December 1, 2022 • 22 mins
A creepy and quaint “lost tapes” presentation of a woman who stays awake for seven days.
Curious as to the nature of her bruises, a young woman decides to record her journey as she deprives herself of sleep to discover the truth behind her mysterious injuries. However, when she learns what’s responsible, she’s left with a simple choice. Stay awake to remember or sleep to forget. Either way, there’s no getting rid of what haunts her.
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Alabaster Catz (00:01):
Good evening, I'm Alabaster Catz. And it's
time for another tale to tell inthe dark.
Welcome to the show.
Approximately 8% of the generalpopulation experiences sleep
(00:24):
paralysis. Those afflicted oftendescribe the feeling as being
awake, but unable to move,speak, or open your eyes. The
feeling that someone is in yourroom pushing you down. As such,
it's not uncommon for those whosuffer from it to force
themselves to stay awake. Butwhat if in doing so, you
(00:45):
discovered that there was infact, someone else in your room.
And that brings us to tonight'sstory. A series of lost
recordings from a woman whostayed awake for several days in
order to discover the truthbehind her mysterious injuries.
So join me as we trespassthrough the creepy and quaint
and follow the journey of awoman too afraid to go to sleep.
(01:09):
Once again, it's time to grab adrink, dim the lights and
tremble through our wakinghours.
The show's about to begin.
(01:44):
Seven days By Alabaster Catz.
(02:05):
What you are about to hear are aseries of audio recordings that
I received in my email a coupleof months ago.
Now I can't verify theirauthenticity, nor can I provide
you with any informationregarding them. This is largely
because all of my attempts tocontact the sender had been met
without a reply.
Now you may be asking yourself,why did I wait until now to
(02:28):
release them? Unfortunately, theanswer is disturbingly simple.
I was afraid.
Since listening to therecordings, I have been unable
to sleep without the lights on.
I can no longer look into darkcorners or gaze into a mirror
for fear that something willmove. Be that as it may, I've
decided to release theserecordings because I've come to
(02:50):
the conclusion that this is whatthe sender had intended. As
such, I leave it to you todetermine what you believe.
Leah (03:03):
Hi, my name is Leah. And I've been awake now for 24
hours.
I don't even know what to say.
I'm 28 I'm a flight attendant.
I'm single. And oh, I live alonewith my cat, Joan. Come here
Joanie, say hi.
(03:24):
I named her after Joan Jett,because she's my little rock
star. Anyway, Where to start?
About two months ago, I finishedworking a block between Kyoto
and New York.
A block or pattern is a scheduleof flights that usually goes to
and from the same place forabout a month. Anyway, ever
(03:45):
since I finished my block. I'vebeen having trouble sleeping.
Well, not exactly sleeping. Morelike I wake up each morning
feeling tired. And with bruiseson my legs.
At first, I thought maybe it wasjust me bumping into the
beverage cart. But then bruisesstarted showing up on my arms.
(04:06):
So then I thought well, maybeit's my diet. You know, like I
needed more protein orsomething.
But then I got this really bigbruise on my lower back. I was
in a lot of pain. So I went tothe doctor to get it checked
out. The doctor said it was somekind of contusion caused by
either extreme pressure or somekind of impact. Then she asked
(04:28):
if I had been in a car accident.
I told her no and that I wasjust having trouble sleeping.
Anyway, they ran all these testsand everything came back normal.
So she recommended that I takesome time off and get some rest.
That was three weeks ago.
Then yesterday, I noticedsomething strange about the
(04:48):
bruise on my left arm. It was inthe shape of a hand.
What's even weirder is that it'sa left hand. I told my best
friend, Fel about it and shesaid it was something I probably
did in my sleep. But if that'strue, then how did I grab my
left arm with my left hand?
Then she made a joke aboutsomething attacking me in my
(05:09):
sleep and that I should stayawake to see what it was. Rude,
right?
But then I started thinkingabout it and
I mean, it really does look likea left hand.
