And That's Why We Drink - Listener Stories: Vol. 115 featuring. Nichole Bigley

Episode Date: May 1, 2026

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It's May. Who's that? And we have a very... It's ours. Our spring witch is here. I love that, a spring witch. We have a special guest. This is one of Christine's personal friends.

I'm going to have you to the introduction. That's what I call her, a personal friend. This is my personal friend, Nicole. Nicole Bigley, host of a psychic story. Just, I mean, now it's like the spotlights on me, and I'm blanking on my personal friend's entire biography, where pals one time I went into the walls of her house with her. with her and we looked at stuff and she has like a cool secret tunnel under her house.

That's something we should discuss. Sometimes I introduce people like I'm in kindergarten. Like, you know, like, who's your friend? It's like, I don't know their name, but here's everything about them, you know? And it's sort of like that way. And we did that too where we skipped a bunch of levels of friendship and we suddenly knew all these things about each other, but not like where we were from or like basics. Yeah, yeah.

Sometimes I feel that way. Well, okay. I'm going to be the spokesperson for the audience. for the audience. Yeah. Okay. And we would like to know what you just said about being in her walls. Oh, I was like, about which part. I said so many ways. Oh. Well, this is a not safe for work podcast. You never know what's coming. But no, we, she has this beautiful home in southern, what is it, southwestern, in Cincinnati area, let's say. And it's just this beautiful witch, witch house. It's like the perfect. beautiful caldry witch house. And she invited me over one evening. And we had several glasses of wine. Yeah, a little bit. And I, you know, we're venting our stuff. And suddenly I'm like, what's up there? And she has these huge tall ceilings. And that, you know, those like, what are they

called? Well, they're kind of sort of like transome windows. But if there's not a window, there's like a door and you can actually open it up and store stuff. So they used to put like trunks and things up there. And surely the previous owners emptied them out. Right. Well, well, well, the painters had left a ladder. And I said, there's only one way to find out. And I kid you not, we found in there some, I was like, honestly, sometimes I'm like, did Nicole plant that just to like, you know, amuse me for the day? But it really was like treasure hunting. We found this silver briefcase and it was locked. And we took it, of course, next up onto Nicole's balcony. And she took a hammer. And we hammered the code clearly. We didn't know the code. And Nicole, as a psychic, are you, are you, good point. Are your abilities there when it comes to being able to send something off of an item? Like, were you able to get a vibe? So that's psychometry.

And I will say, we both were a little nervous, which, you know, after having some wine, you wouldn't think we would be. But we were definitely determined to open it. It had, like, this latches and, like, we're in a number combination. And it was a silver metal briefcase, as Christine mentioned. Like, nothing good can come. Nothing good can come up. Like, what's in this locked to briefcase?

And why did they leave it here? And we're taking a hammer to it, you know? Well, I think the hammer is certainly bringing some, some darkness. Yeah. And what, and we did try and intuit, tune in and see what was in there. And I think we guessed, like, somewhat correctly, but there was no way we would have known what was. It was so random. It was like somebody left their, like, random personal effects, like in a glove box, but put them in it. It was so there was a picture of an atomic bomb. Okay, that doesn't so much. You cannot be kidding me. Personal effects. You found a random trunk. Like an actual. photograph, like a photograph of it going off in the ocean. And then a photo of a small little girl. Small child. And then I'm driving log in pencil like a serial killer. Are you improvving right now? That can't be so. It's a true story.

It feels like it, doesn't it? And video. We have a video. Yeah, we do a video. That's because one would think, oh, what's the most mysterious thing I could find in this unmarked trunk? It's a bomb. We were hoping it was money.

Well, we were hoping it was like so much money. Or like dabloons, gold dabb. lose, you know? Did you keep it? Like, did you hold on to any of it and like, and store it? Yeah, I kept it all. Yeah. We also found wood clogs. A camera with some film that still needs to be developed. Yes, a mysterious camera. Some artistic, some artistic artsy stuff. An American flag. How big was this trunk? Damn. No, this was all in the trans and thing. I had like five of them or six of them. So we went through each and every one. Crazy. I'm glad that we started here because it You told me to introduce my personal friend and I said, uh-oh, the only thing I can think off the top of my head is our personal adventures.

No. That sounds bad. I appreciate it. That sounds like a really bonding experience. I don't mean that in a funny way. I would like I would live. I would remember that. I'd stay in that memory for a very long time.

I do live in that memory a lot. And we did also go to Egypt together, which of course was its own kind of magical, but that almost feels like so big that it like, I just, I miss it. I look at the smaller details. That's a whole other combo. That's a whole other podcast. which I did on your podcast. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, and real quick, if I may add, too. So I was having, my house is haunted. I was having these experiences, very long story short, the TV that I just purchased, going on and off. And this psychic medium told me that one of the ghosts wants me to know where the money is hidden. And it's not in the silver briefcase, by the way. It's not in the silver briefcase. That's such a red herring.

Can you imagine if you had heard that message before and then we found the silver briefcase, you would have been like, this is the thing. Jack, this is the thing. Yeah. have not worried about using that hammer on it. But anyway, there will be a follow-up story because Christine's going to bring her equipment. And I think I know where it is in the wall. Yeah, for hammer. And we're just going to go to town. No, I literally went crazy and bought a bunch of shit on Amazon after that because I just like, when was this? Like over a year ago now. And I bought like all

these little cameras that you can like put in the walls. I just became obsessed with what's in the walls. And I went to my house and I found some like wallpapers, you know, behind some of the paint and nothing too thrilling yet. But when I was a kid, I used to find. And I was a kid, I used to find stuff in the walls a lot. So I realize it's one of my favorite pastimes. And my personal friend Nicole has really brought that out in me. So I think you, I think you like looking in walls and you have a friend who is saying my, the walls are available. They're haunted. They're yours. Totally. Totally. One of these days. And I want to get one of these like cool X-ray vision things that you can like look underground and you can, I have one that you can see like if there are objects behind it. Anyway,

it's very fun. It's very fun. And you didn't find the money yet? No. It was a I haven't gone hunting for it yet. I feel like it feels like it's a whole thing. It's a whole production. And I feel like you have to like prepare. Yeah. It feels like a big, big undertaking. Yeah. Also, do you disclose it? Good. Well, too late now, my friend. Did I find anything? Oh, whether you found it. I see so she'll always be looking for it. But one day she'll like own six houses. There will be signs. There will be signs. There will be signs. Yes. And I, forgive me if this is like a like such a question you get all the time. but I feel like someone's going to ask, and by the way, it's going to be me, but somebody else is

going to wonder also. But is there, if you're able to make contact with spirits who will tell you, there is money, can you not ask a follow-up question and be like, where is it? Yeah. No, so I did. And interestingly, so where I live, and again, try not to get too much information about the location. Sure.

There's a lot of lions around. It's one of those things, like it's very with this town. And so she did not know that. And she said, I'm seeing this lion sketch. And I'm like, well, there was some renovations done to my house. So I don't know where there would be a lion. However, I realized I have this lion sculpture, not very expensive. But I put it in this one area of my home.

