And That's Why We Drink - Listener Stories: Vol. 105

Episode Date: July 1, 2025

Introducing… The concept of July! It’s the first of the month which means another batch of stories submitted by you! Big thanks to Patron Kayla (she/her) for this month's theme of “swimming pool ghosts” which brought us some terrifying pool adjacent tales. So grab your favorite summer drink or FLT (fun little treat) while we crack into these stories. And don’t the let hat man in the pool absolutely desecrate the vibes… and that’s why we drink! ___________________Visit http://cornbreadhemp.com/drink and use code DRINK at checkout for 30% off your first order! Grab an Angry Orchard Cider today. Don’t Get Angry. Get Orchard. Please Drink Responsibly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I think was it was it where you are? I suppose it Julius Caesar who invented July? Maybe he said I have a really good invention idea. I feel like most men today if they knew they could just create a month about themselves, maybe that's why they have a lot more months. That's why they probably think about the Roman Empire all the time. They're like, if only I could have got there first. I could have got my name in all this shit, you know.

But if they believed in past lives like we do, then they could have just already taken that and run with it like I was Julius Caesar. Yeah, they all think they're the victim. Maybe they do. Or so was that at to Brute? Yeah, a 2 Brute. I was also going to say, isn't it the reason why all of our months are fucked up because two men decided

to just insert themselves into the calendar year? Oh, well, historians are probably having a panic attack, but I do know that Gregorian calendar, you know, he had something to do with that guy. And then I know that they're mostly named after Roman gods, I believe. Oh really? I always thought, cause like October, octus eight,

November, novus nine, December, Oh wait, that makes more sense. And then July and August showed up and everyone was like, Julia Caesar was like, give me that. They're like, okay, I guess we're just gonna move it then. Okay, January is the Roman god Janus. February is after a Roman festival. March is the god of war Mars.

And April is from up, possibly from the Latin word to open. So that makes sense. May is for Maya. June is Juno. July is Julius Caesar. And Augustus Caesar is August. So they got two fucking months, these Caesars. And then the rest are all for seven, eight, nine, 10.

So you were right about that. Oh, yeah. September. Yes. Well, I like within we learned like the Greek gods have the weekdays to that's what it was. That's what I meant. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, sure, sure. That makes sense. So the Greek gods and two guys and the rest are just kind of numbers. And I think like we're all going a five on our AP human geography or AP, clearly I don't even know a class that would be AP Latin. I don't know. I don't know. Something unfortunately unfun.

But it took us what, 20 seconds to Google that? Why did I have to spend a month learning that in school only to forget it? Anyway, welcome to July written by a man. Oh right, welcome to Julius Caesar month. We're here. Okay, you know what? I'm gonna stop talking about it.

I was gonna talk about Julius Caesar some more, but there's really not much else to say. We should just totally stab Caesar. That's what you say. We should totally, yeah, totally stab him. Just keep it amongst ourselves. Okay, we are here in July to bring you stories that you've submitted and that Eva has hand selected.

This month we actually have another Patreon topic submission which I actually think has been really fun for Eva to pick from because it gives more of a guideline. So this month it's Kayla, she, her, and she requested Swimming pool ghost stories and Eva said oh, well, it's July the month of Julius Caesar famously And he loved swimming. He loved swimming in those Greek baths Those Roman baths, you know what I mean? Anyway, I feel like only Kayla and like RJ would want a swimming pool

It's like ghosts like what a specific request. I wonder why or maybe just cuz I mean we have six stories I feel like only Kayla and RJ would want a swimming pool ghost. What a specific request, I wonder why. Or maybe just because it's the summer. I mean, we have six stories, so Eva must have found some, well, she did say it was loosely swimming ghost, swimming pool ghost related. So I don't know what that could possibly mean, but.

Loosely swimming, what the hell, yeah, what is that? Like wading, paddling? Paddling, yeah. I think it gives Eva a little more creativity because she's like, oh, what is that? Like, waiting, paddling? Paddling, yeah. I think it's like, it gives Eva a little more creativity because she's like, oh, what can I find that will align with this tangentially? So we'll see what happens, but it's been a fun new little development on Patreon.

So thank you, Kayla. And Em, do you want to read the first one for fun today? Sure, sure. Okay. Let me give everyone a nice cough that Jack can cut out. Hang on. No one heard it because Jack just cut it out. Thanks Jack. I heard it and I feel special. Well this is from Brianne who's a she her pronouns thank you for normalizing pronouns and the subject line is can ghosts swim? Actually before we read on Christine thoughts? Can ghosts swim? Actually, before we read on, Christine, thoughts? Can ghosts swim?

I imagine that they can move through water without needing to swim. Does that make sense? Like how they can walk through walls? The only reason we swim is to not drown. So if you don't need to die, why would you even be moving around? I imagine they're not doing it to, exactly.

I don't think they're doing it to like avoid asphyxiating underwater, you know? Yeah, and then I guess the other question is how buoyant is a ghost? Are you gonna see one at the bottom of the pool or are you gonna see one floating with you? I don't think they have any mass, right? So they can just kind of be anywhere.

I feel like they don't abide by our laws of physics. Which would be scarier for you, above ground, in the pool with you, or at the bottom? Basically 110% at the bottom? Basically a hundred and ten percent at the bottom because then it's every horror movie where it's like it's gonna come up and pull you down You know That's funny because I think the opposite of in a horror movie where like if they're above ground and they can get me and I Can't get out because I'm in the pool Well at least I can breathe

Yeah, the second one grabs my legs. That's the answer. That's like fucking terrible. Anyway, so well, okay. So Kayla suggested this and we already have one. This is not from Kayla, right? So we already have like a swimming pool ghost story. That's pretty well.

Perfect. Yeah. Okay. Brianne says, hello, I'm Christine Eva and company. Boy, do I have a treat in store for you. Let me start off by saying I'm from Texas and my parents' house, 107, I'm from Texas? Oh, and at my parents' house. And 117 degrees aren't exactly unheard of.

