Haunted Theme Park! Our Halloween Special!!!

Summary

The Shane Dawson Podcast

Episode: Haunted Theme Park! Our Halloween Special!!!
Date: October 26, 2025
Host: Shane Dawson with Ryland, Chris, Jared, and Spencer

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Episode Overview

This very special, chaotic Halloween episode of The Shane Dawson Podcast takes listeners through an hour-plus of body-swapping improv, ghost stories from America’s most haunted theme parks, irreverent humor, and chilling conspiracy theories. Shane and the crew dress up as each other, swap roles on the show, and share a mix of embarrassing stories, new fears, game segments, a crowd-sourced conspiracy update, and plenty of laughs.

Main Themes:

• Haunted and abandoned theme parks, particularly Cedar Point and Lake Shawnee
• Friend group shenanigans and body-swapping through costumes/impressions
• Halloween games (“Ah or Yasss”)
• Spooky conspiracy theories, from haunted rides to AI actors and dream recorders
• Gross-out and embarrassing personal stories

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Mood: Halloween Chaos & Body-Swap Antics

[01:02–06:27]:

• The group dresses up as each other, swapping personalities, which leads to playful jabs and inside jokes.
• Memorable impressions include Jared and Chris imitating one another to hilarious effect, with self-awareness about their quirks.
• Shane: “I literally feel like I died and I'm floating and I'm watching our lives from an outside perspective” [04:09]
• They reminisce about previous Halloween podcast episodes (such as the infamous ‘Minion’ year).
• Preview of the segments: Ryland’s Recap, Spencer’s Likes, Chris’s gay story, Jared’s Cheap Trick, and a special spooky game.

2. Wild Stories: From Fat Bears to Bad Bunnies

[07:11–09:14]:

• Chris shares a story about ‘Fat Bear Week’—to his disappointment, it’s about actual bears, not “big hairy guys” in the gay community.
• Discussion branches into the “bear” subculture humor and viral animal competitions.
• Chris: “I wish it was guys. I was hoping. Big fat bears!” [07:45]
• The group jokes about crowd-surfing disasters, embarrassing moments at clubs, and more.

3. “Spencer’s Likes” Segment

[09:14–15:13]:

• Spencer shares his favorite odd and viral internet videos, usually known for being weird, but this round is unexpectedly tame.
• Group reacts to videos like ‘Tequila and Bubble Wrap Day’ at Walmart and an over-the-top drink-making TikToker.
• Shane: “That was the least terrifying thing I think you've played on our show.” [09:44]
• Side discussions: Chili’s rants, feeding each other as love language, and stories censored from YouTube.
• Ryland’s dryly disappointed: “I'm a little disappointed. That was a bummer of a like.” [15:07]

4. Game Time: “Ah or Yasss!”

[18:03–33:30]:

• The gang plays a rapid-fire game rating various “controversial” scenarios as “Ah” (no) or “Yasss” (yes).
• Topics include:
  • Pooping at a friend’s house (horror stories and social anxiety)
  • Ketchup on mac and cheese (deep divide)
  • Being slapped during sex with consent (mixed reactions; Shane’s hearing loss anecdote, [22:03])
  • Serenading, peeing on the phone, pineapple on pizza, going to Renaissance Fairs, Harry Potter/Twilight movie binges
• Memorable, authentic exchanges and gentle roasting abound.
• Chris: “I don't like pineapple on pizza, but I'm not one of those people…who cares?” [25:10]
• Jared: “The first person to poop is the hero.” [19:59]
• Ryland: “I think I'm psychotic because 'what you got going on today at Dutch Bros' is kind of a Yass for me.” [33:04]

5. Jared’s Cheap Trick—Viewer Beware!

[33:37–35:15]:

• Jared reveals an illegal viewer-submitted “cheap trick” involving returning emptied expensive beauty products refilled with cheaper substance to Ulta—emphatically not endorsed by the podcast.
• Shane: “Please stop messaging me criminal acts. Stealing makes things cheap. I get it.” [35:45]

6. Conspiracy Corner: Haunted Theme Parks

[38:18–48:57]:

• Shane takes a deep dive into Cedar Point’s haunted history:
  • Multiple ride fatalities, hotel hauntings (notably by a “woman in white”), and mysterious recurring fires.
  • The Raptor roller coaster, site of repeated fatal incidents, is currently closed without explanation ([43:00–43:47]).
• Then: Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, West Virginia.
  • Numerous accidents/deaths soon after opening, child skeletons found during excavation, confirmed Native American burial ground ([46:32–46:39]).
• Chris: “That’s the number one rule. Don’t do that.” (about building on a burial site) [46:39]
• The discussion turns to the ethics of visiting “dark tourist” sites and hotel staff sharing notorious tales.

7. Listener-Submitted Conspiracies & Chilling Updates

[49:06–68:29]:

• “Conspiracy Corner” crowd-sourced content, notably:
  • Musical intro remix from a 16-year-old Swedish fan.
  • Discount store horror: customers finding used hairbrushes, bed sheets possibly infested with bedbugs ([51:30–52:04]).
  • Hotel worker testimony: comforters rarely washed between guests, only sheets get regular cleaning ([52:04–53:30]).
  • Alexa “waking word” trauma: one elderly patient’s only spoken phrase is “Alexa, what’s the time?”, raising questions about tech’s neurological impact ([54:46–55:26]).
  • Glitter conspiracy update—government as the main consumer, using it as chaff for military jets ([56:39–58:48]).
  • Trend forecasting: sudden “protein in everything” craze; previous similar crazes (fiber, no fat, pickle everything) ([59:04–61:23]).
  • AI Actress: The rise of “Tilly Norwood”, a viral, hyperrealistic, AI-generated actress already drawing industry offers ([61:33–63:41]).
  • AI-generated social media and the impending reality of scrolling fake “people” and events, plus alarming proof-of-concept AI skater videos.
  • “Dream Recorder” device that replays your dreams as AI-generated reels, provoking jokes (“can’t wait for ads in my dreams”) and unease about privacy.
• Ryland: “Every AI thing that has come out… makes it so we don't have to think or do anything. Your brain becomes mush.” [67:52]

8. Classic Conspiracy: Mel’s Hole

[68:32–75:47]:

• Jared tells the wild, classic urban legend of “Mel’s Hole,” a bottomless pit in Washington that attracts government cover-up, animals’ terror, and supernatural rumors.
• “Supposedly a portal to another dimension… and then [Mel] just completely vanished from the face of the earth…” [71:47]
• The story blends seamlessly into the show’s Halloween/freaky theme.

9. Ryland’s Recap – Role-Swapped Summaries

[75:53–78:47]:

• Ryland steps into the “recap” role, hilariously imitating everyone, re-capping:
  • Mel’s Hole
  • Fat bear event confusion
  • Ulta’s illegal return trick
  • All the haunted park stories
  • Hotel comforter revelations
  • The rise of AI actors
  • And general “world is ending” vibes.

10. Closing Thoughts & Group Feelings

[80:10–80:44]:

• Shane: “This has been a real treat, not a trick. So thank you guys for the best Halloween episode ever.”
• Everyone agrees this wild, body-swapping, spooky episode was a fever dream and especially fun.
• “I feel like I was watching my own life from the outside.” (Shane, multiple times throughout).

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Memorable Quotes

• Shane: "This is like family therapy gone too far." [04:20]
• Chris: “That was the biggest disappointment of my life… it’s real fat bears.” [07:33]
• Shane: “Should we go to Cedar Point? Or have you—if anyone's been to Shawnee, let us know in the comments. Give us your ghost.” [48:45]
• Ryland: “Every AI thing… makes it so we don't have to think or do anything. Your brain becomes mush. It can only be bad for us as a people, as a society.” [67:52]
• Jared: “Anytime you say ‘Hey Google’ or ‘Hey Alexa,’ kids in the house would duck on the floor and freak out." [53:46]
• Chris: “That's the number one rule. Don't do that.” (about burial grounds) [46:39]
• Shane: “I literally feel like I died and I'm floating and I'm like, watching our lives from an outside perspective.” [04:09]
• Jared: “The first person to poop is the hero... everyone else feels open to do it.” [19:59]
• Shane: “Please stop messaging me criminal acts. Stealing makes things cheap. I get it.” [35:45]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:17: Show begins; intro to haunted theme park discussion
• 01:02: Costume/body-swap introductions and group dynamic
• 07:11: Chris’s Fat Bear Week disappointment story
• 09:14: “Spencer’s Likes” segment begins
• 18:03: “Ah or Yasss” game and rapid-fire unfiltered opinions
• 33:43: Jared’s “Cheap Trick” (plus illegal viewer tips)
• 38:18: Haunted theme parks deep-dive (Cedar Point, Lake Shawnee)
• 49:06: Conspiracy Corner begins – listener emails on haunted parks and gross hotel practices
• 56:39: Glitter conspiracy/government/military connection
• 59:04: The “protein craze” in everything
• 61:33: AI Actress “Tilly Norwood” discussion & future of entertainment
• 68:32: Mel’s Hole story (classic conspiracy segment)
• 75:53: Ryland’s Recap—role-swapped group summary
• 80:10: Group closing statements/reflections

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Takeaways

• This was a quintessential Shane Halloween special: energetic, wild, irreverent, and deeply funny, blending dark “Conspiracy Corner” mysteries with earnest sharing and deeply inside-joky group camaraderie.
• Cynical observations abound about consumer culture (hotel and retail scams, protein craze), AI’s unsettling creative encroachments, and why you should never trust a hotel comforter.
• The format—with everyone in costume as someone else—amplified the group’s in-jokes and added to the fever-dream vibe.
• Haunted theme parks remain the biggest unresolved curiosity for the group, sparking genuine enthusiasm for a ghost-hunting expedition in a future episode.

