Inbetween: A Halloween Hospital, Spider-Crab Monsters & the World Beyond

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My Spookies. Before we start our
very special Halloween Day show, which marks

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the four year anniversary of the first
episode of Weekly Spooky, I just want

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to say thank you so much.
It has been an incredible October for the

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program. We've never had so many
listeners, so many people joining us in

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the fun. From the bottom of
my heart, thank you, and I

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hope you'll stick around. But I
understand that many of you will move on

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and return here when Spooky Season comes
back next year, and that's totally okay.

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But it's caused me to think a
lot about why people like me celebrate

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Halloween all year long. The feelings
Halloween gives are special because when I was

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a child, I felt like I
truly belonged because the whole world was into

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the kind of weird, offbeat and
magical things I was into. I think

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that's why so many of us chase
Halloween. We want to chase that high

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of fitting in. But not by
changing ourselves, no, no, but

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by the world realizing the joy of
how we live. So for those of

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you who are going to stick around
for the rest of the year, I'll

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be bringing you You're Spooky on the
weekly. I promise you that and there'll

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be so much to cover, so
many new stories, new programs, and

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don't forget Christmas is kind of a
ghostly time of year, so it's time

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for the show. Thank you from
the bottom of my heart. We all

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love to spend our Halloween time someplace
scary, but maybe not as scary as

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a hospital. But what if the
medical offices were no longer what you were

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used to? What if you slipped
into another world full of mystery, of

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creatures and danger. Feel the chill
in the air. Listen to the leaves

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russ rousse as they die and fall
to the ground. It is Halloween.

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You will experience tales of our own
ghosts and death. It is not recommended

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for the weak at heart. Join
me for a tale of Halloween. For

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this is weekly speaking. Hello,
my spookies, It's Halloween. I'm your

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host and narrator, Enrique Kuto.
Four years ago, on this very day,

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I first spoke into a microphone to
you all, and since then,

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it's been quite the journey. Two
hundred and twenty three fictional stories, over

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fifty terrifying and truths, and countless
other programs. You've all enjoyed a whole

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hell of a lot I can't tell
you how grateful I am for it all,

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but I also can't help. But
remember, it all started with one

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simple story by an author named Shane
Migliovoka and his story Mischief Night. Well

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tonight, Shane has blessed us with
another terrifying tale of Halloween Night. But

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before we get to it, please
make sure you're subscribed. Because the spooky

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season never ends here, new shows
will be publishing every single Wednesday. I

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promise you can't stop. Won't stop, And if you want to support us

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in a very direct way, you
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extra story each month and my undying
gratitude, as well as many other behind

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the scenes treats and maybe a few
tricks. And something that doesn't cost you

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a single penny but does help the
show a lot is leaving a rating and

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maybe a review on Apple Podcasts or
Spotify. It takes you just a moment,

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and it helps us find even more
spookies. But now, my friends,

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while I am full of gratitude,
I think it's time I become full

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of fear. And I think you
all want to join me in that.

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If you don't, then why do
you keep showing up night after night for

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weekly spooky So now, my dear
listeners, we're going to get to the

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store after these quick words from our
sponsors in between by Shane Migliovokna. Ruby

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Salazar felt herself slipping. She gripped
the wood armrests of the chair in the

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waiting room. She jolted awake from
her quick nap, only to lock her

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eyes on a wildly grinning face painted
on a large illuminated plastic pumpkin sitting on

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a nearby desk. You have somebody
coming for you, Han, the ultrasound

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tech asked, as she smiled gently
at Ruby. Now you were my last

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for the day. You can rest
here, or I can see if there's

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a room free. The tech smiled
again. Ruby smiled weakly. Here's good.

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Thank you. Somebody'll call you tomorrow
with the results. If you need

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anything, I'll be at my desk. The tech left, leaving Ruby alone

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alone in a medical nightmare on Halloween
of all days. A light in the

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corner of the waiting room flickered and
buzzed softly, crying out for a replacement.

