MFM Minisode 472

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• 0:01Speaker 00

  This is exactly right.

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• 1:27Karen Kilgariff?

  Hello and welcome.

• 1:29Georgia Hardstark?

  To my favorite murder.

• 1:30Karen Kilgariff?

  The minisode.

• 1:31Georgia Hardstark?

  Where we read you your stories.

• 1:33Karen Kilgariff?

  It's email time. You want to start?

• 1:35Georgia Hardstark?

  Sure. Okay.

• 1:38Karen Kilgariff?

  One of our fakest intros so far.

• 1:40Georgia Hardstark?

  I don't know what it was.

• 1:41Karen Kilgariff?

  We're just trying to get it done.

• 1:42Georgia Hardstark?

  We are, and we are and we will, and we have. Okay, I'm not going to read the title. "Hi all, my sister introduced me to your podcast just after I'd had a baby who is now a whole second grader."

• 1:53Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh, shit.

• 1:54Georgia Hardstark?

  "So, thank you for keeping me entertained through endless stroller walks." I usually listen with headphones, of course. I didn't want her first word to be murder. "I recently heard the hometown story about the girl who worked at a Spirit Halloween and found a squatter's apartment in the building." Remember that?

• 2:08Karen Kilgariff?

  No, it's so good. Let's get it back. Holy shit.

• 2:11Georgia Hardstark?

  "And it reminded me that I actually have my own story to share. One summer during college, I worked in the dorms at Oregon State University doing maintenance, cleaning, small repairs, and linen changes for conference groups using the dorms as hotels." There was an old dorm just off campus called The College Inn, built in 1966 and closed in 2002. This story takes place in 2003. They planned to tear it down and build new apartments, but in the meantime, it was abandoned. Our maintenance crew was told to go inside to retrieve trash cans, because obviously that was more important than our safety. So like, it's abandoned, it's dilapidated, it's getting torn down, and they're like, go in there and-

• 2:49Karen Kilgariff?

  We need those old rubber trash cans.

• 2:51Georgia Hardstark?

  Right.

• 2:51Karen Kilgariff?

  They're expensive.

• 2:52Georgia Hardstark?

  The building was deteriorating creepy and fascinating all at once. The big 60s-style lobby was full of leaves and broken glass, and most of the rooms had been trashed by squatters. I fucking love abandonment porn. It's my favorite. Some had graffiti or strange stories written on the walls. Others still had belongings left behind, like a sleeping bag and a letter from someone in prison. In one lounge, we found almost all the building's furniture stacked together and sprayed with a fire extinguisher. It hadn't been on fire. Apparently, someone was just having a chaotic good time. As we explored, I started noticing small black stars drawn on the walls. I followed them, realizing they formed a trail like breadcrumbs. Eventually, the stars ended, and when I turned around,

• 3:35Georgia Hardstark?

  I realized I was standing across from the roof access door. So naturally, I went up to the roof. It was a seven-story building, so the view was amazing. When I turned back toward the door, I noticed writing on it. It said, "Welcome to the Ninja Cafe." Underneath, there was a list of rules, mostly things like, "Don't tell anyone about the cafe, don't throw things off the roof, and donate tea and coffee." That's when it hit me. All the furniture we'd found in the lounge had probably been part of a rooftop hangout, a squatter cafe. We finished grabbing the trash cans and were back out at our van when the supervisor got a call from her boss. She was warning us not to go in the building, but my supervisor was confused and said we had already finished. We could hear her boss yelling through the phone,

• 4:20Georgia Hardstark?

  "There is someone in the building." And my supervisor's face went white. Turns out, someone was in the building with us the whole time.

• 4:28Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh.

• 4:28Georgia Hardstark?

  A passerby had reported seeing a flashlight moving around in the basement before we got there, but the warning didn't reach us in time. Nightmare fuel. SSDGM and don't talk about the ninja cafe, Chantel.

• 4:40Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh shit.

• 4:42Georgia Hardstark?

  I just love abandoned building stories so much. And there was someone in there like following them around the whole time.

• 4:49Karen Kilgariff?

  So there was like a rear window view that some neighbor had of like, the kids are here, trying to find garbage cans and there's the bad guy.

• 4:56Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 4:57Karen Kilgariff?

