April 2, 2025

Ep.324 – The Grave Robbers - A Dig for Treasure Unearths a Nightmare

Ep.324 – The Grave Robbers - A Dig for Treasure Unearths a Nightmare
Two desperate men break into a forgotten cemetery, hoping to score riches from a legendary grave. But when the coffin cracks open, they find more than gold—they awaken something ancient, seductive, and monstrously hungry. A horror tale of greed, betrayal, and gory revenge.

Grave Robbers by Bruce Haney

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On a cool spring night, two desperate men break into

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a forgotten cemetery, hoping to score riches from a legendary grave.

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But when the coffin cracks open, they find more than gold.

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They awaken something ancient, seductive, and monstrously evil.

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What's that? You want to be scared? Come with me.

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You will experience tales over our ghosts and death. It

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is not recommended at.

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The foot of week At heart, heart listen as in

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the dark. It's more fun at that way way. This

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But now, as far as tonight goes, some people say

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the dead should be left to rest in peace, but

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others others see graves not as sacred ground, but as opportunity.

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Tonight's story is about two men, greedy, desperate and willing

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to dig up anything for a quick payday. But when

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they break into a grave that was never meant to

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be disturbed, they find something worse than bones. So join

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me after this. The Grave Robbers by Bruce Haney, you

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seriously expect me to drive you out to a cemetery

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knowing that you're going to dig up a body, Wally asked.

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Fritz then took a sip of beer. Everyone called him

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Fritz or Fritzi, but his name was Stephen fritz Meyer.

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That night, Fritz had asked his coworker Wally Ericksson, to

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come drinking. They were at a little hole in the

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wall joint by the river called the Ash Street Saloon.

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Fritz had brought him out to tell Wally about the

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legend in his near by small town, the one about

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a woman buried with all sorts of jewelry and riches.

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It'll be an easy score. It's an old pioneer cemetery.

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The broad was buried in like nineteen oh two or so,

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so no big deal. Anybody who cared for the old

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hag is long gone, Fritz said, taking a large drink

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from his glass. Okay, tell me again. How do you

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know this isn't just small town gossip. Wally asked, Well,

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I have just heard it my whole life. It's like

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the local legend, you know. Fritz said, I need more

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info than that if I'm going to get involved in

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such a deplorable enterprise as this, you must have some proof.

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Have you even been to the cemetery to see if

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a lady named Hazel Aldrich's ba buried there? Wally asked,

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Of course, Me and my buddies used to ride our

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bikes out there as kids. It's a chintzy little cemetery,

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all cheap, simple headstones except for hers. Fritz explained, Oh yeah.

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Wally asked. Her headstone has a sculpture of a pretty

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woman in a shawl leaning against it. Fritz said, that

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is fancy. Wally agreed, See, I think, yeah, that's right.

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I remember the inscription. It said, Hazel Aldrich beloved mother.

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Blessed are the dead that die? Really? Wally asked, yes,

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but it's not as cryptic as it sounds. It's a

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common abbreviation of a Bible passage. Weren't you an older boy?

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Oh yeah, I know that. Let me think, Uh, blessed

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are the dead who die in the lord? Wally recited.

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Why do you think they shortened it to save some bread?

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Fritz explained, But I thought she was rich, Wally asked.

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Fritz's jaw tightened and his brow furrowed as he looked

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at Wally, I don't know every little detail about her.

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Stop being a wet rag. This is a chance to

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make some serious cheddar Fritz said, So when do you

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want to do this? Wally asked? Why not tonight? Fritz said,

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don't we need to prepare? Wally asked, you're right, barkeep

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two more shots of well whiskey, Fritz said, and smiled

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at Wally her little liquid courage. He'll do you well,

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my friend. Wally was not Fritz's first choice for an accomplice,

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but he had an automobile and few of his buddies did.

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Most people who had cars at this time were too

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popular to hang around a guy like Fritz. Wally wasn't,

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which made him the perfect stooge. When Fritz was a teenager,

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he imagined living the good life and growing up. He

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did see the promise of that very life, but he

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just happened to come of age during the Great Depression,

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so instead of the house, car and good paying job,

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he worked in a factory, bummed rides from Wally when

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he could, and shared the rent with two other guys

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in a rat infested studio apartment near the river. Not

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his idea of the American dream. It wasn't like Wally's

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car was that nice? It was a fifteen year old Jalopi.

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Not a lot of older cars were around anymore, many

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of them had been scrapped for the war effort. It

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had various dents and was missing the right side running board.

