Halloween Special Kickoff

Rob 1:17

Welcome to Matt and Friends Drink the Universe.

Matt 1:25

Welcome back everyone to Matt and Friend's Drink the Universe. Today is our Halloween special. Light. Camera. Spirit. Spooky. Spooky. And we're gonna be doing a little watch and react.

Chris 1:49

Matt Yes we are. Matt fell asleep for a half a second there.

Siobhan 1:53

That was spooky. I thought he was dead.

Matt 1:54

I was just letting you all get it out there for a second. I am in this very comfortable reclining chair. So for those of you who don't know, we have two main recording spaces. One is upstairs in the studio and downstairs here in what I started calling the interstellar Wrath Skeller because I thought it was clever. We're downstairs in front of the TV. We're gonna react to some Are You Afraid of the Dark, just like we did last year.

Rob 2:16

Yes, but this year we're gonna watch it off of my fiance's bootleg DVDs. Yep, yep. Yep. Hashtag television chaos parentheses www.superstar.ath.c. End parentheses. Or is it super czar? Yeah. Coming to you. No, I think czar is spelled with a C.

Siobhan 2:38

I think it's both, but yes.

Matt 2:40

Okay.

Siobhan 2:41

Either way, what a time.

Matt 2:43

Sketchy. We will have to have Jordan tell us exactly where she got these from.

Rob 2:47

I think that they were given to her as a gift from her sister and brother-in-law. Um, so I might have to go back a few chain links to figure out where it's actually.

Matt 3:00

I'm going to go with BitTorrent is the answer to that question.

Siobhan 3:03

Well, either way, good

Cider And Beer Rundown

Siobhan 3:05

times.

Matt 3:05

All right. What do we have uh to drink here, folks? Oh, well, before we do that, let's let's go around the room here and say who's here.

Siobhan 3:14

Who that who is it?

Matt 3:15

Hi, everybody. It's Rob.

Siobhan 3:17

Hey, it's Siobhan.

Matt 3:18

I'm Chris. And I'm Andy. And I'm Matt. You sure are. And I'm drinking some lovely cider that Siobhan brought.

Rob 3:26

So what am I drinking? I don't even know. I'm drinking the same, but uh maybe we'll let Siobhan actually talk about what it is because she acquired it.

Siobhan 3:34

I did acquire it. I was in Connecticut last week, and so I took a look at the local package store, which no one says that around here, but that's fine. Um, it's a stow cider, so stow from Vermont, where I I love being in Vermont. Vermont's awesome.

Matt 3:49

I was once there with you.

Siobhan 3:50

You were, and it was Christopher. That's right.

Matt 3:52

I was too different time now.

Siobhan 3:54

Yes, you were. In fact, it's crazy. I bring people to Vermont all the time. But this is from Stowe Cider. It is their high and dry, super dry hard cider. It is zero sugar, so no added sugars to it. It is quite dry.

Rob 4:08

However, champagne y.

Siobhan 4:10

Yes, it is good and I like it. I'm not gonna lie. So I'm a fan. I do like a drier cider.

Rob 4:15

So I wish that they just called it champagne ish. I mean, like that's a good name for a cider.

Andy 4:20

We we occasionally pick up a very dry cider from Freecon Farms down in the world. So good.

Siobhan 4:27

They have docs. Do they have docs draft? Who who has one of like somebody has one of those like that? I don't know. Freaking Farms is so good though. Anyway, it's cider season. So I figured I would bring that to the table.

Matt 4:39

We have talked since the beginning of this podcast about doing a cider case. We should. And yeah.

Rob 4:44

May I volunteer to participate in that? I love MS Cider. There we go. All right. I used to be a woodchuck boy when I was a young fella.

Andy 4:52

Now he has diabetes.

Siobhan 4:56

Yeah, I wasn't even honestly. Blood sugars. The angry orchard of the days now is like trying to kill people.

Matt 5:02

So what else we have around the table here?

Chris 5:04

I feel like we have many tasty options. So Andy and I are drinking a Watson Farmhouse Brewery Forest Farm Maple Brown Ale. And it's very delicious. It has a funky smell to it, but the flavor is really nice. It's a little sweet, maple-y. Yeah, the maple is definitely coming through.

Andy 5:21

I love a brown ale. It's one of those beers that's a little bit better when it's a little warmer, you know, when it comes up to temperature a little bit. But this is this is quite good. The maple's the maple's definitely doing putting in work here.

Various 5:32

Yeah.

Siobhan 5:32

Well, it's also from New England because I I acquired this in Connecticut as well. So Southbury, Connecticut. The maple is probably better than some you can get around here in just a

Seamus Kennedy Pint Recap

Siobhan 5:41

second.

Rob 5:41

This might be slightly off topic, but Matt, do would you like to share uh that some of our podcast members recently shared a drink with uh a former guest?

Matt 5:51

I I would absolutely love to give a shout out for that. Thank you, Rob. So uh Andy and I had the privilege at uh Celtic Fest in Bethlehem of uh talking with Seamus Kennedy and sitting down with him for a pint. After we did the recording back for St. Patty's Day with him, he uh he and I had a follow-up conversation and just basically said, Yeah, we'd love to grab a pint together. I was not, I know he's a busy guy, wasn't expecting a lot, but saw him after the show and absolutely agreed to go sit down with a pint. So we sat down in the beautiful Hotel Bethlehem. If you haven't been to the Hotel Bethlehem, here's an advertisement for the Hotel Bethlehem. Hotel Bethlehem, listen to our podcast.

Siobhan 6:26

Follow us, please.

Matt 6:28

Now we're getting end too. Maybe maybe one day we'll get our picture up in the wall. But um gorgeous hotel, historic, and uh downtown Bethlehem voted the second year in a row, best Main Street in America.

Andy 6:40

So shout out to our hometown here. And this podcast is a big fan of an old-fashioned Hotel Bethlehem, does a great old-fashioned thing, they're about to kill you.

Siobhan 6:49

Chris and I, Chris almost he left his credit card there at the time that we both had an old-fashioned and then that's how strong it was.

Chris 6:56

I forgot all sense and stuff.

Siobhan 6:57

He just was like, All right, we'll see you guys later. And we left a credit card there, and we had to go get it the next day. Woo! Amazing.

Andy 7:04

So that that was definitely a good time. I Seamus has so many great stories, and you know, he he obviously told some on the podcast, but just more and more came out. And what what's also great is a couple of the other older performers that come to Celtic Classic every year also just kind of trickled over to us and uh obviously not for us, but to say hi to Seamus. But you know, we got to chat with uh Jerry Timlin. Oh, I'm blanking on the other guy who came over and chatted as well. Yeah, I don't. But really good time hearing hearing the stories from the old guy McIrish. Yeah, I think uh patio furniture. Jerry Jerry Timlin is uh hosting a tour over to Ireland this coming summer, and we're thinking about doing that.

Rob 7:49

Nice. I must also say he was incredibly gracious with his time to make and send a video to Jordan for her birthday. So that's awesome. So that was that was a really really cool and really special thing to get a video message for Jordan for her birthday. So that was pretty cool.

Andy 8:05

That was his idea. We we uh we were just gonna do a picture, and he said, screw that. Get the video up. That's awesome.

Matt 8:11

I believe the exact words. I was telling him that Rob couldn't be there for the commitment, and he was like, It's his fiance's birthday. And uh he said, Oh, let's make Rob jealous. We'll sing Jordan happy birthday. What a legend. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah, it was great.

The Dollmaker Watch And Reactions

Matt 8:26

So, this episode, what is the official title? The doll maker? Tangents, what are we doing?

Chris 8:32

I'm sure they will say it's the movie, but Dollmaker.

Siobhan 8:36

It's one of the more well-known ones, I think.

Matt 8:39

All right.

Siobhan 8:39

Of the seven seasons of this, which is wild. Wow.

Matt 8:43

Here we go. There's the boat. Oh, it's the boat. And the swing. Swing still needs some WD-40. I haven't nailed that shutter, Chad Killer.

Rob 8:53

Why would you put a skateboard in an attic next to a creepy hobo doll?

Siobhan 8:58

Yeah. The hobo doll is hilarious.

Rob 8:59

But it's also that was like uh, what do you call them? Like a dummy. Like a marionette. Are you afraid of the dark?

Andy 9:07

My answer is sometimes. Chris, this beer is. Sometimes I am. The longer you sit sip this, the better this beer gets. This is so good.

Siobhan 9:15

Alright.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 9:16

Hey, it's a rush, Slick. Betty Ann's up tonight.

Various 9:20

What?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 9:21

I told him Betty Ann tells really weird stories, and he's been looking forward to it ever since. Ooh, pressure's on. Oh, that's good.

