MFM Minisode 428

This week’s hometowns include pretending to be rich and a rangerino’s experience in Bear Brook. Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/3UFCn1g. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• 0:01Speaker 00

  This is exactly right.

• 0:06Speaker 00

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• 0:36Georgia Hardstark?

  In New Orleans, truckers kept getting sideswiped the exact same way.

• 0:40Karen Kilgariff?

  When a man is found murdered under questionable circumstances related to these accidents, that's when the rubber hits the road.

• 0:46Georgia Hardstark?

  And what the feds uncover is a complex scheme of staged wrecks, financial fraud, and a pair of conspiring lovers behind it.

• 0:53Karen Kilgariff?

  This is a story about fake accidents that led to real consequences.

• 0:57Georgia Hardstark?

  Listen to Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe wherever you get your podcasts.

• 1:01Karen Kilgariff?

  Audible subscribers can binge all episodes early and ad-free right now.

• 1:05Georgia Hardstark?

  Join Audible in the Audible app or by subscribing on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Goodbye.

• 1:28Karen Kilgariff?

  Hello.

• 1:28Georgia Hardstark?

  Hello.

• 1:29Karen Kilgariff?

  And welcome.

• 1:30Georgia Hardstark?

  To my favorite murder.

• 1:31Karen Kilgariff?

  The minisode.

• 1:32Georgia Hardstark?

  You ready for some stories from your mouths and pens?

• 1:37Karen Kilgariff?

  And fingertips.

• 1:38Georgia Hardstark?

  Fingertips.

• 1:40Karen Kilgariff?

  You go first.

• 1:41Georgia Hardstark?

  It always has to be a third thing.

• 1:42Karen Kilgariff?

  Okay. This, I love when we just start out with a regular old hometown. And this one, well, it's pretty bad.

• 1:50Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh, jeez.

• 1:52Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 1:57Georgia Hardstark?

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:58Karen Kilgariff?

  Hi. We didn't go to Belgium, did we?

• 2:00Georgia Hardstark?

  No, but I've been there.

• 2:01Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 2:05Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh, yeah.

• 2:06Karen Kilgariff?

  That world famous, right?

• 2:07Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 2:08Karen Kilgariff?

  And the sprouts, of course. I started listening a couple of months ago, starting from the first episode. So when I listen to you guys, I feel like I'm in a time capsule from the past. I'm now listening to episode 91. Here's my hometown murder. Seven years ago, I moved to Herentout. There's no way that's right, but I just went for it. The village where my boyfriend lived his whole life. I love to watch true crime and in Belgium, there's a TV series with Belgian murderers. One of the episodes tells the story of a murder one kilometer or 0.6 miles from our house where we live now. A few years ago, okay, so this is basically the closest. Like it's such a close, a true hometown for this person.

• 2:51Karen Kilgariff?

  A few years ago, there was a couple that moved here from the seaside to a village nearby. And a few months later to Herentout. Herentout. That sounds right. Our village. It feels right. Yeah. I'm kind of giving a little spice at the end, but. The woman had two children, but the man hit them and they were put under guardianship of their grandmother at the seaside. The woman chose to stay with the abusive boyfriend. Always heartbreaking. The daughter called her mom every Sunday. A few weeks after moving to the grandmother's house, the daughter couldn't reach her mom and started contacting people on Facebook. Nobody had seen the mother for weeks. In the meantime, the boyfriend apparently had a new girlfriend and told other people that the mother had run away.

• 3:33Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 3:39Karen Kilgariff?

  A few weeks had gone by and some guy from the water supply company came by and had to check the meters in the basement. The man told him that he lost the key. There was also a weird smell in the house and the basement door was taped off. He told the guy that he lost the key and the refrigerator in the basement was broken. And the smell was coming from rotting food. The water guy left without checking the meters. Imagine checking the meters and discovering the horror that was really going on. Meanwhile, the man was living with his new girlfriend. One week later, the police arrived because the mother didn't show up to the appointments at her new job. They thought the story of the guy was really weird. They had a weird feeling about it. They searched the house and found her murdered body at the bottom of the basement stairs.

• 4:24Karen Kilgariff?

  Apparently they got into a fight. He strangled her and threw her down the stairs and did not try to cover things up. He just closed the door, taped it off because of the smell and then continued his life with the new girlfriend inside the house. Holy shit. He's now in jail for murder. A couple of other people have lived in the house since because it was very cheap rent. Of course. A year ago, it's sold and the new owners are doing a major renovation on it. This was my hometown. Thank you, guys, for the extremely funny episodes and big love from Belgium. Eva.

