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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Welcome to One Good Thing Media, your official
podcast review channel.
We search the vast digitallandscape on a daily basis to
discover the best shows thatpodcasters have to offer.
Are you ready to discover newfavorites to add to your
playbook?
Stay tuned and listen to hostGerald Spears' latest podcast
reviews.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Hello, lovelies, and welcome to One Good Thing Media,
season 3, episode 7.
For those of you who are new toour show, my name is Gerald
Spear and I am the host andcreator of our podcast.
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One Good Thing Mediaspecializes in reviewing and
recommending fantastic podcaststhat are sure to enliven your
playlist.
Today, I'll be covering newpodcasts and others that you
won't want to miss.
Just a sampling of this week'sshow there's one new
science-based podcast thatconfirms what special ed
teachers, parents and even somescientists have known for years
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about autism, how soap operashave found their niche in the
podcast universe, why right andleft are so important in the
minds of certain podcastcreators, and the return of an
amazing podcast that has been onhiatus since 2023.
Of course, there's so much more, so sit back, relax and let's
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spend some time together.
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And now on with the show.
Our next segment is all aboutnews, updates and highlights.
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Are you a soap opera fan or doyou know?
People who are A lot of peoplemust still be watching them,
because the Bold and theBeautiful, the Young and the
Restless and General Hospitalare still airing on broadcast TV
and Days of Our Lives is aliveand well on Peacock.
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I'm going to be honest with you.
I've never purposely watched asoap opera in my life, but I
have been held hostage whilethey played on TV at someone
else's home or in college dorms.
I actually had a deja vu momentabout a week ago when I went to
the doctor for a wellnesscheckup.
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I was taken to a waiting areawhere a TV was airing a soap
opera of all things, with noremote control in sight to turn
it off.
Speaking only for myself,there's something torturous
about soap operas, but I alsorecognize that many people
either love them or have fondmemories of watching them with
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their mother or even friends andcollege roommates.
So I wanted to let you knowthat soaps are also part of the
podcast universe.
In fact, there are multitudesof soap opera talk shows and
even after shows where hosts andguests reminisce about their
favorite soaps.
Even the Soap Opera Digest thatused to be displayed at every
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checkout counter has a podcast.
Who knew?
I didn't.
If you want to get your soapopera fix by learning who's died
and come back as theirlong-lost twin brother or who's
seducting the neighborhoodbombshell, go to Google and type
in quote podcasts, soap operas,and dozens of podcast listings
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will pop up.
Now, with that said, there isone that won't pop up when you
do your search because, honestly, folks, it's a soap opera in
disguise.
It's called the Royals ofMalibu, which is now in its
third season.
Season three begins withteenager and orphan Ella
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Sinclair's world being turnedupside down after her deceased
father suddenly reappears aliveand well and only offers a vague
explanation of why he didn'tstay dead.
It's billed as a romantic ragsto riches saga but, honestly,
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the bubbling plot gives it away,deviating from my usual format,
I am not gonna have a greatepisode to share with you today
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for our epic episode segment,but also the entire podcast.
If you have a child, a friendor a relative who has been
diagnosed with autism, you'repart of a growing segment of our
society.
The Telepathy Tapes exploresthe profound abilities of
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non-speakers with autism, ofnon-speakers with autism
individuals who have long beenmisunderstood and frequently
underestimated In a world thatoften dismisses the
extraordinary as mere fantasy.
The Telepathy Tapes exploresthe profound abilities of
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non-speakers with autism,individuals who have long been
misunderstood and underestimated.
In fact, a growing number ofscientists have found that some
of these silent communicatorspossess gifts that defy
conventional understanding,including telepathy and other
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worldly perceptions.
As the evidence mounts, thetime has finally come to reveal
what parents, educators andinvolved scientists say has been
hiding in plain sight.
Season 1 of the Telepathy Tapesis a limited 10-episode series
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that is now complete.
Since its inception, the scopeof the podcast has expanded to
also include other non-speakingconditions, including
Alzheimer's disease and eventelepathic communications
between humans and animals.
This podcast is a rare blend ofsocial and scientific
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information, making the entireseries engaging to everyone
who's interested in mentalcommunications.
I had to pick a single episodefrom the series to feature today
, and I did, but it was hard tochoose which one I liked the
most.
The Telepathy Tapes is a seriesof separate stories, with each
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one building the foundation forthe next episode.
That's why I recommendlistening to this series from
the beginning and also why I'msharing just a little bit of
Season 1, episode 1, unveilingthe Hidden World of Telepathic
Communication in a SilencedCommunity.
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The clip begins in the middleof the episode because I wanted
to share one of the fascinatingtests that was done with an
autistic teenager who has anuncanny ability to communicate
silently with her mother.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
Okay, it's testing day and there's a lot going on.
Mia, her father, her mother andher cousin Sophia, who
originally reached out, are allat the house, and so is a crew
of about six people.
The house is a mid-centuryranch in Glendale.
It's on a beautiful wide streetwith lots of lawns and trees.
Because there's almost nothingin the cabinets, I make the
assumption that the house ismostly used for Airbnb and film
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rentals.
There's a large living room andthat's where we've set up.
We've removed almost all thefurniture from the room except
for a gray fabric couch where wewill position Mia and her
mother for the tests.
Before we get going, I do alittle meeting with the crew and
Dr Powell.
