed their hot topic chalice to Brahm. We

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seek sight, Christin said, we seek sight, Bram repeated. Sarah

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reached over and took the chalice. Kristen nodded to her,

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and then in unison, they said their magic phrase, we

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are receptive, we are ready. Then Sarah took a drink

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before handing it to Kristin. Show us the past. We

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wished to see, hear, and speak with the spirit of

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Jonathan Allison, Kristen said. Sarah, Brahm, and Sid looked around

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the woods, noticing for the first time how dark it

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was getting. The candle flickered, though they felt no wind.

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Do you see that, Sarah asked. They all looked around.

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I don't see anything, Kristin said, look at the candle.

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They all did, I don't see anything. Sid began to say,

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Is that a fate p Bram asked. Kristin's heart filled

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with joy. She wasn't one hundred percent positive, but she

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too thought she could see a face in the flame

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of the candle. Had she, for the first time had

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a result from her study of the so called black arts.

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You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right back.

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The flame began to get bigger, and then a tiny

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voice was heard. Where am I? This? Freaked Sid out,

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who scooted backwards, ruining their circle. The flame went back

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to normal. Damn it, Sid, Sarah said, we were making contact.

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Kristin exclaimed that was so cool, Bram said, smiling. Kristin

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smiled too, sorry, I panicked. Sid said, Let's do it again,

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that is, if Sid can control himself this time. Bram sneered, okay,

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but first we need Kristen said. Beep, beep, beep. Kristen's

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watch alarm went off. Aw Man, I gotta go. I'm

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gonna be late. I need to get to the gardener's,

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Kristin said, bomber. Bram added, oh no. Kristin remarked what

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Sarah asked. I was supposed to pick up soil on

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the way back. We're making something called dirt babies tonight.

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Dirt babies, Bram commented and laughed. The kid has his

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heart set on it, but frick, I don't have time.

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Where does the kid live Sycamore Street? Kristen said, no problem,

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that's by my house. I could drop some off and

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or so. Really that would be so helpful. I'll pay

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you back. Of course, it's the blue house with all

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the gnomes out front. Kristin explained, I know that house.

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Bram said to Kristin, who was already shoving her candle

468
00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:19.559
and book back in her bag, Thank you, see you.

469
00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:23.840
Then Kristin said and ran off. What store are we

470
00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:28.119
stopping by? Before going to your house, Sid asked, store,

471
00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:32.840
we have dirt all around us, Bram said, and then

472
00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:38.079
scuffed his foot on the grave. Seems like fairly soft soil.

473
00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:42.920
Bram didn't look down as he scuffed his foot. If

474
00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:47.280
he had, he might have noticed the dirt swell and

475
00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:56.880
retract ever so slightly. Kristin jumped on her bike and

476
00:34:56.960 --> 00:35:00.119
made her way to the Gartner's house, not thinking of

477
00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:04.400
the implications of Sid breaking the circle and not closing

478
00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:07.800
the spell properly. By the time she made it to

479
00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:11.480
the Gartner's she was huffing and puffing from pushing herself

480
00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:15.039
so hard. Her biggest struggle was keeping up her speed

481
00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:18.480
while dodging all the kids walking around trick or treating.

482
00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:21.800
She nearly ran over a kid dressed as a Laddin

483
00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:26.320
and another one in a cryptkeeper mask. Aladdin was her fault,

484
00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:29.039
but with the kid in the mask, it was the

485
00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:31.920
fact that the mask was obviously too big on him

486
00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:35.800
and he couldn't see where he was going. Typically, she

487
00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:38.840
put her bike in the backyard, but she was in

488
00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:42.159
a hurry, so she just leaned against the front porch

489
00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:48.599
and knocked Kristen. Are you okay, missus? Gartner asked, Yeah, sorry,

490
00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:52.039
I just got stuck at the store with my mother. Oh, okay,

491
00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:56.920
missus Gartner said, while looking over the bike, where's the soil? Oh,

492
00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:59.480
don't worry, my friend is dropping it off on her

493
00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:03.360
way home home in a little while, Kristen said, lying

494
00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:06.599
a little bit. Didn't you say you were at the store.

495
00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:10.559
Missus Gartner asked, Uh, well, not that kind of store.

496
00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:15.840
We were clothes shopping. Kristin said, okay, but remember I

497
00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:19.360
don't want I know, no friend's over. Have I ever

498
00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:25.840
disappointed you? Kristin asked, well, no, missus Gartner said, opening

499
00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:29.519
the door wider for Kristin to enter. Come in, by

500
00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:33.480
the way, what are you supposed to be a cure fan?

501
00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:40.840
Kristen said, and laughed to herself. Hmm was missus Gartner's response. Goth,

502
00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:46.079
Kristen explained, ah, trying out a different personality for all

503
00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:50.519
Hallows eve. Missus Gartner asked, yeah, it seemed like a

504
00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:54.960
fun look it is, and you do look adorable, missus

505
00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:59.960
Gartner said. Kristin hated that she didn't want to look adorable.

506
00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:04.559
Just don't get into that witchy stuff, missus Gartner laughed.

507
00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:11.320
Don't worry about that, Kristen said, Kristen. Simon yelled when

508
00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:14.199
he saw her. Then he looked her up and down.

509
00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:19.840
H looks so cool. Simon exclaimed. He was sporting a

510
00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:23.599
pirate costume with a fake rubber sword and an eye patch.

511
00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:29.199
Kristen smiled, you look great too, nice eye patch? Can

512
00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:34.639
I get a pirate r R? Simon said, and then

513
00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:39.880
laughed very impressive. Have you been practicing or did it

514
00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:45.199
just come naturally? Kristin asked missus Gartner, and Kristen watched

515
00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:49.519
as he thought about how to answer. I it just

516
00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:57.000
came naturally. Simon remarked, Wow, that's great. Kristen said, He's

517
00:37:57.039 --> 00:38:01.360
been practicing. Missus Gartner said, while and walking into the

518
00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:05.880
kitchen Kristin, I'm going to need to leave soon to

519
00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:11.079
meet up with mister Gartner. Let's go over everything real quick, okay,

520
00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:15.920
Kristin said, and followed. On the fridge, missus Gartner pointed

521
00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:19.239
out all the contact numbers like she had every time

522
00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:22.679
she had babysat. The only new part was a post

523
00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:27.079
it note with seven numbers on it. What's this, Kristin asked.

524
00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:32.000
Missus Gartner sighed, my husband's dumb friends want to relive

525
00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:35.559
their youth and do a Halloween pub crawl. I don't

526
00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.599
know the order, but the plan is to have a

527
00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:43.360
drink at all these establishments. Missus Gartner said, Oh, so

528
00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:47.960
you have a taxi to get you home, asked Kristin. No,

529
00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:50.679
I'll be the sober one and make sure the hooligans

530
00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:55.119
don't get too wild. Missus Gartner replied, good on you.

531
00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:57.800
I don't think I'm going to drink when I'm old enough.

532
00:38:58.239 --> 00:39:02.239
Kristin lied, that's a good choice. It brings a lot

533
00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:06.880
of people down. After that the typical speech about the

534
00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:10.760
ground rules. Missus Gartner again thanked her forgetting the soil,

535
00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:14.599
but reminded Kristin that her friend was not allowed in

536
00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:18.840
the house. With all the speeches given, missus Gartner walked

537
00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:23.840
to the door. Have a fun night, and Simon behave

538
00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:29.239
for Kristen. I will, Simon said. As soon as the

539
00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:33.079
door was closed, Simon wanted to work on his craft project.

540
00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:38.280
Can we build the dirt babies now? Simon asked, not yet,

541
00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:43.880
I'm waiting for the soil to arrive. Oh, Simon said, disappointed,

542
00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:48.000
but that gives us time to set up everything. I

543
00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:52.199
brought some extra art supplies to make them fancy, excellent,

544
00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:56.800
can we make it scary? Sure, we can even make

545
00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:59.880
more than one if they sent you with enough material.

546
00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:02.760
When I was your age, they always sent extras in

547
00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:06.039
case you messed up. This was the case with his

548
00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:10.400
supplies too. They sent two sets of nylons so they

549
00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:13.159
would be able to create four if they didn't mess

550
00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:18.079
any up. On the table they placed newspapers, the nylons,

551
00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:21.480
some rubber bands, and pipe cleaners, and then Kristin pulled

552
00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:25.599
out her art box. Wow, you brought all types of stuff.

553
00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:31.960
Simon commented, I want you to win. Kristin replied, well,

554
00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:36.239
you don't really win officially. Well, I want you to

555
00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:41.000
have something cool to show off. Yeah, Simon replied and

556
00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:44.199
hugged her. You choose what supplies you want to use,

557
00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:47.320
and I'll set up our special Halloween movie for the night.

558
00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:53.079
Kristin said, it's not too scary, is it not? Really?

559
00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:57.480
There is one scary scene, but we can fast forward

560
00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:00.880
that part if it gets to be too much for you. Okay,

561
00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:06.079
it's a favorite from my childhood. It's called the Witchy Woods.

562
00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:12.920
Kristin explained that sounds scary. It's not, except for one scene.

563
00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:15.559
It's based on a book by one of my favorite

564
00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:21.280
writers for My Youth t L. Cloward, Kristin explained. While

565
00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:25.039
Simon looked through the various items that Kristin brought, she

566
00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:28.079
slipped the VHS tape out of its well worn sleeve.

567
00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:32.400
It was an early produced videotape, so the art was minimal.

568
00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:35.679
The box was all yellow, and the poster art was

569
00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:38.840
smushed into a square on the front cover. In that

570
00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:43.360
square was a young girl with oversized witch garbond walking

571
00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:47.719
into a wooded area deep in the woods. Barely noticeable

572
00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:50.360
on the too small artwork is a cabin with a

573
00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:54.679
plume of smoke coming out of its chimney. Kristin looked

574
00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:58.920
at the tape at fifteen, she already had the nostalgia

575
00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:02.360
bug for her early youth. She slid the tape in

576
00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:05.920
and hit play on the front of the VCR, then

577
00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:08.760
made moves to find the remote to switch it to

578
00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:12.679
channel three. She had just pressed play on the VCR

579
00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:17.440
when there was a knock on the door. Finally, Kristin

580
00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:21.559
murmured to herself as she walked away, a commercial for

581
00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:24.719
a pizza chain came on. Do you want to win

582
00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:29.280
free pizza? An over excited announcer voice said over cutaway

583
00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:33.519
footage of pizzas being cut and removed from ovens. Then

584
00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:36.480
it cut to a young teen with swept over blonde hair.

585
00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:40.360
He wore a washed out jean jacket over a darker

586
00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:45.280
blue jean jacket, and he carried a skateboard. Yeah, how

587
00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:48.920
cool would that be? Outside of perfecting the nar flip

588
00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:52.119
was the last line Kristin heard as she made her

589
00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:56.400
way to the front door. Kristin opened the door, expecting

590
00:42:56.440 --> 00:43:00.239
to see Bram holding a bag of soil, but instead

591
00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:05.760
she was greeted by a menacing hockey masked killer trigger

592
00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:12.320
Treat said the Jason wannabee. Oh I almost forgot, Kristin said,

593
00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:15.639
and then rushed to grab the candy bowl. She gave

594
00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:18.280
a few pieces to the kid in the slasher outfit

595
00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:23.639
and then closed the door. Can we get pizza, Simon said,

596
00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:27.320
pointing to the commercial on TV which was just ending

597
00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:31.920
on screen. The cool kid was sitting in the pizza restaurant,

598
00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:34.840
leaning back in his chair with his feet up on

599
00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:37.679
the table. He was holding a slice of pizza in

600
00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:40.719
one hand and a copy of T. L. Cloward's book

601
00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:45.480
The Witchy Woods in his other. Grind chow and read

602
00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:50.400
That's how I Live my life. The cool kid said, yes,

603
00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:53.639
we can get pizza. Your mother left me money for it.

604
00:43:54.440 --> 00:44:00.280
Kristin clarified yes. Simon beamed, what kind do you want?

605
00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:04.679
Kristin asked, though she knew the answer. She had babysat

606
00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:09.320
him long enough to know he would say pineapple and cheese.

607
00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:13.199
On the TV, the movie began. The first scene was

608
00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:16.119
a little girl being ignored by her family during a

609
00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:20.239
camping trip. It reminded Kristin of her life before she

610
00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:24.519
reinvented herself as a goth kid in the eighth grade.

611
00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:29.760
There was a knock at the door. Pizza. Simon yelled, No,

612
00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:34.679
not this soon, probably just another trick or treater. Kristin said,

613
00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:38.559
Hopefully it's the soil so we can build the dirt babies.

614
00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:45.719
Simon bubbled hopefully. Kristin replied. She opened the door and

615
00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:49.519
a tall man was there in a robe and sickle.

616
00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:55.079
He didn't ask to come in, he just did. Kristin,

617
00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:59.679
in shock, tried to push the intruder out. Excuse me,

618
00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:03.880
who do you think you are? Behind her? She heard

619
00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:07.159
Simon's feet hit the floor and then started heading in

620
00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:10.920
her direction to see what was up. Get out of here.

621
00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:17.519
Kristin demanded, who's that Simon, Get back to the front room.

622
00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:22.199
It's just a dumb tricker treater, Kristin explained, trying to

623
00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:27.840
protect the young boy. Get out. Kristen once again yelled.

624
00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:34.039
More scares to come weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.

625
00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:43.880
Is this guy bothering you? A voice from outside was heard. Yes,

626
00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:49.320
Kristin said, and Bram entered behind him. Who's this guy,

627
00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:56.159
death said? Kristin recognized that voice. Are you freaking kidding me? Tommy?

628
00:45:56.679 --> 00:46:00.440
Kristin yelled, Come on, buddy, you gotta get out here.

629
00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:04.960
Bram said as he grabbed his shoulder. Stand down, Bram,

630
00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:09.920
It's just my dumb brother, quarterback of the football team Tommy.

631
00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:17.559
Bram asked nervously, Yes, that one, Tommy said, Well, uh,

632
00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:21.480
Bram knew what kind of damage could come from upsetting

633
00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:25.079
the football elite. I can't believe you would come to

634
00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:28.320
my babysitter gig and scare me. That's a new low,

635
00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:34.000
Kristin yelled at him. Trick or treat, Tommy asked. She

636
00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:37.679
grabbed the bucket and gave him two pieces. Thank you,

637
00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:43.199
see you at home, Tommy said, I'm telling mom Kristin

638
00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:47.639
yelled after him. As he left. Bram walked back outside

639
00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:50.199
and picked up the soil that was in a makeshift

640
00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:55.119
bag made from his old school pe shirt. What's this,

641
00:46:55.800 --> 00:47:01.000
Kristin asked, the soil you requested, Bram smiled, handing the

642
00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:07.320
bag to her. Uh huh, I was expecting store bought soil,

643
00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:11.920
Kristin said, as she took the shirt of dirt. This

644
00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:15.159
is better than store bought soil. I dug this with

645
00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:19.199
my own hands, Bram said, while holding his dirty hands

646
00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:24.400
out to show her. Kristin laughed, okay, well, thank you.

647
00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:27.480
She placed the bag of dirt on the floor in

648
00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:31.400
the house. I'm going to need that shirt back by Monday,

649
00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:36.239
Bram said, no problem. You're sweet for doing this for me.

650
00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:42.199
Simon will appreciate it. Is everything okay now, Simon asked,

651
00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:46.480
appearing behind her. Everything was always fine. My brother was

652
00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:50.400
just stopping by for candy, and this is the soil

653
00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:56.159
delivery person, Kristin said, and then winked at Bram. Let's

654
00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:59.440
get going. A voice from the road could be heard.

655
00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:03.400
Kristin looked behind Bram and saw Sarah and Sid on

656
00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:11.360
the street waiting. Hey, Kristin, Sid said, Kristin waved, all right, Yeah,

657
00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:14.719
I should be getting going. We have a full night planned.

658
00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:19.559
Have fun with the new record. Kristin said, Nah, I

659
00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:22.119
told them we should wait to hang with you. I

660
00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:23.760
can wait a day or two to listen to the

661
00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:27.599
new Gloom Macabre record with you. Brahm said and smiled

662
00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:31.079
at her. We're going to watch Eraserhead and then stop

663
00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:35.360
at Walton's home Haunt like we planned. I forgot about that.

664
00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:39.960
I'm gonna miss it this year. Kristin said, Yeah, that's

665
00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:43.480
a bummer. I was hoping you'd hold my hand through

666
00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:47.039
it so I wouldn't get too scared. Bram laughed and

667
00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:53.079
then walked back towards Sid and Sarah. Later by, Kristen

668
00:48:53.159 --> 00:48:56.840
said and began to close the door, but then she

669
00:48:56.960 --> 00:49:01.119
spotted the pizza person pulling up. With all the visitors

670
00:49:01.119 --> 00:49:04.119
out of the way, Kristin and Simon were ready to

671
00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:08.719
enjoy their Halloween night. Simon was smiling ear to ear

672
00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:12.480
as he watched the movie and ate his pizza. Kristin

673
00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:15.400
was happy that he seemed to be enjoying it, even

674
00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:18.920
laughing at the few funny moments. When they were done

675
00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:22.360
with the pizza, they moved to their craft project per

676
00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:25.840
the instructions, she put a scoop of soil in each stocking.