• 4:57Georgia Hardstark?

  Wow. Jesus.

• 4:59Karen Kilgariff?

  It's like a typical terrible story

• 5:02Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 5:02Karen Kilgariff?

  of a woman being murdered.

• 5:04Georgia Hardstark?

  That we've heard too many times.

• 5:05Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah. Yeah.

• 5:06Georgia Hardstark?

  Okay, I have a hometown as well, a traditional hometown.

• 5:09Karen Kilgariff?

  Okay.

• 5:09Georgia Hardstark?

  It's called Pretending to be Rich to Scope Out a Crime Scene. Hello, ladies. Day one listener. Remember the Facebook group you had to shut down? I was in it. Love you both. Missed the Facebook group a little.

• 5:21Karen Kilgariff?

  A little?

• 5:23Georgia Hardstark?

  Well, in the very beginning, it was golden.

• 5:24Karen Kilgariff?

  It was so fun.

• 5:25Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah. When I was doing my student teaching back in 2011 in my hometown of Andover, Massachusetts, recess ended early when we got word that two bodies had been found in a nearby home murdered. The story goes that local grandparents, John and Geraldine Maggi, were brutally shot to death and were discovered by their age four and eight sweet baby angel grandchildren, who would eagerly run into the home to see their grandparents while their mother went Christmas shopping. Both John and Geraldine were shot in the neck and the bullets went through the floor to the basement. It's presumed they were lying face down on the floor in execution style. Although I can't confirm these details, so much of this case is local rumor.

• 6:09Georgia Hardstark?

  The couple's Lexus SUV was found that same day 25 miles away in Boston's North End completely burned. This area of Boston is often tied to mob activity, but many speculate that leaving the burnt car there was actually a way to throw off the police by making them suspect the mob and therefore botch the investigation, as it seemed unlikely the mob would bring that evidence back to such an obvious area. John Maggi owned a local construction company, but after years of investigating, nobody can find a reason why this couple was targeted. Apparently, they were the most well-loved and kind couple in town. This murder is somehow still unsolved and remains the talk of the town each year when the anniversary rolls around.

• 6:51Georgia Hardstark?

  Hopefully, there will be an update soon, but at this point, it seems unlikely. Such a bummer. The home where the murder took place recently went up for sale. It's near my parents' house and the open house happened to be going on while I was visiting my parents. The only problem is that the house is for sale for 1.8 million. I'm in my 30s on a teacher salary, so that's not happening. And then it says it has an indoor pool. My fellow murderino sister and mother and I devised a plan to be able to see the crime scene because we are nosy as fuck. And then it says, maybe we could solve it. I would pretend to have a $2 million budget and be house hunting for my family. I figured no one would check up on me because it would be so busy. Wrong. We were the only people,

• 7:35Georgia Hardstark?

  including my four-year-old daughter, who thought we were getting it into a pool, who were at the open house. Boy, did we have to keep our story straight about school districts and bedrooms and square feet and bathrooms, et cetera, that I was looking for. The real estate agent continues to contact me months later with listings in Andover in my $2 million price range that she thinks would be perfect for me. I feel terrible and I don't know how to get out of the situation, so I'll probably tell her we went bankrupt or something. Yes, I gave her my real name and information. Maybe the only way out is to get rich. SSDGM? And then it says, I think I have to remain anonymous?

• 8:14Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 8:26Georgia Hardstark?

  And maybe they'll be your new best friend. Like, you'll both have a laugh over it and then we can

• 8:29Karen Kilgariff?

  Who cares?

• 8:30Georgia Hardstark?

  Become besties, yeah.

• 8:32Karen Kilgariff?

  This is my new Seinfeld approach where it's like, be a little bit more fine with just being that way because it's very human. Where it's like, of course, we wanted to come here and see what this house looked like.

• 8:41Georgia Hardstark?

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

• 8:47Karen Kilgariff?

  I mean, that's a huge number. It's going to follow you around forever.

• 8:51Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah. The holidays are coming, which means we'll all be spending more time away from home.

• 8:57Karen Kilgariff?

  Whether you're visiting family or doing something actually fun, you want to know your home is protected while you're away.

• 9:02Georgia Hardstark?

  That's why now is a good time to think about home security with SimpliSafe.

• 9:06Karen Kilgariff?