So just technically, like wehave a camera here, this is
going to be a wide shot on thefamily.
This will be like a kind of aclose-up that will row between
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the three of you.
We need to make sure the GoProcan see over her shoulder so we
can see the number, and sure theGoPro can see over her shoulder
so we can see the number.
And then, every time that youhave your cue, I'll just bring a
divider and put it betweenIleana and Mia, the flashcards
that I had the numbers only goup to 10, which that's not
statistically probably thatgreat.
So we were talking about isusing a random number generator.
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So, dr Powell, what numbers doyou want to put in there?
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I would like to try three digit numbers, so there'll
be numbers between 100 and 999.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
I'm putting all of this in here just to make sure
people understand that the crewand myself went through great
pains to make sure that therecould be no cheating.
We provided the iPad in this.
I downloaded the numbergenerator and we set up the
parameters 100 to 999.
There was always someonegenerating the cue that was
given to Dr Powell, which thenshe would give to the parent.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
That's a reflective surface there the TV so we need
to cover that.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
And there's a mirror there.
And there's a mirror there.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Yes, that's got to be covered up as well, or taken
down, all right.
So TV covered up and then thatmirror is going to come down.
And then, brian, maybe if youwanted to do like a 360 of the
room really quick, I'm going toput all of this raw footage on
the website, the telepathy tapesdot com.
The crew myself and Dr Powellwere meticulous about making
sure this test was bulletproof.
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So there'll be a blindfold onMia.
The other thing we're gonna dois put a divider up every time
that she sees the cue.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
So as far as blindfold goes, let me just try
this on and see yeah, I can't,you can't see anything.
Can't see anything, no.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Hey, does anyone else want to try out this blindfold
to make sure that you can't seeanything?
Speaker 6 (11:41):
Sure.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
This is Michael.
Can you see anything?
Oh, no, no, it's a fist.
All right, cool.
That blindfold, by the way, issomething called the Mindfold,
which, as you now know, you canbuy it on Amazon, and it is
really intense and very dark.
And I was so happy it wasMichael who decided to try it on
, in addition to Dr Powell,because, as I noted previously,
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he's my resident skeptic and hadhe not tried it on, I think he
always would have beenquestioning about the efficacy
of the tests.
Just to set the scene here, drPowell hit a random number into
the random number generator.
Then we asked her to hit itagain and again, so we made sure
it was super random.
So we're going to go for thisnumber, okay, and then show
Michael's camera and then showIleana, and Ileana stared at it
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for a while.
There's a blindfold on Mia andshe's on the other side of a
partition from her mother.
I got frustrated with myselfwhen I rewatched this for
injecting myself too much inthis moment, because I was
concerned that if Ileana didn'tsee the number for long enough,
maybe the telepathy wouldn'twork.
Let her stare at it for justanother second.
The number that was generatedwas 698.
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Dr Powell has just shown allthe cameras in the room and she
shows Ileana.
Dr Powell is putting the iPadface down.
We're taking away the partitionand Mia is going to take off
her blindfold so she can type.
Okay, all right, and she wantsto take it off.
Now she can.
Se puede quitar, se puedequitar, I'm at 6.
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 7 (13:07):
I'm at six, nine Eight.
Speaker 5 (13:11):
That was it Very good .
So Mia got the number correct,but I was freaking out inside
and I wanted to go again, andagain, and again.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
And so they did it again and again, 20 times to be
exact, and Mia typed out thenumbers correctly all 20 times.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
My favorite test had to do with a book I brought from
home, something she'd neverseen, and to me this was just
remarkable.
So, ileana, close the book.
What you see on screen isIleana, who's got the book
toward the camera, and Mia isfacing the opposite direction.
Okay, and then just open up toany page.
When Ileana landed on a page,we'd ask Mia the page number and
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she would correctly state thepage number that she'd flipped
to.
Sometimes we'd point to a wordon a page that we just opened to
and she would correctly spellout the word.
We do this a few times withboth Ileana opening up the book
and some of the crew opening upthe book.
Now, with the number, thenumeral on the page Say it with
the number you have.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
What page do I have here?
One, three, which one?
Speaker 4 (14:16):
Bravo, Mia.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Very good, mia.
One more, one more.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
In page 26,.
Oh yeah, muy bien Mia.
Uno más uno más One more.
What is it?
Speaker 7 (14:25):
Oh, en la página 26, hay un personaje en la página 26
.
¿me?
Speaker 5 (14:34):
puedes decir.
Ileana was flipping throughthis book and again, it's a book
I brought from home and thereis a picture of a pirate on page
26.
And so she stops there and getsexcited and is asking Mia, what
picture?
Picture of a pirate on page 26?
And so she stops there and getsexcited and is asking Mia, what
picture are we looking at onpage 26.
?
Again, the book is facingclearly away from Mia.
She cannot see it at all.
She clearly types P-I-R-A-T-A,which spells pirate in Spanish.
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At this point everyone in theroom had had their mind blown.
If someone on the crew wasn'twon over by the random
flashcards or the random numbergenerator or the popsicle stick
test, they were by this booktest.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
You can actually watch a video of this test and
all tests that they conducted onthat day on
wwwTheTelepathyTapescom.
I will warn you that, in orderto watch the tests they
conducted that day, as well asmany other tests from other
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individuals, there is a one-time$10 membership fee.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
Gerald.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Oh no, not you again.