677
00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:28.920
For the first one, she showed Simon how to make

678
00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:32.760
legs and arms by pushing the soil around and using

679
00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:36.559
rubber bands to hold them in shape. Simon laughed as

680
00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:39.639
she added a purple mustache to it, using the hot

681
00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:42.920
glue gun and a purple pipe cleaner. For the mouth,

682
00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:45.280
she brought out a piece of white felt from her

683
00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:48.760
art kit and cut out teeth. For this first one,

684
00:49:48.800 --> 00:49:51.239
she cut a couple of them bigger to give it

685
00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:54.159
buck teeth. The last step was to put on the

686
00:49:54.199 --> 00:50:00.159
googly eyes. That thing is looking funny, Simon laughed. That

687
00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:05.400
thing has a name. We're naming them. Simon asked, yeah,

688
00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:09.519
you have to name them. This one is Bucky, so

689
00:50:09.719 --> 00:50:15.280
named for his large teeth. Simon, to her surprise, wanted

690
00:50:15.320 --> 00:50:19.599
to make his scary. If I'm going to have the best,

691
00:50:20.119 --> 00:50:25.800
it needs to be halloweeny. Simon said, Okay, what do

692
00:50:25.800 --> 00:50:29.239
you want to make it? Simon thought about it momentarily

693
00:50:29.400 --> 00:50:35.440
before saying, a vampire. That's easy. I just need to

694
00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:38.679
cut you some fangs, Kristin said, while cutting out a

695
00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:42.480
couple of triangle teeth. Then she grabbed the black piece

696
00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:45.639
of felt and cut out a couple of crooked black lines.

697
00:50:46.519 --> 00:50:50.519
What are those for, Simon asked. Kristin signaled for him

698
00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:53.960
to hand his dirt baby over, which he did. She

699
00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:58.880
held the lines at an angle, making scary eyebrows. That's great,

700
00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:04.039
Joey is going to be so jealous. Simon squealed, Wait

701
00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:07.440
until you glue these and the teeth on. Kristin said,

702
00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:12.280
I can glue it on sure with my assistance. I

703
00:51:12.360 --> 00:51:14.440
trust that you could be safe with the hot glue

704
00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:20.400
gun I can, Simon exclaimed. Kristin wasn't too worried anyway.

705
00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:23.199
She was smart enough to bring her low temp hot

706
00:51:23.239 --> 00:51:26.400
glue gun, so even if he did get himself, it

707
00:51:26.440 --> 00:51:30.280
wouldn't be too bad. Simon was pleased with his creation

708
00:51:30.840 --> 00:51:34.320
and kept looking it over. What are you gonna name him?

709
00:51:34.599 --> 00:51:39.880
Kristin asked, hmm, I guess he looked the thing over

710
00:51:40.079 --> 00:51:46.320
trying to think of a proper name. Vampire Baby. Kristin laughed.

711
00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:51.559
That's great. Simon set Vampire Baby down and hugged Kristin.

712
00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.039
Thank you for your help. This guy is sure to

713
00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:59.639
impress no problem. They're fun to make. Want to make

714
00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:05.679
too more? Yes, yes, yes, Simon beamed. What are you

715
00:52:05.719 --> 00:52:10.960
going to make this time a jack O'Lantern? Simon said, interesting,

716
00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:14.760
I like it. Kristen took time on her next one.

717
00:52:15.280 --> 00:52:17.800
She cut out black circles to go under the googly

718
00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:20.679
eyes and then cut lips out of the black. Felt

719
00:52:21.800 --> 00:52:25.559
it looks like your costume, Simon said, not knowing that

720
00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:29.320
this was how she dressed every day when she wasn't babysitting.

721
00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:33.119
Kristin hated lying about who she was to her clients,

722
00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:38.400
especially the kids. It made her feel dirty. With its

723
00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:41.760
black lips and darkened eyes. It looked like a dirt

724
00:52:41.760 --> 00:52:45.679
baby version of Dave Vanian from The Damned. Of course,

725
00:52:46.039 --> 00:52:49.000
once its green hair comes in, it'll look a lot

726
00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:55.639
less goth. What's his name, Simon asked, Uh, goth baby

727
00:52:56.719 --> 00:53:02.760
like vampire baby. Yep? Cool. Kristin smiled, then looked to

728
00:53:02.800 --> 00:53:05.960
the TV. This is my favorite part of the movie,

729
00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:09.960
Kristin said. On screen. The little girl opened the door

730
00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:14.199
of the cabin and inside the decrepit building is nothing

731
00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:19.519
like its dark, cobwebbed exterior. It's dark, but it's also

732
00:53:19.639 --> 00:53:25.440
beautiful with its Victorian furniture. Who would drag all this

733
00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:29.639
amazing furniture out here, The girl on the screen asked

734
00:53:29.679 --> 00:53:35.480
out loud, that would be me, an off screen voice said.

735
00:53:36.119 --> 00:53:39.559
Then she walked out, dressed much like the little girl

736
00:53:39.719 --> 00:53:44.480
was big hat, black dress, but she didn't look silly

737
00:53:44.599 --> 00:53:49.480
like the little girl did. She looked powerful and confident.

738
00:53:50.800 --> 00:53:55.599
Are you a witch? The girl asked? Are you? The

739
00:53:55.679 --> 00:54:00.719
witch echoed, I want to be Are you you wanna

740
00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:05.760
be witch? Or are you a real witch? What's the difference,

741
00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:10.119
the girl asked. The first step to being anything is

742
00:54:10.159 --> 00:54:15.679
declaring it. So, so are you a witch? The witch

743
00:54:15.800 --> 00:54:22.320
questioned yes. The girl replied, well, my sister in spirit,

744
00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:28.039
how can I assist you? The witch inquired. It was

745
00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:31.679
a simple scene, but Kristin, even at an early age,

746
00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:35.360
appreciated the message that the first part of being something

747
00:54:35.920 --> 00:54:39.480
is saying that you are that thing. Anybody can want

748
00:54:39.519 --> 00:54:43.440
to be something, but to be something one must have

749
00:54:43.519 --> 00:54:46.920
the courage to be it and then move towards making it.

750
00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:52.920
So when does the scary scene happen? Simon questioned? Soon?

751
00:54:53.639 --> 00:54:56.119
When the witch tries to help the little girl back home.

752
00:54:57.079 --> 00:54:59.960
Are you almost done with the dirt, baby, Kristin asked.

753
00:55:01.039 --> 00:55:03.960
Simon held his up to show her the triangle eyes

754
00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:07.239
glued to it. I just need to glue the teeth on.

755
00:55:08.280 --> 00:55:12.679
He reached for the hot glue gun. Then the door rang.

756
00:55:13.719 --> 00:55:17.079
Kristin hoped it was another tricker treater and not her

757
00:55:17.159 --> 00:55:18.119
dumb older brother.

758
00:55:18.239 --> 00:55:18.599
Again.

759
00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:23.239
At the door were two kids. One was dressed as

760
00:55:23.239 --> 00:55:26.519
a mummy and the other was dressed as a princess.

761
00:55:27.039 --> 00:55:27.800
Trigger Treat.

762
00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:32.159
The two kids said in unison. In the other room,

763
00:55:32.400 --> 00:55:35.639
Simon realized that he didn't have enough teeth left for

764
00:55:35.719 --> 00:55:39.639
his dirt baby. He thought about waiting for Kristin, but

765
00:55:39.800 --> 00:55:42.400
decided that he could cut them out on his own.

766
00:55:43.159 --> 00:55:44.840
How hard could it be?

767
00:55:47.119 --> 00:55:49.599
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your

768
00:55:49.679 --> 00:55:53.159
doors weekly? Spooky, We'll be right back.

769
00:55:56.599 --> 00:55:59.679
Kristin put the bucket back where it had been, but

770
00:55:59.760 --> 00:56:04.960
the doorbell rang again. Trigger Treat said, two more kids,

771
00:56:05.559 --> 00:56:08.440
this time one was dressed as a vampire, while the

772
00:56:08.480 --> 00:56:12.079
other one was dressed as a baseball player. How is

773
00:56:12.119 --> 00:56:16.840
that a Halloween costume? Kristen thought to herself, but gave

774
00:56:16.920 --> 00:56:21.239
the two kids candy anyway. Simon had cut two teeth

775
00:56:21.400 --> 00:56:24.960
so far. He was cutting them into jagged shapes like

776
00:56:25.039 --> 00:56:28.079
you would with a pumpkin. In the other room. He

777
00:56:28.079 --> 00:56:31.920
heard another knock at the door and thought, I'm sure

778
00:56:31.920 --> 00:56:35.639
glad I didn't wait for her to come back. On screen,

779
00:56:35.800 --> 00:56:38.840
the witch and the little girl were heading through the woods.

780
00:56:39.480 --> 00:56:43.599
It was very dark. As long as we have the moonlight,

781
00:56:44.119 --> 00:56:47.559
we should be able to find our way, said the witch.

782
00:56:48.400 --> 00:56:53.599
But then in the distance, howling could be heard. What

783
00:56:53.800 --> 00:56:57.960
was that, the little girl asked, We need to move

784
00:56:57.960 --> 00:57:02.840
a little faster. Don't worry about it, okay, the witch pleaded,

785
00:57:03.719 --> 00:57:08.599
Oh ok, the little girl replied. Simon was beginning to

786
00:57:08.639 --> 00:57:11.679
feel a little more tense. He was worried about the

787
00:57:11.719 --> 00:57:15.679
little girl and the witch. He continued cutting the teeth

788
00:57:15.719 --> 00:57:19.960
out while focusing on the television. He finished another tooth

789
00:57:20.360 --> 00:57:23.159
as the witch and the little girl hid behind a

790
00:57:23.239 --> 00:57:29.280
down tree. I'm scared, the little girl confessed. It will

791
00:57:29.320 --> 00:57:33.679
be okay as long as we stay quiet. The witch

792
00:57:33.760 --> 00:57:37.519
tried to console her at the door. Kristin was giving

793
00:57:37.559 --> 00:57:41.239
a couple of kids candy have a good night. In

794
00:57:41.320 --> 00:57:43.519
the other room, she heard a character from the TV

795
00:57:43.719 --> 00:57:49.519
yell run, oh no. Kristin thought the big scare was

796
00:57:49.559 --> 00:57:52.280
only a few moments away. She went to close the

797
00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:54.920
door to go fast forward the tape, but then a

798
00:57:55.000 --> 00:57:58.440
lone kid walked up in a dinosaur costume and said

799
00:57:59.079 --> 00:58:03.880
trick or treat. She hesitated, then said I'll be right back.

800
00:58:05.039 --> 00:58:08.360
A scream was heard from the other room. She thought

801
00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:12.880
it was from the TV, but then realized no, it

802
00:58:12.960 --> 00:58:16.679
was Simon's scream. Kristin swung the door closed on the

803
00:58:16.719 --> 00:58:19.639
young kid's face and ran to the living room, where

804
00:58:19.639 --> 00:58:24.159
she discovered Simon holding his hand. There were drops of

805
00:58:24.199 --> 00:58:29.400
blood spreading on the newspaper, and White felt, I'm sorry, Kristin,

806
00:58:29.760 --> 00:58:31.559
I was trying to cut some more teeth out for

807
00:58:31.719 --> 00:58:35.119
my dirt baby. Kristin looked at the dirt baby he

808
00:58:35.199 --> 00:58:38.679
was working on. It looked nearly done, with its various

809
00:58:38.719 --> 00:58:43.079
weird teeth glued haphazardly to it, and whose eyes were

810
00:58:43.159 --> 00:58:47.480
blank triangles. She also noticed that blood had landed on

811
00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:51.320
the two first dirt babies, on vampire baby and her

812
00:58:51.360 --> 00:58:55.079
goth baby. None of his blood got on Bucky or

813
00:58:55.239 --> 00:58:59.400
the yet to be named pumpkin dirt baby. Kristin grabbed

814
00:58:59.440 --> 00:59:02.639
Simon by the other arm and took charge of the situation.

815
00:59:03.239 --> 00:59:07.000
She was worried, but kept calm for his sake. It's

816
00:59:07.039 --> 00:59:10.320
no problem. Let's get you cleaned up, Kristin walked him

817
00:59:10.320 --> 00:59:14.760
to the bathroom, praying that he wouldn't need stitches. If

818
00:59:14.800 --> 00:59:18.400
they had stayed in the front room any longer, they

819
00:59:18.480 --> 00:59:22.800
might have noticed that two of the dirt Babies began

820
00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:33.000
to move. In the bathroom, she ran cold water over

821
00:59:33.079 --> 00:59:38.960
Simon's cut. Kristin sighed in relief. It's fine, no, biggie,

822
00:59:39.320 --> 00:59:42.599
nothing that a band aid won't cure, she said, hoping

823
00:59:42.639 --> 00:59:47.519
that Simon's parents felt the same way. So what happened,

824
00:59:48.079 --> 00:59:52.119
she asked, I was cutting teeth and gluing them on

825
00:59:52.159 --> 00:59:55.079
my dirt baby, but I was also watching the movie,

826
00:59:55.199 --> 00:59:59.800
which was real scary. Simon said, Sorry. I meant to

827
00:59:59.840 --> 01:00:03.760
be there for that scene, but I kept getting trigger treaters.

828
01:00:04.320 --> 01:00:07.119
It's all right. Can we turn that movie off and

829
01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:13.039
finish the Dirt Babies? Simon asked, yes, of course, Kristin said,

830
01:00:13.400 --> 01:00:21.119
feeling awful about everything. Kristin, Yeah, does the little girl

831
01:00:21.159 --> 01:00:25.360
make it out of the woods. She does, and she

832
01:00:25.519 --> 01:00:31.800
learns the power of friendship. That's nice. Maybe sometime in

833
01:00:31.840 --> 01:00:34.559
the future you can bring it over again and I

834
01:00:34.639 --> 01:00:39.679
might be ready to watch it. Okay, Simon, Too bad?

835
01:00:39.719 --> 01:00:42.440
There was nobody in the room to watch as the

836
01:00:42.519 --> 01:00:48.239
dirt babies transformed, because it was quite the sight. The

837
01:00:48.280 --> 01:00:52.559
first one to change was the vampire. The eyes were

838
01:00:52.599 --> 01:00:57.719
the first thing to come to life. They transformed into large,

839
01:00:57.760 --> 01:01:02.599
moist orbs, almost like full sized human eyeballs on a

840
01:01:02.639 --> 01:01:06.440
thing the size of a potato, but with no ability

841
01:01:06.440 --> 01:01:10.760
to blink, as the kid didn't create any eyelids, the

842
01:01:10.760 --> 01:01:14.800
blacks of the eyes still shifted wildly as they moved.

843
01:01:15.760 --> 01:01:18.800
The next thing to happen was the rapid growth of

844
01:01:18.880 --> 01:01:22.800
green grass that popped out of its head, followed by

845
01:01:22.800 --> 01:01:27.639
the mouth forming with the vampire fangs. They were still

846
01:01:27.719 --> 01:01:32.960
stained with the boy's blood. His legs and arms popped

847
01:01:33.000 --> 01:01:36.400
out at the same time. His feet were formless, but

848
01:01:36.519 --> 01:01:39.679
each of his hands had five fingers that popped out

849
01:01:40.159 --> 01:01:45.119
like switchblades, with fingernails that were just as sharp. As

850
01:01:45.159 --> 01:01:49.719
his transformation was finishing, the gothwe started to change too.

851
01:01:50.599 --> 01:01:54.039
The black felt behind the googly eyes became the dark

852
01:01:54.159 --> 01:01:58.440
circles of a creature of the night. Its black felt

853
01:01:58.480 --> 01:02:01.880
mouth became full black lips, like they just had a

854
01:02:01.880 --> 01:02:06.280
fresh coat of onyx lipstick applied. When it smiled, you

855
01:02:06.280 --> 01:02:11.320
could see its mouth full of little, sharp, crooked teeth.

856
01:02:12.119 --> 01:02:16.519
The other two didn't transform at all. When the newly

857
01:02:16.639 --> 01:02:20.840
transformed dirt babies heard the footsteps of Simon and Kristin

858
01:02:21.039 --> 01:02:24.400
coming back toward the living room, they looked at each other,

859
01:02:25.320 --> 01:02:29.960
then jumped down from the table and ran off. When

860
01:02:30.000 --> 01:02:34.280
Simon and Kristin entered the room, Simon noticed their absence.

861
01:02:35.760 --> 01:02:40.840
Where's the other two dirt babies? Simon inquired, Maybe they

862
01:02:40.840 --> 01:02:43.559
got knocked down during the chaos of you cutting your finger.

