Oct. 3, 2025

Ep.352 – Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls - Halloween Horrors

Ep.352 – Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls - Halloween Horrors
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Halloween is here—and so are the scary horror stories you crave. Tonight’s feature-length nightmare follows four boys on BMX bikes through spooky season mayhem: a house party gone wrong, a sinister scavenger hunt, and the legend of a pumpkin-headed scarecrow who carves his way across town. As whispers spread from the playground to the dumpster behind the corner store and into a cemetery mausoleum, the truth hits like a blade: Sickle Jack isn’t just a story—he’s the harvest.

Expect mature themes, relentless tension, and a midnight showdown in the cornfields where an ancient bargain is kept and the missing return as something… else. This is Halloween horror storytelling built for listeners who love spooky stories with teeth.

This is night three of 31 shows in 31 days on Weekly Spooky—a new scare every single day this October. Subscribe, rate, and bring a friend to the fire. We go again tomorrow.

Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls — by Joe Solmo

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A crescent grin burning in a pumpkin face steal sliding

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through the dark. Boys on bikes racing past a cemetery

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as the scarecrow steps off his post. Follow the clues

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and win a prize unless sickle Jack finds you first.

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There's a shill in the air. Must befall Join me

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for a tale of Halloween. You will experience tales over

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over ghosts, San damp. It is not recommended for the

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Week at Heart. Join me for a Tale of Hollow.

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This is Weekly Spooky.

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Hello, my Spookyes, it's Friday, the third day of Halloween,

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and I'm your host and narrator, Enrique Cuto. Happy to

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have you back, getting in the spirit of the season.

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Tonight's story involves a group of boys riding around on

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their bicycles on Halloween and encountering some deadly circumstances along

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the way. But before we get to that, I want

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what if the Halloween Dare You Couldn't Resist wasn't a

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game at all? A scavenger hunt through plays, alleys and graves,

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each clue pulling you closer to a scarecrow with a

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pumpkin for a head and a sickle that never misses.

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Some legends wait all year for the one night when

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they can walk and collect, so get cozy. The story

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starts right after this sickle Jack, The Harvester of Souls

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by Joe Solmo. Hey, Tony, go kiss your mom goodbye

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so we can hit the road, Ryan complained loudly, through

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the cold, crisp autumn air. Tony had a real clingy

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mom that always made him late for things with his friends. Ryan,

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the oldest of the boys, didn't have any patience for family.

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Living with his drunk father, who was either at the

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bar or passed out on the couch, he was alone

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most of the time unless he was hanging out with

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the boys. Leave him alone, Ryan, Johnny said he was

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the one holding all the eggs and bars of soap

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in his backpack. If Tony's mom got too close, she

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might see the look of mischief in their eyes, or

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even worse, smell the eggs Johnny forgot to refrigerate in

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his panicked hiding of them from his own mother. How

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bad can they really get in three weeks in a

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New England autumn anyway, Ryan leaned over the handlebars of

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his BMX and rested his arms on the padding. There.

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It was starting to get dark out and they still

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had to go get Bow, who lived on the other

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side of town, near the school they were going to

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destroy this Halloween. He had been looking forward to it

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all year since their plans were foiled by Josh, the

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tenth grader, who knocked them down and hit them with

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their own eggs. Last year, it took a week to

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get the dried eggs out of his mullet. Boys, be careful,

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don't go missing like Sam Braid. A dreadful, dreadful thing,

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Tony's mom said. Then she continued after a pause, Tony,

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I love you, she called out with a wave from

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the front door. As he threw one corduroy laden leg

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over the bar of his own BMX, he almost fell

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over with the effort to get out while the going

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was good. For fuck's sake, you Spaz, get on that

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bike the right way and let's get the fuck out here,

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Ryan said, straightening up on his own ride. Ryan Dempsey,

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do you want me to tell your father what words

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I just heard come out of your mouth? Tony's mom said,

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moving with a wave to planting her hands on her

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wide hips. He taught me them, Ryan said, with a smile.

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Come on. He began to pedal down Orchid Street. After

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thirty feet, he turned and saw his friends still waiting

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for Tony. He sighed loudly, Tony, I love you, His

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mom said again. It was standard protocol at his house.

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Before he did anything, he had to tell his mom.

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He loved her. Are you coming, shithead, Ryan called out.

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Tony looked back at his mother, then at Ryan, like

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he was caught in the title pool between two authority figures.

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He managed to pedal to the end of the driveway

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where Johnny was with the backpack of doom. Tony his

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mother called out angrily. If he didn't say it back,

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his mom was likely to ground him. Shitthead, Ryan mocked him.

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Johnny saw the look in Tony's eyes and knew he

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was about to short circuit. He was a good friend,

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but not too bright. He can't walk and chew gum

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at the same time, so he didn't know what to do.

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I love shit, he yelled out with a confidence only

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a confused kid could muster, and pedaled off with the

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sudden adrenaline rush from swearing in front of his mother. Tony,

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I'm telling your father. His mother called after him, but

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the wind carried her words away with it through the

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nineteen eighties Berbia. Johnny shook his head, smiled, and pedaled

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after his friends as the sun ducked behind the tree

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lined street. They got to Bow's house right around six

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point thirty. The buzz of the street lights and distant

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children trick or treating, reaching their ears as they sat

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on their bikes. Tony, go get Bow, Ryan commanded, I

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don't want to. His mom is weird? Tony responded and

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pushed up his glasses. They had fogged over on the

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ride across town. How is she weird? Johnny asked. He

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had never been to Bow's house before. Ever since his

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dad fucked off, she's been all lonely and shit, Ryan said,

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and then punched Tony in the arm. Almost as bad

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as this shit had been. Mom worse, Tony said, with

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a distant stare that reminded Johnny of his uncle, the

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Vietnam Vet. What could be worse than your mom? Ryan sneered.

