MFM Minisode 428

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Just tap and get back to work.

Speaker 20 So stock up on DIY essentials, holiday decor, small appliances, or household must-haves like cleaning supplies and trash bags, all without leaving your project behind.

Speaker 1 Order from the Home Depot on Uber Eats. Use code Depot30.

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Speaker 11 Goodbye.

Speaker 1 No one brings out your inner monster like a bad neighbor.

Speaker 25 Claire Danes and Matthew Reese find that out for themselves in The Beast in Me, a new eight-episode drama from the team that brought you homeland.

Speaker 26 Danes plays Aggie Wiggs, a grieving writer.

Speaker 19 Reese plays Niall Jarvis, her new neighbor and possible murderer.

Speaker 1 But who's the monster and who's the bad neighbor? That's another story.

Speaker 25 It's a game of cat and mouse that sets them on a collision course with fatal consequences.

Speaker 1 The Beast in Me, now playing only on Netflix.

Speaker 25 You will not want to miss this.

Speaker 29 Goodbye. Goodbye.

Speaker 29 Hello.

Speaker 29 And welcome to my favorite murder, the mini-sode. You ready for some stories from your mouths and pens? And fingertips.
Fingertips.

Speaker 1 You go first. Always has to be be a third pen.
Okay. This, I love when we just start out with a regular old hometown.
And this one,

Speaker 1 well, it's pretty bad.

Speaker 33 Oh, geez.

Speaker 1 I won't read you the subject line. It says, hi, guys.
My name is Eva, and I'm a fan from Belgium.

Speaker 31 Hey.

Speaker 1 We didn't go to Belgium, did we?

Speaker 35 No, but I've been there.

Speaker 1 I have too. That's where the little statue of the boy peeing.

Speaker 29 Oh, yeah.

Speaker 1 The world famous, right? Yeah. And the Sprouts, of course.
I started listening a couple of months ago, starting from the first episode.

Speaker 1 So when I listen to you guys, I feel like I'm in a time capsule from the past. I'm now listening to episode 91.

Speaker 1 Here's my hometown murder. Seven years ago, I moved to Harrentout.

Speaker 1 There's no way that's right, but I just went for it. The village where my boyfriend lived his whole life.
I love to watch True Crime, and in Belgium, there's a TV series with Belgian murders.

Speaker 1 One of the episodes tells the story of a murder one kilometer or 0.6 miles from our house where we live now. A few years ago, okay, so this is basically the closest, like it's such a close,

Speaker 1 a true hometown for this person. A few years ago, there was a couple that moved here from the seaside to a village nearby and a few months later to Harentout.

Speaker 29 Harentout.

Speaker 1 It sounds right. Our village.
It feels right. Yeah.

Speaker 1 I'm kind of giving a little spice at the end, but the woman had two children, but the man hit them and they were put under guardianship of their grandmother at the seaside.

Speaker 1 The woman chose to stay with the abusive boyfriend.

Speaker 1 Always heartbreaking. The daughter called her mom every Sunday.
A few weeks after moving to the grandmother's house, the daughter couldn't reach her mom and started contacting people on Facebook.

Speaker 1 Nobody had seen the mother for weeks. In the meantime, the boyfriend apparently had a new girlfriend and told other people that the mother had run away.

Speaker 1 The strange thing was that she left her dog and her purse in the house.

Speaker 1 A few weeks had gone by and some guy from the water supply company came by and had to check the meters in the basement. The man told him that he lost the key.

Speaker 1 There was also a weird smell in the house and the basement door was taped off.

Speaker 1 He told the guy that he lost the key and the refrigerator in the basement was broken and the smell was coming from rotting food. The water guy left without checking the meters.

Speaker 1 Imagine checking the meters and discovering the horror that was really going on. Meanwhile, the man was living with his new girlfriend.

Speaker 1 One week later, the police arrived because the mother didn't show up to the appointments at her new job. They thought the story of the guy was really weird.
They had a weird feeling about it.

Speaker 1 They searched the house and found her murdered body at the bottom of the basement stairs. Apparently, they got into a fight.

Speaker 1 He strangled her and threw her down the stairs and did not try to cover things up.

Speaker 1 He just closed the door, taped it off because of the smell, and then continued his life with the new girlfriend inside the house.

Speaker 34 Holy shit.

Speaker 1 He's now in jail for murder. A couple of other people have lived in the house since because it was very cheap rent.
Of course.

