Rotten Mango - Everyone Goes Missing In This Apartment Building (BAM #1)

Episode Date: August 16, 2020

She gets a job at an apartment building.  Her boss gives her a list of strange rules to follow.  DON'T BE NOSY is one of them. But she can't help but notice that everyone is going missing in this building.  Welcome to Baking A Mystery where I tell you guys the story of a mystery (fictional usually) that I've been thinking heavily about. This series started on my YouTube channel (MissMangoButt) and will be released here for the audio listeners! If you are interested in seeing me actually bake while telling this story the visuals will be on my YouTube!  If you are just here for the true crime and no fictional mysteries that I'm obsessing over - those episodes will still be up every single Wednesday!  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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called Silent Patient and I baked Cloud Bread. And I called it baking a mystery. I thought I was so cute with the name and you guys were like, do more. And so I'm gonna try to do these every single week and you guys actually love to really get idea because some of you guys were like, listen, I don't give a small medium large fuck, I don't give any fucks about all of your baking. Like I've seen your cooking videos, I've seen enough to know that it's not worth looking at. And so I was like, oh wow, and they were like stop using my data, give me the audio version. So if you guys don't know, I have a podcast where

I do lots of true crime shit on Apple podcasts and Spotify called Rotten Mango. So I talk about all the dark cases that I can't talk about on my main channel over there. I'm gonna be posting these as a mini-sode every single Friday. And the true crime episodes go up Wednesday. So this is gonna be requested. I don't know if you guys are gonna like it as an audio version. I don't know, but I'm gonna post the visuals onto YouTube. So that's why I've got three mics going on. I started to read a lock every door,

and then I didn't think that I was gonna do do a video on this one because I don't know There's just something about this. That's just feels off the entire time you almost feel like there's no plot Meanwhile the plot is unfolding and you just don't even know it like you don't even pick up on these small details And everything points to the fact that there's this massive thing happening inside of this book But you're just like okay like this is just kind of creepy, like an ambiance thing, but it gets so freaking wild. So we're gonna be talking about this spoiler alert. If you want to read this, don't watch this video, and we're gonna be making some strawberry phonets, which is a doughnut, but a phone nut, a fake doughnut. So if you hear clinking and clacking, it's the fake doughnuts. Let's get started. So this book was interesting. My fiance tried to read a couple

chapters with me like he was reading to me while I was laying in bed and what did you think of it? It's pretty good. First chapter? Yes. Yes. So the first chapter is weird. So there's two timelines going on in this book and I feel like I'm gonna probably tell it the way that the book tells it minus some major changes just to make it less complex. This book starts with a woman by the name of jewels and she's in a hospital and at this point you don't even know that her fucking name is jewels and she wakes up from the hospital and she's like where am I at? Where am I at? Like what's going on and everyone's like do you remember? You were in a massive car accident. She's like a car accident and then they were like yes you got hit by a car in front of the Bartholomew in New York City like this is insane

I can't believe this car hit you and she's like what did you just say? The Bartholomew you were hit by a car in front of the Bartholomew in New York City. Like this is insane. I can't believe this car hit you. And she's like, what did you just say? The Bartholomew, you were hit by a car in front of the Bartholomew and she starts screaming. While she's bandaged up, Ivy and her veins don't make me go back to the Bartholomew. Don't make me go back there. Which is so intriguing because you're talking about

like a full grown adult and you just don't really hear stuff like that. You hear about people being scared of other people. You hear about people being scared of other people. You hear about people being scared of groups of people, but you never really hear about people being scared of a place, of a place that sounds as fancy as the Bartholomew. So in order for all of this to make sense, I feel like we have to get to know our main character.

So our main character in today's story is a 25 year old girl by the name of Jules. She has probably one of the most sad lives I've ever read. So she's 25 years old. She's living in New York City She has probably one of the most sad lives I've ever read. So she's 25 years old, she's living in New York City and she moved here because she's trying to make it big. She's trying to become like this, just New York gossip girl vibes. You know, she's thinking about all of that.

She's like, I'm gonna find me a man's in New York City, I'm gonna find me a job, and I'm gonna be that woman who can do it all in New York City. A lot of it has this emotional attachment because her sister, her name's Jane, so you have Jewels living character and her sister by the name of Jane. Now Jane was obsessed with moving to New York City. Their entire family they lived in this really small coal mining town in Pennsylvania. I mean it was a small town, a small town gets and so her sister Jane was always reading

this novel called Heart of a Dreamer and it was written by this woman by the name of Greta. And in this book, I mean, really it just feels kind of gossip-girlly to me. So you have this girl by the name of Jenny. She's just living an average life like Jenny from gossip-girl. And all of a sudden she gets letters from her grandma who happens to be so freaking rich and happens to own a multi-million dollar apartment overlooking central park at the Bartholomew and she's like, live with me I want to get to know you right and then she's like holy shit and so she goes there and she's going to these crazy

parties just you know dancing with all of these new rich suitors that are all like a merry-me-genny I'm Harry back to the mystery she's living there and she's just getting used to this life and it's like this really beautiful romance novel, not a bad thing in sight in the book. I mean, it's truly like gossip girl vibes just the upper elite of the upper west side. So her sister Jane was obsessed with this book. They read it non-stop together and then when Jules was 17 something very sad happened. Her sister Jane disappeared. I mean, she went missing. It's very confusing because even in the book,

you get the sense that you don't really know the full story. You feel like Jules, the narrator, almost doesn't want to tell you the full story. I mean, it's very odd. So her sister was working as a pharmacy cashier, and one day when she got off of work, the pharmacy owner said, you know, she saw this black beetle that was parked outside a car,

and Jane went up to it and just waved and got in and then was never seen again So it seems like whoever her kidnapper was whether she chose to run away or whether she knew the kidnapper and they ended up abducting her Nobody really knows they go to the police and the police are like well, it sounds like she's around away She's 17 she went into a car she knew the person sounds like she's got a new boo thing or something She just never got over it, because can you imagine like your sister just like fucking leaves? Now, two years later, because of all of the heartache from this, she was living, like I said, in a small town

not doing so great, her parents were not making a bunch of shmare, her dad was working at an ACE hardware store and her mom was working and her mom ended up getting cancer. Now, after she got sick, she just couldn't work anymore. So the dad got like two jobs. He took on extra shifts at ACE Hardwares. And then one day, ACE Hardware closed down, which means all of those cancer treatments,

all of that was being paid by the health insurance. They couldn't afford it anymore. And they just didn't know what to do. I mean, this coupled with the heartache of one of their kids going missing, it was just really bad. So it seemed like her mom, Jules' mom, didn't have a lot of time to live.

Like the doctors were not optimistic. And she came home one day when she was 19 years old and her entire house was set ablaze. And her parents were both inside. Now she's heartbroken. She's like, what could have happened? We're gonna sue. We're gonna sue the gas company.

We're gonna sue this landlord for giving us such a dangerous home to live in. Like the gas must have exploded, et cetera, et cetera. And the only thing that was not burnt from this was the Toyota Camry parked outside. And when she entered into the Toyota Camry, she realized none of this was an accident. There was three sets of keys,

one for the Toyota Camry and two for storage boxes. So she goes to these storage areas and one of them has all of her belongings in there. None of her belongings were burnt and then the next one has all of Jane, her missing sister's belongings. So it seems like her parents didn't want to burden her with more stress and they ended up taking their lives together and autopsies were done. They both had overdosed after they had set the fire on painkillers that were prescribed to the mom. So obviously, Jules is not really, she got dealt some shitty cards. By the way, this is all fiction, okay? So she's like, fuck it! After college, I'm moving to New York City. She goes to New York City, she gets a job,

and she's working at this hedge fund, and she's what they call a copy-existent, which is not really a regular assistant, but just like the one that lives at the coffee machine and she just copies it. And she's like, but you know what? Here's the upside, I've got a job and it's gonna be okay. Now that's when she meets the janitor, the cute janitor who's also in school part time and she's like, what's that janitor? And she starts hanging out with him. His name's Andrew, I don't trust Andrew.

And so they start dating, okay? And they're obsessed with each other. They date for about a year. And then all of a sudden, she gets laid off from her job, devastating. They're saying they're letting 10% of the company go. She was part of that 10%. She packs a per-shit.

She goes back to the apartment that she shares with Andrew. And guess what? To make things worse, she opens that door, and she finds him just whopping another girl. Whop, bitch. So she got cheated on. It was really bad. Yeah. Got the in on. That's jewels, okay?

And so she's like, well, I'm not even on this lease. I don't know what to do. I have nowhere to go. I'm gonna go stay with a good friend of mine in Jersey City. Her name's Chloe. So she's been crashing on Chloe's couch for like months now.