Andy 9:29

Why do I know that? No.

Matt 9:31

No, that's Betty Ann, obviously.

Siobhan 9:33

No, but that's a really well-known actress.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 9:39

A doll? Is that twist? Is that really a doll story? Oh, it might be. Come on, talk. It's okay. Let him sleep. Most people think dolls are just toys. But they're really like demons little people.

Andy 10:01

This one vibrates.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 10:02

Sometimes they're so red like that it's almost as if the doll maker took a person and shrunk them down to doll size. But that's not how dolls are really made.

Andy 10:13

Can we talk about the uh frill on her shirt for a second there? Yeah. Is that a denim shirt doll? Or the actual girl? The girl.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 10:24

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society. I call this story the tale of the doll maker.

Rob 10:35

The tale of the doll maker. Look at that house. Isn't it neat? In this market, it's two million dollars.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 10:45

Ever since she could remember, Melissa spent weekends now and then at her aunt and uncle's house in the country. In the country. Is this episode where Jeff Dunham got his start? The dolls each year. Melissa and Susan Henderson quickly became best friends. Where's Susan? Thought she'd be here waiting for me.

Matt 11:06

Already dead. The dolls got her. Kid, why are you monologuing?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 11:11

The Henderson's moved back to the city.

Andy 11:13

Is that Al from Home Improvement?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 11:15

But why? They love Hammer.

Rob 11:16

Why does his beard look fake?

Siobhan 11:18

No, it's not. It looks fake though, right?

Rob 11:20

No, but he's cut it at a right angle from the sidebur to the lower beard.

Matt 11:24

That's a bold choice. That's when you go to the dollar store and buy the action figure that says Hal instead of Al.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 11:33

Yeah. Okay.

Siobhan 11:35

David winning. He was a big one.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 11:37

What a name.

Andy 11:41

For our younger generation, phones used to be a few. That is a phone, yes.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 11:48

Now I've got nothing to do all weekend.

Siobhan 11:51

Write a letter.

Matt 11:55

It is a rotary phone. Rotary phone.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 11:58

Yeah. Bye. Bye. Bye. Hurry up, sweetie. We don't want to be late for bingo.

Siobhan 12:05

Oh, bingo. Heck yeah. Okay, kid, you may not like bingo now, but let me just tell you, bingo is great.

Andy 12:12

Give yourself 20 years.

Siobhan 12:15

I love this like depression that this child is in around.

Rob 12:18

It's tool time, he's got the toolbox.

Siobhan 12:21

It's not him.

Rob 12:21

No, but he's got the toolbox. It was just tool time. I know it's not that guy. I don't think so, Bert. It's just a burly man that's balding wearing flannel.

Siobhan 12:32

In the country. Oh. Uh-oh. Creepy window. She's like, I gotta go see what that's like.

Rob 12:47

Oh, anybody remember those things? I love those things.

Siobhan 12:52

Rocking bench thing. Looks like a pirate sweet.

Andy 12:56

A ghee? A gi is for the answer of what happens if I pinch my finger and get a splinter in it at the same time. Right.

Chris 13:04

While staring into my friend's face.

Siobhan 13:07

And rolling a cable. Oh. Oh.

Chris 13:10

This looks safe. Yeah, you know how you used to move out of places and just cover everything in sheets. Everything in a sheet. Totally normal.

Andy 13:19

Also, why did people have so many sheets? Yeah, where did they get all the sheets from?

Siobhan 13:23

I mean, you change them every week, don't you? Yeah, let's just walk on in. Stranger danger, not a thing.

Andy 13:35

Yeah, but the stranger's the kid. Kid is the stranger. See, it's gonna seem like this kid's the victim, but this kid's the perpetrator. This is breaking an entry.

Siobhan 13:46

Yeah.

Andy 13:46

Like Castle Wall, they are first beginning.

Siobhan 13:50

This is before the dare officers arrive.

Chris 13:53

The dog comes out around the corner.

Siobhan 13:56

Oh, let's open this door. Smart.

Andy 13:59

What in the F? Alright, so this house has been abandoned, but that doorknob is fucking shot.

Siobhan 14:06

She looks around.

Chris 14:07

It's gnarly. We also left the coats in the coat closet.

Siobhan 14:11

Oh no. I'm gonna hate this. It's the chronic what cools phenomenal. Oh.

Rob 14:16

I was there.

Siobhan 14:16

Again.

Rob 14:17

I was there with you.

Siobhan 14:19

The moral of this is no child should be bored because then they will break and enter into someone's abandoned house.

Andy 14:25

See, kids, look at how much fun we had before smartphones. Right.

Siobhan 14:29

Oh, here's the dollhouse.

Andy 14:31

No one is there too. Wait, is it an exact copy of their house? How loaded were these people? True. Like those harps are expensive as shit.

Siobhan 14:47

Oh.

Rob 14:49

Tiny fruit with an even tinier teacup.

Siobhan 14:53

That's weird. Oh.

Andy 14:55

That was Walser's nickname in college. Oh tiny fruit? Tiny fruit.

Siobhan 15:01

Oh, oh no. A mouse trapped. Aw. I feel bad for that mouse.

Andy 15:08

Oh, what's that?

Siobhan 15:09

Now we're coughing.

Andy 15:10

Is that asbestos?

Siobhan 15:11

Yep. Mesothelioma, everybody.

Andy 15:14

If you speaking of asbestos, I'm I'm hungry. I'm gonna eat this uh this pumpkin spice wafer Burt brought here.

Siobhan 15:25

Wait, is that a real what uh what are we doing?

Chris 15:27

I think she's already in the dollhouse, by the way.

Siobhan 15:29

Oh Melissa.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 15:31

Yeah. I really don't think you should be snooping around up here. Now come on. I'm not snooping around.

Andy 15:37

Took you that long for the house. You were snooping around, Musa.

Siobhan 15:39

That is a lie. Isn't that our aunt? I don't know. I'm not paying attention. Oh no.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 15:47

I saw someone in the window.

Siobhan 15:50

I just want to know.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 15:51

You probably saw me. Now come on.

Siobhan 15:53

All these actors and how they're doing now. Right?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 15:56

Come on.

Siobhan 15:57

That's how I think about wishbone actors too. I'm like, you guys good. These are like wholesome times.

Matt 16:02

What always gets me, watching Hocus Pocus? Um the cat.

Siobhan 16:07

Yeah, Binks.

Matt 16:10

What's his name? That's gonna drive me crazy. Is Special Agent Timothy McGee in SEIS?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 16:15

And it's not a responsibility I take lightly. Nice. Well, that dollhouse alone must be worth a fortune. This woman is from Canada.

Siobhan 16:29

She they're in the country of Canada right now, guarantee.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 16:32

I don't know. It's just that I'd rather you kept away after what happened. After what? What happened?

Matt 16:39

Sean Murray. And she runs away.

Siobhan 16:42

What yeah, after the homicide. What does she have in her hand?

Chris 16:47

Why was Aunt Sally up in the attic? Because she knew. Because she's the doll maker.

Rob 16:53

I don't know. I'm just I'm guessing, I don't know.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 16:56

Melissa, the Henderson's didn't just move away. Last winter Susan disappeared. What do you mean, disappear? No one knows what happened to her. One minute she was there. The next she was gone. Murder. Yes. The whole town came out.

Chris 17:18

Disappearance.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 17:21

And she's got her parents were heartbroken.

Rob 17:26

Duh. You know, I did not know that a level of acting like existed. That's what I'm saying. That was beneath Hallmark.

Siobhan 17:38

It's this. It is. It is the 90s semi-serious. I'm telling you, wishbone.

Matt 17:45

She's going for an Emmy right now. You're just tearing the woman down.

Siobhan 17:48

She's probably amazing. I didn't say she was bad.

Chris 17:52

Okay. So we're assuming that this girl that disappeared has gotten sucked into the dollhouse, right? Right, correct. Yeah, I believe so. Yeah.

Matt 18:02

Or she drowned like that kid in the episode we watched last year. One of the two.

Siobhan 18:07

Oh Kana doesn't have lights at night, I guess.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 18:14

I didn't want to ruin her weekend. Tell her what March is.

Siobhan 18:18

They're right there. They're like, let's whisper. We're a foot away.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 18:27

Maybe not, but she said it pretty clearly. It was the house that got her.

Rob 18:35

Yeah, you can tell by the way he said got.

Siobhan 18:38

That's what I'm saying.

Matt 18:48

The house ate, my friend. What?

Chris 19:03

Go stay with your uh aunt and uncle, and you have to sleep on the couch. We've got a couch.

Siobhan 19:07

What are we doing? We've got a couch. Every weekend. Like every weekend. Since she couldn't even remember when she wasn't spending a weekend there, and they didn't get her a bed yet.