Anyway, I thought I'd give it atry. So here I am, 24 hours
later. Oh, that's my work alarmgoes off at 7am. I'm technically
(05:34):
on vacation, but I leave it onto remind me to feed Joanie.
At any rate, not much to report.
I got a few more bruises on myarms, but that could have been
from the other night. We'll seewhat happens tomorrow.
Alabaster Catz (05:50):
After listening to the first recording, I
immediately sympathized withLeah. I too have had personal
experience staying awake forseveral days. Additionally, I
also had issues falling asleepand waking up with mysterious
wounds on my body. This couldall be explained via sleep
disorders. Many of them such assleep terrors, also known as
(06:11):
night terrors can cause someoneto inadvertently harm
themselves. So there was nothingin Leah's first recording that
stood out as odd. Sure, there'sthe left handed bruise on her
left arm. But given that she'snot a medical expert, I didn't
take her account too seriously.
Unfortunately, that began tochange after listening to the
second recording.
Leah (06:38):
Day two.
It's almost 7am and I haven'tslept for 48 hours. I can tell
I'm tired because my eyes stingand I keep yawning. But I'm
actually not as sleepy as Ithought I'd be. In fact, I feel
pretty energetic. Also, no newbruises. Seems like Fel was
right.
(06:59):
On a separate note, I didn'trealize how long the nights can
get. There's nothing going onoutside and nothing to watch on
TV. So it gets pretty boring.
Although at the same time, it'skind of nice.
Last night, I sat at the windowand stared up at the sky. It's
really quiet and peaceful.
Nothing moves except for theclouds and I can think for long
(07:21):
periods of time without beinginterrupted.
Speaking of which, time to feedJoan.
Joanie, pss pss pss, come herepretty girl. Time to eat.
(07:47):
Okay, where was I? Oh, yeah. Sowhile I was sitting in my
window, I thought, hey, I'll usethe time to organize my travel
photos. They're all storedonline, and I've been meaning to
make travel books out of them.
There's gonna be hundreds ofpictures, so plenty of them to
go through. Plus, it'll help mekeep awake. I think I'll start
with Japan, since that's thelast place I went to.
Ghost (08:13):
Namure.
Leah (08:13):
Oh, my god, that scared me.
Joanie, what a mess. Anyway, sofar, so good. Let's see what
happens tomorrow.
Alabaster Catz (08:27):
At this point, I think it's worth mentioning that
you are listening to therecordings exactly as I had
received them. I have nottampered with them in any way.
Now, that's not to say that theaudio couldn't have been altered
prior to being sent. But I saythis to you, so you understand
that at first, I was skepticalupon hearing that second voice.
(08:48):
Therefore, I replayed it severaltimes more and listened with an
analytical ear.
The language of the second voiceis Japanese. And while I don't
speak it fluently, I was able torecognize the word "Nemure",
which means "sleep". Also, itwould seem that from the tonal
quality of the voice, I amsupposed to believe that this is
(09:10):
some type of apparition. Sogiven this information, I
Googled it. Specifically, threewords: Japanese, sleep, ghost.
This is what I found as the topresult
Kanashibari, a Japanese term forsleep paralysis. In short, it's
(09:31):
a term that describes theinability to move during a
period of REM, in which you aretechnically awake, but unable to
discern dreams from reality.
Now upon reading this, I wasstill convinced that Leah's
wounds were self inflicted. Butthen I read the last paragraph
on the page. And it states thatKanashibari can be caused by
(09:52):
ghosts. More specifically, aghost that grabs you so tightly,
you're unable to move and afterdoing so, it will attempt to
drag you to a place of danger,such as into a river, over a
cliff, or out a window.
Furthermore, should you breakfree from its grasp, you would
then see the ghost of a middleaged woman floating up through
(10:12):
the ceiling.