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Just then Bow's front door swung open and he came

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storming out. His mom filled the doorway behind him in

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a robe, holding a bottle of whiskey. Where are you going,

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Bow out? What about handing out candy with me? His

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mom called after him. I don't want to sit here

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all night, Bo said, Picking his bike up off the lawn,

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he jumped on it and pedaled to his friends. Bo Bo.

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His mom called out after him. See she's worse, Tony said,

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I don't know about that, Johnny replied and looked up

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at Bo's mom. Even with her disheveled hair falling around

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her face, she was an attractive woman, Bo, She called

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out again, Shit, guys, hold on a second, he said,

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and turned around. What mom, don't forget where you came from?

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She called out and flashed the boys. She wasn't wearing

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anything beneath the robe. What the fuck?

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Mom?

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Bo called out. Johnny's mouth dropped, Ryan laughed, and Tony

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looked down at his feet, embarrassed. You came out of

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me and I can stuff you back in. You mind

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your mother, she called out in a drunken slur. Bo's

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face grew red. Go inside, you're embarrassing me, Bo called out.

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Bo's mom dropped the bottle trying to close her robe

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in a rare moment of clarity, and ducked inside. What

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the fuck was that, Johnny asked him. The booze is

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fine until she takes the pills. Then she gets weird

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like that, Bo explained. Ryan burst out, laughing, It's not

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cool to make fun of my mom. Bo said. He

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was younger than Ryan but was tougher and everyone knew it.

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He'd pop him one if he felt like it. I'm

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not laughing at your mom. I'm laughing because Johnny has

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a boner, Ryan said, and pointed Johnny covered his crotch

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with his hands. You should go give it to her,

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make her forget all about Bo's dad, Ryan laughed. Bo

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rode the six or so feet over to Ryan and

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connected with a right that knocked the older boy off balance,

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and he fell to the concrete driveway. Not cool, Ryan said,

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touching his nose. Gingerly, say something about my mom again,

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Bo said, standing defiantly.

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

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We're good, Ryan said, defeated. He righted himself and they

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rode off in silence the last few blocks to the school.

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Just before they reached their destination for destruction, they ran

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into some familiar faces, partially hidden by costumes. Jenny, a

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popular girl from school, led her usual group of friends

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down the street towards them. Ryan locked on his bike's

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coaster brakes and skidded to within inches of the girls.

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Hey ladies, he said, with a smirk, Ugh Ryan Dempsey,

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Jenny said, rolling her eyes skyward to her teased, AquaNet

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encrusted bleached blonde bangs Hi Jenny, Johnny said shyly, Oh,

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hi Johnny, how's your parents? Jenny used to babysit for

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Johnny a few years back. He had had a crush

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on her since then, they're good, he replied, Are you

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gonna study? What do you have in that backpack? She

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asked him. The girls giggled at her joke. Naw, we're

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going to go egg the school. Johnny didn't finish. Ryan

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elbowed him in the gut. Sh the oldest boy said.

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Johnny looked back at Jenny. Where are you girls off to?

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He asked, masking the lost breath he suffered from over

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to Tucker's house. His parents are in the Bahamas for

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the week. All the cool kids are gonna to be there,

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Jenny said, and flicked her hair over the bare shoulder

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of her black spandex leotard. She had black lines painted

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on her cheeks like a cat. Tucker Ryan said under

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his breath. He was an older kid that had everything.

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He was super popular and played all the sports. Even

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the parents loved him, Ryan hated him. He was everything

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that Ryan wasn't You guys should totally come. Jenny's best friend,

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Becky said she was dressed as wonder Woman and was

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the only girl in her grade that could fill a

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costume made popular by Linda Carter. Maybe we will, Johnny said, later,

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and keep an eye out for sickle Jack, Jenny said,

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and walked past them. The girls all giggled. Johnny turned

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around to watch Jenny as she walked away. God bless spandex.

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He thought, we'd better get going before Johnny pops his

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tire with his boner. Ryan sneered. The boys finished the

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last of the ride and ditched their bikes in the

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hedges near the gym. They made their way hidden by

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the shrubs until they got to the larger windows of

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the classrooms. Egg me, Ryan said, holding out his hand

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while keeping his eyes out for a target. You guys

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want to hit that party after Johnny asked his friends.

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Tucker is an asshole, and they're all older kids, Bo said,

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handing an egg to Ryan. They don't really want us there.

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What was all that about, sickle Jack? Tony asked, some

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bullshit meant to scare us, Ryan said, and went to

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chuck an egg. It broke in his hand, and the

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rancid smell of weeks old egg reached the boy's nostrils.

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They began to gag and cough and had to leave

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the cover of the hedges. We can run around town

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with old rotten eggs and getting it on ourselves and

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possibly get in trouble. Or we can go to a

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party with girls, Johnny reasoned. Bo nodded his approval. Real

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drunk girls, he added. All drunk girls do is puke

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and cry. Ryan said, wiping his hands on some dried leaves,

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then finishing on Johnny's backpack. Yeah, but you can feel

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them up while they do it. Bo reasoned, that's so wrong,

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Johnny said, taking off his backpack. He dropped it to

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the ground and heard the crack of more eggs. He

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kicked the pack into the hedges. He wasn't about to

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take that mess home with him. Fine, but let me

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wash my hands first, Ryan said, and headed back to

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the bikes. The boys pulled up to the party. All

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the rich kids had their cars lined up and down

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the street on both sides. Ryan spat, thinking about all

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the eggs they had abandoned and could have used just now.

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They leaned their bikes against a tree two houses down

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and went to the open front door. Inside were kids

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from school, all with those red plastic cups clumped in

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twos and threes as they drank Tucker's parents liquor. Johnny

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looked around for Jenny and found her in the corner

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talking to Josh Hamilton, the bully that thore them last year.