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For Listeners

If you missed this super-sized Halloween episode, expect both belly laughs and bone-chilling tales—from the dangers of eating ketchup with mac and cheese to the restless ghosts of abandoned theme parks. And remember: ALWAYS check your hotel comforter, never trust a ghost on a roller coaster, and beware of body-swapping at any Halloween party.

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End of summary.

Transcript

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[C]

Whoa.

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And they confirmed that the theme park was built on a.

[D]

That's number one rule. Don't do that.

[A]

Hey, guys.

[E]

Welcome back to whatever the hell this is. Nightmare Fuel edition. So everybody looks crazy. You might notice that we all look a little bit different today. Let's start with Jared.

[A]

Jared. Yo.

[B]

How are you feeling?

[C]

Possibly. This is gonna be one of the best podcasts y' all ever seen.

[E]

Something looks different about your beer today. What is it?

[C]

Oh, Sandy has me on this new homeopathic oil.

[B]

O.

[C]

It is nice. You are glowing.

[E]

Fantastic. Okay, Ryland.

[A]

Hey, just a second. I have to do after sip content. Hey, girlies. This is giving. Well, yes, of course. Make sure you're old for the chuggers.

[E]

I literally told you on the way over here. Don't do this while we're filming.

[B]

Oh, please.

[E]

Oh, my God. He always does this.

[A]

Hey, guys. Filming the podcast.

[E]

Oh, my God. I'm gonna edit your thumbnail later. Anyways, Chris, can I.

[B]

This is so crazy.

[E]

I love your shirt. I love the ducks.

[C]

They're so cute.

[E]

Chrissy, thank you so much.

[D]

Thank you so much. I don't know it. I didn't think it was gonna fit, but it fits.

[E]

How've you been? How was your weekend? I heard that you got fisted by Bears at Club Chub. Is that true? Uh, yeah.

[D]

Don't tell my boyfriend.

[E]

And, Spencer, I like your shirt today. Hey, I'm a hungry boy.

[B]

Wait, how does Spencer talk?

[C]

You look really good today, Ryland. Yeah, I know you're dressing for Taylor.

[A]

Swift's launch day, so can I just say.

[C]

You just say, all of a sudden.

[A]

I am so disappointed in her new album. It was supposed to be banger after banger after banger. It wasn't.

[E]

But you're a swiftie.

[B]

Oh my God.

[E]

This is.

[A]

Well, I still love her, don't get me wrong. It's just I expected something I didn't get.

[C]

Did Shane get you some more rings?

[A]

Yeah, they're not exactly as big as I wanted, but you know, they'll do for now.

[E]

You know, you were the one that convinced me that Taylor Swift was gonn perform at the super bowl and it's not. It's Bad Bunny. Good people. Hola.

[A]

Yeah, Chris, I love too much.

[E]

Do you like Bad Bunny?

[D]

Oh my God, I love Bad Bunny. I love going to music shows in general. I was actually just went to one and it was terrible.

[E]

But why was it terrible? What happened?

[A]

We all saw the video, Chris.

[D]

Wait, which video?

[A]

Of you crowd surfing.

[D]

Oh God, yeah.

[A]

Getting sick.

[E]

Spencer, have you. You wouldn't crowd surf, would you?

[B]

You really should have practiced. My Spencer.

[A]

Oh, you know Spencer Cr. You know he's crowd surfs.

[B]

Well, you know, I'm out there looking for you.

[C]

Okay, bro.

[B]

Pussy. I don't. You don't. Can I be me for a second? Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Should we. Hey guys. Welcome back. Okay, first of all, Chris, that was. Oh my God. I do need to.

[D]

Yeah, that was really good.

[B]

I literally do this.

[E]

Was it okay? I was so nervous.

[C]

It's a little bit of a wake up call. Jared's been walking around the office offending me. He's being so accurate to who I am. I'm like, wow.

[A]

Hey. Llamas. Oh my gosh.

[B]

Pizookies.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I literally feel like I died and I'm floating and I'm like watching our lives from an outside perspective. I'm learning so much about myself, about you guys, about what you think of each other.

[D]

Yeah, right.

[B]

This is like family therapy gone too far. Okay. No. So it is our Halloween episode. Guys, this is very exciting. Sorry, I'm still Spencer. Can you say this is our Halloween episode?

[D]

Hey guys, this is our Halloween episode.

[B]

Hey guys, this is our Halloween episode. Do we have the same voice?

[E]

That was pretty good.

[B]

Wait, it was?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Thank you. Okay, so I was like, what do we do? What costumes do we wear? We've done so many Halloween episodes. We did one where Jared was a minion, which was Spencer's introduction to our world.

[D]

That was the first one before I started working for you guys. I was like, let me just check out the channel and like see what kind of stuff. And then I look in Jared's like all yellow minion. Just like, just talking. I was like, what is this going to be?

[B]

I love that that's where you Started.

[D]

Yeah, I know.

[B]

You're like, I'm going to work for Shane. Let me start. I'm so happy you started there.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. Right.

[B]

Okay. Yeah. So I was like, what are we gonna do that we haven't already done? And Labubus are already over.

[C]

Over party with stuff in stocking store again.

[B]

So I'm like, we can't be Labuboos. Although that would have been cute. Then I was like, body swapping. Let's all swap bodies and just let it happen. And we're not just swapping bodies, guys. We are gonna swap roles on this podcast later. Rylan's recap.

[C]

Looking forward to it.

[B]

Hey, everybody, we have Spencer's likes. I really need to work on it. We have. I heard Chris pretty soon is gonna have a big old gay story.

[D]

Oh, my God. I had the biggest disappointment of my life. We'll get into it.

[B]

Obviously, Jared's gonna bring a cheap trick.

[C]

Oh, do I have a cheap trick to save you a couple of dimes?

[B]

And then obviously, Shane is gonna have us play a special spooky game. Right? Which, of course, I have planned, which he has no idea what I'm talking about. Can I just say, and I don't know if this is conceded or not, right? He, oddly enough, is the only one in a wig here that still looks like a man.

[D]

I feel like.

[B]

Excuse. We look like she's the man. We're like. We're undercover. Like, okay. We're trying to trick the boys.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Jared said I sound like under. I look like Undercover Boss, which I agree with.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Menchies in specifically.

[B]

Oh, my God. Yes. Okay, wow. So where do we even go from here? I'm sorry. I stole the show. Wait, Rylan, would you give her mayor one?

[A]

Oh, well, because it's so hot in here, we can't turn the AC on.

[E]

Did you get.

[A]

Come on, nobody cares, Shane.

[E]

Okay?

[A]

Just turn the air on.

[E]

I'm literally dying right now. I'm the only one who has a jacket on, and it's 100 degrees in here, so please. And the worst part is, I order my Diet Coke from McDonald's, and I don't think it's diet.

[A]

Guys aren't sticky. That happened to me today. My Diet Coke addicted husband over here.

[B]

Wait, wait, wait, Shane, wait.

[E]

Um, yes?

[B]

I think Chris has a story he was telling me before when we were setting up the show about some gay shit.

[E]

You have a gay story?

[D]

Please tell me.

[A]

Of course he does.

[C]

How many get into it, period?

[E]

Go ahead.

[D]

So I basically had. Okay, so basically I had the biggest disappointment of my life. I see this headline. The 11th annual Fat Bear Week begins this week.

[B]

What?

[D]

But obviously I was not a bunch of big fat boys. It's actual fat bears.

[A]

It is cute, though. It is cute.

[D]

Oh my God, it's so cute. It's cute.

[E]

I'm sorry. You must have been so disappointed.

[D]

I really was. I was hoping. They're big fat bears.

[B]

People are obsessed with a group of.

[A]

Incredibly rotund bears in Alaska. And there's even a competition going on to determine which one is the champion of fatness.

[D]

I wish it was, guys.

[B]

And it's all about plotting.

[A]

The bears for achieving peak roundness before hibernation only have about six months to.

[B]

Eat enough food to survive an entire Alaskan winter. So the more they resemble fluffy bowling.

[A]

Balls at this point in the year, the better the particular bears.

[B]

Close your eyes.

[D]

Think about your eyes.

[E]

And this year's salmon run was especially salmon run.

[A]

They live the life though. Salmon all day. That's delicious.

[E]

Maybe we could start some like, new terminology in the bear community. Like you can be a salmon and the bears are coming after you. What do you think?

[D]

I love it.

[E]

We're starting something new. Think about it.

[C]

Evidently these salmons are really good.

[E]

Wait.