Now one could say that this isall nonsense. A story I
concocted simply for youramusement. Therefore, to prove
my sincerity, I encourage you toGoogle the terms yourself:
Japanese, sleep, ghost. But fairwarning, you may not like what
(10:34):
you find.
Leah (10:39):
Day three.
It's a little after seven andI've been awake for 72 hours.
My eyes are really sensitive tolight now, so I have all the
shades drawn and I wearsunglasses to look at my laptop.
Also, my body temperature isreally hot.
(11:01):
I don't have a fever, but itstill feels like I'm burning up.
It's really hard for me to focustoo.
Last night I tried sorting mypictures from Japan, but I
couldn't get past the brain fog.
All I could do is stare at aphoto of an old house.
It's funny though. I don'tremember taking that one.
(11:24):
Anyways, I have it up on mylaptop right now because there's
something odd about it.
There's a silhouette of a womanstanding behind a curtain in one
of the windows. But last night,I could have sworn that the
windows were empty.
Then again, I haven't slept inthree days and can't even
remember what I had for dinner.
Still, this photo. It's like...
(11:52):
It's like she's watching me.
Oh my god.
What the hell was that?
Okay, all right.
I think I'm starting tohallucinate. Yep. Okay, I'm, I'm
done with this experiment now.
I'm done. Come on, Joanie. We'regoing to bed.
Alabaster Catz (12:16):
It was at this moment that things started to
shift for me. It would be onething to overlay a voice on top
of a recording, but it'sentirely something else when the
person in the recording reactsto the same voice. Again, it's
possible that someonemanufactured this prior to
sending it. But I can't help butfeel that the fear and Leah's
(12:36):
voice is real.
Leah (12:42):
Day four.
I tried going to sleep lastnight.
But as soon as I began to dozeoff, I could feel a pair of cold
hands pinning down my elbows.
I'm so tired, but I...
I'm too scared to go to sleep.
(13:05):
It's like, the longer I stayawake, the more I can see...
I don't know.
I don't even know what I'msaying anymore. My mind is just
racing.
I can hear all of my thoughts asif I'm saying them out loud. But
they're moving so fast that Ican't remember any of them.
(13:31):
I also haven't turned on thelights in two days.
Now because it'll hurt my eyesbut...
but because I'm afraid it mightsee her.
I haven't gone to the bathroomeither.
Last night, I saw...I thought Isaw my... I thought I saw my
(13:52):
reflection move in the mirror. Imean, I wasn't looking right at
it but I saw it move in thecorner my eye.
There's also the sound.
It's hard to describe but it'slike someone's breathing with
their mouth open and laughing atthe same time.
(14:15):
There! There it is. Listen.
What is that?
Go...
Go to sleep.
(14:38):
Oh my god.
She wants me to go to sleep.
Alabaster Catz (14:46):
As I mentioned previously, I have firsthand
experience going several dayswithout sleep. And I can confirm
that at some point, you begin tohallucinate. However, the things
I saw and heard were more soplanted into my psyche, rather
than suddenly appearing. Forexample, if I saw a can of bug
spray, I would later feel antscrawling on my legs. Or if I
(15:10):
heard a child's voice in acrowd, I would hear it again
when no one else was around.
Figments of things that hadalready happened, warped and
played back to me once again.
But what Leah is experiencingfeels very different to me.
Hallucinations are for the mostpart benign. This however, feels
more sinister.
Leah (15:35):
Day five.
I can't sleep. If I go to sleep,she'll get me. I can see her
now. The woman in the photo.
She's in my apartment. I grabbedmy phone and Joanie and locked
myself in my bedroom.
(15:55):
I don't think she can get in.
I'm so scared. But I can't. Ican't think straight.
I can't remember things. I justknow that I can't go to sleep.
It's like I can see and hear hernow, but only if I stay awake.
(16:31):
Make it stop.
Hello?
Fel (16:36):
Leah?
Leah (16:36):
Oh my god, she's here.
She's in my apartment.
Fel (16:40):
Leah, what's going on, Sweetie? Are you okay?