863
01:02:44.440 --> 01:02:50.880
Kristin offered, maybe, Simon said, unsure. Kristin got on her

864
01:02:50.960 --> 01:02:54.360
knees near the coffee table and looked around. She didn't

865
01:02:54.440 --> 01:02:58.920
see anything under it or underneath the couch. That's strange,

866
01:02:59.280 --> 01:03:05.280
Kristin said, yeah, Simon responded. Kristen hopped up and looked

867
01:03:05.360 --> 01:03:12.159
all around the room. Nothing, she said. Then she peeked

868
01:03:12.159 --> 01:03:17.360
her head into the adjoining kitchen, and there too saw nothing.

869
01:03:18.800 --> 01:03:22.079
If she looked a little harder, she would have spotted

870
01:03:22.119 --> 01:03:25.679
the two of them hiding behind the clear flower and

871
01:03:25.880 --> 01:03:30.519
sugar containers on the counter. The two thought they were

872
01:03:30.559 --> 01:03:34.280
well hidden because both the flower and the sugar were

873
01:03:34.440 --> 01:03:38.679
just about to their eyes, so they were mostly covered,

874
01:03:38.880 --> 01:03:43.960
except of course, for their tall green grass hair. That

875
01:03:44.119 --> 01:03:50.199
was close, said the vampire baby. It was. Now tell

876
01:03:50.199 --> 01:03:55.400
me again, why are we hiding? Goth Baby asked, well,

877
01:03:55.480 --> 01:03:59.480
we are about six inches tall and she's about a million.

878
01:04:00.480 --> 01:04:02.840
I want to get those other two moving before we

879
01:04:03.000 --> 01:04:07.599
make our move. Should we kill the little one first

880
01:04:07.679 --> 01:04:13.920
for practice? GoF Baby asked, maybe, but she might be easier,

881
01:04:14.719 --> 01:04:17.800
Vampire Baby said, and whipped his head to the right

882
01:04:17.920 --> 01:04:22.320
so that momentarily his googly pupils would be pointing towards

883
01:04:22.320 --> 01:04:26.599
the window. GoF Baby did the same to follow his gaze.

884
01:04:27.239 --> 01:04:30.400
From the window, they could see into the neighbor's house,

885
01:04:30.920 --> 01:04:34.320
where an old lady could be seen moving around slowly

886
01:04:34.679 --> 01:04:39.880
in her kitchen. That one will be for practice, Vampire

887
01:04:39.960 --> 01:04:45.039
Baby said. The dirt babies laughed an evil laugh together.

888
01:04:46.320 --> 01:04:50.199
In the other room, Christen could be heard saying, did

889
01:04:50.199 --> 01:04:55.920
you hear that? It sounded like laughter? Simon said, sh

890
01:04:56.519 --> 01:04:59.519
Vampire Baby said, while putting his finger to his mouth.

891
01:05:00.440 --> 01:05:04.360
Kristin looked around the room for a potential weapon. She

892
01:05:04.519 --> 01:05:08.559
was putting two and two together. First, the dirt babies

893
01:05:08.599 --> 01:05:12.800
went missing, and now she heard what sounded like an intruder.

894
01:05:13.679 --> 01:05:16.760
Her first thoughts were about protecting Simon from the threat.

895
01:05:18.000 --> 01:05:25.880
Then Kristin laughed, realizing what the most logical explanation was. Ah,

896
01:05:25.920 --> 01:05:30.920
I bet it's my brother again, Kristin groaned. You think

897
01:05:32.000 --> 01:05:36.679
I'm scared, don't be scared. He just scares other people

898
01:05:36.719 --> 01:05:43.159
because he's a scaredy cat. Kristin replied, really, Kristin began

899
01:05:43.239 --> 01:05:47.840
to whisper. So let's sneak in the kitchen and when

900
01:05:47.840 --> 01:05:50.920
we spot him, we yell as loud as we can,

901
01:05:51.440 --> 01:05:56.559
and maybe we can scare him. Yeah, Simon said in

902
01:05:56.599 --> 01:06:02.719
an excited whisper. They walked slowly to the kitchen, careful

903
01:06:02.760 --> 01:06:06.079
not to make a sound, but when they looked in,

904
01:06:07.039 --> 01:06:09.639
it was just as empty as the last time. She

905
01:06:09.679 --> 01:06:14.079
took a peek. Kristin pointed to the tall cupboard and

906
01:06:14.199 --> 01:06:20.000
then walked in that direction. Simon followed close by. She

907
01:06:20.159 --> 01:06:23.519
swung open the tall cabinet to reveal boxes of cereal

908
01:06:23.880 --> 01:06:27.800
and other shelf stable foods. I could have told you

909
01:06:27.840 --> 01:06:31.719
that nobody would fit in there, Simon whispered, Then why

910
01:06:31.760 --> 01:06:36.119
didn't you? Kristin looked around the room further but saw

911
01:06:36.159 --> 01:06:40.360
no hiding spots except for the sink area, so she

912
01:06:40.480 --> 01:06:43.599
knelt in front of the cabinet under the sink and

913
01:06:43.760 --> 01:06:50.519
opened it slowly. There was nothing. As she stood up,

914
01:06:50.679 --> 01:06:54.039
she looked in the sink and saw the two evil

915
01:06:54.119 --> 01:06:58.199
dirt babies staring back at her.

916
01:06:59.320 --> 01:07:02.960
Don't go weakly, spooky, We'll be right back.

917
01:07:09.559 --> 01:07:14.280
They weren't moving, but she knew something was up. Their

918
01:07:14.360 --> 01:07:19.239
legs and arms looked functional. Their eyes even looked realistic,

919
01:07:20.119 --> 01:07:25.760
yet somehow still googly. How did the grass grow so fast?

920
01:07:26.679 --> 01:07:31.639
She felt like she was losing her mind. Simon, can

921
01:07:31.679 --> 01:07:35.840
you come look at this, Kristen called. Simon walked to

922
01:07:35.880 --> 01:07:40.800
the sink and looked in what the he trailed off.

923
01:07:41.639 --> 01:07:46.599
They look so real. It makes no sense that Kristen

924
01:07:46.719 --> 01:07:54.440
stopped as one moved slightly. It's magic, Simon said. It's insane.

925
01:07:54.599 --> 01:07:57.519
How do they already have grass growing? They look so different,

926
01:07:57.599 --> 01:08:03.239
They look alive. I feel like I'm losing my mind.

927
01:08:04.800 --> 01:08:09.440
Everything's okay, Simon said, and took her hand. This is

928
01:08:09.559 --> 01:08:13.079
just like a Disney movie. Maybe we get wishes now,

929
01:08:14.639 --> 01:08:18.479
only if that wish is to die, screamed the vampire one.

930
01:08:19.319 --> 01:08:21.640
Then it grabbed a dirty fork that was next to

931
01:08:21.720 --> 01:08:23.920
him in the sink and threw it at Simon, who

932
01:08:23.960 --> 01:08:27.399
screamed as the projectile flew at his face, hid him

933
01:08:27.399 --> 01:08:31.199
in the cheek, and then fell to the ground, not

934
01:08:31.319 --> 01:08:36.159
harming him in any way, You little turd. Kristin yelled

935
01:08:36.199 --> 01:08:39.520
and grabbed Vampire Baby, which immediately tried to bite her.

936
01:08:40.279 --> 01:08:44.880
Then goth Baby began to move. Such a temper, it said,

937
01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:48.520
and then looked around. The only other utensil in the

938
01:08:48.560 --> 01:08:52.119
sink was a corn cob holder. Goth Baby picked it

939
01:08:52.199 --> 01:08:55.800
up and ran its finger on the tip. This just

940
01:08:55.960 --> 01:09:01.199
might do it, said, before stabbing Kristin in the hand. Fuck,

941
01:09:02.119 --> 01:09:07.359
Kristen screamed. She dropped Vampire Baby. While Kristin was being stabbed,

942
01:09:07.560 --> 01:09:10.720
Simon grabbed the phone receiver from the wall and dialed

943
01:09:10.800 --> 01:09:15.840
nine one one Hello. Yes, my name is Simon, and

944
01:09:15.960 --> 01:09:19.039
we need a police car. Kristen turned and looked at

945
01:09:19.079 --> 01:09:23.359
him as he continued the call. Um My dirt babies

946
01:09:23.399 --> 01:09:27.880
came to life and just attacked my babysitter, Simon said reluctantly.

947
01:09:28.760 --> 01:09:31.920
Kristin could hear the laughter coming from the phone receiver.

948
01:09:32.880 --> 01:09:38.720
It's true, Simon said, and then listened. It's not a hello.

949
01:09:39.600 --> 01:09:44.279
Hearing no response, Simon hung up the phone. What did

950
01:09:44.279 --> 01:09:50.359
they say? Kristen demanded? Happy Halloween? Then they hung up.

951
01:09:51.720 --> 01:09:59.479
That's not good, Kristen said, yeah, Simon replied, defeated. It

952
01:09:59.640 --> 01:10:04.319
seemed like such a simple solution. Now, what should we

953
01:10:04.359 --> 01:10:08.039
do with these two, Kristen said, and turned back around

954
01:10:08.079 --> 01:10:13.560
to look at them. But they were gone. Uh oh,

955
01:10:14.079 --> 01:10:19.800
Kristin said, what do you mean? Uh oh, they're gone.

956
01:10:20.239 --> 01:10:24.079
Simon wrapped his arms around her for protection. What do

957
01:10:24.119 --> 01:10:28.439
we do? Simon looked up and asked, we catch them?

958
01:10:29.840 --> 01:10:32.079
The first thing they did was secure the two. That

959
01:10:32.159 --> 01:10:37.239
didn't change. Simon was tasked with holding the box. He held

960
01:10:37.119 --> 01:10:39.920
it out as far from himself as he could, his

961
01:10:40.039 --> 01:10:44.079
knees shook. The plan was for Kristin to grab them

962
01:10:44.359 --> 01:10:47.239
and put them in the box, but she kept chickening

963
01:10:47.279 --> 01:10:50.119
out because she was afraid that they could turn at

964
01:10:50.159 --> 01:10:57.720
any moment. Move closer. Kristin demanded, I am Simon pleaded,

965
01:10:57.800 --> 01:11:00.000
though he was four feet away from the dirt base

966
01:11:00.520 --> 01:11:04.680
and standing still. Come on, Simon, I need the box

967
01:11:04.760 --> 01:11:10.000
right next to the coffee table. I'm scared. Kristin sighed

968
01:11:10.000 --> 01:11:12.680
and walked over and grabbed the box from him and

969
01:11:12.760 --> 01:11:15.760
set it on the ground next to the table. Then

970
01:11:15.960 --> 01:11:19.079
she went to grab one, but pulled her hand away

971
01:11:19.119 --> 01:11:22.399
before touching it. Come on, Kristin, get them in the

972
01:11:22.439 --> 01:11:27.319
box before they turn Simon begged. Kristin looked around the

973
01:11:27.399 --> 01:11:32.279
room for something to use. That'll work, she said to herself,

974
01:11:32.479 --> 01:11:35.199
as she walked over to the fireplace and made her

975
01:11:35.199 --> 01:11:38.760
selection of which fire pokers to use. She settled on

976
01:11:38.800 --> 01:11:42.079
the poker and the shovel. She put the poker on

977
01:11:42.159 --> 01:11:44.720
the left side and the shovel on the right, and

978
01:11:44.840 --> 01:11:49.159
picked up the first one she created, the one called Bucky,

979
01:11:50.000 --> 01:11:53.680
with its purple mustache and buck teeth. It still made

980
01:11:53.720 --> 01:11:57.319
her want to laugh. She was almost to the box

981
01:11:57.399 --> 01:12:01.640
with it when she lost grip and it fell. Kristin

982
01:12:01.760 --> 01:12:03.239
was able to pick it up and move it to

983
01:12:03.279 --> 01:12:07.039
the box with one more attempt. Now for the one

984
01:12:07.039 --> 01:12:10.279
they made to look like a jack o' lantern, the

985
01:12:10.319 --> 01:12:14.399
only one not to have googly eyes. She got that

986
01:12:14.439 --> 01:12:17.520
one in the box with no incident. She was getting

987
01:12:17.520 --> 01:12:20.640
good at it. Kristin put the lid on the box

988
01:12:20.680 --> 01:12:23.920
and then moved it near the fireplace. She stacked some

989
01:12:24.039 --> 01:12:26.760
wood on top of the box as well, so that

990
01:12:26.800 --> 01:12:29.560
they couldn't lift the lid if they too became the

991
01:12:29.560 --> 01:12:34.000
world's dorkiest looking killers. If your parents let me use

992
01:12:34.039 --> 01:12:37.359
the fireplace. I would just chuck them in now, But

993
01:12:37.479 --> 01:12:41.359
then what would I bring to show and tell? Simon asked.

994
01:12:42.119 --> 01:12:47.720
Kristin gave him a long, serious look. Then Simon laughed.

995
01:12:48.439 --> 01:12:53.840
Kristin joined in his laughter. Their laughter was interrupted by

996
01:12:53.880 --> 01:12:58.840
the sound of screaming in the distance. Kristin and Simon

997
01:12:58.920 --> 01:13:02.960
locked their eyes, then broke to run to the window

998
01:13:03.039 --> 01:13:08.279
to look outside. At first, they saw nothing except a

999
01:13:08.319 --> 01:13:13.319
few tricker treaters walking on the sidewalk. Did you see that?

1000
01:13:13.960 --> 01:13:18.520
Simon asked? What the kid in the Darth Vader costume?

1001
01:13:19.159 --> 01:13:22.960
Kristen asked. Simon pointed to the window of the house

1002
01:13:23.039 --> 01:13:29.520
next door. She watched, seeing nothing at first. Then the

1003
01:13:29.640 --> 01:13:33.399
old lady who lived next door ran through her living

1004
01:13:33.479 --> 01:13:40.560
room and headed upstairs. Do you think Simon asked, But

1005
01:13:41.359 --> 01:13:46.279
before Kristen could respond, they saw the vampire dirt baby

1006
01:13:46.359 --> 01:13:49.760
appear on the stairs, holding a kitchen knife above its

1007
01:13:49.800 --> 01:13:53.920
head that was nearly as big as he was. Kristin

1008
01:13:54.000 --> 01:13:57.399
handed Simon the poker and dragged him to the bathroom.

1009
01:13:58.319 --> 01:14:00.560
She did a quick search of the room to make

1010
01:14:00.600 --> 01:14:04.319
sure the other dirt baby wasn't in there. Stay here,

1011
01:14:04.880 --> 01:14:12.239
I'll be back. Kristen said, I'm scared. Simon begged, don't worry.

1012
01:14:12.359 --> 01:14:14.760
This door has a lock and the handle is three

1013
01:14:14.760 --> 01:14:17.399
feet off the ground. They're not going to be able

1014
01:14:17.439 --> 01:14:21.800
to get in here, she assured him. As she closed

1015
01:14:21.840 --> 01:14:25.239
the door, she hit the button so it would lock

1016
01:14:25.720 --> 01:14:27.279
behind her.

1017
01:14:28.680 --> 01:14:33.079
There's more scares where that came from. Weekly Spooky. We'll

1018
01:14:33.119 --> 01:14:33.880
be right back.

1019
01:14:38.319 --> 01:14:42.520
The chaos next door started when Missus Kinders, the seventy

1020
01:14:42.560 --> 01:14:45.600
five year old neighbor lady, was going to her kitchen

1021
01:14:45.680 --> 01:14:48.520
to get another cup of coffee and a bag of chips.

1022
01:14:49.119 --> 01:14:53.159
She was staying up late, as she always had on Halloween.

1023
01:14:53.319 --> 01:14:56.279
Missus Kinders grew up during the first big wave of

1024
01:14:56.319 --> 01:14:59.399
horror films. As a young kid, she got to see

1025
01:14:59.399 --> 01:15:04.199
the original Dracula, Doctor Jekyl, and Mister Hyde and Frankenstein

1026
01:15:04.600 --> 01:15:10.000
in theaters. She had been hooked ever since. Tonight. She

1027
01:15:10.119 --> 01:15:13.840
wasn't feeling nostalgic for her youth, so she was watching

1028
01:15:13.880 --> 01:15:18.800
Texas Chainsaw Massacre too. She paused the VHS right before

1029
01:15:18.840 --> 01:15:23.359
her favorite character was introduced. She wanted snacks in place

1030
01:15:23.760 --> 01:15:27.000
so she could sit and enjoy chop Top with all

1031
01:15:27.079 --> 01:15:31.039
his weirdness without having to get back up. Her other

1032
01:15:31.199 --> 01:15:34.319
friends her age never knew what she was talking about

1033
01:15:34.560 --> 01:15:39.000
when she quoted his lines dog will hunt or It's

1034
01:15:39.079 --> 01:15:43.119
like death eating a cracker, But her years of watching

1035
01:15:43.199 --> 01:15:47.520
horror did nothing to prepare her for the terror of

1036
01:15:47.560 --> 01:15:51.479
the dirt babies. As a lifetime coffee drinker, she went

1037
01:15:51.479 --> 01:15:55.720
through many different methods of preparing the sacred caffeine elixir.