True. And where it is on the extension of the house is over where the old well used to be. Oh, my God. You get more and more interesting. And so I was like walking out one day, like at this door. And I thought, man, I think that's where the well is that they feel. in and wait, you know, so, yes. So I do ask follow-ups, but I'm also not a medium necessarily, so I don't speak with spirit, right, right, right. So I feel the ghosts around. I can, it's kind of

creepy. I know when they can watch in me and I'll say, hey, you know, give me some privacy type of thing, but I don't have like a lot of one-on-one conversations with them in that respect. So that's why I I called this one person. I was like, why is this ghost haunting me? Why is it turning on my television to this random channel about a man, you know, drowning in the ocean? And I'm like, oh, well, that's probably because that's how he died. Great. Oh, wow. What a, what a wild power to have after you die, though, like, I died in a parachuting accident. I'm going to keep making you watch Rick Steve's parachute down into England or something, you know? The more you, the more that I hear you speak about your life, the more I understand why you

and Christine are so close, because, like, just like, everything that you say so far is, like, kind of vague and, like, I'm desperate for more information. We're like, oh. Imagine then you add a bunch of red wine. Oh, I'm sure. We're like, oh, I don't want to train you that myself, but I live where there's a bunch of lions. And I'm like, the zoo? The Cincinnati Zoo. Lion statues. Yeah, I did notice she didn't say stone lines.

And I was like, M's going to be like, okay. I was like, I mean, it was the most Christine way to answer that, though. It's like. She was at the zoo. And she's, you know why? She's hunting for buried treasure at the Cincinnati Zoo. So leave her alone. She's not going to disclose where she finds it.

But it may or may not be underneath one of the lion enclosure. Come for you if you live surrounded by lions. No, no. She's safe as. They're my protectors. Yeah, exactly. I have a bunch of pet lions. They have a, you know, a relationship.

It's all good. Yeah, I see. I see. I see. Well, anyway, so that's Nicole. Does that help? Yeah, sure. That's a great intro.

That's probably the best intro I've ever received on the podcast. So thank you for that introduction. So welcome. That was a, I had a great time. I know what I thought before this. I thought, I should pull up like a little bio about Nicole. So I thought, nah, I can wing it. And it worked, I think, really well.

So that's probably what I would have scripted anyway, all of that. So it was a perfect script. Thank you. Thank you. Well, it's, it's May 1st, which means we have a new listener episode out for you. And Eva,

as always, has picked some stories. We submitted the theme because we have Nicole here of people's experiences. Did we do angels and, like people's angel experiences? Yeah,

and I'm so excited for this because I don't think we've done this topic. Or if we have, I don't remember it. Agreed. I feel like it's something we must have asked for in the past. And I don't remember any of the stories. It could very well be we asked for it and never actually followed up.

So yeah, but we're excited. And we told Nicole before we started that we wanted her input. We want her to take over and tell us what she thinks about what we're doing. This is my area of expertise. Exactly. So I'm all for it. Perfect. Yeah.

No, it's very helpful that we have the source here. And on the ground journalism. A primary source. Yes, exactly. And we're going to read these a lot. None of us have read them before. So they're all new to us. Although Nicole almost admitted to psychically scanning them before the show.

I want to make sure there wasn't anything, you know, any bad juju. But they all feel energetically fantastic. So here we are. Fair enough. I love that for us. Good job, Eva. Okay. Who wants to go first?

Em? Sure. Okay. Yes. I can go first. I don't care either way. I don't care either. I, uh, I, I'm happy to do it.

Let's see. Okay. You go ahead then. This is from, hmm. It seems. Oh, just refer to me as T. All right. Hey, T. My pronouns are she, they.

And by the way, the subject line just says, experience with angels slash guides. That seems to fit the theme this week, this month. Pretty well. Okay, so T says, I have always been sensitive. My childhood home is over 120 years old and has some ghosts including the Hatman.

Great. Oh, no. And I have also, unfortunately, had a few near-death experiences. and that have seemed to make me a magnet. When I was about 22, I had, I'd been having a really rough time, and due to unfortunate situations, I was in a very deep and dark place. I had then fallen asleep one night after having a very rough day

and immediately woke up at my grandparents' dining room table. I could hear my grandma in the kitchen and felt like I was just at their house for dinner. My papa was across from me, and that was when I was aware of it being a non-endarmine. normal dream. So a bit of a vision going on at the grandparents table. My papa had sadly passed away when I was 10 and had also had a few more losses within my family, including my great grandpa and my brother around the same time. And every time I was very sad or going through it, I would dream of my papa. In the dream, he comforted me and apologized that he couldn't be there physically to help me through things. But as I got older,

he had been watching me grow up through whatever this, through whatever this veil is. He had told me how proud he was in me, going to college, pursuing my dreams of being an artist, and was very happy to see the amazing person I was turning into. I, of course, started bawling and he held me saying things will work out. I remember him telling me he would send me a sign when I'm on the right path by smelling his cologne. I kind of took that as an odd thing because I hadn't smelled that in years, so I nodded in my head and said, I'll try my best to keep an eye out for that. fast forward i'm out of college started my life in chicago as an adult moved in with my boyfriend and getting our bearings on this next step i obviously was very nervous about this big change and my boyfriend was making room in his closet that was now becoming our closet and as he moved a pile of sweatshirts i got the largest whiff of my papa's cologne i immediately grabbed the clothes and took a big smell of them and asked my boyfriend if that scent was his if that was a scent that he had as a cologne confused he looked at

at me and said, um, no, I haven't been able to get the smell of that cologne out since I thrifted it. Wow. Shut the fuck up. And that's when I realized this had to be one of the signs my Papa was talking about. He was up there like one of these days, this somebody will buy this cologne and I can finally make it work. Oh, my God. I got very emotional and my boyfriend comforted me. And that's when I told him about my dream. He thought that that was very sweet and also has some similar spiritual views to me.

and said that seems to be a very clear sign. Since then, it's been five years together. We're engaged in planning our wedding. We're parents to three fur babies and both on the up and up in our careers. I'm in the art and creative field as a floral and visual designer, and my fiancite is in pharmaceuticals. I've had a few more dreams with my Papa since, and I love knowing that maybe whatever is beyond allows your family members

to look into how you're doing and help guide you, and I think that's beautiful. Thank you, T. I was getting really nervous that we were going to find out that like what are the odds that her future husband like bought like went to the thrift store and actually bought her grandpa's clothes. That would be well. You know, I did have that thought. I was kind of hoping. You guys are both psychic though.

I feel like I did not have that thought at all. Christine keeps calling me psychic. It feels extra embarrassing next one actual psychic. Well, one time Nicole came on this podcast and said, I'm your psychic and I said, told you. You just don't want to, you just don't want to claim. Just don't want to admit it. I don't know how to tap into that world yet. I, you're certainly the psychic here, capital P psychic.

No, I was, I was like, is it going to happen? Is she going to find out that like these were her grandpa's clothes? But no, that's still just to have the cologne. I still have my grandfather's cologne if I ever get a whiff of it. I always want to think it's a sign, but I'm like, it's literally, I personally bought it. I almost think like, I think like the buying the cologne is almost more intriguing to me because it's like, I feel like that's not, like, I've never thrifted a cologne. And I guess people do, but like normally you'd think like, oh, you thrift a sweater.

But like thrifting a cologne is so specific. And like, I don't know. I don't know. I also, I have, I personally like to collect the smells of all my family. I know that's like weird. Wow. That's spooky. I have a candle that smells like my, one of my grandmas.