Leah (16:42):
You were right. She's taking me in my sleep. I can see
her now.
Fel (16:51):
Have you been awake all week?
Leah (16:53):
Yes, I can see her now.
She's in my apartment.
Fel (16:57):
Leah, Leah, the Listen to me. You need to get some sleep.
Leah (17:00):
I can't. She'll get me if I do.
Oh my god, she's rightoutside the door. Joanie, come
Fel (17:03):
Leah, You need to- here girl. C'mere.
Who are you? Leah issomeone there?
Leah (17:10):
Shh it's ok girl, be quiet.
Fel (17:12):
Leah! Okay, that's it. I'm coming over.
Leah (17:14):
No, Fel! Don't hang up.
Alabaster Catz (17:20):
During my experience without sleep, by the
fifth day, I couldn't rememberanything of what happened in the
days before. In truth, I oftencouldn't remember the last
sentence I spoke during casualconversation. At this point,
your mind no longer functions ina way that you're used to.
The best way to describe it isthat your brain gets confused.
(17:40):
It begins to flood your thoughtswith every piece of information
it receives, even the stuff yourbrain regularly omits. For
example, before saying anything,you didn't feel the clothes on
your body. Your brain omittedthat. But when you've been awake
for five days, you constantlyfeel the coarseness of your
clothes, the heat from yourbody, even the tickle of sound
(18:03):
on your skin.
As a result of this barrage ofinformation, your brain begins
to omit other things instead.
Things it's not supposed to. Andin some cases, things it doesn't
want you to remember.
Leah (18:23):
I think this is day six.
I need to record this otherwiseI won't remember.
Get out of the apartment. Getout, get out right now.
You need to leave. Go to Fel'splace and just stay there. The
(18:47):
woman in the picture(unintelligable).
Alabaster Catz (18:59):
This will be my last entry.
Since listening to therecordings. I've recently begun
waking up feeling unrested andwith bruises on my legs.
I fear I've stumbled uponsomething that is beyond my
control. Something that can't beignored, bargained or reasoned
with. It cannot be trapped. Itcannot be killed and it cannot
(19:21):
be stopped. I don't know whatbecame of Leah or the sender of
these recordings. But what Ihave come to learn is that
whatever this is, it can bepassed on to someone else. Like
a cold or a curse. That said, Ileave you with a simple warning.
Should you wake up tomorrowfeeling restless or find
(19:41):
unexplained bruises on yourbody, please, play this for
someone else.
Leah (19:51):
Day seven.
I was finally able to fallasleep.
I woke up today around four inthe afternoon and have new
bruises on my neckMy body aches and it hurts to
swallow.
I can't seem to remember muchfrom the past week. I get bits
and pieces but that's it.
Thankfully, I recordedeverything so I can go back and
(20:13):
listen.
I have like, 10 voicemails fromFel from a couple of days ago. I
don't remember her calling, butshe sounded really worried about
me. Something must have happenedbecause it sounded like she was
calling from my front door.
I'll give her a call back afterI listen to yesterday's
recording. Maybe that'll tell mewhat happened.
(20:36):
All right, here it is. Day six.
I think this is day six.
I need to record this otherwiseI won't remember.
Get out of the apartment. Getout. Get out right now. She's in
(20:56):
the room with you.
Fel (20:57):
Don't go to sleep. You need to leave. Go to Fel's place and
just stay there. The woman inthe picture, she's in the room
with you. Leah there's noJoanie! You don't have a cat!
Leah (21:16):
Joanie, is that you?
Alabaster Catz (21:29):
That concludes our show for the evening. Thank
you for listening to theAlabaster Catz podcast, and I
hope you enjoyed my presence inthe room. Next time, we'll
explore the sad and the strangeas a huntsman tries to save two
young children from a coven offive witches.
If you liked what you heardtonight, leave a review and be
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sure to invite a friend for thenext evening's visitation. Once
again, thank you for joining us.