  Unlike traditional security systems that alert you after a break-in starts, SimpliSafe is designed to help stop intruders before they get inside. These days, you're worried about your house, you're out of town, and then something comes up and you get to look on your phone and SimpliSafe is going to show you not only the video of like, it's a raccoon at your front door. But also that they have staff that's sitting there, they already know. And if it was something different or worse, they would have already been on it. Yeah, I really think that's invaluable peace of mind that just like relying on your neighbors, paying attention is not going to give you. We've partnered with SimpliSafe to offer our listeners their biggest savings of the year. 70% off your new system with professional monitoring when you visit simplisafe.com/mfm. That's simplisafe.com/mfm.

• 9:51Karen Kilgariff?

  And when you order, write in MFM at checkout and it tells them we sent you and it really helps the show. SimpliSafe, ahead of crime in real time. Goodbye.

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• 10:30Karen Kilgariff?

  Here's another real one. The subject line of this email is Bear Brook and Call to Support Park Rangers. And then it says, "Ahoy, hoy." And then in parentheses, "Bringing that back," which I absolutely love. I remember the first time you said it and it made me laugh so hard. Yep, it's one of my favorites. "In the summer of 2018, I was about to graduate college and start working toward my goal of becoming a national park ranger. I was preparing for an interview with the New Hampshire Conservation Corps when I started typing the name of the state park where I'd be stationed, Bear Brook, into Google. To my delighted horror, it auto-completed with murders. As I know you're aware, four unidentified bodies, one woman and three children,

• 11:15Karen Kilgariff?

  had been found in two barrels in the park a couple decades earlier. While the murderer had been identified and died in jail, the victims remained unnamed." For most people, four grisly murders would be a deal breaker. But for a ranger Reno like me, it was truly the best of both worlds. I landed the position and moved to the park in January of 2019. In the Corps, or as we called it, our nature cult. Thirty members lived together in the woods and did environmental work, including education and trail repairs. We slept in small wooden cabins in the middle of the woods with no electricity and only wood stoves for heat.

• 11:51Georgia Hardstark?

  Wow.

• 11:52Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 12:01Georgia Hardstark?

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

• 12:03Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah.

• 12:04Georgia Hardstark?

  Like working on Mars, it's bananas.

• 12:06Karen Kilgariff?

  Do you hate everybody?

• 12:07Georgia Hardstark?

  Right.

• 12:07Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 12:13Georgia Hardstark?

  Not if there's thirty people around, like, I think I'm OK with that.

• 12:16Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah, that actually sounds really fun.

• 12:18Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 12:19Karen Kilgariff?

  Get some board games going, let Uno. But for a teamwork and nature-loving fool like me, it was a dream come true. One night, we were returning to the park from an outing and spotted news crews along the side of the road. A quick search before re-entering the woods revealed the incredible news. Through the tireless work of a citizen sleuth and a genetic genealogist, three of the four bodies in the barrels had finally been identified. They were Marley's Honeychurch and her children, Sarah McWaters and Marie Vaughn. To this day, the fourth victim remains nameless. I feel grateful to have borne witness to the selflessness and dedication that gave Marley, Sarah, and Marie's names back.

• 13:01Karen Kilgariff?

  I survived the Corps and have been a National Park Ranger since 2022. I have more insane stories than I can count about life as a park ranger. But in light of current events, I'd like to use this space to advocate for rangers and all federal employees. As we face illegal firings and further understaffing, it's an extremely stressful time to work in this field. If you plan on visiting a national park anytime soon, please be kind, give grace, and thank a ranger, we're doing the best we can. Stay sexy. Ranger Sarah.

• 13:32Georgia Hardstark?

  Wow, oh my god, that was amazing.

• 13:35Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 13:40Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 13:40Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 13:46Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 13:47Karen Kilgariff?

  The, all the park rangers and all this kind of like, oh, they're just gonna cut all that, the funding so that we can have the people, the experts, running those parks and like, you know, taking care of those parks.

• 13:58Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 13:59Karen Kilgariff?

  Ridiculous.

• 14:00Georgia Hardstark?

  It's crazy. All right, well, here's a, an uplifting one. Our hero dog.

• 14:07Karen Kilgariff?

  My last one's a hero dog one, too.

• 14:09Georgia Hardstark?

  No way.

• 14:09Karen Kilgariff?

  Yep.

• 14:10Georgia Hardstark?