Andy 19:16

Right. Wait, this house has a door in the attic that opens to the roof.

Rob 19:22

And it's like a whimsical door. It's like a whimsical door. Also, she just on the porch? Is she just on like a screened in porch?

Siobhan 19:33

Maybe she fell asleep to be fair.

Matt 19:35

Yeah. Or somebody yeeted her off the roof.

Siobhan 19:49

Oh! Where did we get the jailer keys? What are we doing?

Rob 19:53

The skeleton keys were hanging right there for anybody to have. Why would they have keys to this abandoned house?

Siobhan 19:59

Also, what does she need a key for? She just walked in here earlier. Well, fair.

Rob 20:04

True, true.

Siobhan 20:05

The maintenance guy.

Rob 20:07

Oh, it's a copy of the house, and you can see that there's lights on in the attic door. Thank you, Mort Goldman.

Siobhan 20:16

No, that was not nearly as much Morty as I could have made it. Oh, we're looking in. What are we doing? We got a keyhole. Oh, a keyhole. Now what? Oh. Wow. Don't go in there. Confirm that this is a Canadian-American show, by the way. At least we didn't discuss that previously. I'm not shocked. It was shot in Vancouver.

Andy 20:47

A lot of stuff was shot in Vancouver.

Siobhan 20:48

Yeah, Jigrassi, you got like all that stuff. Oh my goodness.

Andy 20:51

Like I want to say that I saw something recently that all of Salute Your Shorts was told about okay. It was cool.

Siobhan 20:59

Oh Susan! Okay, Susan.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 21:02

Melissa?

Siobhan 21:03

Oh no.

Rob 21:05

Why would you rouge up a kid like that? That's weird. Well, she's a doll. Nah.

Siobhan 21:10

Look at her hair. Looks nice. Oh, don't Melissa. Are you Melissa?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 21:18

Yes, but it's Susan. She's still here in the house. Melissa.

Siobhan 21:23

Please let me go with it. You're nuts.

Various 21:25

Please let me go with.

Siobhan 21:29

Oh. Look. What are we looking at? I don't even know what that is. The ground? Oh yeah, that was a little bit more.

Rob 21:36

She was having an illusion she was gonna. Delusion.

Siobhan 21:40

That was horrifying. Oh, why do we need to Oh Al's doing some construction? He's gotta board up the house.

Rob 21:47

He's gonna make a fence, and then there's gonna be a Wilson on the other side.

Andy 21:54

What are we eating?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 21:55

No one knows why that door was ever up there in the first place. Exactly! And Sally's got your back.

Andy 22:07

Yeah, that's what happens when you die. Right.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 22:13

I wasn't dreaming or sleepwalking. It was as real as I was at that door. Listen to what you're doing. No one has ever removed nails before. Right. I don't know.

Siobhan 22:36

I like, I feel like I need to know more about Sally, this aunt.

Matt 22:40

She's just up there trying to practice her damn heart. Sally's going to call Doc Henderson in town to go get her niece some anti-psychotics.

Siobhan 22:47

Yeah.

Matt 22:48

Literally.

Siobhan 22:49

Yeah, we need we need some of this. Oh.

Rob 22:54

It's done.

Siobhan 22:54

Oh, we're chatting. I got it. That girl never see the light of day.

Matt 23:00

I mean, this man does have some epic flamboyant.

Siobhan 23:04

What is this drawer? What do we got? What?

Andy 23:06

She's like, obviously it's the crowbar.

Siobhan 23:10

Oh, clearly some twine. Twine and a hammer. Twine and a hammer, yep. Yep. She's like, this is just what I was looking for.

Rob 23:17

Was she gonna breadcrumb her trailer something?

Siobhan 23:20

How many ha how many headbands does she have with her, do we think? We've had a new headband every day.

Rob 23:25

Plenty of so many headbands.

Siobhan 23:28

Yeah, right.

Rob 23:29

Also, whoever was like the costume design for this episode was like, here is a full fall color palette of uh clothing.

Siobhan 23:37

Every jean jacket in purple and yellow and all the things.

Andy 23:41

It's very autumnal.

Siobhan 23:42

Babe, I'm pretty sure that you the Did you want to try the fucking thing? Oh no, I'm like we didn't even No one will hear this. Okay. Oh, it wasn't even locked. She didn't have to do the lock. This kid is a criminal.

Matt 23:55

Yo.

Siobhan 23:56

She's about to go to Juvie.

Matt 23:58

Oh, there we go.

Siobhan 23:59

Oh, oh, okay, guy. How long did it take you to put that one thing up? This man is a waste. They just didn't want to show you everything.

Matt 24:08

She apparently has strength like the incredible Hulk there to just rip out the door.

Andy 24:14

From the middle of the board, not over near where the nail is.

Siobhan 24:17

What is the twine for?

Andy 24:19

She's gonna throw the ball of twine. Oh, thank God. Thank God. Thank you.

Siobhan 24:23

Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Oh, we're doing like hands on. Oh, hands. She's doing a twine breadcrumb.

Rob 24:31

It's a twiny breadcrumb, and you're dead.

Siobhan 24:33

Oh, look at her Doc Martins. Those are expensive shoes. Those are character shoes.

Rob 24:38

You can tap down.

Siobhan 24:39

Those are expensive docks. And now I'm like, she grows up to be a lesbian. I'm just kidding. The outfit already maybe made it. I don't know. Oh, that's kind. Hello?

Andy 24:59

See, this is if the kids going into Chronicles of Narnia would have just taken a ball of twine with them.

Siobhan 25:09

Oh, that wallpaper is nice. Oh no.

Rob 25:13

There's the fruit. And that tiny teacup. But like if that's the biggest thing. That's the biggest apple. Those are huge apples. Correct.

Siobhan 25:20

Look at that salt shaker. That doesn't make any sense. Get out of there.

Rob 25:24

No, somebody did not know how to do it.

Siobhan 25:26

Someone has uh low blood pressure.

Rob 25:30

Uh oh. Aunt Sally. Aunt Sally is giant.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 25:41

Aunt Sally? Aunt Sally?

Siobhan 25:43

Oh no. Oh no. This is honey, I shrunk the kids. No, wait, in the dollhouse! I want to re-watch out. She can't hear you. She can't hear me. It does. Yeah? Oh here, Susan. Oh no, I hate it. Oh wow.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 26:00

Susan?

Siobhan 26:01

It's 9 30.

Matt 26:03

Gross. Smashed in the face by Sephora. Good lord. How?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 26:10

What's happened to you?

Matt 26:12

I went to Sephora. What's happened to you? And I was influenced. I got hit by the Mary Kay counter.

Siobhan 26:19

What?

Matt 26:20

I'm not stuck in here with you.

Andy 26:22

You're stuck in here with me.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 26:27

Yes, I'm going to take you back to the attic.

Siobhan 26:33

Girl, we just said it.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 26:34

Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright.

Siobhan 26:38

Oh no. Don't worry.

Matt 26:44

At this point in the 90s, it'd be more like the Avon lady got me. Yes.

Siobhan 26:49

Oh.

Andy 26:50

Oh no. Oh, Volume.

Siobhan 26:53

You're turning into a ginger.

Andy 26:55

I've got makeup on my hands, so hide the bruising.

Siobhan 26:58

Guys, that's what my skin looks like. Everybody's. Why wasn't she just like hee hee? She's like, why do I need propofol right now? Turn it into MJ.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 27:12

To the attic. That's what she meant. Not the real attic, the dollhouse attic.

Siobhan 27:17

Oh, look at that raccoon. He's like, you're stuck here with me.

Andy 27:20

We gotta go another little time. Whoa, where's your superhuman strength now?

Siobhan 27:25

Where's the hammer? So you can move everything.

Andy 27:29

We've got it moved.

Siobhan 27:29

Oh my god, I hate it.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 27:32

The bureau's too big. You've gotta help me. I can't.

Siobhan 27:35

Can we talk about how much Susan prepared for this role? If we don't move that bureau, we can't ever get out of here. Her acting coach was like, You be a doll now!

Andy 27:42

Oh, she's got doll hands. Oh you said you wanted me to give you a hand.

Siobhan 27:51

Oh no. Poor Susan.

Chris 27:54

Oh, here we go. Oh, the slow-mo.

Siobhan 27:58

Bam. Okay, where's Zacko?

Chris 28:02

Thanks for the help, Addison.

Matt 28:04

It wouldn't have fallen far enough forward to open the door. Just want to point that out. Susan, we must go.

Siobhan 28:12

She opened the door. Well, she opened the door herself. Oh.

Chris 28:16

Are we definitely going another layer deep?