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Not this time, Johnny muttered to himself and headed for Jenny.

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But a girl wearing the sexiest cat costume he had

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ever seen bumped into him. Soft breast tissue pressed up

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against his bare arm, and he instantly covered his crotch

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with his hand to hide the growing embarrassment there. Who

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are you, he asked the unfamiliar girl, Brenda. She replied,

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I've never seen you at school before, Johnny said. As

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Bo and Tony caught up to him, they looked at

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the girl in awe of her blue eyes, black hair,

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and pale skin. I don't go to this school, she answered,

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You Tucker's cousin or something, Tony asked. The girl nodded

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with a smile. She grabbed a few red cups and

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poured them drinks from the keg. The boys all took

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an uncertain look in the cups before drinking. What brings

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you to this lame party? Isn't there something more fun

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to do, she asked, and gestured the boy's back towards

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the door, where the music wasn't blaring in their ears.

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We were just checking it out on our way to

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the real party, Tony said, pushing up his glasses. Brenda laughed.

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You know what I like to do, She asked them.

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I hope it's kiss boys, Johnny said under his breath.

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At least he thought it was quiet enough. I gotta

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get to know them first, Brenda said, and pulled a

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pack of cigarettes out of her cleavage. Johnny hadn't even

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noticed it was there. I know a great way to

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get to know someone. A Halloween themed scavenger hunt. What's

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a scavenger hunt? Tony asked. It's like hide and seek,

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only better, Brenda said, and licked her lips. Give me

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one second, she said, and disappeared into the throng of people.

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Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your doors, weekly, spooky.

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We'll be right back.

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Come on, Johnny, we should go, Tony said, Yeah, she's

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just fucking with us. Bo agreed. Ryan approached them. He

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had two bottles of vodka up his sleeves. We got

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what we came for. Let's get out of here. Before

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they find out, Ryan said, and headed towards his bike.

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The boys followed. Ryan placed a bottle in each of

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the inner pockets on his jean jacket and turned to

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ride off, but Brenda stepped out from behind the tree. Here, boys,

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she said, and handed a paper to Johnny. You follow

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this and at the end, if you find me, I'll

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give you that kiss. She said, and winked a kiss

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for each of us. Tony asked, sure, follow the clues

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to find me. Brenda answered and ran off down the street.

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Ryan took a drink from a bottle before shoving it

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back in his pocket. Hey, there's the kid I saw

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stealing liquor, Josh said from the door of the party.

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Tucker and Josh headed towards the boys, and they did

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not look happy. Let's get the fuck out of here,

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Ryan said, and pedaled off into the darkness. The rest

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of the boys hurried to catch their friend. The boys

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gathered their breath a few blocks away. Johnny remembered the

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paper Brenda had given him and unfolded it. Sickle Jack

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loves to play climb the jungle swing away, smiling as

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he slices his prey. You'll be dead by the light

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of day. Is that supposed to be a clue? Bo asked,

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grabbing the paper from Johnny. Sickle Jack again, wonder what's

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with all these bitches obsessed with him? He must have

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a pretty big sickle, Ryan said, and laughed. Climb the jungle,

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Tony said, in thought the jungle gym at the playground.

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Johnny said, come on, let's go. The boys followed Johnny

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as he weaved around the late tricker treaters. They made

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it to the playground. Out of breath and excited, they

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quickly looked around for any clue as to what to

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do next. They found the playground, but what were they

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supposed to do there? They made it to the jungle

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gym and looked at the top. There was something up there,

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another clue. Johnny was excited and dropped his bike on

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the hard ground and began to climb the metal dome.

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There they are. Came angry voices from behind. From Johnny's

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vantage point, he could see Josh and Tucker approaching them.

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Look out, Johnny called down to his friends. He was

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only a few feet from the note at the top

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of the jungle gym. Just a second more and he

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could get the clue. That gets him one step closer

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to his first kiss. Oh you fuck, came shouting from below.

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Josh had doubled over Ryan with a single punch and

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was now dragging him towards some pine trees. He threw

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Ryan into them with a thud. Who's gonna save you now?

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Josh sneered and took back the half drunk bottle of

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vodka from the battered Ryan. His arm was bleeding where

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the sharp needles of the tree had penetrated his skin.

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Tony bo help, Ryan called out, but both boys were

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frozen in fear. Johnny looked down at his friends. If

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he went down there, he would get the shit kicked

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out of him too. What was he supposed to do?

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He unfolded the note in his hand and read it

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out loud. Sickle Jack loves to eat feasting Where the

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hoboes meet hide from the smile under the sheet survived

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thus far, Get a treat. Johnny recited the poem and

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looked down at his friends below. Just then, a gust

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of cold wind blew through the playground, followed by a

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quick rolling fog. Just barely perceptible from within were two

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triangle orange eyes, a glow with flame a crescent of

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a mouth sneered at the boy above Ryan. Oh shit,

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sickle Jack, Johnny cried out and raced down the jungle

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gym to get to his bike. He tapped Bow and

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Tony on the shoulders, breaking the spell of fear that

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kept them in place. They turned their attention to Ryan.

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How were they going to get him away from Josh?

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Just then, Josh made the most peculiar face as a loud,

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squelching sound erupted from him. A metal protrusion had escaped

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his chest, and steaming blood dripped off the smooth, sharp

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metal blade. Josh rose in the air, mouth agape and pain,

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but only for a moment before it went Lifelessly. Slack

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Tucker began to run. Sickle Jack let the other boy's

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body slide off his blade with a zing and chased

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after his prey. Johnny could hear the stuffed hay footfalls

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of the killer Scarecrow as it disappeared into the fog.

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What the fuck was that? Ryan asked? As he dusted

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himself off. He pulled the other bottle of vodka out

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and unscrewed the top, taking a long sip. Fucking sickle Jack,

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it had to be Johnny said, getting on his bike.