1038
01:15:56.439 --> 01:15:59.920
She had a French press, a poorover system, a regular

1039
01:16:00.199 --> 01:16:05.720
coffee maker, and then her espresso machine. Tonight was an

1040
01:16:05.840 --> 01:16:09.560
espresso night. She reached into her cupboard and grabbed her

1041
01:16:09.600 --> 01:16:14.000
favorite coffee of the moment, Midnight Dreary, a dark roast

1042
01:16:14.119 --> 01:16:18.640
named after a line from Poe's most famous poem. Because

1043
01:16:18.640 --> 01:16:21.479
she always kept it in the same place. She grabbed

1044
01:16:21.520 --> 01:16:25.319
it without looking and didn't notice goth Baby hiding in

1045
01:16:25.359 --> 01:16:30.560
that cupboard waiting to attack. She measured the beans out

1046
01:16:30.600 --> 01:16:33.600
and placed them in the grinder. Then she opened the

1047
01:16:33.600 --> 01:16:37.279
cupboard to put the bag back, but something was in

1048
01:16:37.359 --> 01:16:41.159
the way. She looked and saw goth Baby giving a

1049
01:16:41.199 --> 01:16:47.399
seductive smile with its black lips. She screamed. His eyes widened,

1050
01:16:47.760 --> 01:16:51.279
but he waited for her to stop. Don't worry, ma'am,

1051
01:16:51.800 --> 01:16:55.000
none of this blood is mine. Goth Baby said, while

1052
01:16:55.039 --> 01:17:00.159
pointing to Simon's dried blood that still stained him. When

1053
01:17:00.159 --> 01:17:03.439
Missus Kinders made her move to close the cabinet, he

1054
01:17:03.520 --> 01:17:06.960
jumped at her. Goth Baby was aiming for her neck,

1055
01:17:07.279 --> 01:17:10.760
but had to adjust his trajectory when she turned to run.

1056
01:17:11.520 --> 01:17:14.319
She didn't move fast enough, and he caught her by

1057
01:17:14.319 --> 01:17:18.039
the ear with his mouth. She screamed when he bit

1058
01:17:18.159 --> 01:17:21.319
through it. Because he didn't think of the consequences, the

1059
01:17:21.359 --> 01:17:24.079
dirt baby fell to the floor with her right lobe

1060
01:17:24.279 --> 01:17:28.000
and a little bit extra in his mouth. Missus Kinders

1061
01:17:28.039 --> 01:17:31.479
screaming continued as she grabbed what remained of her ear.

1062
01:17:32.560 --> 01:17:35.640
The only thing that stopped her from screaming was seeing

1063
01:17:35.680 --> 01:17:39.720
the other dirt baby on the counter. Is that one

1064
01:17:39.760 --> 01:17:45.640
a fucking vampire, she yelled. Vampire Baby showed its fangs

1065
01:17:45.920 --> 01:17:48.399
and then pulled the biggest knife she had from her

1066
01:17:48.399 --> 01:17:53.159
countertop knife holder. What the hell is going on, missus

1067
01:17:53.279 --> 01:17:57.279
Kinders yelled. Vampire Baby looked at her for a moment,

1068
01:17:57.680 --> 01:18:03.000
trying to come up with something clever. Your death, vampire

1069
01:18:03.039 --> 01:18:09.000
Baby yelled. Missus Kinders screamed, that's the best line you got,

1070
01:18:09.640 --> 01:18:14.119
Goth Baby asked, and then laughed. Missus Kinders looked down

1071
01:18:14.159 --> 01:18:17.039
on the ground as goth Baby looked at Vampire Baby.

1072
01:18:18.119 --> 01:18:24.000
You got something better, Vampire Baby asked, well, she asked,

1073
01:18:24.279 --> 01:18:27.199
what the hell is going on? So you should have

1074
01:18:27.279 --> 01:18:32.159
responded with I am worse than hell. Goth Baby said,

1075
01:18:33.399 --> 01:18:36.319
that is slightly better. I think it's kind of on her,

1076
01:18:36.399 --> 01:18:38.680
though she didn't set it up well for me to

1077
01:18:38.720 --> 01:18:43.399
have a good she's running, goth Baby said that she is.

1078
01:18:44.159 --> 01:18:47.880
Vampire Baby took his knife, jumped down and chased after

1079
01:18:47.960 --> 01:18:51.039
her as she ran into the front room. They played

1080
01:18:51.159 --> 01:18:53.920
ring around the chair for a moment before she was

1081
01:18:53.960 --> 01:18:57.000
able to make a break for the stairs. All those

1082
01:18:57.079 --> 01:19:00.960
years of horror movie watching, she didn't learn the fundamentals

1083
01:19:00.960 --> 01:19:07.119
of survival. Run out the door, never upstairs. Vampire Baby

1084
01:19:07.199 --> 01:19:10.319
ran after her, with his tiny legs moving as fast

1085
01:19:10.359 --> 01:19:14.000
as they could and his googly eyes bouncing in every direction.

1086
01:19:14.920 --> 01:19:18.800
It was quite the sight to behold. Once on the stairs,

1087
01:19:18.840 --> 01:19:21.880
he had to jump to make it up each one.

1088
01:19:22.000 --> 01:19:24.880
Back in the kitchen, goth Baby was using a little

1089
01:19:24.880 --> 01:19:29.239
spatula to put her blood in a ziplock bag. Once

1090
01:19:29.239 --> 01:19:32.000
it got all that it could, it made its way

1091
01:19:32.039 --> 01:19:35.560
towards the stairs to help vampire baby. But when he

1092
01:19:35.600 --> 01:19:40.000
got near them, the front door flung open. It was

1093
01:19:40.079 --> 01:19:44.840
Kristin with a fireplace shovel in hand. You you must

1094
01:19:44.880 --> 01:19:48.600
want to die, goth Baby said, I think I can

1095
01:19:48.640 --> 01:19:52.560
take on two potato sized cretans like you. Kristin said,

1096
01:19:53.720 --> 01:19:57.199
what about when there are four of us? Goth Baby asked,

1097
01:19:58.079 --> 01:20:01.720
I've already secured the others and they haven't transformed anyway,

1098
01:20:02.760 --> 01:20:08.119
not yet, but they will, goth Baby threatened. Kristin held

1099
01:20:08.159 --> 01:20:10.800
up her weapons in attack mode. She hit him with

1100
01:20:10.880 --> 01:20:14.000
the metal fireplace shovel, which flung him across the room

1101
01:20:14.039 --> 01:20:17.199
and over the couch. On the flight, it lost the

1102
01:20:17.199 --> 01:20:20.960
bag of blood it was carrying. Kristin looked at it curiously,

1103
01:20:21.560 --> 01:20:25.439
wondering why it was collecting blood. When she looked behind

1104
01:20:25.479 --> 01:20:30.560
the couch, he wasn't there, of course, not, Kristin said

1105
01:20:30.600 --> 01:20:34.119
to herself. Then she got on her hands and knees

1106
01:20:34.239 --> 01:20:38.279
to look underneath. Kristin wanted to catch him, but was

1107
01:20:38.319 --> 01:20:42.920
afraid of looking and seeing him ready to attack. She

1108
01:20:43.039 --> 01:20:46.680
found nothing under the couch except the usual a sock,

1109
01:20:47.119 --> 01:20:50.520
a candy wrapper, and a bottle cap. Kristin put her

1110
01:20:50.520 --> 01:20:53.319
hands out in a push up position. And prepared to

1111
01:20:53.359 --> 01:20:57.039
lift herself back up, when suddenly goth Baby landed on

1112
01:20:57.079 --> 01:21:01.039
her back and began to run towards her neck. Kristin

1113
01:21:01.119 --> 01:21:04.000
tried to get up quickly and spin to look around

1114
01:21:04.000 --> 01:21:06.800
at the same time, but she lost her balance and

1115
01:21:06.840 --> 01:21:11.399
fell hard on her back. She felt him squish under

1116
01:21:11.439 --> 01:21:14.600
her weight. She was thankful that he didn't have a

1117
01:21:14.640 --> 01:21:20.960
weapon with him, but then she felt a chewing sensation.

1118
01:21:21.600 --> 01:21:25.960
This thing was smashed and was still attacking. It didn't

1119
01:21:26.000 --> 01:21:30.359
take long for it to chew through her conjuror's coat. Asshole,

1120
01:21:30.920 --> 01:21:34.520
Kristin yelled. Then it sunk its teeth into her flesh.

1121
01:21:35.079 --> 01:21:39.279
She screamed in pain as she jumped up. She stared

1122
01:21:39.359 --> 01:21:42.399
down at the smashed dirt baby on the ground, moving

1123
01:21:42.399 --> 01:21:45.880
its jaw like it was still chewing. It only took

1124
01:21:45.920 --> 01:21:48.560
a few seconds of her weight being off it for

1125
01:21:48.640 --> 01:21:54.600
it to begin reinflating. Go to hell, Kristin said again,

1126
01:21:55.439 --> 01:21:59.720
it asked. Then Kristin put the shovel through its body,

1127
01:22:00.279 --> 01:22:06.760
severing it in two, one down, one to go. Kristen

1128
01:22:06.840 --> 01:22:11.760
smiled to herself, but then goth Baby began to laugh

1129
01:22:12.239 --> 01:22:20.079
as its body pulled itself together. Damn it Kristen said, Ah,

1130
01:22:20.800 --> 01:22:25.319
Missus Kinders could be heard yelling upstairs. Double damn it,

1131
01:22:25.880 --> 01:22:30.439
Kristin said, then left goth Baby behind to go save

1132
01:22:30.560 --> 01:22:42.680
Missus Kinders. Goth Baby didn't follow her. Simon was still

1133
01:22:42.680 --> 01:22:46.680
in the bathroom when Gothbaby returned to the Gartner house.

1134
01:22:47.600 --> 01:22:51.399
He hoped the sounds he heard were Kristin, but they

1135
01:22:51.439 --> 01:22:57.079
didn't quite sound like teenage footsteps. Dang it, Simon cursed.

1136
01:22:58.159 --> 01:23:02.199
Then he heard something fall onto the floor. Simon just

1137
01:23:02.319 --> 01:23:06.319
knew this was the box containing the other two dirt babies.

1138
01:23:07.199 --> 01:23:11.039
Double dang it. Goth Baby had to use one of

1139
01:23:11.079 --> 01:23:14.560
the remaining fire pokers to wedge between the wall and

1140
01:23:14.600 --> 01:23:18.560
the wood to get the job done. It looked up

1141
01:23:18.920 --> 01:23:24.520
upon his accomplishment wonderful. Then he leaped into the box,

1142
01:23:25.199 --> 01:23:29.880
ziplock bag in hand. Each dirt baby was born with

1143
01:23:29.960 --> 01:23:33.079
the knowledge of their creation, so he knew he just

1144
01:23:33.159 --> 01:23:35.720
had to add the blood to the dirt that had

1145
01:23:35.720 --> 01:23:39.600
the spell put upon it and they too would come alive.

1146
01:23:40.520 --> 01:23:44.000
Goth Baby opened the ziplock and squeezed the blood onto

1147
01:23:44.039 --> 01:23:47.319
the dirt baby that had buck teeth and a purple mustache,

1148
01:23:48.000 --> 01:23:50.000
then put the rest onto the one that had the

1149
01:23:50.119 --> 01:23:55.560
characteristics of a pumpkin. Knowing that the transformation took time,

1150
01:23:56.159 --> 01:23:59.479
goth Baby jumped out of the box. He knew the

1151
01:23:59.560 --> 01:24:03.840
kid was hiding in the house somewhere, and he wanted

1152
01:24:04.439 --> 01:24:07.159
to find him.

1153
01:24:07.319 --> 01:24:11.800
If you're not afraid, then you're already dead. Weekly spooky,

1154
01:24:11.880 --> 01:24:13.039
We'll be right back.

1155
01:24:16.600 --> 01:24:21.039
In the Kinder's household, the homeowner was fighting for her life.

1156
01:24:21.119 --> 01:24:24.439
She was cornered in her bedroom and vampire Baby was

1157
01:24:24.479 --> 01:24:27.960
toying with her. When Kristin arrived in the doorway to

1158
01:24:28.000 --> 01:24:31.479
Missus Kinder's room, she saw the old woman stuck in

1159
01:24:31.520 --> 01:24:35.079
the corner up against her nightstand, which didn't provide much

1160
01:24:35.079 --> 01:24:39.039
in the way of self defense items. All she had

1161
01:24:39.079 --> 01:24:42.000
on it was a small bowl of candy and a book.

1162
01:24:43.039 --> 01:24:45.840
The candy bowl was plastic, and the book was a

1163
01:24:45.840 --> 01:24:50.039
paperback collection of H. P. Lovecraft's stories. Though it was

1164
01:24:50.079 --> 01:24:53.399
a scary read, it's two hundred pages didn't add much

1165
01:24:53.439 --> 01:24:57.840
weight to its soft cover. Always a frugal shopper, she

1166
01:24:58.000 --> 01:25:03.319
never splurged for hardcovers. Missus Kinders was already bleeding, but

1167
01:25:03.479 --> 01:25:07.840
mostly from superficial cuts that Vampire Baby had inflicted upon her.

1168
01:25:08.800 --> 01:25:12.439
You ready for another The Vampire Baby asked, as it

1169
01:25:12.520 --> 01:25:17.800
jumped up and down on her bed. No, Missus Kinders screamed,

1170
01:25:18.479 --> 01:25:22.119
too bad, it said, and then threw itself at her.

1171
01:25:22.560 --> 01:25:24.800
It slashed at her shoulder and used her body to

1172
01:25:24.800 --> 01:25:28.760
bounce back to the bed. It laughed the entire time.

1173
01:25:30.119 --> 01:25:33.479
When Missus Kinders noticed Kristen, she looked like a baseball

1174
01:25:33.479 --> 01:25:36.600
player going up to bat with the bases loaded. The

1175
01:25:36.640 --> 01:25:39.119
difference was that instead of a bat in her hand,

1176
01:25:39.439 --> 01:25:42.479
she had a cheap shovel from a fireplace, cocked back,

1177
01:25:42.880 --> 01:25:45.439
and the object she was aiming for was moving up

1178
01:25:45.479 --> 01:25:49.479
and down instead of coming at her. Kristen breathed in

1179
01:25:50.199 --> 01:25:54.640
and took her swing. The shovel went right under Vampire Baby,

1180
01:25:55.119 --> 01:25:58.560
which flipped itself to face her direction in its next bounce.

1181
01:25:59.279 --> 01:26:04.600
Strike Why, Vampire Baby said. Kristen swung again, this time

1182
01:26:04.680 --> 01:26:08.000
only making contact with the grass on his head. Strike

1183
01:26:08.119 --> 01:26:13.279
two ha, fuck you, Kristin said, and swung again. The

1184
01:26:13.319 --> 01:26:16.239
little creature got a big smile on its face as

1185
01:26:16.239 --> 01:26:21.199
she went to swing again and missed. Strike three year out.

1186
01:26:21.960 --> 01:26:24.920
Vampire Baby leaped at her. She backed up as fast

1187
01:26:24.920 --> 01:26:27.760
as she could, then swung up instead of at it.

1188
01:26:28.319 --> 01:26:31.079
She made contact with its bottom, and from the momentum

1189
01:26:31.159 --> 01:26:34.640
of the hit, it smashed into the ceiling. The dirt

1190
01:26:34.680 --> 01:26:37.640
baby used the momentum of the hit to bounce off

1191
01:26:37.840 --> 01:26:42.199
and threw itself towards Missus Kinders. Kinders watched in horror

1192
01:26:42.239 --> 01:26:46.039
as the little guy sailed towards her, smiling, holding his

1193
01:26:46.159 --> 01:26:48.960
big knife in front of him. She tried to move,

1194
01:26:49.039 --> 01:26:52.119
but wasn't fast enough. With the momentum that he had,

1195
01:26:52.319 --> 01:26:54.720
the knife entered her throat as easily as putting a

1196
01:26:54.760 --> 01:26:58.159
straw through the hole of a McDonald's coke lid, so

1197
01:26:58.359 --> 01:27:02.920
little resistance that it's not even worth mentioning. For a moment,

1198
01:27:03.319 --> 01:27:06.520
she stared in shock at the little creature that hung

1199
01:27:06.600 --> 01:27:11.399
from that blade. It just smiled at her and then

1200
01:27:12.079 --> 01:27:16.760
pulled the blade out. With that, blood cascaded out of

1201
01:27:16.800 --> 01:27:20.760
her neck and she collapsed to the ground, taking him

1202
01:27:20.880 --> 01:27:25.159
with her. Kristen had watched in horror, with no time

1203
01:27:25.199 --> 01:27:28.319
to try to help. Now she wondered where the little

1204
01:27:28.359 --> 01:27:33.199
dirt demon went. She searched for a minute, shovel in hand,

1205
01:27:33.279 --> 01:27:37.359
ready to smash it if given the opportunity. Then she

1206
01:27:37.439 --> 01:27:40.720
thought of Simon and wondered where the other one had gone.

1207
01:27:41.680 --> 01:27:43.840
It could be heading up the stairs at this moment.