She's got no money. She's been trying to get a job, but the job market has been rough. And it just has not been looking good. So she's like, what do I do? She's, you know, going to these interviews, going there and then all of a sudden, she sees a Craigslist ad. This is oil. She sees this ad and it says, we're looking for an apartment center. Please contact this number. You will get paid to live at the department for three months.

I mean, that sounds too good to be true. Like, you could have a job, you could go back to this apartment. It's like kind of like you're staying at a hotel for free, but you're also getting paid to do it. I mean it sounds like amazing and so she automatically calls the number and it's a woman by the name of Leslie. Now Leslie is like perfect because we value secrecy, we want to make sure that you are right-handed. Please meet me at this address. So she packs up her things, she gets all cute, she grabs her purse, she leaves Chloe's house and she's like, babbits, and she goes to the interview. Now the interview's very odd, so Leslie leads her to the place where she will be a apartment city, and it is one of the most infamous buildings in New York City. This is fictional, by the way, or is it? I don't know, I don't know, I don't think it exists, but there could be variations of this building that do exist because of how creepy it is. It's called Bartholomew, the Bartholomew after St. Barth. And this building has been around since the 1900s super creepy. They got

like these massive gargoyles all over it like the insides, the outsides. They're just all guarded by like those angry looking alliance. It's right outside. Nobody's really goes in there. I mean it's a small building. It's not necessarily a skyscraper. So it's 13 stories which in New York City for such an expensive building seems to be a little bit on the shorter side, but it makes it forward and rich history because rich people are interesting. They're like, I want to make it new, but keep it old, but make it new, but keep it old. I'll pay three times the price. So that's exactly what they did to the Bartholomew. They renovated it and she's like, are you

shitting me? The Bartholomew, Like you want me to live in like a multi, multi, $5 million apartment and you're gonna pay me $1,000 a week? $12,000? That is... Yeah, because she's gonna stay there for three months. If she got the job and she's like, that's a total of $12,000,

are you kidding me? Who wouldn't want this job? This is amazing. And so she goes and she's like nice to meet you, Leslie. Leslie of course is this very updone woman. She's got this beautiful blonde hair. Where's the Chanel suit? Every single day just a different color that type of bit, you know she lives there. That's all I'm gonna say. She is the residential manager. She does live there but she manages the entire building. And so she's like welcome to the brythamiya, she meets, that was a lot of vinegar.

There's a lot of vinegar. And this is the exact building that was in the heart of a dreamer. So she's like, okay, maybe, you know, everyone had to expect it that her sister had passed because she'd been missing for so long. She's thinking, you know, maybe this is a sign, like maybe this is my new life, because she had to spend most of her money saving up to bury her parents. She was 20 and few girls are not cheap. So she really only had about $500 to her name and no job, no apartment, like literally nothing. And so she's like, this could be a sign. So she goes in, she meets the dormant, childy, I gotta be careful now. I was gonna add a little board of makeup for the video girl, you know? Does it work like that? In my head it does. They go into the Bartholomew.

Now the Bartholomew is only 13 stories tall, and the 12 floors very interesting. And that's the exact unit that she will be sitting, which is 12a. So there's only two units on the 12th floor, and both of them are two stories tall. So the entire building itself is 13 stories, but because there's only 12 floors,

because you know, units on number 12 are two stories tall. You get it. Let me just... She's going to be apartment sitting unit 12a. Now this is very interesting because 12a, this is such an old building, did you know back in the day that the servants quarters were usually on the top floor? So nowadays, the higher you go, the more expensive the rent becomes because you get a better view, but that's because we have elevators but back in the day there was no such thing as elevators so imagine every day you have to bring all of your groceries and every day you come back from work you got to walk up 12 flights of stairs that's gonna be the cheap rent so back in the day the richer you were the

closer you were to the ground you were more down to earth nine more so she was like oh this is exciting you know the kitchen's extra big because again, it was the servants quarters. They had to cook a lot. She's just watching this. She's looking at the view. There's Central Park. There's a gargoyle right outside that she could see through the window.

She names that she's a George. I mean, she's already just live in that life. And Leslie's asking her like, what do you think of the apartment? Do you like it? And it was so interesting because Leslie's almost asking her as if she would say no Like who would not like an apartment like this?

Now the one thing that I found very creepy about this apartment is that there's a dumb waiter And I had no idea what this was, but it's apparently like this box that travels between floors and it has like this rope system It's almost like a mini elevator, but you use it like a waiter like you put food in there Or you deliver other things in there like snacks and it was only connected between unit 12a and 11a, which again is a little bit odd, but with old buildings, there's always something odd about it, so she notices that, and she's like, you know, I kinda like it, like the history, like I'm glad that I kept the thick history of all of this, and so Leslie is like, okay, what do you think? And suddenly she has this moment of like, okay this must be a lie. Like this is obviously too good to be drew Leslie and this she now sued things that I'm trying to pay to live here and she's like it's yeah I think we have a misunderstanding and Leslie's like nope it's a thousand dollars a week for you to apartment sit for three months and she's like that I mean that seems too good to be true like why would you guys do something like that and so Leslie says okay well as the manager of the Bartholomew I can tell you the Bartholomew being an old building and being one of such secrecy, we really value privacy. Now, we have

a couple strange rules, the first rule being that no apartment is allowed to sit vacant on the market. And the owner of this apartment unit, 12A, has passed away and her kids are fighting over who's going to get the apartment. And that's going to take like, I don't know, three, four months, maybe longer depending on legal proceedings. And so we wanted to make sure that someone would be here a lot of it has to do with you know We don't have a lot of units and everyone has homes all over the place, you know Malibu Paris London must be exhausting so we just want to make the Bartholomew look lively So we're never targeted for any crimes and she's like I mean that's insane and she's like yes

But there are gonna be rules so if you do stay here and you do get paid $1,000 a week, you can have absolutely no visitors. No boyfriend, no parents, nobody. And she's like, okay, I mean, that's okay. And then she's like, and on top of that, there are a couple other things. No smoking, no drinking, no posting the bar thol at me on social media because of how highly coveted,

it's like a secret club in New York I know there is one I think it's called like soho club which is super hard to get into in New York I mean I don't think it's secret everyone knows it exists But it's like super pricey you need a referral to get in like kind of like a country club And because the Bartholomew is like that we don't want you posting on social media because of course all your friends are gonna be like Oh, I'm gonna get my most is at the Bartholomew and we don't want that happening and the other thing is don't talk to the residents Unless you're spoken to now this one kind of feels like a slap in the face

But jules is like you know, I get it like I'm getting paid to work here technically It's almost like you're getting paid to be the door man or the lobbyist of course you don't want to be like Oh my gosh Oprah Winfrey like how was your trip to Italy? Tell me more what about your avocado garden? And so she's like okay, I mean, I guess let's all that strange. So the interview continues and now Leslie starts asking jewels about herself. And this is where all of my red flags start going off. Even if the author did not write it so creepy, I think my red flags would have just been through the roof because she's like, are you seeing anyone?

Cause, you know, obviously we can't visit her. So no boyfriends, no girlfriends over. And she's like, no, just me. And she's like, okay, so your family has the next point of contact. And she's like, no family, just me. And she's like, okay, so your family has the next point of contact and she's like, no family, just me. And she's like, okay, well, where's your job

so we can write that down? Kind of in between jobs. Okay, that's okay. That's why your apartment setting got it. What's your address? Kind of in between addresses. Okay, can we get an emergency contact in case of emergencies? Um, it's just me. No emergency contact? No best friend? She didn't want to put her best friend

down because she knew that her best friend was gonna judge the shit out of her apartment sitting because again the breath all of you has that big of a reputation and so she was like nope just me and so Leslie's like okay any health conditions pre-existing issues, like heart issues, allergies, anything like that? Why do you need to know that? Well, you don't have an emergency contact, so we just wanna make sure that nothing happens.

No, nothing. And so she's like, okay, well, sounds great. I just have one last question. Are you a nosy bit? Are you inquisitive? Are you nosy? Are you curious? Are you the type that'll go around

and become a little journalist for the Bartholomew? Because like I said, the Bartholomew gets lots of clicks. Everyone wants to know what's going on inside the Bartholomew. If you are a journalist, I'd rather you tell me now than I find out later. And she said, nope, I'm really just here for the money. So she says, great, you can move in tomorrow. So she gets the job. She goes back to Chloe's apartment. She's freaking excited. And she tells Chloe everything. She's like, listen, I'm gonna be moving in there. You can come, well, you can't come visit, but it'll be amazing, you know, etc, etc. And Chloe's like, jewels, I don't know. Anywhere else, I would have been totally okay with it as your best friend, but the Bartholomew, like, do you know the shit that people say about the Bartholomew? I mean,

it's crazy over there. And she's like, well, I'm sure all of it's just kind of a lie. It's all about like, you know, getting clicks for all these, oh, haunted hotel, you know, YouTubers are stupid. She's like, no, the owner of the Bartholomew literally killed himself and he jumped off the roof of the Bartholomew. Like, it's cursed.