Yikes, 117 degrees. Forget that right now. Just another reason to leave Texas. Oh my God. And apparently even ghosts have to beat this ungodly heat. So back in the summer of 2020, on one of those hellish days that all sort of blend together, I went out to the pool,

I was the last one out of the pool, and as I walked up, I wasn't really paying attention until I saw my sister swimming in the pool, being tailed by a pitch black figure. No. My first thought would be like, well, I wanna know how big it is, because my first thought is like,

what if there's a snake in the water, you know? Ooh, yeah, like an animal of some kind, ooh. Cause I've seen snakes in the water and they look like pitch black masses and I'm like. That's terrible. I don't think I've ever seen a snake in the water and I don't want to. One time my mom and I were swimming

and we realized the whole time we were in the pool, there was a snake in the water. In the pool, not even like in a river or something? Oh, forget it. No, in the pool, there was a snake in the pool. Not even like in a river or something? Oh, forget it. No, in our, in our pool. Ah! So let's see. Did you like that sound that I just made?

That's hoping you'd do it again, but. That's the sound that I would be making. So your sister and the pitch black figure, they were on the left side of the pool and just finished a lap and they were both swimming back the other way. Oh, there's so there. What? Ew. Needless to say, I was fucking shook because there's one, one

man in my family and that's my dad and he was sitting with my mom at the table, both dry as a bone. I looked back at the pool and I see my sister swimming all by her lonesome. Why wouldn't she? My mom could tell I had seen something. We are all very aware of the ghosts in our house and you will be hearing more about them at a later date. And I told them what happened. The worst part is I didn't even recognize

the shadow hat man in the pool because he wasn't wearing his damn hat. Oh my God. He was wearing goggles. The goggle man. The hat man, the fact that the hat man takes his hat off, that should be a real question. Why do they take their clothes off to go swimming?

Like why even bother? But maybe it's detached, maybe it has its own ghostly entity. Like maybe the hat has its own entity. And so he's like, oh, well, when I go in the water, the hat needs to, it'll fall off otherwise. A great point. That makes so much sense.

You know, physics, ghost physics, I'm an expert. But yeah, I answered an important question I never knew I had. Can ghosts swim? And they can indeed. That motherfucker was doing the breaststroke. The breaststroke? Hat man, come on.

She's show off. My sister is a pretty fast swimmer and he was keeping up with her no problem. And since I love you guys and I can't seem to catch a break you're getting two stories for the price of one Oh great. Okay bonus two years ago I was completely alone at our house because someone had to watch the pets while my parents helped my sister move back home I was tanning in the middle of the pool laying spright eagle across my dad's Texas-shaped floatie that we got him first birthday

Now that's exactly what people out of our country, like from other countries think America is, and they're right. Especially on a Texas inflatable. I bet it had like a, it was an American flag color too. For sure, and it probably has like a beer holder thing. Oh yeah, and you can press a button in an eagle squawks. Oh right, yes, certainly, yeah.

It's an awkward shape to lay on, but if you find the right spot, you're good. I would argue it's better than other states. Yeah, it's better than like, hmm. Virginia, half of it's just a tiny little boy. Delaware, a boy. I don't know. It has a long thing on it. So. Oh boy. It was like, what?

I've never heard that before. has a long thing on it, so. Oh boy. I was like, what? I've never heard that before. Yeah, what's the one that's in exactly a square? I mean, there are a few that are pretty close. Like on the plane states, I feel are pretty close. That one would be boring. Have you seen the Cheez-It float though? Like that?

That would be a good one. No, that would be a good one. Cause that- Makes sense. Yeah, makes sense. This Texas floatie is an awkward shape to lay on, But if you find the right spot, you're good. I was jamming to my music, soaking up the sun in pure bliss. And out of nowhere, some beefy fucking man, uh, grabs my stomach and starts tickling me.

What? Sorry, this is really alarming. I just absolutely. And by the way, here it says you're welcome, Em. No, thank you. No, thank you. You, it's like they knew, it's like she knew you would, you particularly would be distraught about this.

Someone alive tickling me is already what I imagined to be a nightmare, but something dead tickling me? Okay, but I'm almost like glad it's a ghost. You know how we talk about that? You're home alone, a beefy man shows up in the pool with you, like I'm glad he's a ghost, I guess, but also terrible either way. We do talk about that often when we've gone ghost hunting too. If you hear a sound, it's like, do I wish it was an intruder all of a sudden?

Right. Is it a criminal? Is it a hat man? I don't know. Oh my God. I freaked out but did not fall off and proceeded to bitch him out for a solid two minutes. I don't remember what I said at all, but I really let him have it, even if I don't know if he stuck around to hear it. I still have PTSD every time I tan. Well, yeah, an exposed tummy after that. Never again. I cannot believe you even still go out there. I would become a hermit for

life, really. My new favorite sentence, Brandon says, absolutely desecrated the vibe. Totally get it. And might I say, watch the fuck out. Well, what the fuck is up with the ghosts and tickling? Anyway, stay cool out there, but watch out, your friend Brie. Thank you. But also, you don't have to write. This is so distressing. Please stop telling us this. Don't talk to me anymore.

Your pool sounds horrible. I would love to come to your pool until I heard those stories and now I don't wanna go. Or do I? Awful. I don't know. So my mom's house has a pool and every time I was swimming out there alone at night, I swear I felt like there were a thousand eyes on me.

Watching you. Watching me. And also we did, our house is on a major part there alone at night, I swear I felt like there were a thousand eyes on me. Watching you. Watching me. And also we did, we, our house is on a major part of a Civil War battlefield. So there's just like these fucking bloody men like, and one of them's like, I'm gonna tickle your tummy. So fucking scary. That was Civil War, war torture actually.

That was political warfare. Yeah, I mean honestly, it's good if they're not doing that, you know What's the from the office when he said like oh when gangs get together they tickle each other Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah for prison Mike fuzzy fingers fluffy fingers It would say they would do they would fight with fluffy fingers Yeah, okay. I just like is the beefy man the hat man. Is it not the hat man? Like I'm confused Is it the same guy like does he just hang out in the pool?