Speaker 1 A year ago, it sold and the new owners are doing a major renovation on it. This was my hometown.
Thank you guys for the extremely funny episodes and big love from Belgium, Eva.

Speaker 31 Wow.

Speaker 1 Jesus. It's like a typical terrible story of a woman being murdered.

Speaker 36 That we've heard too many times. Yeah.

Speaker 32 Yeah. Okay, I have a hometown as well, a traditional hometown.

Speaker 36 Okay.

Speaker 39 It's called Pretending to Be Rich to Scope Out a Crime Scene.

Speaker 40 Hello, ladies. Day one listener.
Remember the Facebook group you had to shut down?

Speaker 30 I was in it.

Speaker 40 Love you both. Missed the Facebook group a little.

Speaker 29 A little? Hello.

Speaker 29 In the very beginning, I was golden.

Speaker 12 It was so fun. Yeah.

Speaker 8 When I was doing my student teaching back in 2011 in my hometown of Andover, Massachusetts, recess ended early when we got word that two bodies had been found in a nearby home murdered.

Speaker 17 The story goes that local grandparents, John and Geraldine Maggie, Maggie, were brutally shot to death and were discovered by their age four and eight sweet baby angel grandchildren who would eagerly run into the home to see their grandparents while their mother went Christmas shopping.

Speaker 44 Both John and Geraldine were shot in the neck and the bullets went through the floor to the basement.

Speaker 25 It's presumed they were lying face down on the floor in execution style.

Speaker 38 Although I can't confirm these details, so much of this case is local rumor. The couple's Lexus SUV was found found that same day 25 miles away in Boston's north end completely burned.

Speaker 38 This area of Boston is often tied to mob activity, but many speculate that leaving the burnt car there was actually a way to throw off the police by making them suspect the mob and therefore botch the investigation, as it seemed unlikely the mob would bring that evidence back to such an obvious area.

Speaker 44 John Maggie owned a local construction company, but after years of investigating, nobody can find a reason why this couple was targeted.

Speaker 34 Apparently, they were the most well-loved and kind couple in town.

Speaker 8 This murder is somehow still unsolved and remains the talk of the town each year when the anniversary rolls around.

Speaker 44 Hopefully there will be an update soon, but at this point, it seems unlikely.

Speaker 23 Such a bummer.

Speaker 19 The home where the murder took place recently went up for sale.

Speaker 39 It's near my parents' house, and the open house happened to be going on while I was visiting my parents.

Speaker 38 The only problem is that the house is for sale for $1.8 million. I'm in my 30s on a teacher salary, so that's not happening.
And then it says it has an indoor pool.

Speaker 44 My fellow Mardarino sister and mother and I devised a plan to be able to see the crime scene because we are nosy as fuck.

Speaker 16 And then it says, maybe we could solve it.

Speaker 17 I would pretend to have a $2 million budget and be house hunting for my family.

Speaker 12 I figured no one would check up on me because it would be so busy.

Speaker 29 Wrong.

Speaker 33 We were the only people, including my four-year-old daughter who thought we were getting an indoor pool, who were at the open house.

Speaker 7 Boy, did we have to keep our story straight about school districts, and bedrooms, and square feet, and bathrooms, etc., that I was looking for.

Speaker 41 The real estate agent continues to contact me months later with listings in Andover in my 2 million price range that she thinks would be perfect for me.

Speaker 38 I feel terrible, and I don't know how to get out of the situation, so I'll probably tell her we went bankrupt or something.

Speaker 42 Yes, I gave her my real name and information.

Speaker 41 Maybe the only way out is to get rich.

Speaker 34 SSDGM, And then it says, I think I have to remain anonymous question mark.

Speaker 1 First of all, go to that real estate agent and explain yourself in full and in truth. They absolutely will be like, oh, that makes sense.
Oh, of course.

Speaker 19 And maybe they'll be your new best friend.

Speaker 47 Like, you'll both have a laugh over it.

Speaker 32 And then we can

Speaker 46 become besties. Yeah.

Speaker 1 This is my new Seinfeld approach where it's like.

Speaker 1 Be a little bit more fine with just being that way because it's very human where it's like, of course we wanted to come here and see what this house looked like. like.

Speaker 31 Sure.

Speaker 34 Yeah, don't let her remain hopeful that she's going to get a sale, a $2 million sale in that area.

Speaker 1 I mean, that's a huge number.

Speaker 1 It's going to follow you around forever.

Speaker 42 Yeah.

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Speaker 11 Goodbye. Goodbye.

