And That's Why We Drink - E379 A Never-ending Slumber Party and an ATWWD Bowling League

Episode Date: May 12, 2024

It's episode 379 and we're experiencing technical difficulties and making big life announcements (Christine even screamed so loud she hurt her missing tooth)! Tune in to our intro for some surprise info and updates. Then we're digging into our audio vaults to share one of our earliest live shows: Houston, Texas in 2019! Em accidentally covers two stories involving the words "spaghetti" in the Spaghetti Warehouse (actually in Texas) and the Old Spaghetti Factory (not actually in Texas). Then Christine covers the wild case of Ana Trujillo, the Stiletto Killer. We're funny but not stupid... and that's why we drink!Don't forget to pre-order our new haunted book! bit.ly/hranextstop

Everybody, I have made a whoopsie daisy. And well, I didn't really make it today, but it's been a long time coming. I got me an old, old laptop and I, for some reason, not for some reason, because of this old, old laptop, I can't, the recording is not happening today. We tried very hard and it's not in the works for you. So, uh. I, it was a mess.

I feel like, like we're not even recording this on video right now because if we do, the whole thing kind of shuts down. And we did like the speed test on the internet, like the internet speed test and and port M's was like two or something. Yeah. And Eva goes, mine's 575.

And we were like, OK, well, I think either both of us need better internet, or at least you need a new computer. Yeah, it's time I old Yeller this laptop and take her out back. And so I'm taking her out back. And so I. No. So I'm taking her out back and then I'm going out front, getting in my car and going to Apple to get a new laptop. I think you should bring it because I

think sometimes they do like, you can get like a discount if you give them your old laptop. That's true. They are also. I would try it. Try that. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

OK. Anyway. We'll talk about that later. It's not important. Hi, folks. So what we did, we were like, oh, yeah, okay. Anyway, it's not- We'll talk about that later. It's not important. Hi, folks. So what we did, we were like, oh, goodness gracious. We are actually, the reason we can't really reschedule is because we are planning a little fun thing

for the future this week. We're traveling, we're doing our live show in LA, and then we're doing some fun, secret, surprisey, spooky things. So we don't have time to record another one, like aside from today. So we decided to go into the annals and find a live show that we have not yet released.

And somehow this one apparently has not come out yet unless it has, in which case, oops, it's too daisy. We tried, we tried. It says in our Google Drive, it says in our Google Drive that we have not posted it. So that's what we're going off of. And I will say, we will probably,

I haven't listened to this in ages. So I don't remember off the top of my head right now what happens, but I do know that the show we're releasing, which is Houston, Texas from 2019 was a show that M and I somehow, because we had zero boundaries agreed to do two shows in one night. And because so many people bought tickets to both shows, we decided to do different stories for each show.

So we were, by the end of it, like, I mean, I was probably like three bottles of wine deep. It's gonna be a doozy, whether it's the first show of that evening or the second. It was also our very first tour where we didn't know how to. Oh my God, wow. This was probably before, right before we started like being so exhausted at each other because this was our like 50 city tour or whatever. Yeah and

Houston I will say also the the vibe in Houston is always so outrageous. So outrageous. It's easily one of our best cities. It like filled our cups so quickly that I think even if we were really exhausted I imagine the show is going's gonna be like off the chain. Do the kids still say that? Probably not. Off the chain. Well, I hope you enjoy this little time capsule five years ago. Yeah, and obviously it's why we drink,

so that's a given. Actually, I have a different reason why I drink, which I know we're not recording our faces, but I'd like to tell you anyway. Oh, okay. Tell me, please. I bought a house. What? Oh, okay. Tell me. Please. I bought a house. What?! This is why I wish we were recording today.

But I have to tell you, because when you come this week, we've already closed. I'd like you to see it. This is Christine's face right now. Don't move. So I can take a picture for everybody There it is That's a good one. That's gonna be good for Instagram What the fuck M? Are you serious sure did? Oh?

My god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. It's been so long since we've announced big news on the podcast I wanted to do it so badly. I'm gonna cry. I'm so happy for you. I- Congratulations. I really wanted to tell you in front of everybody, but- Oh my God, I'm like crying now. Oh my God, congratulations. That's so fucking exciting. I wanted your reaction.

Did you tell Alison not to tell me? Thank you. I wanted to tell you when it was all done, so I can just say, I have a house. Oh my God. Because Alice and I have been texting, and she must not have told me on purpose. Yes, I told her you cannot tell her.

But anyway, would you like to see it? And then we can discuss it on our next episode. Yes, I'm losing my mind. Oh my God, I'm so sorry. I would have recorded the video even with the lag if I had known. No, because it would have been such an awkward silence what I told you. You would have been like, I bought a, yeah, I would have recorded the video even with the lag if I had known. No, because it would have been such an awkward silence when I told you.

You would have been like, I bought it, yeah. I bought it. I bought it, and I would have been like, a new fucking laptop, and you would have been like, no. No. Anyway, I'm excited for you to see it. I'm so sweaty, Em, I wanna see it. Wait, so do I get to see when I come?

Yeah, that's why I wanted to tell you before you got here, but you're gonna be here now by the next time an episode comes out. I just, I like shouted so loud my my missing tooth hurts again. Ow. I bruised my jaw. We get the keys tomorrow, so if you wanna... Oh my god, Em! I need to like, oh my gosh, wow, I need to process this. I'm so happy for you So second update about my internet it will be different soon Wow, so you are buying like a whole new life my friend sure I'm getting a laptop Help me. I have no money Well, yeah, that's part of the problem. That's part of it It's been very hard to not tell you we We've been doing this since probably over a month now.

Are you shitting me? You really had me fucking fooled. Because I feel like I've asked you within the last month how things are going and stuff. Not blatantly outright, but I think I've definitely opened the door for you to say it and you didn't, so I'm delighted. Also, this is obviously like off recording. I mean, it doesn't matter, but I'm just telling you because I'm telling you.

Eva has known for quite some time. What? Because you will see when- Sneaky little witch. You will see, I'm warning everybody now, but we are gonna be doing some construction in the house, and so I will be recording from a studio for probably the rest of the year.

A studio? Like a real professional studio? Like we're gonna have to rent space somewhere because I won't have the room. So Eva says, sneaky witch is my middle name, and I'm like, careful, because that sounds a lot like stinky witch, and we have had a lot of these stinky, stinky witches.

I've got a lot of witches in my back pocket, I guess. Wow, Em, I'm so proud of you. I'm so happy for you. That's such a big, big deal. I know. Are you happy? I will be happy when the construction's over, but I currently am just scared.

Wow, Em, I'm so happy for you. It is scary, but it's a fun scary. Yeah, anyway, we will- I'm so happy for you. I'll do the next reason why I drink next week will be the whole how we even found the house and all that. I'm sorry that I just got on, put my stupid hood on and started blabbing, blabbing, blab, blab, blab about Houston when you had really big news.

No, I wanted to tell you, I didn't care how it happened. I just wanted to make sure I told you before. Otherwise, how was I going to get you to this house without telling you, without people getting to hear your reaction? I never have milestones, so this is probably the only big reaction you're gonna hear from me for a while, so. Oh my God, I hope not,

because I feel like I'm on top of the world right now. I don't know, I'm like, wow, I'm, woo, I'm thrilled. I'm so happy for you, because just folks were, you probably picked up on it, but it's tough out there house buying right now. And Em has been looking for a long time. So this has been like, and there've been some ups and downs and you know, how it goes.