You think they're different because it's like to just see a dark shape like like chasing your sister back and forth basically I wouldn't think that's a hat man. I I feel like hat man has very specific I agree and if he wasn't wearing a hat, I don't think it was the hat man So I feel like it must be the same fucking guy who just wants to like, and the fact that he's so interactive, like he's copying your sister's breaststroke and like tickling you, what a creep.

Yeah, I think it's all one person. And I think it's not the Hat Man. You should see if anyone died in that pool. Yeah, I would. Besides the vibes, which have been desecrated. No, I totally agree with you. I think that both instances, there's just one main ghost haunting the pool. Like extra creepy dude.

And also when I think of a hat man, they're always kind of slender. And on top of that, yeah, I really do feel like maybe this isn't true. I don't know. But once you commit to a ghost outfit, you really can't like just change things willy nilly. I just feel like they're not right like the Hat Man is not just like I'll go swimming today I mean, maybe I'm wrong again, but like it just I feel like Hat Man shows up in the middle of the night with a big Hat, you know that he's got an MO for sure and for sure and I feel like there aren't a lot of ghosts I feel like they stick to

The blueprint theory or if they're attached to the blueprint theory and you're used to a ghost in your house, I can't imagine them looking at the window and now they're just like waiting in the water on an easy breezy day. Like it feels like- Good point, good point. That feels too intelligent that we can just live in the house together. Yeah, I agree, I agree.

It's all really unfortunate for you though. Yeah, no matter what, I don't wanna be you actually. So I'm so sorry. It's Brienne. Yeah. Oh my God. I don't want to be you actually. So I'm so sorry. It's Breanne. Yeah. Oh my God. I wish you luck and move eventually. I wish you luck and also, but also don't because like your parents have a pool and that sounds

pretty cool. So it's like, I get it, but like also- I'll buy you a kiddie pool girl. There you go. Go somewhere else. Christine, it is summer and you know that I've got my bucket list of 10 states left so I can hit all 50 by 735. I'm very excited.

I think I told you recently that I already have a trip planned to Delaware, one of my 10 states. Probably be haunted. Oh, it's going to be haunted. I have a whole plan, a whole haunted trip that I'm doing. I'm going to all the spooky spots. I'm very excited. I think you'll like this one a lot.

There was a place called Woodburn Mansion, which actually we covered in one of our books, but I've always wanted to see it. Apparently there's a ghost there that really likes to drink. Oh! Um. Hey, what day are you going to Delaware? I would love to join you.

Just like, all that aside It's just totally unrelated Like I don't know you i'll just buy you a ticket just a surprise ticket. I'll just be there just in case Well, it had me thinking about all the other places we've been to together either on tour or you know When we've been ghost hunting do you realize how many places we've gone that are connected to drinking like how many haunted bars they've been I do why do you think I, like, really approve of the ones specifically that have drinking involved? I mean, hello, Bobby Mackies. Exactly. And I have this special thing, just in case,

because sometimes even though there are, you know, lore, there are legends about people who like to drink on the property, say it's a bar or whatever, tavern, sometimes the people nowadays are a little bit party poopers, and they're like, we it's a bar or whatever, tavern, sometimes the people nowadays are a little bit party poopers and they're like, we don't actually serve alcohol here, so you would have to bring your own.

And yeah, for that reason, I got this special bra that we like to talk about that it fills with alcohol, you know, and there are plenty of options, but I think we all know what I'm gonna be filling it with this time around. Is it crisp, apple flavored? Is it a- Yeah, whoa, yeah it is.

Might it come from an orchard? Oh my God, and it's pretty pissed off. Oh my God, is it, dare I say, angry orchard. You know, imagine how nice that will feel in my bra. Buzzum, yes. In my buzzum, making it nice and cold during the sweatiest months of the year, and it's just like a little sip and I'm good to go.

It's really, really good for summer. Literally wrapped up in some some crisp apple cider. Yeah. Can't can't can't beat it. Also, glad I took over your whole trip with my nonsense. I was going to say, OK, OK, first of all, imagine angry Richard in in your bra. Right. But on top of that, other times we've gone ghost hunting, you brought like 10 different flasks, you could just be stocked.

You're right. Just to the nines, just have angry or shirt, angry or shirt, angry or shirt, angry or shirt, you're like going to be like a superhero with a utility bill. Oh my gosh. Yeah. There's something else about cider where it's like, Oh, summertime is cider time to me, like summer fall,, like actually anytime is cider time. Who am I kidding?

But there's something especially nice about like a crisp, slightly sweet, slightly tart. I've always been a cider gal. Angry Orchard actually, fun fact, this is totally unrelated to the vacations and all that. But that was actually the first legal drink I ever drank. Is it really? Yep.

And yeah, it holds a special place in my heart and my tummy and my bra. Well, should have brought it with you on all those ghost hunts, especially because we've talked about this so many times. The obelisk that we use on ghost hunting, it's this machine that spurts out a bunch of like ghost words. The only two words it's ever pumped out, like ever, 90% of the time is apple and orchard.

We're not making that up. We went to- It's so weird. We went to like four different locations in the span of a couple of years, and every single location, one of the most expensive, like high quality machines we have, kept saying apple orchard. And we were like, what in the hell?

Like, what is this about? And now I'm realizing like, oh my God, the universe was telling us all along It was predicting our relationship with angry orchard. I should it was doing this whole time Bobby Mackie's was with us from the beginning saying don't worry apple and orchard are gonna mean something to you gonna mean something Just be patient listen to the signs from the universe and look how we ended up just in our blissful crisp from the universe and look how we ended up just in our blissful crisp... Deliciousness? Look, if you're gonna go on your own summer trip or if you're going ghost hunting and you happen to find yourself in a haunted space, maybe with an empty bra that you could

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All right. So this is from Margot She Her, and it's called My Summer at a Haunted Boarding School. Oh, oh. Hi, all. I'm Margot She Her, long-time listener, first-time writer. I'm from Belgium. My mother tongue is Flemish, like Christine's favorite song. Well, that's my nightmare.

I always hope nobody who actually knew Flemish listened to me sing that one song by Jacques Brault back in the day. That was like, it was impressive, to say the least. I, Marie, Marie, I'm not gonna do it again. It was beautiful. I don't really know how to properly write an intro. Well, I don't know how to sing a Flemish song.