Speaker 13 Hey guys, did you know that you can order from the Home Depot on Uber Eats?

Speaker 1 Yeah, that Home Depot, really. And here's the kicker.
Right now, you can get $30 off $70 or more when you order from the Home Depot on Uber Eats. Use code Depot30.

Speaker 14 So if you're in the middle of a project and realize you're out of light bulbs, glue, or that one tool you swore you had, don't stop what you're doing.

Speaker 1 You can get your home improvement essentials delivered in as little as 25 minutes. No waiting on shipping, no last-minute store runs.
Just tap and get back to work.

Speaker 20 So stock up on DIY essentials, holiday decor, small appliances, or household must-haves like cleaning supplies and trash bags, all without leaving your project behind.

Speaker 1 Order from the Home Depot on Uber Eats. Use code Depot30.

Speaker 23 Ends December 31st.

Speaker 13 Exclusions may apply. Terms and minimum order apply.

Speaker 24 See at for details.

Speaker 11 Goodbye.

Speaker 1 Here's another real one.

Speaker 1 The subject line of this email is Bear Brook and Call to Support Park Rangers.

Speaker 1 And then it says, ahoy, ahoy, and then in parentheses, bringing that back,

Speaker 29 which I absolutely love.

Speaker 1 I remember the first time you said it, and it made me laugh so hard.

Speaker 31 Yep.

Speaker 29 It's one of my favorites.

Speaker 1 In the summer of 2018, I was about to graduate college and start working toward my goal of becoming a national park ranger.

Speaker 1 I was preparing for an interview with the New Hampshire Conservation Corps when I started typing the name of the state park where I'd be stationed, Bear Brook, into Google.

Speaker 1 To my delighted horror, it auto-completed with murders.

Speaker 1 As I know you're aware, four unidentified bodies, one woman and three children, had been found in two barrels in the park a couple decades earlier.

Speaker 1 While the murderer had been identified and died in jail, the victims remained unnamed.

Speaker 1 For most people, four grizzly murders would be a deal-breaker, but for a Ranger Reno like me, it was truly the best of both worlds. I landed the position and moved to the park in January of 2019.

Speaker 1 In the core, or as we called it, our nature cult, 30 members lived together in the woods and did environmental work, including education and trail repairs.

Speaker 1 We slept in small wooden cabins in the middle of the woods with no electricity and only wood stoves for heat.

Speaker 1 A main lodge housed our industrial kitchen, workspaces, a TV, and shared bathrooms, but no Wi-Fi, cable, or cell service.

Speaker 30 Wow, it's like working in a space station or something.

Speaker 34 Yeah. Like working on Mars.
It's bananas.

Speaker 10 Do you hate everybody?

Speaker 1 Go work in the National Park Service. This probably sounds like a nightmare for the don't go into the forest crowd.

Speaker 34 Not if there's 30 people around.

Speaker 29 Like, I think I'm okay with that.

Speaker 1 Yeah, that actually sounds really fun. Yeah.
Get some board games going. Let Uno.
But for a a teamwork and nature-loving fool like me, it was a dream come true.

Speaker 1 One night we were returning to the park from an outing and spotted news crews along the side of the road. A quick search before re-entering the woods revealed the incredible news.

Speaker 1 Through the tireless work of a citizen sleuth and a genetic genealogist, three of the four bodies in the barrels had finally been identified.

Speaker 1 They were Marley's Honeychurch and her children, Sarah McWaters and Marie Vaughan. To this day, the fourth victim remains nameless.

Speaker 1 I feel grateful to have borne witness to the selflessness and dedication that gave Marley, Sarah, and Marie's names back. I survived the Corps and have been a National Park Ranger since 2022.

Speaker 1 I have more insane stories than I can count about life as a park ranger, but in light of current events, I'd like to use this space to advocate for rangers and all federal employees.

Speaker 1 As we face illegal firings and further understaffing, it's an extremely stressful time to work in this field.

Speaker 1 If you plan on visiting a national park anytime soon, please be kind, give grace, and thank a ranger. We're doing the best we can.
Stay sexy. Ranger Sarah.

Speaker 29 Wow.

Speaker 31 Oh my God.

Speaker 32 That was amazing.