Siobhan 28:18

Oh, oh no. Look at that polar bear. What are those? What are those? What are they?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 28:26

There it is. In exactly the same place.

Siobhan 28:29

Oh, it can't be that you're Okay.

Rob 28:32

Susan's Susan can't come because her legs are also fake. You have to carry her on your back.

Siobhan 28:39

Oh, here we go. She's got a carrier.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 28:45

Oops.

Chris 28:47

Silly Susan dropping your hand again.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 28:50

Susan, can you hear me? No.

Siobhan 28:54

She needs to do a one-eye blink, or I don't believe she's a doll yet.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 28:58

Just a couple more seconds, everything will be okay.

Andy 29:02

I gotta say, Susan's eyes are freaking creepy.

Siobhan 29:04

Yeah, yep. Hello? We're just gonna jump off of here, okay?

Chris 29:10

Hell yeah. Susan, go first.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 29:13

That's impossible. The dollhouse is in their attic, not outside.

Andy 29:17

What?

Siobhan 29:20

Okay. Let's go, Susan. We're gonna toss you out.

Andy 29:25

Sweet.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 29:26

Yeah.

Siobhan 29:28

We're gonna see. Oh my god.

Matt 29:30

She's made of porcelain. Oh no. Look at all the Susan pieces.

Siobhan 29:37

Oh no. That was goose poop. Now we know it's definitely Canada.

Andy 29:42

Definitely Canada.

Siobhan 29:44

This is not. Look at those Doc Martins. Oh, oh!

Andy 29:48

Called it.

Siobhan 29:52

It was nothing. Oh! That was epic CGI. Wow. Someone was really proud of that in special effects.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 30:01

My fault.

Chris 30:02

Oh, it's not yours.

Siobhan 30:03

Yeah, it is.

Chris 30:03

Yeah, no.

Siobhan 30:05

No, it's your fault, Uncle Pete, for the three horrible nails that you put in that screen.

Andy 30:11

What are you screws, you bastard? Shout out to the pleated pants.

Siobhan 30:16

I'm not sure I'm shouting those out.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 30:18

At least they could be out going for a walk.

Andy 30:21

Oh my god. Wait.

Siobhan 30:23

Oh Peter. Oh Peter.

Andy 30:26

Just watch the kids flying out of thewh. Pete, I got good news. I got bad news. The kids are back. That's good news. They are not alive.

Chris 30:37

You're good in the spatula. Every bone in their body is broken.

Andy 30:41

Horselin bones.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 30:44

Just like Susan.

Andy 30:45

Don't worry, Susan broke my fall.

Matt 30:48

I guess you can't just let Susan.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 30:50

And I found her.

Matt 30:51

I landed on top of her with my Doc Martin's.

Siobhan 30:54

Oh, thank God. Is her hand still in the pocket? Oh no! Oh if it helps, her outfit's still really ugly.

Chris 31:05

Can we burn the dollhouse? Why does she look like a pilgrim?

Siobhan 31:09

Because she's dressed like a doll.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 31:11

Come on. That very night, Melissa's uncle burned the dollhouse in a big barnfire in the backyard.

Andy 31:20

That episode's actually the reason the show ended, because they got sued by American girl dolls for creating a bad rec.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 31:30

The end.

Siobhan 31:32

The end.

Who Even Is The Dollmaker

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 31:34

Where would it lead to the other thing?

Siobhan 31:39

Kill me small.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 31:40

Not bad for a doll story.

Siobhan 31:42

Gross.

Andy 31:46

I think he was all the characters from Sandlot in this episode. And he had like two lines.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 31:57

Y'all bet! You forgot your doll!

Siobhan 32:00

Oh burn it! He was a doll the whole time.

Matt 32:03

The whole time. Throw it into the fire.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 32:09

That's a whole nother story.

Rob 32:13

Oh. Oh man. Ew, I don't like that it's hers. That's the one that vibrates Annie.

Siobhan 32:21

No. Oh my god. Wow. Alright. I still don't get it, but.

Rob 32:28

What? What do you not get?

Siobhan 32:30

Well, who's the doll maker?

Rob 32:32

Oh, there never was one. I think it's the Anne. Jeff Donovan.

Siobhan 32:35

But then she's just fake scared.

Matt 32:37

Is there a follow-up to this?

Siobhan 32:39

No.

Chris 32:40

No.

Siobhan 32:41

Is there a follow-up to any? Well, some of them do have multiple episodes.

Chris 32:44

There is no through line in this television screen.

Matt 32:47

You're asking a lot. So,

Real-Life Doll Room Horror Stories

Matt 32:49

okay, when Jen and I were house hunting, I said I would tell this story. We went to see one in uh West Bethlehem. And born and raised. We we walk in the front, and the everything looks pretty modern, like hardwood floors. The kitchen looked decent. And then right to the right, there was definitely a room where somebody had a large quantity of firearms because there was all kinds of mounts. And it wasn't like a steel door or anything. It was just like and it had a window you could see in. I'm like, that seems questionable. We went downstairs in the basement, and the person for whatever reason had set up like a firing lane in the basement. I was like, okay, this is interesting. So we come upstairs and we walk around the back. No, absolutely not.

Andy 33:30

No, 100% massively a hazmat issue.

Matt 33:35

Yep. So we went, that's a lot of lead. So we went down the hallway. I was already out at this point, but the real estate agent's like, let's look at the bedroom. So I'm like, eh, okay. We walk in, and anybody remember the carpet from like the 70s, 80s, that was a little bit more. Oh yeah, the shag. The shag with like the swirls in it.

Siobhan 33:50

Oh, yeah.

Matt 33:51

So we open the thing. It is powder blue, that color carpet. There had to be a hundred of those creepy ass porcelain dolls in this one room. Yes, we flip the lights on and they're all staring at me. And I'm like, I'm getting Hannibal Electro vibes. Look around right now. We're out. We're out.

Chris 34:06

I'm not normally very like skittish and scared. If I walk into a room that's just dolls, absolutely not.

Siobhan 34:13

The top floor, the top floor apartment of where my friend used to live in Bethlehem, the two men that live there who are lovely, to be fair. I've met them both. Lovely. They collect dolls. And that entire upstairs apartment.

Andy 34:33

You are in a museum. Exactly.

Siobhan 34:35

Well, they're like I said, they're very nice. They have a very niche interest feel. When I walked in and I was like, what is happening?

Andy 34:44

I think what I'm getting late in life. Doll collecting. Well, I'm gonna set shit up to be creepy as shit in my in my house when they try and sell it after my life.

Siobhan 34:53

Oh yeah. Well it just sounds like dolls are all you need.

Andy 34:56

That like it's not gonna be a problem to have dolls in your house that is somebody walks in, like, just turn their head and look at the person. And that's what I want to happen when somebody goes to check my house out after I die.

Siobhan 35:07

That's like when we did that escape room. When we did that escape the escape room, and all that at the beginning of it is is a doll that like gets jeted out from the wall because there's like a thing behind it that jets it out at the wall, scared the actual hell out of me. And I was like, this is not fair.

Matt 35:23

Now I'm just seeing somebody looking at Andy's house, and there's a taxidermied Andy in a kilt playing bag five. Taxidermied middle of the freaking living room.

Siobhan 35:33

Yikes.

Matt 35:34

This is the previous owner. He can come with the house if you'd like. Oh my god.

Siobhan 35:37

Nope.

Rob 35:38

Good luck getting him an owl.

Siobhan 35:39

Good times.

Rob 35:40

We put a Google assistant in his butt.

Siobhan 35:43

What? So he can speak to you. Oh yes.

Rob 35:48

That's hilarious. He only responds to hey Andy.

Siobhan 35:52

Oh my God.

Rob 35:53

And can only play Celtic music.

Siobhan 35:56

That's not true.

Matt 35:56

I can play jazz.

Siobhan 35:59

You gotta ask, though. Well, yeah, yeah. Ask the ass, assistant.

Local Brewery Shoutouts And Plans

Matt 36:04

Alright, so we're going to head back in for another episode here about a lonely ghost. Before we do that, Andy, you gave us some delicious beer.

Andy 36:12

Yeah, this is Wishful Thinking, Southside Bethlehem, kind of the edge of uh Fountain Hill down there, which has become one of our favorite spots to head up.

Siobhan 36:21

Love it there.

Andy 36:21

They've got a great Oktoberfest Mars style beer, and it's uh it's pretty lovely. Is that the one that's up the hill? Like up 378? No.

Siobhan 36:29

It's um it's not off the hill, but it's right off 5.5. Okay.

Andy 36:34

So it's in Fountain Hill. Yeah, you go towards Fountain Hill there. It used to be the Bavarian Tavern.

Rob 36:39

Is that the one where we got the great pizza the one time? Yes, the pizza's amazing.