What are you listening to?
Are you spying on me AIs?
You can't trust them.
But yes, welcome to.
What Are you Listening To?
A segment where I share whatI've binged this week, and it's
a good one.
Trigger warning the followingsegment of what Are you
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Listening To involves true crimeand the death of a 19-year-old
girl.
This is not an explicit review.
Armchair detectives are oftenthe bane of police, but
sometimes just sometimes they'rethe reason that crimes are
solved.
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The my Friend Daisy podcastdetails one of those rare cases.
In 2021, 19-year-old DaisyDeLao was excited about life.
She was about to start a newjob and fulfill her dreams of
becoming a makeup artist and atattoo artist.
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But, in a cruel twist of fate,her dreams were shattered one
fateful night after receiving atext message while watching TV
with her family, she told themshe'd be right back and stepped
outside.
Tragically, it was the lasttime her family ever saw her
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alive.
But as heart-wrenching as hermurder was to everyone who loved
her and the world around her,something extraordinary also
came out of her cruel death.
The police investigated but wereunable to solve the case, and
as new cases appeared thatdemanded their attention, it
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became unlikely that Daisy'smurder would ever be solved, but
her friends weren't about togive up.
Who killed Daisy and what couldthey do to ensure their friend
got the justice she deserved?
While they were young andinexperienced, they were expert
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in one thing.
In true Gen Z-er style, theyturned to TikTok to solve
Daisy's case.
My Friend Daisy is a 10-partseries by London Radio and
iHeart Radio and is produced byParis Hilton.
I binged all six availableepisodes and I'm waiting with
(18:45):
bated breath to finish thisstory.
Here's a clip from the show.
Speaker 7 (18:52):
If you're anything like me, you probably think of
TikTok as a place for cute petvideos.
Get ready with me's and viraldance trends.
But a few years ago, a group ofteenage girls used TikTok for
an entirely different andutterly heartbreaking reason To
track down their friend Daisy'skiller.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
I didn't find out about her death until I saw it
on TikTok.
Speaker 6 (19:11):
And I was just like shocked.
I was like, nah, like it's alie.
You know it's a lie.
Speaker 7 (19:15):
They put out something on social media so,
and they put out my cell numberso I'd get calls in the middle
of the night all the time, seenhim everywhere.
He's here, he's there, he'shere, he's there.
And the crazy thing is itworked.
I get a phone call from ouroffice that wanted to transfer a
phone call to me, somecomandante from some police in
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Mexico.
That's when it kind of clickedoh man, I'm Paris Hilton,
executive producer of my FriendDaisy, a gripping new true crime
podcast that uncovers theshocking murder of 19-year-old
Daisy DeLo and the teenagedetectives who refused to let
her case go cold.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
I started investing my time to, you know, get her
justice.
It's like, how do you thinkyou're going to get away with?
Speaker 7 (20:00):
something like this, like you killed somebody.
Our host journalist, jen Swan,spent years digging into this
story the secrets, the suspectsand the system that failed Daisy
.
This is more than just a murdercase.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
It's a story about justice, resilience and the
power of a viral movement thatsparked an international manhunt
.
I was hooked on my Friend Daisyafter the first minute of the
first episode of this show andsince no doubt you are a podcast
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junkie, just like I am afterall, why else would you be
listening to this show and sharemy penchant for binging?
Make sure to have a little timeon your hands when you tune
into my Friend Daisy.
And now it's time for two morepodcast reviews.
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The first one is called AConduit's Diary.
I was absolutely inconsolablewhen A Conduit's Diary went
silent in November 2023.
It was supposed to be a hiatus,so I was prepared for a break.
So I waited, checked back onthe podcast, waited some more,
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checked back on the podcast andthen finally, about a year later
, I gave up.
But then in January becausethankfully I had it on a
notification that during thecoldest month of the year, I
swear, the clouds parted and awarm ray of sunshine broke
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through.
Well, you know, metaphoricallyspeaking, a conduit's diary
returned without missing a beatand once again returned without
missing a beat and once again,all was well in the podverse.
Just for clarification beforewe get going, a psychic conduit
is someone who acts as a channelor a bridge to connect the
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living with spirits.
Or, in the case of A Conduit'sDiary, it also includes ghosts,
demons, ghouls and other creepythings that haven't been given a
name yet.
The show is lighthearted,personable and over a time you
get well acquainted with ourConduit's family, friends,
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allies and foes.
Rachel, who's the conduit andheroine of this podcast, takes
us along as she goes about herwork by making short work of
spirits that are hauntingpeople's homes, as well as in a
variety of other fantastical andhumorous situations.
Along the way, rachel sharesher insecurities.
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Along the way, rachel sharesher insecurities, social shyness
and her work at an area rescuecenter for animals.
When you check out A Conduit'sDiary, I suggest you start with
Episode 1, season 1, and listenchronologically as Rachel's
quirks, her minimalist ambitionsand inherited abilities play
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out in outrageous situations.
Here is a clip from A Conduit'sDiary.
Trigger warning there may besome cussing in this clip.
Rachel tends to let him flyevery now and then, so you have
been warned.
Each episode of A Conduit'sDiary has some type of case that
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Rachel is working on or anencounter.
This one begins with an earlymorning shopping trip to the
market and ends up being alesson on the proper way to
handle chain mail, and I'm nottalking about the type you wear,
I'm talking about the ones youreceive.