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The tech sat down at her desk, the seat creaking under her.

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Ruby sunk down in her chair as
she pulled up the hood of her black

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sweatshirt to cover her head. Closing
her eyes, she allowed herself to drift

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off. She started to slip again. Her head was spinning, her body

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felt as if it was melting into
the chair. Ruby's eyes snapped open.

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She stood in a long, featureless
hallway, bathed in a crimson glow.

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A steady hum reverberated from one end
of the hall. Walking toward the humming,

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she realized the floor was made of
water, which rippled at her feet

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as she as Ruby made her way
down the hall, her progress was slow.

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What should have been a short walk
felt like a ten minute one.

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As she neared the end of the
hall, the source of the humming came

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into view. Two large metal forks
parallel to one another. The space between

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them shimmered like the sun on an
ocean wave. No, a voicelike gravel

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filled her head. Do not.
Ruby fell out of the waiting room chair

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onto the carpeted floor she'd been dreaming. Ruby looked around the waiting room.

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Her face was red with embarrassment.
She was all alone. She stood,

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The tech was gone. The light
over her desk was off. Even the

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fau jack o' lantern was dark.
How long had she been out? Glancing

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up at the clock, she was
astonished to see it appeared stuck. The

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clock would advance a minute and then
snap back to the previous mins. It

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over and over. Ruby poked her
head in a couple of the exam rooms.

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Empty, she went to the door
leading out of the ultrasound area.

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Locked. She could see the hallway
beyond through the glass of the door.

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It was empty as well. Hello, Ruby called out, pulling at the

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door handle. Hello, anybody.
She banged on the door frantically at first,

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becoming more angry with each blow.
Come on, somebody. She went

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to the phone on the text desk, static. She hit buttons, trying

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to get a dial tone. Nothing
worked. Ruby sat at the desk for

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some time, her head resting on
her arms. She was trapped. Feeling

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desperate, she got up and climbed
onto the desk. She pushed a large

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ceiling tile out, raining dust down
on her. Climbing up onto the metal

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frame held the ceiling tiles in place, Ruby was thankful. She was small.

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She could feel the tiles buckle under
her weight. Just a little ways,

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she whispered. She made her way
past the door frame and out over

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the hallway. Shit, Ruby cried
out, cutting her hand on an exposed

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screw. The surprise and pain threw
off her balance and she fell through a

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tile. Catching herself at the last
minute on the metal frame, Ruby dangled

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over the hallway. Dropping down,
She landed on her feet. Son of

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a bitch. Her legs stung with
pain. Ruby rubbed her sore legs as

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she hunted for a bathroom to clean
her injured hand. All was silent save

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for the sound of her breathing and
the hum of the overhead lights. She

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soon found some antiseptic gauze and bandages, which admittedly was not that difficult given

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her hospital surroundings. She sat in
an empty examination room. The distinct possibility

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that there wasn't another living soul in
the hospital was starting to sink in.

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How could she be all alone?
What had happened? Maybe there'd been some

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kind of fire drill or bomb scare
and she slept right through it. From

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what she'd seen, it was possible. Some of the rooms in the hall

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were a mess. Beds were overturned, and all manner of papers and equipment

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littered the floor, as if everybody
had rushed out all at once. Yeah,

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that had to be it. Everybody
was outside. She was the only

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dumbass in the hospital. She went
to the nearest window outside. Smoke hung

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thick in the air, making it
hard to see very far. A large

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shadow passed over the window, headed
towards the roof, skittering up the side

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of the hospital, making sharp clicking
sounds as it went. Ruby jumped back.

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She felt her heart race. That
hadn't been her imagination. There had

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been something out there. Sitting behind
the desk at the third floor nurses station,

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Ruby pondered her next move. She
picked up the receiver at the desk.

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Instead of a dial tone, there
was a constant howl of static.

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Next, she tried the computer,
which flickered with a blank, bright red

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screen. When Ruby tried to log
on, no hope there From somewhere on

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the other end of the floor,
something crashed to the ground in a loud,

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metallic bang. Ruby jumped up from
her chair, knocking it over.