Siobhan 36:43

It's Detroit style pizza.

Rob 36:45

So it's like unbelievable. Yeah.

Siobhan 36:46

They also have great trivia.

Rob 36:50

Yeah, yeah.

Andy 36:51

For the vegans in the audience, they their pizzas can all be done as vegan pizza, which is delicious. They do great trivia. The first Monday of every month, they do a bluegrass jam, which I've been going to now. That's cool. Why was I not aware of that? Uh I don't know when they started it, but I've only recently I've gone to it twice now. Wow. Bushful thinking is great.

Siobhan 37:12

They also have another location in Regalsville, which is along the river. Which is I've always I yes, I need to go visit. Let's let's check it out. Yeah.

Rob 37:21

I feel like a good German beer should be had closer to room temp. Yeah. So I'm gonna let that sit. But but cold, it's already got good flavor. I'm sure as it warms, it will be even more delightful.

Matt 37:33

While we're talking about breweries and locations, one of my plans for next year is to do a couple like Matt and Friends in the Wild. Yeah. Go sit someplace. So many good places. Or if I can get the venue to say, just take your mics and stick them at a table, I'll do that too. I really don't care.

Rob 37:46

Guys, I know that this is like way advanced planning. Okay. Like way advanced. All right. But in 2045, in approximately I was like, what?

Andy 37:55

There's not gonna be anything left in 2045. In approximately 10 years. We are all going to be hitting the 50 mark. We'll unplug from the matrix.

Siobhan 38:03

Matter friends.

Matt 38:05

Yeah. Do Oktoberfest. I'm I'm in for that. I'm in for that. At 50. Holy shit.

Siobhan 38:12

All right. Well, I'm more prepared for that than anybody else.

Matt 38:14

Should we call Poppins Travel to arrange that? I feel like we call Poppins Travel to arrange that. John, listen to our podcast. I have jokingly. John arranged me.

Andy 38:24

That one actually was listening to the show. We've secured that one.

Rob 38:28

Text me at this exact moment when you were listening to this episode and be like, this is the part.

Andy 38:33

Thank you for the plug. Where you told me to text me.

Matt 38:39

Yeah. I I actually have joked about this with John several times. It's like, I'll plan that one, but I'm definitely coming too. Hell yeah. It's totally fine. Hell yeah.

Siobhan 38:46

Yeah.

Matt 38:47

All right. Here we go.

Rob 38:48

Are we ready? All right, wait.

Siobhan 38:49

What are we watching?

Rob 38:50

This next

The Lonely Ghost Watch And Reactions

Rob 38:51

episode is going to be the tale of the lonely ghost. Thank you, R.L. Burt.

Matt 38:58

Wrong television show. RC.

Siobhan 38:59

It's fine.

Matt 39:00

Thank you. I don't remember the door from the last one. This is the first season. Because it's a different production company. Yeah. Oh. Wow. Look at this.

Andy 39:13

It's all wavy.

Siobhan 39:14

No more swings. Oh.

Andy 39:17

I missed the boat.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 39:18

I know.

Siobhan 39:19

Oh, look at the side pone of that. Side pone of this. This is epic already.

Matt 39:25

Wasn't she in the commercial for the skip it? The Bop It! The Skip It. Now, what's that thing that broke your ankle?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 39:33

Oh sorry.

Andy 39:36

Sorry, I was just sniffing your hair. Sorry. Sorry, eh? I'm in Canada. Sniffing your hair, eh?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 39:43

To uh to what?

Rob 39:47

Oh, you know what?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 39:48

Oh happy birthday. Aww. Oh David.

Siobhan 39:53

Oh my god, now I know her too. She's another actress. All these Canadian actresses.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 40:02

Um we're late. I'll open it after the maybe. Okay.

Siobhan 40:15

A girl could not be hated. Can we talk about?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 40:20

Go ahead, take your best shot.

Rob 40:22

Can we talk about two things? Number one, classes kid.

Siobhan 40:25

Sorry.

Rob 40:25

He was actually impressed that there's some form of diversity in this 1990s show.

Siobhan 40:32

They were way ahead of the time.

Andy 40:33

Well, there was all but there was the 90s. Like we actually did have diversity. I know.

Siobhan 40:37

And it's just normal.

Matt 40:41

Does Timo Harold Remus ever tell a story?

Siobhan 40:44

Well, I probably probably. I don't know. I love him, and he's my favorite character, so do not get mad at him.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 40:50

And a love that is so strong.

Rob 40:54

I think that he in his now age should even try out for roles that Harold Ramis would have been great in.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 40:59

I wonder. Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society. I call this story the tale of the lonely ghost.

Andy 41:13

The tale of the lonely ghost. Okay. It's a really short story.

Siobhan 41:16

Still really bad word art.

Andy 41:17

Didn't have any friends. Oh. No. Just sat there.

Siobhan 41:20

That's just fall on the ditch.

Matt 41:24

Somebody was definitely awkwardly pulling that down.

Siobhan 41:26

Yeah, that was that was an intern.

Matt 41:28

Yeah.

Siobhan 41:29

And he's like, that's me every time. He put it in his his resume. That's me. This is the same house as the last one, I guarantee.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 41:40

Every kid except Amanda K.

Andy 41:42

DJ McHale.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 41:44

We're here. Everybody out.

Rob 41:47

Disgusting. If it's just the two of them, I'd be selling the other. I think it is. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Andy 41:55

The classic Woody Wagon.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 41:57

Amanda was shipped off to her Aunt Dottie's place for the something.

Chris 42:00

Okay, here's just the two of them. It's always going to my aunt and how come that color brown doesn't exist anymore? Ridiculous.

Siobhan 42:09

Of the car? He's not talking about diversity, everybody. He's talking about the car.

Chris 42:17

Oh my god.

Siobhan 42:19

Could you give her a hair? Listen. Her eyes.

Rob 42:22

Yo, this woman.

Siobhan 42:23

Oh, I don't like her. She is on drugs. That woman is that woman is definitely on.

Rob 42:28

She's got too many teeth for it to be meth, though. No, no, no.

Siobhan 42:32

It's a pharmaceutical guarantee. Unfortunately for Amanda. Not being used in the house.

Matt 42:37

There's this new pill in the early 90s called Xanax.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 42:40

Yo.

Siobhan 42:41

Is that uh Pretty in Pink, Molly Ringwald?

Andy 42:45

Did look like her.

Siobhan 42:45

There's no way that Molly Ringwald at this time and when this show is a little bit more.

Rob 42:51

But that child is like Timu Molly Ringwald.

Siobhan 42:54

Okay.

Matt 42:54

This child's also inordinately tall.

Siobhan 42:56

Look at that house.

Matt 42:57

Timu with a cool looking house.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 43:02

I should know. I'm the real estate agent. I can't even get people to look at the place. I wish it would just aunt dog.

Siobhan 43:09

Oh my god. How would you even know she's surprised?

Rob 43:12

Is it just me, or does the the pupil to white of her eye rage ratio look? I'm telling you. Oh, she's tripping. She's put the sign back up.

Siobhan 43:22

Ma'am.

Andy 43:23

Did you see that sign fall the second time? Also me.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 43:27

Come on, let's get you inside and unpack.

Siobhan 43:30

Is that a denim shirt? That suitcase is worthless. What are we doing? Thank God there's wheels?

Rob 43:37

Why is there always an abandoned house in these? Is that Budnik and Drag?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 43:45

She's here, I gotta go.

Andy 43:46

This is where Clarissa explains it all again.

Siobhan 43:50

I will say it does look like it. The Frozen Ghost episode that we are not watching has Melissa Joanhart in it. Speaking of Clarissa. Whoa whoa. The hair. Yeah, man. Oh, it's everything.

Andy 44:08

Anybody else remember moose? Mm-hmm. Do they still make moose? Is that still things? Oh, yeah.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 44:14

Speaking of all sorts of fun stuff together.

Matt 44:16

I don't believe they've got to be a good thing. I know this access. I believe they're very prevalent in the north.

Siobhan 44:22

The animal. Oh.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 44:24

The hair product.

Matt 44:29

Whoa. Bold assumption.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 44:32

You don't even know my friends. They could get to know me. Okay, why?

Rob 44:36

Again, this actress, we know her. Wait a second. Is she dead?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 44:42

How does one prove that the other thing is that the other thing she sees dead people? Okay. I don't even want to go to the show. That means putting my animal collection back every day in the exact right places. In fact, I don't feel like having my room look like a disaster on the case. Listen, so do it now.

Siobhan 45:11

As a ginger person, making the evil person in the show a ginger always makes me a little mad. Okay?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 45:19

Fine.

Siobhan 45:20

We're not all bad people.