Send this to four people, orsomething bad's going to happen
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to you, or send it to 20 of yourbest friends, and you will
receive a bundle of money withinthree days.
Speaker 6 (24:18):
The child was pale, with long, sandy blonde hair
that looked like it'd never beenbrushed and a dirty pair of
pants.
Her back was always toward me,so I never saw her face.
In fact, the more I looked, themore I couldn't really
understand what I was looking at.
The child wasn't just dirty,she had no shoes on.
Now, I'm by no means a nosyperson.
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I like a bit of gossip if itdoesn't involve me, but
otherwise I try to stay out ofthe business of others.
I didn't want to try to cornerthe woman in a store and ask her
what was going on.
Maybe I could catch the eye ofa store clerk to intervene.
I didn't even know where tostart.
I was considering pulling thegirl aside to ask if she was
okay when I realized I wasstaring again.
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We were in line to check out atthe register.
The woman and girl were infront of me.
My gaze was focused on the backof the girl's head, frowning as
I stared intently at her.
The woman finished putting heritems on the conveyor and turned
to look at me and let out agasp.
I realized then that I wasstaring and averted my eyes to
the ceiling instead.
Shit, this was awkward.
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Fortunately the woman didn'tbring it up.
She paid and hurried out of thestore the little girl close at
her heels.
That was weird, I told thecashier.
She grunted some response, notlooking nearly as worried as I
was.
They probably saw all sorts ofweird shit.
I was loading up my car when awoman stepped in front of me,
her arms crossed over her chest.
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Who are you?
She barked.
I blinked and looked around asif she could be talking to
anyone else.
Uh, rachel, who are you, jenna?
She said, her gaze steady on me.
Look, I don't want to causetrouble, I just.
I was trying to figure out ifshe's your daughter or sister
and why isn't she wearing shoes.
I was rambling.
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I realized, and my ramblingracketed up as Jenna's face
transformed into shock.
You're right, it's none of mybusiness.
I was just curious becauseshe's not really dressed for
this weather.
You're right, none of my.
You can see her, she breathed.
My eyes darted down to thelittle girl behind her.
Now that she was standingcloser, I could see her face and
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I realized my mistake.
This was not a child.
This was something entirelydifferent.
My eyes darting back to jenna.
See who?
I asked weakly.
Jenna shook her head, her armsuncrossing.
You're shitting me.
You are absolutely r Rachel.
You said oh Rachel, we're gonnahave a talk.
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Jenna, at least let me unloadmy groceries before I went to
her house.
She wanted to come to my house,but I told her absolutely not.
I wasn't about to bring aclient there, much less whatever
the fuck creepy thing wasfollowing her around.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Apparently, jenna did not follow the directions on
the chain mail, and it makes mewonder just how many of whatever
that was are following mearound too.
I don't believe I've everforwarded a chain mail.
Am I in trouble?
Mail, am I in trouble?
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My last review for today is theLeft Right Game.
It's a horror fiction showcreated by Q-Code that follows a
journalist named Alice Sharmanas she investigates a paranormal
game that leads to an alternatereality.
She is attracted to the game,almost as if she's going on a
lark, but that quickly changesas it becomes a real game of
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survival.
Who will make it through andwho will not?
When I first listened to thispodcast, my imagination was
wrapped around my headphones,and when I listened to it again
a few months later, all thenuances that I had missed became
significant details thatenriched the storyline.
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The Left Right Game is actuallya legendary show in the podcast
horror genre.
If you haven't listened to ityet, you are in for a ride is
actually a legendary show in thepodcast horror genre.
If you haven't listened to ityet, you are in for a ride, and
if you have, you can enrich yourexperience by doing what I did
and listen to it a second time.
Here's a clip to whet yourappetite for this fascinating
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show.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
The game appeared on a paranormal message board with
very simple rules.
Get in your car and take adrive.
Take a left, then the nextpossible road on the right, then
the next possible left.
Repeat process at infinitum.
Speaker 4 (29:12):
There's a hitchhiker on the road, you pick him up,
you take him where he needs togo, but you do not, under any
circumstance, do not, talk tohim Ever.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
What the hell are we heading into?
Speaker 7 (29:31):
I have no idea.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
Look, I ain't asking you to believe me, but I told
you this street, this is yourlast chance.
As ridiculous as it might sound, I think my friend may have
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documented her own disappearance.
If you know anyone involved inthis story, any of the locations
mentioned, anything I can useto get in touch with Alice,
please don't hesitate to contactme.
Were you in the area onFebruary, the 7th of this year?
Did you meet or speak with agirl called Alice Sharman?
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Has anyone heard of the left-right game, and that's
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a wrap for this week.
I hope everybody enjoyedlistening to the show as much as
I did sharing it.
I hope all of you have abeautiful week, but in the
meantime, please give us afollow and, if your heart so
desires, a five-star rating.
It's easy to do and it meansthe world to us.
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You know we love you.
See you next week.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
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and creator, Gerald Spear.
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Our theme song is Force by HGST.
Thank you,
Welcome to One Good Thing Media, your official
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We search the vast digitallandscape on a daily basis to
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Stay tuned and listen to hostGerald Spears' latest podcast
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Speaker 3 (00:48):
Hello, lovelies, and welcome to One Good Thing Media,
season 3, episode 7.