  Yep, this isn't my last one, I have another one. Oh, okay, okay. But, yeah, two hero dogs in one is good. It starts, hey, y'all, long time listener, first time writer, let's get to the good stuff. Before I was born, my family had a beautiful black Great Dane named Shawna. She was not only a genius, but also a tough old broad that survived a car accident in my mother's convertible VW Rabbit, which sent her soaring headfirst into the windshield. Can I just point out really quickly that they have seatbelts for dogs now, like that you can get at the pet store?

• 14:41Karen Kilgariff?

  Nice.

• 14:41Georgia Hardstark?

  Please do.

• 14:42Karen Kilgariff?

  Although a Great Dane being in a car, so it's like, that's like a very large football player being in your car.

• 14:47Georgia Hardstark?

  That's the entire windshield, right there. I'm sure all dogs go to heaven, but Shawna likely received sainthood when she got there for what she did for my family. When my brother Craig was two, a baby named Craig and a dog named Shawna, like, these people just knew how to name shit.

• 15:03Karen Kilgariff?

  They are ready for their Fox animated series, Yesterday.

• 15:08Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh, when he was two, he was toddling around the driveway with Shawna while my dad worked on something or other in the garage. Things were peaceful until Shawna started barking with her full chest, a habit that drove my dad a little crazy.

• 15:20Karen Kilgariff?

  Shawna is the girl with like, black eyeliner in the waterline and like, smoking when she's 13.

• 15:26Georgia Hardstark?

  Absolutely.

• 15:27Karen Kilgariff?

  Such a specific name vibe to me, that then you're like, that's a Great Dane also.

• 15:33Georgia Hardstark?

  Her hair's cramped, absolutely.

• 15:36Karen Kilgariff?

  She sparkles.

• 15:36Georgia Hardstark?

  By the way, I'm fucking, I'm a Great Dane. And BD. He yelled at her to quit it. She did. And he went back to whatever task was engaging his attention. But she quickly started up again, and her bark was deep and booming and impossible to ignore. So my dad finally looked up to see what she was barking at. He turns his eyes to her just in time to see Shauna take her massive head and whack my brother, two-year-old brother, straight in the chest with the sight of her face, sending him flying backwards and driving him to wailing tears. My dad marches over, and then it says, "Open palm at the ready to discipline her the way a Texan would in 1989."

• 16:15Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah.

• 16:16Georgia Hardstark?

  Acknowledging it. Thank you.

• 16:17Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah.

• 16:17Georgia Hardstark?

  Until he sees what Shauna is facing. A nearly five-foot-long copperhead, geared up to strike and only inches away from where my brother had been standing moments before.

• 16:30Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh, my God.

• 16:31Georgia Hardstark?

  Shauna had just saved my brother's life. Or at the very least, saved my family a trip to the ER. Copperhead bites aren't usually fatal, but for a two-year-old?

• 16:40Karen Kilgariff?

  Question mark. Yeah, it's not good for a two-year-old.

• 16:42Georgia Hardstark?

  My parents were grateful they didn't have to find out the hard way. My dad scooped Craig up, pulled Shauna away by the collar, and secured them both inside before grabbing a shovel and going after the snake. He killed it, brought Shauna back outside so that she could see that he took care of the threat, and then rewarded her with all the treats and belly rubs she could possibly want. I hope you all found this piece of our family lore entertaining. I bet it would have been more fun to listen in my father's southern drawl, but here's hoping I can hear Karen or Georgia read this on the pod sometime in the future. Hey.

• 17:15Karen Kilgariff?

  It's happening. Your dreams are coming true.

• 17:18Georgia Hardstark?

  I love you too, and I'm so grateful to have you in my ears three times a week. Stay sexy and pay close attention to your dog's warning barks. Cecilia. At least they got Cecilia. Shauna and Craig. And then they were like, let's, let's get Cecilia. That's a good one.

• 17:32Karen Kilgariff?

  Cecilia's a great name, too.

• 17:34Georgia Hardstark?

  It's beautiful.

• 17:35Karen Kilgariff?

  But I love that. That's that kind of thing of like, the dog is tracking that little kid so closely.

• 17:41Georgia Hardstark?

  Yes.

• 17:43Karen Kilgariff?

  Just like, that's, that's what, that's what it's all for.

• 17:46Georgia Hardstark?

  Babysitter dogs, I just fucking lose my mind over. The holidays are coming, which means we'll all be spending more time away from home.

• 17:54Karen Kilgariff?