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Let's go. The other boys all got on their bikes

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and started riding away from the fog.

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More scares to come weekly Spooky, We'll be right back.

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It can't be. He doesn't exist, Tony said, as he

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pedaled as fast as he could. Do you know anyone

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else with the first name sickle? He was carrying a

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fucking sickle. Bo shouted, he killed Josh with it. Johnny said,

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wide eyed, he was still in shock from what he saw.

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Good riddance, Ryan's said, looking at his scraped up arm

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and almost crashing his BMX into Johnny. What are we

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supposed to do now? Go to the police? Tony asked, No,

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no cops. We're drunk and they'll try to pin Josh

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on us. They know we didn't get along. Ryan answered,

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you're the drunk one. We haven't had any. Bo reminded

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him Ryan was always stingy with sharing, even when he

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didn't pay for it. Then where are we going, Ryan asked,

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skidding to a halt on the dark street. We got

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another clue, Johnny said, and read it to the boys. Hoboes.

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Bo asked, the dumpster behind Willie's Convenience. Tony answered. The

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boys raced off. Now that they had a destination in mind.

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Maybe someone can buy us beer, Ryan said excitedly. The

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boys dumped the bikes along the fence that led down

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the alley next to Willie's Convenience store. An older kid

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popped out the glass doors with a six pack of

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beer and headed to his friends waiting in the car.

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Jimmy'll buy for us, Ryan said, excitedly. We don't have

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any money. Who's gonna pay for it, bo asked. Tony

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nodded his head in agreement. Johnny wasn't part of the

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conversation because he was heading back towards the dumpster behind

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the concrete block building. The drunk guy holding a glass

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bottle in a brown bag came meandering up the alley

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and bumped into Johnny. He took a few unstable steps

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back and shook his head to see straight. Sorry, kid,

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didn't see you there. It's okay, mister, Johnny said, and

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looked past the drunk into the alley. It was dark,

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really fucking dark back there, and he was feeling a

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bit apprehensive. He turned towards his friends, who were arguing

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about money at the end of the alley. Those kids

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giving you trouble, the drunk man said, and reached into

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his pocket with his free hand and pulled out a knife.

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Johnny went wide eyed, thinking he was about to die.

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He stood in fear as the drunk swayed back and

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forth on unsteady feet. I I gotta go, Johnny managed

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to say. After a moment. Nonsense, the man said, then

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flipped the knife in his hand, catching the black late end.

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He offered the handle to Johnny. If those kids give

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you trouble, you just jam that right in their ear

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and stir like you're making coco. You got me, They

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won't fuck with you again, the drunk finished. Johnny took

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the knife in his hand and looked it over, the

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blade glinting in the faint light from the mouth of

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the alley. He looked up at the drunk standing there.

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Thank you, no problem, kid. The drunk continued his journey

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towards the front of the alley, where the boys were

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now looking at Johnny. They gave the drunk man a

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wide berth as they leaned their bikes on the side

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of the building. Make some cocoa, kid, the drunk said,

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and almost fell over with laughter. What was that all about?

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Ryan asked, just some drunk nut, Johnny replied, sliding the

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knife into his back pocket to hide it. The last

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thing he needed was Ryan trying to take it. They

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headed to the dumpster in the near complete darkness. Johnny

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got an uneasy feeling as they heard a rustling coming

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from behind the giant metal garbage. Can you think the

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note is in the dumpster? Tony asked, with disgust in

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his voice. No idea, hope not, Johnny replied as he

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ran his fingers along the cold metal, feeling his way

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around again. The rustling was the wind blowing something plastic around.

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A flicking sound came from behind him. He turned to

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see Ryan lighting a lighter in his right hand. Where

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did you get that, Johnny asked, Bo's mom left it

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at my house last night, Ryan quipped. An audible smack

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came from behind the light and everything went dark. Ow

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you fuck you made me drop the lighter. Ryan complained,

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what did I tell you about my mom? Beau asked

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that she gives good head, Ryan said and ran back

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towards the bikes with a cackle. Beou and Tony chased

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after him. Johnny reached around on the pavement until he

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found the lighter and gave it a flick. In the

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dim light, he could just make out close objects. He

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walked around the side of the dumpster, looking for a note.

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Then he found what was making that rustling noise on

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a blue tarp was a woman and an man. They

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were partially dressed but were in the middle of it.

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Johnny saw the woman's boob hanging out of her unbuttoned shirt.

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He recognized her. She had a reputation in the town

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for both being a whore and being homeless. This must

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be her office, he thought. A flicker of the light

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revealed a folded note taped to the back of the dumpster.

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He had to step on the tarp to reach it. Pervert,

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he heard the woman say. As he snatched the note,

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she threw something at him that broke when it hit

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the pavement behind him. It's not like that, Johnny said,

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taking a step back. The man pulled his pants up

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and came at Johnny. The boy reached into his back pocket,

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wondering if the drunk guy had known this was happening

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behind the dumpster. I'll teach you to ruin a man's

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paid for good time, the man said, and lunged at Johnny,

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who took a step back, crushing the glass pipe further

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into the pavement. Johnny saw the familiar glow from the

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group of trees next to the tarp tent, and his

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blood froze. The pumpkin head of sickle Jack appeared behind

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the man.

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U sh it was only the wind. You are safe,

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weekly spooky. We'll be right back.

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What are you looking at, he asked, and then called

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over his shoulder, Cover up, darlin, I'll be right back.

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Johnny heard a heavy thud and a wet sound coming

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from the darkness behind the alley. He tried to flee.

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He wanted to flee, but his British night sneakers were

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glued to the cold pavement. Darling, the man called out

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to the darkness. It was the last words he ever spoke,

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as his mouth cavity became the temporary home of a

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long curved blade. The man's eyes widened as he watched

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the metal protrude farther and farther out of his mouth.