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The inside wasn't great either. Wally's seat was stacked with

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cardboard to stop the spring from the ripped seat from

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poking him in the butt. The passenger seat was nearly pristine.

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As Wally didn't have many passengers, Most people found Wally

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to be annoying. Did you see that car, Wally asked,

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while looking through his rear view mirror, after they had

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stopped by their work to borrow a couple of shovels. Yeah,

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Fritz asked, I think it was an undercover cop the fuzz. Yeah,

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an undercover one. You should have seen how he looked

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at us. He knows, he knows, what Fritz said belligerently,

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Well you know, Wally stammered, I haven't told anyone and

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about this plan except you, and I haven't been out

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of your sight. So tell me, Einstein, how would they know?

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This calmed Wally down, which pleased Fritz, who needed time

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to think about his options. If the coffin, as the

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legend said, was full of riches, would he really want

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to share them? What was the amount of money that

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was worth betraying his friend? His thought process was again

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interrupted by Wally's paranoia. Maybe the bartender overheard us, or

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maybe someone reported a car at the plant when we

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grabbed the shovels. Well, is the car following us? Fritz said,

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with frustration. No, Wally admitted, all right, so maybe stop

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with the paranoia, or I'm gonna bop you in the nose.

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Got me? Fritz asked. With that They drove in silence,

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except for when Fritz gave directions, Hang a left, okay,

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now turn right, I said, right after another mile okay,

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Now turn off your lights and head down that road.

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Is that even a road? While he asked, yes, I

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rode it on my bike a million times when I

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was a kid, Fritz explained, but have you seen an

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automobile drive down it? It's fine, We're almost there, geez.

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Just go. The road, if it could be called that,

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was rough and overgrown with vegetation. Luckily, there were no ruts.

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This was likely because nobody had driven a vehicle on it.

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In years. I feel like we're driving through a field.

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You sure we're on a road. Wally asked, yes, this

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is dangerous. You know my exhaust could catch the grass

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on fire. Then keep moving so it doesn't happen. God damn,

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Wally said. As they hit a bump, What was that?

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Fritz asked, How the hell would I know? It's dark

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as hell out here and everything's covered in grass. Wally

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said it was a small tree stump that they drove over.

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This could have been worse because it had caught and

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nearly tore out a brake line, and old cars like

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that had no safety features. If one line was out,

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the brakes were gone. As they approached the cemetery, Wally

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pressed on the brakes. They still worked. Fritz brought his

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bag out with him. What do you have in that

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bag anyway? Wally asked, for one. I brought a small

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gas lamp. That's good. I wasn't going to trust your

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JALOPI to be the sole sort of light. Knowing your luck,

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the poor thing would die right after we got the loot,

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Fritz joked, I also have a bottle of whiskey and

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some smokes. Fritz didn't tell him about the gun he brought.

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Don't go away, weakly, spooky, We'll be right back.

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As the men looked around, Wally could see that there

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wasn't much to this graveyard. No wrought iron gates, no signs,

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no crypts, just a few bent, broken, and neglected headstones.

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That was until he saw her headstone. It was intricate

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and daunting in its size and mood, and appeared to

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be the only one that had been maintained. Ah, looks

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like you found it. Fritz lit his cigarette, using the

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small gas lamp as a lighter. Hopefully they didn't spend

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all their money on that headstone, Wally said. If the

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rumors around town are true, there should be plenty of

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extra loot. Fritz said, while putting his shovel into the dirt.

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How were they so loaded anyhow? I wouldn't expect that

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town to have any industry that could produce that much wealth,

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Wally asked, Grab a shovel and help. Fritz demanded, and

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they got to the task of digging up the grave.

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After shoveling just a few scoops of dirt, Wally asked again, seriously,

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though we could be wasting our time, how were they

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so wealthy. Well, that's an even bigger rumor, Fritz sighed,

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bringing in air to tell the story. You dig for

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a bit and I'll tell you, Fritz offered, Okay, I

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guess that's fair. Wally said it wasn't fair, especially since

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Fritz had decided that if the hall was enough to

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warrant it, he was going to shoot Wally with the

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gun he had in his bag. Heck, he thought, I

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already have the hole, and Hazel Aldrich has no way

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to complain about some extra company. All right, So here's

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the story. Around the turn of the century, the town

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had been hit by some kind of plague or something

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that killed many powerful people in town. Fritz said t B.