I'm Alabaster Catz. Andremember, the best stories are
the ones we tell in the dark.
Special thanks to tonight'svoice talent, Sammy Price for
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her roles as Leah and Fel andYurika Ohno for her role as the
ghost.
Good evening, I'm Alabaster Catz. And it's
time for another tale to tell inthe dark.
Welcome to the show.
Approximately 8% of the generalpopulation experiences sleep
(00:24):
paralysis. Those afflicted oftendescribe the feeling as being
awake, but unable to move,speak, or open your eyes. The
feeling that someone is in yourroom pushing you down. As such,
it's not uncommon for those whosuffer from it to force
themselves to stay awake. Butwhat if in doing so, you
(00:45):
discovered that there was infact, someone else in your room.
And that brings us to tonight'sstory. A series of lost
recordings from a woman whostayed awake for several days in
order to discover the truthbehind her mysterious injuries.
So join me as we trespassthrough the creepy and quaint
and follow the journey of awoman too afraid to go to sleep.
(01:09):
Once again, it's time to grab adrink, dim the lights and
tremble through our wakinghours.
The show's about to begin.
(01:44):
Seven days By Alabaster Catz.
(02:05):
What you are about to hear are aseries of audio recordings that
I received in my email a coupleof months ago.
Now I can't verify theirauthenticity, nor can I provide
you with any informationregarding them. This is largely
because all of my attempts tocontact the sender had been met
without a reply.
Now you may be asking yourself,why did I wait until now to
(02:28):
release them? Unfortunately, theanswer is disturbingly simple.
I was afraid.
Since listening to therecordings, I have been unable
to sleep without the lights on.
I can no longer look into darkcorners or gaze into a mirror
for fear that something willmove. Be that as it may, I've
decided to release theserecordings because I've come to
(02:50):
the conclusion that this is whatthe sender had intended. As
such, I leave it to you todetermine what you believe.
Leah (03:03):
Hi, my name is Leah. And I've been awake now for 24
hours.
I don't even know what to say.
I'm 28 I'm a flight attendant.
I'm single. And oh, I live alonewith my cat, Joan. Come here
Joanie, say hi.
(03:24):
I named her after Joan Jett,because she's my little rock
star. Anyway, Where to start?
About two months ago, I finishedworking a block between Kyoto
and New York.
A block or pattern is a scheduleof flights that usually goes to
and from the same place forabout a month. Anyway, ever
(03:45):
since I finished my block. I'vebeen having trouble sleeping.
Well, not exactly sleeping. Morelike I wake up each morning
feeling tired. And with bruiseson my legs.
At first, I thought maybe it wasjust me bumping into the
beverage cart. But then bruisesstarted showing up on my arms.
(04:06):
So then I thought well, maybeit's my diet. You know, like I
needed more protein orsomething.
But then I got this really bigbruise on my lower back. I was
in a lot of pain. So I went tothe doctor to get it checked
out. The doctor said it was somekind of contusion caused by
either extreme pressure or somekind of impact. Then she asked
(04:28):
if I had been in a car accident.
I told her no and that I wasjust having trouble sleeping.
Anyway, they ran all these testsand everything came back normal.
So she recommended that I takesome time off and get some rest.
That was three weeks ago.
Then yesterday, I noticedsomething strange about the
(04:48):
bruise on my left arm. It was inthe shape of a hand.
What's even weirder is that it'sa left hand. I told my best
friend, Fel about it and shesaid it was something I probably
did in my sleep. But if that'strue, then how did I grab my
left arm with my left hand?
Then she made a joke aboutsomething attacking me in my
(05:09):
sleep and that I should stayawake to see what it was. Rude,
right?
But then I started thinkingabout it and
I mean, it really does look likea left hand.
Anyway, I thought I'd give it atry. So here I am, 24 hours
later. Oh, that's my work alarmgoes off at 7am. I'm technically
(05:34):
on vacation, but I leave it onto remind me to feed Joanie.