Behind closed doors, we've been house hunting for a little bit now and we've put in offers and it hasn't happened, but this is the first. And I feel like a lot of my friends have been in that same boat and have not successfully managed it. So I'm really, really excited for you, Em. I will tell you all about it when I see you, but then I will tell you all about it again

on the air so people can be part of it. We're gonna have like, the cockroaches are in the past now. Like I don't know how we're gonna, well, I hope, well, I hope. Knock on wood, oh my God, knock on wood. Oh, trust me, we're already, we're hiring every exterminator in the area.

Is that the construction? Yeah. You're like airtight sealing the house. It's actually knocking down the current house and just putting a new house there. Wow, Em. I'm so happy for you. I've wanted to tell you for a long time. Well, okay. So this is kind of poignant then because this episode that we're about to release is 2019 Houston live show or whatever

God that would have been like five years ago, right? So five years ago So half a decade ago and we were in such different places mentally physically literally I was still in LA I Didn't have roaches yet. You didn't have roaches yet. Pre-pandemic, there was a lot more of a star in my eye. I was gonna say, we had like a gleam, you know? I was so, so drunk before I kind of took stock in my potential drinking problem.

You know, I hadn't discovered the magic of weed yet, you know, and Wow, and like neither of us had bought a house and now five years later. Look at us go. I'm so home owners Wow, that's so exciting. I'm really happy for you Anyway, I'm excited to show it to you I want your opinion actually this might work better because I get to tell the story of how it came to be and then you Can give everyone a oh, oh, then I can comment it, I can add my own perspective. Oh, oh I'm excited. So that's why we'll drink next week. But oh it's why I'm gonna drink right now, I can't wait. I have been wanting to tell you for a long time thank you Eva for keeping my secret and thank you for finding me a recording studio, because we are going to need it.

Oh, you guys. Anyway, I don't know how to end this. I'm going to Apple, I guess. OK, well, I'm going to the Houston improv to listen to my drunken self just blab about a really probably inappropriate true crime that we shouldn't have been talking about on stage. But five years ago, we were different people back then.

So I hope you all enjoy it. And if not, I'm so sorry, but I promise we're trying over here and we're going to get back to it next weekend, which is Mother's Day. So the next episode comes out on Mother's Day. A mother's wish is our regular programming. So a mother's wish is get a fucking computer. No it sounds like you've had a lot on your plate that I did not even know about so I am I am you've successfully diverted my attention and my frustration into just

excitement. All I aim to do. Okay I'll see you in a few days at my house. I can't wait! Oh my God, I'm gonna bring a housewarming gift? Oh, I'm so excited! Okay, I love you, Em, and I love you even though you're a sneaky little witch. Okay, folks, I hope you enjoyed the show! She was a wanton. Listen, listen, English is my first language. Is Tamra home? What?

Sassy with me, sassy the clown. The clown is shouting. Oh, sweet, that booze. Finish your drink. Hello! And that's why we drink! Holy shit! Oh my gosh, hi Houston!

This is the, oh yeah. Yeah, this is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah.

This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. This is the, oh yeah. Hi Houston! Wait, wait, wait, look. Yeah. This, damn it, you got two out of them we went to Bucky's

We did it just for you it was bananas I Never been to one. Have you know this is actually first of all hi Houston And also this is like our first time ever in Houston. Yeah We hadn't even been to Texas before this leg. So... This is literally the loudest room we've ever been in. Holy shit! You guys are testing my medication today.

They literally just said everything's bigger in Texas and you're proving that right now. We also, yesterday we were in Dallas but we had Waterburger. Yeah we did. All right now you're just pandering. I know. I want people to like me. Anyway how has your time been in Houston for the last couple hours? Everything's really large. There's a lot of big, big cars that go very fast. We are terrified of how you drive here. And I'm from LA.

We're from LA. We're not new to driving, but wow, you guys. But we're also not used to driving because all we do is sit in traffic and now everyone expects us to go like a hundred miles an hour and You guys have very interesting very short ramps here and So like you launch yourself onto the highway and there's short ramps next to like four other short ramps Yeah, so like your decision-making has to be instant Yeah, and we were we were driving here and at different times either She was driving or Eva was driving,

and we were trying to help each other with the GPS. They'd be like, okay, turn now. Oh, nope. Never mind. Or I'd turn, and they'd be like, it says do not enter. And they'd be like, Chevy Silverado's coming at me. That's just very scary.

Also, I don't know if this makes you proud or disappointed of us, but two seconds into landing in Texas, coming at me. It's just very scary. Also I don't know if this makes you proud or disappointed of us but two seconds into landing in Texas we got our first Bless Your Heart. Yeah we did. We don't know if it was the good one or the bad one. Yeah we were like, aww. I know. What did we do? I know, what do you mean? Yeah, that's, listen, this has been fun. It's been good. Oh, they already know the rules, damn it.

I guess I should just go straight to my story. I guess, we have two shows tonight, so, oh boy. This is the first, we have never done this, so wish us luck. And also sorry. If you've ever listened to our episodes on the show and we sound like we're kind of in the daze, it's because we usually are recording a second episode right from the first. So maybe in the second one, if you're coming to the second one too, you might see a very dazed, interesting version of us. Very realistic. We're just like, there interesting version of us. Very realistic, yes.

Where it's just like, there's so much death, so much going on. All right. Shall we? I guess so. I guess so. So my story is kind of short, and I'm sorry about that. Wait, are we doing the thing? Yeah.

LOL. I thought you were already cracking into it. I'm not diving right in. I just want everyone to you already dive it. I'm not diving right in. I just want to oh, I want everyone to be aware Sorry, really like threw me under a bus there. No So my story before we get into it is very short But there is like a very fun twist where like classic me I fucked up big time So I just never I want everyone to like know something weird is coming. Okay. So, um.

I think they already knew that. I think so too. But before we get into it, as Christine said, let's do a drinking game. Okay. These are dangerous chairs, by the way. They really, I mean, they expect you to drink wine and sit all the way up here.

No, that's a, you're asking too much of me, Houston. I'll catch you. I'm kidding. Thank you. Okay, so drink once if Christine gasps. But that doesn't usually happen, so... You'll be fine. Or drink once if Christine says, listen, also doesn't happen.

No. Drink once for... Fun fact. That happens a lot. Which is not ever really fun. It's more sad. True. It's more sad.

Drink once for sure sure sure sure sure sure or any reference to us sweating profusely which It's already happening. Who's to say? Drink twice for hello We know it's right there, but we're always worried you're not gonna actually do it When that day comes we got to shut down and move out like Christine. Let's just let's just leave we're done Drink twice if we talk about my sweet little babu You missed one. I know I it's just funny. Okay. You just didn't want to do it I saw Geo's name and kind of blacked out and I was like And thanks Megan should probably be an additional.

True. Thanks, Preece. There's a lot. Drink twice any time we tell Eva what to do? Probably guaranteed. That happens also. So if you can't tell, the goal is to get really drunk. So... Hope you're on your way! And usually we all win. Hope you're on your way. And usually we all win.

Sorry, that was funny. So next up is something probably weird for you to see, but we're going to just, we're going to get right into it. So I'm in charge of the slides, Which means I wanted to be really creative and visual in the beginning, and I was like, ooh, I'm gonna do pictures of milkshakes and wine. It's gonna be really wild. And then I was Googling images of milkshakes

and people drinking milkshakes, and this is what I got. So you can try this at home. If you Google image people drinking milkshakes, this is what you show up, this is what shows up first. And it's pretty precious, right? So if you erase milkshake out of the search bar and just replace it with wine and have people drinking wine, I had to see it, so so do you. I had to see it, so so do you.

I had to see it, so so do you. I had to see it, so so do you. I had to see it, so so do you. I had to see it, so so do you. Quick side note, these, I don't know if you guys can tell, way in the back, these women are heavily in their third trimester, so in case anyone had a doubt. They just can't wait anymore. And this is a very small child, so. And top right is Christine.