1208
01:27:44.520 --> 01:27:46.680
Then it would be two of them against her in

1209
01:27:46.720 --> 01:27:51.560
a small room. Missus Kinders was dead. There was no

1210
01:27:51.720 --> 01:27:55.000
saving her. At this point, Simon was back to being

1211
01:27:55.399 --> 01:28:02.960
the number one priority. There was a knock on the

1212
01:28:03.000 --> 01:28:07.319
outside of the bathroom door. Simon approached it with caution,

1213
01:28:08.640 --> 01:28:11.840
hey kid, goth Baby could be heard saying on the

1214
01:28:11.880 --> 01:28:16.399
other side, Simon stepped back from the door. Kid let

1215
01:28:16.399 --> 01:28:20.760
me in, No, Simon said, if I have to break

1216
01:28:20.800 --> 01:28:24.199
my way in, you are not gonna like it. Simon

1217
01:28:24.279 --> 01:28:28.119
heard two thumps that seemed to be further away. You

1218
01:28:28.199 --> 01:28:32.640
hear that, kid, Simon said, nothing, I bet you did.

1219
01:28:33.199 --> 01:28:37.760
That was the sound of backup. Simon heard more thumping,

1220
01:28:38.159 --> 01:28:41.760
and it sounded like it was coming closer and closer.

1221
01:28:42.399 --> 01:28:45.439
Outside of the bathroom door, goth Baby looked in the

1222
01:28:45.479 --> 01:28:49.359
direction of the approaching dirt babies. Bucky, the one with

1223
01:28:49.439 --> 01:28:52.720
the giant buck teeth and a purple mustache, was the

1224
01:28:52.800 --> 01:28:56.960
first to enter the hallway. Goth Baby couldn't help but laugh.

1225
01:28:58.000 --> 01:29:03.279
What Bucky asked, goth Baby didn't respond. She just waited

1226
01:29:03.319 --> 01:29:07.680
for the other one to appear. Finally, the pumpkin hopped

1227
01:29:07.720 --> 01:29:10.479
into the hallway, as he was the only one not

1228
01:29:10.640 --> 01:29:15.199
given legs. He had large, black triangle eyes that gave

1229
01:29:15.319 --> 01:29:19.600
no hint of life or personality. His mouth was ghoulish

1230
01:29:19.600 --> 01:29:23.399
as any other pumpkin should be, with sharp teeth going

1231
01:29:23.720 --> 01:29:27.520
in every direction. I'll right you two, We need to

1232
01:29:27.520 --> 01:29:31.720
get into this door, goth Baby said. The pumpkin made

1233
01:29:31.760 --> 01:29:38.239
an approving guttural slimy growl sound. Why Bucky asked to

1234
01:29:38.399 --> 01:29:42.319
kill the little boy inside? Of course, goth Baby laughed.

1235
01:29:42.960 --> 01:29:47.239
Inside the bathroom, Simon was freaking out. He didn't think

1236
01:29:47.279 --> 01:29:49.920
they could get in the door, even if it was unlocked.

1237
01:29:50.399 --> 01:29:53.640
They couldn't even reach the knob. Even if they stood

1238
01:29:53.640 --> 01:29:56.439
on each other's heads like in a cartoon, the height

1239
01:29:56.600 --> 01:30:02.319
wouldn't be enough. Simon's true worry was for Kristen. Could

1240
01:30:02.319 --> 01:30:05.039
she fight off all of them? And what if his

1241
01:30:05.159 --> 01:30:08.920
mother and father came home before it was handled. I

1242
01:30:09.000 --> 01:30:13.079
need to warn them, Simon said to himself. If only

1243
01:30:13.119 --> 01:30:17.159
I had access to the phone, he thought. That was

1244
01:30:17.239 --> 01:30:20.399
when he made the decision that he had been thinking

1245
01:30:20.439 --> 01:30:21.840
about the whole time he.

1246
01:30:21.880 --> 01:30:22.399
Was in there.

1247
01:30:23.439 --> 01:30:26.640
He was going out the window. If he was lucky,

1248
01:30:26.760 --> 01:30:30.159
the dirt babies wouldn't hear him, then he could sneak

1249
01:30:30.239 --> 01:30:33.560
back into the house, grab the cordless phone and the

1250
01:30:33.600 --> 01:30:37.560
note on the fridge to call his parents. This was

1251
01:30:37.640 --> 01:30:41.880
unbeknownst to Kristin as she quietly re entered the Gartner house.

1252
01:30:42.520 --> 01:30:45.279
The first sound she heard when she entered was the

1253
01:30:45.319 --> 01:30:49.159
sound of crunching wood. She walked as lightly as she

1254
01:30:49.239 --> 01:30:53.960
could towards the noise. Oh no, she thought, as she

1255
01:30:54.079 --> 01:30:56.920
realized the sound was coming from the hallway that the

1256
01:30:56.960 --> 01:31:00.800
bathroom was on. When she peered her head down the hall,

1257
01:31:01.319 --> 01:31:05.159
she was shocked to see three live dirt babies, the

1258
01:31:05.199 --> 01:31:09.119
goth one, the one that looked like a pumpkin, and Bucky,

1259
01:31:09.560 --> 01:31:12.399
who was using the buck teeth she gave him to

1260
01:31:12.520 --> 01:31:14.920
chew its way through the bathroom door like it was

1261
01:31:14.960 --> 01:31:19.199
a little beaver hey. She yelled to get their attention.

1262
01:31:20.000 --> 01:31:22.880
She had no plan. She just wanted to stop them

1263
01:31:22.880 --> 01:31:26.119
from going after Simon. All three of them stopped what

1264
01:31:26.199 --> 01:31:29.000
they were doing and looked at her. To her, the

1265
01:31:29.079 --> 01:31:32.199
pumpkin was the most frightening, with its lack of any

1266
01:31:32.279 --> 01:31:37.680
real human characteristics. It made its slimy, guttural growl noise

1267
01:31:37.720 --> 01:31:43.000
at her. She screamed first from fright then from the

1268
01:31:43.079 --> 01:31:46.479
pain in her ankle, She looked down to see Vampire

1269
01:31:46.560 --> 01:31:49.600
Baby had followed her back from next door and just

1270
01:31:49.720 --> 01:31:54.520
bit into her ankle. She swung around, you little shit.

1271
01:31:55.359 --> 01:31:59.039
Without even thinking, she kicked the thing, flinging it towards

1272
01:31:59.079 --> 01:32:02.720
the front door. She thought, if only I had those

1273
01:32:02.760 --> 01:32:05.720
Doc Martins already, I could have kicked it even further.

1274
01:32:06.720 --> 01:32:09.520
Then she went down the hallway towards the bathroom door,

1275
01:32:09.960 --> 01:32:14.079
ready to fight the others. Vampire Baby got itself back

1276
01:32:14.159 --> 01:32:18.319
up and began walking towards Kristen and the other dirt babies.

1277
01:32:19.079 --> 01:32:21.920
He almost made it back to the hallway when the

1278
01:32:21.960 --> 01:32:26.479
front door opened. It was Simon who stepped in quietly

1279
01:32:26.960 --> 01:32:30.479
and made his way towards the kitchen. He didn't notice

1280
01:32:30.560 --> 01:32:35.520
Vampire Baby, but Vampire Baby noticed him. It turned around

1281
01:32:35.560 --> 01:32:38.640
and followed him to the kitchen and watched as Simon

1282
01:32:38.680 --> 01:32:41.520
grabbed the note off the fridge and then the phone

1283
01:32:41.800 --> 01:32:46.000
off the wall. Simon dialed one of the numbers and

1284
01:32:46.119 --> 01:32:50.560
waited for an answer. Hi, I'm calling to see if

1285
01:32:50.560 --> 01:32:54.039
my mom and dad are there, Simon said, and then

1286
01:32:54.119 --> 01:32:59.880
listened Gartner. Simon responded, then waited for an answer, which

1287
01:32:59.920 --> 01:33:04.520
was a negative. Okay, thank you. No, I have other

1288
01:33:04.640 --> 01:33:10.239
numbers to call, thank you, Simon said, disappointed. He then

1289
01:33:10.359 --> 01:33:14.439
hung up and started to dial the next number. Boo,

1290
01:33:14.760 --> 01:33:18.359
Vampire Baby said and jumped at Simon, whose response was

1291
01:33:18.399 --> 01:33:21.520
to scream and drop the phone. The phone looked like

1292
01:33:21.600 --> 01:33:24.600
it might have survived the fall, but Vampire Baby grabbed

1293
01:33:24.640 --> 01:33:28.680
it and ran from the room. Vampire Baby did seem

1294
01:33:28.760 --> 01:33:32.359
to be the most playful of the creatures. Simon ran

1295
01:33:32.399 --> 01:33:35.600
after it, following it through the front room to the hallway,

1296
01:33:35.760 --> 01:33:38.760
where it found Kristin fighting the other three dirt babies.

1297
01:33:39.279 --> 01:33:43.159
He and Vampire Baby stopped and watched as Kristin struggled.

1298
01:33:43.720 --> 01:33:45.960
She was kicking the one that looked like a pumpkin

1299
01:33:46.399 --> 01:33:50.000
while swinging the fire shovel at the bucktoothed one. Goth

1300
01:33:50.079 --> 01:33:52.560
Baby was climbing up her dress, and it had just

1301
01:33:52.680 --> 01:33:55.000
reached the small of her back when she noticed them.

1302
01:33:56.000 --> 01:34:00.520
Aren't y' all a motley crewe, Vampire Baby said and smiled,

1303
01:34:00.920 --> 01:34:05.039
addressing his batch of monsters for the first time. The

1304
01:34:05.079 --> 01:34:08.399
dirt baby stopped for a second and looked at him.

1305
01:34:09.520 --> 01:34:12.439
Vampire Baby then threw the phone to the pumpkin, who

1306
01:34:12.479 --> 01:34:15.600
caught part of it in his horrid mouth and chomped

1307
01:34:15.640 --> 01:34:19.079
a chunk right out of it, then another, until there

1308
01:34:19.119 --> 01:34:22.319
was nothing left but small bits of plastic and metal.

1309
01:34:23.560 --> 01:34:26.800
The others watched as it did this. Kristin used the

1310
01:34:26.880 --> 01:34:33.359
distraction as an opportunity to attempt escape. Simon run.

1311
01:34:35.560 --> 01:34:40.720
The only thing scarier than that is not being subscribed weakly.

1312
01:34:40.800 --> 01:34:42.239
Spooky will be right back.

1313
01:34:45.279 --> 01:34:48.560
Simon listened, and she followed him towards the front door,

1314
01:34:48.800 --> 01:34:52.279
as goth Baby continued to climb up her back. When

1315
01:34:52.279 --> 01:34:55.760
they got outside, it bit her. Damn it, get off me,

1316
01:34:56.399 --> 01:34:58.920
she screamed, and tried reaching for the thing that was

1317
01:34:59.000 --> 01:35:02.279
now at her neck. It bit her finger. Uf you,

1318
01:35:02.359 --> 01:35:08.439
little fucker, Kristin scolded. Simon looked back at her in shock. Sorry,

1319
01:35:09.079 --> 01:35:12.000
you'll learn that there are appropriate times to curse, and

1320
01:35:12.119 --> 01:35:15.960
one an unholy little dirt demon is attacking you. That

1321
01:35:16.800 --> 01:35:22.760
is an appropriate time, Kristin clarified. Oh well, this night

1322
01:35:22.840 --> 01:35:27.199
has been fucked, little, Simon said with confidence. Goth Baby

1323
01:35:27.199 --> 01:35:31.880
and Kristin couldn't help but laugh. While goth Baby was laughing,

1324
01:35:32.000 --> 01:35:35.439
Kristin jumped into the air and threw herself to the ground,

1325
01:35:35.800 --> 01:35:39.479
smashing the dirt baby into the soil once again. She

1326
01:35:39.640 --> 01:35:43.920
screamed in pain as this hurt her too. This, of

1327
01:35:44.000 --> 01:35:46.840
course wouldn't kill it, but it gave them enough time

1328
01:35:46.880 --> 01:35:49.359
to get it off her and make their escape before

1329
01:35:49.359 --> 01:35:53.520
it reinflated. They ran down the street until Simon couldn't

1330
01:35:53.560 --> 01:35:57.680
run any more. Kristin looked behind them and was relieved

1331
01:35:57.720 --> 01:36:00.000
to not see any of the dirt babies coming after

1332
01:36:00.000 --> 01:36:03.439
after them. She stood there for a moment as she

1333
01:36:03.520 --> 01:36:08.239
caught her breath and watched for them. Kristin a familiar

1334
01:36:08.319 --> 01:36:12.039
voice said that she couldn't quite place. She turned around

1335
01:36:12.119 --> 01:36:15.119
to see her friends approaching from the direction she had

1336
01:36:15.159 --> 01:36:20.199
been running. Kristin looked up to see Bram, Sarah and

1337
01:36:20.279 --> 01:36:28.079
Sid uh Hey. Kristin said reluctantly, you okay, Sid asked,

1338
01:36:29.119 --> 01:36:34.279
you wouldn't believe the night we've had, Simon interjected. Kristin laughed,

1339
01:36:34.960 --> 01:36:40.119
I have one question, Bram. Kristen said, what Bram said,

1340
01:36:40.159 --> 01:36:46.000
looking confused, Where did you get that soil the graveyard?

1341
01:36:46.399 --> 01:36:52.720
Bram answered, from the killer's grave, Sarah added. Kristen pushed Bram,

1342
01:36:53.199 --> 01:36:56.520
we did a spell on that dirt, you idiot. Then

1343
01:36:56.680 --> 01:37:02.199
Kristen looked over at Sid. A spell that's did fucked up. Also,

1344
01:37:02.439 --> 01:37:07.520
you didn't close the spell, Sarah said and frowned. You're right,

1345
01:37:08.279 --> 01:37:11.359
Kristin slumped, what are you talking about?

1346
01:37:11.439 --> 01:37:12.119
Who cares?

1347
01:37:12.760 --> 01:37:16.960
Bram demanded. In the distance, someone screaming could be heard,

1348
01:37:17.560 --> 01:37:20.199
but they didn't notice as they had their own thing

1349
01:37:20.319 --> 01:37:24.560
going on. I care. It all led to the worst

1350
01:37:24.640 --> 01:37:27.960
night of my life where little Simon could have Kristin

1351
01:37:28.079 --> 01:37:32.239
was saying, until Simon pulled at her dress. They're back.

1352
01:37:32.920 --> 01:37:35.439
All the kids looked down the road to where Simon

1353
01:37:35.520 --> 01:37:39.760
was pointing, and there they were. All four were attacking

1354
01:37:39.840 --> 01:37:45.560
three people. Blood flew and more screams came as they bit, cut,

1355
01:37:45.600 --> 01:37:49.000
and tore at the people. It only took a few

1356
01:37:49.039 --> 01:37:52.840
seconds before each body dropped to the ground. But this

1357
01:37:53.000 --> 01:37:56.920
didn't stop the dirt babies. They continued their mutilations of

1358
01:37:56.960 --> 01:38:02.920
the bodies. What the fuck? What are those Brahm fretted,

1359
01:38:04.000 --> 01:38:09.399
that's fucked Sid added, I don't understand what am I

1360
01:38:09.479 --> 01:38:16.359
even looking at? Sarah blurted their killer dirt babies. Simon said,

1361
01:38:17.720 --> 01:38:22.640
what Bram was bewildered? Made from the grave dirt of

1362
01:38:22.680 --> 01:38:25.159
a killer that you brought us, that had a spell

1363
01:38:25.159 --> 01:38:30.760
put upon it. Kristin explained what Brahm said in shock.

1364
01:38:31.600 --> 01:38:38.880
That's beyond crazy. Sarah said, that's not possible. Sid Wine.

1365
01:38:39.159 --> 01:38:41.399
Tell that to those people that are being murdered as

1366
01:38:41.439 --> 01:38:46.279
we speak, Kristin said, pointing at the dirt babies. Vampire

1367
01:38:46.319 --> 01:38:51.239
Baby turned its head in their direction. Kristin grimaced. Vampire

1368
01:38:51.279 --> 01:38:54.840
Baby smiled at her. Then it held up its kitchen

1369
01:38:54.920 --> 01:38:58.079
knife and waved at her, before jumping off the now

1370
01:38:58.159 --> 01:39:02.920
dead body and running in their direction. With each step,

1371
01:39:03.000 --> 01:39:06.920
the black centers of its googly eyes moved around wildly.

1372
01:39:07.479 --> 01:39:11.279
The other dirt babies followed. Suit, jumped down and ran

1373
01:39:11.439 --> 01:39:17.119
toward Kristin. Now is the time when we run, Kristin shrieked.