  Okay. Here's my first one. I'm not going to read you the subject line. It says, hi Karen, Georgia and the stellar MFM team. I'm currently listening to episode 475. And then in parentheses, it says, yes, I know I'm behind, but I'm embracing being the day one listener who started late and is still catching up. You were talking about working the till and having it come up incorrect at the end of the night, and I just had to write in. My first job many years ago was at the local Hallmark store. Think Beanie Baby fights and precious moments and Willow Tree Angel Collectibles madness. One night I got scammed by a quick change artist and thought for sure I was going to lose my job. Did this ever happen to you?

• 5:36Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah, for sure.

• 5:37Karen Kilgariff?

  A man came in and made a purchase which he paid for with a hundred dollar bill. I used our fancy marker that detects counterfeit bills. How a marker does that? I have no idea. The hundred dollar bill was legit, but he asked for specific bills as change and then he asked for different bills and then wait, never mind, five dollar bills instead of 10. And my poor little 15 year old brain just kept making change, not even registering that he wasn't exchanging all of it as we traded bills. That happened to me. I watched it happen to people.

• 6:06Georgia Hardstark?

  That happens for any like teenager or like early twenties, if you have a till job.

• 6:10Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah.

• 6:11Georgia Hardstark?

  Cause you get scammed because you're so naive looking and you don't know.

• 6:13Karen Kilgariff?

  And those people are slick as hell. You just do not, they're so nice to you. Like they scam you so good. You don't know anything happened. Okay. So cut to the end of the night as we were closing up, the till was short somewhere in the neighborhood of $250.

• 6:27Georgia Hardstark?

  Holy shit. I was gonna say like 20 bucks is like, really you can only get 20 bucks out.

• 6:32Karen Kilgariff?

  But if you keep doing it, he just kept doing it.

• 6:35Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh no.

• 6:36Karen Kilgariff?

  While not much money for a Hallmark at the time, 250 in the year 2000 is what in today's money? Karen, Georgia?

• 6:43Georgia Hardstark?

  Don't tell me, 250 in the year 2000 in today's money is, um.

• 6:49Georgia Hardstark?

  Wait, $200 is $600.

• 6:51Karen Kilgariff?

  Close 500.

• 6:52Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh.

• 6:52Karen Kilgariff?

  Very close. I thought, this is it. I'm screwed. I'm fired from my first job at the age of 15. I will never work again. Thankfully, my boss had also been working that night and was very understanding. I worked there for another year or so, and I was very diligent about making change from that day forward.

• 7:07Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah, you never, it never happens to you twice.

• 7:09Karen Kilgariff?

  Yes. Well, because it's so obvious. Like, you feel so stupid. Thankfully, it hasn't impacted any career moves like I was convinced it was going to. Stay sexy and count the change, Melissa.

• 7:22Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh.

• 7:23Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah, keep your eye peeled for those, can you break this? Hold on, wait. It's them, they start changing their mind.

• 7:30Georgia Hardstark?

  You know what? Give me, you know, give me, give me back that five and give me five ones.

• 7:33Karen Kilgariff?

  Yep.

• 7:33Georgia Hardstark?

  And then I'll give you this. Yeah. Fuck you. No questions.

• 7:37Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah, that's the rule. No questions.

• 7:38Georgia Hardstark?

  No questions. The holidays are right around the corner, which means people are about to do a lot of shopping.

• 7:45Karen Kilgariff?

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• 7:47Georgia Hardstark?

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• 7:49Karen Kilgariff?

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• 7:55Georgia Hardstark?

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• 7:59Karen Kilgariff?

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• 8:06Georgia Hardstark?

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• 8:13Karen Kilgariff?

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• 8:18Georgia Hardstark?

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• 8:21Karen Kilgariff?

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• 8:27Speaker 01

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• 8:58Karen Kilgariff?

  Where dealing with healthcare or insurance feels completely overwhelming.

• 9:02Georgia Hardstark?

  You're sick, worried about someone you love, trying to understand what comes next, and suddenly you're spending hours on hold, filling out paperwork and trying to figure out who to call.

• 9:10Karen Kilgariff?

  Research shows patients spend the equivalent of an eight-hour workday every month coordinating their own care.

• 9:16Georgia Hardstark?

  Nobody hands you a roadmap when you're dealing with a diagnosis or ongoing health issues.

• 9:21Karen Kilgariff?

  That's why there's Solace Health.