Speaker 1 I mean, to work in Bear Brook, to be there when they finally

Speaker 1 like are able to crack that case in a meaningful way. And then, yeah, it's, I've been watching on TikTok

Speaker 1 all the park rangers and all this kind of like, oh, they're just going to cut all that, the funding so that we can have the people the experts running those parks and like you know taking care of those parks yeah ridiculous it's crazy all right well here's a an uplifting one our hero dog

Speaker 8 my last one's a hero dog one no way yep yep this isn't my last one i have another one oh okay okay but yeah two hero dogs in one is good it starts hey y'all long time listener first time writer let's get to the good stuff before i was born my family had a beautiful black great Dane named Shauna.

Speaker 27 She was not only a genius, but also a tough old bra that survived a car accident in my mother's convertible VW rabbit, which sent her soaring headfirst into the windshield.

Speaker 39 Can I just point out really quickly that they have seatbelts for dogs now, like that you can get at the pet store?

Speaker 1 Nice. Although a great Dane being in a car sense, like that's like a very large football player being in your car.

Speaker 39 That's the entire windshield right there.

Speaker 8 I'm sure all dogs go to heaven, but Shauna likely received sainthood when she got there for what she did for my family.

Speaker 15 When my brother Craig was two, a baby named Craig and a dog named Shauna.

Speaker 29 Like these people just knew how to name shit.

Speaker 1 They are ready for their Fox animated series yesterday.

Speaker 47 When he was two, he was toddling around the driveway with Shauna while my dad worked on something or other in the garage.

Speaker 46 Things were peaceful until Shauna started barking with her full chest, a habit that drove my dad a little crazy.

Speaker 1 Shauna is the girl with like black eyeliner in the waterline and like smoking when she's 13.

Speaker 1 Absolutely. Such a specific name vibe to me that then you're like, that's a great Dane also.

Speaker 4 Her hair's crimped.

Speaker 29 Absolutely.

Speaker 29 Sparkles.

Speaker 31 By the way, I'm bugging.

Speaker 32 I'm a great Dane.

Speaker 29 NBD.

Speaker 41 He yelled at her to quit it.

Speaker 38 She did, and he went back to whatever task was engaging his attention. But she quickly started up again, and her bark was deep and booming and impossible to ignore.

Speaker 5 So my dad finally looked up to see what she was barking at.

Speaker 2 He turns his eyes to her just in time to see Shauna take her massive head and whack my brother, two-year-old brother, straight in the chest with the side of her face, sending him flying backwards and driving him to wailing tears.

Speaker 28 My dad marches over.

Speaker 38 And then it says, open palm at the ready to discipline her the way a Texan would in 1989.

Speaker 35 Yeah.

Speaker 36 Acknowledging it. Thank you.
Yeah.

Speaker 8 Until he sees what Shauna is facing.

Speaker 45 A nearly five foot long copperhead reared up to strike and only inches away from where my brother had been standing moments before.

Speaker 10 Oh my gosh.

Speaker 38 Shauna had just saved my brother's life.

Speaker 40 Or at the very least, save my family a trip to the ER. Copperhead bites aren't usually fatal, but for a two-year-old, question mark.

Speaker 1 Yeah, it is not good for a two-year-old.

Speaker 39 My parents were grateful they didn't have to find out the hard way.

Speaker 45 My dad scooped Craig up, pulled Shauna away by the collar and secured them both inside before grabbing a shovel and going after the snake.

Speaker 46 He killed it, brought Shauna back outside so that she could see that he took care of the threat, and then rewarded her with all the treats and belly rubs she could possibly want.

Speaker 12 I hope you all found this piece of our family lore entertaining.

Speaker 38 I bet it would have been more fun to listen in my father's southern drawl, but here's hoping I can hear Karen or Georgia read this on the pod sometime in the future.

Speaker 11 Hey. It's happening.

Speaker 1 Your dreams are coming true.

Speaker 38 I love you too, and I'm so grateful to have you in my ears three times a week.

Speaker 8 Stay sexy and pay close attention to your dog's warning barks, Cecilia.

Speaker 8 At least they got Cecilia, Shauna and Craig, and then they were like, let's, let's get Cecilia.

Speaker 42 That's a good one.

Speaker 1 Cecilia is a great name, too.

Speaker 29 It's beautiful.

Speaker 14 But I love that.

Speaker 1 That's that kind of thing of like the dog is tracking that little kid so closely.

Speaker 1 It just like, that's what, that's what it's all for.

Speaker 39 Babysitter dogs, I just fucking lose my mind over.

Speaker 1 This podcast is sponsored by PayPal.

Speaker 2 Okay, let's talk holiday shopping.

Speaker 1 From now through December 8th, you can get 20% cash back when you pay in four with PayPal. No fees, no interest.