Andy 45:21

Well, as a bald person, every day. Have you noticed how often the villain is bald?

Siobhan 45:26

Yeah, see? Well, welcome to my world.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 45:29

What's that?

Andy 45:31

Like it's just a high standard to live up to, you know?

Rob 45:33

Guys, is is that a bootleg Pikachu before Pokemon existed? Did anybody see that?

Siobhan 45:39

I'm not sure. Before Pokemon existed. When did it exist?

Rob 45:44

Didn't Pokemon come out in like the late 90s? Or is that just when it came to America? Well, that's the Chapan. Look at the steps.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 45:56

Dear Mum and Dad. I hope you're having a good time. I am too.

Siobhan 46:06

I'm looking up this cast. Who's this?

Matt 46:14

Is this the mom from Everybody Loves Raymond? I am Sally again.

Siobhan 46:18

Look at these hair the hair.

Matt 46:23

Ugh. Why would she know her name?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 46:27

I'm Nanny.

Matt 46:28

Nanny.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 46:30

No! Oh? If you touch a contaminated wrinkly old hand, I'll never let you touch my things again.

Siobhan 46:36

Great, sounds good. Then I don't have to organize them all. What the fuck is happening?

Matt 46:40

Ageism is bad. I'll take people I want to flip.

Chris 46:45

What the fuck is legitimately happening?

Matt 46:49

Okay, Nani can't help the fact that she's old and wrinkly.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 46:53

Don't you ever talk to her!

Matt 46:54

What?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 46:55

Who is she? My nanny, and I want her gone. Why? Because I'm too old for Nanny. And she's so weird. I hate how she's always watching me. She seems kind of sad to me. She's crazy. Really crazy. I know for a fact there's something funny with her in the haunted place next door. I heard my parents talking once. I think she has a few.

Matt 47:20

Also, don't look under my bed. There's a lot of drugs.

Rob 47:26

She has a very long face. She looks like she's a member of the banking clan from episode three of the Star Wars. She's a money.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 47:38

Look at her teeth and her really long face. Really long face.

Rob 47:43

I'm with you. I'm with you. He's on level three.

Matt 47:47

I don't know. They're gonna take Nanny to the pool party and drown her.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 47:53

You dropped this. That's okay. It won't take me long. She's so weird. We got the roller blades. Yes.

Matt 48:16

We're in the 90s.

Andy 48:23

Is this episode stop being depressing as hell at some point? I don't think so.

Siobhan 48:28

It's a lonely ghost.

Rob 48:31

Have we met the lonely ghost yet? Look at this.

Siobhan 48:34

Look at this zoo.

Matt 48:36

Wow. That is made of the same fabric as every sofa you've ever seen in a beach hotel.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 48:44

Don't touch my stuff.

Siobhan 48:46

Oh, this kid sucks.

Chris 48:48

I hate that girl. Someone drop kicker in the head, please.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 48:51

For real. Why does everyone think it's haunted anyway?

Siobhan 48:57

I'm like, that Nana is in something.

Chris 49:00

Is this a redhead gang?

Siobhan 49:02

Yes, we have them. Just kidding. We don't.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 49:05

A long, long time ago, there was a little girl.

Rob 49:08

Long, long time ago.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 49:10

I was still a bitch. Because she couldn't talk.

Rob 49:14

Now, would you say that their hair is teased? Is that the word that I'm looking for?

Siobhan 49:19

Uh, some of it. Also, it's a lot of hairspray.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 49:21

It doesn't matter, just listen.

Andy 49:23

Ugh.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 49:23

Sorry.

Andy 49:24

A hairspray is the reason why. Well, was that Alicia Silverstone?

Siobhan 49:28

No. She was Canadian though, isn't she? And her dad.

Matt 49:32

I just Alicia Pyrite Pebbles.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 49:36

Okay. Instead of saying Timu. We get it. Oh, she went away to take care of him.

Siobhan 49:43

This is the coven. The coven of Canadian actresses we only heard from giant peace symbol earrings.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 49:49

Because on the way.

Rob 49:50

That's the scariest thing about this episode.

Siobhan 49:52

She went to Claire's.

Rob 49:54

They're chicken feet.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 49:55

She ran back home to get away from them.

Rob 49:57

She's Baba Yaga.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 49:58

And they followed her. Followed her right into her very own home.

Siobhan 50:05

Guys, remember when like scary stories were real scary stories? And now it's like, hey, AI is gonna take over, and you're like, that's the worst one.

Matt 50:13

That's real life.

Siobhan 50:13

I know. Being an adult, you're like, ghosts.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 50:17

Her mother didn't come back for weeks. And her grandmother didn't even know she was coming. And they found her. She was dead. And that's where you have to go. Her bedroom. Well no, you're in there by the light from this.

Siobhan 50:39

Dead.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 50:41

The keys to the front door? Won't Aunt Dottie miss them? No way. No one ever calls to see the place.

Chris 50:48

My aunt's a drunk bitch.

Rob 50:50

It's fine. Did you see those eyes? That's her mom, though. It's not her mom, it's the redhead's mom. She's been sip over.

Siobhan 50:58

Yeah, she doesn't care about her.

Andy 50:59

You gin and juice scissors. Six hours already.

Siobhan 51:05

Reading. Oh, I'm so excited. Get out of here. God hate this girl.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 51:13

Neither did we until we spent the night in there.

Siobhan 51:17

I probably had those earrings, by the way. I definitely had peace sign things. Did you have that haircut? No. Haircut? Maybe. Did I have the crazy bangs? No, I did not.

Matt 51:31

These girls suck.

Siobhan 51:32

Yeah, they do.

Matt 51:33

I feel like I need to AI you into that haircut.

Siobhan 51:36

Please do not. Please do not waste water to give me that. We can just look at old pictures of me with the triangle head.

Rob 51:41

You can AI me that haircut, man. No. Triangle man.

Siobhan 51:44

Do not sanction the use of water for this purpose.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 52:01

Very funny, you guys. I know that you're trying to scare me.

Matt 52:35

Ha ha, we're just doing with the new girl.

Siobhan 52:39

Girl, that's a mirror. Are you scared of yourself?

Matt 52:42

My grandparents' house had those really creepy full-length mirrors, and the house is built in like the late 1800s.

Siobhan 52:47

I like a full-length mirror.

Matt 52:49

On the back of doors, though, really weird.

Rob 52:52

It says Ran Room!

Matt 52:53

Emple. I believe that's help me there, Sean Cottery from Celebrity Jeopardy. I know what it says. Today. Is this sponsored by She's figured it out because she's now seeing it in a mirror?

Siobhan 53:12

Oh that kid's scary to be fair.

Andy 53:19

Is that a kid? Yeah, I mean.

Siobhan 53:21

Yeah.

Rob 53:21

Oh, okay, yeah. It is a kid. Now, okay. I mean, that's scary. Serious question. Serious question. Nice. Why why do many frightful things depict ghosts as just people wearing white?

Siobhan 53:36

Because it's simple and creepy.

Matt 53:39

This makes me want to watch The Ring. I haven't seen that movie in years.

Siobhan 53:42

Oh, it's so good. Seven days. Oh, I kinda wanna watch it too. I haven't seen a good one in a while.

Chris 53:47

Yo, the jazz piano hitting hard.

Siobhan 53:52

Also great. She's like, that woman is from Northern Ireland, so you know she's seen some shit.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 54:00

Beth would be Sally's for the whole night. And Dottie was working late. That means Amanda was home alone with Nanny. She should have stayed with a ghost. Now she's alone with a lunatic. Nanny isn't a lunatic. Beth just told Amanda that to scare her. But you probably didn't get that.

Siobhan 54:15

Guys, you're stupid. Because you don't get nuance and you're 14.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 54:21

So Amanda told her everything that had happened.

Rob 54:23

Timu Harold Remus is What are those for? Like just there to like be the oldest person that tells people what to do?

Siobhan 54:33

I don't know. Like I don't get it. I think so. Yeah, he uh not really.

Andy 54:39

We're getting chores here from Aunt Cocaine.

Siobhan 54:43

Can you come with us?

Matt 54:44

I don't want to see any white powder laying around.

Rob 54:46

They collared cookie for sure. Look at that shirt. Made out of your finest drapes.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 54:55

Yeah, for real. Oh, please. You can do better than that. Now come on. Come on, let's go. This is all your fault. You're such a chicken. I'm not. And I don't want to be in your channel. Not a chicken, you're a turkey. And you're a snitch, too. You're a chicken and a snitch. I couldn't stand being you.

Rob 55:21

Wouldn't it be funny if we break it? Seriously. With better wording.

Andy 55:28

Could we do an overdub of these? I am so in. I really don't know the last time I went and watched somebody fall down the stairs.