Okay. Only in a few hours after these two shows, maybe. So, um, next up is my story. Yay! Although, um... You're making me nervous with this. I don't know what you're doing. These are the wrong notes.

As we walked out, it was literally like, are those the right notes? Check them. I don't know if this is the right slideshow. Who knows? Oh my god. Uh oh. They're both there. Oh, there's Eva's already like, oh shit. Eva, should we check?

Eva! She's not doing anything. Is it the wrong slideshow? I don't know. Is it number one or two? Eva, help. Come on. Shit, we didn't think it would happen that fast. Everyone, ignore my desktop that has a lot of pictures of steak and mac and cheese.

No, I unplugged it. Oh, you saved me. Okay. I unplugged it before they could see it. In Dallas, it just started with... Thank you, Eva. It just started with... Oh, we'll pop that right back in, yeah.

There were just pictures of steak all over the... There... On my... Here's the thing. I'm in the middle of decorating a kitchen, and I was like, what should I frame? And so... Literal... This is literally what happened. I thought it would be really crafty.

You're the best. Thank you, Eva. Thank you, Eva! God bless her. Yikes. My heart stopped, because I the upcoming slide and I saw my notes and I was like, oh no, those don't match. But no, to finish my story, I was trying to do something really crafty and I was looking for just the right picture of steak. And I went down a rabbit hole at 3 a.m. And so my desktop has like 65 pictures of steak And like opened it and I was like there's 85 thumbnails

Christine was like what are you doing and and then I was like well, no one will know it's fine And then in one of the Dallas shows I open the computer and it started on my desktop and I was like, oh no Mac and cheese and I I didn't even explain it to them. I was like, ignore that. It's fine. Anyway, I've kept you guys waiting. That was our improv. Surprise. We've warned you for 100 episodes that we don't know what's going on. So, welcome to your reality check.

We're just proving it. Oh wait, now these are the wrong notes. Christ. I swear to God. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's just funny. So now, fingers crossed, this is the story, maybe, of the spaghetti warehouse. What? Wait.

Wait. That sounds a lot like the spaghetti factory, like that restaurant. Sorry, God. I said nothing. For the record, I've never heard of either, so I'm sorry. I said I'm sorry. But now I know a lot about it because I read a whole lot of notes on this. So going right into the spaghetti warehouse, not the spaghetti factory. This is the spaghetti warehouse. Thank you. Oh. Looks regal. Looks nice. It's so nice.

It's like little Gio. All right. God damn! We've like struck ten for ten here. We're just trying to get everyone really drunk so they don't have to remember what just happened. Right, yeah. So I'm just gonna dive right in. This is apparently the most haunted place in downtown Houston. And it was built in 1912 and it was originally a warehouse for fur pelts. So it starts way interesting. The building is important. Oh, this is a quote by the way. I'm not just telling you. The building is important. Sorry. Usually I move like the person in front of the sentence so I remember to say it but that

didn't happen. So his name is Jim Parsons and he is the, oh, good old Jimothy. I didn't know anyone would root for him but okay cool. So Jim Parsons is the programs director for the preservation Houston and his quote is the building is important because commerce used to be lined with where commerce street right that's where it's on okay. You're doing great. Three bullets in.

The building is important because commerce used to be lined with warehouses and because it was the first street that came up from The port when the port was at Allen's Landing. Okay, so This was like the first place where people actually went shopping for all of their stuff for fur for fur pelts apparently. Oh, okay Sure. Um after that it became the Dessel Boacher Boacher look you knew I wasn't gonna be able to pronounce something What in the world are you saying? Dessel. I don't mean, I don't know it. I shouldn't have criticized you. It's a produce warehouse is the answer to that. And it later became a pharmaceutical

company and at the time that it was a pharmaceutical company was the first death. Okay. On record, who knows if there was more. There were a lot of dead animals in there. Get it? Nailed it. Sorry, I'm sorry. For sure. Dammit. At the time, a pharmacist had a pile of paperwork. Oh, so this is the death. get ready. It's not funny anymore. Um, at that time, a pharmacist had a pile of paperwork

on his desk and he went to grab the stack so he could walk over to the stairs. He ended up wandering over to the elevator and wasn't paying attention and he walked right into an empty elevator shaft. Oh. Which is interesting, because our story yesterday had like five elevator shaft deaths.

So Texas, you gotta watch it. Or like put doors on your elevator or something. I'm just taking stairs while I'm here, because I don't trust you guys. So we didn't look, and he stepped into the elevator and fell down the empty elevator shaft, which was three feet down. And, oh no, not three feet down, and... Oh no!

Not three feet, three floors! I was like... I was like, please tell me there's more to that. He fell a hole. 18 inches! That's also not 18 inches. Fuck! You're right!

For once I knew math! 36. There it is. And I've, I've, that wasn't even geometry. I know that, that much at least. Numbers are just hard. I learned what a hexagon was guys since the last episode. Yikes.

Oh my. You're gonna look real smart next to me. I know, I'm so excited. So now I know why everyone laughed. That was just mean. That was like one of those dreams you have as a kid. We were like, I'll see something stupid on stage and everyone will laugh at me. And that's how I got anxiety and now it happened. It's a full circle. Anyway, back to death. So yeah, he fell all 18 inches apparently. Then his wife got worried because he didn't come home that night and she was making his

favorite meatballs for dinner. That's really sad. But interesting, maybe a fun fact, is that at the exact same time that he supposedly died like in the time frame of things when he would have died she was at home making meatballs and she heard someone walking upstairs that sounded like his footsteps and she heard him coming downstairs but then he didn't come downstairs and so she that was when she started wondering why he hadn't come home from work yet. Oh, that's really sad. And then she went to the office to see where he was or if he was held up late and she found his quote

crumpled body. Oh no. At the bottom of the elevator shaft. No, no, no. She was so distraught that she died by suicide a year later. And so those are the first two official spirits. Yikes. The building. In 1974 it was bought by the Spaghetti Warehouse franchise and turned into this little diddy. This little number. I love it. I love it. That's the inside of it. Oh it is a restaurant. Yeah. Sorry I was very confused. It's a warehouse of pastas. That's what it sounds like. No it does. It does. I remember reading this like I was very confused. It's a warehouse of pastas. That's what it sounds like. No, it does.

It does. I remember reading this, like I was looking up stories, and I saw Spaghetti Warehouse and I was like, I don't know what that is. I literally thought it was like an Italian man's last name that just happened to sound like a pasta. I don't know. Yikes. So inside the restaurant, there are, as you can see, at least you only see one of them, there are several antiques, including a chandelier from New York's Penn Station, a grand, yeah.

A grandfather clock from a castle in England. And a full-size trolley car that apparently, again, I've never heard of this franchise before so true or false The this is like a theme and all the restaurants. There's a trolley car in each one What? So there's a trolley car in every room, but they all apparently have different names So that one says Houston I checked because originally one said Miami and I was like, oh You can eat in the gym, can you not tell my story? Because something's

about to happen. Uh-oh. I actually, I did, I remembered that thought. He said that you can also eat in the trolley. And I actually remembered that fact because we have a place in California that I go to a lot that has a double decker bus. And so when, that you can eat in yeah Big deal, but thank you. I appreciate your input. I didn't want to sound like a total dick. I'm sorry so Yeah, so there's a full-size trolley car that you can eat in and There's apparently a top there was at one point there was a top and a bottom deck But now there's only the bottom deck so you can only eat in the bottom deck but at

some point it was a double decker okay there's like stairs at some point or there's it there whatever fascinating do you like how like this isn't getting edited out for you you're getting Eva isn't here to even cut it out. Help me. So those are just three of like the bigger antiques, but apparently the whole place is just covered in different, an assortment of collections. And all of them happen to have their own spirits attached. Oh good. So people, for example,

people see apparitions of guests walking up the second floor and when you get up there, it's empty. Ooh. Oh my. And that's just the beginning. Employees hate going up to the second floor of the trolley, or I guess to the second floor of the building. I guess, sorry.