I have a, you know, this that smells like my grandpa and stuff. So I like me. Oh, that's actually a nice idea. But it would be so freaky to me to, to, just have it hit me out of nowhere when I'm not expecting it. Has it ever happened to you, M? Once or twice I've smelled my grandma, but it was also, it was a woman that was my grandma's age walking by, so I was like, maybe they just have the same perfume.

Aw. Still cool. Nicole, do you ever get the smell? The old, what's it called? So Claire Aliens is when you have a smell and there's no reason for it, you know, so there's that. I don't get it a lot. There's also the taste, too, that you can get.

But I have had a weird. banana bread smell in my house occasionally. That's a great thing to have happened. I know. And I'm like, can you make me some? Where's that coming from? Because I'm not a baker. Where's the taste one that's supposed to come through?

Yeah. So I know that at some point somebody did that, but it's not related to anyone. And my grandfather, my mom's mom, he used to smoke cigars at one point. And then he gave him up. So occasionally I've smelled that. But it's not one of my strong. It's not one of my strong ones. Yeah.

But I love this story so much because our loved ones, well, first of all, I refer to our spirit team. It includes angels, guides, our loved ones. And they're always trying to get our attention. And if we're not paying attention to those signs, then it's hard. So they love to get us and communicate with us in our dreams when that veil is finished. And so dreams tend to be, especially if one's standing out where it's extremely vivid and it just feels differently, like more of that lucid dreaming. I know you both talk about this a lot on the podcast too. They love to drop into our dreams and to communicate with us that way. So and the fact that she was going through such a rough time at the moment. And then he said, listen, you know, heads up. You're

going to smell. You're going to smell me type of thing. I think it's such a beautiful way that he was able to connect. And then fast forward, you know, it's, it's her fiance's husband and everything. Oh, and they're getting married. Yeah, that's really beautiful. I do like that he said, you'll smell me when you're like on the right path or doing the right thing. And he was like, this boy right here. That's a good one. Yeah, yeah. This will do. Yeah. It's like, I approve. It was very sweet. That's good. Cute. All right. I can read the next one so we can leave Nicole for last. Best for last. That's what I'm trying to say. Yeah. Yeah. The words are tough today. Okay. This podcast is sponsored by Squarespace. If you have ever looked us up and clicked onto our website and that's why drink.com, that is thankfully because of Squarespace. We have been using them since the day the podcast started. And Squarespace gives you everything you need to offer services and get paid all in one from consultations to,

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Try it for free at ziprecruiter.com slash drink. That's ziprecruiter. com slash drink. Meet your match on ZipRecruiter. The subject of this email, which is from C.C., who is she, her pronouns. The subject is, my grandparents like to visit on their way to get their wings, which makes me a pit stop, I guess, question mark. Hello to all friends living and fruit.

Hashtag team lemon for life. I know I would have skipped this part, so I'm just making sure to read. it. What? You would never. My name is Cece. I have two angel stories for you. Both of them are about my grandparents. I saw the call for angel slash guide stories. Oh, this was recently. I was like, see, we have done it. Okay. This is the new thing. This is a new thing. Okay. I saw the call for angel slash guide stories and I've been sitting on these stories for years since the grandparent ghost stories listener episode back in the day. So I thought I'd send these to y'all because I do feel like both of them were angel visits. Let's crack into it. My mom told me a story.

once about how my great grandma visited me the night she passed away, even though we lived hundreds of miles away. I was a baby sleeping soundly in my crib when my mom was woken up by a cold breeze. Not strange because my mom's a light sleeper, but when she turned over to check what time it was, she had to look toward my crib, and there, all white and standing over me was my Nana. My mom watched her bend down, kissed me on the forehead, and then just disappear. The clock on her nightstand said 2.15 a.m. Later that morning, she got a call that Nana had passed away at who at you guessed it about quarter after two that morning. We're all convinced that Nana really stopped by to give me one last smooch before joining my

Gigi paw, great grandpa pronounced Gigi paw in the next life. That's so sweet. I'm sorry, that just got me a little bit. She's like, I have to check on the baby real quick. Just one last time, yeah. Yeah. My grandfather on that side of the family also decided to visit me on his way to the beyond, but this time I was old enough to know what was going on.

A little backstory on him. He was a gay man, the pastor of his church, and I remember him always having a beard. He and my grandma led the first desegregated church in their small area of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. And I have so many stories about both of them. The KKK literally firebombed their house when my mom was an infant because of how progressive they were. And grandma had to throw mom out of the second story window to grandpa. But that's all for a different time. Papa passed away of pancreatic cancer when I was about 10 years old.

and the night of his death, my parents had sent my sister and me up to my grandma's house for the night so they could be with him. At 1208 that night, I woke up to a tickle on my face. I was not a light sleeper at the time. Now I am. Oops. Well, that's okay. It's okay. We kind of all are, I think, at a certain point. So very rarely did I fully wake up in the middle of the night, but I remember very vividly waking up to a scratchy feeling on my cheek.

I also smelled something warm and musky, but just assumed it was the air freshener my grandma used for the bathroom down the hall. thinking it was a fly or something, I just went back to sleep. The next morning, my parents came to pick us up and told us that Papa had died the night before, and it all suddenly clicked. The scratchy feeling on my cheek, the warm smell, which definitely was his favorite cologne, it was him coming to give me a kiss and tell me goodbye. After we got through the initial shock, I told my mom all this through tears and she wasn't surprised at all, L.O.L. I still remember the feeling and the smell over two decades later,

and every time I think about it, I get a little misty-eyed. suffice to say I've always been a believer in the paranormal so once I was introduced to y'all I was hooked thank you for all the stories for being familiar voices

on gloomy days and for being such huge advocates I am by hell yeah and you're great et cetera et cetera et cetera stay spooky CC whoa

first of all your grandparents sound fucking cool yeah what the hell and then also I would wonder like is this something you tell the cousins or are you worried that you were like the best one and that's why you got the visit goodbye because oh right like do they visit you and nobody else has an experience because m you've said

that like your grandparents will give each have given everybody their own like individual different experience yeah it was very nice of them they gave everyone an individualized goodbye yeah spread to love yeah right well like and i personally well who's listening i know i was the favorite grandchild on that side Um, and I did get the, of course. And I did get the, no, it's been confirmed. Um, yeah. And I, no, I fully believe you, 100%. And I did get the best experience. I had like a, he was my first flat out ghost I ever saw. Um, and he was right in the room with me and we talked at, well, that's probably why he sent everybody else something like a sign. Yeah, he was like, he's like an edible arrangement for the rest, you know, yeah. Here's a dream. I'll visit you in real, in real life. But so I'm like, it

sounds like you got a really cool one, but I was, I was scared to always say something to my cousins, because I was like, first of all, I don't want to look crazy, but too, did he visit you? And then when everyone else started talking about it, I went, oh, okay, I can, I'm, we're, this is a safe space to bring it up. But I wonder. You would realize yours was the best one. You were like, thank God. Yeah, kind of.