Siobhan 55:36

More than that. Oh my god. A lot of the time.

Matt 55:38

Are you afraid of the dark abridged? Yeah.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 55:43

Wow. No wonder mom was so mad. You did this just to get me in trouble, didn't you? I didn't do it. It wasn't like this last night. Yeah, right.

Andy 55:54

Are those overalls bagosh?

Various 55:57

I hope so.

Rob 55:59

They're kid gap.

Siobhan 56:00

Aww. Old navy, eh? Oh. Oh, she even comes out during the day? Oh.

Matt 56:08

Well, you don't screw with a ghost that comes out during the day.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 56:10

Wow. Look at all the dogs and stuffed animals.

Rob 56:14

Oh, is she gonna go through the mirror?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 56:16

Wait, I love this. It's even bigger than mine.

Rob 56:19

This is Nickelodeon right through the mirror.

Siobhan 56:22

If she lives through this, she's gonna about to have all the beanie babies.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 56:26

No!

Siobhan 56:27

Oh, that wasn't good. She didn't you didn't even try to help her.

Andy 56:32

No, this is a good trick. You're good. Yeah, you're good.

Siobhan 56:35

Right, correct.

Rob 56:38

From Mean Girl? Shaber? Shaber? Shablay? Shabla?

Siobhan 56:43

I'm just gonna let you keep going. That's pretty good.

Rob 56:45

What is her what is her last name?

Siobhan 56:48

Yes, I do. Yeah, just. I mean, she's literally not doing anything to you, to be fair.

Matt 56:55

She she didn't crawl out of the street.

Siobhan 56:58

We had ghosts around us all the time. Okay. We can look in the mirror, we see a ghost, we're like, girl.

Andy 57:07

Is that nanny? Yeah. I mean, it's one thing to be a ghost, but like, what's nanny? Why don't you take a damn bath, right? Like, well, why are ghosts always dirty?

Matt 57:17

She couldn't come out. Oh, Nanny's her mother. Your Oh.

Siobhan 57:23

Nanny, help me. Yo, I'm gonna get in trouble. Stop. We know, girl. We know. We saw it.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 57:30

Help me. Help you.

Andy 57:33

Help me? Help you! Help me!

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 57:38

Open the door. I can help you. I'll get her. I will.

Matt 57:41

She has shown zero concern for her cousin at this point. I just want to point that out.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 57:47

I'll get her. No, don't go with me and you have to help me.

Siobhan 57:53

I'm stuck in the Now, we good, girl.

Matt 57:55

You need to chill. You have been a weech since this episode over. For real.

Siobhan 58:00

Those bangs. Have fun with your fake animals.

Rob 58:04

You're giving me something about Mary vibes, those bangs. And they're being held up by more than just hair products.

Siobhan 58:10

No, it's it is hair products. It's hair gel.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 58:14

Nanny!

Siobhan 58:15

Why would Nanny be in there?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 58:17

No. What?

Matt 58:19

No. Oh. Nanny's going to the home. Nanny, no, don't go.

Andy 58:26

Take me with you. This place sucks.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 58:31

Nanny, wait! Please don't go. You have to come with me.

Siobhan 58:36

What are you saying? What? What are you saying? I'm telling you. She's from Ireland.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 58:43

From the Ireland. Okay, your jokes are someone else. No, it's not a joke, please.

Matt 58:49

Nanny blew some shit up in the 70s. Is that where we are right now? I made a potato launcher in my basement. Aww. Where did you get this? Where? Where did you find it? From your ghost child, dumb bitch.

Siobhan 59:07

I'm the pot of gold. Let's go.

Matt 59:09

Well, unfortunately, your niece is stuck, but you know. Oh, did she kill the lonely ghost?

Chris 59:19

Uh-oh. What are we doing? Hello, we're not getting any of the trauma backstory.

Siobhan 59:23

I know. Well. Uppies. Come into. Oh my god.

Rob 59:34

And then she dies.

Siobhan 59:37

I feel like I'm glad we're laughing at this because I feel like if I watched this for real, I'd be like, oh, this is a horrible allegory about something with childbirth and something else.

Rob 59:45

Well, it's not a baby, so it's just a loser at birth. There's probably tuberculosis. Is she that old?

Siobhan 59:50

It's always too much. I don't know about that. Okay. But like she's in there.

Andy 59:54

We know that because John Green listens to his podcast.

Siobhan 59:57

Oh, yes. He's the best.

Chris 1:00:06

What is happening?

Siobhan 1:00:08

Again, that CGI guy is so excited.

Matt 1:00:12

Well, I guess better than the home. He's right into that mirror with her creepy ghost daughter.

Siobhan 1:00:19

Oh, look at their cute now.

Various 1:00:21

Cousin.

Siobhan 1:00:21

Where's the cousin? We don't care, Annie. She sucks.

Andy 1:00:25

Break the mirror before she gets out. Was she a doll? Oh, and I told you she's in there too.

Siobhan 1:00:30

They're like hee hee ha ha's. Oh, she and she's got nanny's money?

Andy 1:00:33

Now nanny's coming.

Siobhan 1:00:35

And her first.

Andy 1:00:36

Tortured for eternity. Boodla ding. Oh, wait, did we lose me? Nope.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 1:00:42

Beth? Amanda, help me. I'm stuck in the mirror. Amanda? Where's Beth? Come on, said you guys. I hope they're all like. Are you gonna stop bossing me around? Yes. Are you gonna stop bossing your friends around?

Matt 1:01:00

Nope.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 1:01:00

Yes. Okay, I'll let you out. You know better. She was closeted. Oh, right, right, right, right, right. Jesus. And never to be here from Nani again.

Rob 1:01:23

Do you think that this girl's gonna open the uh the present from David? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Because otherwise, what is it? No, but like it doesn't make any sense. David or her did not, but they didn't even tell the story, like, right? That's not David telling the story. David came early. He's a little man.

Chris 1:01:44

Whoa.

Siobhan 1:01:45

Come on, embarrassing.

Chris 1:01:47

You're anticipating me remembering their names as well. I don't know their names.

Siobhan 1:01:50

Well, she did say his name.

Chris 1:01:52

Or did David tell the story?

Rob 1:01:54

Okay, no wait. Here we here we go. Here we go.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 1:01:57

Yeah? Oh, aren't you going to Mother Present? Oh, I'm sorry, David.

Andy 1:02:03

I thought you did it in the fire. David, David did tell the story. Yeah, we did. One couple hold box.

Chris 1:02:12

No what? It's a pack of Trojans.

Matt 1:02:15

No. Oh my god. Please let it be nanny in the locket.

Siobhan 1:02:21

Wow.

Chris 1:02:25

Stole it from my nanny.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 1:02:27

Perfect. I knew it would be.

Chris 1:02:30

Some old lady gave it to me. Every time I wear it. It's got a picture of a little kid in it, but you know. Forever.

Siobhan 1:02:37

She doesn't mean that she's 14. She doesn't know what forever means, but it's fine.

Rob 1:02:47

DJ McHale. Yo, listen to the saxophone.

Siobhan 1:03:00

But it's like it's like an analog for a phone, though. No, that's the one. That is a MIDI.

Andy 1:03:05

I think it's supposed to be electric guitar.

Siobhan 1:03:07

Yeah. This is MIDI.

Various 1:03:08

Like, isn't it like the X-Men thing?

Rob 1:03:14

It's Kitar.

Siobhan 1:03:15

Nickelodeon.

Missing Backstory And Episode Logic

Siobhan 1:03:18

Alright, that was.

Matt 1:03:19

I I find that one to be moderately more creepy than the first one, which is a very low threshold here.

Chris 1:03:23

But again, like what the f we have no fucking backstories for this shit. Yeah. It's like Chris was like a three-hour epic kid disappeared, and then uh we're going to be able to do that. This is why we watched weird world with her now.

Siobhan 1:03:36

The psychological thrillers. Because we go, like, we need to know your trauma. And then we will go, oh, we get it. You about to kill six people.

Chris 1:03:44

At least the first one they they talked about someone going missing and then the parents having sadness about it. But this time it was like, she's a creepy old lady.

Siobhan 1:03:52

To be fair, this was earlier than the one we watched before.

Chris 1:03:56

Did she just die? I don't know.

Andy 1:04:01

Yeah, they're in mirror world. But nobody cares. This was written by the Cokehead ant. Did nobody know? That's why it doesn't make sense.

Siobhan 1:04:08

So what happened to the Cokehead ant?

Matt 1:04:10

Nobody knows. What about the cabbie who never got paid that was waiting out?

Andy 1:04:16

Some say the meter is running to this day.

Siobhan 1:04:20

That man is still waiting for his day.

Matt 1:04:23

The scariest part of this.