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He made a few gagging sounds before slumping on the blade.

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That sight freed Johnny's paralysis, and he raced down the alley,

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grabbing his bike along the way. He pedaled as fast

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as he could and exited the alley at full speed,

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00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:52.320
almost getting creamed by a red Chevy passing by. He

456
00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:55.760
looked up and down the street quickly and saw his

457
00:36:55.880 --> 00:37:00.800
friends about a block away. Go go, go, oh, he

458
00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:04.719
said as he passed them, still clutching the dumpster note

459
00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:08.719
in his hand. They pedaled for a few minutes before

460
00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:13.599
the adrenaline wore off enough for Johnny to stop two

461
00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:18.360
close calls in one night. He wondered if he should

462
00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:25.079
just go home. Did you find the note, Tony asked him, Yeah,

463
00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:28.239
it was taped to the back of the dumpster. He replied,

464
00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:34.000
you see a rat or something? Ryan asked, sickle Jack

465
00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:38.960
killed a prostitute and her john Johnny said, no shit.

466
00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:45.679
Bo asked, no shit. What do we do now? Tony asked,

467
00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:50.400
We read the next note. It'll lead us to the girl.

468
00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:56.400
Maybe she can answer our questions, Johnny said. Unfolding the paper,

469
00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:00.840
he noticed a drop of dark red blood bud from

470
00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:06.440
the man's face on the white note, sickle Jack among

471
00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:11.639
the dead, lighted by his pumpkin head. Watch out now

472
00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:18.559
where you tread or end up in the pile of dead. Fuck.

473
00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:24.440
We gotta go to the cemetery, Bo asked, looks like it,

474
00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:36.000
Johnny replied. The boys reached the wrought iron gates of

475
00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:41.199
Cornwall Cemetery and threw their bikes over the fence. The

476
00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:46.360
gates were chained loosely, and the boys squeezed through. The

477
00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:51.039
silent sentinels of stone stood in front of them, with

478
00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:55.320
the breeze whipping up splashes of orange and red leaves.

479
00:38:55.960 --> 00:39:01.199
See anything, Tony asked. It was obvious that he was scared.

480
00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:06.000
The rest of the boys were too, but Tony had

481
00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:11.159
a shit poker face. Nothing yet, Johnny said, reading the

482
00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:16.760
note again for inspiration. Let's check it out, Ryan said,

483
00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:22.239
and pedaled up the dirt path leading farther into the cemetery.

484
00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:27.320
Here it says the pile of Dead. Is there some

485
00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:32.119
place where bodies are piled Johnny asked his friends as

486
00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:35.880
they followed the path. I think they just dig a

487
00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:38.920
six foot hole and drop one in and cover it up,

488
00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:43.559
Ryan explained, while finishing off the rest of the vodka.

489
00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:49.960
What about those stone buildings over there, Bo asked, the mausoleums.

490
00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:55.280
Tony replied, Yeah, some of those are stacked up. I

491
00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:58.719
guess it's kind of like a pile worth a shot,

492
00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:04.920
Ryan said, and chucked the empty bottle. It smashed on

493
00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:08.480
a stone in the distance. You have a contract to

494
00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:12.599
be an asshole? Or does it come naturally? Bo asked,

495
00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:17.480
the oldest boy here, mom pays. Ryan started to say,

496
00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:23.159
then thought better of it. What was that, Bo asked,

497
00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:29.519
cocking his arm back. I said the moon's rays. Ryan lied,

498
00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:38.119
the moon's rays. Bo asked for clarification, knowing it was bullshit. Yeah,

499
00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:43.960
they're they're not very bright tonight. Ryan doubled down. Bo

500
00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:49.760
lowered his fist with a sneer. They walked up to

501
00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:54.480
the doors of the mausoleum. They too were loosely chained

502
00:40:54.800 --> 00:41:00.239
like the gate. Who's going in first? Tony asked, you're

503
00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:05.480
the smallest, Ryan volunteered him. Tony shook his head in fear.

504
00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:11.679
There was a rustling from within the ajar doors. Oh

505
00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:17.199
that that's probably a raccoon or skunk or something. Ryan said,

506
00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:21.679
Now get in there. He pushed Tony until he was

507
00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:27.000
up against the door. Come on, he's scared, Johnny protested,

508
00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:34.079
what's that you volunteering? Ryan asked, yeah, I'll go. This

509
00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:37.880
whole scavenger hunt thing was my idea to find Brenda

510
00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:42.719
and get a kiss. Now, at least three people are dead,

511
00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:48.119
Johnny explained. Hugh didn't kill them, though sickle Jack did.

512
00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:54.199
Tony reasoned, he seemed to be where we were, Johnny said.

513
00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:59.840
The boys took a second to look around at their surroundings. Okay,

514
00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:04.880
here I go, the love struck boy said, and slid

515
00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:09.559
under the old, loose chains on the doors. He heard

516
00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:13.880
the rustling inside and told himself it was just a rodent.

517
00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:18.079
He pulled the lighter from his pocket and flicked it.

518
00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:23.960
He saw nothing dangerous and called to the other boys.

519
00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:28.639
One by one, they entered the mausoleum and spread out

520
00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:34.920
in the faint, flickering light. Is that my lighter, Ryan accused,

521
00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:38.280
and tried to grab it from Johnny, but he was

522
00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:43.760
too fast for the drunken boy. I need it, Johnny explained,

523
00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:48.559
and started walking down the inner wall, reading the names

524
00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:54.119
carved into the stone. What are we looking for? Bo asked?

525
00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:59.199
A note telling us where to go next? Or Brenda?