So I guess we're even, Margot. Every year I teach English at summer camp in an old English boarding school. The first year, I would quit this job to do that. To go teach in an old, no, I wouldn't. What am I talking about? Not to teach anything. To live in a haunted boarding school, maybe,

but not teach anything. As long as it's English speaking and I have a chance of knowing what's going on sometimes, I could do it. That's fair. The first year I went there, I would soon come to realize that the school is haunted as fuck. When I was preparing lessons in my classroom, every once in a while I would hear a banging noise coming from what seemed like inside the walls. I didn't want to pay attention to it, so I wrote it off and just went on with my life.

A couple days later, I was standing in front of my classroom telling my kids a story, and all of a sudden a YouTube video I was planning on showing them started playing out of nowhere, even though I was nowhere near my laptop. All the kids started screaming. Apparently, they had also noticed the banging and other strange things that happened from time to time. However, the scariest experience was still to come. The kids and most of the staff had gone to bed already after a long and exhausting day in London.

The remaining staff members and I, there were about five or six of us, grabbed some beers and decided to head to the indoor swimming pool. We didn't- I know. See, that's the part I would sign up for, not the teaching.

Well, I guess if I'm just showing you, I'm not saying you were just showing YouTube videos. However, if that's an option, I would probably just show YouTube videos. I would like to sub only on those days. Correct, yeah, I'd be the substitute teacher. Let's see. We grab some beers, decided to head to the indoor swimming pool.

We didn't want to turn on the bright fluorescent lights because they'd kill the mood or desecrate it. As Brian says. Absolutely. Desecrate the vibe. So we brought a light box and a speaker to play music. We were chilling in the pool, chatting, drinking when the music started skipping until all we could hear was static noise coming from the speaker, goodbye. The lightbox went out and we heard a loud banging

on the roof as if it was raining really hard. Then a cold draft came over the swimming pool. This was starting to feel too much like the beginning of a horror movie. And by the way, remember they're indoors. So it's like a cold draft shouldn't be coming over the swimming pool. I don't think.

It feels a little like a haunted jump scare house where like it's all rigged. Like it feels all rigged. Where it's like, do you hear that? Ooh, now there's now a cold wind blows in. Yeah. It felt like, as you said, the beginning of a horror movie. So we all bolted out of there.

Once we were back outside, we realized it was completely dry, so the banging noise wasn't rain. The next day I told the story to my friends, and just as I had finished telling the tale, the lights in the room turned off. See ya. Still creeps me out to this day.

I still go to the school every year and could write many more emails about all the experiences we've had there, such as organ music coming from the lockke Chapel at 3 a.m. Okay, forget it. That feels absolutely vibe. Where's my passport? I'm leaving. To go to the chapel or to leave the chapel?

Oh, I'm leaving the, I'm getting on an airplane and I'm flying away. Away from it, got it. I didn't know if you were leaving LA to go join this haunted school. Let's see, I love that place, but I feel scared when I walk the grounds alone at night. That's the end.

That's the end? Oh my God. Well. Thanks, Margo, for that. Thanks. Did you ever go back? Are you still there? What did you say?

Well, it said I go back every year. You go back every year? All right, well, hey. The organ music is interesting too, because I'm like, what if the speaker was just trying to get back to the organ music? Like, you know, what if you were playing something like a disrespectful to the ghost, you know, or whatever?

Maybe. They were like, no more Tayo Cruz. We want organ music. I don't know why that's the bull. I'm so sorry. No more, you should've flumish whatever song Christine loves so much. No more Jacques Prelle. Wow.

Boarding school? It was a boarding school. Like a summer camp at a boarding school. Interesting. Yeah, cause when you think haunted summer camp, you think like in a cabin somewhere. Yes, like outdoors, right? Yeah, yeah. Would you go there?

I think I would prefer the boarding school one As a less outdoorsy person, I would prefer my ghosts be sure interior ghosts, you know I don't want to be in a lake and see like a ghost. I don't know I don't want to be in a lake period actually, so let's just leave it there I mean, I guess it's like if you have to to get haunted, do you want mosquitoes there or no? Right, exactly. Thank you. Do you want to be in a lake? No. Do you want mosquitoes? No.

Do you want to do outdoor activities and ride a horse? Absolutely not. With or without a side of spiders? Do I want to do arts and crafts? 100%. Yeah, I get that. Do I want an indoor pool and beer? Silly question. And it sounds like this building

does have air conditioning. Ah ha, even better. And an organ. Great, see, okay, we're on board. We're on board. Easy. This is from Autumn. No pronouns, Autumn, Autumn, Autumn, Autumn. The subject line is,

past life story per Christine's request. I was Julius Caesar once. Can you imagine if that would be hysterical if like we just things just mind melded a little too close to the sun? Oh, no, it's like time slips in the episode. No, thanks. Oh, we found it in the actual writing. My name is Autumn She Her. Thank you for normalizing pronouns, Autumn. Sorry, I'm like bullied you for four seconds.

And I'll do it again. I've been listening since y'all had 35 episodes. And y'all are some of my favorite people ever. Christine mentioned past life stories during the October listeners episode, and I thought I'd share mine. Whew. Autumn's been waiting since October to tell you this.

Well, it says 2023, so I think longer than- Autumn's been waiting two and a half years to tell you this. Yeah, something like that. One and a half years. Sorry, sorry. Okay, my mom tells this story and unfortunately, my sister, about six at the time, and I, and I, who was three, don't remember this

because we were too little. But a little backstory backstory according to my mom I used to be terrified of water to the point that I nearly choked my mother When she got me into a pool because it'd be hanging onto her neck so tightly That's okay The fact as a parent I would be like oh you obviously have a past life situation That'd be my only fun the second le Leona suddenly has some deep-seated fear of anything besides the count from Sesame Street,

I'm going to be like, is this how she died? I would have been like, oh, she was a vampire in the past life. Yes. Oh, that makes sense. She lived in Transylvania, sure. I don't really remember doing this to her, but I always thought I just always thought I was a water baby.