Favorite Horror Movies And Hot Takes

Rob 1:04:35

Starting with Rob. Horror misses. I don't do that. I've been very averse to watching horror movies because they freak me out. I have had quite a lot of personal experience with things that I don't like. So if I watch things that connect me to that, I do not care for it.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 1:04:52

No scary movies.

Matt 1:04:53

If we're talking about like the exorcist style demon movies, like that kind of thing, that's what pushes the boundaries for me. Oh. But I don't I also don't mind liking it. I feel very jaded when it comes to the case. Emily Rose.

Andy 1:05:09

That's your favorite? That's my favorite. It's not my favorite, but it scared me a lot.

Siobhan 1:05:15

Cool, because exorcisms are legit.

Andy 1:05:18

I think I know what Chris's answer is, and I think it's the same as mine. Oh.

Siobhan 1:05:22

Oh. You're not going to count that though, are you?

Andy 1:05:25

Together.

Siobhan 1:05:25

I know what you're going to say.

Chris 1:05:26

Oh no, no, you don't. I know what he's going to say. Yeah. I I'm going Alfred Hitchcock. The birds. Oh no. I know what you're going to say. Chris is cocking. The bird's rear window. Window, the Johnny Defflin, right? There was that too. Well, no, not the Hitchcock movie.

Siobhan 1:05:44

Yeah, but like, doesn't he do a version of it? I don't know. Maybe you'll look it up. Yeah.

Chris 1:05:48

Uh but yeah, all the all the old school Hitchcock stuff. Psycho obviously is like the quintessential, you know, left turn at the end movie, predating shamalama ding-dong kind of style movies. Shamaloman. Shamalama.

Siobhan 1:06:00

M Knight Shyamalan is classic as well.

Chris 1:06:02

Yeah. So and I also really love a lot of that era of 90s scary movies where I really prided myself on like calling the endings to like sixth sense. I knew like halfway through the ring, I knew like part way through. So like those movies I also really enjoy. But the old school Hitchcock stuff is just so good. Partially because I watched it when I was like five years old and it scared the shit out of me. So um well, again, it was one of those classic, like my mom is like, Oh yeah, this is just a kind of scary movie about birds. It's not a big deal. And then you watch it as a five-year-old and you're like, Holy fuck, I'm not going outside ever again. Hold on one second.

Rob 1:06:42

Bird tweets Chris dives under the car. I need to I need to figure out there is a movie, and I forget what it's called. It is so bad. And we need to watch it as a podcast.

Siobhan 1:06:52

Hold on.

Rob 1:06:53

Hold on. It it's about birds too. It's it's all about birds. Yes. But it's so bad.

Andy 1:07:00

Continue to talk until pretty recently, Exorcism of Emily Rose was my favorite scary movie. I love a supernatural scary movie, right? I want I want some kind of possession magic, whatever. Like that's what I'm here for. But recently, it's Dr. Sleep.

Siobhan 1:07:19

Yeah, I knew you were gonna say.

Chris 1:07:20

Oh, that is so I've never seen one. And I don't even like I I should have said The Shining.

Andy 1:07:26

The Shining is all shining is all the classic.

Siobhan 1:07:31

Dr. Sleep. No, Doctor Sleep is so good.

Andy 1:07:34

If anyone is a fan of a horror movie, the three of us went to see that in the theater when it came out.

Matt 1:07:41

It was so good. I'm gonna go very obscure here. And Chris might remember this one. So we used to hang out. Jay Labarc, my buddy Jay, has been on this podcast a few times, and Jay loves horror movies. We used to get together every couple of weekends and with a group and just watch horror movies. Uh I was not at that age, like high school, like gonna watch Final Destination. Jay was like, we're watching that kind of thing. But um there was one that we watched, and it's the the Cube series of movies. Oh yeah, that's a good one. Cube 2, Hypercube Cube is one of them. That one just in my brain being stuck in a structure and in a room trying to kill you.

Chris 1:08:16

Not hypercube jumps the shark a bit, but the original cube. Oh, Saw is so good. Saw used to freak me out. The original Saw.

Siobhan 1:08:24

And then Saw 2 was pretty good too. I was talking with somebody this week too, because uh somebody I work with is a big, like, we're all horror movie fans. Cabin in the woods. That is really good.

Chris 1:08:34

That's what I was trying to think of earlier because towards the end they have like the list of the board with all the the monsters on it with the bets.

Matt 1:08:41

Chris, you also you brought up the like that parental movie that the parent showed you and was like, it's not that bad. Yeah. That for me was Bromstoker's Dracula. Oh, so yeah, the original.

Rob 1:08:51

Wait, has anybody seen the clip of Stephen Colbert putting unexpected farts in that and making Gary Oldman watch it?

Siobhan 1:08:57

Oh, yeah, yeah. That's so good.

Rob 1:08:59

So, anyway, the movie that I was talking about that we need to watch as a podcast, Bird Demic Shock and Terror. No. It's it's like 20 minutes or less. It's a short film. Oh, okay. And I thought that sounded like it sounds like Sharknado. It may be one of the worst pieces of film I've ever seen in my life. Wow.

Chris 1:09:20

But we must watch it. We must watch that one. Happen in the woods would be a good one to watch. If you haven't seen it before, it'd be great.

Siobhan 1:09:27

Oh, well then yeah, you should start with that then.

Chris 1:09:30

Guys, I'm wrong.

Rob 1:09:30

It's an hour and a half. Yeah, no.

Siobhan 1:09:33

I'm not watching an hour and a half of Bird Deving. I'm so sorry.

Rob 1:09:36

Guys, we must. I'm telling you.

Siobhan 1:09:38

Maybe not on here.

Chris 1:09:39

We don't need to record it, but we must watch it.

Siobhan 1:09:42

That's fine.

Chris 1:09:43

The Saul movies and the Final Destination movies are only fun when everybody tries to predict what's gonna happen in every scene. Oh, yeah. Is it a death scene or is it not a death scene? How is the person gonna die? What ridiculous circumstances are gonna happen to make sure this person dies?

Siobhan 1:10:00

Those were like good movies, too. Like they were. Like the originals, original saws, there's so many Saw movies now. It's on my own. Well, of course they do. Any movie franchise like that would be.

Matt 1:10:14

I'll totally pick on my mother-in-law's. She's not here to defend herself. Who I love her to death. Love you, Julie. But she was nervous about her cataract surgery because she had watched Final Destination with the eyelaser. Turn off. Turn off. Very low.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 1:10:31

Right.

Rob 1:10:32

Not zero, but very low. I think what would be fun is to pick a Final Destination movie that people haven't watched. Yeah. And put wagers. Yeah, that's a drink wagers. Like who's gonna die, who's not gonna die. Drink wagers on things. And as as you move through the movie, people just get more and more sloshed because they've if they're losing.

Various 1:10:50

Amazing. Yeah.

Chris 1:10:51

I could do that with Cube because I haven't watched that movie in so long, I don't remember who makes it anymore. We'll get the cast list, and then you have to predict the order that they all die in.

Matt 1:11:00

Order. Okay, that's a lot.

Siobhan 1:11:02

Yeah.

Ghost Stories Tease And Halloween Signoff

Matt 1:11:03

At the risk of getting Rob to talk for another four hours. We will do an episode at some point of Rob's freaky ghost stories. I mean, not if he doesn't want to share. I was a party to one at one point. I don't know that I would do that. I have you in another episode we did with B. Harrison talking about how you wanted to do a ghost and freaky stuff episode.

Rob 1:11:22

I would talk about it with somebody that would also be sharing. I wouldn't want to be the sole focus of sharing them. I don't want to be the person that seems like an insane person.

Andy 1:11:32

I've got one or two unexplained happening stories. They're not that crazy. So like we always thought our house was haunted growing up. And our one big example of this that I like personally witnessed was my parents had gotten a new bed frame, and my dad and I were putting this bed frame together, and all of a sudden a video cassette, there's a throwback for you, from the dresser, just flies off the dresser into the middle of the floor where the bed frame is. That's our big like poltergeist moment.

Siobhan 1:12:04

Rob's like, I have so many more things than that. Yeah.

Chris 1:12:07

I'm intrigued by stuff like that. I thought he was gonna say that he heard the uh the bed springs going one from down the hallway. No, no, no. It was late at night. It was very dark. The bed used to squeak in the middle of the night all the time.

Rob 1:12:22

You're like, what is that so weird? How many younger siblings do you have?

Andy 1:12:27

I am the youngest. I am the youngest.

Siobhan 1:12:31

That's creepier. Locked down. That's creepier. All right.

Matt 1:12:34

Are we done? I believe we are. Happy Halloween, everyone. Thank you very much for listening.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Cast 1:12:40

Uh uh.

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