  Whether you're visiting family or doing something actually fun, you want to know your home is protected while you're away.

• 17:59Georgia Hardstark?

  That's why now is a good time to think about home security with SimpliSafe.

• 18:03Karen Kilgariff?

  Unlike traditional security systems that alert you after a break-in starts, SimpliSafe is designed to help stop intruders before they get inside. These days, you're worried about your house, you're out of town, and then something comes up and you get to look on your phone, and SimpliSafe is going to show you not only the video of like, it's a raccoon at your front door, but also that they have staff that's sitting there, they already know, and if it was something different or worse, they would have already been on it.

• 18:29Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah, I really think that's invaluable peace of mind, that just like relying on your neighbors, paying attention is not going to give you. We've partnered with SimpliSafe to offer our listeners their biggest savings of the year, 70% off your new system with professional monitoring when you visit simplisafe.com/mfm.

• 18:46Karen Kilgariff?

  That's simplisafe.com/mfm, and when you order, write in MFM at checkout, and it tells them we sent you, and it really helps the show.

• 18:54Georgia Hardstark?

  SimpliSafe, ahead of crime in real time. Goodbye.

• 18:57Speaker 00

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• 19:28Karen Kilgariff?

  Okay, follow-up hero dog story?

• 19:31Georgia Hardstark?

  Yes, always.

• 19:33Karen Kilgariff?

  It says, "G'day." Got an Australian on our hands. About a year ago, you asked for hero pet stories, and today I'm overwhelmed at work, so I thought now would be the perfect time to write in.

• 19:44Karen Kilgariff?

  That's how you do it. The heroes of this story are Jake and Ronnie, two Australian Kelpies. Now, I've never heard of that kind of dog before. Maybe they mean otters. Normally highly trained farm dogs, due to their intelligence and stamina, we adopted ours from drought-stricken farms and they're living their best suburban lives. Australian Kelpies. I wonder if that's just our version of Australian Shepherds.

• 20:09Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 20:10Karen Kilgariff?

  To set the scene, it's 2021 and we had just brought home our newborn baby after five weeks in the NICU. My husband, being a typical Australian male, had vented his feelings about almost losing his wife and baby by almost single-handedly pulling down our old garage that needed to be replaced. He's gonna go work it out in the garage.

• 20:29Georgia Hardstark?

  I don't want to talk about it.

• 20:31Karen Kilgariff?

  Men will rebuild entire garages instead of going to therapy. While we waited for the new one, all of our garage stuff was piled next to our house under tarps. We had just put our baby to bed for the night and we were getting ready to go to sleep. Jake and Ronnie were outside doing their nightly patrol of the yard when they just started barking and would not stop. Frustrated and wondering what the hell was going on, I looked outside and saw fire. I yelled to my husband, who ran outside to the hose, and I grabbed a bucket and started filling it with water. Luckily, we managed to get it out by ourselves pretty quickly. The culprit? A lithium battery had caught fire. We only lost our tent, Christmas tree, and some power tools, but it wasn't until the next morning that we realized how close we had come to losing it all.

• 21:16Karen Kilgariff?

  The fire stopped only a meter or two away from our lawn mower, which was full of petrol.

• 21:21Georgia Hardstark?

  Holy shit.

• 21:22Karen Kilgariff?

  That's gas to you and me. It still makes me feel sick to this day to think about. If it wasn't for our dogs, we would have gone off to bed, no idea that a fire had started, and God knows what would have happened.

• 21:33Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh my god.

• 21:35Karen Kilgariff?

  Jake and Ronnie also recently saved the life of our neighbor's elderly Jack Russell. One morning, they were outside, this time for their morning patrol, and again started barking. Our neighbor thought it was weird how long they had been barking, and then in parentheses it says, "I slept through all of this." And it says, "And came out to investigate, found his 11-year-old dog had fallen into their pool and couldn't get out." And he was struggling to swim and had obviously been there for a long time.

• 22:00Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh my god.

• 22:01Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 22:09Georgia Hardstark?

  Oh.

• 22:09Karen Kilgariff?

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

• 22:17Georgia Hardstark?

  I mean, it's a fucking tree. Like, of course. What do they know? Yeah.

• 22:21Karen Kilgariff?

  Well, why not get a Christmas fire hydrant? If you're gonna be so tempting toward dog pee.

• 22:26Georgia Hardstark?

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

• 22:29Karen Kilgariff?