Okay. Or I wasn't a water baby. Now for the story. One day, my mom was talking to her friend and mentioned that I act like someone who had come close to drowning or something because of how terrified I acted when I was around water.

Well, my older sister overheard that and she came and asked me if I'd ever drowned. I looked at her and told her, yes, a man punched me here pointing to my cheek and I fell and drowned in a river. Wait, this was when she was a child? She said this? Yes, I guess so, yes.

My sister obviously ran to tell my mom and according to my mom, after that I was no longer terrified of the water. You told your story. You processed it. That's nice. But yikes, someone punched you in the face and then I guess knocked you out and you drowned in the river.

And drowned you, Jesus. Also like what a thing for like a three-year-old to say. Yeah, yeah, right. It's not like, I presume you weren't watching like Blue Bloods, I've never watched that show. I have no idea what happens. I'm trying to think of any sort of. Did you pick that because water's blue, bitch?

Maybe. I'm like, Tayo Cruz, blue, like what, where, who, who is this? What year are you in? What year are you in? I have no idea. You're so far in the past, you might as well be Julia Caesar. I mean, honestly, maybe that's what I'm gunning for.

Well, Autumn says, I have many other creepy stories, but those are for another time. Love you all. Love the pod, Adam. But yeah, again, if I ever had a three year old who gave that detailed of a dark story, I'd be like, OK, it's probably true. Shit, I don't know. Like, I feel like everything Leona said, even the weird stuff we've we've been able to explain, even like the really weird stuff, because it's like, oh, it was,

you know, on this show or it Was mentioned or like my mom said it but if it were something that specific as a three-year-old I feel like I'd be like okay. We don't know where this came from and also I'm kind of mad at your mom because like why weren't their follow-up questions probably to Avoid the trauma. I don't know. What's like if it worked she felt better Yeah, but I'm not I'm not talking about to feel better. I'm talking about because I'm nosy as shit.

You wanna find out, I know. You don't, yeah. It's not about the world for the future. I'd be like, oh, you feel better? Great, let's dig into this so I can- I don't, I feel worse now, actually. Look into it on newspapers.com. I'm gonna find your killer.

Oh my God. We're gonna get to the bottom of this. Yeah, you're gonna like retraumatize her all over again, just for the story. Anyway, thank you, Autumn. Thank you, Autumn. Let's see, I have something here. This is from Bridget, she, they,

and it's called, a psychic predicted my childhood home burning down. What? Is your psychic an arsonist? I'm just asking for no reason. That actually would be, that was a Law and Order episode, wasn't it? When a psychic was predicting everything and it's because he was the one doing it.

I feel like that's a pretty good like the pry on Blue Bloods to you. Have you heard of that show? You know what? No. But me either. I don't know. I'm like, is there a show called Blue Bloods? Because I feel like that's a great show name. No, I think you just contour that up. No, it's it's a famous show.

It's been around show it's been around it's literally on its 14th season M what is it about the police blue it's about the oh my god it looks so boring well that's why I don't know it New York Police Commissioner and the Reagan fan clan okay and World War I don't even finish the sentence I'm sure that three-year-old watched Blue Bloods and that's how she came up with the story about being punched in the head or whatever let's go back to this is from Bridgeshee they hello Christine and M and Eva hope you are all enjoying your time touring this was sent in March 2022 by the way

Also, I wanted to say congratulations to Christine and welcome to motherhood also. Happy birthday to your mom M Thanks. Wow a lot of things going on back in the day. We were really nailing it back in March of 22 Alright, I'm gonna jump right into this because it's a bit lengthy. This event happened in May, 2003. I grew up in a small rural town in Illinois. Growing up in my neighborhood, everyone knew everyone. All the adults knew each other and all the kids on that block. I feel like you grew up in that scenario, right?

Yes, yeah, it was a very cool vibe. As a child, I never really put it together, but my parents and all the adults in that neighborhood threw a lot of block parties, quote unquote. All the adults would typically gather onto one porch and drink smoke and play loud music. Insert twisted by Keith Sweat playing in the background. I don't know what that is.

I Keith Sweat tells me that he is meant to be a rock and roll kind of guy. It feels like the name of someone's neighbor's dad would like invent as like their band name, you know? It's like Michael Skarn or something. Yeah, right, exactly. Oh, Kees Sweat, okay, this is a very well-known R&B singer, songwriter, and producer. So I'm clearly just not cool.

I know Twist and Shout. Oh, Twisted, like Twisted the Night Away, no? Maybe. I don't know. Kees Sweat, 1996. I don't know. Key Sweat 1996? I don't know. I don't know. No, I think that song's a...

Whatever. Okay, Key Sweat, great. I only know Ty O Cruz. Okay, so everybody back on. Did Key Sweat ever feature on an episode like that? Oh my God, he's like sample. He sings this theme song, I think. Okay. Oh, help.. Okay, oh help.

All right, as we slowly watch our parents get drunk, all of us kids would be playing in the dark, jumping on the trampolines. Well, we did do this, but it was just like two or three families. Like we would all just gather at each other's house. All of us kids would be playing in the dark, jumping on the trampolines,

swimming in pools until 12 a.m. on a school night. Yes, that happened, and you know what? I don't know if I've ever said this on the podcast, so I'll save it for a listeners episode because it's not on the main feed. Well, it is on the main feed. Anyway, it doesn't matter. Our neighbor was our guidance counselor at school,

like our next door neighbor. And he called my mom. But the problem was, we went to a Catholic school and he was gay, and so my mom was like, well, I won't tell you. Don't tell them. They had this arrangement. And then we got invited to the pink party next door. He was right.

Your your gay guidance counselor hosted a pink party. Yeah, every year. And he invited all the neighborhood. Yeah, it was great. It was literally so fun. And everyone wore pink. It was great. That sounds amazing. Wait, I want to throw a pink party. Thank you. It was it. That sounds amazing. Wait, I wanna throw a pink party. Thank you.