For those of you who are new toour show, my name is Gerald
Spear and I am the host andcreator of our podcast.
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One Good Thing Mediaspecializes in reviewing and
recommending fantastic podcaststhat are sure to enliven your
playlist.
Today, I'll be covering newpodcasts and others that you
won't want to miss.
Just a sampling of this week'sshow there's one new
science-based podcast thatconfirms what special ed
teachers, parents and even somescientists have known for years
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about autism, how soap operashave found their niche in the
podcast universe, why right andleft are so important in the
minds of certain podcastcreators, and the return of an
amazing podcast that has been onhiatus since 2023.
Of course, there's so much more, so sit back, relax and let's
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spend some time together.
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And now on with the show.
Our next segment is all aboutnews, updates and highlights.
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Are you a soap opera fan or doyou know?
People who are A lot of peoplemust still be watching them,
because the Bold and theBeautiful, the Young and the
Restless and General Hospitalare still airing on broadcast TV
and Days of Our Lives is aliveand well on Peacock.
(03:32):
I'm going to be honest with you.
I've never purposely watched asoap opera in my life, but I
have been held hostage whilethey played on TV at someone
else's home or in college dorms.
I actually had a deja vu momentabout a week ago when I went to
the doctor for a wellnesscheckup.
(03:53):
I was taken to a waiting areawhere a TV was airing a soap
opera of all things, with noremote control in sight to turn
it off.
Speaking only for myself,there's something torturous
about soap operas, but I alsorecognize that many people
either love them or have fondmemories of watching them with
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their mother or even friends andcollege roommates.
So I wanted to let you knowthat soaps are also part of the
podcast universe.
In fact, there are multitudesof soap opera talk shows and
even after shows where hosts andguests reminisce about their
favorite soaps.
Even the Soap Opera Digest thatused to be displayed at every
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checkout counter has a podcast.
Who knew?
I didn't.
If you want to get your soapopera fix by learning who's died
and come back as theirlong-lost twin brother or who's
seducting the neighborhoodbombshell, go to Google and type
in quote podcasts, soap operas,and dozens of podcast listings
(05:04):
will pop up.
Now, with that said, there isone that won't pop up when you
do your search because, honestly, folks, it's a soap opera in
disguise.
It's called the Royals ofMalibu, which is now in its
third season.
Season three begins withteenager and orphan Ella
(05:26):
Sinclair's world being turnedupside down after her deceased
father suddenly reappears aliveand well and only offers a vague
explanation of why he didn'tstay dead.
It's billed as a romantic ragsto riches saga but, honestly,
(05:46):
the bubbling plot gives it away,deviating from my usual format,
I am not gonna have a greatepisode to share with you today
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for our epic episode segment,but also the entire podcast.
If you have a child, a friendor a relative who has been
diagnosed with autism, you'repart of a growing segment of our
society.
The Telepathy Tapes exploresthe profound abilities of
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non-speakers with autism, ofnon-speakers with autism
individuals who have long beenmisunderstood and frequently
underestimated In a world thatoften dismisses the
extraordinary as mere fantasy.
The Telepathy Tapes exploresthe profound abilities of
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non-speakers with autism,individuals who have long been
misunderstood and underestimated.
In fact, a growing number ofscientists have found that some
of these silent communicatorspossess gifts that defy
conventional understanding,including telepathy and other
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worldly perceptions.
As the evidence mounts, thetime has finally come to reveal
what parents, educators andinvolved scientists say has been
hiding in plain sight.
Season 1 of the Telepathy Tapesis a limited 10-episode series
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that is now complete.
Since its inception, the scopeof the podcast has expanded to
also include other non-speakingconditions, including
Alzheimer's disease and eventelepathic communications
between humans and animals.
This podcast is a rare blend ofsocial and scientific
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information, making the entireseries engaging to everyone
who's interested in mentalcommunications.
I had to pick a single episodefrom the series to feature today
, and I did, but it was hard tochoose which one I liked the
most.
The Telepathy Tapes is a seriesof separate stories, with each
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one building the foundation forthe next episode.
That's why I recommendlistening to this series from
the beginning and also why I'msharing just a little bit of
Season 1, episode 1, unveilingthe Hidden World of Telepathic
Communication in a SilencedCommunity.
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The clip begins in the middleof the episode because I wanted
to share one of the fascinatingtests that was done with an
autistic teenager who has anuncanny ability to communicate
silently with her mother.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
Okay, it's testing day and there's a lot going on.
Mia, her father, her mother andher cousin Sophia, who
originally reached out, are allat the house, and so is a crew
of about six people.
The house is a mid-centuryranch in Glendale.
It's on a beautiful wide streetwith lots of lawns and trees.
Because there's almost nothingin the cabinets, I make the
assumption that the house ismostly used for Airbnb and film
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rentals.
There's a large living room andthat's where we've set up.
We've removed almost all thefurniture from the room except
for a gray fabric couch where wewill position Mia and her
mother for the tests.
Before we get going, I do alittle meeting with the crew and
Dr Powell.
So just technically, like wehave a camera here, this is
going to be a wide shot on thefamily.
This will be like a kind of aclose-up that will row between
(09:58):
the three of you.
We need to make sure the GoProcan see over her shoulder so we
can see the number, and sure theGoPro can see over her shoulder
so we can see the number.