• 9:22Georgia Hardstark?

  Solace provides personal healthcare advocates who average 16 years of healthcare experience and can help you get answers fast.

• 9:29Karen Kilgariff?

  Think of them as someone in your corner who understands the healthcare system and can handle the logistics while you focus on your health.

• 9:35Georgia Hardstark?

  They can help with appointments, insurance denials, medical bills, treatment options, and understanding doctor recommendations.

• 9:41Karen Kilgariff?

  Research shows 92% of patients report a positive impact on their care from working with an advocate.

• 9:46Georgia Hardstark?

  Advocacy improves outcomes, and Solace advocates are covered by insurance nationwide.

• 9:51Karen Kilgariff?

  Eligibility varies by insurance plan.

• 9:53Georgia Hardstark?

  Advocates do not provide medical or legal advice or services, must be 18 years or older.

• 9:57Karen Kilgariff?

  Go to solacehealth.com/murder to see if you qualify.

• 10:01Georgia Hardstark?

  It takes about two minutes and it's covered by insurance.

• 10:03Karen Kilgariff?

  That's S-O-L-A-C-E health.com/murder.

• 10:07Georgia Hardstark?

  Goodbye.

• 10:10Georgia Hardstark?

  Okay, klepto cats have feelings too. Hi, new listener here, and I wish I'd discovered you long ago. The mini-sodes give me life. After the first one I listened to, I knew I had just the story for you. Anywho, when I was younger, my family had a cat named Bo Diddles. He was the best cat who didn't really know how to cat. He had a bunch of extra toes, so it looked like he always wore mittens. It was his lifelong dream to one day climb a tree, but he just couldn't figure it out. He would make it about four feet up the tree and then freeze, not knowing how to proceed or abort. He would just look at my dad as if to say, "A little help here?" And my dad would have to go detach him from the tree trunk and place him back on the ground. This was a repeat occurrence. He was also afraid of birds.

• 10:55Georgia Hardstark?

  If the birds were eating from his food dish, he would sit next to the dish and cry until the birds had their fill and left, and then he would proceed to eat whatever they were gracious enough to leave behind.

• 11:03Karen Kilgariff?

  Where's this cat from?

• 11:05Georgia Hardstark?

  Mars, where they're all from. Bo Diddles did have a secret talent, though, stealing. He would steal anything that he could carry away in his mouth. Stolen items included writing utensils, my dad's small shop tools, my mom's wedding ring, and the little plastic caps that covered the screws at the bottom of the toilet.

• 11:23Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh, yeah.

• 11:23Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah, that's perfect. This thievery went on for years. One Christmas, my grandparents came to visit for a few days. My grandma did like animals, but she preferred to like them from afar. She never wanted to touch them and definitely didn't want them sitting or laying on her. This distant attitude towards cats just didn't jive with Bo Diddles. On the early morning of Christmas Eve, my grandma awoke on her back to find everything Bo Diddles had ever stolen over the years piled on top of her chest.

• 11:51Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh.

• 11:52Georgia Hardstark?

  All caps, everything. Sitting calmly on my grandma's belly and looking straight into her eyes was Bo Diddles, staring as if to say, "We good? It was a peace offering, we think." In the end, we got back everything that was ever stolen, and my mom thankfully got her wedding ring back. We never did find out where he had been hiding his loot, so this shit had been gone forever.

• 12:13Karen Kilgariff?

  Like, he had it squirreled away somewhere? And he finally was like, "You know what, Grandma?"

• 12:17Georgia Hardstark?

  Tonight's the night.

• 12:17Karen Kilgariff?

  I'm gonna give it back to you.

• 12:18Georgia Hardstark?

  Spent the entire night back and forth, leaving the cat. Like, I would be so honored, but of course, it wouldn't happen to me, because I'd be like, "I love you!"

• 12:26Karen Kilgariff?

  "Hey, what's going on?" Oh, where, where was it hidden?

• 12:30Georgia Hardstark?

  And why her? What was it about her? This, she have a scent? What do we gotta do?

• 12:34Karen Kilgariff?

  I was just gonna say that. She must have smelled real good.

• 12:36Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 12:37Karen Kilgariff?

  Cod liver oil, something like that.

• 12:39Georgia Hardstark?