526
00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:04.400
Johnny added, after a second of thought, he had no

527
00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:09.519
idea how long this scavenger hunt would last. Was it

528
00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:13.840
even a scavenger hunt? Anyway? He heard the boys going

529
00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:18.559
the other direction, looking at the stones. Bow had matches,

530
00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:21.960
and they were looking around in short bursts from the

531
00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:26.800
match light. A glimmer of the faint moonlight shone through

532
00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:31.800
a broken stained glass window, illuminating a white square ahead

533
00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:38.840
the moon's rays. As Ryan said, Johnny's heart raised at

534
00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:43.840
the sight of the note. He walked faster and snatched

535
00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:48.480
it from the stone wall. I got it, guys. He

536
00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:53.360
turned around in his excitement to see the boys illuminated

537
00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:58.599
by a flashlight and two other people in the mausoleum

538
00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:00.760
with them.

539
00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:06.159
Are you afraid? Good weekly spooky, We'll be right back.

540
00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:13.480
He thought they were busted at first, but realized it

541
00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:17.559
was a pregnant lady and her small child holding a

542
00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:21.639
bag of Halloween candy. Thank you for letting us in,

543
00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:26.360
the woman said. It was following us down the road,

544
00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:31.199
some creep in a scarecrow costume, carrying a sickle in

545
00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:36.119
his hand, the woman said, and Johnny's blood ran cold.

546
00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:40.039
We need to get out of here, he said. This

547
00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:44.480
is how it's been going all night. Who's coming, the

548
00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:50.440
woman said. Her daughter tugged on her sleeve. The pumpkin man,

549
00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:56.960
the girl said. As the doors busted open, the little

550
00:44:56.960 --> 00:45:00.559
girl got hit by the doors and slid across the floor.

551
00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:05.880
Johnny caught her before she hit the wall. Sickle Jack

552
00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:10.880
entered the museum and turned his great pumpkin head around,

553
00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:17.320
looking at them all one by one. Do you know

554
00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:21.400
who my husband is? The woman demanded and put her

555
00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:25.519
hands on her hips. Sickle Jack took a swing with

556
00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:30.880
his sickle at her face, and she jumped back, surprisingly

557
00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:35.960
agile for a pregnant woman. She ducked behind Ryan and

558
00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:40.320
grabbed his shoulders. Ryan tried to shake her off, but

559
00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:45.840
she gripped him tight. Get off, He commanded the woman,

560
00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:50.119
I have children to live for, she called out. As

561
00:45:50.199 --> 00:45:54.000
the head turned towards them. Sickle Jack took a step

562
00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:59.199
closer to Ryan and the woman, bo and Tony slid

563
00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:03.039
out the door. Johnny grabbed the girl and led her

564
00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:08.920
to the exit and the relative safety of outdoors. Sickle

565
00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:13.360
Jack took another swing with his sickle, lower than the first.

566
00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:17.679
Ryan managed to dive to the side. He grabbed the

567
00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:21.119
flashlight and shined it in the face of sickle Jack

568
00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:26.800
in an effort to blind him. Johnny heard the gurgling

569
00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:32.480
noises and knew what happened even before he looked. He

570
00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:36.760
stood in the doorway looking at the pregnant woman clutching

571
00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:42.079
her stomach bleeding. Sickle Jack had pulled the blade back

572
00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:46.880
out and wiped the fetus off on his straw filled pants.

573
00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:52.440
It plopped to the floor with a final twitch, then

574
00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:57.000
went still. The woman's knees buckled and she dropped to

575
00:46:57.079 --> 00:47:02.400
the stone floor on them. Sickle Jack swung again, burying

576
00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:07.119
the curved blade into her neck. It was stuck in

577
00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:10.480
her spine, and he planted a foot on her chest

578
00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:17.920
and gave a heave. The blade didn't budge. Johnny went outside,

579
00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:21.320
afraid he was going to puke at what he saw.

580
00:47:22.320 --> 00:47:26.599
Tears streamed down his face. Ryan came out after him

581
00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:30.840
and grabbed his bike. We need to go, he said,

582
00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:39.159
Go where Johnny asked, Everywhere I go, that thing follows. Oh,

583
00:47:39.239 --> 00:47:43.519
don't be a defeatist, Ryan said, and then looked back

584
00:47:43.599 --> 00:47:47.760
at the tiny body on the floor of the mausoleum.

585
00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:52.480
Sickle Jack had just freed his blade and was dispatching

586
00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:59.880
of the mother's limbs. Ha get it, defeatist. Defeatist, Ryan said,

587
00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:04.880
you're a sick fuck. Johnny replied and tucked the note

588
00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:09.119
into his pocket with the knife. Just then, sickle Jack

589
00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:13.800
stepped out of the building and swung, catching Ryan in

590
00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:18.679
the ribs. The blade bit deep, and soon blood dripped

591
00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:23.760
down the boy's side. Come on, Johnny said, grabbing the

592
00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:27.760
little girl and putting her on his handlebars. Hold on,

593
00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:32.760
Tony bow and Johnny pedaled back to the gates as

594
00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:36.559
fast as they could. Can we go to the cops now,

595
00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:42.360
Tony asked, yes, Johnny said, as they threw their bikes

596
00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:48.519
back over the fence. They quickly pedaled down the street. Wait, wait,

597
00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:53.079
the little girl cried out, that's my aunt Donna's house.

598
00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:57.480
The boys stopped dead and let the girl off the bike.

599
00:48:58.400 --> 00:49:01.639
She ran onto the porch of the house, knocking on

600
00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:05.800
the door. I don't like being this close to the cemetery,

601
00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:12.280
Tony said, anxiously, me either, Johnny said, and pulled out

602
00:49:12.320 --> 00:49:18.480
the note. You found it. What does it say? Bo asked?