[D]

Oh, actually, one more thing. I was looking for a list as Chris. Okay, I was looking at. So I was looking at a list, obviously. I was on bearworld.com. i was looking for lists of celebrity bears and I found this hilarious comment. And Gaz said, wouldn't mind any hairy bear dropping down my chimney come Christmas morning and have early morning hot sex and then get him to unwrap my prezis.

[C]

Lol.

[A]

Of course he would.

[E]

Period. Good story, Chris.

[B]

Well, speaking of offensive, guys, are you ready for another one of my likes?

[E]

Let's see it.

[B]

Let's get to my likes. Spencer's likes.

[C]

This is kind of a vibe, right? I like it.

[B]

That was very tame.

[E]

Of all the things that you normally like, that was the least terrifying thing I think you've played on our show.

[B]

Yeah, that really was.

[A]

Oh, wow.

[B]

In the last episode, YouTube made me get rid of three of them.

[C]

So is this the Chili's in Encino?

[D]

I don't know.

[C]

I don't think my Jared voice is working either. I only practiced.

[A]

By the way. By the way, Chili's Reach out. I am dying to work with you.

[C]

You know you're already followed by Chili's. You just have to.

[B]

I know.

[A]

I've DMed you several times. Chili's. I'm waiting on a response all right.

[C]

All right, let's get to the next one Spencer's likes.

[B]

All right, as you can see here, I just got out of Chili's. Oh, my God.

[C]

Why is he me as Jared?

[D]

That triple dipper man, it's unbelievable. You guys gotta try it. If you haven't.

[E]

Why is he me?

[B]

Spencer, I love.

[A]

What the hell is this?

[E]

Is that our chili? Are we gonna run into him?

[C]

Do they sell monsters at Chili's?

[D]

Why is everyone asking me?

[A]

I don't know.

[D]

It's like I go with Rylan to get Chili's and, like, he feeds me.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Do you like when Rylan feeds you?

[D]

Oh, my God, I love. I starved myself for a week before.

[E]

See, Rylan is a feeder.

[B]

I don't know. Shane feeds me a lot.

[E]

That's my love. Language, Suzy cake.

[A]

I will say, Shane, you do get me dinner every night.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

I will say that you do. You always ask if I want food. Y always.

[B]

Wait, can I send something out for your Halloween episode on the sip. Can you just have Jared? It's really funny.

[D]

Shane and Jared are really good. You guys are really nailing the way.

[C]

Jared was walking around the office. I'm not kidding. I was like, oh, wow. He could actually be my stand in. He's like, mamas.

[A]

Okay, girlies, back to the likes.

[D]

Okay, I think I'm gonna like this one.

[B]

Hi, There it is.

[A]

Tequila and bubble wrap day at Walmar.

[B]

Always having fun.

[A]

Tequila and bubble wrap day at Walmart.

[E]

So when you come across these videos, can you explain to me what's going through your head?

[C]

That this is what they just probably bring you joy.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. You know who you are.

[A]

She looked to me like she was just living her best life.

[B]

Tired.

[A]

She was loving it.

[E]

I love her, period.

[B]

Spencer's likes.

[E]

He should have been on Farmer's Got Talent.

[A]

That was actually very impressive.

[E]

I'm amazed that big blue ball.

[B]

Okay. It's so hard to know what YouTube's gonna make me take out.

[D]

No, I know.

[B]

Last time they made take out a guy who is eating socks.

[A]

I know.

[D]

That was such a good one too.

[B]

He was moaning. And the weird thing is they told me because it was fetish, and I'm like, But he didn't say he was.

[C]

You should create a playlist, Spencer, of the ones that were too bad for YouTube.

[B]

That's a good idea.

[C]

That's.

[A]

That's a really good idea for Pedro.

[B]

The other one. The other one was this woman who, like, sat on a balloon and went, ah. So I don't know this One's pushing.

[A]

It I think is this There might.

[D]

Be some more pushing it later.

[A]

Is this the same guy that eats apple?

[C]

We know Chris.

[D]

No, he does. I I like that guy though. Juggles while he e apples.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah. That guy's impressive.

[A]

Very impressive. Next like oh Spencer.

[B]

Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh no.

[A]

It's kind of hypnotizing though.

[C]

Okay, you can no longer control convince me Spencer doesn't like wieners.

[A]

Spencer.

[B]

Okay, hold on. Let me explain. Please explain.

[D]

I mean there's not much to explain. It was just sort of an interesting.

[C]

Video and these just come on your explore page.

[E]

Okay, this one.

[D]

Oh, do you guys know this girl?

[C]

Katy Perry? No.

[D]

She makes drinks. She makes drinks. It's a light finish. That way It's a light finish.

[B]

All right, one more, one more.

[E]

Is this the finale?

[D]

Yeah, unfortunately. I thought I had more but I guess I know this is the finale.

[B]

Spencer's like it's the weekend, the sun is shining.

[A]

So let's make a drink because it.

[B]

Would be rude not to. So we're starting.

[A]

Au juicy peach vodka.

[B]

Is this a God laboboo lady?

[D]

I don't think so.

[A]

Absolutely gorgeous. We're gonna mix it with peach.

[B]

Is she gonna pee in it?

[D]

No, this one's tame. She just cracks me up.

[B]

This is the most normal thing you've done.

[E]

I know.

[B]

Maybe you should date her. We're going to top it wet.

[A]

We have to get the vitamin C and like.

[B]

No.

[D]

Yeah, we going to have to watch.

[A]

I wouldn't mind subtitles.

[B]

Just about to there.

[E]

And we're going to Honestly that drink looks good. And it looks like something I had in Vegas. I don't remember though. I blacked out.

[D]

Wow.

[B]

I just love her that honestly that's gross. That was a tame normal. And maybe she's single.

[E]

Spencer.

[C]

Just like that one for as long.

[A]

I'm a little disappointed.

[C]

Oh sorry.

[D]

That was a bummer of a like skunk.

[C]

No, I liked it.

[D]

Well I like the way she drinks the drinks.

[B]

Well guys, I heard that Shane has to go pee so I do.

[E]

Thank you for saying something.

[D]

Where'd you hear that? Spencer? Where'd you hear that?

[E]

So I don't know. I just know I have to pee. So let's take a quick break. But when we come back we have something from Jared.

[C]

Yes, I have a cheap trick that's gonna change your your whole existence.

[E]

And we have a game so stay tuned.

[B]

We'll be back.

[A]

I don't know.

[E]

I don't know what to say.

[B]

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[E]

Okay, guys, welcome back. So Spencer and I came up with this game that's inside of this really cute head of a Lego man that I got at TJ Maxx before the conspiracy. We tested it for lead. No lead in here. And the game is called Ah or Yasss. And so in here, I have a bunch of different topics and I haven't decided when I read these. Are we all reacting at the same time?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mix. So me and Shane came up with this idea. Basically got the bucket, we got the things. Shane's gonna read them out, and then. Yeah, we're all gonna go. Ah. Or we're gonna go, yes.

[C]

Why wouldn't it be?

[B]

Boo.

[C]

Like, boo.

[B]

Okay, that might be a little bit. I don't talk to Shane about it.

[E]

All right, are we ready?

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

First one is pooping at a friend's house.

[B]

I. Okay. I don't even know if I've ever actually. No, remember, did we already talk about this on the podcast or. Sorry, Jared, we're talking about this on the podcast. Okay. We were at your friend's sleepover. I was probably like 8 or something. So you were like 12. 13. And then in the morning, I got blamed for pooping on the floor.

[A]

Yeah. And you were never allowed back at that house again.

[B]

That was not me. I did not do it. But I became. I don't know. But I pee on the floor. But I'm poop on the floor.

[E]

Oh.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

On accident.

[C]

Like, you missed the toilet. You were going aiming for the toilet.

[B]

I didn't poop on the floor, but it turned me into the neighborhood. Like, the poop. Okay, where was me?

[E]

It was you.

[B]

My.

[A]

My friend literally told me that my little brother isn't allowed over anymore because his dad found poop on the floor and found it very disrespectful.

[B]

I cannot poop at a friend's house. Does anybody here do that?

[D]

It depends on how I have to.

[A]

It depends on how far away the bathroom is from the living quarters.

[D]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[E]

There are some friends out where, like, we've known each other since childhood and, like, maybe there. But it's. Yeah, I hate it.

[A]

The person who poops first is the hero, though, because more than likely, more than one person has to poop. And the second one person Poops. Everybody feels open to doing it.

[C]

Good job, Rylan.

[A]

So poop. Just do it. And I love my clients.

[E]

Tweet it.

[B]

So the next.

[E]

The next one is ketchup on macaroni and cheese.

[B]

Yes.

[E]

Wait, I feel like I'm answering a Shane.

[C]

I mean, yes. Wait, is aw bad and yeses good? Yes.

[E]

Yes.

[A]

Wait, Amir, if you like that. I don't think you do.

[C]

I do. I'm gonna give.

[B]

I think we can answer as ourselves.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Okay. But if you feel. If you want to stay in character, you do you.

[E]

Right.

[C]

Just cause you can't execute on Spencer doesn't mean we can't.

[E]

Oh, okay. So if I'm answering this honestly.

[A]

Harsh.