So I'm kind of like, I wonder where this person would also, or C.C. would stand. But, anyway, that's just a silly little aside. No, no, it's true, though. I feel like, I don't know, some people just have that. Some people have the X factor. with their grandparents. Some people are just the favorite. They're just the favorite. I can relate. Yeah, I know. I mean, I would be wearing that like a badge of honor, you know, totally. Not just with your family, but her. So, you know. Yeah. They literally like

visited through space and time to see me one more time. That's how special I am. And I wonder, Nicole, maybe you can answer this. Does, um, I wonder if one of the reasons that some people get the experiences and others don't is like, I wonder if they're just more in tune with that or more open to them? See, more psychic, because that's exactly where I was going to go. Is it, is it, yes. So with people, when you're more sensitive, especially with your loved ones, and it's not always when they're about to pass. So I love hearing that it was, you know, her grandma made a pit stop before. She kind of crossed over to the other side. But also, when we are more sensitive, i.e. our psychic abilities are, you know, a little bit stronger for

us, especially when it comes to our loved ones, we're going to be more open. into receiving that. Especially, you know, if somebody's closed off, they don't believe in it, it's going to be harder. Mm-hmm. And to have those experiences and or pick up on those signs type of thing. And I bet you she was really close to both of her grandparents as well. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. That's really special. I love that. What was the tickling on the face? Was it like his beard? The beard, I think. Like he was hugging her.

Yeah, like giving her a kiss on the cheek or something. I know. Wow. Which is kind of what the grandma did, too. Like, leaned down. Don't give her kiss. I did get a, I got a hug, but it was not as memorable as apparently this one was. I'm kind of mad now.

My grandpa, let me tap in real quick and go. Try again. What's that scratching feeling? Make it count. So you want it? I don't know. I don't know. I always feel like an uncomfortable feeling.

Yeah, it sounds kind of weird. Yeah. Unless it's something that's special to you. Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm good with what I got. Okay. All right.

Am I up next? Yes. Yay. Now, thank you, Cece. Okay. So this subject is a reincarnation, doppelganger, or astral projection. You decide. No, Nicole, you decide.

So, hi, team. I just finished listening to listener episodes, or listener stories episode 24. And when you guys asked for reincarnation stories, I figured it was time to sit down and write about my slightly disturbing story about my own reincarnation slash doppelganger slash potential astral projection. I'm already hooked and intrigued. Yeah. I was 18 and working at a cafe. One day when it was super busy, I noticed there was this man that kept staring at me and looking at me kind of weird.

I wasn't his server, but I saw that he was sitting, just sitting drinking tea and watching my every move whenever I had walked by his table. He must have noticed my uneasiness because he stopped me and apologized as if he was making me uncomfortable. He said that I looked like, spoke like, and my mannerisms were very similar to that of, and I quote, the woman he fell in love with 50 years ago. Whoa. Oh, my God. That's not necessarily what you want to hear at work. Yeah.

Actually, wow. That's good. I would not have guessed that. Okay. Nope. That's surprise. I was spooked out, but then he pulled out his phone that had a picture of a polaroid picture of this super hippie girl that looked exactly like me.

Ooh. Now this is what I want to hear when I'm at, work. I'm like, actually, speak on that. This is so interesting. How did you, how did you know? My boss came over out of curiosity, and when she saw the picture, she honestly thought that this man had a picture of me. This man said that they fell in love about 50 years ago in France and had wanted to marry her, but she mysteriously disappeared one day when she was only in her 20s, and he could never find her. What? That also could be a time, yeah, time warp type of thing, too. Oh, I didn't even think about time war.

I'm stuck on like she agreed to find him in another life and now they're like incorporate like yuck. But at least you tried. Yeah. I was still pretty spooked out and I panicked so I politely said sorry and just walked away. Yeah. Yeah. That's a lot.

You're allowed to do that. Yeah. A couple weeks later, I was working a night shift at the cafe and closing by myself. It was empty until 10 minutes before closing this woman with a very heavy French accent. No. Oh, my gosh. Fucking way. I just got chills.

Don't do that. Got out of a cab and came in to eat. I was kind of peaved because I just wanted to get out of there. 10 minutes before closing. 10 minutes before closing is so fucking rude. She was just some lady by herself and she didn't seem like she was from around town. So we ended up having a conversation while she was eating. We were talking about traveling when all of a sudden she interrupted her own thoughts and said,

I'm sorry, I just can't shake it. you look like and remind me of one of my old friends from school a very long time ago. It's kind of weird. She then proceeded to tell me that she went to an all-girls school in France, where she was coming from on a business trip with this girl. What she looked like had the exact mannerisms and smile as me. When I asked her if they still kept in touch, her face turned and she said that after school they were still friends,

but she hadn't heard from her in 50 years because one day this woman just disappeared. You're totally right, Nicole. This is some weird slipped through a portal or something. Yeah, it has to be. Yeah, it's so strange, right? When she said those words, the story of the old man clicked in my head from a few weeks prior, and I swear I got the chills. You just now got them.

Yeah, I was like I've had this whole time, girl. I didn't tell this French woman this story. The man told me, ah, man, you missed an opportunity. You really did. Because I didn't want to freak her out or anything. So I just let her finish her meal, and she gave me a hug goodbye when she left. ever since then, I've been really curious about, one, why I look and act like this woman. Two, who she is and what happened to her.

Three, if I am living a parallel life in the past, or four, if my reincarnation looks the exact same. So many questions, sidebar. I've always had a strong urge to go to France and Spain, and my friend and I always joke about living a past life together when we were sisters living in France working as dancers. Girl, what? Holy shit. Anyways, if any more people that noticed me from 50 years ago, I'll keep you posted. Also, sorry, this is long. Okay, this was in 2019.

This was written. So we better get somebody searching if Kai has sent any updates since then. Yeah, I'm kind of upset. Well, you're the researcher. Yeah. Me? Now that's a good point. You're the researcher.

I lost the password to our email so long ago. I don't even know how to get in there anymore. I was going to say, I feel like Kai should have sent like not in a creepy way, hang on a second, a full body pick so that way we could have blasted and be like, does anyone know, did anyone meet her 50 years ago in France? Missing. Double ganger. Yeah.

Oh my God. Okay. That is just so wild and like, I don't know. I want to hear Nicole's professional thoughts and I want to hear Ms. in my amateur, amateur thoughts. Okay. But I'm like,

my gut is like this feels almost like a parallel like existence. I don't know. Like or a, I don't know. What are you guys? Well, I'm going to close my eyes here because that was a lot. So I've got to kind of tune in. And so the first thing like I'm drawn to is that I kept hearing time, time, time, time. And as we all know, and I'm sure you believe this, that time doesn't exist. You know, it's not linear. We're

all living, if you believe in multiverses and time, space, reality dimensions. And so we make about 30,000 choices a day, most of them subconscious. And any time we make a choice, it changes the trajectory and it ripples out. It's like, boom, blow your mind right there. So I feel like it literally could have been her. Yeah. Yeah. And then this is a different lifetime. So I feel like it's more of that reincarnation.

I don't necessarily know if it's like a doppelganger, although I do believe in doppelgangers and maybe doppelgangers. Because I think doppelgangers are more like it's a split part of our soul and our experience. Interesting. And or it could also be in like a timeline. But for me, I keep getting time and I keep seeing her then and her now. also the only thing that like throws me off is the people didn't feel familiar to her good so she's listening to the story maybe look back later in tune in and be like did you I know you were

creeped out because that would have creep me out too yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah in everything but you know I just I always say look back and reflect how you feel in the moment because if these people she even gave that woman a hug or that woman gave her a hug so there was some familiararity you know yeah I feel like this was a wasted opportunity for a Hollywood script just because I feel like Hey, it's not wasted yet. If she... TM TM TM TM TM

If she gave that woman her co-workers number then it could have been like a mystery of the two of them trying to refresh her on her old life and get together and teach her like who she was. I was going to say a scam like a big scam

but yeah, yes thing is nicer though. No, mine was more like they both recognized her and helped her find her way or something. I don't know. Well, the only thing is yeah, if some guy was like, I fell in love with you 50 years ago and I was like, working as a server, I'd be like seriously guy.