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Wally asked, maybe maybe not. Fritz said, it took a

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while for people to realize that there was a trend

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with all these deaths. Because this disease would wipe out

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the whole family. Distant relatives would be the ones to

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come to take care of the estate, always waiting a

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week or two for any lingering sickness to clear. But

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each out of towner would be surprised to find that

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not all their relatives were accounted for, and though they

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were allegedly wealthy, they had no real valuables in their homes.

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Most relatives would get the money that was in the bank,

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so they left slightly satisfied and without too much questioning.

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But the trend that the townsfolks noticed was that Hazel

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Aldrich had been seen as a dinner guest before each

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family began to get sick, yet she was always in

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good health, a real life typhoid Mary. While he asked maybe,

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Fritz answered, then what was she poisoning them? While he

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asked maybe both would be more believable than the story

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I heard. Fritz said, then what is it. I'm jumping

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out of this hole and getting out of here. If

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you try to tell me she was a vampire, Wally said, maybe,

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maybe not, But if you ask me she was a prisoner.

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Some people have said a witch, and others have said

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she was something else like what Wally demanded, something evil,

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something only written in those cheap pulps, like weird tales.

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Fritz said, well, Wally began to say, but stopped because

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his shovel hit something solid. Is that what I think

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I heard? Fritz asked, Yes, Wally said. Fritz jumped back

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into the grave with his shovel to help. He was

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now motivated that the big score could be minutes away.

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The two dug at a quickened pace until the coffin

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lid was exposed. Look at that lid. She must have

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been rich, Wally said, while leaning over and wiping the

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dirt from it, revealing the large silver cross that was attached.

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Wow is that silver? That cross alone will bring in

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some spending cash. Possibly get me my own wheels, Fritz said,

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after my share, of course, Wally asked, as Fritz began

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to pry on the cross with a screwdriver that he

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pulled out of his back pocket. Of course, of course,

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Fritz said, not knowing if that was a lie just yet,

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the score wasn't quite big enough to justify the killing

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so far. As soon as the cross was removed, they

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felt a stirring underneath their feet. Wally was scared and

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jumped out of the hole. Where are you going, Fritz demanded,

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sh something's moving under there, Wally stammered. I'm sure it's

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just rats, Fritz said, revealing his anger. Help me with

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this lid if you expect to get any of this score,

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Fritz said, and Wally jumped back down into the grave.

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A moment later, they both were flung up and out

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of the hole as the coffin lid exploded upwards.

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The two landed on the ground and stared as a

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woman floated out of the gray. She was wearing a

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beautiful and intricate dress from the turn of the century,

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with long flowing brown hair hanging down past her shoulders.

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She was the most beautiful woman that the two had

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ever seen. What the hell, Fritz said. Hazel turned her

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head sharply towards him and made him her target such language.

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You are not a man of culture, are you. I'm

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a man of profit. I don't give a damn about culture,

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Fritz said, Oh, well, I can respect that. How do

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you feel about killing, she asked. Fritz didn't respond right away.

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He stared at her and thought about what he was seeing.

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Then decided to play this real cool killing. If it

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gets me a couple bucks in my pocket, I don't

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mind it, Fritz said, What the heck? Wally yelled, shut up.

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Fritz said, knowing that a person with this much power

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could be his meal ticket, while trying to present a

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level of confidence, got up and approached the woman, Hazel,

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I presume, Fritz said, and held his hand out. She

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took the cue and put her hand out to his,

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and he kissed it. Her flesh was freezing. How can

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I be to your assistance, my lady, Fritz said, First,

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help me find and kill the people that shoved me

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in that wretched box. Fritz stepped back a few feet

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to look into the grave. There was nothing else in

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it other than the cross she was wearing. The rest

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of what was supposed to be his big score. The

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jewelry she had on he estimated to be worth a

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couple brand. Who are you looking for? Fritz asked? What

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are you doing? Wally demanded, do you mind? Fritz yelled

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at Wally, Fritz, you're not that fond of your friend here?

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Are you not all that attached? Hazel asked, how do

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you know my name? She didn't respond, no, not incredibly,

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He decided to tell her, well, just to help our communication,

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do you mind if I use him to satiate my hunger?

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That way I can concentrate on our conversation without hunger

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or interruption? She asked, sure, do what you gotta do,

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Fritz said and waved goodbye to Wally, who had already

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jumped to his feet and was running to his car

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with grace. She leapt to him in one elegant jump,

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with her hair and dress blowing in the breeze. When

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she bit Wally's throat, Fritz thought, okay, she is a vampire.