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That thing had it come looking for
her? She dropped down, hiding behind

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the desk. There was a sharp
click plack that grew closer and closer.

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Ruby had to calm herself as she
felt her heart start to race. There

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was another loud crash as something fell
to the floor. A stale, rotting

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smell grew stronger, causing her to
involuntarily gag. The click clack stopped had

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it heard. Pulling herself under the
desk, she waited, trying not to

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breathe. Something knocked the phone receiver
from its cradle. It swung back and

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forth briefly before the whole thing smashed
to the floor. The phone was quickly

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followed by the computer, keyboard and
monitor. Ruby stifled her urge to cry

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out. A shadow fell over the
floor in front of her before retreating.

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Suddenly, there was a deafening scraping
sound as something tried to pull the desk

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apart. She screamed and scrambled away
from the desk, only to come face

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to face with the beast stalking her. Six red eyes stared back at Ruby

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from a thing that looked like a
mad scientist had mashed a spider and a

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crab together. Mandibles clicked excitedly in
the creature's cavernous mouth. A long hairy

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leg poked at her, just out
of reach. Snatching up the desk chair,

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Ruby held it up like a lion
tamer from an old movie. Back

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off, she ordered, trying to
sound intimidating. The spider crab thing hissed

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at her, Fuck you too.
She hurled the chair at the thing with

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an angry swing, not staying to
see if the chair hit the beast.

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Ruby ran down the hall. She
skidded to a stop at an intersection.

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Written on the wall in something disgustingly
brown was a message, this way if

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you want to live under The message
was a crudely drawn arrow pointing left and

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left she went. The spider crab
thing screeched as it skittered down the hall.

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In pursuit, Ruby bounded down a
couple of flights of stairs, following

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another arrow. She stopped to catch
her breath. How many levels did the

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damn hospital have? Two more flights, and she reached the bottom. A

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single metal door greeted her. A
small glass window revealed little of what waited

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on the other side, save for
darkness. Up above came the sound of

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something pounding against one of the metal
doors. Fuck it, She pulled the

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door open, stepping into a dimly
lit corridor. Broken glass crackled under her

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feet. Ruby pressed on until she
came to a door. Opening the door

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caused something to clang loudly. Looking
up, there was an empty metal can

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hanging down. It swung back and
forth banging on the door. Inside was

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some kind of storage area. Metal
chairs and trays were haphazardly jammed into the

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room. The next room had the
same kind of can in the doorway,

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rig larger than the previous room.
This one was a boiler room. Water

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dripped from pipes and steam hissed out
of metal floor grates. Ruby shivered.

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It was something from a nightmare.
This whole thing was a flicker of light

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from the far end of the room
caught her eye. In a small area

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behind the rusty, rumbling boiler was
some kind of shrine. Trinkets, jewelry,

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faded photos, even bits of hair
hung on the stained wall. What

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the hell, she muttered, What
do you have? A man's gruff voice,

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asked Ruby spun around. A large, scraggly man stood waiting. His

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long, thinning hair was pulled back
into a ponytail, and he wore stained

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and faded janitor's coveralls. You work
here, Ruby asked, trying not to

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sound scared forever in a day.
The man replied, custodial technician. That's

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their bullshit term for janitor. He
chuckled, makes him feel better when I

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have to clean the shitter. What's
going on? Everybody's gone and there's a

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monster. The man nodded. You
fell through a crack. You're stuck,

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stuck, stuck where, out of
time? Another world? Hell, take

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your pick. Ruby felt weak,
leaning against the wall. She tried to

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make sense of what he told her. Well, you want to get out

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of here, the janitor grumbled.
After a few minutes. Yeah, I

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want to get out of here.
Good. I don't want a roommate.