They hate going up to the second floor of that trolley. You'll see the ceiling. Oh my God. But oh no, they hate going up to the second floor. Sorry, that was my bad. But when they get to the second floor. If you go up you'll see the ceiling. Oh my god. But oh no they hate going up to the second floor. Sorry that was my bad. But when they get to the second floor they have to go there. The employees have to go to the second floor to eat for their lunch breaks. But they hate being up there because apparently that whole floor feels like immense hatred and darkness. Oh god. As one employee lovingly said.

There is a closet upstairs that people have heard muffled conversations in and heavy annoyed breath, and apparently it's an annoyed breath of like, get away from me. Oh, God. People try to take pictures in the restaurant and phones die immediately, or the pictures won't save to your phone.

So it's like, it doesn't want you to take pictures. And spirits rearrange the furniture and after the staff closes up they move silverware and reorganize the pots and pans and the spirits have also come in or the staff have come in the next day to see if the sinks are all on and the radio is on full volume. Oh that's rude. It is. I'd be pissed. Especially the person who's paying the water bill. I'd be like, oh boy. That's right.

People have watched chairs and table items move around on their own, and by table items, I mean like salt and pepper and the napkin dispensers and stuff like that. And random tables will vibrate and shake on their own, especially when investigative teams have come in and asked for a sign. That seems to be one of the first things they do. They shake the table?

Shake around. Oh, the screen just shook. It's been doing that the whole time. Don't worry. But it did. I didn't know that. You freaked me out. Sorry.

I derailed in my own brain because today actually there was a ghost experience. I was hoping you'd tell this story. Okay. It was terrifying. So this isn't for this story. So I don't think I'd be ruining anything anyway. But a spoiler to a story somewhere in the future. One of the things that a ghost did

is that they would knock on a door pretty incessantly, like knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, really loudly until you would go and open the door and no one would be there. And people would look in the peephole and no one would be there. And I was typing out that sentence, and as I finished typing the sentence,

all of a sudden the door to my hotel room started knocking that loudly and aggressively, and I walked over and it was still knocking when I looked through the people and no one was there. This is like, this is like four hours ago. We had just checked in and I was like, uh... I'm not telling you where I am.

Nice try! But I will be sleeping with either Christine or Eva tonight, because I don't need that. Hmm, where were we? I don't have any idea. Oh, the tables shake, right. So near the upstairs bathroom, people actually get pretty consistent photos of orbs, and this is where the elevator used to be.

So it's got some bad juju over there. The boxes move, when they bring in new shipments, the boxes will move across the floor on their own as if there is nothing in them. Basically with an extreme strength, but they're packed boxes that are really heavy. And they're just getting flung around the kitchen. Whatever is pushing it around is very strong. The stalls in the bathroom actually have a weird quote,

unexplainable breeze. Oh no. Oh no. And most of the staff avoid the bathroom altogether because not only are there orbs near the elevator next to the bathroom, but apparently someone will tap on your shoulder while you're on the toilet.

That's rude. Surveillance has also caught footage of shadows moving through the restaurant while the restaurant is closed and staff have witnessed dishes being thrown off the shelves and tables moving into the air. One employee actually said, this is a quote, we had a flood a year ago and the basement was destroyed and we had to clean up everything. The next morning all the chairs and tables were stacked in one corner away from the mess.

Ugh, ugh. Gross, but also kind of considerate. Yeah. It's like at least you know you want your place clean. Very poltergeisty. There are voices of children, our favorite, in the upstairs rooms and get this so they're the most children voices or the room with the most children voices is the same room where one of the antiques that they've collected there is an urn cabinet that was once used in an

orphanage. Oh my god, what? Why? Why would you want that? So it just holds a bunch of cremated children. What does that matter with people? Most of the spirits probably come into the building because they're attached to the antiques there, that's the main theory. And the cops have actually been called multiple times about potential break-ins because people walking by at night have seen people in the restaurant after hours, but then the cops will go in and nobody's there. And one-time cops actually went in and right when they were about to leave, someone turned a light on in the back. Yeah.

And so they were like, oh yeah, someone for sure is broken here and there was no one in the room. It was like a dead end. They couldn't have gotten out. So... That's scary. It's like just playing with them. People will hear their own names being called from across the building. And the spirit of a man walks up and down the hall near the bathrooms, which also happens to be near the elevator,

which means it could be the guy that fell into the 18 inches of the elevator shaft. The waiters have reported, this is, I don't know who's a waiter here, but imagine this. Oh, maybe the waiters. Could be. Maybe. Tip your waiters.

They have reported their shoelaces untying themselves and even the shoelaces floating in the air after being untied to let you know that they've been untied by someone other than you. It's like hello. Oh I didn't mean to do that. The staff prefer to go upstairs in pairs and they feel a heavy angry presence staring at them and one of them even felt a hand grab their arm. One employee has seen a wicker basket levitate off the ground, hover, and then gently place itself back down. Good. I don't know if that's like a threat or I'm impressed.

I don't know how to take it. I don't know. There's nothing as neutral like a wicker basket. It's very true. So this is our first one. That's why. It's very true. So this is our first and that's why we draw. You probably can't see it, but it says. It says wine gymnastics.

Right. So for anyone who doesn't know what and that's why we draw is, we in advance put out a couple of prompts with different phrases we're going to be saying throughout our stories that make no contextual sense to you. And we want you guys to be confused, and then draw what you think we could either be talking about or what you think, what's, you know, something funny,

and whatever we like the most, whatever makes us laugh the most, we put up here for you. Just a fun way to break up the death. So, this is from Josephine. This is Wine Gymnastics. Ooh, oh my. Look at this. Okay, but she sticks her landing.

That's what's important. And look at you, number one, Christine. Number one, yay. Oh my. Really? I know. We heard you're done. Thank you.

Good job. I love this so much. Look how happy they are, though. They're so happy. And also, I don't think a real gymnast can do that. Probably not. I don't know if anyone wants to prove me wrong. Go ahead.

We'll do it later. So and then there's actually, there's another one by Alex. Nope. Okay. Okay. This is from Alex. Oh, wait. Wow. I just thought this was kind of beautiful. This is just art. Ooh, fancy. That's all there is to that. I love that. It's a shame Alex is not here to see that. Okay, so the reason I picked wine gymnastics is because just like how the wicker basket levitated from the ground and back down, there was an employee who was waiting on a dinner party

and watched a bottle of wine, Christine, you listening? I'm very carefully, very closely. Watched a bottle of wine lift itself off the table. It floated several inches away, weaving through objects and landed upright, sticking its landing. That was like you trying out telepathy. Or telekinesis. Telepathy, talking to the wine in my head. Look, I think three feet is 18 inches.

So that's why I picked wine gymnastics. Love it, love it, love it, love it. People, thank you? I heard claps and I didn't know what was going on. Thank you Josephine and Alex. Thank you Josephine. So the staff will also open the restaurant in the mornings and see the bottles of condiments and sugar packets all over the floor. Way rude.

And people will hear a piano playing. One waiter actually thought his friends were pranking him by playing a piano in the back, but nobody was there when he went to go look. Yikes. And when he yelled into the room for whatever was there to knock it off, something tapped his shoulder, knocked on top of the piano, and then held down a lot of the keys. into the room for whatever was there to knock it off, something tapped his shoulder, knocked on top of the piano, and then held down a lot of the keys. Yuck. Let him know that he didn't have a say in that.