603
00:49:19.639 --> 00:49:25.159
Sickle Jack loves his home, his needed comfort after a gloam,

604
00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:31.079
though sickle Jack ain't alone. His children rise from the

605
00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:37.639
kattak combs. That doesn't sound good either. Where the fuck

606
00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:43.280
would sickle Jack live Pumpkinville? Johnny asked, Stuffing the note

607
00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:46.960
back in his pocket, He observed the street they were

608
00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:51.480
heading down. Nothing out that way? But farms and corn

609
00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:58.039
the cornfields. He is a scarecrow, right, Bo asked, after

610
00:49:58.119 --> 00:50:02.480
a second to think. Yeah, but maybe we should go

611
00:50:02.599 --> 00:50:08.519
to the authorities. He said, we should finish it for Ryan.

612
00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:14.840
Tony said with determination. Fuck that guy. He's been an

613
00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:18.880
asshole his whole life. We don't owe him shit. Bo

614
00:50:19.159 --> 00:50:23.639
chimed in, Well, if I go out to the cornfield,

615
00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:28.719
there shouldn't be any innocent bystanders around to get hurt

616
00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:33.800
by sickle Jack. Johnny said, feeling the knife in his pocket.

617
00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:38.280
I'm going to head out there. You guys should go

618
00:50:38.360 --> 00:50:44.840
home and be safe. What's a gloam Bo asked.

619
00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:51.679
If you thought that was scary, just you wait weekly spooky.

620
00:50:51.880 --> 00:50:52.960
We'll be right back.

621
00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:59.079
Johnny really tried to get his friends to leave, but

622
00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:04.440
they wouldn't abandon him this close to the prize. He wondered,

623
00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:07.920
with a hint of jealousy, if they were doing it

624
00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:12.199
for the kiss. He wasn't sure how he felt about

625
00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:17.880
sharing Brenda even with his best friends. They rode their

626
00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:22.519
bikes until there were no more street lights illuminating the way.

627
00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:27.320
The faint starlight between the trees lining each side of

628
00:51:27.360 --> 00:51:33.280
the road was their only navigational beacon. Still, they rode on,

629
00:51:34.239 --> 00:51:37.880
knowing the fields would open up on either side soon.

630
00:51:38.639 --> 00:51:43.519
An occasional cloud made the night even darker. Johnny looked

631
00:51:43.519 --> 00:51:47.320
at his Cassio wristwatch and saw that it was almost

632
00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:51.440
eleven thirty. His mom would kill him for being out

633
00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:56.599
this late, that is, if sickle Jack didn't get to

634
00:51:56.679 --> 00:52:00.760
him first. Once they saw the rolling hill on either

635
00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:05.880
side of the road, they slowed down, looking for a

636
00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:12.199
scarecrow or any sign of where to go next. The

637
00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:16.320
cold air dried the sweat the boys had conjured during

638
00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:22.360
their speedy ride, there Bo said, pointing into the field.

639
00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:26.440
On the left. At the top of the hill stood

640
00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:30.920
two figures. It was impossible to tell who they were

641
00:52:31.079 --> 00:52:35.840
from this distance, but one had a large round head,

642
00:52:36.760 --> 00:52:40.440
and even from the road they could see the illumination.

643
00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:47.880
Sickle Jack waited for them. The other had to be Brenda.

644
00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:53.639
Johnny abandoned his bike in the ditch and carefully navigated

645
00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:57.840
his way through the barbed wire fence. He didn't wait

646
00:52:57.960 --> 00:53:02.039
for his companions as they headed towards his reward at

647
00:53:02.039 --> 00:53:06.440
the top of the hill. Wait for us, Tony called

648
00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:09.599
from behind him as he got tangled in the fence.

649
00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:15.320
Shit can't take you anywhere, Bou said, and with an

650
00:53:15.320 --> 00:53:21.199
apprehensive glance at Johnny, stopped to help his friend. Brenda.

651
00:53:21.719 --> 00:53:24.519
I made it. I followed the poem you left for me,

652
00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:29.199
Johnny called out, showing her the scraps of paper he

653
00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:35.199
had collected. There was something different about her. She turned

654
00:53:35.239 --> 00:53:39.599
to sickle Jack, who just stood at her side as

655
00:53:39.639 --> 00:53:45.199
he neared them. Go get them, bring them here, she said,

656
00:53:45.440 --> 00:53:48.960
gesturing to Bo and Tony, who were working their way

657
00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:53.320
up the hill towards them. Do I get that kiss now,

658
00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:59.960
Johnny asked. Brenda considered him for a second. Not quite yet,

659
00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:04.960
but soon, cutie, she said, and turned towards the pole

660
00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:09.639
in the ground that normally would hold a scarecrow. You

661
00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:14.480
live out here, Johnny asked. He was infatuated with her.

662
00:54:15.159 --> 00:54:20.159
He couldn't tear his eyes away from her beauty. Did

663
00:54:20.199 --> 00:54:25.320
she always have pointy ears? He was wondering if her

664
00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:28.400
hair had been covering it earlier when he met her.

665
00:54:29.519 --> 00:54:33.440
She was still wearing the same costume. Why would she

666
00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:37.920
change her hair? He must have missed it before, he

667
00:54:38.039 --> 00:54:42.320
told himself. Tony landed on the ground in front of them,

668
00:54:42.800 --> 00:54:48.199
followed by Bow. Both were bleeding. Not there on the pole,

669
00:54:48.920 --> 00:54:54.199
Brenda yelled with an exasperated sigh. Sickle Jack dragged Johnny's

670
00:54:54.239 --> 00:54:58.559
friends and began to tie them up back to back

671
00:54:59.079 --> 00:55:03.440
around the wooden hole sticking out of the ground. What's

672
00:55:03.519 --> 00:55:07.480
going on, Brenda, Johnny asked, when his love struck brain

673
00:55:08.079 --> 00:55:12.119
finally processed the scene in front of him. Both of

674
00:55:12.159 --> 00:55:18.440
his friends looked unconscious. Where they hurt? Just getting everything ready?