It was, it was like before it's time, you know, like before Barbie came out. The themes. Yeah, yeah. It was really a good time. It was a good time. Oh my gosh. Also, I love that your mom immediately was like,

I'm gonna blackmail you back. A blackmail you. The shit out of you. And then every time I saw him at school, he'd be like Christine. I'd be like, I don't even remember his name. I don't even remember his name. Hey. Oh at school, he'd be like, Christine, I'd be like, I don't even remember his name. I don't even remember his name. Hey.

Oh my God. I'd be like, see you Saturday. For our guidance counseling that I probably really actually do need. You're actually probably concerned for my welfare rightfully so. He was like, I could see with my own eyes that you live on a cemetery Wednesday at us.

Like, let me help you. I can see how deeply troubled you are. I can see how you talk to your rabbit outside all day and nobody else. But I guess your mom's gonna blackmail me so no one's gonna solve any of those problems. Anyway. Okay, let's get back to this.

On a school night. On one of those nights, my mother decided to have the big party on our backyard deck. Later on, when people started to arrive, one of our neighbors brought one of their friends over. I'm sure my mom didn't care anyway. All she wanted to do was jam out girl food and drink with her girlfriends. As a mother of a toddler, I can relate to that feeling of contentment and freedom. I remember being in the swimming pool, which was right next to the deck. I was with a few of my neighborhood friends. I remember smelling food on the grill and cigarette smoke. I remember my crush. Oh your crush was there. That's even better

God, that's my crush was never around during any of my shenanigans. It's probably for the best but I would have wished for it sometimes my crush was there and it was a Game changer the day was made up the step the stakes so high, like best day of, oh my God. And when they would leave, I would crash out. I'd be like, everyone might as well leave. Yeah, get out of my house. Get out of my pool.

What's the point of this anymore? Oh my God. I remember my crush splash me in the face. And of course that made me want to turn around and splash him back. As I turned around to say something witty like, OMG. I got caught off guard and startled when I heard this woman screaming.

I looked over and she was staring at my house. She immediately stood up and told my mother that my house was in flames. My house was fine. So now she just looked a little crazy. My little sister was too young to understand what we all thought that she was fine. So now she just looked a little crazy. My little sister was too young to understand what we all thought that she was crazy. She took her words literally

and thought our house was currently on fire. She was six years old, so she started to cry. Our mom asked the lady to leave because she was scaring our children. So this is the friend of a friend that somebody brought. Yeah. And I'm sure my mom was a little freaked out too. As her friend escorts her off the deck, she says,

Oh my gosh, what a nut job. I'm sorry. This person really needs to fucking rein it in. As her friend escorts her off the deck, this woman says, pointing to my older sister, she will cause the fire I see. What the fuck, don't blame. My older sister was in the front yard talking with her friends. sister she will cause the fire I see. My older sister was in the front yard talking with her friends. We all thought that was strange even after she left but life went on.

Oh my god I would literally okay you know the rest of the party everyone's talking about that and being like first of all who brought her second of all now we have to make fun of you for talking about that crazy coop you know. Completely why would you bring her to a party with a bunch of kids if she's going to start like blaming them for arson? Also, like talk about the beginning of like having an OCD complex. Like, for sure. If someone pointed at you and said, you're going to start a fire

the rest of your life, you'd be a nightmare. It's on a loop. Everybody's it's like the yeah, for sure. 100 percent. Good call. Yeah. Is your sister okay? I love that. The irony of it would be that you'd be so paranoid. Somehow that would be what causes the fire.

Like you wouldn't be able to escape it. Oh yeah, it would be like, what is it? Self-fulfilling prophecy. You'd be like, it just has to happen now. Okay. So fast forward to September, Labor Day weekend. My younger sister and I are at my uncle's annual pig roast, more like a big Mexican reunion, laughing emoji.

My mom and her husband were on a motorcycle ride in Milwaukee, God, your parents sound like they're having the time of their lives. They were at a rest stop when my mom received a phone call from our neighbor. When she answered the phone, our neighbor said in a very hesitant voice, Elizabeth, my mom received a phone call from our neighbor when she answered the phone our neighbor said in a very hesitant voice Elizabeth my mom's name. I don't know how to say this but your house is on fire. Oh my god Oh my god

Our neighbor thankfully called 9-1-1 and said they're on the way after that phone call my mom headed over to get us and we all Drove to her house, which was now on fire When we pulled up to the house My mom told us to wait in the car and remember looking at our house and seeing all the flames and all the smoke. It was a bit traumatizing. Yeah, yeah, that's incredibly traumatizing. My mom started freaking out because she thought our nanny was inside

and the nanny was a second cousin, so like a family member. Not that it wouldn't matter if they were not a family member, but of course that, you know, makes it more personalized pose, I don't know. My mom called our babysitter who answered right away and told her she was coming back to the house with my older sister right now.

My mom thought that was strange because our nanny was practically living with us. So she was watching the house for that day. My mom was told that the fire was caused by our electric stove and oh my God, she was livid. After my mother and our nanny had talked to the fireman, I remember we were all in the car together and my mom asked the babysitter what happened.

Our nanny in tears said she had accidentally left the oven on, well talk about OCD, this is starting to become like my actual personal intrusive thought. Everyone with oven OCD is about to be like, did I turn my oven off? Please be careful. Our nanny in tears said she had accidentally left

the oven on before she left. Then she proceeded to say, I accidentally left it on because my older sister had been in a car accident. Oh shit. So like, again, that's, see, that's what I'm talking about. Even if you try everything you can to prevent it. To be careful and avoid it.

It would be something random like a car accident that would cause it. Fuck. Apparently my older sister and her friends were underage drinking and hit a parked car. Oh my God, okay. And then Bridget says, drinking and driving is terrible. Correct, it is.

Don't do that, folks. Our nanny apparently was about to cook food when my older sister called her to tell her she needed to be picked up immediately because the cops were on the way. She didn't want to be arrested for underage drinking and she was also not the one driving. Our nanny said after hearing that nothing mattered,

she dropped the phone, left the house and accidentally left the stove on. That's my one and only experience with a psychic. They can be a channel, so I don't think this was just a coincidence. I don't know, let me know what you guys think. P.S. can't wait to see you in Denver. See something sage something, Lim Laugh Lemon. I think we've made have we said

that before and we're just now remembering. Probably. That's just plain old horrifying. And also the psychic. Yeah. It really wasn't. I mean, I guess I could see through the chain of events that, yes, maybe it was the older sister's fault, but it was... She really caused the fire. Yeah, that was so unnecessary to say she caused the fire. Like, come on. Yeah. Too much.