1374
01:39:17.720 --> 01:39:21.119
They all ran. They ran a few blocks to the

1375
01:39:21.119 --> 01:39:24.359
Walter's House. We can lose them in here. Follow me,

1376
01:39:24.920 --> 01:39:28.840
Brahm said, taking the leadership role. Kristin thought this was

1377
01:39:28.880 --> 01:39:32.720
a bad idea, but went with it. The Walter's House

1378
01:39:32.800 --> 01:39:36.039
was famous in these parts because it was the best

1379
01:39:36.119 --> 01:39:39.760
home haunt in the area. It was nothing in comparison

1380
01:39:39.840 --> 01:39:43.359
to a commercial haunted house with paid actors, but it

1381
01:39:43.520 --> 01:39:47.960
was impressive for a home made affair. Every year, mister

1382
01:39:48.039 --> 01:39:51.920
Walters planned and built an epic home haunt with a theme.

1383
01:39:52.760 --> 01:39:56.840
The theme this year had been deemed controversial because of

1384
01:39:56.880 --> 01:40:02.359
the history of the town. This year, asylum was the theme.

1385
01:40:03.640 --> 01:40:07.800
Out front of Walter's house was a cemetery featuring headstones

1386
01:40:07.840 --> 01:40:12.760
with punny names like Bary m Deep and classic childish

1387
01:40:12.880 --> 01:40:17.239
joke Ben Dover. The house had fake bars over the

1388
01:40:17.239 --> 01:40:22.239
window and an oversized, fake but believable lock added to

1389
01:40:22.279 --> 01:40:26.640
the front door, one that mister Walters himself would operate

1390
01:40:27.039 --> 01:40:30.880
to let people in. I mustn't leave it unlocked for

1391
01:40:30.960 --> 01:40:34.239
a moment, or the inmates will flood the neighborhood. You

1392
01:40:34.319 --> 01:40:36.680
don't want to wake up with an insane person in

1393
01:40:36.720 --> 01:40:41.239
your bedroom, do you. Mister Walters laughed and let a

1394
01:40:41.239 --> 01:40:45.039
couple of kids in. Are you ready to be committed

1395
01:40:45.079 --> 01:40:49.840
to the Locust Grove Hospital for the criminally insane? Mister

1396
01:40:49.920 --> 01:40:54.039
Walters asked sure. A tall guy and a girl with

1397
01:40:54.039 --> 01:40:58.119
a letterman jacket said I think so. A third kid

1398
01:40:58.119 --> 01:41:01.359
with combed over bleach blonde hair and a pukah necklace said,

1399
01:41:01.720 --> 01:41:05.960
and then laughed. The big lock was undone. The tall

1400
01:41:06.079 --> 01:41:09.079
kid put his arm around his date and they walked in.

1401
01:41:09.960 --> 01:41:14.119
The pukah necklace kid followed mister Walters gave the same

1402
01:41:14.199 --> 01:41:18.239
speech again about the insane roaming the streets if he

1403
01:41:18.359 --> 01:41:21.920
wasn't careful to relock the door. By the time it

1404
01:41:21.960 --> 01:41:27.600
was their turn, the dirt babies had gotten close. Are

1405
01:41:27.680 --> 01:41:31.279
you ready to be committed? Yes, they all said, not

1406
01:41:31.359 --> 01:41:35.520
giving him a chance to finish his line. Okay, if

1407
01:41:35.560 --> 01:41:40.199
you dare, you're in for a scare, mister Walters said.

1408
01:41:40.680 --> 01:41:42.760
In any other instance, one of the kids would have

1409
01:41:42.800 --> 01:41:46.520
called him out for the stolen goosebumps line or high

1410
01:41:46.600 --> 01:41:50.640
fived him, depending on their mood, but they were just

1411
01:41:50.760 --> 01:41:56.720
happy to get in. Kristen, Simon and Bram entered. Mister

1412
01:41:56.800 --> 01:42:04.359
Walters closed the door behind them. Hey, Sid said, three

1413
01:42:04.399 --> 01:42:09.520
at a time. Mister Walters said, come on, Sid replied.

1414
01:42:10.159 --> 01:42:14.119
Sarah pushed past mister Walters and opened the door. He

1415
01:42:14.199 --> 01:42:17.279
tried to push it closed. Hey, it's just that the

1416
01:42:17.319 --> 01:42:21.439
haunt works, mister Walters tried to explain, but she pushed

1417
01:42:21.520 --> 01:42:26.600
him aside to enter. Sid looked behind her. Sarah was

1418
01:42:26.640 --> 01:42:30.159
all Sid was able to yell before he was attacked

1419
01:42:30.199 --> 01:42:34.119
by all four of the dirt babies, who leaped onto him.

1420
01:42:34.359 --> 01:42:37.119
Mister Walters screamed and attempted to run away from his

1421
01:42:37.199 --> 01:42:41.800
own house, but Vampire Baby jumped from Sid to him

1422
01:42:43.079 --> 01:42:46.359
as they bit small chunks off Sid and mister Walters.

1423
01:42:46.399 --> 01:42:49.199
Sarah jumped off the front steps, picked up one of

1424
01:42:49.199 --> 01:42:53.079
the headstones and swatted at goth Baby. Being that they

1425
01:42:53.079 --> 01:42:58.920
were made of styrofoam, hitting them did nothing, fuck, Sarah

1426
01:42:59.000 --> 01:43:02.000
said as she frant looked for some kind of weapon.

1427
01:43:03.239 --> 01:43:07.239
Is there anything not made of fucking styrofoam? She yelled

1428
01:43:07.279 --> 01:43:12.359
at mister Walters. Vampire Baby then slashed his throat before

1429
01:43:12.439 --> 01:43:18.039
he could answer. As mister Walter's body dropped, Vampire Baby

1430
01:43:18.119 --> 01:43:23.479
leaped back over to Sid. May I see that, goth

1431
01:43:23.560 --> 01:43:28.399
Baby asked Vampire Baby while pointing to the knife. Vampire

1432
01:43:28.479 --> 01:43:32.359
Baby handed it over. Goth Baby repeated what he had

1433
01:43:32.439 --> 01:43:36.560
just seen happen to mister Walters. He slit Sid's throat.

1434
01:43:37.520 --> 01:43:41.640
Sid grabbed at the profusely bleeding wound, but the blood

1435
01:43:41.760 --> 01:43:46.800
still flew all over, including onto Sarah and the house,

1436
01:43:47.640 --> 01:43:52.039
adding more production value to the exterior of the home Haunt.

1437
01:43:53.079 --> 01:43:57.560
A few seconds later, his body dropped. What an efficient

1438
01:43:57.960 --> 01:44:02.039
and simple method, goth Baby said, as he handed the

1439
01:44:02.119 --> 01:44:07.600
knife back to Vampire Baby. Kristen bram And Simon waited

1440
01:44:07.800 --> 01:44:12.600
just inside the doorway until they heard the screaming. They

1441
01:44:12.680 --> 01:44:16.319
tried to push the door open, but it wouldn't budge.

1442
01:44:17.680 --> 01:44:23.800
That's a total fire code violation, Bram said. Sarah was brave,

1443
01:44:24.079 --> 01:44:27.720
but she wasn't dumb. Once she knew it was too

1444
01:44:27.800 --> 01:44:31.039
late to save Sid, she went back to the door,

1445
01:44:31.800 --> 01:44:35.960
opened the latching system, and entered the haunt.

1446
01:44:37.880 --> 01:44:41.560
Don't go away, weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.

1447
01:44:47.520 --> 01:44:51.319
Sarah closed the door behind her, but it swung slightly

1448
01:44:51.439 --> 01:44:54.560
back open. She looked for a way to get it

1449
01:44:54.600 --> 01:44:58.279
to stay closed. It's rigged to only latch and lock

1450
01:44:58.319 --> 01:45:02.760
from the outside. Bram said, what kind of bullshit is that?

1451
01:45:03.520 --> 01:45:11.119
Sarah questioned, total fire code violation. Bram reiterated, who cares?

1452
01:45:11.680 --> 01:45:15.640
Do you have a solution for the door? Kristin asked no.

1453
01:45:16.720 --> 01:45:22.439
Bram replied, then let's get moving. Kristin grabbed Simon's hand

1454
01:45:22.920 --> 01:45:26.960
and began to move down the hallway. The dirt babies

1455
01:45:27.000 --> 01:45:32.479
were enjoying themselves destroying Sid's body, so they slashed, bit

1456
01:45:33.000 --> 01:45:36.880
and mutilated for another minute before they were done having

1457
01:45:36.920 --> 01:45:44.119
their fun. After that, they entered the home Haunt. Kristen, Simon, Bram,

1458
01:45:44.159 --> 01:45:49.119
and Sarah were heading down the first hallway. Simon was scared.

1459
01:45:50.279 --> 01:45:54.920
Are we going to die? Simon asked, no, of course not.

1460
01:45:55.560 --> 01:45:59.840
Kristin said, what about your other friend and the people

1461
01:45:59.880 --> 01:46:06.319
on the street they died. Simon said, you will not die.

1462
01:46:06.960 --> 01:46:10.000
Rule number one in the babysitter's handbook. Don't let the

1463
01:46:10.119 --> 01:46:14.199
child die, Kristin said, as they hurried past a mannequin

1464
01:46:14.600 --> 01:46:18.279
dressed as a doctor with an oversized syringe in hand.

1465
01:46:19.520 --> 01:46:22.800
They had always enjoyed the haunt growing up, but in

1466
01:46:22.840 --> 01:46:25.760
their hurry they weren't taking the time to notice all

1467
01:46:25.760 --> 01:46:29.720
the decor choices, like the fake decrepit wall covering that

1468
01:46:29.840 --> 01:46:32.520
was tacked up, or the floor that had a long

1469
01:46:32.600 --> 01:46:36.880
carpet stained with fake blood. The flickering lights that were

1470
01:46:36.960 --> 01:46:41.119
used added to the scare factor as well. Okay, Bram,

1471
01:46:41.800 --> 01:46:45.479
entering the haunted house while being chased by killer dirt

1472
01:46:45.520 --> 01:46:51.159
babies was your big idea. So what now, Kristin asked.

1473
01:46:51.680 --> 01:46:57.760
Bram was only a few steps behind them. M Bram uttered, great,

1474
01:46:58.800 --> 01:47:04.159
let me think. Bram demanded, Have you not been thinking already?

1475
01:47:04.560 --> 01:47:08.960
Sarah asked, well, no, I was listening to Sid being

1476
01:47:09.039 --> 01:47:12.479
murdered by walking dirt clots kind of distracting to my

1477
01:47:12.600 --> 01:47:18.359
mental process. Bram defended himself. Well, the one benefit that

1478
01:47:18.399 --> 01:47:21.720
we have is that they are small, So let's just

1479
01:47:21.880 --> 01:47:24.720
find the kitchen, get some knives and cut them up.

1480
01:47:25.439 --> 01:47:29.359
It's three full sized humans against four baseball sized mutants.

1481
01:47:29.840 --> 01:47:34.920
We should be able to take them, Bram said confidently. Yeah,

1482
01:47:35.039 --> 01:47:41.159
sounds good. But I cut one open. Kristin replied yeah,

1483
01:47:41.439 --> 01:47:49.279
Bram interrupted, and it just reformed. Really, is there something

1484
01:47:49.319 --> 01:47:54.560
in your spell book? Sarah asked, maybe with Kristin said,

1485
01:47:54.600 --> 01:47:58.920
before being interrupted by Simon pointing behind them. They're here.

1486
01:47:59.600 --> 01:48:03.199
He They all looked behind to see the four dirt

1487
01:48:03.239 --> 01:48:06.840
babies coming down the hallway. Vampire Baby was holding up

1488
01:48:06.880 --> 01:48:12.039
its big knife still, and they were all dripping with blood. Ah,

1489
01:48:12.079 --> 01:48:15.960
so you have friends. The one outside was easy to kill,

1490
01:48:16.520 --> 01:48:19.920
Vampire Baby said, I wonder how easy the rest of

1491
01:48:19.960 --> 01:48:23.840
you will be to kill. Goth Baby added. Simon let

1492
01:48:23.880 --> 01:48:27.600
go of Kristen's hand and ran off. How do we

1493
01:48:27.680 --> 01:48:33.000
stop them, Sarah asked, I I don't know. I've only

1494
01:48:33.039 --> 01:48:37.399
thought about getting away from them, Kristin explained. Then she

1495
01:48:37.520 --> 01:48:41.039
looked behind to check on Simon, but he was nowhere

1496
01:48:41.079 --> 01:48:44.800
to be seen. Kristin took off, running down the hallway.

1497
01:48:45.399 --> 01:48:49.439
Sarah and Bram jogged behind. Where the fuck did he go?

1498
01:48:50.000 --> 01:48:53.600
Kristin yelled At the end of the hallway, she could

1499
01:48:53.680 --> 01:48:57.880
turn left or right. Suddenly she heard a scream down

1500
01:48:57.920 --> 01:49:02.920
the right hallway, so she went in that direction. Kristin

1501
01:49:03.039 --> 01:49:06.560
ran down and then around the corner where she found Simon.

1502
01:49:07.319 --> 01:49:10.199
He had screamed when he saw the dummy in the room.

1503
01:49:10.560 --> 01:49:13.319
This one was dressed as an inmate. It wore a

1504
01:49:13.319 --> 01:49:17.520
straight jacket. It had stringy, dirty hair, and its fake

1505
01:49:17.640 --> 01:49:21.600
teeth looked as gnarly as the pumpkin. Sarah and Bram

1506
01:49:21.680 --> 01:49:27.199
caught up. You found him, Bram exclaimed. Kristin smiled at Bram,

1507
01:49:27.439 --> 01:49:32.159
then grabbed Simon's hand. Then they began moving again at

1508
01:49:32.159 --> 01:49:36.119
a quickened pace. Around the next corner, they ran into

1509
01:49:36.159 --> 01:49:39.520
the kids that went in just before they did. This

1510
01:49:39.640 --> 01:49:43.119
place is pretty spooky, huh. The teenager with the combed

1511
01:49:43.159 --> 01:49:49.279
over bleach blonde hair said, just wait. Simon replied what

1512
01:49:50.000 --> 01:49:53.479
the girl wearing the letterman jacket asked. The tall kid

1513
01:49:53.479 --> 01:49:57.319
gave Simon a puzzled look. They didn't have to wait

1514
01:49:57.399 --> 01:50:00.479
too long. The dirt babies caught up to the group

1515
01:50:00.520 --> 01:50:03.920
and each went for different victims, which was a mistake.

1516
01:50:04.840 --> 01:50:09.680
Goth Baby went after Simon, who ran. Vampire Baby attacked Kristin,

1517
01:50:09.960 --> 01:50:13.600
which kept her from chasing after Simon. Bucky leaped at

1518
01:50:13.600 --> 01:50:16.800
the jock, who caught it in his hand, but Bucky

1519
01:50:16.920 --> 01:50:19.399
bit him in between the index finger and the thumb,

1520
01:50:19.760 --> 01:50:25.479
which began spurting blood. Asshole, he said, and then took

1521
01:50:25.479 --> 01:50:28.119
his other hand and grabbed him from the back so

1522
01:50:28.159 --> 01:50:32.000
that Bucky was helpless to attack. Bucky struggled to try

1523
01:50:32.039 --> 01:50:35.399
and free himself from the jock's strong hands, but was

1524
01:50:35.479 --> 01:50:40.880
completely stuck. Ha ha, try and bite me now. Vampire

1525
01:50:41.000 --> 01:50:45.199
Baby stopped biting Kristin and the Pumpkins stopped his assent

1526
01:50:45.399 --> 01:50:49.279
up the letterman jacket wearer's leg. They both leaped over

1527
01:50:49.359 --> 01:50:53.560
to the jock. Vampire Baby used his knife to stab him,

1528
01:50:53.920 --> 01:50:56.279
while the pumpkin made its way to the hand that

1529
01:50:56.359 --> 01:51:00.239
was holding Bucky and bit into the wrist. When that

1530
01:51:00.319 --> 01:51:03.760
one bite, the pumpkin Baby took out a plumb sized

1531
01:51:03.800 --> 01:51:07.479
amount of flesh. The jock lost control of his hand,

1532
01:51:07.720 --> 01:51:12.560
which opened, causing Bucky to fall to the floor. Vampire

1533
01:51:12.640 --> 01:51:17.520
Baby laughed at Bucky. Then the jock started screaming. Bucky

1534
01:51:17.560 --> 01:51:21.399
looked at him flailing around, and then he too laughed.