  That remains a mystery to this day. Bo Diddles was one of a kind and just the sweetest little thieving punk one could ask for. Hope you enjoyed the story. Don't get murdered and all that, Franny.

• 12:48Karen Kilgariff?

  Franny, what type of cat did you picture Bo Diddles to be?

• 12:52Georgia Hardstark?

  Black and white.

• 12:54Karen Kilgariff?

  I did a gray and black tiger stripey ones.

• 12:57Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh, a tabby. It's what Mo is.

• 12:59Karen Kilgariff?

  Is that a tabby?

• 12:59Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 13:00Karen Kilgariff?

  Yes, exactly. Because I feel like those guys love to carry stuff in their mouth and...

• 13:04Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah. Black and white cats are like famously stupid, though, in a really gray way. I feel like that could be the like, I see a black, a large black and white cat.

• 13:15Karen Kilgariff?

  But then, but smart enough to get a real good heightened face.

• 13:17Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah, you're right. Okay.

• 13:19Karen Kilgariff?

  I would have loved to seen that pile.

• 13:20Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 13:23Karen Kilgariff?

  So good. Okay. It says, "Family treasure. Hi Karen and Georgia. I hope you're well. I'm a longtime listener, second time writer, hoping now we've opened the floor to stories you get asked to tell, or similar, that this story can now be a viable submission." So we open the floor to stories you get asked to tell.

• 13:43Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah, I feel like that sounds familiar where it's like when you get to the party, if you're like, "Tell them the story about the da-da-da."

• 13:49Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah, that's it.

• 13:50Georgia Hardstark?

  I have those that like people ask me and I'm like, "I can't tell it. Vince has to tell it. It's better from him," you know?

• 13:55Karen Kilgariff?

  He knows how to set it all up.

• 13:57Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 13:58Karen Kilgariff?

  "So I got engaged on Boxing Day 2023. Very exciting and I was thrilled with my ring. My now husband laughed and said, 'I hope so,' because apparently it was one of the many links I'd sent him."

• 14:09Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh, he did that? He did that on Ambien sent to Vince.

• 14:12Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah. You know, if you're thinking about stuff like this. It says, "When you know, you know, and I wanted a ring I'd actually like." Yep. "Fast forward to summer 2024. I'm having lunch with my parents-in-law and we're chatting about wedding plans when they casually ask, 'Now, did you want to use the family gold for your wedding bands?'" Now, I didn't know there was family gold, so I was immediately picturing treasure chests, heirlooms, maybe a little pirate fantasy moment. Obviously, I said yes. "A couple of weeks later, my fiance comes home with a very old, very heavy matchbox. He opens it up and inside is a strange, bubbly lump of gold. Sort of looks like a moon rock. When I asked where it came from, he tells me the truth. His parents were dentists for over 40 years."

• 14:57Georgia Hardstark?

  No.

• 14:57Karen Kilgariff?

  Yes.

• 14:58Georgia Hardstark?

  I was thinking like, "There couldn't be anything that would make me say no to that." And that is it.

• 15:03Karen Kilgariff?

  It did it.

• 15:04Georgia Hardstark?

  And you just fucking hit it.

• 15:06Karen Kilgariff?

  Apparently, back in the day, when people had their gold fillings replaced, they'd be offered the old bit back. Most people said no, so the dentists kept it.

• 15:15Georgia Hardstark?

  No, you can't have like a rubber band ball of people's fucking mouth jewelry.

• 15:20Karen Kilgariff?

  Old mouth jewelry, replaced mouth jewelry. "The family gold was decades' worth of old fillings, and yes, we absolutely used it."

• 15:29Georgia Hardstark?

  My fuck, yeah, I would have been like, Jan, tell the story about your rings.

• 15:33Karen Kilgariff?

  You have to do it. Our wedding bands are made from tooth gold, as it's now affectionately known. See photo, the inside of the bands. Is it creepy a bit? Do we love it completely? So stay sexy and maybe check where the family gold came from before you get too excited about your family treasure. Best jewels. There's the lump.

• 15:53Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh, my god.

• 15:55Karen Kilgariff?

  They engraved a tiny tooth on the inside of the band.

• 15:58Georgia Hardstark?

  I love how much they just like embraced the fucking weirdness of it.

• 16:03Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah.

• 16:04Georgia Hardstark?

  I love this story so much.

• 16:05Karen Kilgariff?

  Right? Dentist family.