And then, every time that youhave your cue, I'll just bring a
divider and put it betweenIleana and Mia, the flashcards
that I had the numbers only goup to 10, which that's not
statistically probably thatgreat.
So we were talking about isusing a random number generator.
(10:20):
So, dr Powell, what numbers doyou want to put in there?
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I would like to try three digit numbers, so there'll
be numbers between 100 and 999.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
I'm putting all of this in here just to make sure
people understand that the crewand myself went through great
pains to make sure that therecould be no cheating.
We provided the iPad in this.
I downloaded the numbergenerator and we set up the
parameters 100 to 999.
There was always someonegenerating the cue that was
given to Dr Powell, which thenshe would give to the parent.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
That's a reflective surface there the TV so we need
to cover that.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
And there's a mirror there.
And there's a mirror there.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Yes, that's got to be covered up as well, or taken
down, all right.
So TV covered up and then thatmirror is going to come down.
And then, brian, maybe if youwanted to do like a 360 of the
room really quick, I'm going toput all of this raw footage on
the website, the telepathy tapesdot com.
The crew myself and Dr Powellwere meticulous about making
sure this test was bulletproof.
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So there'll be a blindfold onMia.
The other thing we're gonna dois put a divider up every time
that she sees the cue.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
So as far as blindfold goes, let me just try
this on and see yeah, I can't,you can't see anything.
Can't see anything, no.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Hey, does anyone else want to try out this blindfold
to make sure that you can't seeanything?
Speaker 6 (11:41):
Sure.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
This is Michael.
Can you see anything?
Oh, no, no, it's a fist.
All right, cool.
That blindfold, by the way, issomething called the Mindfold,
which, as you now know, you canbuy it on Amazon, and it is
really intense and very dark.
And I was so happy it wasMichael who decided to try it on
, in addition to Dr Powell,because, as I noted previously,
(12:03):
he's my resident skeptic and hadhe not tried it on, I think he
always would have beenquestioning about the efficacy
of the tests.
Just to set the scene here, drPowell hit a random number into
the random number generator.
Then we asked her to hit itagain and again, so we made sure
it was super random.
So we're going to go for thisnumber, okay, and then show
Michael's camera and then showIleana, and Ileana stared at it
(12:24):
for a while.
There's a blindfold on Mia andshe's on the other side of a
partition from her mother.
I got frustrated with myselfwhen I rewatched this for
injecting myself too much inthis moment, because I was
concerned that if Ileana didn'tsee the number for long enough,
maybe the telepathy wouldn'twork.
Let her stare at it for justanother second.
The number that was generatedwas 698.
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Dr Powell has just shown allthe cameras in the room and she
shows Ileana.
Dr Powell is putting the iPadface down.
We're taking away the partitionand Mia is going to take off
her blindfold so she can type.
Okay, all right, and she wantsto take it off.
Now she can.
Se puede quitar, se puedequitar, I'm at 6.
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 7 (13:07):
I'm at six, nine Eight.
Speaker 5 (13:11):
That was it Very good .
So Mia got the number correct,but I was freaking out inside
and I wanted to go again, andagain, and again.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
And so they did it again and again, 20 times to be
exact, and Mia typed out thenumbers correctly all 20 times.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
My favorite test had to do with a book I brought from
home, something she'd neverseen, and to me this was just
remarkable.
So, ileana, close the book.
What you see on screen isIleana, who's got the book
toward the camera, and Mia isfacing the opposite direction.
Okay, and then just open up toany page.
When Ileana landed on a page,we'd ask Mia the page number and
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she would correctly state thepage number that she'd flipped
to.
Sometimes we'd point to a wordon a page that we just opened to
and she would correctly spellout the word.
We do this a few times withboth Ileana opening up the book
and some of the crew opening upthe book.
Now, with the number, thenumeral on the page Say it with
the number you have.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
What page do I have here?
One, three, which one?
Speaker 4 (14:16):
Bravo, Mia.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Very good, mia.
One more, one more.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
In page 26,.
Oh yeah, muy bien Mia.
Uno más uno más One more.
What is it?
Speaker 7 (14:25):
Oh, en la página 26, hay un personaje en la página 26
.
¿me?
Speaker 5 (14:34):
puedes decir.
Ileana was flipping throughthis book and again, it's a book
I brought from home and thereis a picture of a pirate on page
26.
And so she stops there and getsexcited and is asking Mia, what
picture?
Picture of a pirate on page 26?
And so she stops there and getsexcited and is asking Mia, what
picture are we looking at onpage 26.
?
Again, the book is facingclearly away from Mia.
She cannot see it at all.
She clearly types P-I-R-A-T-A,which spells pirate in Spanish.
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At this point everyone in theroom had had their mind blown.
If someone on the crew wasn'twon over by the random
flashcards or the random numbergenerator or the popsicle stick
test, they were by this booktest.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
You can actually watch a video of this test and
all tests that they conducted onthat day on
wwwTheTelepathyTapescom.
I will warn you that, in orderto watch the tests they
conducted that day, as well asmany other tests from other
(15:34):
individuals, there is a one-time$10 membership fee.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
Gerald.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Oh no, not you again.
What are you listening to?
Are you spying on me AIs?
You can't trust them.
But yes, welcome to.
What Are you Listening To?
A segment where I share whatI've binged this week, and it's
a good one.