1535
01:51:22.319 --> 01:51:27.720
The pumpkin made its slimy guttural noise. Kristen grabbed Sarah's

1536
01:51:27.720 --> 01:51:32.720
hand and began to run. Bram followed. Mister Walters had

1537
01:51:32.800 --> 01:51:36.399
used black tart material to create fake turns, of which

1538
01:51:36.439 --> 01:51:38.680
there were a few, and they must have made the

1539
01:51:38.680 --> 01:51:43.119
wrong choice because they could not find Simon. While they

1540
01:51:43.119 --> 01:51:46.840
were running around, they came across a fake operating room

1541
01:51:47.239 --> 01:51:50.840
with the one actor that the Haunt could afford. Are

1542
01:51:50.880 --> 01:51:56.239
you ready for your lobotomy? The deranged doctor asked. Once

1543
01:51:56.279 --> 01:51:59.279
it saw the dirt Babies on their tail, it broke

1544
01:51:59.359 --> 01:52:05.239
character imediately and ran away. Lucky for him, the dirt

1545
01:52:05.239 --> 01:52:10.399
Babies continued their pursuit of Kristin, Bram and Sarah. Eventually

1546
01:52:10.920 --> 01:52:14.520
they found their way back outside, where they saw that

1547
01:52:14.600 --> 01:52:18.319
a single police vehicle had arrived and was parked in

1548
01:52:18.359 --> 01:52:23.079
front of the house Freeze, an officer yelled, while a

1549
01:52:23.159 --> 01:52:26.279
second one was checking for life from the heavily mutilated

1550
01:52:26.279 --> 01:52:31.199
corpses of Sid and mister Walters. Kristin, Bram and Sarah

1551
01:52:31.399 --> 01:52:36.000
held up their arms. Come this direction, the officer said,

1552
01:52:36.039 --> 01:52:40.039
as he moved backwards once at the street, lay down

1553
01:52:40.239 --> 01:52:43.920
face forward on the cement. The three of them listened

1554
01:52:44.119 --> 01:52:47.239
and laid down on the ground, hands behind your back,

1555
01:52:47.640 --> 01:52:53.159
he said. They complied, I need to find Simon. Kristin said,

1556
01:52:53.680 --> 01:52:57.600
we need to find your spell book. Sarah retorted. They

1557
01:52:57.600 --> 01:53:00.840
were startled by the sound of screaming behind them as

1558
01:53:00.960 --> 01:53:04.800
vampire Baby, Bucky and the Pumpkin attacked the police officer

1559
01:53:04.840 --> 01:53:08.439
that was nearest to the house. What the hell, the

1560
01:53:08.479 --> 01:53:11.119
other officer said, and pointed the gun in their direction.

1561
01:53:12.000 --> 01:53:15.039
Being that their size was so small, he didn't even

1562
01:53:15.079 --> 01:53:17.960
attempt to shoot them for fear of hitting his partner.

1563
01:53:18.479 --> 01:53:22.039
Kristen looked around and down the road. That's when she

1564
01:53:22.119 --> 01:53:27.520
spotted Simon running with goth Baby on his tail. Being

1565
01:53:27.600 --> 01:53:30.560
young and able, she used her arms to jump up

1566
01:53:30.640 --> 01:53:34.920
in one fluid motion and ran towards Simon. Sarah and

1567
01:53:35.000 --> 01:53:38.800
Bram followed to make a break for it too. The

1568
01:53:38.920 --> 01:53:42.399
cop sensed their movement and turned away from the chaos

1569
01:53:42.439 --> 01:53:46.439
he was witnessing. He had just watched in horror as

1570
01:53:46.479 --> 01:53:51.520
the one that had pumpkin features was biting, tearing, and

1571
01:53:51.640 --> 01:53:55.880
then spitting chunks off his partner's face. Another one was

1572
01:53:55.920 --> 01:54:00.279
biting his neck. What he didn't see because as he

1573
01:54:00.399 --> 01:54:03.880
turned towards the teens a second too soon, was that

1574
01:54:04.039 --> 01:54:08.119
Vampire Baby, seeing that this officer was moments from death,

1575
01:54:08.800 --> 01:54:13.479
decided to head in his direction. Hold it, stay there,

1576
01:54:14.039 --> 01:54:17.119
the cop yelled at the fleeing teens while pointing his

1577
01:54:17.199 --> 01:54:21.800
gun in their direction. While this was happening, Vampire Baby

1578
01:54:21.840 --> 01:54:25.560
approached from behind and then slashed the tendon in the

1579
01:54:25.560 --> 01:54:30.119
officer's ankle. The officer screamed in pain, which caused his

1580
01:54:30.119 --> 01:54:33.840
trigger finger to flinch, and the gun went off. The

1581
01:54:33.880 --> 01:54:38.159
bullet entered the back of Sarah's exposed upper calf, which

1582
01:54:38.199 --> 01:54:42.279
looked like it had exploded. She instantly fell forward with

1583
01:54:42.359 --> 01:54:45.760
full force, her body in such shock that she didn't

1584
01:54:45.760 --> 01:54:48.439
even put her arms out to break her fall, so

1585
01:54:48.520 --> 01:54:53.079
she landed on her face, shattering her nose. The amount

1586
01:54:53.119 --> 01:54:56.680
of blood coming from her broken nose was nearly comparable

1587
01:54:57.000 --> 01:55:01.039
to the amount coming from her leg. Stopped her sprint

1588
01:55:01.319 --> 01:55:04.159
and turned around to see her friend splayed out on

1589
01:55:04.239 --> 01:55:09.680
the road bleeding horribly. Fuck, she said, but Kristen was

1590
01:55:09.720 --> 01:55:13.199
a better babysitter than a friend, so she turned back

1591
01:55:13.239 --> 01:55:18.600
around to pursue Simon Bram being the good friend he

1592
01:55:18.800 --> 01:55:22.119
was stopped to take care of Sarah, who had just

1593
01:55:22.199 --> 01:55:26.000
started to come out of shock. She began screaming and

1594
01:55:26.079 --> 01:55:29.680
writhing on the ground. Bram sat down next to her

1595
01:55:30.199 --> 01:55:33.680
and then picked her up to hold her and try

1596
01:55:33.680 --> 01:55:37.920
to comfort her. He then looked behind and saw the

1597
01:55:37.960 --> 01:55:40.920
dirt babies heading their way.

1598
01:55:42.760 --> 01:55:48.119
Are you afraid? Good? Weakly spooky, We'll be right back.

1599
01:55:52.119 --> 01:55:55.600
Simon was almost to his house, but goth Baby was

1600
01:55:55.680 --> 01:56:00.479
catching up to him. His youthful energy, while strong, was

1601
01:56:00.520 --> 01:56:05.439
no match for goth Baby's demon stamina. Goth Baby leaped

1602
01:56:05.479 --> 01:56:09.760
at Simon. I'm done chasing you, it said, as it

1603
01:56:09.800 --> 01:56:12.840
bit into the shoulder of Simon, who screamed out in

1604
01:56:12.920 --> 01:56:18.560
agony and then began to cry. You're so mean, Simon

1605
01:56:18.680 --> 01:56:23.039
yelled through his tears. You haven't seen anything yet, goth

1606
01:56:23.119 --> 01:56:27.880
Baby said, while laughing. Simon used this opportunity of his

1607
01:56:28.000 --> 01:56:31.880
laughter to grab him then flip him around so his

1608
01:56:32.000 --> 01:56:35.439
teeth were facing away from him. Unlike when the jock

1609
01:56:35.560 --> 01:56:40.119
did this move, goth Baby didn't have backups. Let me go,

1610
01:56:41.000 --> 01:56:44.640
goth Baby said, while struggling. I'm not gonna let go

1611
01:56:44.720 --> 01:56:48.920
of you, but I will, Simon said, and then cocked

1612
01:56:48.920 --> 01:56:52.479
his arm back and threw the dirt baby as far

1613
01:56:52.560 --> 01:56:57.840
as he could, about two hundred feet. Throw you, Simon

1614
01:56:57.920 --> 01:57:03.399
said to himself, then took off toward his house. Since

1615
01:57:03.439 --> 01:57:06.840
Simon threw goth Baby in the direction that they came from,

1616
01:57:07.079 --> 01:57:11.399
Kristin ran into goth Baby only a minute later. Where's Simon,

1617
01:57:11.439 --> 01:57:17.000
you pile of crud? Dead, goth Baby lied, where is he?

1618
01:57:17.479 --> 01:57:22.279
Kristin demanded, dead, I said, I don't believe you. You

1619
01:57:22.399 --> 01:57:25.159
must be the worst babysitter ever. You can't even keep

1620
01:57:25.199 --> 01:57:30.960
the kid alive. Ha ha, goth Baby laughed, Fuck you. Kristin replied,

1621
01:57:31.600 --> 01:57:35.359
there certainly were circumstances out of my control, weren't there.

1622
01:57:36.680 --> 01:57:39.359
I would have thought you would be bawling or freaking out.

1623
01:57:40.000 --> 01:57:44.279
Goth Baby said, confused. I don't believe you, and I

1624
01:57:44.359 --> 01:57:48.960
won't until I see his corpse now for the last time,

1625
01:57:49.319 --> 01:57:52.159
before I kick you down the road. Where is he?

1626
01:57:53.560 --> 01:57:56.600
Goth Baby shook his head down into the right so

1627
01:57:56.640 --> 01:57:59.560
that his googly eyes would for a second point to

1628
01:57:59.600 --> 01:58:04.199
the right that way, he said. As she looked to

1629
01:58:04.239 --> 01:58:08.479
the right, GoF Baby leaped at her. Before she could react,

1630
01:58:08.760 --> 01:58:11.479
she felt something hit her on the back and then

1631
01:58:11.520 --> 01:58:15.960
she felt something poking her in her calf muscle. She looked,

1632
01:58:16.439 --> 01:58:19.720
Bucky was on her back and Vampire Baby was pressing

1633
01:58:19.720 --> 01:58:24.600
its knife against her calf ow. She yelled. Behind her,

1634
01:58:24.640 --> 01:58:27.760
she saw the pumpkin dirt Baby bouncing to catch up.

1635
01:58:28.960 --> 01:58:31.640
I wonder how quickly you would drop if I pressed

1636
01:58:31.680 --> 01:58:34.520
a little harder as hard as your friend back there

1637
01:58:34.560 --> 01:58:38.359
did when the cop shot her. Vampire Baby chuckled and

1638
01:58:38.399 --> 01:58:44.479
then pressed ever so slightly harder. Ah, Kristin screamed. The

1639
01:58:44.560 --> 01:58:49.600
dirt babies all laughed. What do you want, Kristin begged,

1640
01:58:50.520 --> 01:58:56.520
At first, I just wanted you dead. Why it's fun

1641
01:58:56.600 --> 01:59:02.199
to kill? Vampire Baby said, you should try. Goth Baby echoed,

1642
01:59:03.119 --> 01:59:06.880
but then I heard that girl, you know, the one

1643
01:59:06.880 --> 01:59:10.760
that was hilariously shot by the cops bullet. She mentioned

1644
01:59:10.800 --> 01:59:14.159
that it was a spell you did that was responsible

1645
01:59:14.199 --> 01:59:21.600
for our creation, Vampire Baby said, and Kristin asked, we

1646
01:59:21.680 --> 01:59:25.479
thought you could use your powers to Vampire Baby started

1647
01:59:25.479 --> 01:59:30.880
to say, make us bigger dirt babies. Bucky said, what, no,

1648
01:59:31.159 --> 01:59:37.039
you idiot, Vampire Baby said, we want human bodies. I

1649
01:59:37.399 --> 01:59:40.680
can't I don't know how to do that. Kristin replied.

1650
01:59:41.520 --> 01:59:45.399
The knife was pushed in a little deeper. Her blood

1651
01:59:45.439 --> 01:59:48.840
began to run down the edge of the knife blade.

1652
01:59:48.920 --> 01:59:54.399
I guess I could figure it out. Kristin pled. Vampire

1653
01:59:54.479 --> 01:59:59.800
Baby pulled the knife out. Wonderful, much obliged, goth Baby

1654
01:59:59.840 --> 02:00:04.399
s said. The pumpkin made its weird, slimy guttural noise.

1655
02:00:05.760 --> 02:00:09.960
He's going to make a weird human, Vampire Baby remarked,

1656
02:00:10.840 --> 02:00:18.119
I can't wait to see it. Goth Baby laughed. Simon

1657
02:00:18.239 --> 02:00:22.439
found Kristen's backpack. He remembered his mother saying that you

1658
02:00:22.520 --> 02:00:26.479
never go in a woman's purse or bag, But he figured,

1659
02:00:26.640 --> 02:00:28.760
just like he had learned tonight, that there is an

1660
02:00:28.800 --> 02:00:32.319
appropriate time to curse. This was the type of situation

1661
02:00:32.439 --> 02:00:35.319
where it was okay to go through a lady's bag.

1662
02:00:36.319 --> 02:00:40.319
He unzipped it. Inside he found a leather notebook. He

1663
02:00:40.399 --> 02:00:44.039
pulled it out, opened it and flipped through the pages.

1664
02:00:45.359 --> 02:00:47.960
I had better not tell my mother about this. She

1665
02:00:47.960 --> 02:00:50.359
would never let Kristin Baby sit me again if she

1666
02:00:50.399 --> 02:00:53.880
knew she was a witch. Before he left the house

1667
02:00:53.960 --> 02:00:56.680
in search of Kristin, he went up to his room

1668
02:00:57.079 --> 02:01:00.720
and traded the fire poker for his aluminum bait ballbat.

1669
02:01:01.600 --> 02:01:05.520
Simon made his way downstairs, then to the front door.

1670
02:01:06.760 --> 02:01:10.319
You can do this, Simon said, to hype himself up.

1671
02:01:10.720 --> 02:01:15.720
Before opening the door, Simon was greeted by Kristin and

1672
02:01:15.880 --> 02:01:19.800
four dirt babies. Three of them were walking on the ground,

1673
02:01:20.439 --> 02:01:23.520
while Bucky had his mouth on her neck, ready to

1674
02:01:23.560 --> 02:01:28.560
bite her jugular if the order was given. How cute

1675
02:01:29.039 --> 02:01:31.640
you going to take us on with your toy, goth

1676
02:01:31.760 --> 02:01:35.520
Baby asked, Simon. You saw how far I threw you.

1677
02:01:35.880 --> 02:01:37.600
How far do you think you'd go if I hit

1678
02:01:37.640 --> 02:01:42.159
you with a baseball bat? Simon asked, is that the book?

1679
02:01:42.840 --> 02:01:46.600
Vampire Baby asked. Simon looked down at her spell book

1680
02:01:46.640 --> 02:01:50.520
that he was holding. Getting no response, Vampire Baby once

1681
02:01:50.560 --> 02:01:57.239
again poked her calf with the knife. Yes, Kristin said, good, Simon.

1682
02:01:57.479 --> 02:01:59.920
Would you be a deer and hand it to Kristin?

1683
02:02:00.800 --> 02:02:05.079
Vampire Baby asked Simon did getting the book in her

1684
02:02:05.119 --> 02:02:09.119
hands was his plan anyway? Kristin looked through the pages

1685
02:02:09.159 --> 02:02:13.560
for a moment. We're gonna need more dirt. Kristin said,

1686
02:02:14.800 --> 02:02:17.520
all right, let's get to the backyard. You can dig

1687
02:02:17.560 --> 02:02:21.279
a hole for Simon. Goth Baby said, it has to

1688
02:02:21.319 --> 02:02:26.920
be from the graveyard. Okay, let's go, Vampire Baby said.

1689
02:02:27.640 --> 02:02:31.199
They all stood up and headed to the door. Goth

1690
02:02:31.319 --> 02:02:37.279
Baby started pushing Simon. We don't need Simon, Kristin pleaded, true,

1691
02:02:37.960 --> 02:02:42.199
Goth Baby said, then started climbing up him. If you

1692
02:02:42.279 --> 02:02:45.760
hurt him, I'm not helping you, then we'll kill you.

1693
02:02:46.479 --> 02:02:51.039
Vampire Baby said, all I care about is saving Simon.

1694
02:02:51.079 --> 02:02:53.079
If you kill him, you might as well kill me.

1695
02:02:53.199 --> 02:02:58.439
Right after stop, the Vampire Baby yelled, well, bring the boy,

1696
02:02:59.359 --> 02:03:05.279
he reasoned. Goth Baby frowned. Before they left, Kristin grabbed

1697
02:03:05.279 --> 02:03:08.720
her backpack. Simon rode on the back pegs of her

1698
02:03:08.760 --> 02:03:12.640
bike while the dirt babies rode in the basket. Vampire

1699
02:03:12.680 --> 02:03:16.520
Baby sat with its knife right next to him. Though

1700
02:03:16.520 --> 02:03:19.199
they were quite the sight to behold, none of the

1701
02:03:19.239 --> 02:03:22.319
trigger treaters seemed to notice them as they rode by.

1702
02:03:23.119 --> 02:03:26.359
They were all focused on finding those few houses that

1703
02:03:26.439 --> 02:03:31.119
were still giving out candy at this hour. Kristin kept

1704
02:03:31.159 --> 02:03:34.880
moving forward as she rode past Walter's house. Even though

1705
02:03:34.920 --> 02:03:38.239
she saw two bodies on the ground covered in white sheets,

1706
02:03:38.560 --> 02:03:42.279
she could only assume that both Sarah and Bram were dead.