That is a weird way to start this, yeah. But the photo, I feel like he was like ready. He's like, I know this is weird. Here's the photo, which I feel like is very validating. Unless it's AI, but this was 2019. Yeah. And he, I wonder like what happened timeline or cosmically. I wonder what happened for all of it to happen kind of all at the same time.

Yeah, she met this guy and he was like, oh, France. And she met this woman, oh, France. And then she's like, oh, I remember talking about France with my sister when I was a kid. But I wonder, like, why that moment was the moment that the world felt like she should be brought in on this. I'm reminded of when I was little. And I asked my mom one time what deja vu was. Because if you ever felt that a little bit more when you were a child, at least I did. I was constantly.

And that's because we're so innocent and we're so pure. And we haven't been programmed. And, you know, the reality of the world hasn't weighed so heavily on us. But that deja vu I asked her, and she gave me this explanation, I think it was five. And I was like, yeah, no, mom, that's not it. She's like, well, what is deja vu? She's like, what would you even ask me? Yeah, whatever.

I don't even remember what it was. And so I asked my guides and angels. I was like, what is deja vu? And so then they told me and they said, it's that moment and time when your past, present, and future all collides at once. And that's why you feel like you've been there before because you already are there. It's like you're. I know.

Isn't that a mind mind bender? Wow. I'll sit on that for a while. Thank you. That'll take up most of my day, actually. Thank you. So when you're saying, well, why then? I mean, I don't know.

I would say, like, what was the dates of those people? Like, she doesn't necessarily remember maybe this quote-unquote past life because to me it's an alternate life. So is that what necessarily happened? And in which case, she wouldn't necessarily have the why. But also maybe that was a trajectory and a turning point because I think she said it was like three weeks prior. So it's like a three week period.

Yeah. Interesting. And so maybe there were things that she was happening in her life. Because remember when we make these choices and decisions, so did she decide to finally go to France? Inquiry minds want to know. Was it a push that allowed her to look more into reincarnation? Oh, wow.

So it's probably something that helped her, you know? Yeah. Yeah. This was like written. This is crazy to think, but seven years ago. So Kai, if you're still a listener, reach out. Let us know what's going on or if you ever got any more. Did you make it to France?

Did you ever make it to France? Did other people know you? Yeah. Do you have a sister in France or a doppelganger? We'd love to hear about it. Good job, Nicole. Thank you for reading. Yeah. That was a fun one. That was. I'm glad you read that one. That one felt most timeline layers. Yeah, felt right for you to explain to us. Yes, yes. Okay, so the next one we have is, oh, from Josie. Okay. And the title is, I think, the time I think I died, and then with like a caveat here,

at least for five minutes. And I don't know if that means she thought that for five minutes or she thought that for at least five minutes. I've only thought that for five minutes. Yeah, the amount of times I've thought I must have died. It's much more substantial. But once it hits five minutes, then it counts. Then it finally, you're like, uh, oh, things are, things are a problem. I was just for one night at um jerry's bachelor at party in um hawking hills area and i all these people started suddenly sharing like the time and it got really eerie in the room there were three people who had had like these really crazy car crashes who were like oh i woke up one of them said i woke up in the passenger seat and like just completely unscathed my car was in the middle of a field like you

could follow but like something happened spun out woke up in the passenger seat just weird stuff like that and then they all said, does anybody ever feel like maybe they died? And two other people were like, I think that all the time. And I was like, guys, you're freaking me out. Anyway, so that's why when you started the story, that's what it made me think of. But that just gives me the the willies a little bit. Sure. No. I, yeah. That also reminds me of when we would talk about like third man syndrome, where like, there was like a random person that they never saw again that showed up in the middle of the woods to help them before help could get there. And, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Oye, y'all, y'i.

Okay. Josie says, I have never, I've actually never told anyone but my husband this story, and I think he may have thought I was crazy. In 2021, I was 17, and I was sitting in church and just randomly passed out, like fully unconscious, not breathing for around five minutes. And when I came to, when I came to, my skin was pale and my lips were blue. Jesus. I obviously don't remember anything that happened around me in the real world while I was out.

but when I came to, I thought for sure I had died. After I blacked out, I remember something grabbing my hand and walking me away from my own body on the floor through the wall and to what looked like a beach, but instead of the sky over the water, it was like a giant movie screen. The hand was so warm, like way warmer than a human hand. And when I looked over to who was holding my hand,

the person thing just looked so bright. Maybe the shape of a person, but made of fire or lava or light, and it didn't have a face. That's what angels look like. Really? That's just like powerful. So anyways, I thought, well, this is it. I'm about to see my whole life on the sky movie screen before I go to heaven.

This sucks. I haven't even graduated high school yet. Oh, my gosh. And instead, I saw glimpses of what I have now come to realize were my future. Oh. Oh. Oh. Some of the things I saw, I don't really remember, but I vividly remember seeing my at the time boyfriend, now husband, in a suit with a lake behind him.

And we got married in 2024, three years later, by a lake. And the lake was in fact behind him from my view of the wedding. This is like lifetime movie montage, but like real. I love that this guardian kind of grabbed you away and was like, I'm just going to spoil a couple things for you. Yeah. Some fun stuff. But you're having a bad day. You're having a bad thing. While you're like in a coma or whatever over there, let's just watch a movie.

For five minutes. For five whole minutes. At least five minutes. At least. I saw a wooden stage in bright lights and I graduated college in 2025 and the stage looked exactly the same. I saw my cat napping in the sun by a window. I didn't get my cat until two years later and she is a very uniquely colored calico.

And I saw who I later recognized would be my nephew sleeping in my arms who hadn't even been born yet and wasn't born until later that year. Wow. Before I was shown the last picture, the creature tried to speak to me, but it didn't speak English. It spoke in some language I do not know. And instead of regular speaking, its words sounded like a song. Oh. I guess that's where we get like angels singing from.

And light language. Mm-hmm. Yes. And the last thing I remembered seeing on the sky screen was a hand holding a peanut butter sandwich and a cup. And as soon as I woke up on a table in the church kitchen, my nana was handing. me a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of juice. Whoa, so it's like a convergence of time. Like, here's your future.

Yeah. And the last picture is right now. Maybe I'm missing up the timeline, but it sounds like she got the farthest away vision first and it like slowly was like bringing her back to reality. Because the nephew being born in two months was one of the last ones. Whoa. There were other things, but I haven't had the IRL experience where I say, oh my gosh, I remember this from what the bright creature showed me to remember what they are yet.