• 16:07Georgia Hardstark?

  That is so fucking hilarious.

• 16:09Karen Kilgariff?

  Be who you are, even if it's gross.

• 16:11Georgia Hardstark?

  The lump of fucking tooth gold.

• 16:14Karen Kilgariff?

  Do you want this tooth gold?

• 16:15Georgia Hardstark?

  Shocking.

• 16:16Karen Kilgariff?

  Okay, I'm keeping it then, okay. It's like, and that's how it melted down, but then it's like, but made beautiful bands.

• 16:22Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah, yeah, of course. It looks like a piece of chewing gum beforehand, but it still can turn into fucking rings. I love that, that is.

• 16:29Karen Kilgariff?

  That's a classic.

• 16:29Georgia Hardstark?

  That's a classic. What's the story of like a thing when people go, oh, I like your thing. And you go, thanks, it's a, and then just freak them out.

• 16:35Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah.

• 16:35Georgia Hardstark?

  Thanks, it's my cat's whiskers that I got turned into a necklace.

• 16:38Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh.

• 16:39Georgia Hardstark?

  It's my, the ashes of my gerbil from when I was a child.

• 16:42Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah.

• 16:42Georgia Hardstark?

  I want those stories.

• 16:43Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah, that would be good, too.

• 16:44Georgia Hardstark?

  Or tooth gold.

• 16:45Karen Kilgariff?

  Or cheese gold.

• 16:48Speaker 05

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• 17:18Karen Kilgariff?

  We've all had moments where dealing with healthcare or insurance feels completely overwhelming.

• 17:23Georgia Hardstark?

  You're sick, worried about someone you love, trying to understand what comes next, and suddenly you're spending hours on hold, filling out paperwork, and trying to figure out who to call.

• 17:31Karen Kilgariff?

  Research shows patients spend the equivalent of an eight-hour workday every month coordinating their own care.

• 17:37Georgia Hardstark?

  Nobody hands you a roadmap. When you're dealing with a diagnosis or ongoing health issues.

• 17:42Karen Kilgariff?

  That's why there's Solace Health.

• 17:43Georgia Hardstark?

  Solace provides personal healthcare advocates who average 16 years of healthcare experience and can help you get answers fast.

• 17:49Karen Kilgariff?

  Think of them as someone in your corner who understands the healthcare system and can handle the logistics while you focus on your health.

• 17:55Georgia Hardstark?

  They can help with appointments, insurance denials, medical bills, treatment options, and understanding doctor recommendations.

• 18:01Karen Kilgariff?

  Research shows 92% of patients report a positive impact on their care from working with an advocate.

• 18:07Georgia Hardstark?

  Advocacy improves outcomes and Solace advocates are covered by insurance nationwide.

• 18:12Karen Kilgariff?

  Eligibility varies by insurance plan.

• 18:14Georgia Hardstark?

  Advocates do not provide medical or legal advice or services, must be 18 years or older.

• 18:18Karen Kilgariff?

  Go to solacehealth.com/murder to see if you qualify.

• 18:22Georgia Hardstark?

  It takes about two minutes and it's covered by insurance.

• 18:24Karen Kilgariff?

  That's S-O-L-A-C-E health.com/murder.

• 18:28Georgia Hardstark?

  Goodbye.

• 18:29Karen Kilgariff?

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• 18:32Georgia Hardstark?

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• 18:35Karen Kilgariff?

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• 18:45Georgia Hardstark?

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• 18:56Karen Kilgariff?

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• 18:59Georgia Hardstark?

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• 19:04Karen Kilgariff?

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• 19:19Georgia Hardstark?

  And your stinky feet now smell like lavender. Like, what more do you want?

• 19:22Karen Kilgariff?

  How dare you call my feet stinky?

• 19:25Georgia Hardstark?

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• 19:30Karen Kilgariff?

  Goodbye.

• 19:33Georgia Hardstark?

  Okay, ready? I am the live show puker. Corrections corner.

• 19:38Karen Kilgariff?

  What? Okay, just for clarity, there have been many, so I can't wait to hear.

• 19:45Georgia Hardstark?

  Okay. Hello, ladies, esteemed colleagues, and fine furry friends. I am the live show puker. Not my finest moment in life, but also not my worst.

• 19:53Karen Kilgariff?

  Hey.