Speaker 5 This limited time offer is perfect for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals you've been eyeing.

Speaker 6 Save the offer in the app now.

Speaker 1 So, whether you're buying tickets to an improv show or a whodunit board game, PayPal helps you make the most of your money this holiday.

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Speaker 11 Goodbye. Goodbye.

Speaker 13 Hey guys, did you know that you can order from the Home Depot on Uber Eats?

Speaker 1 Yeah, that Home Depot, really. And here's the kicker.
Right now, you can get $30 off $70 or more when you order from the Home Depot on Uber Eats. Use code Depot30.

Speaker 14 So if you're in the middle of a project and realize you're out of light bulbs, glue, or that one tool you swore you had, don't stop what you're doing.

Speaker 1 You can get your home improvement essentials delivered in as little as 25 minutes. No waiting on shipping, no last-minute store runs.
Just tap and get back to work.

Speaker 20 So stock up on DIY essentials, holiday decor, small appliances, or household must-haves like cleaning supplies and trash bags, all without leaving your project behind.

Speaker 1 Order from the Home Depot on Uber Eats. Use code Depot30.

Speaker 13 And December 31st, exclusions may apply. Terms and minimum order apply.

Speaker 24 See at for details. Goodbye.

Speaker 11 Goodbye.

Speaker 1 Okay, follow-up hero dog story?

Speaker 11 Yes, always.

Speaker 1 It says g'day.

Speaker 1 Got an Australian on our hands.

Speaker 1 About a year ago, you asked for hero pet stories, and today I'm overwhelmed at work, so I thought now would be the perfect time to write it.

Speaker 1 That's how you do it.

Speaker 1 The heroes of this story are Jake and Ronnie, two Australian Kelpies. Now, I've never heard of that kind of dog before.

Speaker 1 Maybe they mean otters.

Speaker 1 Normally highly trained farm dogs, due to their intelligence and stamina, we adopted ours from drought-stricken farms, and they're living their best suburban lives.

Speaker 1 Australian Kelpies. I wonder if that's just our version of Australian shepherds.

Speaker 29 Yeah.

Speaker 1 To set the scene, it's 2021, and we had just brought home our newborn baby after five weeks in the NICU.

Speaker 1 My husband, being a typical Australian male, had vented his feelings about almost losing his wife and baby by almost single-handedly pulling down our old garage that needed to be replaced.

Speaker 1 He's going to go work it out in the garage.

Speaker 34 I don't want to talk about it.

Speaker 1 Men will rebuild entire garages instead of going to therapy.

Speaker 1 While we waited for the new one, all of our garage stuff was piled next to our house under tarps. We had just put our baby to bed for the night and we were getting ready to go to sleep.

Speaker 1 Jake and Ronnie were outside doing their nightly patrol of the yard when they just started barking and would not stop.

Speaker 1 Frustrated and wondering what the hell was going on, I looked outside and saw fire.

Speaker 1 I yelled to my husband, who ran outside to the hose, and I grabbed a bucket and started filling it with water. Luckily, we managed to get it out by ourselves pretty quickly.
The culprit?

Speaker 1 A lithium battery had caught fire. We only lost our tent, Christmas tree, and some power tools, but it wasn't until the next morning that we realized how close we had come to losing it all.

Speaker 1 The fire stopped only a meter or two away from our lawnmower, which was full of petrol.

Speaker 32 Holy shit.

Speaker 1 That's ghast to you and me. It still makes me feel sick to this day to think about.

Speaker 1 If it wasn't for our dogs, we would have gone off to bed, no idea that a fire had started, and God knows what would have happened.

Speaker 31 Oh my God.

Speaker 1 Jake and Ronnie also recently saved the life of our neighbor's elderly Jack Russell. One morning, they were outside, this time for their morning patrol, and again started barking.

Speaker 1 Our neighbor thought it was weird how long they had been barking, and then in parentheses, it says, I slept through all of this.

Speaker 1 And it says, and came out to investigate, found his 11-year-old dog had fallen into their pool and couldn't get out.

Speaker 1 And he was struggling to swim and had obviously been there for a long time.

Speaker 31 Oh, my God.

Speaker 1 Being only about 5:30 in the morning, it would have been about two hours before anyone would normally be up for the day and they may have lost him.

Speaker 1 So now anytime my dogs do something like piss on the Christmas tree, eat my dinner right off the table, or bark when I'm putting the baby to sleep.

Speaker 35 I mean, it's a fucking tree.

Speaker 47 Like, of course. What do they know?