And she's like, are you serious, Chloe? And she's like, do you remember my grandpa? You loved him. You thought he was a logical dude. Yes, Chloe, I remember your grandpa. And she's like, are you serious, Chloe? And she's like, do you remember my grandpa? You loved him. You thought he was a logical dude. Yes, Chloe, I remember your grandpa. And she's like, my grandpa, whenever he walked down that street, would always cross the street, so he's never walking on the same side as the Bartholomew.

I mean, I'm telling you, all the locals, we know it's cursed. You can't go there, and she's like, listen, I need this. This is a do-over for my life. Like, I need the money. I mean, I don't know how else to say it. I need the money, and she's like, okay, well, to say it. I need the money and she's like, okay, well just be careful. I'm gonna call you every single day.

You better have your phone on you. And if anything goes wrong, if there's some cult, you know, I heard it's like American Horror Story. I heard there's some witches in there. If there's anything, you have to come back. And she's like, okay, you're kind of crazy. And then she packs up all of her things into like two little suitcases.

And the next day, she heads to the brothel, I'm here to move in. Leslie greets her, into like two little suitcases and the next day she heads to the brothel mute to move in. Leslie greets her, helps her with her suitcases, the door man Charlie's there, he's super nice and she ends up meeting one of the residents by the name of Dylan. Now we find out that Dylan is another apartment center which is kind of creepy because again we've been told that this is a very small compact apartment building there's not a lot of units, why the fuck are there so many apartment sitters? And so he is apartment sitting 11b. She met Dylan and Dylan's kind of rude.

They met on the elevator. He's not very nice. And then there's another apartment, or another apartment sitter that is in 11a by the name of Ingrid. So again, so much apartment sitting. So strange, but she's like, you know what? It's gonna be fine.

Whatever, I'm here for this shmoney. So she's like, whatever, I don't give two forks. And so she meets Dylan, she meets Ingrid, and she gets a call from Chloe again. And Chloe's like, listen, I just sent you an article, check your email, and she checks the email, and it says, the curse of the Bartholomew. And she's like, okay, you know what?

You're honestly the most dramatic person that I've ever met in my entire life, okay? And so she's like, this is serious, drool's I'm serious. I talked to my boyfriend, and he works for one of the biggest law firms in New York City. And his boss is, oh, billionaire. Wanted to buy a place at the Bartholomew,

and they wouldn't let him. They wouldn't even let him inside the building. Do you know what that means? Imagine Jeff Bezos is trying to buy something, and you're like, I'm sorry, you can't fucking command it. Like, what do you mean? And they put him on a 10-year wait list. There's something there, drool, like, it's creepy, you can't fucking command it. Like, what do you mean? And they put him on a 10 year wait list. There's something there, Jules.

Like, it's creepy. And she tells Chloe, I get it, it's creepy. But I only have like $430 to my name because I just ubered here with my suitcases. So I gotta stay, I'm sorry. She unpacks her stuff into the closet upstairs in the master bedroom. And she realizes it's crazy that Lesley even mentioned

that each unit has a storage unit in the basement because all of her belongings, all of her earthly belongings fit into like two, three drawers in this massive closet. So she's like, why would Leslie think that I need a storage unit? And so she's looking around, she's enjoying this apartment, this view is beautiful, and suddenly she gets that curiosity that Leslie was talking about. Who lived here? I kind of want to know, was it like a celebrity? Was it a celebrity that recently died?

Was it a CEO of a company maybe? And she's like thinking and she's like, you know what, maybe I could find some mail. So she starts looking around, digging around in those shelves, never a good idea. And she finds a couple things. She finds a bunch of New York Times magazines under the name of, I believe, Marjorie.

She finds Marjorie Milton. And she's like Marjorie Milton. I've never heard of her Marjorie Milton. And she's like, Marjorie Milton. I've never heard of her Marjorie Milton. That's not Jeff Bezos, that's not Elon Musk. That's not Angelina Jolie. And then she suddenly gets this like, it's probably a assimilating who was born rich, died rich, and now her rich kids are fighting about

who's gonna be rich or. And she's like, whatever, not as exciting as I thought it would be. And she also finds another copy of Heart of a Dreamer, which is not uncommon. It's like finding a Harry Potter. This was a very famous book and then it happened in the Bartholomew. The setting was the Bartholomew, so of course. Then all of a sudden, she hears a noise. She's like, fuck. Leslie probably saw me snooping. Are there cameras in here? And then she hears a noise. She walks towards it and she follows the noise and it's the dumb waiter. It's moving. And

she waits and she waits. And suddenly this big box opens up, she opens up the cardboard or the cabinet door, and there's a little piece of paper. She reaches in and it says, hello and welcome from Ingrid 11A. So she's like, okay, cool. And so she writes, thank you and sends it back. She's like, thank you so much, Jule from 12A. And so she leaves all herself, she puts that in, and she's like, you know what?

I gotta go for a kid and get some groceries. Like I need to eat, I cannot be post-mating. Like there's no restaurant in here, I need to save money, need to go to the local grocery store. So she gets ready, heads down, and in the elevator she meets another woman by the name of Maryanne. Now Maryanne is an older soap opera actress. She's super famous, now she's kind of on the older side.

She's definitely retired and she meets her little Chihuahua Rufus. And they're just in the elevator and she's like, nice to meet you. And she's like, fuck, I'm not allowed to ask, but I know she's famous. I can't wait to tell Chloe that she's famous. And then she also sees this old grumpy dude.

So the elevator stops at every floor and you can see through it. It's like one of those oldinelevators. It's not like the modern ones. And she sees this old man by the name of Mr. Leonard. And he seems like he's about to get on the elevator and she's about to stop it. But Maryann's like, no, you're doing great, Mr. Leonard.

We don't stop the elevator from Mr. Leonard. He's suffered about like three heart attacks. So he takes the stairs every day. He thinks the big ones come in, you know? So he's trying to be health conscious right now. And so she's like, oh, okay, she goes to the mail room. Gets off the elevator after meeting those two residents. And she's trying to pick, gets a mail.

Her job is that she has to pick up mail for this unit every single day, right? And there's nothing in the mailbox, and she closes it, turns around, and she sees Greta. How do we know Greta? She's the author of the Heart of a Dreamer. That's like meeting JK Rowling. And so she's like, holy shit. And she's like, I know I'm not supposed to approach them, but are you Greta? I love your book so much. And Greta's just kind of mean.

She's just like, okay, cool. Thank you so much. And she's like, no, I'm serious. Like, the hear book was my favorite book of all time. And Greta looks at her and says, then you haven't really read many books, huh? And she walks away. And she's like, whoa, that was, they say, never meet your idols, you know what I'm in? She has all of this adrenaline because you know when just a normal person's rude to you, you're like a adrenaline pumping, but then especially if it was like someone you looked up to

is rude to you, you're like a adrenaline through the roof. So she runs outside and she comes face to face with a signpost and she's her heart stops because it's a missing poster. And it's not for Jane, but anytime she sees a missing person's poster, she automatically thinks of her sister of course. And it said in Big Bull letters, missing and I had a picture of a really, really pretty girl in all of the details and contact this number.

And she just couldn't help thinking about Jane on her walk to the grocery store. Now, at the grocery store, we start learning that not only does she not have money, but she has a lot of complex, sad emotions, I guess, in the sense regarding money. And she's shopping and she's buying all these, you know, cereals, she's buying frozen pizza. She got four oranges because produce is so expensive in New York City that she has to eat everything frozen.

And then for nutrition, she gets oranges. And she was just trying to save as much money as possible. So she's buying all these things and we learned that jewels and her mom had a really sad relationship. So one day one of her rich friends came over, Katie, jewels as friends, and she was like in middle school. And Katie never really noticed that there was a, you know, financial difference between the two families. Until one day, Jules mom brought out some fruit oes in the morning to eat instead of fruit loops. And Katie, her best friend goes, oh I don't eat those, those are fake fruit loops. And Jules was like, mom, put those away, that's so embarrassing.

And so then that night, Jules was like, I don't want to eat this. Like, no, I'm never eating fruit oes again. I don't want this, I want fruit loops. And her mom started crying. And then from then on, she never bought off brand name stuff ever again. And Jules was thinking about how shitty she felt. Like that was at least thousands of dollars over years

that they spent buying fruit loops and Oreos instead of market pantry. And she was just talking about how she wishes her mom was here now to eat some frozen pizza with her. Cause she would never treat her that way, right? Very sad. So she's walking into the bathol in me. Charlie's like, let me help you with it. And again, you have to send another tinge of

jewels being very self-conscious. She didn't want the door man to see like all the food she was eating. And so she's like, no, no, I got it, I got it, I got it. And so he's like, well, let me get the elevator for you. So they're rushing to the elevator. She's got all these bags. She got an economy-sized frozen pizza box. so it's a lot of fucking pizza, it's really heavy, and so she's like stumbling all the way over there, and then all of a sudden, Charlie's like, watch out! And in comes Ingrid, storming down the stairs, you know, because the stairs are right next to the elevator, and she's on her phone with headphones, and she bumps into jewels, and all of her groceries go flying. It was really bad. Jewels ends up bleeding on the arm a little bit.