Trigger warning the followingsegment of what Are you
(16:29):
Listening To involves true crimeand the death of a 19-year-old
girl.
This is not an explicit review.
Armchair detectives are oftenthe bane of police, but
sometimes just sometimes they'rethe reason that crimes are
solved.
(16:50):
The my Friend Daisy podcastdetails one of those rare cases.
In 2021, 19-year-old DaisyDeLao was excited about life.
She was about to start a newjob and fulfill her dreams of
becoming a makeup artist and atattoo artist.
(17:13):
But, in a cruel twist of fate,her dreams were shattered one
fateful night after receiving atext message while watching TV
with her family, she told themshe'd be right back and stepped
outside.
Tragically, it was the lasttime her family ever saw her
(17:36):
alive.
But as heart-wrenching as hermurder was to everyone who loved
her and the world around her,something extraordinary also
came out of her cruel death.
The police investigated but wereunable to solve the case, and
as new cases appeared thatdemanded their attention, it
(17:59):
became unlikely that Daisy'smurder would ever be solved, but
her friends weren't about togive up.
Who killed Daisy and what couldthey do to ensure their friend
got the justice she deserved?
While they were young andinexperienced, they were expert
(18:22):
in one thing.
In true Gen Z-er style, theyturned to TikTok to solve
Daisy's case.
My Friend Daisy is a 10-partseries by London Radio and
iHeart Radio and is produced byParis Hilton.
I binged all six availableepisodes and I'm waiting with
(18:45):
bated breath to finish thisstory.
Here's a clip from the show.
Speaker 7 (18:52):
If you're anything like me, you probably think of
TikTok as a place for cute petvideos.
Get ready with me's and viraldance trends.
But a few years ago, a group ofteenage girls used TikTok for
an entirely different andutterly heartbreaking reason To
track down their friend Daisy'skiller.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
I didn't find out about her death until I saw it
on TikTok.
Speaker 6 (19:11):
And I was just like shocked.
I was like, nah, like it's alie.
You know it's a lie.
Speaker 7 (19:15):
They put out something on social media so,
and they put out my cell numberso I'd get calls in the middle
of the night all the time, seenhim everywhere.
He's here, he's there, he'shere, he's there.
And the crazy thing is itworked.
I get a phone call from ouroffice that wanted to transfer a
phone call to me, somecomandante from some police in
(19:37):
Mexico.
That's when it kind of clickedoh man, I'm Paris Hilton,
executive producer of my FriendDaisy, a gripping new true crime
podcast that uncovers theshocking murder of 19-year-old
Daisy DeLo and the teenagedetectives who refused to let
her case go cold.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
I started investing my time to, you know, get her
justice.
It's like, how do you thinkyou're going to get away with?
Speaker 7 (20:00):
something like this, like you killed somebody.
Our host journalist, jen Swan,spent years digging into this
story the secrets, the suspectsand the system that failed Daisy
.
This is more than just a murdercase.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
It's a story about justice, resilience and the
power of a viral movement thatsparked an international manhunt
.
I was hooked on my Friend Daisyafter the first minute of the
first episode of this show andsince no doubt you are a podcast
(20:37):
junkie, just like I am afterall, why else would you be
listening to this show and sharemy penchant for binging?
Make sure to have a little timeon your hands when you tune
into my Friend Daisy.
And now it's time for two morepodcast reviews.
(21:09):
The first one is called AConduit's Diary.
I was absolutely inconsolablewhen A Conduit's Diary went
silent in November 2023.
It was supposed to be a hiatus,so I was prepared for a break.
So I waited, checked back onthe podcast, waited some more,
(21:31):
checked back on the podcast andthen finally, about a year later
, I gave up.
But then in January becausethankfully I had it on a
notification that during thecoldest month of the year, I
swear, the clouds parted and awarm ray of sunshine broke
(21:53):
through.
Well, you know, metaphoricallyspeaking, a conduit's diary
returned without missing a beatand once again returned without
missing a beat and once again,all was well in the podverse.
Just for clarification beforewe get going, a psychic conduit
is someone who acts as a channelor a bridge to connect the
(22:15):
living with spirits.
Or, in the case of A Conduit'sDiary, it also includes ghosts,
demons, ghouls and other creepythings that haven't been given a
name yet.
The show is lighthearted,personable and over a time you
get well acquainted with ourConduit's family, friends,
(22:38):
allies and foes.
Rachel, who's the conduit andheroine of this podcast, takes
us along as she goes about herwork by making short work of
spirits that are hauntingpeople's homes, as well as in a
variety of other fantastical andhumorous situations.
Along the way, rachel sharesher insecurities.
(23:02):
Along the way, rachel sharesher insecurities, social shyness
and her work at an area rescuecenter for animals.
When you check out A Conduit'sDiary, I suggest you start with
Episode 1, season 1, and listenchronologically as Rachel's
quirks, her minimalist ambitionsand inherited abilities play
(23:24):
out in outrageous situations.
Here is a clip from A Conduit'sDiary.
Trigger warning there may besome cussing in this clip.
Rachel tends to let him flyevery now and then, so you have
been warned.
Each episode of A Conduit'sDiary has some type of case that
(23:48):
Rachel is working on or anencounter.
This one begins with an earlymorning shopping trip to the
market and ends up being alesson on the proper way to
handle chain mail, and I'm nottalking about the type you wear,
I'm talking about the ones youreceive.