There are also reports, this is very odd, but there are reports of pennies on the ground. If they're sitting on the ground still, they will just fly off into multiple directions by themselves. And the only reason I can think that that happens is because I know copper is supposed to be one of those things that affects something about paranormal energy. Like you're supposed to keep pennies with you

when you go investigate. Really? Fun fact. I didn't know that. But so, because it did say only pennies. If you leave a bunch of coins on the ground, only pennies will get moved. Okay.

Maybe it's easier for them to move. They're like, fuck your pennies, where's my quarters? So, toss them away. So the next one is Paranormal Kitchen. Ooh, I like that. And we got quite a lot of interesting things for this one. But this was my personal favorite. This was from Lauren.

Whoa! Holy shit! Is Lauren here? Yeah, that's you! Woo! Thank you, Lauren. Thank you. You're the nightmares.

Thank you. So, I'm really loving it. It's terrifying. We should, someone tag him in this later. Please do. So, obvious, I mean I've already said a couple things about why I would call it a paranormal kitchen or why I would use that phrase because a lot of things, pans are getting moved around and condiments are getting moved around.

People have witnessed pots and pans clinking together for no reason, like I said. And also there is a fridge in the kitchen that they just put food in to chill until it's needed to come out. And can you tell I'm not part of food service? That's what refrigerators are usually for. I know what a refrigerator is,

but there's apparently a specific one just to put salads in until they need to get pulled out. I know I sound like a rampant idiot today. I didn't say anything. So in the refrigerator that keeps things cold. Right. I'm following. I'm following. The manager has a story that she went into the fridge to grab three different salads and before she could actually grab the salads, they all got thrown at her face. Oh!

That's terrible. Which is just the worst. That's terrible. Like plate and all. Yikes. Yikes. So people hear voices in the kitchen in the early morning and they admit. Fuck your salads.

Sorry. What? Fuck your salads. Where's my pizza? I'm sorry. Keep going. Sorry. What? Fuck your salads. Where's my pizza? I'm sorry. Keep going. I mean, we both know that would be us's.

Fuck your pennies, fuck your salads. I feel like if it's not steak on my desktop, I don't know. No? So people hear voices in the kitchen when they're opening or closing, so early morning, late night, and they hear sounds of food being cut and prepared, even though the chefs haven't started working yet,

and they will hear the fridge doors slamming all at once, and the employees that have worked there long enough have seen a whole lot of things and eventually start refusing to talk about their experiences because there's so many, and I guess they don't want to sound crazy. Until I show up, and I guess they don't want to sound crazy. OK. Until I show up. Yeah.

And I'm like, tell me it all. The second floor is the scariest part, like I said, where everyone feels some sort of demonic presence, it seems. Staff try to make the new employees go do the tasks up there, so they don't have to go. Sure. And that being said, though, the manager makes sure in interviews to say that the restaurant

calls whatever is their spirits not ghosts because ghosts, they sound, I guess to the manager, to the ear of the manager, ghost sounds like a meaner word. So they say spirits to like respect them. Okay. Which is nice. Yeah, yeah. I mean, whatever works. I mean.

Seriously. I'm not gonna judge you trying to keep ghosts happy. Here, I'll take it. I got it whatever works. I mean, I'm not gonna judge you trying to keep ghosts happy. Here, I'll take it. I got it. Okay. So I think this was one of the employees said, quote, I don't come in the mornings early and I don't stay late.

It's just weird. I don't ever want to be there. I don't even come in during the daylight hours by myself. I'm always with a buddy. It's like, why are you working there? Yeah, that's, no. That's a lot of not wanting to be there. Another employee has said, I've seen a spirit in the front window

and it never hurts us, but it lets us know it's there. I don't like it at all. A lot of people like really stoked to work here and hate it all at the same time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So these are a couple of sad pictures and these are actually sad pictures, which I'm sure you're probably familiar with. Oh no.

So in 2009, the restaurant was destroyed by the flooding of Hurricane Harvey. Wrong? What? What's that? 2017. 2017. Why did I put nine? Oh, I know why. You'll find out in a second. You'll find out in a second. Sorry. Wrong? What? What's that? 2017. 2017, why'd I put nine?

Oh, I know why, you'll find out in a second. You'll find out in a second, sorry. Sorry. Listen, are we surprised? So the restaurant, 2017, yikes. Michael Kim, you'll find out why I actually had oh nine in a second. Michael Kim, who is the president of Spaghetti Warehouse,

has a quote that says, Spaghetti Warehouse faced a turbulent and uncertain future after the catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, including the destruction of the long-time Spaghetti Warehouse home in the downtown Houston area. It has been a very difficult circumstance, but we really wanted to come back despite the many challenges associated.

So, that being said, oh, and this is supposedly the picture in the bottom, right? This is the picture that they found all the tables stacked on their own. Oh, no. Okay. So that's pretty wild. So now in this year, warehouse 72 is opened or being opened? One of the two. Being opened. Being opened. It said sometime in 2019, so I didn't know what that meant.

I looked it up and everything says like, some says it's already open, I think they're just pre-gaming. So. With spaghetti. With spaghetti. That's my way to pre-game. Yeah.

So Warehouse 72 is being opened and it's a reinvention of the old spaghetti warehouse and the new menu is going to still offer all the classic dishes that everyone loved and all the signature dishes that all the chefs loved that were from spaghetti warehouse but this time they're going to be adding new meals including pizza, brisket and short ribs. Ah, wow. Next door to here? Wow. Pretend you knew that. Yep, I knew that. So why did I say 09? Because I meant 1909. Because I made, because. You were so close. Listen, I'm like very aware that there's no recovering from anything that I've done so far

But it's fine your only your only hope is that I do worse which is entirely possible So the night is young listen. We've got a while to go so um How could I be more stupid is the question you're asking right well? Here's the answer so I got a lot of my information About the ghosts and I was like wow some of this doesn't really add up What's going on and it's because the thing that you really hated on Christine for earlier. You're gonna hate me, too I thought I thought they were the same thing. I told you So I thought we're gonna get boot up. I thought that some of the stories were from the old spaghetti factory For someone who's never been to either,

they sound awfully alone. They do! And so, anyway, this is my version of an apology, I'm also going to tell you the ghost about the old spaghetti factory. That has nothing to do with Houston. Well, where's that? Where's that?

It's in California Holy shit, I feel like I was like that was a California thing, but well look at the mountains that looks like home, right? Yowza, okay So I hope you guys can forgive my At least you get something out of it. You're gonna get even more ghost stories. So I hope you guys can forgive my, at least you get something out of it. You're gonna get even more ghost stories. So I said 2009 earlier because what I meant was the Old Spaghetti Factory, the building was built in 1909 as a five room school house for first and 11th graders,

first through 11th graders, not just like the two. That's quite a discrepancy. Either you're six or 16 and that's it. Guys, just wait till the second show and I have just I'm gone. You got a whole night with me. So You got a whole night with me. So it was built in 1909 as a schoolhouse for first through 11th graders, and it was the only school in the area until 1925. And that's where things started not clicking to me.

Because I was like, wasn't this a produce place for 15 years during that time? How did you end up with this? Was it like Houston, California? No, I think I just typed in, I think I typed, actually this is exactly what happened. I Googled haunted spaghetti restaurant. And then I've told you a million times, I just go through the first three pages of Google

and that's what happened. It all combined. I mean, okay, fair. The keywords are there, you're fair. The keywords are there. You're right, you're right. I tried my best. So, and it gets really dark really fast, so I hope you guys had a good time just now.