There's oranges everywhere. And she's like, I'm not bleeding. Don't worry. It's just pastasauce. And you know, Leslie came out of her office because she heard it all. And she's like, no, no, no, that's not pastasauce. That's blood on your arm.

And she's like, gosh, like this is so embarrassing. Like, oh my groceries, you know. And you still realize that jewels is carrying more about everyone seeing her groceries than she is about her bleeding arm. And it's really sad. She's like, well, we're gonna take you to the ER. And again, Jules starts panicking. I don't have money for the ER and I've held insurance. And she's like, no, no, I'm seriously fine. And she goes, okay, how about this? We have Dr. Nick, who also lives in, you know, 12B. So he's your next door neighbor.

He's a doctor. He's a surgeon. Why don't we go see his professional advice? And if you need to go to the ER, we'll take you to the ER ER and she's like, okay, so they go to Dr. Nick's apartment, which is 12b. So she enters Dr. Nick's apartment and I mean, the decor is really interesting. He's got like gold snakes everywhere. He really likes snakes. Very cult-y, you know? I mean, it's just a little bit creepy, but then in comes walking this 40-year-old and stalked her and she's like, listen, if I was in fucking broke, this would be like, this would be like the heart of a dreamer. Like this would be a love story and I'm saying,

like I'm bleeding, he's gonna be like, I almost did you a bridge girl and I'm gonna be like, thank you, rich man, and then we're gonna get married. But then she's like, but I'm broke and I'm not as type. So whatever, patch me up, bitch. So he's patching her out, they start talking, and she starts getting kind of nosy. She just kind of wants to know like how he can afford such an apartment at 40 like most surgeons cannot

This is the bitholomeal and he mentions, you know, this was my I mean, he's a legendary resident or a a body cool No his parents and his grandparents have owned it for so so long Okay, that's what I was trying to say his parents and his parents and his parents have owned it And he's like jewels. What's that short for while he's patching her up? And she's like, just Jules. And he's like, not Julienne or, you know, anything like that? Juliana. Just Jules. My mom said when I came out that my eyes were like Jules. So she named me Jules for short. And he's like, huh, that's kind of cool. And he's like, I'm Nick for Nicholas. And she's like, oh my god, I'm so embarrassed. And he's like, huh, that's kind of cool. And he's like, I'm Nick for Nicholas.

And she's like, oh my god, I'm so embarrassed. And so she gets patched up, she heads back to 12A, and inside the dumb waiter is yet again another letter. This time was again from Ingrid, and she said, I'm like, sorry about the arm, meet me at Central Park in 15 minutes. What? She's like, what? And she's like, gave her the exact location, and she's like, what? And she just like gave her the exact location and she's like, really? Someone who just bumped into me made me freaking bleed on the first time that I met her because she was on her phone. Now she's giving me a demand to meet her in Central Park. I gotta go.

So she goes to Central Park, okay? And she meets Ingrid. Now Ingrid was literally the opposite of what she was expecting. She was expecting someone to just be kind of like, hey, sorry about what happened. Thanks for meeting me at Central Park, but Ingrid was kind of like, I would describe that I would see myself a little bit in Ingrid, non-stop talking, just wouldn't shut the f*** up, and Jules was like, wow, I don't think I can handle this energy for too much longer. Ingrid is going on and on about how she really doesn't have any family and she came to New York because she was like

trying to make a big in New York City, and she fell in love with the boy, but then the boy cheated on her and she was like, f*** boys,, boys stuck and they're like, yeah, f**k boys. And they're just like talking on and on and on. And it's interesting because they start relating on the fact that they don't really have any family, they don't really have any boy friends, they don't really have any people around. They're really interesting, right? And Ingrid at the end of their meeting was like, hey, do you think that Bartholomew is kind of scary? And she said it to casually, Injules was like, yeah, I mean, I heard the rumors, but they're just rumors, right, Ingrid?

And she's like, yeah, no, that's what I meant. Like, just creepy rumors. And she's like, but you don't think it's super scary? No? And if you think it's not scary, maybe you could always leave. Yeah, but I need the money. So they both relate to the fact that they both

are there for the money. I mean, it's a little creepy. And Ingrid says, okay, how about this about this that buildings make me go crazy, okay? Why don't we meet here every single day for lunch? Okay, and so she's like oh god I don't know if I can handle this bitch and she's like okay sounds good Ingrid and she goes and I'm gonna call you juju juju She's like yeah because you know lots of people say bad juju, but I know I know you're good juju You get some good juju around you. I'm gonna call you juju and so they walk back to the bathroom

You and now they're friends They also exchange numbers. So that night after all of this has happened her arm is stitched up She went to Central Park for lunch. You know, she met some of the residents She suddenly hears at one in the morning a scream while she's trying to fall asleep and residents, she suddenly hears at one in the morning a scream while she's trying to fall asleep. And Jules is a warrior. Jules is not the same person. She would have been if Jane hadn't gotten missing, so she's always worried about stuff like this. So she waits and she listens and she thinks that kind of sounds like, I mean, Ingrid had a little bit of a higher pitched voice, and that sounds like Ingrid. And I'm right on top of 11 a. And so she's like, you

know what, I can't do this anymore, you know, I'm, I'm, she was waiting to see if there was any laughter or TV noise afterwards. There wasn't. And Jules was like, for my what, I can't do this anymore. You know, she was waiting to see if there was any laughter or TV noise afterwards. There wasn't. And Jules was like, for my sake, for my peace of mind, I gotta make sure, even if she thinks I'm crazy paranoid, I'm just gonna go knock on her door at one in the morning. So she makes it down to 11 a. She knocks on the door and it takes a minute to open up,

but Ingrid opens up the door, covering it, most of it with her body, and she's like, what's wrong? And she goes, hey, nothing's wrong. And she's like what's wrong and she goes hey nothing's wrong and she's like what I heard you scream no you must have been watching TV no I heard you scream I'm not watching TV why didn't scream and it was just like the an off-putting thing like that's not how she expected her to act because at the park she was all like, no, like I'm from Panthabam, from then on, no, no, no, no, no, no, and then all of a sudden she's like, why did it? And she's like, okay.

I mean, maybe I did hear it. We're still meeting for lunch tomorrow, right? Yep, see you tomorrow. And she closes the door. I feel like this one's creepy right there. Yeah, there's so much, I feel like the first bam, can I call it bam, baking on mystery? The first baking on mystery I did, you kind of have a couple ideas right from the get-go, what you think this is going to end like, but this one is just weird.

Yeah. You don't even know. And so then now we end up with another hospital. So this hospital, like the time frame happened within six days, within her moving into the Bartholomew, in six days she ends up getting hit by a car in front of the Bartholomew. So now we're back at the hospital and Dr. Wagner, who is her doctor, says, you know, what happened? Can you tell me more about the car accident? Do you remember anything? And she says, I don't remember much. I'm just so glad that I

met the hospital in far away from the Bartholomew. And Dr. Wagner says, you know, I just have to ask some questions for our psychiatric team because a witness did state that you ran out of the Bartholomew in a panic and you didn't even stop when you saw an incoming traffic. You didn't winch, you didn't try to dodge, you just stood there and like not even a second. You just stood there. And that doesn't sound like normal behavior to me, Jules. And she says, it's

not, it's not normal because I wasn't just walking. I wasn't just running. I was escaping the breath all of you. And so the next morning she goes to Central Park, she doesn't see Leslie for lunch, she's like what the fork is going on, why isn't she here after yesterday's screen, this is not normal. So she goes immediately to 11 a. She sent her three messages and she's like whatever, I'm not gonna wait wait here for lunch I'm gonna go to the Ingrid and be like what's going on? So she goes to 11 a knocks on the door and Ingrid doesn't open but this time it's the apartment manager Leslie Leslie opens the door and she's like oh, Jules what are you doing here? And again it was a rule to I mean kind of a rule to not disturb the residents maybe not the apartment

centers it wasn't explicitly stated. And so, Jules is like, oh, I was supposed to meet Ingrid for lunch, but she didn't, she bailed on me. I was just trying to check up on her and Leslie's like, yeah, I know. She took all of her things and she left last night without any notice. I mean, she was supposed to stay like eight more weeks, ten more weeks, actually. Can you believe it? She just left. And now we have this empty apartment. I mean, that's kind of rude. Don't you think jewels? And so she's like, why would she leave? She never mentioned leaving. Why would she want to have

lunch with me if she knew that she was gonna leave last night? That doesn't make any sense. And she was like, well, she didn't even leave a note. She packed up all of her things and she dropped the keys in the middle of the lobby on the floor. So rude. And she just left. Are you sure? If she dropped it, maybe she was in her hurry. Like maybe she went to go hang out with a friend. Well, I don't know, but she took all of her stuff, so I don't know. I mean, I knew I shouldn't have hired her in the first place. She did not seem reliable at all. Hold on, let me stick these in the oven. So creepy. So she tells honestly about the scream, and lastly, it's like,

well, I mean, nobody really heard anything. This is not the type of apartment complex where people hear a scream and then just kind of ignore it. So you're kind of on your own. And Leslie is like, I have so much to do. I'm so sorry, Jules, I need to find a different apartment center for this unit. So I gotta go. And so Jules is like, huh, I need to get some more information. So she goes upstairs to 12 and she starts going through ingrid social media. She stalks her dad on Instagram and sees that she had posted a couple selfies and there was this dude who commented on one of them. She ends up messaging that dude and is like, hey, he is Ingrid with you.