• 19:55Georgia Hardstark?

  In a recent episode, y'all were discussing in what city did this incident take place? And I would like to clarify, it was the Egyptian Room in Indianapolis, 2017. Sounds right.

• 20:05Karen Kilgariff?

  Sure.

• 20:05Georgia Hardstark?

  The story. My friend Emily and I had secured VIP tickets for the show. Emily and I hopped in the car for the three and a half hour drive from Columbus to Indy. I with a fifth of Espalon Silver Tequila.

• 20:17Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh.

• 20:18Georgia Hardstark?

  To keep me company for the ride. You see, I was also going through a pretty shitty breakup at the time, had not spent years in therapy yet, and only knew how to cope with my feelings by drowning them in copious amounts of drugs and alcohol.

• 20:31Karen Kilgariff?

  Sure.

• 20:32Georgia Hardstark?

  Been there. By the time we made it to Indianapolis, I had crushed that bottle.

• 20:36Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh my god.

• 20:37Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh.

• 20:38Karen Kilgariff?

  A fifth of tequila.

• 20:39Georgia Hardstark?

  A fifth of tequila. We then went to our hotel bar, where I had a double vodka soda. We then went to the Egyptian Room, where I had two more doubles while waiting for the show to start. At this point, Emily was getting a little, okay, a lot frustrated with me because I had crossed over.

• 20:55Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah.

• 20:56Georgia Hardstark?

  The lights went down, the music came on, the crowd cheered and applauded. Then I vomited all over myself, the chair, and the floor next to me. I then proceeded to basically army crawl out of the theater with a little help from my friend, who at that time was highly considering not being my friend anymore.

• 21:15Georgia Hardstark?

  She threw me into an Uber, gave the driver $20 in cash to take me to my room. I completely missed the show, and Emily missed half. I felt horrible, and not just because I was extremely hungover the next day. Luckily, Emily forgave me. I will say, though, buying her a VIP ticket for the Ann Arbor Live show and promising not to drink didn't hurt in obtaining that forgiveness.

• 21:36Karen Kilgariff?

  Classy. Nice move.

• 21:37Georgia Hardstark?

  I am now happy to report I am living in Los Angeles, working as a chef, have met the love of my life, we have the best rescue pup ever, have been in therapy for three years, and have found a healthy relationship with alcohol.

• 21:48Karen Kilgariff?

  Nice.

• 21:49Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh, and Emily is still one of my best friends, and honestly, I am not sure what I would do without her in my life. Thanks for talking about this incident on your show and making me kind of a legend? Question mark, question mark.

• 22:01Georgia Hardstark?

  Katie, they, them. P.S. I'm the chef at bub and grandma's. If you ever pop in, say hello, I'll send you all the treats. One of the best fucking bread bakeries in LA. That all the restaurants get their bread from there, but there's also a cafe in Glossel Park.

• 22:16Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh shit.

• 22:17Georgia Hardstark?

  With the best sandwiches and pastries.

• 22:18Karen Kilgariff?

  Got it. We gotta pop in.

• 22:19Georgia Hardstark?

  We gotta pop in and see Katie with a C.

• 22:21Karen Kilgariff?

  We're here for Katie with a C.

• 22:22Georgia Hardstark?

  Hi, is Katie with a C here? Give us everything.

• 22:25Karen Kilgariff?

  They owe us a glad bag, a snap out. Well, here's the thing, because they weren't there in their front. Emily wasn't there for the glad bag snap out.

• 22:32Georgia Hardstark?

  Right.

• 22:32Karen Kilgariff?

  Which was, could have been a different show because people have thrown up a lot at our shows, Katie.

• 22:36Georgia Hardstark?

  You're not alone, Katie.

• 22:37Karen Kilgariff?

  Do not worry.

• 22:38Georgia Hardstark?

  Give us pastries.

• 22:39Karen Kilgariff?

  You literally talk to the city of Portland about every single person who's thrown up at our show. Cause there were, have been many there.

• 22:46Georgia Hardstark?

  You're not the only, but you're maybe the first and the army crawler. And we love you for it and we've all been there. It's okay.

• 22:51Karen Kilgariff?

  I like that you just snuck in, give us pastries while I'm making a different point. Give us pastries.

• 22:56Georgia Hardstark?

  And give us pastries. That thing with the black sesame on top of the toast is like the best thing I've ever had in my.