So it was a schoolhouse, and then nowadays, as the old spaghetti factory, there's a private dining room downstairs, which was actually the principal's office when it was a school, and there is a painting on the wall that nobody removes because apparently it is a haunted painting on the wall

because that part of the wall is where the principal hanged himself. Oh no. Where children may or may not have discovered his body. Allegedly. Yikes. There was also a fire at one point in which four children died,

including a little girl who died from falling down the stairs trying to escape. Stop. When she fell down the stairs, she broke her neck. Okay. Once the building was closed as a school, some of the teenagers that had gone there tried to break in. And because it was a break in the police came and thought that they were there for

more dangerous reasons and actually shot and killed one of the kids. Holy shit. The I told you, I hope you had a good time earlier. Yikes. The the building then got turned into the old spaghetti factory right where everyone wants to eat in a crime scene I know what I'll put here Noodles if I put enough pasta here everyone will forget Yikes, so it opened as the old spaghetti factory. I think in 1998 who knows with my fucking information anymore and it has been haunted obviously ever since and

One the this is really sad one of the main ghosts is an apparition of a little girl with a bent neck. No I told you about my nightmare last night bent-neck lady I Had a terrible nightmare last night. Oh my god, it's like I was reading your notes from afar. I swear to god, you guys have not... or gosh, I know I'm in Texas. Sorry, I had a panic attack there. That was close.

No one heard through this microphone. Yeah, so we've pre-recorded a lot of episodes that haven't come out yet. So you haven't, I don't think you've heard it just yet, but there are several episodes in a row where we're creepily psychic and the things that we're bantering about in the beginning are actually like my exact story. I like dream about it. It's very weird. started with the Tesla. Yeah the Tesla. The product I guess says Tesla. Yeah. But so I mean earlier today I had I was reviewing my notes and I remember the girl at the neck and then I saw Christine and I was like oh how was your night? She's like well I had a dream that this like girl's neck like ripped in half and I was like

what? Actually the dream was that this girl was crawling under bus seats and her neck went all the way back. Bus seats like a troll? Okay now I'm stretching. Alright now I'm pushing it. So anyway um. I didn't sleep much let's just put it that way. Basically I said how did you sleep and she went not well. It's like do you see my face? Okay. So because mainly children were the ones who have died in this building, children are the main spirits at this place where you hear running around upstairs, you hear laughing, giggling, and you hear them playing together. You hear like pieces of board games clacking, but there's no board games. So at least they have that. Yeah, I

mean, yeah. The staff feel their pant legs being tugged on like a little kid and not on anymore though because the waiters regularly feel being tickled and or pinched. Yikes. And I don't know which is worse. Yikes. Some of the waiters have also seen condiments disappear at this restaurant as well, so they do have a little Venn diagram sliver in the middle. The ketchup that ties it all together. And people hear children running in the restaurant during closing and the doors will slam on their own and every now and then there will be a little kid when they're closing up that

says bye. Oh my god. That means they're like aware of. And that's my story of a lot of spaghetti. Oh, man. You did good. I did the best I could, guys. Look at that. You did good. And with no further ado, Christine's story that I don't know, so I couldn't put the title.

All right. I mean, I really do feel like you set a high bar here. All you have to do is fuck up a million times. And you'll be almost as good to me. And do a magic trick, I guess. All right. Hey guys. Hi. Hi.

I'm going to tell you about a local criminal named Anna Trujillo, the stiletto killer. Yes, please, that's right. All right, do you know this person? No. Oh, yeah, next slide. There she is. All right.

All right. Here we go. So Anna Trujillo grew up in Waco. Woohoo. All right. Here we go. So Anna Trujillo grew up in Waco. And woohoo. All right. In a family of strict Jehovah's Witnesses. Woohoo. Woohoo. Why not?

Her family was not well off as she was growing up and she never went to college, but instead got married right out of high school at age 19. So she and her husband had two daughters and when they were grown, she and her husband divorced and she moved out of the suburbs and into the city of Houston by herself. And you know that thing, like when you go through a breakup

and then you have that phase of like, I'm just gonna go a little crazy for a while, you know? Yeah. Just me? Okay. Yes, yeah. Some Yeah. Just me? Okay. Yes, yeah. Some people are doing it right here. Woohoo!

I applaud you. I don't think I know it, but I support everyone. I have been there. Okay, so this is what Anna did. So at this point, she's like, I'm gonna have fun, I'm gonna party. She's being a free woman. Yeah, exactly.

So she was 39, newly single, and wanted to enjoy her life. She basically pulled a complete 180 from her upbringing and dove headfirst into her new life of going out and experiencing Houston's, what I'm sure is lovely, nightlife. I mean, do you hear how loud these people are? It's bananas, I'm sure. If you guys are, yeah, any indication.

Okay, so she loved to go out and party. Obviously nothing wrong with that. The quote, so I watched an episode of Snapped on her. And the quote of the woman they interviewed about her, like totally dead-hand, straight-faced, looked at the camera and said, "'She liked tequila shots.'" I watched it maybe 85 times. It was like sad music under it. I can't wait

until like your documentary when everyone's like, God that bitch loved wine. It's like a slow-mo of me walking on stage with a bottle of wine and like sad music playing. Yeah. So you get the idea. So as we said, cool, you love Tequila? Go for it. She loved getting attention from men as well. She was newly single. But here's where things kind of went off the rails. So she had moved to the city, but what I didn't tell you is that she didn't actually have a place to live. So what she would do is kind of meet people in bars and like drift around from house to house,

like staying with strangers. Yeah. So she would meet men at bars and restaurants and then stay over at their place. And because of that, she didn't have a place to live, which again, you know, you do you. But it is important to the story. So because of that, my first, and that's why we draw, is called a never to live, which again, you know, you do you, but it is important to the story. So because of that, my first, and that's why we draw,

is called a Never-Ending Slumber Party, because this sounds terrible to me. I just wanna go home, but she was always out at a slumber party. So this is called a Never-Ending Slumber Party, and I have, this is by Samara, and I just thought it was very well done. It's well done.

Is Samara here? This is just so well done. So it says, OMG, your hair is so thick. We're so cute. Anyway. And then later she said, oh, I realized after I did it, I should have done like you, Em, and Eva, but it was too late. What are you talking about? That's me right there in the snuggie onesie. Yeah, that's true.

Complimenting my hair? Yeah, I doubt it. Your hair is so thick. Sarcastically, maybe. And then I have one more by Jenny, who I think is here. No, maybe. Oh no, she's not. Just kidding.

Aw. And this makes me look so crazy, but I love it. It's me, Blaze, and Gio, and Juni, the never-ending slumber party. So Christine, like I said, I do the slides, and then Christine sends me the pictures that is on her end. And so I got an email with this picture in it and I was like, this is precious. Look at you, you're so skinny, Christine. Thanks.

And my hair is so thick. Oh boy, all right. So anyway, never ending slumber party. So Anna, it's August of 2012, and she's living with a man in this condo building in Houston. I believe it's called the Park Lane. I don't know if that's calling it out or what. Too late.

Okay. It's like a high-end condo complex, basically. Okay. One day she's walking through the lobby when she meets a handsome Swedish man named Stefan Andersson who actually lived in the same condo complex. So Stefan, can you get next, sorry. There he is. Oh, that's a big picture. Sorry. He's kind of svelte, you know.

He's got a piercing blue eyes. Woohoo. So that's Stefan. He is this brilliant, highly educated pharmaceutical researcher who had recently moved to Houston to become a biochemistry professor at the University of Houston. Anytime we say a local school, we either get boos or hurrays. We never know what's. And also, in the South, I know colleges are, there's a lot of pride here.

We've got to not step on any toes. Dallas was a rough one. We were just shouting, there's a lot of pride here. We gotta like not step on any toes. Dallas, Dallas was a rough one. We were just shouting schools and a lot of different reactions were happening. So she and Stephane meet in the lobby. They strike up a conversation and when Anna finds out Stephane is single, she agrees to go out for drinks with him.