Oh, interesting. So it's not like you see the cat at the pound and you're like, oh my God, that's a cat from the, it like hits you later. Like, oh, that's really interesting. We later found out I'm hypoglycemic and I have passed out multiple times since then, but I didn't see anything just black. I would be pissed that next time. I know, right? Like if you're going to, I would be like, oh, yes, one more glimpse. The sequel. So maybe it was just the fact that I had literally no oxygen to my brain for five minutes and I was hallucinating. but I truly believe that something was showing me what was to come and that my time wasn't over yet. And I would like to add that I was completely fine and had no brain damage or anything from my lack of oxygen for an extended time. Thank God. So it really seems like some other worldly creature just decided to pay me a visit. Wow. Wow. Yeah.

That's so fascinating. Can you speak more on light language? Because I've heard that phrase and I don't really know enough about it. Okay. So if you ever decide to look it up and listen, go. go with an open mind because I always want to giggle when I hear it. I don't speak like language just why. So I ain't going to do it here for you.

Sure. Just because I don't speak it. But essentially, it's a channeled language of light. And it normally is representative of more extraterrestrials or ETs or the intergalactic, but also I heard just channeling as you were telling the story. Because I do feel that this being was an angel. because when I see them, I see them as light, massive, huge beings of light. And kind of like what she described, the lava, almost when you look at the sun and there's like offshoots of that energy going.

It's really, really beautiful. So, and I feel like this was a guardian angel of hers. And so as soon as you read that, I heard in my head light language. And so light languages, and it's more when, you know, usually when angels and others speak to us, it's more telepathically and or through our intuition. but when they need to say something and it probably was to help her, like, connect back to her life and to her soul. They'll speak more in that. There's a vibration.

I was going to say, well, is she supposed to understand what it means? But I guess not necessarily. I had a gentleman on recently. Ken Lloyd and he did this light language prayer slash download meditation. So afterwards I said, well, what did you say? It's like, I don't know. He doesn't know. You speak the language.

But the point is, is that it's not, it's, it can't necessarily be translated. Sure. And the way that we would translate word to word from like English to another language. It's more the meaning, the intention, the energy behind it, you know? Right. So yeah. So that's my, my little bit of knowledge on late language. Thank you.

That's just amazing though to like be able to validate in like little stories like that. You're like, yep, I know what that is. And that's how I see angels. And the other thing I was getting when you were reading the story. M is that this person, I don't think that they have. seizures, but my guides and angels were showing me, it's like when people have seizures and or they pass out. And you also see people dramatized on shows and movies where they're able to channel and receive information. So think of it almost as if when you're asleep and then you're

coming awake and you're in that again, in between state. And you're in, I was a coma because she wasn't in a coma, but they found out that she was hypoglycemic. So she passed out. She's kind of out, you know, and she's probably able to connect a little bit more. in that state. Right, right, right, right. Wow. Brain waves, et cetera. Wow.

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or United States Fire Insurance Company and produced by PTZ Insurance Agency Limited. The ASPCA is not an insurer and is not engaged in the business of insurance. All right. Oh, hey, this is perfect. Are you ready? This is called my Guardian Angel Ghost.

And it says, Servos from Munich, which is the Bavarian way to say, hello. Hello. In German. Service. Yeah, it looks like service, sort of.

Servos. But then in Austria, you say, gruskot. Great Scott. And that starts, gruskot, and that starts to get criss. Okay. This is why I don't know any other languages. And they kind of roll their R's and it sounds like what's happening down here. This is the, I'm with the Hicks now.

I love it. Okay. Sorry. Anyway, service from Munich. Hey, M and Christine. I'm going to see if this person gave us a name. It says, love you, XO, XO. and then the name is Sarah.

Okay. I have a story about how a mystery ghost tried to save me from an abusive relationship. FYI, I did end up dumping the abusive guy and I lived happily ever after with someone else. Yay. Yay. So when I was in college, I feel like that guardian angel is like, yes, victory. She's smoking a cigarette right now. She's like, oh, that was really tough.

They got them off the clock. They listened to me. They listened finally. So when I was in college, I was dating this horrible person who my first, friends and I now affectionately call Captain Asshole. Since it has such a nice ring to it, I will call him Captain Asshole for the remainder of my tale. Captain Asshole was well a fucking asshole. He was extremely manipulative, kind of gaslight mountain, and made me feel like human trash.

What fun for an 18-year-old girl who had just left her tiny town to go on an adventure at a big state college campus with over 40,000 students. There were so many fish in that sea, and I sure found myself a winner. He isolated me from my friends, called them sluts, and took him. told me I shouldn't hang out with them. He wouldn't let me speak to his friends and barely let me leave his room when I came over to visit. He rolled his eyes and criticized me whenever I spent my own frickin' money on something he deemed stupid to the point I stopped purchasing things that I wanted. When I told him I was studying German and international policy so I could join the U.S. Foreign Service as a diplomat, he literally laughed in my face in front of all his friends. He then proceeded

to tell me no self-respecting man is going to give up his career to follow you around the globe so you can play diplomat. Oh my. What's his address? Wow, this guy is a winner. Yeah. Well, just quick. Yeah, yeah, quick question. What's his first and last name? I want to take a little Googling. Oh. Is it? I'm so oblivious. You know, I have, um, sorry, I'm not. No, no, it's a long one. So I was going to ask is there. And I'm maybe I'm speaking in too much of like a, with a human mind here. But can her guardian asshole or cardian asshole? Can you imagine M has a guardian asshole? M would have a guardian asshole.

I like to think mine is a bit of, you know, not the kindest sometimes. You've got to have a little asshole in there somewhere to like get you going. Yeah. Well, can her? Okay, sorry. That sounded bad too. I need to stop. No, no, no.

Well, I was going to say like when there are not so nice people in the world, I assume everybody gets a guardian angel whether or not I personally believe they are deserving of one. but can like their guardian angels get together and like hash it out and be like what the fuck is your client

doing a client I don't know your client like could you get him to not be such a piece of garbage please because like she's her asshole yes they meet all the time

okay they negotiate for us they do get out but also think of it like Captain assholes guardian asshole okay or whatever that is they're just probably

sitting off the side filing their nails sure he's not going to be listening to anything they bring them. Okay. So they're sort of like tuned out by now. They're like he's not going to be. Gotcha.

Wow. Would you say that they're like are guardian angels, are all guardian angels equally equipped for the job or are there some that are lazier than others? Because sometimes I'm like I could have. Is M's better than mine? As someone who like like very like, you know, lighthearted examples, someone who's incredibly clumsy and I'm like, were we just not on the clock today? guardian angel or like do you just not care? You're like, oh, well, you'll learn better if you just fall.

Like I don't like what like what's what's going on in that world when it comes to like when they really step in versus like force you to have an experience. Yeah. So it's a great question. They're going to, so our guardian angels, I believe this because this is what I experienced as a child and what I was told from them is that our guardian angels are ones where we have a sole contract with. So before we come here to earth, we're like, hey, you did a great job in that other life. and we made a great team so we want to work together because we have free will and choice. They're not going to interject unless we make that. So everybody has at least one guardian angel, whether you believe it or want to work with them or not.

And so do your question as far as like, are they filing their nails or sitting off to the side or what? Sometimes we need to experience those things and they're not going to interject. But if we want to work with them and say, hey, help me out a bit, you know, with this, this or this, then regarding your life, they're going to show up more, they're going to interject more, they're going to support you more. So it's almost like you need to be engaging to. It's like it's a way street. You have to have kind of a communication. So it's to be open to, you know, it's open to all of it. Okay. Thank you. Asking for help. And if you want, you know, again, because like some people aren't into this. So then they're not going to have very much to do. Sure. Okay. Thank you.

