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In this Halloween-themed listener tales episode, Ash and Elena dress up as horror characters while reading spooky stories submitted by fans. The tales range from home invasions during babysitting to supernatural encounters in abandoned villages and haunted cemeteries, creating a festive and frightening atmosphere perfect for the holiday season.
The Bop It Babysitting Intruder
A teenage babysitter in suburban Philadelphia faces a terrifying home invasion on Halloween night 2008. While watching two young boys in an isolated house, she spots a figure lurking outside and quickly realizes someone has broken in. Armed with only a Bop It toy, she manages to defend herself against the intruder, who turns out to be a neighbor's son who had been squatting in a nearby shed and breaking into homes when he thought they were empty.
- Halloween night fell on a Friday in 2008, creating the perfect setup for a babysitting job in an isolated house at the end of a long driveway
- The babysitter spotted a dark figure running from one side of the backyard into the woods, putting her on high alert
- A man pressed against the window, cupping his eyes to look inside the house with the lights off
- The intruder was actually the adult son of another neighbor who had been squatting in their shed and breaking into houses
- The babysitter swung a Bop It toy at the intruder's shin when he reached the top of the stairs
" I decided that now is a great time to blow things out of proportion. I frantically dialed 911 and practically whisper screamed to the operator that there was a man in the home I was babysitting in and to hurry the fuck up. "
" I had backed my way into a freaking bop it. Neither I nor Mr. Intruder was expecting this. "
The Strange Events of Curdle Quick Falls
Daniel (aka Boom Boom Sauce Daniel) recounts a camping trip in the Catskill Mountains on Halloween 2009 that led to the discovery of a forgotten village and a terrifying supernatural encounter. After skinny dipping in a waterfall and getting lost, the group stumbled upon ruins of log cabins and used a Ouija board to contact a spirit named Abigail. What followed was a night of screaming, disturbing dreams about colonial-era child abduction, and the discovery that they had been haunted by events from 1774.
- The group discovered an abandoned village in the Catskills that doesn't appear on any maps, with ruins dating back to the 1760s
- After using a Ouija board, they contacted a spirit named Abigail who spelled out her name
- Daniel had a vivid dream about an old woman named Abigail leading children into the woods by a waterfall, cutting her hand and marking them with blood
- The entire group was awakened by screams coming from every direction in the middle of the night
- Daniel pulled a human tooth out of his shoe after the hike, discovering it wasn't a rock that had been bothering him
" After a few hours of hiking we decided to stop and take a 10 minute break we broke out the snacks lit up a joint and we all just took in the beautiful autumn day "
" We stopped dropped and rolled until we were somewhat dry "
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