But you know, remember she's living with this other guy in the same building, so it's a little complicated, but she's like, meh, fuck it. So she continues her slumber party elsewhere, I guess. So that evening they go out and within a couple days she's pretty much moved into his condo. They spend most of their time exploring the museum district, eating... I hear it's nice. Eating at fine restaurants, drinking at nice bars.

He's got a good job with a healthy salary, so he's basically picking up her tabs, and they're both kind of happy with this arrangement. But some of Stefan's friends aren't so sure. So he's this world-renowned scientist, and she's this kind of wild child who had moved into his place already, and his friends were a little hesitant about it.

And loves tequila shots. And loves tequila shots, most importantly. But according to some of his friends it made perfect sense and Stefan was actually really happy because you know she's a younger beautiful woman he's like having a fun time he's showing her off he actually told one friend that he'd met a hot Latino woman and that he was really enjoying their time together. So they seem very happy, right? It's about to not be that way anymore. In case you didn't know what show you were at. Okay. So less than a year after they first met, tragedy struck on the night of June 9th, 2013 when Houston police

responded to an urgent 911 call from a luxury condo building called the Park Lane, which actually is one of the most exclusive condo complexes in town, at least in 2013. Uh, it was Anna calling to report that her boyfriend, Stefan Anderson, had just assaulted her. She's on the line sobbing, wailing, saying she tried to defend herself,

but Stefan wouldn't let go. So when the officer arrives on the scene, he enters to see Anna covered in blood and then the body of Stefan Anderson in a pool of his own blood. Oh and EMTs confirmed that he had passed away. So seeing the body officers assumed Stefan had been shot because he was there was just that much blood but when they asked Anna where the weapon was she pointed to the floor next to Stefan's head at a five and a half inch stiletto heel. What? Yikes!

Oh my god. They really are a weapon. Yeah. Well, actually, I don't actually put this in my notes, but they actually showed the inside of a stiletto that tall, and it's basically the form of an ice pick. Like it's the same, because they have to be that strong to like hold a person out. So they're like made with metal, like the metal of an ice pick. I would never think about that. Wow. Just crazy. So can you hit next? So my, and that's what he draws called an unlikely murder weapon.

And this one is by Jackie, who I think is here actually. Yeah. Hit next. Oh there. It's a bowling ball. And it is an homage to our, and that's where we drink bowling team. And my skull bowling ball that I'm very proud of.

We have a lot of bowling things involved in our show. When it's like neither of us have a passion for it. But it's- I started the bowling team at my high school. Oh, right. I'm sorry. Cause I had a crush on Ian Morgan. I was forced into the craft. So one question Anna says her relationship with Stefan had started well but had turned abusive she said Stefan had a dark side he was obsessive kind of bordering on stalking but the worst according to her was his drinking

problem she said when he drank he had anger that was out of control. And he actually started drinking at 9 AM most days and wasn't able to control himself. She said it had gotten so bad that she had actually left and gone to Mexico for an extended vacation just to get away from him for a while and kind of let the relationship cool off. So she said a few months later, Stefan had stopped drinking

and was doing so well that when he asked her to marry him She said yes Bad call well when a man and a woman fall in love no So they went out to bar 50-15 Which is an upscale bar in Houston that still exists. I looked it up on Yelp to celebrate their engagement. By the way, you're doing great. Like, really?

Compared to me not knowing anything. I feel like I'm just like word vomiting at everybody. No, I just wanted to say so far no one's laughed at anything. You've like, no, they've laughed at everything. No way. See? Listen. You're funny, but not stupid. You like, no they've laughed at everything. No way. See? Listen. You're funny but not stupid.

It was meant to be a compliment. I'm gonna stop talking. Just stick to my hair. That's, you can compliment. Your hair looks so thick. Thank you. Good. Good.

Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. I love you guys, thank you.

Oh boy, oh boy, there's a lot of people here. Okay. So they go out to this bar, right? Still exists, yelp, yada yada. So, Stefan, despite having recently become sober, as we remember, was actually drinking that day. And they had a nice time until apparently he snapped, and I was watching Snap, so I think that's why they chose that day. And they had a nice time until apparently he snapped and I was watching snapped, so I think that's why they chose that wording.

Just a hunch, I'm not, just a guess. On snapped, they talked about someone who snapped. I know. Imagine that. Who could have guessed? When they, that's what I said. When they got home, he accused her of flirting with other men at the bar. She tried to leave, but as she turned for the door,

he flew into a rage, grabbed her and held her down, choking her until she grabbed the closest thing she could reach, which was her shoe, and hit him in the head until he stopped moving and she was able to call 911. So, obviously, in the eyes of the law, this is justified, self-defense, domestic violence. She did what she, go Texas.

They're like, okay, girl, you did what you had to do. But they take temporarily take her into custody because actually this was immediately a high-profile case just because the media jumped on stiletto murder, you know. So they were like, but before she even left the apartment building there was already news crews outside. So they kept her at the police station to kind of keep her out of the public eye for a little bit. I gotcha, I gotcha. And the first step in checking out her story was to photograph her body for any evidence. And she takes off her clothes and there is not a mark on her.

Not a scratch, not a bruise, nothing. And this is a little startling because she's saying, he choked me, I couldn't breathe. I almost, yeah. So they're like, okay, that's a little odd, but whatever, so red flag a little bit. And meanwhile, they looked at Stefan and he had been struck at least 20 times, 25 times, sorry, with the shoe.

And they also found puncture wounds on his arms, his hands, in other words, textbook defensive wounds on the palms of his hands. Oh no. So that was a little odd too. They were like if he was holding onto your neck, you know, why are his hands full of marks? And then the text made an interesting discovery at the scene of the crime. All of the blood stains were about two feet from the floor, suggesting the opposite of Anna's story that Stefan had been on top of her and actually the blood spatter indicated that the wounds had been inflicted while he was on his back and she had blood soaked in the

legs and crotch area of her jeans indicating she was straddling him as she attacked him. So whatever did happen the story that she told, there are some discrepancies, flaws. Yeah, yes. So, at least the story that he was holding her down as she fought back was patently untrue. So next they interviewed Stefan's friends and family to kind of like get a deal for, get a feel for what their relationship was like.

It turns out he really did have a drinking problem and had been to rehab, but where Anna said he was an angry, violent drunk, his friends said he was mild-mannered, lonely and gentle, sometimes a little depressed. But they did have something interesting to tell about Anna. Ooh, a fun fact. A fun little fact.

A drink! That is not very fun. Just like this. Never are, never are. It turns out she had been actually arrested twice already for driving under the influence. She had been driving the wrong way down a major freeway in Houston, although to be fair, I almost did that today. Not our fault. It's Texas' fault. Just to say. Her own friends explained that she didn't handle alcohol well. She became a different person and was a heavy drinker.

She was often kicked out of bars for public intoxication. She would fight, attack, hurt people. Several of her ex-boyfriends actually testified that she had bitten them, hit them in the face. Once she hit in the head with a candlestick and he was sent to the emergency room, but he didn't press charges. Oh my God.

Yeah, not good. Wow, okay. Not a good back, like, history. Right. So when she and Stephane got together, basically both of their friends said, like, it was just a disaster waiting to happen because he was mild-mannered, he was gentle,

like, kind of passive, and she was kind of, you know, loud and aggressive. Was he a sweet baboo? He was a sweet and a smart baboo. Oh, okay. I had to get it in there, sorry guys. Yeah. It was the only thing on the drink game I didn't think was covering.

It does feel a little weird to call a six-year-old man a sweet baboo. I did it anyway. I said 60 if anyone misheard that. Okay. anyway. I said 60 if anyone misheard that. Okay so that is not in the game. Don't you dare. Okay oh wow I'm really lost here. We were at Sweet Baboo. Yeah you really derailed me with that one. You were saying he was a nice, gentle man. Okay, sure, sure, sure.

