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We finally arrived at our High Holy season.
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New episodes begin September 15th and roll through October.
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We seem to have shifted to a chaotic seasonal model for the show and I intend to release six or so installments this chaotic season.
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In addition to a couple of traditional neighbor interviews,
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I'm happy to finally tell Betty's story a case that spooked her and me so badly.
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It's taken time to wrap our heads around it enough to share it and it'll take several installments to tell which should be fun slash scary.
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Now, one day in late August after a particularly stressful move and weeks of summer moming,
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I had a random idea, the intros and out shows to get the episodes while necessary at the time of release,
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feel bulky and clunky years later.
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So what if I took them out, cleaned up the audio a bit and re-released the clean versions to Patreon.
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So listeners could pop right into the stories without all the fluff to clarify.
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The originals will remain in all their brilliant messiness on the podcast feed wherever you listen,
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while these fluffy versions will live on Patreon sounds great.
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Right? And it started out. Great.
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Predictably, it swiftly went off the rails.
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I had the first four episodes cleaned up and uploaded onto Patreon when I realized I couldn't find the original file for number five.
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But then six wasn't there either or seven all told the files for episodes five through 30 fucking four have disappeared into the ether.
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We both know damn well that user error most likely came into play in the random deletion.
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But indulge me for a moment as I scream into the abyss in my defense,
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the computer is eight years old and it's been carted to four different houses in that time.
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The thing is considered vintage at this point,
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but a new computer is on the way and let's just hope that this one lasts until September 11th.
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Now, as for my little fluff free Patreon episode idea,
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I just plowed ahead and uploaded clean versions of the audio files that I do still have half asked but done is a founding pillar of this podcast and I remain true to form.
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So if you're interested,
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you can find just the stories and none of the fluff for episodes one through four and 35 through 72.
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Yes, I'm aware of how ridiculous that is over on Patreon.
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If you join for $5 per month or any higher tier,
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I'll upload all future episodes going forward too before they disappear too.
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And, uh I pulled out those short Patreon supporter stories,
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at least the ones that still exist that appeared at the end of several episodes and created a little separate posting for them because those are some of my favorite stories that I've shared here.
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And the last thing about Patreon, I also want to note that I only charge subscribers on the month that I actually put out episodes.
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I pause charges when I'm on hiatus. So check it out and then meet me back here,
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Friday, September 15th. For more.
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Wellesley strangeness. As always,
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you can find the most up to date information about the show on Instagram or Ghost in the burbs dot com.
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And while you wait for Friday the 15th,
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read from below by Darcy Coats.
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Finding myself in that story is the closest thing that I can find to describe what my very worst nightmare is.
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Talk to you soon.
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