675
00:55:18.960 --> 00:55:23.079
Did you know that tomorrow starts a new year? Sowyn

676
00:55:23.280 --> 00:55:28.039
is upon us, she said, raising her hands to the sky.

677
00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:33.079
Were there that many clouds before? Johnny found it hard

678
00:55:33.159 --> 00:55:38.559
to concentrate. Do the little one, Brenda said to sickle Jack.

679
00:55:39.440 --> 00:55:45.559
He swung his namesake blade and slit Tony's throat, first

680
00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:50.840
one way, then again on the backstroke. Two arcs of

681
00:55:50.960 --> 00:55:55.480
blood spattered down on the dry, corn stalked covered ground.

682
00:55:56.760 --> 00:56:04.800
A rumbling began, and Johnny's neck had stood Tony, he asked,

683
00:56:04.960 --> 00:56:10.559
dumbfounded at the senseless violence he had witnessed. Suddenly, the

684
00:56:10.679 --> 00:56:16.079
rumbling stopped, and from the drops of blood, mushrooms began

685
00:56:16.199 --> 00:56:20.760
to grow in a perfect circle around them on the hill.

686
00:56:22.039 --> 00:56:26.480
New year knew me, Brenda said. As the mushrooms grew

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into familiar shapes in the dark. In front of Johnny

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was Josh Tucker, Ryan, the whore, and the businessman from

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the dumpster, as well as the woman and even the

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fetus from the mausoleum, all standing in a circle around them.

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How Johnny asked, Brenda ignored him. Finish the task, then

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get back to your post. Brenda said to sickle Jack,

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the pumpkinheaded scarecrow round on bow and lifted his chin. No,

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Johnny screamed and jumped on sickle Jack's back. He pulled

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the knife out of his pocket and buried it into

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the side of his large pumpkin head and twisted it around.

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It seemed to have no effect on him. Like you're

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making cocoa, came the drunk's voice from behind him. He

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was among the mushroom people in the circle. Sickle Jack

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must have gotten him too. He slid off of Jack's

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back in despair. When he heard the wet squelching of

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the monster's blade sliding through Bow's flesh, Johnny dropped onto

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the ground, tears temporarily blinding him. No fight, please, It's

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more delicious that way, Brenda said, with a laugh that

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sounded inhuman. Were her eyes is always black. Tears are bitter,

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but adrenaline fueled fear is like an energy drink for

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you mortals. Sickle Jack finished with bow and climbed up

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onto the pole. He slid the sickle into his rope

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belt and placed his arms out like a hay stuffed Jesus.

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The lights dimmed in the pumpkin head and then finally

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went out. The pumpkin cracked and fell off the body,

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leaving a boy's face behind sam brait. Johnny asked, but

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he he disappeared last Halloween? Did he? Brenda asked, I

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knew where he was all along, she said, and drew

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closer to Johnny. Were her fingers always that long and pointy?

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The mushroom people closed in on Johnny and reached out

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with arms that were both fungi and flesh. They gripped

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him tight and held him as Brenda closed the gap.

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It's time for your kiss, she said, and smiled. Were

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her teeth always so pointy? Johnny tried to wrestle free

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from the grasp of the mushroom victims of sickle Jack,

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but they held him tight. There was no escape. Brenda

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planted her lips on his. He had to admit that

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part wasn't the worst. But then something entered his mouth

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and it wasn't her tongue. It was hard and woody flavored.

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It grew into his head, exploring all the cavities it

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could find, up into his sinuses, down his throat. He

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found it hard to breathe. Brenda backed off, and Johnny

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saw that it was a pumpkin stem reaching from her

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mouth into him. He passed out from the horror. Johnny's

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eyes opened and he tried to focus his vision. He

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was standing on something. He was taller than the vague

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shapes of people he could barely see. He blinked a

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few times to try and clear his vision. He couldn't

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move his arms weren't currently cooperating with him. A few

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seconds passed and his vision did clear. He saw Brenda

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standing in the field a few feet below him. The

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mushroom people were feeding on the body of Sam Braid.

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His vision darkened again and he passed out. When he awoke,

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he was in the same spot, only Brenda was there

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this time. He tried to speak, but found he couldn't arise.

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Sickle Jack, I come to you on all Hallow's Eve

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to reap for me, Brenda said. Johnny found himself climbing

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down from something until he stood on the ground in

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front of her. He turned to see what he was

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standing on and was horrified to see that it was

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the scarecrow's pole in the field. Face me, sickle Jack,

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Brenda commanded, and he turned to face her. She gave

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him a wicked smile. Come, it's time to reap this

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year's harvest, she said, and led Johnny off towards the road.

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He passed a puddle and looked down, horrified at the

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pumpkin head looking back up at him. And that was

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the legend of sickle Jack, the pumpkin headed harvester who

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never lets a soul escape his sickles swing. But don't

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blow out your jack o' lanterns just yet, my spookies,

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because tomorrow the terror takes a very different shape. We'll

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need a girl who thought she'd beaten death herself until

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a nightmare experiment left her carrying something far worse in strickfield.

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She's whispered about, as aids Mary, a walking curse who

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leaves lipstick, warnings and bodies behind wherever she goes. So

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join us tomorrow for night four of thirty one shows

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in thirty one days as the season grows darker, deadlier,

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and more unforgettable. If you want to help support Weekly

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extra special thank you to our Patreon podcast boosters, folks

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Thank you all so much. And if you want to

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It really makes a big difference. It helps me keep

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the show going and going and growing. But now it's

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time for me to get back to work, so I'll

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see you here tomorrow when we unveil AIDS Mary Patient

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zero by Rob Fields, for myself, for my executive producers

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Rob Fields and Bobotopia dot Com, my producer Dan Wilder,

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and my composer Ray Mattis. I will talk at you

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well after the harvest.

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Thank you for listenings. Make sure to find your way

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back next weekly week. But for now you are safe.

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Trust me,