It's like that song in my head. Yeah, it's like that, uh, that social meaning, do, do do do do do do do do do. It's in like, somebody just playing on your party and just like, Okay, you fly, little Bernie. Go do your own days. I hope your nails are going to look great. Okay, let's see. So you can play diplomat, K. asshole, it says, those are just some snapshots of our relationship.

I've done my best to forget the rest. Good for you. We dated for about a year before I dumped his ass wall and study abroad in Germany. Finally got far enough away from him to be able to think for myself and realize that he was destroying me bit by bit. However, during the year we were together,

we visited each other's homes, met each other's families, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. One extra special visit happened when he came to visit my parents at their house, deep in the Michigan wilderness on 10 acres of land surrounded by over 100 acres of state-owned land, aka in the middle of absolutely nowhere with absolutely no one around. No body, no crime. No body, no crime. Terrifying. While staying the weekend at my parents' house, Captain Asshole had to sleep in the basement,

and I slept in my room two full floors away. Hashtag Christian parents. For once, I'm like, they're probably making the right move. He slept in our living room basement on the couch. This room had a dimmer light switch. And because the house would otherwise be literally pitch black because we were so deep in the woods, he'd sleep with the lights just barely on so he could see the room a bit. After we had all said good night and I'd climb the stairs up to my tower,

the entire household fell asleep and all was quiet. At about 3 a.m. my phone, which was on the nightstand next to me, absolutely erupted. Captain asshole was calling me from the basement. Oh, for God's sake with this guy. I rolled over and answered, hello, I said, there's someone in the basement, said a terrified captain asshole.

Finally, and I'd be like, oh, I'd lock the door to the basement, go figure it out. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's exactly what I prayed for. She's in like a family home. He's in the basement.

It's dark. He's an asshole. Check, check. Yeah. Check. I'm feeling a ghost. Yeah. Yeah, this feels like,

what the fuck do you think you're doing here? Yeah, exactly. There's someone in the basement, said a terrified, Captain asshole. I shot up in my bed and paused for a moment. Defening silence was on the other end of the phone. What? I replied. I just saw someone in your basement, Captain Asshole said in a slow, eerie voice. What do you mean? I whispered back.

Meet me in the mud room. It sounds like, okay. Meet me in the mudroom. I have to get out of here. He replied, Jesus. I threw on a sweatshirt and headed downstairs. When our eyes met, I could tell you. was absolutely about to lose it. He was as white as a sheet and in full panic. We sat down in the

muddream and I asked him to explain what exactly it was that he saw. He said he suddenly woke up from a deep sleep and his eyes flew open as if he didn't even have control over his own eyelids. As his eyes began to focus on the barely lit room, he saw a man, standing about six feet away from him in the middle of the room, staring straight at him. The man was solid, not like a wispy figure, a solid whole man standing right in front of him. Captain, an asshole described the man as about six feet tall jet black hair slicked back like James Dean with a neatly shaved face, blue eyes in a gray cable knit sweater and black slacks. That's a lot of detail.

He got a long look at this fella staring right at him and this man was pissed. Good. Apparently the man's eyes were wild with rage and he was grimacing so hard he was physically shaking. The man extended his left arm and aggressively flipped off Captain Asshole. The man took a step toward Captain Asshole, but he blinked and then the man was gone. But the image of this man was scarred into his mind or seared into his mind. I would imagine both are probably accurate. I was so very confused. I didn't know anyone at all who fit that description. So it must have just been his imagination or a weirdly realistic dream. After calming him down, we both went back to bed. Yes,

he went back to the basement to sleep. If that's wasn't my signal. This guy was completely fucked in the head. I don't know what is. the next morning Captain Asshole was telling my mom about what he had seen in the basement the night before. When he got to the description of the man, my mom's eyes perked up. Side note, my mom looks insanely similar to Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. Oh my gosh. I literally would mistake that woman for my own mother. Maybe that's what was happening in that diner.

I fell in love with Dolores Umbridge 50 years ago. But my mom is an actual saint and nothing like Professor Umbridge. But I digress. Hmm, my mom interjected. that sounds like exactly how my dad looked. I had never met my mom's father. He unfortunately died of brain cancer before I was born. My mom always spoke very highly of her father saying that he was extremely loving, kind, patient, gentle, and sweet.

She couldn't imagine him flipping anyone off. However, from other stories my mom told about her father, she also said that he was a fierce father of three girls and would have done absolutely anything for them. Her girlfriends would come over to their house and ask for advice about any problems they were facing, and all of her friends looked up to him as a father figure. Sounds just about like the kind of guy who would have flipped off someone abusing his granddaughter. To this day, I believe that since my grandpa Joe was the only person of my family who could have seen for himself what Captain Asshole was doing to me, he felt like he needed to step in and try to protect me. And even though I never met him, I will always love him for that.

A few months later, I was on study abroad in Germany and dumped Captain Asshole. In my study abroad group was a guy named Kevin who absolutely stole my heart when we spent over an hour talking about how much he admired his grandparents. for having such a warm, respectful, and empowering relationship. His grandma was a career woman, like a CFO of a huge company, and his grandpa was her biggest fan. He said he hoped to find a love like there someday. Spoiler alert, he did. It's 10 years later, Kevin and I are married with a little kitten named Linguini. Come on. Kevin is an extremely supportive husband so much so that he has empowered me and supporting me in my career to the point I'm the breadwinner in our household and he feels zero percent

emasculated by that because he's so proud that he landed that bitch. So suck my dick, Captain asshole. I did find a self-respecting man who would follow me to the ends of the earth. Well, I hope you enjoyed my tale. And to all of the other listeners, a little message from me. In a healthy relationship, your partner should lift you up, make your life easier, and help you achieve your dreams. Do not settle for anything less. This is your one shot at a happy life. Don't let any asshole ruin it. The people who love you will help you leave. Psychological abuse is abuse. Besties. Get help. You are worth it. Love you. X OXOX. So the end.

Whoa. Wow. That's amazing on so many levels. That is like a kick-ass redemption story, you know? Yeah. Not that you needed to be redeemed, but like you got out of a very shitty situation that you didn't deserve. I wonder how why in that moment her grandfather was able to come through. Is it because of that house or because he was alone or because he was surrounded?

The energy of the family. members. What's that? Yeah, yeah, like the energy of the family or something. Yeah, I wonder if it was easier to, like, show up when, like, enough family were around to, like, Oh, maybe he was motivated. He was motivated. Number one.

And I didn't know what was going to happen, but I heard, you know, family land, all of that. So I think that's definitely a part of it. But when you were telling the story, Christine, or sharing it, I was seeing them at dinner. And I feel like what had happened was there was, like, some argument after dinner. and then that like ticked off grandpa because he saw what happened. Yeah. And he was just like, and he was like,

I need to really shake. Like this stops here. Like not in my house. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. That's powerful, especially if that was like his MO in life too.

That's really cool. Well, thank you so much for sharing. I love that. He's like, give me a body. Give me a corporeal body. I need to flip this guy off.