Speaker 31 Yeah.

Speaker 1 Why not get a Christmas fire hydrant if you're going to be so tempting toward dog pussy?

Speaker 35 They're like, thank you for bringing this in the house for me.

Speaker 1 This is so much more convenient. I try to remember the heroes they are and how different life would be

Speaker 1 and how different life would be if we didn't have them. Stay sexy and always remove your lithium batteries before storing them.
Cheers. A.

Speaker 23 Wow. That's great advice.

Speaker 34 That makes my heart so happy.

Speaker 31 That little puppy with its tiny little jack wrestling leg.

Speaker 1 Oh my God.

Speaker 2 Those were great. Those made my heart feel good.

Speaker 45 Okay, my last one. It's going to sound

Speaker 41 like braggy. It's like a thank you to us.

Speaker 47 However, I want to call for more of them, not because of that.

Speaker 1 However, keep them coming.

Speaker 29 Keep them coming.

Speaker 37 However, this person tells us what has been happening in the past nine years since they've listened to this podcast, which I think is such an interesting.

Speaker 46 Like, I love having those like, can you believe what your life was like here and what it's like now? And I think a lot of listeners who've been listening for a long time have that.

Speaker 39 And so this person tells us, and it's really awesome.

Speaker 15 Great. And they also compliment us a lot.

Speaker 1 Even better. Yeah.

Speaker 41 It's called My Favorite Life.

Speaker 13 Hi, Karen and Georgia.

Speaker 43 I'm listening to The Rewind episode 34, and I was reminded of what an impact your show has made on my life.

Speaker 45 I remember the first time I heard you speak on anxiety and how it helped me in a dark time when I needed to be in therapy for depression and anxiety.

Speaker 38 I've now been in therapy for almost nine years consistently and on Lexapro for over a year.

Speaker 37 Since the start of your podcast, I have quit my job I was unhappy in and had the courage to join a police department, which led me to my current role as a detective.

Speaker 43 Whoa, I never would have had the bravery or belief in myself to do this without your podcast.

Speaker 43 I first even learned of my love for this career career when you began your working relationship with Paul Holes.

Speaker 40 I met my core group of friends from my favorite murder Chicago Facebook group, one of whom is getting married in October, and I am her maid of honor.

Speaker 38 It's crazy to listen back to rewind episodes and think where I was in my life and how far I've come.

Speaker 37 I know this is just a true crime comedy podcast, and you may never see this, but you've made my favorite life, and I'm so grateful.

Speaker 38 Stay sexy and follow your dreams.

Speaker 37 See in Chicago.

Speaker 11 That's gorgeous.

Speaker 29 no

Speaker 1 also just i love my favorite life because you know what this is what we get and this is you know my life was very different before this podcast started and we got this nice upwards trajectory and i would have never thought

Speaker 1 that i would be able to say this is my favorite life that this is best case scenario and it really it really is and you just don't know You just don't know.

Speaker 39 Because you go day by day and you don't think about the amount of time it's passed.

Speaker 46 But there are, yeah, the gifts that this has given us is like you can't even begin to fathom them.

Speaker 1 Yeah, because that we get emails like that from you see, where it's like, you guys got together because you're, you love to talk and you're, you know, narcissists or whatever, and now my life is better.

Speaker 1 Where it's like, well, then this turned out great for all of us.

Speaker 38 I think the shout out to Paul Holes is great too, because it kind of takes, you know, takes it away from us a little.

Speaker 7 So it feels a little bit less narcissistic.

Speaker 29 So appreciate that.

Speaker 35 Thanks for writing in.

Speaker 40 And thank you guys for being here for nine years.

Speaker 12 We appreciate it.

Speaker 1 You guys are our favorite. If you want to tell us about your past nine years, we would love to hear about it.
It's delightful and it gives us a good sense of

Speaker 1 time passing.

Speaker 29 Yeah.

Speaker 1 What it's been like.

Speaker 2 What's your favorite life? Tell us. But at my favorite murder at Gmail, please.

Speaker 32 Yeah.

Speaker 1 And until you tell us, stay sexy.

Speaker 29 And don't get murdered.

Speaker 29 Goodbye.

Speaker 38 Elvis, do you want a cookie?

Speaker 1 This has been an Exactly Right Production.

Speaker 39 Our senior producers are Alejandra Keck and Molly Smith.

Speaker 1 Our editor is Aristotle Aceveda.

Speaker 8 This episode was mixed by Liana Squalachi.

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