At any rate, not much to report.
I got a few more bruises on myarms, but that could have been
from the other night. We'll seewhat happens tomorrow.
Alabaster Catz (05:50):
After listening to the first recording, I
immediately sympathized withLeah. I too have had personal
experience staying awake forseveral days. Additionally, I
also had issues falling asleepand waking up with mysterious
wounds on my body. This couldall be explained via sleep
disorders. Many of them such assleep terrors, also known as
(06:11):
night terrors can cause someoneto inadvertently harm
themselves. So there was nothingin Leah's first recording that
stood out as odd. Sure, there'sthe left handed bruise on her
left arm. But given that she'snot a medical expert, I didn't
take her account too seriously.
Unfortunately, that began tochange after listening to the
second recording.
Leah (06:38):
Day two.
It's almost 7am and I haven'tslept for 48 hours. I can tell
I'm tired because my eyes stingand I keep yawning. But I'm
actually not as sleepy as Ithought I'd be. In fact, I feel
pretty energetic. Also, no newbruises. Seems like Fel was
right.
(06:59):
On a separate note, I didn'trealize how long the nights can
get. There's nothing going onoutside and nothing to watch on
TV. So it gets pretty boring.
Although at the same time, it'skind of nice.
Last night, I sat at the windowand stared up at the sky. It's
really quiet and peaceful.
Nothing moves except for theclouds and I can think for long
(07:21):
periods of time without beinginterrupted.
Speaking of which, time to feedJoan.
Joanie, pss pss pss, come herepretty girl. Time to eat.
(07:47):
Okay, where was I? Oh, yeah. Sowhile I was sitting in my
window, I thought, hey, I'll usethe time to organize my travel
photos. They're all storedonline, and I've been meaning to
make travel books out of them.
There's gonna be hundreds ofpictures, so plenty of them to
go through. Plus, it'll help mekeep awake. I think I'll start
with Japan, since that's thelast place I went to.
Ghost (08:13):
Namure.
Leah (08:13):
Oh, my god, that scared me.
Joanie, what a mess. Anyway, sofar, so good. Let's see what
happens tomorrow.
Alabaster Catz (08:27):
At this point, I think it's worth mentioning that
you are listening to therecordings exactly as I had
received them. I have nottampered with them in any way.
Now, that's not to say that theaudio couldn't have been altered
prior to being sent. But I saythis to you, so you understand
that at first, I was skepticalupon hearing that second voice.
(08:48):
Therefore, I replayed it severaltimes more and listened with an
analytical ear.
The language of the second voiceis Japanese. And while I don't
speak it fluently, I was able torecognize the word "Nemure",
which means "sleep". Also, itwould seem that from the tonal
quality of the voice, I amsupposed to believe that this is
(09:10):
some type of apparition. Sogiven this information, I
Googled it. Specifically, threewords: Japanese, sleep, ghost.
This is what I found as the topresult
Kanashibari, a Japanese term forsleep paralysis. In short, it's
(09:31):
a term that describes theinability to move during a
period of REM, in which you aretechnically awake, but unable to
discern dreams from reality.
Now upon reading this, I wasstill convinced that Leah's
wounds were self inflicted. Butthen I read the last paragraph
on the page. And it states thatKanashibari can be caused by
(09:52):
ghosts. More specifically, aghost that grabs you so tightly,
you're unable to move and afterdoing so, it will attempt to
drag you to a place of danger,such as into a river, over a
cliff, or out a window.
Furthermore, should you breakfree from its grasp, you would
then see the ghost of a middleaged woman floating up through
(10:12):
the ceiling.
Now one could say that this isall nonsense. A story I
concocted simply for youramusement. Therefore, to prove
my sincerity, I encourage you toGoogle the terms yourself:
Japanese, sleep, ghost. But fairwarning, you may not like what
(10:34):
you find.
Leah (10:39):
Day three.
It's a little after seven andI've been awake for 72 hours.