1707
02:03:43.439 --> 02:03:46.840
Tears ran down her face, but she was now more

1708
02:03:46.920 --> 02:03:52.159
determined than ever to stop these creatures. She knew before

1709
02:03:52.199 --> 02:03:55.199
she got to her destination that she was going to

1710
02:03:55.239 --> 02:03:58.680
try to get rid of the vampire's knife. She watched

1711
02:03:58.720 --> 02:04:03.199
for a moment when Vampire Baby was distracted, then grabbed

1712
02:04:03.199 --> 02:04:07.840
his knife and threw it behind him. Hey, Vampire Baby, yelled,

1713
02:04:08.399 --> 02:04:11.760
should have been holding onto it. She said, you'll pay

1714
02:04:11.800 --> 02:04:18.159
for that. Vampire Baby replied, yeah, yeah. Kristin responded, Simon

1715
02:04:18.199 --> 02:04:22.760
held on to her tighter and smiled. Kristin cut through

1716
02:04:22.800 --> 02:04:25.520
the Taco Time parking lot to get to the woods.

1717
02:04:26.199 --> 02:04:28.920
She wished that she had brought a flashlight because it

1718
02:04:29.000 --> 02:04:32.880
was pitch dark before she got to the cemetery, she

1719
02:04:33.000 --> 02:04:36.399
saw lights. Being that it was Halloween and all, she

1720
02:04:36.560 --> 02:04:40.319
wasn't surprised. Daring your friends to go to the creepy

1721
02:04:40.359 --> 02:04:45.960
graveyard of the asylum was always a popular dare victims.

1722
02:04:46.479 --> 02:04:49.920
Vampire Baby said, sh play dead if you want this

1723
02:04:50.039 --> 02:04:55.279
to work, Kristin said. The dirt babies listened. At the

1724
02:04:55.319 --> 02:04:59.399
old cemetery, there were two kids around twelve years old.

1725
02:05:00.199 --> 02:05:03.199
One was dressed as Superman while the other one was

1726
02:05:03.279 --> 02:05:07.760
dressed as a Jedi. Both seemed scared as they looked

1727
02:05:07.800 --> 02:05:11.159
around the cemetery with their flashlights.

1728
02:05:12.239 --> 02:05:17.439
If you thought that was scary, just you wait weekly spooky.

1729
02:05:17.600 --> 02:05:18.680
We'll be right back.

1730
02:05:21.720 --> 02:05:26.640
Eventually, their flashlights landed on Kristin. They both screamed out

1731
02:05:26.640 --> 02:05:32.680
of shock, but calmed down when they realized who it was. Joey, Mike,

1732
02:05:33.720 --> 02:05:37.279
what are you doing here? She asked, but assumed she

1733
02:05:37.359 --> 02:05:40.640
knew the answer. Kids in these parts have been daring

1734
02:05:40.680 --> 02:05:43.399
each other to stay the night at the cemetery for decades,

1735
02:05:44.039 --> 02:05:49.600
especially on Halloween. Jacob dared us, Joey said, while looking

1736
02:05:49.640 --> 02:05:53.760
down at his feet. I figured, well, tell Jacob that

1737
02:05:53.840 --> 02:05:56.199
you ran into me and you were going to stay

1738
02:05:56.239 --> 02:06:00.680
the whole night, but I threatened to tell your parents. Okay,

1739
02:06:01.279 --> 02:06:05.560
Mike said, Thanks, Kristin, you're a life saver. Joey said,

1740
02:06:06.359 --> 02:06:10.640
Now hurry home, it's getting late. The two kids picked

1741
02:06:10.720 --> 02:06:16.319
up their candy bags and headed towards Kristin. Bye, Kristin. Hey, Simon,

1742
02:06:16.720 --> 02:06:23.800
Joey said, noticing Simon for the first time. Hey, Simon said, Hey, Joey, Hey, Mike,

1743
02:06:24.359 --> 02:06:29.079
get home safe. Actually, guys, do you think Simon could

1744
02:06:29.119 --> 02:06:33.720
go home with one of you? What? Joey said, We're

1745
02:06:33.720 --> 02:06:37.439
not old enough to babysit, Simon. We're only Mike said,

1746
02:06:38.039 --> 02:06:40.359
of course, of course your parents are home though, right,

1747
02:06:41.000 --> 02:06:44.199
I just need an hour. I have something that Kristen started.

1748
02:06:44.800 --> 02:06:49.560
The boy stays. Goth Baby suddenly said. Joey and Mike

1749
02:06:49.640 --> 02:06:52.880
looked towards the voice and saw the four dirt babies

1750
02:06:53.000 --> 02:06:59.479
moving around. What the hell, Mike said. Vampire Baby leaped

1751
02:06:59.479 --> 02:07:02.199
out of the bag. It towards him, but Kristin caught

1752
02:07:02.239 --> 02:07:05.560
him mid air by his green hair. Calm down, or

1753
02:07:05.600 --> 02:07:09.439
I'm not helping you, Kristin said, turning his body to

1754
02:07:09.479 --> 02:07:12.399
look her in the face. Let me just kill one

1755
02:07:12.399 --> 02:07:16.119
of them, It said, yeah, let us just kill one

1756
02:07:16.119 --> 02:07:19.920
of them. Bucky said. The two boys didn't wait around

1757
02:07:19.960 --> 02:07:22.439
to find out if she was going to sacrifice one

1758
02:07:22.479 --> 02:07:26.640
of them for those things. They ran fast. Goth Baby

1759
02:07:26.760 --> 02:07:30.880
jumped to the ground. Ah, let them go. There'll be

1760
02:07:31.000 --> 02:07:35.680
others to kill, Vampire Baby assured them. But I prefer

1761
02:07:35.720 --> 02:07:42.600
to kill children. GoF Baby said, that's awful. Simon retorted, yeah,

1762
02:07:42.720 --> 02:07:47.800
you're gross, Kristin said, Vampire Baby and Bucky both laughed.

1763
02:07:48.239 --> 02:07:52.439
Pumpkin made its noise. What I'm a murderer, what do

1764
02:07:52.479 --> 02:07:58.239
you expect? GoF Baby asked. Preferences make it creepy, especially

1765
02:07:58.239 --> 02:08:03.159
when the Preference's kids, Kristin explained. Goth Baby bit her

1766
02:08:03.159 --> 02:08:07.560
ankle hard, tearing the flesh open. She dropped like a

1767
02:08:07.600 --> 02:08:13.000
bag of bricks. No, Simon called out. Goth Baby walked

1768
02:08:13.079 --> 02:08:17.159
right up to her face. It's not gross, it's not sexual,

1769
02:08:17.239 --> 02:08:22.520
it's evil. They have more life to lose, goth Baby said,

1770
02:08:23.000 --> 02:08:27.560
then made its way to her neck. Don't Vampire Baby

1771
02:08:27.640 --> 02:08:32.840
jumped to the ground next to Gothbaby. We still need her, fine,

1772
02:08:33.479 --> 02:08:37.319
goth Baby said. The two walked over to the grave

1773
02:08:37.399 --> 02:08:40.760
as Simon moved to help Kristen up. As he did,

1774
02:08:41.359 --> 02:08:45.000
she whispered in his ear. The grave still had a

1775
02:08:45.039 --> 02:08:48.079
hole in it from where Bram had taken the soil.

1776
02:08:48.920 --> 02:08:52.720
Kristin stared at that grave for a second, noticing the

1777
02:08:52.760 --> 02:08:57.520
faint remnant of the symbols that Sarah had drawn. It

1778
02:08:57.600 --> 02:09:02.319
wasn't protection like it was supposed to be. Kristin handed

1779
02:09:02.399 --> 02:09:05.760
Simon the salt as she took a stick and carved

1780
02:09:05.760 --> 02:09:09.640
a new symbol around the grave. This time it would

1781
02:09:09.680 --> 02:09:14.960
be protection and another. She lit the black candle. She

1782
02:09:15.039 --> 02:09:18.159
hoped it would work by herself, as she no longer

1783
02:09:18.239 --> 02:09:23.520
had the others to help Kristin, a voice said behind

1784
02:09:23.520 --> 02:09:29.800
her Bram. Kristin was puzzled. Bram looked like he had

1785
02:09:29.800 --> 02:09:32.920
been in quite the fight and had blood all over him.

1786
02:09:33.720 --> 02:09:38.560
I thought you were dead. I ran once they killed Sarah.

1787
02:09:39.439 --> 02:09:42.600
I promise I tried to savor, Bram explained.

1788
02:09:43.680 --> 02:09:44.039
Chicken.

1789
02:09:44.800 --> 02:09:49.680
Bucky said, buck buck. The other two said. The pumpkin

1790
02:09:49.960 --> 02:09:56.560
just garbled. I'm here now, Bram said, dibbs. Goth Baby

1791
02:09:56.600 --> 02:10:02.560
said dibbs. Vampire Baby asked, yeah, I want to be him.

1792
02:10:03.039 --> 02:10:05.960
Look at that chin line that knows he has a

1793
02:10:05.960 --> 02:10:10.079
bit of muscle plus like me, he's a goth. Goth

1794
02:10:10.159 --> 02:10:14.720
Baby explained, you're only goth because those two kids glued

1795
02:10:14.760 --> 02:10:18.000
black pieces of felt to you. Does that make you goth?

1796
02:10:18.680 --> 02:10:23.239
Vampire Baby asked. As they argued, Kristin grabbed Vampire Baby

1797
02:10:23.279 --> 02:10:26.880
and Goth Baby and threw them in the grave. Bram

1798
02:10:26.960 --> 02:10:30.760
grabbed Bucky and did the same. Then he reached for

1799
02:10:30.800 --> 02:10:34.520
the pumpkin, which turned and bit Bram's thumb off. With

1800
02:10:34.600 --> 02:10:39.079
one bite, Bram dropped him. Kristin was quick to respond

1801
02:10:39.479 --> 02:10:44.079
and kicked him into the hole. Now Simon, Kristin exclaimed.

1802
02:10:44.439 --> 02:10:48.079
He quickly poured the salt circle and Kristin frantically added

1803
02:10:48.079 --> 02:10:50.800
the binding cymbals and then went to a sped up

1804
02:10:50.800 --> 02:10:53.720
and abbreviated version of an opening that she made up

1805
02:10:53.800 --> 02:10:58.079
on the spot. From the powers of the north, south, west,

1806
02:10:58.119 --> 02:11:01.600
and east, I'd bind them to the dirt to this grave,

1807
02:11:02.159 --> 02:11:05.880
Kristin commanded. Vampire Baby was the first to try to

1808
02:11:05.960 --> 02:11:10.800
jump out, but failed, bouncing off the invisible protection barrier.

1809
02:11:11.920 --> 02:11:16.520
And so shall they remain, Kristin finished, and then reached

1810
02:11:16.560 --> 02:11:21.159
down and grabbed some of the loose soil. Wait, he

1811
02:11:21.279 --> 02:11:25.560
still has my thumb, Bram said. Kristin looked at the pumpkin,

1812
02:11:25.960 --> 02:11:28.840
who still had the nail side sticking out of its

1813
02:11:28.880 --> 02:11:32.960
horrid mouth. She contemplated trying to retrieve it for Bram,

1814
02:11:33.600 --> 02:11:37.000
but then the pumpkins started chewing it into pulp with

1815
02:11:37.319 --> 02:11:42.560
just a few bites. Never mind, go go. Kristin picked

1816
02:11:42.640 --> 02:11:47.359
up a handful of dirt. From dust to dust, Kristin said,

1817
02:11:47.720 --> 02:11:50.840
and then threw it on them. As the dirt landed,

1818
02:11:51.079 --> 02:11:55.000
it acted like acid. Their knitting dissolved and the dirt

1819
02:11:55.079 --> 02:11:59.119
flowed out. Help me, Kristin yelled, as the four dirt

1820
02:11:59.159 --> 02:12:02.720
babies began to panic and try once again to get out.

1821
02:12:03.520 --> 02:12:07.319
From dust to dust, Bram said, throwing a big handful

1822
02:12:07.359 --> 02:12:11.000
with his one good appendage at the pumpkin, whose left

1823
02:12:11.039 --> 02:12:15.319
side of his face dissolved and fell off. From dust

1824
02:12:15.520 --> 02:12:19.680
to dust, Simon yelled, throwing his dirt at goth baby.

1825
02:12:20.199 --> 02:12:23.319
It hit the front of his face, which dissolved and

1826
02:12:23.399 --> 02:12:27.720
fell off, taking much of its power away. Its arms

1827
02:12:27.760 --> 02:12:32.760
frantically flung around like it was in pain. This made

1828
02:12:32.880 --> 02:12:38.079
Simon smile two more handfuls each, and they were all dissolved,

1829
02:12:38.199 --> 02:12:42.560
leaving behind the pipe cleaners, felt and now plain old

1830
02:12:42.640 --> 02:12:47.600
googly eyes that had transformed back to their mass produced state.

1831
02:12:49.520 --> 02:12:57.800
It's done, Kristin exhaled, good writtance, Bram celebrated. Before they left,

1832
02:12:58.199 --> 02:13:00.840
they put out the candle and covered the rest of

1833
02:13:00.880 --> 02:13:04.560
the grave. Then Kristin took care of Bram's wound with

1834
02:13:04.600 --> 02:13:10.359
the first aid kid she always brought on babysitting gigs. Simon, Bram,

1835
02:13:10.439 --> 02:13:15.760
and Kristin walked back towards Simon's house. This is my street.

1836
02:13:16.079 --> 02:13:20.359
I need to, you know, have my parents take me

1837
02:13:20.399 --> 02:13:25.680
to the hospital. Bram explained, all right, see you at school.

1838
02:13:26.439 --> 02:13:31.960
Kristin said, Hey, just so you know, I was excited

1839
02:13:31.960 --> 02:13:38.800
for tonight Bram confessed, yeah, because I wanted to hang

1840
02:13:38.800 --> 02:13:44.560
out with you. I did too. Kristin smiled, but it

1841
02:13:44.680 --> 02:13:49.479
ended up being the worst night of my life. He said, yeah,

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sorry about all that. It's all right. I still like you,

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Bram said, then walked away. Bye. Take care of yourself.

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Simon called out to him. Brahm turned around and put

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his hands up like he was giving two thumbs up,

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but of course he was missing a crucial element of

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being able to give a proper double thumbs up. Kristin,

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Simon asked, yeah, she responded, looking down at him covered

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in dirt. Do you think my mother will ever let

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you watch me again? No, Simon, I don't Yeah, I

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don't think so either. Epilogue, Halloween Knight, nineteen ninety eight.

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After the wreck that the house was in and the

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rumors of killer dirt babies attacking the neighbors, missus Gartner

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was hesitant to use Kristin for over two months, but

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one night she couldn't get anybody else, and she didn't

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really believe that killer dirt babies could be a thing,

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so she called Kristen up. After a few months of

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no other incidents, she became Simon's only babysitter again. Simon

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was happy with this, and on Halloween of that following year,

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he was finally ready to finish watching The Witchy Woods.

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They watched it while eating pizza and drinking soda. They

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had sworn off doing any arts and crafts. Across town,

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a boy named Thomas stood in the old graveyard. He

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was acting out a dare. He agreed to it after

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a friend promised him a share of their candy hall.

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Thomas had just moved to town during the summer. If

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he had been there last Halloween, he might not have agreed.

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Not many were excepting the dare this year. The boy

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read the grave markers out loud. Thomas Leary, he read

1870
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on one of the graves, then Jonathan Allison. He read

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that's the killer, I think so. Thomas pulled out a

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baggie from his pocket, bent down, scooped up some of

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the dirt, put it inside, and walked away to show

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his friends. Where the dirt had been, a single googly

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eye was exposed. If Thomas looked back, he would have

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noticed the dirt moving. By the time the next kid

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came out to complete the dare, all they would see

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was an empty hole that may be truly one of

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the most halloweeny episodes we've ever published. A huge thank

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you to Bruce Haney for bringing us a story about

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trick or treating, witchcraft, hanging out in graveyards late at night, friendship,

1882
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arts and crafts, watching scary VHS movies, and of course

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deadly creatures on the prowl. And I have to say

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one of my favorite moments of the entire story was

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when they found themselves at the local neighborhood haunt. That

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just made the Halloween vibes go off the charts for me.

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So I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did,

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and I hope you enjoyed that extra long novella style

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that we try to give you guys every so often.

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And there's another Bruce Haney novella coming your way in

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November for Thanksgiving, So make sure you're subscribed on your

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favorite podcasting app because we have so much more fear

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for your ear. It's been an incredible Halloween season. Listenership

1894
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is up and through the roof, and I am so

1895
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happy to be a voice in your spooky season. It

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means the world to me, and I want to say

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an extra special thank you to our Patreon podcast boosters,

1898
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folks who pay just a little bit more to hear

1899
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are Johnny Nicks, Jenny Green, Amber Hansford, Brent mccallaugh, Karen

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we Met, Jack Kerr and Craig Cohen. Thank you all

1902
02:18:17.399 --> 02:18:19.120
so much. And if you want to hear your name

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1906
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1907
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you can get the two bonus shows as well as

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the audiobooks from the past. But now it's time for

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me to get back to work because tomorrow we're heading

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to a garage sale to buy a mask with a

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questionable past. So for our executive producers Rob Fields, Markshields

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and Bobbletopia dot Com. For our composer A Madison, my

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good buddy and producer Dan Wilder, I will talk at

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you tomorrow. Beware the dirt babies.

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Thank you for listening.

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Make sure to find your way back next week, but

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for now you are safe.

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Trust me.