It's not enough to just scare him with a light switch. I got to give him. Well, it's weird when you said a guardian. asshole I saw like fingers flipping off and I didn't know what that meant. So now I know. Oh my God. You're right. Yeah. He is a guardian asshole, but like in the best way. Uh-huh. Okay. Are we ready for the next one? I think we're ready. I believe. Okay. This one is a subject. My Guardian Angel confirmed by a psychic. And this is from Claire. It's now about to be confirmed by another psychic. Which is correct.

Okay. Hello, Eva and Co. My name is Claire. She, her and my dead uncle protects me. Oh, before I get in. I love that. That should be like in your like Tinder profile or something. If anyone ever tries to introduce you on a podcast, like I tried to do for Nicole, that's how they should do it. Just simple.

Her dead uncle protects her. My dad uncle protects me. Yeah. Before I get into all of that, I want to tell you guys how much your show means to me. You have been my companions for years. Yeah, Nicole. Tell me about how much my show means to them. Including on the many back and forth drives from North Carolina to

Virginia, my stepdad and I had to take when my grandma was dying. He and I listened together and have since been to two to two of your live shows together. And he wants you to know, he called it after the episode when you met Allison, much like we all did. Okay. Uh-huh. Thank you for being a part of our family and giving Big Richie and a sweet angel daughter something special to share. Yes, he and my mom have a what we do in the shadows bit. We'll see you around next time you're in Atlanta. Yay. Now back to the real story. My aunt Minnie and Uncle Joe lived in Louisiana in a trailer in the middle of nowhere.

My Uncle Joe was due to get heart surgery but had a fatal heart attack a few days before. He died in my aunt's arms. They couldn't afford a phone so she couldn't call the paramedics. She moved back to upstate New York and started stocking shells at Walmart. She went to see a local psychic who was physically blind but saw more than most. She said Joe was coming through. After my aunt cussed him out for leaving her two, soon. He apologized, said he'd be there when it was her turn, and that he had a gift coming for her in May. Oh. In May of 1998, my aunt won $25 million. What? In the New York... Did that uncle come over here too? Real bad. He must have been like, shit. I got to make up for

this one. 25 million dollars in the New York State lottery before Texas. Before Texas. Yeah, but that's okay. Hey, well. We'll take it. We'll take it. Two months later, I was born. My aunt and my mom went back to the psychic years later and she informed them both. He was going to look after that little blonde girl. And he's done a damn good job since.

There are many sticky situations I imagine he helped me out of, including choking on a half chicken nugget earlier this month. Shout out to my husband. God, M. Okay. So they're busy saving, giving people the heimlich, not helping you trip over your couch or spill your drink. That's why we're so clumsy.

There's real people with real problems like choking on a chicken nugget. Shout out to my husband for remembering the heimlich. Oh, good. Okay, never mind. Husband gets the credit for that one. There's so much more I could tell like about the time guarding angel Uncle Joe went to prison for manslaughter because he killed a guy in a bar fight with one punch or my mom's prophetic death dreams. But we'll leave that for the next time. Wink.

Love you guys, Julie, Claire. P.S. attached is the interview she gave her local paper and the Buffalo paper when she won. as you can tell she was a character. You can read them on air if you want. They're both short. Nicole, do the honors if you would. Okay. There's an image here. Let me open this up. Okay.

Marilyn Brantley and her sister met with reporters at the Olean Tops Market May 2029. Olean, that's where my stepdad's from. Oh, really? Olean, New York. It's this tiny-ass town. I've been to the Olean Walmart like 100 times. Oh, that's where this woman worked at one point before she won $25 million.

And maybe that's a sign. I'll go up there. I need to fire my guides and angels. They didn't need me to be. You know what? You're speaking too soon because you got those trunks. Yeah, you've got treasure on your house. I mean, you're right.

But those are the ghosts. Those are my guardian angels. The guides need to like tell you where that treasure is. Maybe sometimes ghosts are more helpful than the angels. Maybe this one's like, I'll step in. There's money somewhere. Yeah, I know the angels care more about your spiritual welfare. But like they're like, she's rich beyond your, you know,

And I'm like, F it, I want the money. I'm just kidding. I'm going to both. We all can't. Okay. Back to this interview. What am I going to do? I'm going to do what the 400-pound gorilla does.

Exactly what I want to do, said Marilyn Brantley in response to a Patriot reporter's question. None of your beeswax. Brantley, who learned last week that she had won over 12 million and in New York State lottery game was feded May 29th at the Olean Tops Market. the site where she purchased her winning ticket. The game was a 25 million top prize, but by selecting the lump sum option, Brantley will receive less than half the advertised prize. Taxes will then have to come out of her winnings.

With her was her sister who had stepped in front of her to buy a losing ticket on the same day. Her sister, no, no, no, the fucking Uncle Joe pushed. Her sister was in front of her. The uncle pushed the sister in front. He's like, you don't get that ticket. The way that if I were that, I would lose my effing mind every day I woke up.

I'd be like you owe me at least one million. At least one million dollars. Come on. Oh my gosh. A contingent of coworkers from the Walmart store in Olean came to wish her well. When they asked her if she's planning to return to work at the store, she quipped, WALhoo. WALhoo? The co-workers were ecstatic and her good luck.

This could have happened to a better person, one of them said. She's a great lady. Brantley, who told the crowd she enjoys fishing, said she plans to travel but did not announce any immediate plans to move from Allegheny County. She is the first lottery millionaire from the county. Wow. I'm literally, this is so weird. I'm going to, I have a question. I'm going to ask my stuff.

I feel like, I feel like he'll know if you text them. It's like, oh, yeah, the girl that won the water. I know, right? I'm like, this is like, I think as far as I'm concerned, a pretty small. I mean, it's outside of Buffalo, but it's like pretty small. Well, he said he had a gift coming to her, and boy did he. I mean, that's not the way to make it up that, you know, she was mad that he left her too soon. That's incredible.

Let's circle back to my grandpa who gave me a hug one time and a dream. Okay. Yeah, I thought you were the favorite. Oh, you're the favorite. Clearly not. Yeah. All of a sudden, I'm nothing. I feel like nothing.

Do you not all, just like that? Just like that. Just like that. And then your angels are there like, all right, now can we do the spiritual journey thing and your psychic and all this? Nope. I feel like that, like her, like her, was her, uncle or her grandpa who did this.

I think Uncle Joe. Uncle Joe is what she said. Uncle Joe. Uncle Joe. The, uh, I feel like, I don't know, when they go to like Guardian Angel, like the bar for guardian angels, he gets a real big pat on the back that day. It's like, oh, yours won, 12 million dollars. Yeah, like, shit, you're really taking care of your, your wife. Making us look bad, Joe. Yeah, seriously, Joe. Save some lot of wins for the rest of us. Man, that's very cool. I'm very jealous.

I text to my stepdad. Do you know someone named Minnie who won the lottery, I thought you were texting me. I was like, why are you texting me? I'm here. Oh, no, no. I'll text you too, just for fun. Hey, hey, Nicole, do you know anyone named any who won the lottery? I do not. Now I do. Now I do. Wow. What a good story, though. And then I love that the grandchild was born right after. And it was like, was that supposed to be the gift. And the lottery was just an accident. Like that was the other way around. Yeah, cherry on top. That's beautiful. Well, thank you everyone for sending in your stories. And happy May. It will, uh, hopefully. it's beautiful we're making it to spring finally i know it's probably very hot i'm probably complaining

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