My eyes are really sensitive tolight now, so I have all the
shades drawn and I wearsunglasses to look at my laptop.
Also, my body temperature isreally hot.
(11:01):
I don't have a fever, but itstill feels like I'm burning up.
It's really hard for me to focustoo.
Last night I tried sorting mypictures from Japan, but I
couldn't get past the brain fog.
All I could do is stare at aphoto of an old house.
It's funny though. I don'tremember taking that one.
(11:24):
Anyways, I have it up on mylaptop right now because there's
something odd about it.
There's a silhouette of a womanstanding behind a curtain in one
of the windows. But last night,I could have sworn that the
windows were empty.
Then again, I haven't slept inthree days and can't even
remember what I had for dinner.
Still, this photo. It's like...
(11:52):
It's like she's watching me.
Oh my god.
What the hell was that?
Okay, all right.
I think I'm starting tohallucinate. Yep. Okay, I'm, I'm
done with this experiment now.
I'm done. Come on, Joanie. We'regoing to bed.
Alabaster Catz (12:16):
It was at this moment that things started to
shift for me. It would be onething to overlay a voice on top
of a recording, but it'sentirely something else when the
person in the recording reactsto the same voice. Again, it's
possible that someonemanufactured this prior to
sending it. But I can't help butfeel that the fear and Leah's
(12:36):
voice is real.
Leah (12:42):
Day four.
I tried going to sleep lastnight.
But as soon as I began to dozeoff, I could feel a pair of cold
hands pinning down my elbows.
I'm so tired, but I...
I'm too scared to go to sleep.
(13:05):
It's like, the longer I stayawake, the more I can see...
I don't know.
I don't even know what I'msaying anymore. My mind is just
racing.
I can hear all of my thoughts asif I'm saying them out loud. But
they're moving so fast that Ican't remember any of them.
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I also haven't turned on thelights in two days.
Now because it'll hurt my eyesbut...
but because I'm afraid it mightsee her.
I haven't gone to the bathroomeither.
Last night, I saw...I thought Isaw my... I thought I saw my
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reflection move in the mirror. Imean, I wasn't looking right at
it but I saw it move in thecorner my eye.
There's also the sound.
It's hard to describe but it'slike someone's breathing with
their mouth open and laughing atthe same time.
(14:15):
There! There it is. Listen.
What is that?
Go...
Go to sleep.
(14:38):
Oh my god.
She wants me to go to sleep.
Alabaster Catz (14:46):
As I mentioned previously, I have firsthand
experience going several dayswithout sleep. And I can confirm
that at some point, you begin tohallucinate. However, the things
I saw and heard were more soplanted into my psyche, rather
than suddenly appearing. Forexample, if I saw a can of bug
spray, I would later feel antscrawling on my legs. Or if I
(15:10):
heard a child's voice in acrowd, I would hear it again
when no one else was around.
Figments of things that hadalready happened, warped and
played back to me once again.
But what Leah is experiencingfeels very different to me.
Hallucinations are for the mostpart benign. This however, feels
more sinister.
Leah (15:35):
Day five.
I can't sleep. If I go to sleep,she'll get me. I can see her
now. The woman in the photo.
She's in my apartment. I grabbedmy phone and Joanie and locked
myself in my bedroom.
(15:55):
I don't think she can get in.
I'm so scared. But I can't. Ican't think straight.
I can't remember things. I justknow that I can't go to sleep.
It's like I can see and hear hernow, but only if I stay awake.
(16:31):
Make it stop.
Hello?
Fel (16:36):
Leah?
Leah (16:36):
Oh my god, she's here.
She's in my apartment.
Fel (16:40):
Leah, what's going on, Sweetie? Are you okay?
Leah (16:42):
You were right. She's taking me in my sleep. I can see
her now.
Fel (16:51):
Have you been awake all week?
Leah (16:53):
Yes, I can see her now.
She's in my apartment.