Send this to four people, orsomething bad's going to happen
(24:09):
to you, or send it to 20 of yourbest friends, and you will
receive a bundle of money withinthree days.
Speaker 6 (24:18):
The child was pale, with long, sandy blonde hair
that looked like it'd never beenbrushed and a dirty pair of
pants.
Her back was always toward me,so I never saw her face.
In fact, the more I looked, themore I couldn't really
understand what I was looking at.
The child wasn't just dirty,she had no shoes on.
Now, I'm by no means a nosyperson.
(24:38):
I like a bit of gossip if itdoesn't involve me, but
otherwise I try to stay out ofthe business of others.
I didn't want to try to cornerthe woman in a store and ask her
what was going on.
Maybe I could catch the eye ofa store clerk to intervene.
I didn't even know where tostart.
I was considering pulling thegirl aside to ask if she was
okay when I realized I wasstaring again.
(24:59):
We were in line to check out atthe register.
The woman and girl were infront of me.
My gaze was focused on the backof the girl's head, frowning as
I stared intently at her.
The woman finished putting heritems on the conveyor and turned
to look at me and let out agasp.
I realized then that I wasstaring and averted my eyes to
the ceiling instead.
Shit, this was awkward.
(25:22):
Fortunately the woman didn'tbring it up.
She paid and hurried out of thestore the little girl close at
her heels.
That was weird, I told thecashier.
She grunted some response, notlooking nearly as worried as I
was.
They probably saw all sorts ofweird shit.
I was loading up my car when awoman stepped in front of me,
her arms crossed over her chest.
(25:43):
Who are you?
She barked.
I blinked and looked around asif she could be talking to
anyone else.
Uh, rachel, who are you, jenna?
She said, her gaze steady on me.
Look, I don't want to causetrouble, I just.
I was trying to figure out ifshe's your daughter or sister
and why isn't she wearing shoes.
I was rambling.
(26:04):
I realized, and my ramblingracketed up as Jenna's face
transformed into shock.
You're right, it's none of mybusiness.
I was just curious becauseshe's not really dressed for
this weather.
You're right, none of my.
You can see her, she breathed.
My eyes darted down to thelittle girl behind her.
Now that she was standingcloser, I could see her face and
(26:25):
I realized my mistake.
This was not a child.
This was something entirelydifferent.
My eyes darting back to jenna.
See who?
I asked weakly.
Jenna shook her head, her armsuncrossing.
You're shitting me.
You are absolutely r Rachel.
You said oh Rachel, we're gonnahave a talk.
(26:45):
Jenna, at least let me unloadmy groceries before I went to
her house.
She wanted to come to my house,but I told her absolutely not.
I wasn't about to bring aclient there, much less whatever
the fuck creepy thing wasfollowing her around.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Apparently, jenna did not follow the directions on
the chain mail, and it makes mewonder just how many of whatever
that was are following mearound too.
I don't believe I've everforwarded a chain mail.
Am I in trouble?
Mail, am I in trouble?
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My last review for today is theLeft Right Game.
It's a horror fiction showcreated by Q-Code that follows a
journalist named Alice Sharmanas she investigates a paranormal
game that leads to an alternatereality.
She is attracted to the game,almost as if she's going on a
lark, but that quickly changesas it becomes a real game of
(27:53):
survival.
Who will make it through andwho will not?
When I first listened to thispodcast, my imagination was
wrapped around my headphones,and when I listened to it again
a few months later, all thenuances that I had missed became
significant details thatenriched the storyline.
(28:15):
The Left Right Game is actuallya legendary show in the podcast
horror genre.
If you haven't listened to ityet, you are in for a ride is
actually a legendary show in thepodcast horror genre.
If you haven't listened to ityet, you are in for a ride, and
if you have, you can enrich yourexperience by doing what I did
and listen to it a second time.
Here's a clip to whet yourappetite for this fascinating
(28:39):
show.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
The game appeared on a paranormal message board with
very simple rules.
Get in your car and take adrive.
Take a left, then the nextpossible road on the right, then
the next possible left.
Repeat process at infinitum.
Speaker 4 (29:12):
There's a hitchhiker on the road, you pick him up,
you take him where he needs togo, but you do not, under any
circumstance, do not, talk tohim Ever.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
What the hell are we heading into?
Speaker 7 (29:31):
I have no idea.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
Look, I ain't asking you to believe me, but I told
you this street, this is yourlast chance.
As ridiculous as it might sound, I think my friend may have
(30:11):
documented her own disappearance.
If you know anyone involved inthis story, any of the locations
mentioned, anything I can useto get in touch with Alice,
please don't hesitate to contactme.
Were you in the area onFebruary, the 7th of this year?
Did you meet or speak with agirl called Alice Sharman?
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Has anyone heard of the left-right game, and that's
(30:57):
a wrap for this week.
I hope everybody enjoyedlistening to the show as much as
I did sharing it.
I hope all of you have abeautiful week, but in the
meantime, please give us afollow and, if your heart so
desires, a five-star rating.
It's easy to do and it meansthe world to us.
(31:18):
You know we love you.
See you next week.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
One Good Thing Media is brought to you by our host
and creator, Gerald Spear.
All things technical are byDavid Dodd and our announcer is
Robert Spear.
Our theme song is Force by HGST.
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