  This is so much more convenient. I try to remember the heroes they are and how different life would A, and how different life would be if we didn't have them. Stay sexy and always remove your lithium batteries before storing them. Cheers, A.

• 22:43Georgia Hardstark?

  Wow, that's great advice. That makes my heart so happy, that little puppy with its tiny little jack russell leg.

• 22:51Karen Kilgariff?

  Oh, my God.

• 22:53Georgia Hardstark?

  Those were great. Those made my heart feel good. Okay, my last one, it's gonna sound like braggy. It's like a thank you to us. However, I want to call for more of them, not because of that.

• 23:05Karen Kilgariff?

  However, keep them coming.

• 23:07Georgia Hardstark?

  Keep them coming. However, this person tells us what has been happening in the past nine years since they've listened to this podcast. Which I think is such an interest. Like, I love having those, like, can you believe what your life was like here and what it's like now? And I think a lot of listeners who've been listening for a long time have that. And so this person tells us, and it's really awesome.

• 23:25Karen Kilgariff?

  Great.

• 23:25Georgia Hardstark?

  And they also compliment us a lot.

• 23:26Karen Kilgariff?

  Even better.

• 23:27Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah. It's called My Favorite Life. Hi Karen and Georgia, I'm listening to the Rewind, episode 34, and I was reminded of what an impact your show has made on my life. I remember the first time I heard you speak on anxiety and how it helped me in a dark time when I needed to be in therapy for depression and anxiety. I've now been in therapy for almost nine years consistently and on Lexapro for over a year. Since the start of your podcast, I have quit my job I was unhappy in and had the courage to join a police department, which led me to my current role as a detective.

• 23:58Karen Kilgariff?

  Whoa.

• 23:59Georgia Hardstark?

  I never would have had the bravery or belief in myself to do this without your podcast. I first even learned of my love for this career when you began your working relationship with Paul Holes. I met my core group of friends from my Favorite Murder Chicago Facebook group, one of whom is getting married in October, and I am her maid of honor. It's crazy to listen back to rewind episodes and think where I was in my life and how far I've come. I know this is just a true crime comedy podcast and you may never see this, but you've made my favorite life and I'm so grateful. Stay sexy and follow your dreams. See you in Chicago.

• 24:34Karen Kilgariff?

  That's gorgeous.

• 24:35Georgia Hardstark?

  I know.

• 24:36Karen Kilgariff?

  Also, just, I love my favorite life because you know what? This is what we get. And this is, you know, my life was very different before this podcast started and we got this nice upwards trajectory and I would have never thought that I would be able to say this is my favorite life, that this is best case scenario. And it really, it really is. And you just don't know. You just don't know.

• 25:00Georgia Hardstark?

  Because you go day by day and you don't think about the amount of time it's passed. But there, yeah, the gifts this has given us is like, you can't even begin to fathom them.

• 25:09Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah, because that we get emails like that from C where it's like, you guys got together because you're, you love to talk and you're, you know, narcissists or whatever, and now my life is better. Where it's like, well, then this turned out great for all of us.

• 25:23Georgia Hardstark?

  I think the shout out to Paul Holes is great too, because it kind of takes, you know, it takes it away from us a little. So that feels a little bit less narcissistic. So I appreciate that. Thanks for writing in and thank you guys for being here for nine years. We appreciate it. You guys are our favorite.

• 25:39Karen Kilgariff?

  If you want to tell us about your past nine years, we would love to hear about it. It's delightful and it gives us a good sense of, you know, time passing.

• 25:47Georgia Hardstark?

  Yeah.

• 25:48Karen Kilgariff?

  What it's been like.

• 25:49Georgia Hardstark?

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

• 25:53Karen Kilgariff?

  Yeah. And until you tell us, stay sexy.

• 25:56Georgia Hardstark?

  And don't get murdered.

• 25:58Karen Kilgariff?

  Goodbye.

• 26:00Georgia Hardstark?

  Elvis, do you want a cookie?

• 26:09Georgia Hardstark?

  This has been an Exactly Right Production. Our senior producers are Alejandra Keck and Molly Smith. Our editor is Aristotle Acevedo. This episode was mixed by Leona Scolacci. Email your hometowns to [email protected]. And follow the show on Instagram at myfavoritemurder. Listen to My Favorite Murder on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And now you can watch us on Exactly Right's YouTube page. And while you're there, please like and subscribe.

• 26:33Karen Kilgariff?

  Goodbye.

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