Fel (16:57):
Leah, Leah, the Listen to me. You need to get some sleep.
Leah (17:00):
I can't. She'll get me if I do.
Oh my god, she's rightoutside the door. Joanie, come
Fel (17:03):
Leah, You need to- here girl. C'mere.
Who are you? Leah issomeone there?
Leah (17:10):
Shh it's ok girl, be quiet.
Fel (17:12):
Leah! Okay, that's it. I'm coming over.
Leah (17:14):
No, Fel! Don't hang up.
Alabaster Catz (17:20):
During my experience without sleep, by the
fifth day, I couldn't rememberanything of what happened in the
days before. In truth, I oftencouldn't remember the last
sentence I spoke during casualconversation. At this point,
your mind no longer functions ina way that you're used to.
The best way to describe it isthat your brain gets confused.
(17:40):
It begins to flood your thoughtswith every piece of information
it receives, even the stuff yourbrain regularly omits. For
example, before saying anything,you didn't feel the clothes on
your body. Your brain omittedthat. But when you've been awake
for five days, you constantlyfeel the coarseness of your
clothes, the heat from yourbody, even the tickle of sound
(18:03):
on your skin.
As a result of this barrage ofinformation, your brain begins
to omit other things instead.
Things it's not supposed to. Andin some cases, things it doesn't
want you to remember.
Leah (18:23):
I think this is day six.
I need to record this otherwiseI won't remember.
Get out of the apartment. Getout, get out right now.
You need to leave. Go to Fel'splace and just stay there. The
(18:47):
woman in the picture(unintelligable).
Alabaster Catz (18:59):
This will be my last entry.
Since listening to therecordings. I've recently begun
waking up feeling unrested andwith bruises on my legs.
I fear I've stumbled uponsomething that is beyond my
control. Something that can't beignored, bargained or reasoned
with. It cannot be trapped. Itcannot be killed and it cannot
(19:21):
be stopped. I don't know whatbecame of Leah or the sender of
these recordings. But what Ihave come to learn is that
whatever this is, it can bepassed on to someone else. Like
a cold or a curse. That said, Ileave you with a simple warning.
Should you wake up tomorrowfeeling restless or find
(19:41):
unexplained bruises on yourbody, please, play this for
someone else.
Leah (19:51):
Day seven.
I was finally able to fallasleep.
I woke up today around four inthe afternoon and have new
bruises on my neckMy body aches and it hurts to
swallow.
I can't seem to remember muchfrom the past week. I get bits
and pieces but that's it.
Thankfully, I recordedeverything so I can go back and
(20:13):
listen.
I have like, 10 voicemails fromFel from a couple of days ago. I
don't remember her calling, butshe sounded really worried about
me. Something must have happenedbecause it sounded like she was
calling from my front door.
I'll give her a call back afterI listen to yesterday's
recording. Maybe that'll tell mewhat happened.
(20:36):
All right, here it is. Day six.
I think this is day six.
I need to record this otherwiseI won't remember.
Get out of the apartment. Getout. Get out right now. She's in
(20:56):
the room with you.
Fel (20:57):
Don't go to sleep. You need to leave. Go to Fel's place and
just stay there. The woman inthe picture, she's in the room
with you. Leah there's noJoanie! You don't have a cat!
Leah (21:16):
Joanie, is that you?
Alabaster Catz (21:29):
That concludes our show for the evening. Thank
you for listening to theAlabaster Catz podcast, and I
hope you enjoyed my presence inthe room. Next time, we'll
explore the sad and the strangeas a huntsman tries to save two
young children from a coven offive witches.
If you liked what you heardtonight, leave a review and be
(21:51):
sure to invite a friend for thenext evening's visitation. Once
again, thank you for joining us.
I'm Alabaster Catz. Andremember, the best stories are
the ones we tell in the dark.
Special thanks to tonight'svoice talent, Sammy Price for
(22:13):
her roles as Leah and Fel andYurika Ohno for her role as the
ghost.
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