[E]

Honestly as me. I would not.

[B]

Ew. Never. Ketchup. Macaroni and cheese.

[C]

You guys just haven't tried it. You guys are haters.

[B]

It's something your whole family does. And it. And I love your family, but it sickens me. We went somewhere. I think it was universal. And you had a dog and everybody had macaroni and cheese. And I don't know why. Why were we all doing that?

[C]

Hogwarts.

[B]

You're like, oh, can we get the ketchup? And I was like, stop. And they all together.

[C]

No.

[B]

It was horrifying.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

It was embarrassing.

[D]

Ketchup on scrambled eggs.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Fucked me up.

[B]

Yep. That's fine. But the scrambled egg makes the ketchup watery.

[A]

Ugh.

[D]

Yeah, I think it's gross.

[B]

Yeah. Okay.

[C]

What don't you guys? And Jared, you love ketchup.

[A]

I do. But to put it on macaroni and cheese is disrespectful.

[C]

Have you done it though?

[B]

No.

[A]

Okay, so I would never do that.

[B]

Ew. Okay. Okay.

[E]

The next one is being slapped during sex with consent.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yes. Yeah. Oh, wait, is this me or Spencer?

[C]

Spencer definitely say yes.

[B]

Wait, who said yes to.

[E]

I. I'm everyone to anything with consent. Not anything.

[B]

That's a.

[E]

Most things with. I'm willing to try something, you know, and like, there's fun ways to do most things. I mean, but I don't want to. I don't know. It depends how hard. It depends on a lot of things.

[B]

Somebody asked to slap me one time and I said, I guess. Okay. And they slapped me. And then I lost my hearing and then they thought I was gonna like sue them or something.

[C]

Oh, you're so old.

[B]

This was like 10 years ago.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Wait, he was recent.

[D]

It would be a problem.

[B]

Yeah. What?

[E]

Jared, you said yes.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Oh, wait, did Jared say.

[A]

Explain?

[C]

Yeah, Jared and Rylan Said yes.

[B]

Oh, I should be slapping more.

[C]

Sandy is hitting.

[E]

Oh, Sandy. Did you know this, right?

[C]

Well, yeah, she's on that diet right now, so she really takes it out on me.

[E]

All right, next one. Having someone serenade you with the a song.

[A]

So embarrassing.

[B]

I don't know. I hate it.

[E]

I'm somewhere in the middle.

[B]

I hate it. If it's a concert, that's fine. If it's a one on one and they're like, oh, I wrote this song.

[A]

And then.

[E]

Oh, yeah, that's how.

[B]

And then you have. You have to look at their eyes.

[D]

I mean, even I hate when people sing Happy Birthday. Like, even that.

[B]

Everybody hates it. Yeah. And we're all looking at the floor.

[D]

Somebody busts out a guitar at a party or something like that.

[C]

That's how you know it's getting bad.

[E]

All right, next one. Peeing while on the phone. I know a lot of people that do this.

[C]

I go to the. I never hit the water straight for me.

[B]

Ah.

[E]

But a lot of people in my life do it to me.

[B]

Why?

[C]

Hear it? No. If I'm peeing on the phone, you're not gonna know I'm peeing on the phone.

[B]

Yes, you fucking are. Cause you do it to me.

[C]

With you, you're different.

[B]

Right? I always have to pee. Anytime I'm on a zoom call, in therapy, anything on my computer, I always have to pee. And then I play that game with myself where I' okay, do I mute and then do I turn my camera off and mute and go pee? But then what if they asked me a question?

[D]

Yep.

[B]

And then I'm like, oh, fuck. And that has happened. So I do not do it. And I'm also scared now with iPhones that like that the camera's gonna accidentally turn on or something's accidentally turned on.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

And now you're filming me pee. That's life over.

[E]

No, but yeah. What? Why does everyone in my life pee on the phone with me? That's not a regular thing.

[D]

Com comfort, maybe, like comfortable with you, Maybe.

[E]

Are you pro or against?

[A]

I don't pee. I don't really talk on the phone very much at all. Unless it's Sandy, pretty much. Okay, but if I have to pee, I'm just letting them go.

[D]

Ah, guys, is gonna be a louder. Will come from higher up. You know what I mean? It's gonna be a louder.

[B]

And I have two streams.

[C]

Yes, we know. It's all over the wall and the floor.

[B]

The wall.

[E]

I feel passionately about this next one. I put it on threads and I had so many people upset with me, more than anything I've ever said. Chris, pineapple on pizza?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Whatever.

[E]

Everyone here pretty much is, yes, I love it.

[C]

I'll eat it. But it's like, it might not be my first choice. Whoa.

[A]

What is the argument against it? What is the legitimate argument against it?

[B]

Don't go together.

[E]

Yeah. I put it on threads and people.

[B]

Are like, this is sacrilegious. It's unacceptable.

[E]

It's disgusting. It doesn't belong on there. It doesn't make sense on a pizza. Like, all this stuff. And I'm like, what are you talking about?

[B]

Let's catch up on macaroni and cheese.

[E]

I think it's delicious.

[A]

To me.

[E]

It's like, I love a salty, sweet mixture, and that's what it is. You got some sweet. You got some salty pizza, the pepperonis and whatever. And it's like, oh, it's fantastic.

[D]

I don't like pineapple on pizza, but I'm not one of those people, like, those people who are like, no, no. Like, that's so annoying. It's like, who cares? It's just the thing, like, people put worse stuff on pizza.

[E]

Yeah. I thought someone was gonna come for me. They were so upset.

[D]

Yeah, it's stupid.

[B]

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[E]

Okay, next one. Oh, going to the Ren Fair.

[A]

On the fence. I went to one recently. It was cool for like, an hour, but then everybody is so in character while you're there. And then it's crazy because there's some people that look like they are actually from that time period. Yeah. And it's very cool when you.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Did they call you time traveler?

[B]

No.

[E]

They did that to me. Every time I dressed by someone that was, like, really into it, they're like, ooh, we have time travelers.

[D]

It's so annoying.

[A]

Cringe.

[B]

I can't do. Here's the thing. And I'm nervous. I was nervous to scream because I don't want to find anybody. And I know a lot of you guys love it. Here's the thing. I like the idea of it. I like the food. I like the costumes and the outfits. What I don't like is. Yes. I don't enjoy people in real life play acting, like, because they're. You're just, like, walking by, and there'll be, like, a couple acting.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

For no one. Nobody's watching. And they'll just be like, honey, did you grab the horse in the sand? And then I'm walking by and I'm like, I hate this. It's like when the person is singing in your face. I can't do it. But I love a pickle, so, you.

[C]

Know, I'll say, I can't hate on something I've never tried, so maybe it's great and I'm just missing out.

[B]

You know what I will say, though, the one time I went to the Ren faire, what I did enjoy was the king. The king's coming. The king's coming. And I was like, all right, let me see this. So I mean, I was like, you know what? I like this moment because he's living as a king and he was really going into it. He was yelling at people. He was just like, get out of my quarters. And everyone is afraid of him. And all the women are like, oh, like, with their titties, like, right. Oh. And like, loving it. And I was like, I like this for him.

[E]

The Ren Faire is shockingly sexual. Has been my experience.

[B]

It's very sexual.

[A]

What else was there to do back then?

[E]

I don't know. But like, I ended up not that. The second to last time I went, there was this woman who was selling, like, wooden handmade, like, flutes, and one of them was shaped like a dark. And she put them between her giant tickle bitties and I blew on the flute. It was a whole thing. And, like, it was fun. Just way more sexual than I would have thought, you know? Anyways, next one. Watching all the Harry Potter movies in.

[A]

A row.

[C]

I mean, I would. I would like to experience that.

[B]

What did you say?

[C]

Yes, I would like to experience that. I'm always asking Shane, like, let's start a series.

[B]

You can't even get through a movie. You think you can get through a Harry Potter movie?

[D]

There's eight of them.

[A]

Sandy tries to watch them all at least once a year.

[B]

You.

[A]

You guys could have fun with that. And Twilight. Twilight I actually can handle better than Harry Potter because it's shorter if I had to.

[C]

Or you have a thing because there's.

[A]

Little action moments that are somewhat exciting in Twilight and. And it's funny to watch because the acting is just like, so bad.

[B]

And which team are, you know.

[E]

Yeah, which team are you?

[A]

I like the underdog.

[C]

Which one's that?

[B]

Team Jacob.

[A]

You know what I'm saying is that Taylor Edward feels entitled to me. Like, he just deserves it.

[E]

Shots fired.

[A]

Where Jacob is really trying hard and he's always there for everybody. Jacob till the end. Got everybody's back.

[B]

Wait, I didn't know, did I? I didn't hear a yay or anything.

[D]

I. I like that. I don't know if I'd want to watch all of them back to back, but I like Harry Potter. Speaking of, like, people acting like that, there's a thing in LA at, like, there's a place called the Hollywood Forever Cemetery and they in the Summer, they show outdoor movies, and you go do this. A picnic. It's really fun.

[B]

We went.