Too much. I think she was probably mad she was getting dragged off the property. Probably. You know? Like, the last thing she says, like she she's the one you know It's an occupational hazard if you're a psychic. Yes at some point someone's gonna drag you off your property especially like with visual like I Feel like what happened was she actually saw the fire right because she's pointing at the house saying oh my god

The house is on fire and everyone's like get the fuck out of here. I feel like probably like oh shit I thought it was real It feels like season one of a superhero origin story where like maybe the psychic didn't know her own powers yet. Yeah, they're like not controlling their powers. Yeah, that's because we both have friends who have some gifts. And I feel like they've learned enough where they can tell like if they're seeing something or if they feel something

and it's like happening. I've never seen a. Yeah. It's almost like in Smallville, there's an episode where I knew you were going to say Smallville. I like was I felt it coming. I've been watching it again. Oh, you haven't been like to mention it in probably years. And I'm like, you're the only one I know who is like. Currently, that was like still into it.

So I did. I was a big fan back in the day. But no, here's an episode where he learns that his laser eyes come in for the first time oh god and he like can't control it yeah I feel like that's what the psychic is doing where like you saw a house on fire and you didn't know like if what you were seeing was real or not yeah cuz if she's freaking out like obviously or she saw it in the future, knew it was going to happen and was like, I have to tell them, in which case maybe she needed to learn some boundaries.

Which I feel like- Some social skills. Yeah, maybe like learn to like not accuse the family members of causing future destruction. Hold their hand when you say it, gently let them know. Right, like maybe this was the beginning of like learning how to kind of Something things delicately something wicked this way comes. Yeah, right. Um, so Anyway, thanks so much for that story. And you know what at the end of the day? I'm glad she kind of warned you I guess it's better than knowing and not saying something. I suppose so yeah

I mean, it's kind of a creepy, it's a good story either way, unfortunately, for your trauma. Maybe she just likes the theatrics, maybe she's just a Gemini, and she's just like, you know what? I'm gonna tell them. A psychic? Yeah, maybe I'm gonna tell them, and it's just like, I'm just gonna tell them

in the craziest way for the story. And then like maybe someday it'll actually happen, and oh, you mean like maybe she was a real psychic, but she's like, I'm just gonna see, like, plop this in the mix. Just do it some flair. Give it some flair. Yeah.

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Ooh, no. It's a no from me, Delaney. First off, hi. Hello. My name is Delaney and I live in Northern Illinois. I'm jumping into this before I decide not to write in because of anxiety and I was in a severe electrical accident where I was shocked in a puddle for about 45 minutes.

What? the F? I kind of don't have anything to say about that. Just wow. What the fuck? Is that the whole story? Because that's shocking. Yeah. Well, oh, fuck, that was not on purpose. Beautiful. Now I'm the asshole. I swear that wasn't on purpose.

I'm sorry that that sentence alone could be the whole story. I mean, really, like, I really just have follow up questions. be the whole story. I mean really like I really just have follow-up questions Oh my god, too. God 45 minutes and like when something bad happens and you think it feels like 45 minutes, but it's like a second I thought I thought you're gonna say seconds and then even that sounds so long, you know Like imagine if it actually was 45 minutes. It must have felt like years. Oh my god lord in heaven. Oh I have I obviously have PTSD and I have really strayed from water of all kinds of possible sense. I don't blame you at all Fast forward four years. Have you even been listening to this episode? You're probably like skip this episode

You won't even hear your story as soon as you heard Swimming I'm away from. I'm out. Fast forward four years to 2015. I'm in Florida going to Disney. Oh, Florida has to be a scary place for you. There's a thunderstorm every afternoon. I'm in Florida going to Disney with my mom, stepdad and three sisters.

We're sitting by the pool. I'm not going in the water this entire trip and love soaking up the sun. No one is by me. I'm not even in the shade. And my end goal was to get crispy. So when I go back home, I look tan for once. Anyway, everyone is done swimming and we go back to the hotel and I go to change and there were hand prints on both my knees.

Ew! Like when you like, like as if it were covering your legs so you couldn't get sunburned I'm guessing I guess you know you can put like stickers on and everything Oh, right right right like when people put sunscreen on as like a she yeah, yeah Yeah, there were handprints on my knees my knees were sunburned And it looked as if small hands were resting on my knees the entire I know for some reason I thought grown-ass beefy man hands.

But now- I did too, but then I thought, oh, well at least maybe we can explain it like you accidentally fell asleep with your hands on your legs, but little kid hands that don't match your hands? I don't think so. Yeah, they were small hands resting on my knees

the entire time I was sunbathing. Again, no one was around me. The way the hands were placed, it looked like the thing was facing me while resting its hands. So like hands face it like as if it's like looking at you. I cannot twist my wrists to do this, I swear. So late that night, I'm shook and I'm trying to relax. And then my sister, who passed away in the same electrical accident,

oh, my God, her favorite song, All Apologies by Nirvana, randomly started playing on the radio in my room. It's crazy to think, but man, I definitely hope it was her. We were only 14 when the accident happened, and it's forever changed my life. I'm now 26 with a beautiful daughter who bears my sister's name as her middle name. I have a lot more stories where I feel as though forever changed my life. I'm now 26 with a beautiful daughter who bears my sister's name as her middle name.

I have a lot more stories where I feel as though I hear things when visiting certain places. I just wanted to say I enjoy your podcast and I feel like we would be buddies. Team wine since I have a severe dairy allergy and will need an EpiPen to drink a milkshake. But much love to you both, Anne, Gio and Eva Delaney. Well, thank you Delaney and wow, so, so, so sorry about

that, oh my God. That is absolutely, wow. Yeah, oh my gosh. I mean, it's heartbreaking. And then to think like, oh, your sister was there. But I liked the idea that she was like, now you won't get tan on your knees, on your knees.