Do you know where Ingrid is? And then a couple days ago, she had posted a picture of her copy of Heart of a Dreamer in front of the Bartholomew and said, just met the author. And so she's like, okay, I need to go ask Vrada. I mean, obviously it's breaking the rules, but need to go ask Rada. I mean, obviously, it's breaking the rules, but I don't give a fork. I'm too nervous. So she goes down to 10a. So, as you can see, Jules lives here, then Ingrid, then Greta. And so Greta must have heard something. So she goes to 10a and she's like, Greta, Greta, have you talked to Ingrid? And she's like, okay, comment.

Like, you are so annoying. I know I'm so rude to you in the mail room, but you need to chill out. And so she comes inside into Greta's apartment And she's like talking about how ingrids missing blah blah blah and Greta's like listen I haven't saw me. I'm an old lady. I didn't hear jacks. So your friends don't missing your friend dipped Okay, and so she's like no, I'm serious something's wrong and she's like oh my god You are too much. You are too much walking around with your little ideas about life It's all a fantasy and she's like, what do you mean? Hard of a dreamer was such a good book and she's like, yeah, it's it's the biggest life ever told

This is what Greta says. Let's not have real life works real life You don't have a rich grandma who gives you a $5 million apartment out of nowhere and suddenly you're marrying rich people Okay, heart of a dreamer is all lies. That's not the real world get out of it And so she ends up confessing like, hey, sometimes people need a fantasy. Like, my life sucks. Like, I like your books because it helps me escape. And so Greta gives her one bit of a warning

before she leaves, which is, listen, you seem like a gentle soul. And this place will eat you up and spit you out. People like you. And she said, New York, or the breath all of you. And she says both. And I get out of my apartment. So then she goes to Nick's apartment,

the surgeon who is also on her level. And she starts asking him, like, hey, did you hear anything? I'm really worried about Ingrid. And I even asked Greta. And he's like, Greta, she's trying to help you. And she's like, Greta, yeah, we're both Lagas, the tenants, like we've been here for ages. Like our family has owned units in the Bartholomew for ages.

She's kind of grumpy, little grumpy, but it's fine, but I'm surprised Greta cared. And she's like, well, what should I do? I mean, she did mention that the Bartholomew is creepy. Do you know anything about the Bartholomew being creepy? I mean, you've lived here for so long. And he's like, oh my god, this is so annoying. Like literally everyone talks about how the Bartholomew's creepy. Do you know anything about the Bartholomew being creepy? I mean, you've lived here for so long. And he's like, oh my god, this is so annoying. Like literally everyone talks about how the Bartholomew's creepy. But you know what, it's only creepy because news loves talking about it. Like, it's creepy.

Statistically, we have the same number of accidents, deaths, murders, than any other complex that would be around the same age as the Bartholomew. I mean, people need to give it a break. And so she's like, oh, yeah, I know, but, you know, I was just wondering. And he's like, I mean, I get it. We have some creepy rules about no visitors for apartment sitters. And that's kind of why Erica left. Erica, who's Erica? She's the apartment sitter for your unit before you. Oh, I thought I thought I was apartment sitting because the owner died. Yeah, I mean, I think she was only here for like a couple weeks. She couldn't handle the rules. She just left one day.

So, yeah, I mean, maybe Ingrid just couldn't handle the rules. Maybe she wanted to hang out with her friends. Maybe she wanted to be on social media. I don't know. But I wouldn't worry too much about it, Jules. And she says, okay, thanks. And she leaves. Now is the time she goes into unit 12, and she's like,

I need to read about this article that my friend Chloe sent me about the curse of the Bartholomew. She starts looking into it. This is an old building. So the first incident that happened was during the Spanish plague, which I know that we've all been hearing a lot about that recently. And because of the poor ventilation in this entire building and because the owners didn't really care and the servants, they were all huddled

up into the same environment upstairs on the 12th floor, the one that she is currently residing in. There was about 24 people who died. That was a part of the Bartholomew. And so she's like, ooh, that's a little creepy, but again, it's in the 1900s. Lots of people die from plagues back then, not anymore. So then she reads the next article, which is the fact that the owner of the Bratolomu ended up killing himself because he felt so guilty over all of the deaths that happened

from the Spanish plague that he went to the rooftop and in the middle of the daylight, in front of Central Park and all of the people running around, he jumped off to his death, 13 floors. A hundred people witnessed it. Now the next thing that's creepy that happens is a man falls down the stairs out of nowhere and he breaks his neck and he ends up dying. And then in 1932, there was a wonderful muvye actress

who went into the Betholomew she lived there and she had an overdose. And then in 1944, a girl that worked at the Betholomew on her off day, she was found brutally murdered at Central Park. Her name was Ruby, and the interesting thing about her murder was not the fact that I was just brutal, but she had been cut open, and a lot of her organs were taken out. And she was drained of her blood blood and her heart was gone too. The murder weapon was unfound and her organs were never found either. So this is really creepy. She starts doing more research on it and it seems like all of these newspapers back in the day so that it all leads to a woman by the

name of Cornelia Swanson. Now Cornelia was a resident and Ruby was actually working as Cornelia's servant back in the. And Cornelia had ties to a woman by the name of Maria who ran the golden chalice. Now the golden chalice was known to be a cult. They were a satanic cult, so they practiced rituals and sacrifices, and it's never been confirmed. Nobody ever went to jail for sacrificing anyone or anything, but it's just a rumor. And so people always assumed that it was Cornelia Swanson that had something to do with her death. So much so that the police arrested Cornelia and she ended up mysteriously dying in her jail cell

a couple days later. All of it is so strange. So she's thinking, maybe there's some cold shit going on in here. Maybe, maybe. Their energy is fucking hit up, right? Then everything kind of quieted it down until 2004, a wife murders her cheating husband at the Bartholomew. 2008, a robbery, gone wrong. So you have this man who invites an escort into his department at the Bartholomew and she ends up trying to rob him and then they end up getting until fight, she kills the owner. So there was another murder that was in 2008. And so if you tally all of those up other than natural diseases like cancer or old age, there were about 30 weird deaths that surrounded the britholomea, but this happened over,

you know, over a century, but angry living does make it a little weird. So she goes to the dumb waiter, which is how she used to communicate with angry, and she sees that a paper has been left with a key. And it says storage unit, please be careful. Things are weird at the Bartholomew. And so she's like, okay, storage unit, all of the storage units are in the basement. So she travels down to the basement. She passes all of the storage

units. Why would Ingrid need a storage unit? Why would I need to be careful? She opens up 11 a storage and inside is a tiny shoe box with a gun inside. And so she's like, what? Immediately she gets a phone call and she freaks out and she's like, is it Leslie? Is there a camera's down here? Does she know I'm like snooping around?

And she picks up and it's a dude by the name of Zeke. And he says, hey, you emailed me, what's poppin'? And she's like, I emailed you. You're like on Instagram. You asked me about Ingrid, I emailed you, you're like, on Instagram, you asked me about Ingrid, I haven't seen her, why would it's going on and something wrong with Ingrid? And she's like, no, I just wanted to know when's the last time you saw her?