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It's simple. You pay me.
I show you the way. Hey,

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she shivered. I want food or
something important to you, something with meaning,

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a story. I collect him,
He pointed to the shrine. People

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that pass through here gives me a
bit of living again. The only things

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in this hospital are me and those
hissing bastards up there. Ruby rummaged through

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her pockets. What if someone doesn't
have something to pay you? The man

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licked his lips and flashed her a
greasy smile. Then I send you on

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your way, and the way you
are blundering through here. They'll get you

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lickety split. Or you go and
bring me something from up there. Shit,

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Ruby whispered. Ruby pushed roughly past
the janitor. She hadn't eaten in

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some time, and it was starting
to affect her mood. Maybe she could

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mug a trick or treater for some
candy on her way home, if this

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nightmare ever ends, that is,
she thought. She opened the door across

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from the boiler room. If you're
looking for the way out, won't do

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no good. It's locked, and
I got the key. The janitor chuckled.

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If I'm going back up there,
I'm getting something to defend myself.

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Wouldn't happen to have a rocket launcher, would you? This made the man

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laugh harder. Inside the room there
were some old folded tables and rusty ivy

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stands. Grabbing one of the stands, Ruby swung it, feeling its weight

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in her hands. It could work. Ruby could feel the bemused janitor watching

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her. Next, she needed something
sharp. In a utility closet, she

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found a broken floor lamp. Ruby
carefully unscrewed the long glass light bulb tube.

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Using a thick rag for protection,
she smashed the tube against a wall

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to create a jagged glass shard.
Carrying her fines back to the boiler room,

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Ruby cleared a space on a work
table. She removed the metal pole

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from the ivy stand base, laying
it on the table. Taking the duct

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tape the janitor had grudgingly provided,
she firmly wrapped and secured the sharp glass

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spear head to one end. Once
the glass shard was tightly bound, Ruby

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tested the balance and grip of the
full spear. The janitor watched warily as

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she took a few practice jabs.
Okay, she nodded, I'm ready.

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The janitor smiled. We'll see about
that. Ruby held her makeshift spear at

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the ready. She stepped out into
the corridor not far from the ultrasound unit.

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Get in, get out, get
downstairs, she repeated the mantra.

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Ruby took a deep breath and crept
down the hallway iv stand poised to strike.

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The hospital was eerily quiet, except
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She paused outside the ultrasound unit where
this nightmare had started. The door

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was still closed locked. She'd have
to get back inside the same way she'd

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escaped dragging a gurney to the spot
she'd dropped down. Ruby climbed back up

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into the ceiling. Before she could
pull herself up, a bone chilling screech

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pierced the air. The spider crab
creature skittered around the corner, beady red

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eyes fixed on Ruby. She swung
the ivy stand, slashing at its hairy

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legs. The creature recoiled with an
angry hiss, back off ugly, Ruby

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shouted, Brandishing her makeshift spear from
atop the gurney. She jabbed at the

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thing's eyes as the gurney wobbled under
her. It was useless fighting it here.

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She needed to get on the other
side of that door. Throwing the

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spear at the thing's eyes, Ruby
leaped for the opening in the ceiling,

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jumping up. The creature's armored legs
smashed at the ceiling as Ruby pulled herself

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through the spider web of metal that
held up the ceiling tiles. By the

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time she made it back into the
ultrasound waiting room, she felt like passing

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out. Her lungs burned as she
gasped for air. Sitting on the edge

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of the receptionist's desk, Ruby tried
to catch her breath. The door shook

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as the spider crab thing rammed it, hissing angrily on the other side.

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Ruby slid off the desk. She
didn't have much time. The door wouldn't

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hold up under that monster's attack.
She needed to get what she came for

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and get the hell out. In
the doctor's office next door to the ultrasound

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room, there were stacks of papers
and folders littering a large desk. No

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time to be gentle, Ruby thought, as she rummaged through them, dumping

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searched folders on the ground. It
had to be here out in reception.

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The door began to splinter open.
Hurry, She threw a stack of papers

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on the floor. Nothing there.
Ruby looked up. There it was right

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where the doctor had left it after
showing her. Grabbing her prize, Ruby

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stuffed it into her hoodie. The
wood door splintered under the spider crab's attack.