Yeah, it's like, nice try getting tan, everyone's gonna know that you're actually pale as shit. But I I like the idea that she was like now you won't get tan on your knees Everyone's gonna know that you're actually pale as shit Man I'm really sorry Delaney. That's just fucking it also just sounds terrible Well if I thought they I would say I mean it's definitely too late I have a feeling the Sun burn and Sun tan has gone away since but it would have been cool to maybe get like a tattoo of that Handout line or something. Yeah. I mean Yeah, wow Wow, and this the song by Nirvana I feel Song by Nirvana occasionally come up on the radio, but not that one because I don't know that one

So I feel like that's not the norm but but. And I like that the song was apologies, like sorry I ruined your suntan. Oh, oops, my bad. I didn't even take notice of that. Alrighty, well, wow, what a doozy. I mean, pool stories, it literally happened. I know, and there's one more. Oh shit, I already closed it.

Okay, I was like ready to move on. Now this is our final one for Julius' month and next month during Augustus' hour. Augustus finally, Augustus' hour, he's finally gonna get his time in the sun so to speak. Here is one from Jackie Shithe. It says, breaking into Wallace and other ways to fall asleep.

Oh, I'm excited for this, Em. Breaking into Wallace. You know, I gotta say, sorry, a lot of people have written in saying that I have somehow cracked the case on how to fall asleep. You did. So I'm glad that some people are actually trying it. I've had a lot of people DM me saying,

you're the only reason I could sleep now. So I didn't mean to be like a sleep expert here, but you're welcome. It's pretty wild. Because remember when it happened, it worked for me a couple of times and I thought maybe that's a fluke. And I feel like I said it on the podcast and then a bunch of other people said, no, it works. And I'm like, I don't know the science behind it. But anyway, I just wanted to take this moment to say I see your messages to me. Thank you. I appreciate everyone Supporting the plight of sleeplessness. Yeah, it seems to be effective. So Jackie says In today's episode Christine asked if there's any other weird ways people have to fall asleep Oh, okay. So I clearly already asked this

I have a way that works great, but seems to upset people lol. Oh good god. Okay When I was younger, we had a very deep pool My favorite thing to do was swim to the bottom of the deep end which was about 12 feet deep My dad hired random people to dig our pool, and I'm pretty sure it was not built to code Oh my god I would swim to the very bottom flip over onto my back and let all the air out of my lungs Then just look up towards the surface Okay, you're basically

Jack's a man dying just look up towards the surface. Okay, you're basically, Jackie, you're acting. Simulating dying. You're acting like one of those kids in a horror movie where you know that they're gonna become the problem. Like they're underwater, not breathing, the bubbles are coming out and you're like, cool, something, you're gonna be trouble later on. I can see it. You nailed it, Christine.

Foreshadowing. Oh my lord. I would swim to the very, talk about a parent's nightmare of a game for their child to be playing. Are you kidding me? This feels like something you would absolutely have done to your parents, Christy. I know, I think I actually did do this.

I feel like, I understand that it's like a sensory deprivation thing, but really, you are at the same time pretending you're drowning. Depriving yourself of oxygen, right, right, right. Okay, wow. I would stay down as long as I could. It was so quiet and peaceful down there. I felt like I was in Ariel's grotto from The Little Mermaid.

Everything was quiet and still. I would watch the sun rays breaking through and bouncing off the water. It was my own little world. Later in life, as an adult, I was trying to find a peaceful mind space to fall asleep in and I remembered this spot. So to fall asleep today,

I pictured myself slowly letting the air out of my lungs and sinking to the bottom of the pool. For the big sleep, yeah. Oh my God, it's not scary to me. I don't feel like I need air or like I'm drowning. I'm just slowly, slowly sinking, weightless, watching the surface get farther away and eventually I'm asleep.

I mean, I do see how that would work, right? Cause it's the idea of like falling backwards, like muscles relax, you know? I totally get it, I do see how that would work, right? Cause it's the idea of like falling backwards, like muscles relax, you know? I totally get it. I totally get it. My coworkers were asking me the other day how I fall asleep so quickly and easily. I've been known to take a 20 minute power nap on the couch at lunch, even with everyone talking and laughing

in the break room. When I told them they looked horrified, like they wanted to have me committed. Anyways, that's how I fall asleep. Try it or don't, Jackie, she they. Oh my God. I'll give it a shot. I feel like breaking into Wallace is like this,

I'm trying to think how to say it. Breaking into Wallace is like sinking into a pool light. It's like the 1.0 and then this is like, oh, if that's not working for you, like try putting yourself at the bottom of a watery. I mean, I can also, I can very easily envision Jackie's situation because I feel like there's a lot of TV content where people have filmed looking up at the surface from inside the water. Right, right. It does feel peaceful. It's a peaceful calming and you're quiet. I think you nailed it with sensory deprived.

Like I feel like that's... Yeah. And especially if that's what you did as a kid, it's like, oh, that's just a comforting thing now. Yeah, I feel like with breaking into Wallace, I'm just... You used to break through walls all the time as a kid for your own mental escape. I was gonna say, I feel like I'm just envisioning myself exhausting myself because I'm punching

a wall until, you know what I mean? It's not relaxing at all. But I don't know, I'll try Jackie's. Sure, why not? Sure. That's the last story of the month. Phew, we did it. And they were all pool related.

They were. Do you ever, well, I guess now with Patreon, people can just adjust them themselves. I don't get to choose. What does that feel like losing control in that way? Fantastic, because I really don't ever remember what I said. And then everyone says, Christine asked for this. And I'm like, no, I didn't.

So. That's okay. Well, nowadays, now that it can be as random as swimming pools, I mean, it could be like, no, I didn't. So that's okay. Well, nowadays, now that it's, it can be as random as swimming pools. I mean, it could be like, who knows what we're gonna get next month. So don't even say a word cause it's gonna happen. I'm so scared.

I swear to God, if it's Augustus Caesar or something. No, I can't have any more of that nonsense. Well, thank you everybody. And the fact that it's July 1st means that we are halfway through 2025. So that's pretty bonkers. And we are now only two, three episodes listeners episodes away from spooky season. Halloween.

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