So, sure, sure, sure. Damn it. This is probably the first time we've ever hit every single bullet on that Get Drank It game. Oh, right. So, they were a terrible, like, just not good for each other. So, she was, he was kind of a pushover, like even when he said, I don't really want you staying at my place,

you know, she would just do it anyway. Like they were just a bad, bad couple. He was not good at kind of putting up boundaries and she was kind of an aggressive person. So. Gotcha. His friends started to notice that he would often come to lunch or dinner with black eyes

and he had to start putting makeup on when he went to work because he would come in bruised. And things get even more wild. After a few months of living together, Stephon had realized it hadn't been a good idea after all. Really? I heard a little bit of like, huh. Yeah, you're right.

I didn't really catch that until I said it out loud. But like I said, he had a hard time kicking her out. And at the start of 2013, it basically took management at the condo building to confront him about Anna's behavior because neighbors were complaining for him to actually confront her and say, you need to leave. This is not working out. They're going to kick me out of my condo basically. So that was the last straw.

And instead of an engagement, as Anna had said, he actually kicked her out, changed his locks, and revoked her guest privileges. So really not the story she was telling. And then he paid for her to go to Mexico just to get her away for a while. Not the other way around. And they proved all this with, you know, receipts and things.

Sure. So he had finally started to move on. He was happy kind of getting back to his normal self. But when Anna came back from Mexico, she developed what Snapp called a slightly disturbing habit. Oh, no. Of showing up at all the same bars and restaurants where he would be day in and day out.

Otherwise called stalking snapped, but okay. Right, right. And rather than fight her on it, he kind of said, well she needs help, she needs my support, she doesn't have a place to live. Poor guy, he was so close. Yeah, regularly he let her stay with him and paid her, he was still paying her tabs this whole time.

Yeah, not good. Not good. It's okay, it's not, but poor guy. It's okay. I feel like if you were here, I'm like, it's okay. Sweet baboo. She's a sweet baby. Basically she continued to live off of him this whole time.

She'd still sleep there at his place whenever one of her other friends would kick kick her out which seemed to happen often. Less than 24 hours after Stefan's death Houston police booked Anna on murder charges. It only took 24 hours for them to realize her story was complete bogus. Obviously this was highly sensationalized like I said because of the whole shoe thing you know. Right. You know the shoe thing. That guy yeah. The ice pick in You know. You know the shoe thing. Yeah, that guy, yeah. The ice pick in the heel apparently. Yeah, right, the giant weapon on your feet.

Nevermind, okay. So the media went wild. She at this point is going on all these talk shows to kind of put her story out because she knows the trial's coming and she wants public opinion on her side. So she's going on all these talk shows and saying like he was you know a terrible person and he hurt me and all this stuff and that and

that Stefan oh wrong finally one on Christine man 20 on me but one on Christine I was so close right so she was telling her defense story on TV, but the prosecution didn't buy it. They presented evidence suggesting Anna hadn't been fighting in self-defense after all, like I said, and that Stefan himself had never even fought back. They also called a witness to the stand, a cab driver who had driven both of them the night of the murder

back to his condo. And she was also unsnapped. Oh wait really? Yeah she was interviewed in the show. Oh wow okay. So she was a witness in the trial. Her name was Rosemary Gomez and she testified that the night of the murder Anna was aggressive, belligerent, angry, and drunk. She even cussed out the driver, refused to pay, got verbally abusive with her, then screamed at Stefan on the sidewalk and Rosemary actually had to ask him if she wanted him to drive him somewhere else or call the police and he

said no it's fine. But still good girl for asking. Yeah, no I mean she noticed something was wrong and he said no it's fine you know we'll be okay. Poor guy. So at her sentencing on April 10th, Anna finally took the stand. She hadn't taken the stand at all actually because her defense was very confident in her case. Didn't go, sorry, spoiler alert. But when she did take the stand, it was not to apologize, it was to awkwardly reenact the fight.

Oh no. With her lawyer. Oh no. With her lawyer. Oh no. Yeah. She demanded that the jury give her the minimum sentence, which was five years, and despite the fact that the jury hadn't believed her self-defense claims,

she described and reenacted the struggle for over seven hours. What? Seven freaking hours. And they didn't ask for that, did they? No. She just kept going. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Crazy. It was really wild. So she talked seven hours of kind of and they said it was like just this like she was talking herself in circles and like the lawyer would come up and she'd you know do the same motion over and over again and snapped him I'd say she had a disturbing little habit just a little one a tiny little

baby habit okay so surprisingly shockingly this did nothing to impress the jury and they said I would be pissed like I went to a big I want to go home seven hours are you freaking kidding me? And they sentenced Anna Trujillo to life in prison on April 11, 2014. She will be eligible for parole in 2043. Okay, yes. Good. After she was, I get it, listen, I get it.

After she was sentenced, Stephon's niece made a victim impact statement. She said she was sorry for what Anna's family had to go through, which was very touching. Right, right. And after both sides of the family had made impact statements, they all got together and kind of hugged it out

and said, it wasn't your fault, it wasn't your fault, and they are both kind of comforted by that to this day. That's so bittersweet. It is, yeah. And they were all just very kind of comforted by that to this day. That's so bittersweet. It is, yeah. And they were all just very kind of conscientious of the other family's feelings and yeah, really rough. Very nice. Yeah.

For in a really horrible way. Yes, yes. So I do have a little horoscope for Anna. Um. I have a little bit of advice for this Pisces. Yeah, and for you too. All the Pisces in the room. Well good, it's not too late for her to change.

Eva's a Pisces. I know. Eva, listen. You're a Pisces, that's all. Yay! Oh, she's like, what do I need? She's like, oh my god, is the slideshow still fucked up? No. Oh boy.

All right, Pisces. Listen up, Eva. The planetary arrangement makes it possible to really appreciate just how supportive and wonderful your current or prospective partner is. Even if you don't always see eye to eye, you're usually able to make up and forgive each other. Perhaps it would be a good move for you to show your gratitude and do something extra special

to make your sweetheart feel really wanted and needed today. She did not listen to my advice. Let's put it that way. Yikes. All right, Houston, that is the story of Anna Trujillo, Houston stiletto killer Just thank you guys so much for having us and it's it means a lot that we love it here You guys are awesome we have one more more thing. We got one more thing.

Not yet, not yet. I mean we can dance to Pony but we're not going to. We can dance if you want. I just want to say a couple things real quick before you guys get to listen to the greatest song on earth. One, this is where I usually hog the microphone from Christine. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do it.

Do it. If you want to follow us on social media, no I'm just kidding. Yikes. No, I just wanted to say thank you and I, two days from now is our, the two-year anniversary of me asking Christine to start a podcast. Wait, they didn't hear that part. What is it, the two-year anniversary? So two-year anniversary of me texting you and saying, do you want to start a podcast? And me saying, no!

And then yes later, but no at first. And then like seven hours later, she said yes. But it felt good to be rejected once. And then after that, never again. I was wrong, to be fair. But it's amazing how much has happened in two years. And were able, I mean we had our dream jobs already and then we were like what's next and we're like oh yeah let's just start another dream job and it just happened and I'm I get to work and travel with my best friend. Ditto!

And it just means a lot and especially personally for me. I know a lot of people Say very nice things to me about me being open about mental health. So for Two years ago, I would have never thought that I would be on a stage But thank you everyone and just the community in general if it weren't for you guys showing up to things like this we wouldn't be able to have this opportunity and I would be able to overcome my world's largest fear and I just want to say I love you Houston! And that's why we drink! That's why we drink!