[D]

Everyone, like, dressed up, and there people were. Some people there were trying. So, like, there's like, the Death Eaters are the evil guys, and there was a guy dressed like that going around. Like, some people, like, eating, like, drinking a glass of wine on the grass. Like, they were like, okay, like, thank you. But it was. It was all that. And there are so many people with.

[B]

Like, this is my time to dress up. Like, I'm a mug.

[D]

They were doing all that. They were just like, okay, okay.

[C]

Everyone in Hollywood's an actor.

[A]

I have a similar sentiment to how you felt when the king was getting his moment.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Like, if Harry Potter is your life and you can't do that every single day. It's like when I go to a Hot Wheels trade night, you know? Yeah. Everybody there is in our Hot Wheels. We're all nerds. We can all say the code words, and we all know what we're saying. It's very exciting. So shout out.

[D]

I think those people that same with race, the ren fair. It's like, if you like it, like it.

[B]

I listen. I want Harry Potter fans to live their lives, and I want them to have so much fun. I just can't do it. Yeah, but I've tried so many times to watch those movies, and I don't know what it is about fantasy movies. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter. I just can't do it. My brain won't do it. Unless somebody's getting stabbed and gutted, I don't care. Unfortunately.

[E]

Okay, next one. Responding to a text from an ex.

[B]

Yay.

[A]

I don't get any bucks.

[B]

That is not true.

[C]

Yes, you are.

[B]

I got. I got a text from an ex three years ago, and Rylan won't shut.

[C]

I think it was, like, congrats on your babies.

[B]

It was so nice.

[E]

See, I think the problem with me is both my exes, like, cheated on me and, like, lied to me and we're off. So, like, they're blocked and not. You know what I mean? I've never had a healthy breakup, unfortunately, so I don't have an ex I can just chat with. I don't know what that's like. I don't know.

[B]

I'm sorry. I'll text you and pretend to be your ex. Thank you.

[E]

Wait, Jared.

[A]

Nah, nah, nah. I mean, I've been with Sandy for so long. I mean, I've never even received a text, so I don't know.

[B]

Nah.

[D]

I think if I was In a relationship, it'd be more nah. But right now. Now it's like, sure, whatever.

[E]

Okay, that makes sense.

[B]

All right, should we do. Or one final one, maybe?

[E]

Oh, one final one. Should I pick one? Getting asked, what you got going on today at Dutch Bros?

[B]

Oh, my God. I can't think of anything worse.

[E]

I think I'm psychotic because it's kind of a. Yeah. For me.

[C]

My worst is, what's your favorite animal? Yeah, they would do that. All I'm like, do you care? And I'm not doing this with you.

[B]

You know what I will say, though? And I might have already talked about this shout out to that last Dutch Bros we went to because they were all really great. And I think it's because they weren't asking questions, they were just vibing.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

You know, that's what I want. That's what I want.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

Fill it out.

[B]

All right, Shane. I guess. Is that the end of the game?

[E]

Yeah. Yes, that's the end. I forget what's next, but that was fun. Did you guys like. I had fun. I hope everyone else had fun.

[B]

That was fun for me.

[C]

I do have a cheap chick trick prepared.

[E]

Right. Okay, Jared, tell us about your cheap trick.

[A]

He's got a pocket of change.

[B]

He makes a lot of sense. When the price goes up, he'll get it.

[C]

Now, I know a lot of you love when I talk about 7 11. Yeah, that's not what we're doing today. Oh, I'm dropping Ulta.

[B]

You know what Ulta is, Jared.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Very gay of you, Jared.

[C]

Yes. I got my new cream that has worked out this fantastic beard at Ulta.

[A]

Your beard is looking fantastic.

[D]

Your eyebrows are really looking fantastic. I should thank you.

[C]

Yes. So what you do, you go to Ulta? Sandy and I have been on this recently. Ulta's expensive. And, you know, there's all these girls on TikTok, they're like. Like spending all their parents money on skin care. And so the cheap trick is you buy it, you go and squirt out all the product in your own container at home, fill it with cheap ass product from Walmart, return it, you got a $100 product.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[C]

For $10.

[B]

That's illegal.

[C]

And that's what Sandy and I are doing.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

Allegedly. He's not really for the protection of this podcast. He didn't mean it.

[C]

Where did you hear.

[A]

I cannot see Sandy doing that.

[C]

No, no, no, no. That was a viewer submission.

[E]

Was it?

[D]

Do you want to shout out the viewer or.

[C]

No, she wants to stay anonymous.

[D]

Probably a good idea.

[E]

So someone's going to Ulta and buying cheap Walmart cream. Spending a billion dollars.

[C]

I made up the Walmart but.

[A]

Oh, oh, oh.

[B]

Cheap.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

That's.

[E]

But cheap cream. Not knowing they're getting something different than they think they're getting.

[C]

Yes. Because then. Then the employees put it back on the shelf as the expensive branding.

[B]

That sounds alleged. Allegedly. Alleged.

[D]

Allegedly.

[A]

Yeah. People have messaged me a lot about rent a car that is the same car as yours and then have the tires put onto your car from the rental car and then you basically just get new tires for like 30 bucks.

[E]

Wow.

[C]

So this is becoming not cheap tricks. Scamming.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Please stop messaging me. Criminal acts. Okay, I get it. Stealing makes things cheap. I get get it. So that's not. That's not a cheap trick. That's a scam.

[C]

And we love your scams. Keep coming.

[B]

Shane. I heard that you have to pee really bad again, right?

[E]

I have to pee. So that was fun. We're going to take a break and when we come back, conspiracy.

[C]

I was just starting to have fun.

[B]

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[E]

Okay, welcome back. So today. I know I say this every episode, but this time I mean it. The conspiracies today are some of the craziest I've ever heard. They're going to blow your mind, Spencer. Take it away.

[B]

It blew Chris's mustache.

[D]

Yeah. Sorry, guys.

[E]

My must.

[D]

I had to shave during the break.

[E]

I feel like.

[D]

I feel like it's a good look for me and also it's not going to make me want to scratch my.

[B]

Face off, I think. Okay. Sorry. Am I Spencer? Okay, I'm Shane again. Yeah, just for a minute, because I do have some crazy theories, but I also want to do kind of a deep dive about something that I have fallen down a rabbit hole about, and that is haunted theme parks. Which obviously, you guys know, theme parks are one of my favorite things in the whole world. World. I love theme parks. I love roller coasters. But lately, I mean, not to put them on blast again, but ever since all the mishaps at Cedar Point. Yeah, which, by the way, Cedar Point. Shout out. We still want to come to you. My goal is early next year, we take a podcast, Road Trip.

[C]

Road trip? No, that's Ohio.

[B]

Okay, we'll fly. But yeah, I really do want to go there and explore, especially now, because I found out that there might be a reason why things are going wrong there. Maybe it's because Cedar Point is one of the most haunted locations in America. What? Okay, I don't even know where to start. Okay, let me start here. Okay, so the park has been open for over 150 years, and ever since it opened, there's been accidents, there's been multiple fires. There has been, sadly, some occasional ride deaths. But because of all of that, supposedly it is one of the most haunted places in America. And a lot of ghost hunters, paranormal investigators, they go there and they try to sneak in at night. They get a lot of recordings. They bring, like, the thermostat guns. They censor a lot of things. So there is a hotel on site called Hotel breakers, and that opened in 1905. That's crazy.

[D]

It's that old.

[B]

It's that old.

[D]

I didn't know it was that old.

[B]

I know. So that hotel specifically is one of the most haunted hotels in America. Guests and the staff that work there said they have seen apparitions, strange noises, doors opening and closing. There's certain rooms that are more haunted than others. And this is kind of sad. So there's a very famous ghost there that a lot of people have seen. It's, like, not a joke. Like, employees working there talk about it, and it's the woman in white. And they see her walking around the halls in this, like, white dress. And supposedly she ended her life on her wedding night in one of the rooms there. But supposedly you can see her walking around crying in this white dress in the halls. Ew, it gives me chills. So scary.

[D]

Do we have to stay there when we go?

[B]

Yes, this is scary. Ew. I didn't think about that. Yes, we literally probably do. Okay, so. But it wasn't just her. There have been, over the multiple decades, there have been a lot of accidental deaths from hotel staff at this hotel and also at the park. Park also employees that are housed in the dorms. Over the years, there have been multiple deaths from doing maintenance on the building or even just deaths living in the employee housing, which is crazy. And supposedly seasonal workers talk about it all the time, where they hear things, they see things in, like, the employee dorms, which I didn't know that an amusement park had that.

[D]

Yeah, that's rough, right?

[B]

I didn't know that that was a thing. But, yeah, I guess some people live. Live on the site.

[D]

Well, I guess, because otherwise probably only open during the summer. Right. So it's like, you're not gonna live there year round. I guess.

[B]

I don't know. I guess. Yeah. Also, they have a ballroom that was opened in the early 1900s as a dance hall. And supposedly that is insanely haunted. You hear music, you see ghosts dancing. And I know that sounds kind of like corny or whatever, but when we went to the Stanley Hotel and we went to that fucking ballroom, that was the most uncomfortable I. I've ever been in a space like that specific ballroom was like. It felt like an instant pit in my stomach. So that is very scary. Also at this park. This is crazy. There have been areas of this park that have burned down multiple times. The same area since the 1800s. Yes. Like the multiple things have burned down at Cedar Point over and over again, which is crazy. But not only that, there have been been so many accidents. And listen, every theme park has accidents. So it's not just like a Cedar Point thing. But some of them are very interesting because, okay, in 1977 there was a roller coaster called the Wildcat. Two trains collided and a 17 year old girl sadly was killed. And then multiple others had injuries. And then in 1992, there's a ride called Demon Drop, which is insane.