And he was like, like a couple days ago, maybe two days ago, are you guys dating? Why did you see her? Are you the cop? Why do you need to know? And he's like, I saw her because I'm an herbalist, I specialize in herbs. He's a pot dealer. And so he's like, I specialize in herbs. He's a pot dealer and so he's like I specialize in herbs

And she was looking for some herbs and then I was like she's like, okay, so what else did she say anything about the Bartholomeal? And he was like, oh that fancy place she's staying at. Yeah, I think she's kind of creeped out about it because she bought some pot And then she also asked if she could buy a gun and so I hooked her up with my other dealer and he sold her a gun for like a thousand dollars. And the next day she kind of disappeared. So weird. The day right after she got a gun. Yeah. So she goes back up to 12 a and she text bombs in grade six times. Why did you leave me with a gun? Where the fuck are you? What do you mean be careful? What do you mean? Like what's going on? And no response? And then there's a fire that happens I mean the fire is interesting

We're only gonna be talking about the fire because it happens in the middle of the night Obviously, Jules has trauma that's regarding fire because they're for parents death and she ends up going to save Rufus Maryans dog on the seventh floor because for some reason Maryann had left her dog And so she went to save Maryans dog There was press outside and it just kind of ruffled a lot of feathers in the press because again Bitholomew is super secretive and there was a fire. I mean, it just all seems a little bit weird, a little bit strange. And so there was so many photographers, there were photographs of jewels outside of the

Bitholomew. We covered in smoke, just saving rufus, the dog, grata was in the picture. I mean, it was a sh** show. So the fire had started on the seventh floor because Mr. Leonard, the old dude who used to be a senator by the way, he was cooking something and then he had a heart attack and he couldn't turn it off and then it ended up burning.

Thankfully nobody died, but it just was a very traumatic experience. And then we get another flashback to the hospital. And Jules is saying, listen, I need to talk to the police. And even in her own head, the dialogue is very interesting because she's trying to be as calm as possible. She knows in a hospital setting the minute that she gets a little frantic, they're not helping you. They're not calling the cops. They're sending you to the psychiatric ward. And so she's like, I just want to talk to the police if possible.

I have some things about the Bartholomew. I feel like they'd be interested in. And she said, it's a little dangerous there. I lived there for five days. It's really dangerous there. And so then finally she decides to text Chloe. And she starts telling her all about, now we're back at the breath on you. And she's telling her all about Ingrid and she's knowing what to do. She leaves out the part about the gun because it's too creepy. And she's like, what do I do? Where do I look for her? And Chloe texts her back and she says, listen, I think you need to stop looking for her. I think she's a full grown adult.

You don't owe her anything. And I think you're only looking for her because of your sister. I don't think, I don't think anything weird's going on. I'm just gonna be honest. I think she just laughed. So Chloe tells her this and she gets a little bit of set. She feels a little bit just hopeless

in the process of finding ingrid and all of a sudden she gets a knock on the door from Greta and she says you know what thank you for saving me in the fire if you hadn't come to my floor and knocked on my door. I don't know what would have happened so I want to treat you to lunch. So they go out to lunch together and Greta is being really nice. I mean to the point where Jules feels like she can open up about her history. She tells him about her parents death and Greta says, you know, I get it now. I get why you want to look pretty good so badly. I would probably try to look at homeless shelters,

you know, like maybe if she left and you say she had no place to go, maybe that's where she went. I mean, maybe there's something that's scarier than the Bratala Mew. Maybe she has a stalker. Maybe she has a boyfriend who's abusive. The Bratala Mew's not that scary jewels. There are other things that are a lot scarier. And so she takes her advice. She goes to all of the local homeless shelters and she meets a woman by the name of Bobby who's running the woman shelter. And she gives her a number and Bobby says I mean yeah I don't really do this often but if I see Ingrid with this picture I will text you. And so she feels a little bit good about herself and she goes home and she fucks Nick the surgeon. I know they came out of nowhere Yeah, so Andrew had seen her picture in the newspaper

Andrew her ex boyfriend who was cheating on her and he saw that she was a brother. I'm your resident And he got all excited and he was all like take me back baby I'll never cheat on you again even though she was like how many times and he was like maybe three times But wow what an ass place you got here and he also asked money for rent and she was upset she was in the lobby of the breath all of me when he was all like please jewels I love you and then Nick came in and she was like Nick I've been waiting for you so like super k-drama pretending to be lovers and they made out in the lobby in front of Andrew and then Andrew left and then they went upstairs and they

finished the job at At Nick's apartment. So then the next day Nick is like, you know what, I'm gonna help you find Ingrid. I mean you seem really caught up in it and I am really caught up in your walk, you know. Yeah, I don't know if he helped out of the goodness of his heart or because now they were doing it. And so he's like, let me help you and so she was like, I have a plan. I need to get into Ingrid's apartment. So how about this? You lower me down from the dumb waiter into Ingrid's apartment and I will look around,

you hold watch in the middle of the day and then you lift me back up, okay? Or I can even exit from her front door, lock it behind me and go up using the elevator. And so he's like, okay, I mean, I guess that sounds good. So she gets into the dumb waiter, she gets lower to the 11th floor, she gets out at Ingrid's apartment,

she's looking around and nothing. There's nothing that could show that Ingrid was ever even here. She had taken everything, like it wasn't alive, she didn't leave in a brush, there was no signs of a struggle, the one thing that she did find was a copy of The Heart of a Dreamer. But it was not, because it was signed by Greta. Now Greta had always said that she was never really close to the Ingrid, she was never really close with any of the apartment centers. Why would she be she's an old lady?

It was signed, your youthfulness gives me life. It was such a pleasure to meet you. Love Greta. To... Ingrid. Signed to Ingrid. So she's like, okay, this is weird. And then all of a sudden, she hears a noise.

Now, Leslie is conducting an interview inside of this apartment for the next apartment center and one thing that I will note that was so freaking strange is Leslie asked the same exact questions that she asked jewels and now maybe maybe there are some other things that are biased here. Maybe the next apartment center wasn't that cool but she ended up having a family and she ended up having a boyfriend and all of that and Leslie said, thank you, we'll call you with our decision. She heard all of that.

Where was she? Under the bed hiding. So it was just weird. So then she goes back up to Nick's apartment and they do it again. Oh my God. So then now we're back at the hospital and she's freaking out and she's like,

listen, I really wanna talk to the police and Dr. Wagner is like, I think you need to talk to like a head specialist and she's like, less than I really want to talk to the police and Dr. Wagner is like, I think you need to talk to like a head specialist. And she's like, no, I need to talk to the police. And he was like, what do you mean? What was going on at the brithalamy? That's so scary. And she goes, I don't think you want to know.

It's okay, Jules. This is a safe place. You can tell us. I think several people were murdered there recently, not long time ago, recently. What? And then we cut back to the brithalamyo So she's in the bratholomeo she gets back from doing Nick and she goes into our apartment And she tosses the keys and as she's tossing them on to the little desk and the entryway it falls into like an AC Vent on the ground and she's like fuck so she screwdrivers it open pops it open reaches her hand down there gets her keys

But there's also another thing down there, gets her keys, but there's also another thing down there. And she looks at it and it's a phone. And she freaks out, who's phone is this? She unlocks it. She's like, I've seen this picture before. I've seen this face before. She rushes downstairs to the missing poster. And under it, it said, Erica. The girl who was sitting apartment 12 A before her. So she gets the number from that and she goes back up to 12 A using her phone. She calls the number that says missing.

Please help if found. Call this number. And on the other line, Dylan picks up. And he says, hello. She says, Dylan. This is Jules. Jules from 12 A. I know who you are.

I can't do this over the phone right now. Meet me at the museum. Ah! And so she meets Dylan at the natural museum of history. And she's like, you need to tell me everything. And he's like, I wanna see her phone. And he's just like, no, you're creepy. And so she's like, tell me everything Dylan.

And so Dylan's like, okay. So when I started apartment sitting, it was around the time that Erica was apartment sitting. So like maybe three months ago, I'm almost down. I have three weeks left and we started doing it. I don't know if that's breaking the rules, but we kept it hush hush anyway. And one day she just disappeared. Like I had left her apartment at 12 a and I went back to mine and that day she was gone. And the next day I freaked out and Leslie said, she just packed up her things and left because she didn't like all the rules.

She hated not being able to have friends over and not being able to have family over and Dylan thought it was weird because Dylan knew that she didn't have any friends or family. Like she was just there for the money and they just happened to get along. And so he texted her, texted her non-stop and she never picked up, she never called back.

She had no way of getting in contact with her. The police didn't believe him either by the way. The one thing that he did notice was that before she left the Bartholomew, she kept talking about how the Bartholomew was creepy. Like the recent days before she left, she kept talking about a Cornelius Wonson and how some shit was weird and the golden chalice and I thought maybe she was just reading too much on the internet, but then she disappeared and she was actually close friends with Ingrid they had met too and they would do lunch at Central Park together all the time and then Dylan's like but it gets weirder because I found a ring and it's like a gold high school ring and it says Megan on it and I found out by doing some research that she recently went missing maybe like a year ago and she was apartment sitting at the britholomew and so she's like, are you thinking what I'm

thinking? He's like, I know. I think there's a serial killer that lives inside the britholomew. He said, you know, even before Ingrid went missing, she called Dylan and said, Dylan, we need a meet, we need a meet because I think I know what happened to Erica and then she left. And so Dylan's like, now your turn, show me the phone. And they go through the phone together. Jewels is still skeptical of Dylan. She's like, how do I know you're not this hero killer? And you're just feeding me these lies.