• 23:01Karen Kilgariff?

  I have seen ads for that place on TikTok lately.

• 23:04Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah, they're like.

• 23:05Karen Kilgariff?

  Like people are going crazy and lining up for it, right?

• 23:07Georgia Hardstark?

  It's like the best bread. They have pies. They like all the good things.

• 23:10Karen Kilgariff?

  Yes. Hey, pukers, write in. Do you think you're the one with the snap out trash bag? I guess that person wouldn't know because they threw up and left. Yeah. Okay. My last one is, I was the prankster teacher. So it says, hi Karen and Georgia. The prankster teacher in Minnesota 459 really had me crying in the shower. Sorry if it's weird that I listen in the shower, but as a former prankster teacher, I had to write in. I started teaching high school English when I was 22, which meant my students were only eight years younger than me.

• 23:41Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh my god.

• 23:42Karen Kilgariff?

  I knew I couldn't scare them into submission, so I led with honesty, pop culture references and some pranks. I blew an air horn during the death scene of Romeo and Juliet. I gave fake pop quizzes on the wrong story, but my personal favorite was the long running rumor of my supposed hand modeling career. So good. I was in another teacher's classroom, giving her my sub plans for my upcoming absence, and a student asked why I was gonna be out. My coworker immediately said, "She has a photo shoot. She's a famous model." The students didn't believe her at first, but she insisted and said that the only reason they couldn't recognize me was because I only modeled hands.

• 24:20Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh my god.

• 24:21Karen Kilgariff?

  And that they believed, and the rumor spread. And there sealed a lie that I was somehow sucked into for the next four years. Watches, nail polish, food, every absence I had to come up with another fake campaign that I was jet setting around the world to shoot. Freshmen would come into my class, so excited that they got the hand model as their English teacher. Other teachers got into it, not letting me lift anything heavy or touch anything dirty in their presence to preserve the art. When I decided to leave teaching, so many students asked if it was to pursue my hand modeling full time. I know I should've come clean then, but I just couldn't help myself. I admitted that I was finally making enough from my hand modeling to leave the classroom.

• 25:03Georgia Hardstark?

  Holy shit.

• 25:04Karen Kilgariff?

  The next year, a teacher reached out to let me know that the students wanted to know how Miss B's hand modeling career was going. And that, my friends, is how teachers live forever. Maybe this wasn't a prank so much as a flat out lie, but god, teenagers are so gullible, and sometimes it was just fun to fuck with them. I love and miss them all every day in the grown up, corporate, model-less world. But if they're hearing this, I'm not sorry. Stay sexy and prank those kids. Sam, aka Miss B.

• 25:32Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh my god. There has to be someone listening.

• 25:35Karen Kilgariff?

  I would love that. If you're listening and Miss B-

• 25:38Georgia Hardstark?

  Was your teacher, or you've heard that rumor?

• 25:40Karen Kilgariff?

  Samantha B. was your teacher, and you knew that she was a hand model, but left because she was such a successful hand model.

• 25:48Georgia Hardstark?

  Like, I just, someone has done that, though. Someone's made a career out of hand modeling. Why shouldn't it be your fucking teacher?

• 25:55Karen Kilgariff?

  So good. It's so funny.

• 25:58Georgia Hardstark?

  Send us your stories at myfavoritemurder@gmail-

• 26:00Karen Kilgariff?

  And stay sexy.

• 26:01Georgia Hardstark?

  And don't get murdered.

• 26:03Karen Kilgariff?

  Agabai.

• 26:05Speaker 06

  Elvis, do you want a cookie?

• 26:14Karen Kilgariff?

  This has been an Exactly Right Production.

• 26:15Georgia Hardstark?

  Our senior producer is Molly Smith and our associate producer is Tessa Hughes.

• 26:19Karen Kilgariff?

  Our editor is Aristotle Lasevedo.

• 26:21Georgia Hardstark?

  This episode was mixed by Liana Scolacci.

• 26:23Karen Kilgariff?

  Email your hometowns to [email protected].

• 26:26Georgia Hardstark?

  Follow the show on Instagram at MyFavoriteMurder.

• 26:28Karen Kilgariff?

  Listen to My Favorite Murder on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Goodbye.

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• 26:51Georgia Hardstark?

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• 26:55Karen Kilgariff?

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