[C]

Why would you curse?

[A]

Not a good name.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And a maintenance worker was killed while working on the ride, which is so sad. But this is where it gets crazy. There is a roller coaster that is supposedly one of the most haunted roller coasters in the world. And it's called the Raptor Roller coaster. And there have been multiple deaths on this same coaster since it was opened in 2004, a man entered a restricted area under the ride and was struck by the coaster. Then in 2000 2015, in literally an identical way, a different man climbed over the security fence and was fatally hit by the roller coaster in the same way. So I looked it up because I was like, wow, is this roller coaster still around? Because like I looked it up and, and right now it's currently down and nobody knows when it's going to reopen. Which I'm like, that's kind of weird. So I don't know, whenever that does open though, we're there.

[D]

We're going to Ohio, baby.

[B]

I know. I don't know. The more I read about this theme park, like, I know it kind of started as a joke because it was like, oh, their rides keep breaking. But like, the more I read about, I'm like, this is, we gotta go.

[C]

Well, that's what's driving you there?

[A]

I don't know.

[C]

I'm good. I'll go to lagoon. I'll see you in Utah, honey.

[B]

Okay, so then that led me down a different rabbit hole. I found an almost even more haunted location. So this theme park's not around anymore? It still exists, but it's abandoned. It's called Lake Shawnee Amusement Park. Okay, so it's in West Virginia. It's one of the most haunted and documented locations in America. Not just, just theme parks. Like locations like more haunted than the Stanley. Like it's more haunted than a lot of places. Let me explain why. So not that long after it opened, it was shut down. Because it had so many accidents and so many people were dying, and they didn't know why. So it was shut down, which is crazy. That, like, they were like, why does this keep happening? We just need to shut this down. So let me tell you how it was born. So in 1920, there was an entrepreneur named Conley Snido, and he built an amusement park on Lake Shawnee. The park had a swimming lake, it had carnival rides, it had a dance hall, and it had concessions. Dance families loved it. Everybody was going there until the accident started happening. So in the 1950s, on one of the swing rides, a young girl in a pink dress died when a truck backed into the ride as it was swinging, which is insane. So a lot of people see the ghost of a little girl in a pink dress running around at night. There have been multiple drownings at the lake over the years. And in 1966, the park was closed due to all of these accidents happening. And because people were so afraid to go there because of all the deaths and accidents, that obviously the money went down, people stopped coming, so they shut the park down. So let me explain a little bit more about the. The, like, haunted areas before I get to the reason it's haunted, because there is a reason. So there's a Ferris wheel, which supposedly has the most ghost activity. Like, if you go there after hours at night, that is where you will see things. A lot of locals living there say that they see the apparitions of children running and screaming, especially the girl in the pink dress. There's cold spots in certain areas, especially near the Ferris wheel. There have been so many paranormal investigators that have gone there and documented the journey. Like, there's so many shows on TV that have gone there. But in the 1980s, the landowner that bought the land and was, like, trying to figure out what to do with it. Once they were excavating the property, they found Native American artifacts and 13 skeletons of children.

[A]

Whoa.

[B]

And they confirmed that the theme park was built on a Native American burial site.

[D]

That's number one rule. Don't do that.

[E]

I was wondering by the name. I was like, is that.

[B]

Yes.

[E]

Like, somehow.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

So not only was it a Native American burial site, but there also was a violent attack that happened at that same location in the late 1700s. A settler named Mitchell Clay established a home there. Then a conflict happened with a local Shawnee tribe. Two of Clay's children were killed by the Shawnee tribe. Clay retaliated kill. Killed several members of the Shawnee tribe. And because of that, the land Was called cursed. Then they looked into it. So the burial site actually started even before that. So it was a burial site. Then there was another attack, and then it turned into a theme park.

[D]

So they're just stacking curses?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Isn't that crazy? So it's still around.

[C]

That's why you gotta ask your realtors what happened in your house.

[B]

That's the thing, though. They don't know. Know. Like they'll know if somebody's died in your property?

[C]

I guess not.

[B]

But only a certain amount of years back. Like after a certain amount of years, they don't have to tell you.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

They only have to tell you if it was a violent death within the last five years.

[C]

Are you still in realtor school?

[A]

Yeah. But natural causes could mean, like a plethora of things. Like, if somebody fell down the stairs, that would just be natural causes. But if somebody is killed, they have to tell you.

[B]

Okay, so yes, it is still around. I mean, it's abandoned, but it is owned by the White family. They have preserved the ruins of the amusement park and they turned it into a dark carnival that you can take tours in around Halloween. So you go walk around the Ferris wheel, the swing, you can go around and look at the burial site.

[C]

Exactly the kind of sites that I want to see.

[B]

How fucking scary this place looks.

[D]

Imagine this ending there.

[B]

I feel like Cedar Point's a little safer. We got a hotel. This is like next level.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So I don't know. So that was my little rabbit hole about haunted.

[C]

Well maintained.

[E]

Good answer.

[B]

Thanks, guys.

[A]

Good for the grass.

[C]

Fantastic, Spencer.

[B]

Thank you.

[D]

Good job, Spence.

[B]

Let us know though. Should we go to Cedar Point?

[C]

No.

[D]

Or have you. If anyone's been to Shawnee? The Shawnee of either of these places.

[B]

Like, have you been to Cedar Point or Lake Shawnee? And have you seen anything? Let us know in the comments. Give us your ghost.

[D]

But if you went to Cedar Point and just had a fun time, we.

[C]

I don't.

[D]

We don't really need to hear about that.

[B]

Yelp page.

[D]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Conspiracy Corner. Here we go. This is an email that I got from Kevin. His at name is at name. How old am I? His username, I guess, is Lost Kevin. I'll put right it. He said, hey, what's up, couch guys? And Cuck Chris.

[A]

Damn. What?

[B]

New nickname?

[A]

I do.

[D]

It is kind of feel like I'm in the cuck chair today.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

You're watching this.

[D]

It's very like, I can really see everything.

[C]

Is it empowering?

[D]

No.

[B]

He said my name is Kevin Barman, also known as Lost Kevin, which is my producer name. I'm 16 years old and I'm all the way from Sweden. Shout out. I've been watching Shane since I was 9 and I still watch him every day. To show my appreciation, I put together a cinematic remake of his conspiracy theory intro. I hope you all enjoy it. Okay, so I've already heard this and I was like, I gotta play this on the show. It is so good. Let me just play a part of it. It really builds.

[D]

Breath.

[A]

Can't hear it.

[B]

Oh, no.

[C]

I was waiting for it to.

[B]

It's so good. How's it like Shawnee, that's a cedar point.

[C]

Wow.

[E]

It's cool.

[B]

Oh my gosh.

[A]

What was that?

[E]

It's epic.

[B]

Are you kidding me?

[D]

Wow.

[B]

Oh my God. Produce my next album. That was incredible. Thank you so much. I'm literally going to use that in the next conspiracy video. It's so good. Thank you so much. Much. All right, let's get to some conspiracy updates. I'm really playing around with fire with this one. Oh, no. Okay, obviously we posted the video about discount store.

[D]

Even though I said there you had. It's in the. It's in the thumbnail. I know, but I'm just scared.

[B]

I don't know why I'm so scared of calling out this company. But yes, we got a lot of email, a lot of emails from people trying the experiment talking about things they found at this discount store and guys, what the fuck is I. Okay, it's been about a couple weeks since the video went out. I have not heard anything. I hope they're changing things. So all of these are in the past. Maybe things are different now. But guys, we're getting. I mean, this is from Gabby. We're getting obviously worn and used shoes.

[C]

Mowed the lawn in those.

[B]

This is from Sage. We're getting a hairbrush with a bunch of hair in it. What are we doing? What doing are we doing? So then we got a bunch of emails from people being like, Shane, you missed the craziest thing that you could get from the bed sheets. Cuz in the video, obviously we bought bed sheets, we with them, returned them. And I was like, oh gosh, you could get this. You get that? And then all the comments were saying bedbugs. And I was like, oh, I didn't even think about bed bugs. Yeah, that's literally the worst thing you could get. And you could get that if somebody buys the blankets, the sheets has bed bugs. Returns the. Oh my God.

[A]

Allegedly.