And so they go through her phone together. And it seems like maybe he's not, because I mean, I don't know, maybe it's all fake, but maybe it's not. This is what Jewels is thinking. She's like, all of the text messages do line up to a friend that's like, where the fuck are you? Like this, the same one she sent ingrid, but again, who knows? She's like I'm not trusting nobody at the brithaulimio, okay?

And then there's a video the last video she Erica was seen recording herself and you know when you're not a YouTube bowl and you're not Instagram storing and you recording yourself Is evidence some shit's going down, okay? And she said I don't know what's going on here, but this home building, it's just not right. I think we're being watched. And she says, I don't know why though, but I know we're being watched right now. I'm scared, I'm really f**king scared. And then she hears a knock on the door, and you can hear it in the video.

And she says, f**k it's him. And she stops the recording on the door and you can hear it in the video and she says, fuck it's him and she stops the recording. Who's him? And then it just gets weird, okay? So at this point, Greta stops by again in 12 a while. She's watching this video and she gives her a signed copy of the heart of a dreamer. And she says, I'm sorry, I knocked you off the first morning, but here you wanted a copy. I've signed it.

And she says, oh my gosh, wow, she opens it up and she freezes because it says, two jewels, your youthfulness gives me life, such a pleasure to meet you, love, gradat, the exact words that she used for ingrid. And she was thinking, you know what, maybe authors say the same exact bullshit for everyone, right? And she said, thank you so much.

And then gradat goes, you know, this is very special. I don't really hang out with apartment sitters. And I never have ever given them a signed copy. And she says, never, never. And then Greta leaves. And then she immediately texts Ingrid again. And she says, I know I've been blowing up your phone. But if you can read this, please text me back.

I understand. I know why you left the Bartholomew call me. I know exactly what you knew. What? And then she gets a text message from Ingrid. And it says, hey, Jules, sorry, I've just been so busy. I got a job offer and I had to pack up immediately and I left my phone on the bus.

And it just was such a struggle to get back. Sorry, I just saw your text messages. And so Jules is like, I don't believe you. She's saying that. Yeah, and she's like, I just want to make sure that this isn't some creep on the bus, you know? What's my nickname? And she says, that's a trick question.

Jules is your real name. Do you know who it is now? Do you know who? The apartment, what is it? The surgeon. Oh, the surgeon. The surgeon. That's ditched her up.

What does Jules stand for? So immediately after that, she doesn't text back and she starts freaking out and Almost as if he knew Nick comes and knocks on her door So she immediately text Chloe pretends she's not home and she says I'm in danger I need to leave this place now text her Chloe best friend right not ingrid Chloe won't pick up She's freaking out and she has no money. So she has like $30 off. She's spent a bunchrid. Chloe won't pick up. She's freaking out. And she has no money. So she has like $30. She has spend a bunch of money. Chloe's not picking up. She can't go to Chloe. She doesn't have a key. She doesn't know what to do. And so she says, okay, I have to wait

until the end of the week to get paid $1,000. And then I have to leave. In order to leave, I have to stay. Was her logic. And so she's knocking. She pretends she's not there. She texts Chloe. And so she's like, I know Chloe went on vacation with her boyfriend recently. Maybe she's not there. She texts Chloe and so she's like I know Chloe went on vacation with her boyfriend recently Maybe she's still there I need to stay to get this money so I can go to a hotel and then we're flashback to the hospital and the doctors like What do you mean like there has literally been no news? I just googled it jewels like are you on any medications? You know he's very skeptical and she's like oh my god get my phone I need I need to get my phone do you have my phone and he's like no oh my god, get my phone. I need, I need to get my phone.

Do you have my phone? And he's like, no, it wasn't with your stuff when you came in. And she said, that's how he's doing it. That's how Nick is killing everyone. He uses their phones. That's why he has Ingrid's phone to lure me in. To try to kill me, he's a serial killer and he's gonna get Chloe next.

And so the doctor's like, okay, we're gonna go get the psychologist. We'll be right back. Now she starts googling the dead owner of her apartment because maybe she has answers. So she looks into it and turns out Marjorie Milton is actually not fucking dead. She's alive and she runs the Guggenheim Museum. So she's like, what the fork it's just a rich lady. So she finds her address, she stalks the shit out of her nose that she loves to walk her dog in Central Park, Stakes out her apartment and she approaches her and she's like you need to tell me what happened when you lived at the patholomy And she's like what do you mean? I never lived at the patholomy and she's like you're lying to me

And she's like what I'd be lying to you And they get into a little bit of argument and Marjorie this elderly woman is like like go to me What is wrong with you like go to me? And then she tugs on her shirt and on it is a gold serpent Like the one that were a nix apartment She freaks out she goes to the local library she starts looking up What is a gold serpent mean and this one was interesting because all of them are the same It's not like the Gucci like the looks the same. It was eating its own tail

So it was a figure eight and it was eating its own tail and she looked into it and the sign of a snake eating its own tail. So it was a figure eight and it was eating its own tail. And she looked into it and the sign of a snake eating its own tail means life reborn. And so she was like, what? And then they all had like tiny gold accents. So she's like, the golden chalice. Oh my god. The golden chalice. It's a cult.

This is their cult's label. She does some more research. She looks up the golden chalice at the library and it was known There was tons of reports saying that the Golden Chalice this entire cult with Cornelia, Swanson and her lover Maria They would get young women and they would cut them open like they did to Ruby and Drenched their blood into a Golden Chalice and then they would have a ritual and that would keep them forever young almost like pizza game anyways I'm scared and then all of a sudden she gets a text message from Bobby from the shelter and says hey your friend

Ingrid is here so she runs to the shelter and sure enough it's an Ingrid she's not missing she's not been sacrificed to the cult so she's like Ingrid what the hell is going on we need to to talk. And so ingrid is like, oh my God, Jules, I can't believe you were looking for me. Like, I'm so scared, we need to go. We need to go. You need to leave the breath all of me right now. And she's like, no, I need to get my thousand dollars

so I can leave. And she's like, no, you don't get it, Jules. And Jules goes, no, I do get it. And she goes, listen. I'm sorry, you're gonna hate me. Why would I hate you, ingrid? The day that we first met, I wasn't on my phone. Leslie paid me a couple thousand dollars

to cut your arm. What? Wait, what? Yeah, Ingrid, you know how Ingrid bumped into her? And she's like, what? Yeah, she paid me to cut your arm. Who's Leslie? The apartment manager.

Why would she do that? I don't know, I didn't ask and I didn't know you and I felt so bad about it, especially when I got to know you in the park, but I was so scared of the Bartholomew. I needed the money to get out of there. And when it came down to it, Nick was in my apartment that night. When I had texted Dylan, I was supposed to meet him in the basement to tell him about everything and tell him about what I knew about Erica and about Cornelia Swanson and about the Golden Chalice and all of these things and Nick was in my apartment. I don't even know how we got in there. I don't know. And he kept threatening me and he had this gun and he

kept telling me like if I don't struggle, it's going to be easier and don't try to fight him. And that's when you knocked on the door after I screamed. And thankfully you knocked on the door because remember when I was reaching into my pocket and you kept asking me what was wrong? And you thought, I mean, Jules thought it was just weird that why was she reaching into her pocket? She was getting her pepper spray out. And so she was able to run out of there. She left all of her stuff, all of her money, all of the cash that the brotholomeu paid her. She left it all and she was spent on the run, she had nowhere to go.

And she came here to look for a place to stay and that's when Bobby said she knew you. And so she was like, I think that they're sacrificing people. And Jules is like, I think so too. And she was like, and I also read they do it like for a blue moon or something. That's when Ruby, the first person, died. Long time ago in like the 1940s. And she's like, but that doesn't make sense, Jules.

Like the 1940s, like, how can they still be alive? And she's like, I think Greta is Cornelius once in and I think all of these people are either reborn or these are Cult members she checks her phone and she's like Tonight's a blue moon so she's like Dylan so she runs back to the Bartholomew She runs and Charlie's like oh my god jewels calm down like the door man's like calm down You go hurt yourself again and she's all like listen be it. I'm leaving. I'm getting my ship And I'm leaving because I got a job in Brooklyn and I got an apartment in Brooklyn So I'm gonna go to fucking Brooklyn upper west side is not for me

So she yeah, so then he's like oh man I'd hate to see you go and so then she runs to go get Dylan and so she runs to And so then she runs to go get Dylan and so she runs to 12 a opens the door and Nick is waiting inside And he has a stun gun and she's gonna need to get that gun that I left in the kitchen You know and he's all like that gun. I know you text sitting great about the gun I didn't know she had a gun, but I took the gun. It's not safe to have a gun in your apartment And she's all like okay, I need to go and he's all like no if you don't resist It's gonna be much easier easier you know typical serial killer bullshit and she's all like I'm gonna fucking go and I'm never gonna come back and you can go screw yourself and she starts running down the stairs and he starts running after

her and a huge battle in Sioux and then she makes it to the lobby and as she's about to book it to the door Charlie bumps in front of her and says, I'm sorry, they told me it was gonna help my daughter. Sorry, I can't let you leave. So then she was like, whoa, that's insane. And so she knocks them out, she like pushes them aside, she didn't knock them out. I think a part of him wanted her to, right? And so she makes it onto the street and runs straight into oncoming traffic and was then taken to a hospital. That makes no sense. She wants to get hit by a car. Well I don't know if it happened because she wanted to or because it was like the direct

path. Now we're in the hospital. So the doctor is like I'm going to go get a psychiatrist. Okay, Jules. Just hang on tight. We're just going to do a small evaluation. Everything's going to be great. And then we can call the cops after this.