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Ruby go He grabbed a chair,
swinging it at the twisted monstrosity.

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She backed towards the ultrasound room.
The door was thicker. There, come

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on, you, ugly son of
a bitch, It hissed at her,

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its demon eyes fixed on their prey. Ruby darted into the ultrasound room.

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The thing closed in, ready for
the kill. She'd only get one shot

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at what she had in mind.
Circling around the large bed at the center

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of the room, she put it
between herself and the angry horror. With

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all the strength she could muster,
Ruby pushed the large bed towards the creature,

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pinning the spider crab against the wall. Ruby ran for the door.

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Suddenly a claw lashed out, grabbing
her by the leg. Ruby let out

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a cry of pain as it dug
into her. She furiously kicked at the

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thing's claw with her free leg,
and when that didn't work, she kicked

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at the bed, ramming it repeatedly
into the spider crab until it let her

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loose. As the beast fought to
free itself, Ruby scrambled out the door,

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slamming it shut in her wake.
Inside, the spider crab screeched in

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protest. Limping back, Ruby found
the janitor sitting on the floor of the

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boiler room. Ruby threw down the
fruits of her quest, a pair of

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X rays it's back. She revealed
it was in remission, not anymore.

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There's your story. The man nodded, then stood follow me. He led

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her through a maze of hallways,
through the inner recesses of the basement.

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After what seemed like forever, they
arrived at a small flight of concrete steps,

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headed up to a set of double
doors. We had a deal,

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the janitor said, as he pulled
out a gold key on a gold chain

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from his coveralls, and here we
are. The Ruby started up the steps

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and stopped. What's on the other
side of those doors? He shrugged.

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Can't say, Maybe away back,
maybe more of the same, maybe nothing.

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Why why do you stay? I've
been here a long time. It

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may be shitty here, but I
know what I got. Besides, there's

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always another asshole coming through without me, he shrugged. The lock loudly clicked

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as he turned the key. So
get going, I'm already bored of you,

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Ruby smiled. Thanks, yep.
He backed down the stairs. Good

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luck, and then she was alone. Ruby put her hand on the door.

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It was warm to the touch.
She took a deep breath and pushed

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the doors open. Ruby wandered the
streets, ghosts and goblins swirling around her,

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their gyrations fueled by sugar and mischief. But all the Halloween haunts couldn't

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compare to the horror she now knew
existed in between our world and the world

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beyond. Well my Spooky's I would
say that was a straight up terrifying piece,

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at least to me. Whow.
I'm glad we got a little darkness,

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we got a little extra fear going
for this Halloween episode. And I

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just want to say I know I
keep saying it, but I just have

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to say thank you. I cannot
tell you how much this show is meant

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to me, how much happiness the
show has brought me, even with the

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sheer exhaustion of publishing thirty three episodes
in October, I'm just so grateful.

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So thank you all so much for
the support, for the kind words,

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for the kind emails. A lot
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at gmail dot com. Please do
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or your own stories you want to
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show grow so much in the last
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had more listeners than ever before.
So thank you, and I hope many

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of you will stick around and enjoy
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And I also want to say a
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We also have a store with all
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you'll enjoy. But most importantly of
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back here next time for some more
spooky. And yes, there'll be a

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program tomorrow because tomorrow is Wednesday.
So I guess what I'm saying is I'll

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see you all tomorrow, but until
then, be careful out there. You

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never know what portals may open.
For myself, for my executive producer,

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Rob Fields, my producer Dan Wilder
and my composer A Matis. I'll talk

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at you later. October is over, but please don't be sad. It's

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always how Ween here Weekly Spooky.
We'll see you sooner than you think.

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Hey, since you're still here,
here's a little something extra. This is

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a full overture of the Weekly Spooky
theme song recorded for October of twenty twenty

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three by our composer Ray Maddis.
Jam it out and keep it spooky,

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miss S.