[B]

Allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly. But that's like, yeah. So I didn't even think about that. That led into this next email which. Oh my God. Okay, so this is from Madison and her subject is not washing comforters. I was like, okay, I'm already triggered. Hey Shane. So back in 2018, I worked at the front desk at a very well known hotel chain. While I was there, I started noticing something that completely freaked me out. Out. Housekeeping said that they never washed the comforter or the top bedding between guests. They only wash the sheets. When I asked why, they said we don't have to wash those after every guest. Only every now and again, she said. Then I started thinking, oh my God, what? People are sitting on the bed on the top of the bed. After the airport, they're putting their luggage on top of the bed, which has so many germs on on it. People are sitting and eating takeout on the bed. Kids are jumping all over the beds. Pets sometimes sleep on top of the comforter. She said, and let's be honest, a lot of adult activities probably happen on top of that comforter. Yes. Which is insane. She said, I have no idea if they've changed the policies or not, but this was a very well known chain and those comforters were never washed. Oh my God. We didn't even check. When we looked at the hotel, we didn't even see check the comforter. Cuz I didn't even think of. I was like, there's no world where they wouldn't wash this. Ew.

[C]

And then even a lot of the nicer hotels they do the like duvets, but instead of using like a duvet cover, they just like bundle them in sheets.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

So then by the end of the night the like duvet is exposing itself and then I'm like trying to wrap it back up.

[B]

Yeah, this is actually very scary. So one of the scariest theories we ever talked about was what Jared said said on the last podcast. Yeah, you jerk. About how anytime you say hey Google or Hey Alexa, kids in the house would duck on the floor and freak out. So this is an email from Lorelei.

[D]

Lorelei.

[B]

Lorelei. That's a good name.

[A]

Shout out Gilmore Girls.

[B]

She said, hey Shane and friends. Been a fan since 2015. Love listening to the podcast. Thank you. When you were talking about the kids reaction to the Alexa in Google, it reminded me of something that I wanted to share. Right now I'm doing an internship to complete my music therapy degree and I work with older adults in assisted living. It's people who have Memory issues and sometimes even hospice. I have one client who unfortunately suffered traumatic brain injuries due to a stroke and is paralyzed from the neck down and is mostly unable to speak. However, the only phrase she can say is, alexa, what's the time?

[E]

Time.

[B]

My supervisor and I thought that was very peculiar because usually when older adults have memory lapses or memory issues, they only have memories from their younger years. And Alexa is a relatively recent form of technology. I don't know what that means, but after you were talking about the different theories, like, the frequencies, it made me feel really uneasy. Just figured that would be something I'd share. That is really weird, right? Because I have done a lot of research and to, like, dementia into memory loss. I mean, there are facilities that are so fascinating, I forget the name of them, but they can, like, recreate a 50s diner.

[D]

Oh, yeah, I know you're talking.

[B]

You know what I mean? It's like a.

[D]

It's like a fake town, basically.

[B]

Fake town. And inside of this fake town, they have, you know, people with dementia with memory issues living in this fake town and kind of reliving their childhood every day. Like, they literally will decorate an apartment to look like that person's apartment when they were a kid with old technology and, you know, old TVs, old phones. It's really interesting. So, yeah, the fact that, like, somebody older is only able to say, alexa, what time is it? Which is such a recent thing, is kind of scary because it's like, what waves are these machines putting out to latch on to that?

[D]

That was one of the. That might have been one of the creepy. The creepiest videos I've seen on the podcast of all the kids just screaming and talking about it. It was freaking out.

[C]

Such fear. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Really?

[A]

That's creepy.

[B]

Very, very creepy. Thank you for that email. Okay, we got an update about the glitter theory. So we got so many emails about this, and I guess a tick tock has been going viral about glitter being made in a factory. But in the comments, people started talking about the theory, and someone said, by the way, it is used in the military for chaff. And all the replies are like, what is chaff? What is that? So then I texted Jared because I'm like, do you know what this means? Yes, Jared, please explain.

[C]

You know, I think Ryland is a specialist.

[A]

So evidently. But no. So I did some research, and there was a few things that I found that I deemed to be interesting. One of them, if you look up how glitter was made, it talks about how it was a gentleman named Henry washman in the 1930s. And he was actually commissioned by the government to help them make these little washers made out of. It's called mica for the Manhattan Project, which I don't know if you guys are familiar with what that is, but it's like the first nuclear bomb. And as he was making these little washers, he noticed that pieces were flying off, and they were these little glittery rock particles. And the employees from the factories were taking them and selling them to, like, drugstore so people could put them on their Christmas tree. And like, even in the interview that kind of popularized the whole conspiracy is the lady said that she couldn't tell you who is the number one buyer of glitter.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But you definitely see it, but they don't want you to know what it is. You know, that was the whole thing. So the government, evidently is the largest consumer of glitter. It's not boat pain or anything like that. That's kind of been put out there as the. As the red herring, I guess you would call it.

[B]

But.

[A]

But what chaff is, is if you've ever seen a jet and it shoots off these, like, flare type things. And I think they do it a lot in, like, air shows for showmanship.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

But the purpose of it is when a heat sinking missile is traveling towards you and you want to deflect it, obviously you blow this chaff out, which is aluminum, which is really what glitter is made out of. And now the heat created from the chaff, the glitter, is what the missiles will lock onto instead of your actual plane. And I don't know if it's very good for the environment.

[D]

Yeah, probably.

[A]

But that's why she said you definitely see it, because we've all seen when jets blow this stuff out the sides and it looks like fireworks, and it's very pretty looking, almost. But they don't want you to know what it is. And that's why, because the government is the biggest buyer of glitter. They use it in, like, rock rocket fuel. They use it in the chaff.

[B]

Whoa.

[A]

Wow.

[D]

That's crazy.

[B]

Good job, Rylan.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay, this is gonna sound stupid, but, guys, hear me out. Go with me on this journey. Has anybody else noticed recently that they are pushing protein in everything?

[D]

Everything?

[B]

Have you not seen this? Yes. So obviously, like, you know, there's always been protein bars, protein powders, protein shakes, or whatever. In ch just the last week, every day, I am seeing something else that I'm like, am I being pranked? Okay, first it was. I think it's McDonald's or I don't remember. It's like a fast food place where they're like, now we have protein in our milkshakes. And I'm like, okay, that seems stupid, but whatever. Then I'm on Instagram, Snickers bar now with more protein. Literally on the package of the Snickers bar, it's like, we have protein, protein in this bar. I'm like, okay. Then we're at Target the other day and we're going, and there's a Starbucks in there. And there's a sign at Starbucks and it says, protein cold foam.

[C]

What?

[B]

So it's literally just in the cold foam, not in the drink. Just what is happening? Wait, just literally what the fuck is going on?

[A]

Side note, yes, they have a banana cold foam. That sounds delicious.

[C]

New banana.

[A]

Has anyone had it?

[B]

I have not, no.

[C]

I need to try this sugar free vanilla.

[B]

What the fuck is happening there? What the fuck is going on?

[A]

I think because the trend right now is being in shape and like, maybe building muscle and all of that. So they're just capitalizing off of it, I would assume.

[B]

Why is it every single brand at the same time? Like, this happened, what? Like two months ago, we were talking about Mike's Hot Honey, and it was every single fast food place, every, you know, chip brand. Everybody was doing hot honey, honey.

[D]

Now pickle is everything.

[B]

Pickle, chips, pickle, pickle drinks, pickle, everything, pickle, fast food, pickle, everything. Now it's the protein. I'm like, are they all brainwashing us into something? I don't understand what the theory is here, but why the is this happening?

[C]

What's ironic is Spencer pointed out, he's like, they're just listing the amount of protein. It probably always had the protein that's like, I think the milk products, but now it is like, it's a trendy thing to be like, oh, protein's a hot market. They're probably pro. All these brands are probably looking at like, yeah, that's what items are selling. And it's like protein bars.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[C]

Protein.

[B]

Can we make fiber the next thing? Because I need more of it. That was true.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

That was like when I was in high school, like 2007. That was the fiber.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Fiber, fiber. It was fiber everything.

[A]

And then no trans fat was a big thing for a while.

[D]

Free was a big thing.

[A]

Sugar free. Still on a sugar free kick.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Wow.

[D]

That one seems real. That one seems like a lot of sugar is just bad for you.

[B]

All right, well, this next thing pissed me off even more. Let Me show you a video of Hollywood's hottest news star.

[D]

She's Hollywood's new it girl. Her name is Tilly Norwood.

[C]

Let's get to know each other and thanks for watching.

[D]

Her photos and videos are all over.

[B]

Social media, but Tilly is already causing a major controversy.

[D]

Why?

[B]

Because she's not real.

[D]

She's AI generated Tilly Norwood.

[B]

100% AI generated.

[D]

Tilly is the creation of a Dutch.

[B]

Comedian who says multiple talent agents have.

[D]

Shown interest in signing the AI actors.

[C]

Why?

[D]

Blowback is intense.

[A]

This is really, really scary, says actress Emily Blunt.

[B]

It's a little bit of an unfair advantage.

[C]

But you know what? Bring it on, Period. I'd cast her everything, every AI thing.

[B]

You are going to get replaced.

[A]

How does that even work, though?

[B]

I literally don't know. I don't understand. But yeah, I fell down a rabbit hole about this because I'm like, what the fuck is happening? I don't understand how this works. But also, why does she look so familiar? Do you guys have any guesses on. On who this is?

[C]

Vanessa Hudgens meets?

[B]

You're kind of right.

[C]

Nina Dobrev.

[D]

No, that's a pretty good guess, though. I mean, that's like.