Okay, Jules. And so he leaves. He's going to get the psychiatrist and she's like, that's it, I don't need a psychiatrist. She's like, I gotta go find Ingrid. I gotta go find Dylan. I gotta go find Chloe. I gotta go find everyone. And so she pulls the IV out of her arms dramatically

and she's crawling from, I can add to that hospital room. And it's just so many hotways. Hospitals have so many freaking hotways, right? And she opens the door and it leads to a kitchen and she's like, fork. And she's like, maybe there's a fella I can call Chloe door and it leads to a kitchen and she's like fork and she's like maybe there's a phone I can call Chloe and she walks into the kitchen and she's limping and she looks up and there's a painting of a snake that's eating its own tail and then she

wakes up again because she was knocked unconscious, they drugged her up okay she wakes up and inside the room is Dr. Wagner and Nick. She knows something's wrong. She has bandages all over her body. Places that weren't there before because she had it gotten into a car accident and they were just on her head, but now she has bandages on her tummy.

And Nick says, good morning, Jules. Thankfully, the surgery was a success. Everything went according to plan. She's like, what surgery? What surgery? And he goes, anyways, take your pills and we'll be back to check upon you. And that's when Greta limpson.

Greta was also in a hospital gown. And so, she was just like, okay, are we all getting fucked over by the patholomy? Like, what's going on? And Greta says, listen, I just want you to know something. I never wanted it to be you. I wanted it to be ingrid. You were so nice and you've been through so much shit in life. I didn't want to add more things But Ingrid ended up running away and they said you were a match. A match?

So apparently Greta needed a kidney transplant. We're all about for a kidney transplant? Nope. Because Nick comes back in. He says her liver is going to marry in the old actress and her heart is going to Charlie's daughter. So she's going to die. They're talking about. Yeah, so Nick tells Jules. You're up there. Okay.

And Jules is like, what? And he says, I am a Bartholomew. My last name is Nick Bartholomew. And my great-great-great-grandparents started this because they realized that in America there's something messed up. I think like there's 8,000 people just alone in the US that die waiting for transplants. And think about it. Some of those people are intelligent, some of them could have been surgeon, some of them could have been, you know, just life-changing people authors,

screenwriters, you know, just wealthy people, and they die because it's the same system for everyone. And so we thought, our family thought, you know, since we're a line of surgeons, we would open up this place and people, whenever they needed a transplant, they would buy overpriced apartment units, and they would live there while they wait for an apartment sitter who's a match and then we would do the surgery down here in the basement and then they would recover and then they would sell their apartment to another waiting wealthy sick person. Holy fuck. And don't you think it makes sense though, Jewels?

Because you don't really have anyone who's gonna miss you? You don't even have a job. But think about the people you're saving, Greta. She went one of the best books that ever existed. Marianne, all those movies she did, she could even do a comeback with your new liver. Charlie's daughter, I mean, she's much younger than you, so. It makes sense, doesn't it, Jules? Sigh.

Dylan ended up dying, we find out, because. Bernard, no Dr. Leonard or whatever the senator who had a heart attack, he, you know, said his room on fire the one that takes the stairs. He ended up getting Dylan's heart. And so she was like, I'm not gonna freaking die, okay? Like I'm not gonna die. And so she ends up stealing a lighter from one of the nurses that she had met that wasn't like, it's just complex, right?

So she ends up stealing a lighter and she lights her bed hospital bed blankets on fire and all of a sudden Dr. Wagner and the nurses run in, she locks the door behind them, she rushes out and she opens the door that's closest to her and she sees Greta sitting there and she's about to scream and she knows that if Greta screams, Leslie is going to come running in and so Greta stops and she says, okay, just go. And so Greta lets her go. And so she's running with all of these bandages. I mean, it was a shit show.

She finally made it to the lobby and she ran out of there and she's like in a hospital gown coming out of an apartment building, like not a hospital. And she's got all these bandages that are now bleeding, you know, and she's getting woozy and all the civilians that are walking by in the middle of the day are like, what the fuck is going on? And it's in front of the Bartholomew, so they're all like, take pictures, like, let's save her, like, we're, let's save her, right? And so they're protecting her, and all of the police come, they start just, and escorting everybody out, essentially, everybody's getting caught.

And all of a sudden, while she's watching from the cop car They're still looking for Nick Nick Bartholomew the one that runs this place and they see him on the roof and in front of everyone Including the police and all the spectators just like his great grandfather He jumps off and he ends up killing himself So she gets saved taken to a real hospital We later find out that Cornelia Swanson was the first transplant they ever did. So her servant was a match. They did an underground transplant and her servant was tossed out into Central Park pretending to be just a brutal

serial killer murder. And Cornelia got arrested anyway and she did not take well to the transfer because a lot of the times organ transfers sometimes your body just rejects it. That's why she mysteriously died in jail. And ever since then they have had about 127 apartment sitters. Oh my god. And allegedly in this book some of the most famous politicians, internationally well renowned CEOs, they have all resided at the Bartholomew at one point in their life So the Bartholomew has never been an apartment You never just go in to buy an apartment because you like the view if you're buying an apartment at the Bartholomew

You know and they know that you're trying to get a transplant so all of those people one by one were getting arrested and So all of those people one by one were getting arrested and Jules ended up finding a job at a nonprofit where she works To help other people that have been like kidnapped, abducted, you know all that And Ingrid is her best friend her and Chloe get along. I mean, it's a very happy ending at the end One of her kidneys Yeah, they were about to take some other shit. Is that it? Yeah, that's the book.

I think it's creepy because you gotta know this happens. I know that there's this article written about one of Kennedy or Rockefeller, one of those families that I don't want to f**k with. But the dude has had like six heart transplants and he looks like he's about to knock over tomorrow. And I'm like, how do you get six heart transplants? There's literally people that are in their 20s, I can't even get one. And you, this 100 year old man, you're onto your seventh already.

I'm like, this, you know some shit's going down with that one. Like, which is crazy, but riddle me this. Let's say you have all the money in the world and your mom's dying. She's at the last of the transplant list because she's she's old. Would you go to the Bartholomew? To kill someone to save my mom? Yeah, like would you buy an apartment at the Bartholomew? No, what are you talking about? No, absolutely not. I know it's just so creepy. Okay, so this one I feel like it's not really a was there a moment that's a big plot twist No, it's like a slow burn. Yeah

Was there a moment that just kind of shock you? I'm honestly I was more shocked when she thought it was the cult being reborn. I was like fuck I'll ain't like this. I was like no jewels. No Like I find it hard to read because I don't find it as believe it meanwhile I'm like um goddess Kirk I don't know why for some reason I don't like to read it. Maybe just because it's yeah Yeah, but then like the Oregon transplant was very weird and when I was reading it

I did feel like maybe it was a little cheap, but then it gets you questioning afterwards. Because you're like, oh my God, the book is over. Like maybe not the best plot twist, but then the more you sit there, you're like, you know this shit's got to happen at least once or twice in real life. Or a lot of times. Like that's when you're like, hmm, the setup is really good. The setup. Yeah.

I feel like I'm watching a very good thriller. Yeah, like what happened? I think, was it this, no, that was silent patient. I think both have had their movie rights sold already. I think this one has their movie rights sold as well. So we might be seeing movies of these, which I think would be very interesting. I think you would love a silent patient movie.

I think so too. Right up the gas. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The wife right here in her, Hudson right up my alley Now that the baking a mystery is over the mystery is over I leave it in the comments. What are your thoughts on this one? These are strawberry Foduts they look very questionable. They're baked donuts They're baked donuts

Surprisingly delicious That's why they're called fake donuts phonets because they're not fried Where's glue the strawberries are yummy. Wow You ain't even seen what I got planned for next week's episode All right guys that's it for today's video let me know in the comments What are your thoughts on this one? Did you like it more like silent patient? Do you like books like these that are more of a slow burner? Beyond or do you want some weird twisted psychological shit? Let me know and if you guys have any book recommendations, also let me know.

And for my rotten mango viewers, with that bitch, I'll see you Wednesday. What the fuck was that? That was my mating call to keep them alert. Yeah!