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But then she bit deeper and Fritz could see her chewing,

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and I thought we were the ghouls, Fritz said to himself.

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Fritz watched in horror as she consumed his flesh until

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there wasn't much left but a heap of bones with

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loose bits of meat on them. She ate his heart,

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she ate his liver. The only organs left behind were

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his intestines, bladder, and brain, and that was only because

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it was encased in his skull. When she was done,

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she was covered in gore and blood. Fritz tried to

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pretend like he wasn't affected by this, but his shaking

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knees gave him away. So do you still want to

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be my assistant, she cackled. Your money problems will be over.

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You will live a life even better than what you

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dreamt as a child. She offered, yes, Fritz stuttered, well,

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first things first, I am excited to see we have

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an automobile. I hadn't gotten around to obtaining one before

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I was shoved in that box. They were never as

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reliable as a horse and carriage, anyhow, less elegant and

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too she explained. Cars are faster, though maybe not then.

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But this car can get moving, even for how cruddy

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it looks, Fritz said, while gaining some of his confidence. Back,

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May I drive, she asked. She was pretending that he

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had a choice in the matter. If he had known

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how horrible being her servant was, he would have gladly

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chosen Wally's fate. She was a quick learner behind the wheel,

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and she sped down the dirt road with little worry

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about what the bumps could be doing to the vehicle.

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They hit the same stump that Wally had hit. Coming in,

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Fritz flew out of his seat and slammed into the roof.

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Watch it, Lady Fritz said, she didn't slow down, and

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she didn't hit the brakes. If she had, they would

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have noticed that this time that old stump did in

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fact rip out the brake line. When she hit the

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main road, she started going faster and even figured out

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how to shift through the gears. You are booking it,

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Fritz yelled to be heard over the road. Noise, Ah,

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it's nothing. I have got horses up to nearly this

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speed before. She offered, how much faster will this thing go?

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I'm not sure. I haven't taken it this fast before.

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While he didn't like me driving his car and he

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hated it when I drove fast, Fritz said in response,

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she floored it. Hey, be careful, there's a hidden turn

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up ahead, Fritz warned. She had wonderful vision and a

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good understanding of momentum, so she estimated that a couple

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hundred yards was about perfect to slam on the brakes.

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She hoped that Fritz wouldn't end up flying out the window.

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She thought that she would get good use out of

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him when she slammed on the brakes. He didn't fly

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out the window, and that was because they didn't slow

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down at all. With that ripped out brake line, they

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had no way to stop. The car didn't slow down

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at all. With the turn coming up rapidly, she had

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two choices. She could keep moving forward and plow into

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the timber, or try to make the turn. She went

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for the turn. The car rolled over four times and

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smashed into the trees she would have hit if she

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had gone straight. Fritz did fly out of the car,

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but only after smashing his face into the hard metal

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dash twice during the first three flips of the vehicle,

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which made his skull crack open. Her being the supernatural

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creature that she was, climbed out of the wreckage unscathed.

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Before she left the scene, she ate the remains of Fritz,

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feeling upset that she didn't get to torture him as

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she had hoped. It would have been fun breaking your spirit,

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she said, as she looked at his cracked open head

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that she held in her hands. She put her fingers

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into the opening of his skull and used them to

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crack it the rest of the way open like a pistachio.

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Then she pulled out his brain. She munched on it

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as she walked back towards the town that had trapped

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her in that grave. Well, my Spookyes, I hope that

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story left you hungry for more, but still sated your

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demonic appetite. Big thanks to Bruce Haney for yet another

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really fun and creepy story. Nothing beats a little stroll

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through a cemetery late at night. It really helps keep

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that October vibe, going and going all through the year.

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And speaking of going and going all through the year,

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thank you again for joining us. I know that the

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time when most people want to listen to Weekly Spooky

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is around October, November, December, but you listening right now.

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You are the spooky diehard, the spooky who loves October

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feelings all year long. You're one of me, and I'm

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so happy to help you get your fix. And I

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want to say thank you so much to all you

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so much more. But now it's time for me to

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get out of here. But expect a very special Spooky

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compo this Friday, So for myself, for my executive producers

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Rob Fields, Markshields and Bobotopia dot Com, as well as

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my producer Dan Wilder and my composer Ray Mattis. I

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will talk at you next time. And if you're at

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Cinema Wasteland this weekend in Cleveland, I'll see you there.

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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, trust me.