We have our special Halloween Strangerville episode ready for you. We're calling Episode 9 "The World of Fear." A few notes about this episode:
1. Jolyn took her first crack at recording and editing a segment completely by herself (Segment 1). And it's amazing. And now I'm worried about my job security. So please go listen to that and tell her how pretty she is because she's a kindergarten teacher and if you don't do this it means you are against teachers and your political rivals will use this against you when you run for PTA president.
2. Segment 2, Trapped in Thailand, is one of the most stressful stories I have ever heard in my life and after spending a couple of weeks developing and editing this story, I literally woke up in the middle of the night having a panic attack because it started triggering memories of my own similar traumatic experience you recently heard about on Strangerville. I'll let you listen and see if you can guess what I'm talking about.
3. I was having the panic attack at 3:00 AM so I went to take a bath because I'm a 74-year-old woman and because I have found that a warm bath is usually the best way to stave off my panic attacks in the middle of the night. As I was bathing, I decided to listen to the rough edit of Segment 3, which is a ghost story and includes creepy ghost story music. Suddenly, in the middle of it, the shower curtain started moving on its own and I literally sat up in the bath and screamed so loudly that a light went on at the Perfects's's house. When I looked over I remembered that Mr. Teddy Scraps was staying with me that night and that he had crept into the bathroom to see what I was doing.
So, yeah. You could say that this month's episode is very special to me.
I include the episode below, with some photos relevant to Segment 2.
In this episode of Strangerville we explore stories about fear to ring in Strangerville's first Halloween. A five-year-old regales us with tale of a hairy toe. A woman wakes up on a basement floor, alone and terrified, somewhere in Thailand. And a family experiences senses and sounds from beyond.
Segments:
1. The Hairy Toe by Charles and BreAnna
2. Trapped in Thailand by Annette Thacker
3. Something Else Happened Here by Isabel Rojas
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| Annette's travel companions rafting down the river. |
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| Annette on the plane heading back to the U.S. |
I want to adopt Charles. Please make this happen.
ReplyDeleteThe Halloween music was a nice touch. And Annette's story seriously gave me anxiety attacks. It was awesome. I kept thinking the whole time what I would do if that happened to me.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, it totally makes sense that a warm bath would stave off your anxiety attacks. My 10-year-old has anxiety problems and since he was little, this was the best way to sooth him. So, you are just like my 10-year-old. Except with better hair. (Don't tell the 10-year-old).
Nice job on this! I loved this episode. I listened to it yesterday with my husband while we were making dinner. Strangerville is my favorite cooking background entertainment. (You've replaced TV. That's a very big deal at my house.)
ReplyDeleteI don't know why but Annette on the plane makes me think of Olive Oil (the Popeye character).
ReplyDeleteAlso - Eli - your experience at the hospital overseas that you shared would have fit into this article too. I'm not convinced the woman you met was real.
I loved this episode! I live for the monthly hour long episodes. They make my commute that week so much better. :)
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, Isabel's story gave me the creeps! Not the thing to listen to on a Saturday night when it's only you and the dog home. And that little Charlie has THE SWEETEST LITTLE VOICE! I hope my grandson sounds like him when he starts to talk!
ReplyDeleteSame! I had to turn on all the lights when I was listening to Isabel's.
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