[B]

I see that she's a computer generated actress who is a mad mashup of Vanessa Hudgens, Gal Gadot and Ana de Armas. How is that legal? If I was any three of those girls, I'm suing. What the fuck?

[E]

Also, I'm so mad at my people. It says it was unveiled at the Zurich Film Festival, which is in Germany. So shame to you.

[B]

Germany. Well, Sack put out a statement. The Screen Actors Guild, they said, to be clear, Tilly Norwood is not an actor. It's a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional periods. Which is true. So the way AI works is it learns from different, you know, examples. So literally, this company just imported all the actors and then AI created a performance out of all the. It's so fucked up. It's so scary. But you know what's even scarier? Yeah. In five to 10 years, we're gonna be laughing at this and being like, aha. Remember when we were mad that humans were losing jobs acting? And that was funny because everything's AI now.

[C]

Like, it's going to be. I mean, I know, like, why. It is seriously uncool and it is awful, but it is also going to be our reality.

[A]

Well, is it gonna be the reality for our generation or for the younger generation?

[C]

No, I think it's gonna happen in the next 10 years.

[B]

So it's not just movies that are gonna be all AI.

[E]

No, I. I wouldn't watch a movie. I just need to say that.

[B]

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Big gifts, big perks.

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That's why you rack called Sora 2.

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And just take a look at some of this.

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Ladies and gentlemen.

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Triple axle with a pat.

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Not real. Okay, that looks fake.

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The animation.

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But it's animation. Oh, my God. Wow.

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Damn funny.

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Viral video fake. You're right. So yeah, now you will open up a fake tik tok and you'll be scrolling and it's all fake. And you can make your own. You just input the TikTok text. A guy falling down, everybody laughing. Boop. There it is.

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But then what's even the point?

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I don't know. One of the counter arguments about AI is that people that are really pro AI are like, well, the goal is that we're all gonna not have to work anymore because there's gonna be a globalized way that we are all paid exactly the same amount.

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But then what's our purpose? A lot of people's purpose isn't tied to their work. They work to live to work. But when we're also addicted to our phones and addicted to technology, that just leaves more time for people to exist socially on their phone. And if that all becomes AI too, it's like we're not really existing more in our life, we're existing more in our phone. So we are becoming blobs of nothing.

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Can I also say all his points are hitting so much harder with the bald cap and the beard. Yeah, I'm fucking buying this.

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Period.

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Seems nice. Seems nice, but it's gonna be awful.

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Well, luckily, when you're sleeping, you know when you're dreaming, you're not on your phone, you're not connected to a device. Until now, no. New device called the dream Recorder, this is an open source device that captures and replays your dreams as cinematic AI generated reels. It Sits beside your bed, quietly records brainwave activity while you sleep. Then using a mix of neuroscience and generative AI, it interprets and reconstructs your dreams with visuals.

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I might be interested in that, which is interesting.

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But then the top comment on this.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Is can't wait for ads in my dreams. Literally, right? Like cuz what would be the purpose of them creating this other than to tap into our subconscious and our brain waves 100% that's what they're going to try to see.

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Right? When you read the idea behind this, I thought it was cool because have you ever had a dream and then right when you wake up you're like, wow, that would have been like an incredible movie. But then 50 minutes later you're like, what happened in my dream? I can't remember it anymore. That would be cool. But this, whatever it's playing doesn't look like a dream I've ever had. I thought it would be an exact replica of your dream.

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It'll get there.

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I'm excited about that.

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They're definitely gonna put ads in it. 100%. Why wouldn't they? Why wouldn't they want to figure out a way to tap in? They're like, you know what, we're controlling all these people all day on their phones and we could shove ads in their face all day on their phones, why not shove them in there? It's like dream.

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Wanna unlock the end of this dream? Like stop, wait 30 seconds. Or play this ad. I could definitely see that happening.

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Oh my God.

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I want to see how this ends.

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I feel like every AI thing that has come out, it's like it's make it, makes it so we don't have to think or do anything. Like every new tool is like now you, like, you don't have to edit really anymore. It'll edit for you, it'll pick moments of podcast for you, it'll write a script for you, it'll remember your dreams for you. Like you just don't have to use your brain anymore. Your brain becomes mush. And there's like studies that prove like, the more you read, the more you make your brain work. Like the, like, you know, you have less chances of like Alzheimer's and certain diseases and whatever. And like this is the opposite of that. This is like not using your brain at all. And it can only be bad for us as a people, as a society.

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Now is the time to become a chef, right?

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Well, yeah, well, speaking of something we're never gonna have a shortage of, Jared.

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Has a theory Yes, I do.

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Go for it. Period.

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Okay, here we go. Our Freaky Friday the conspiracy I was talking about was.

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Oh my gosh, am I you and you're me.

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Dang.

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So wait, I'm. My head hurts.

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They just Freaky Friday who's who.

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Samesies, period.

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Oh, no, he's still got a little in there.

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Wait, wait, didn't ear before we get to it didn't. Earlier when you put on the wig, you were on chat gbt and not to promote jb, but you were like, give me one liners that Violet Adams would say yes.

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So I actually looked up a couple of things just so I could kind of step into your head a little bit. So I asked for your top said words and Mama's Girlies flavor profile. And all of a sudden those were your top phrases.

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All of a sudden, all of them.

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I say all the time.

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And then, then I said, give me sentences that Ryland Adams would say. The first one is, okay, girlies, I literally cannot. This is too much.

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And then.

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Well, the last one is she's giving. And I just thought that would be a good thing to say. Like, she's giving something.

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Vibes Conspiracy. Yeah.

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So evidently. So I was doing some research and I was wanted to bring something kind of spooky to the table for this episode. And I don't know if any of you guys are familiar with coast to Coast. It was a. And it still is on, but it started in 1988 and it's. It was hosted by Art Bell up until like, you know, a couple years back. But he was kind of the godfather of conspiracies and broadcasting these stories out. And one of the top stories is called Mel's Hole. Oh, and I thoughts, you know, period. Mel's Hole does. But. So Mel's Hole. What it is, is in 1997, a gentleman named Mel called into Art Bell show Coast to coast. And he was living in Ellensburg, Washington.

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Oh, I know about this. Yeah.

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And he started talking about how on his property there's this huge gaping hole, right? It's about nine feet wide. And since he moved in there, he noticed that all of the locals throw trash in there. They throw used appliances in there. And then like years had gone by and he started thinking, why is this hole just never filling up? It's like endless, you know. So as a fisherman, he took some fishing line and he said to himself, you know, like, I want to see how deep this hole goes. Because at some point it got to have a bottom to it. So each fishing line spool that he had had, like, I think 5,000ft on it. So he puts a 1 pound weight on the end of a fishing line and he lowers it down to 5,000ft and nothing. There's no bottom to this hole yet. So he gets 80,000ft of fishing line and dumps the whole thing down there, which is 15 miles, and it never touches the bottom at all. So then he starts.

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Human had ever fallen into this.

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No human had ever fallen. And the crazy part about it is, animals were, like, terrified of this hole as to say, like, I ain't going nowhere near this thing. Birds, even as birds were flying over, they would circle around the hole, so birds wouldn't even fly over it. So he called into Art Bell's radio show and he told them this whole story. And then the next day, when he gets back to his property, the FBI, men in black, all of these people are on his property, and they tell him, you cannot come back in here. Like, we have it all fenced off. You can't come in. So what ends up happening is they give him $3 million a year for three years in order to leave the country. Don't come back on your property, anything like that. But after the three years he's missing his family, he wants to come back. So he comes and he's in San Francisco. But then when it gets extra weird is, I believe they're called Basques. And they're individuals that are from, like, Spain or some area over in Europe, but they have a piece of public land in Nevada. And they reach out to Mel and say, hey, we would like you to come look at our land, because we know that you owned a piece of property that had this mysterious hole on it. And we have the same kind of hole on our property, and we'd like to get your thoughts on this. So he goes to research this hole. So the first thing that they did is they get a cage and they lower a sheep 5,000ft feet. And within, like, seconds of it getting to 5,000ft, they stop feeling any motion, but there's a buzz that they feel on the cable that's holding the sheep. So they bring it back up 30 minutes later, and the sheep is dead. And then they take it to do an autopsy on it, and they realize that the sheep has just been engulfed with this gnarly tumor that they can't explain. So then after he has this experience, he calls Art Bell and he says, hey, I want to tell you this most recent update. And he says, I have pictures of everything. I have pictures of the holes, I have testimonies from people. I've recorded everything. And the day that he was supposed to call Art Bell, he just completely vanished from the face of the earth. No one ever heard from him again. The phone number ended up getting disconnected like a week later. And if you look him up at the time, people were able to find records of Mel walk. And now if you were to try to find this guy, there's no record of them ever existing. So they believe that this hole that Mel had stumbled upon was actually a portal to another dimension, that it could be something where UFOs were using it for intergalactic travel. It could be a rip in the time space continuum where it's like a wormhole to another parallel universe, but it's never been been explained. And the thing that kind of got me was now if you look up that property on Google Maps, you can see the two structures that he talked about. And there is a nine foot hole, but now it has water in it. And evidently it's just a well. There's no presence of military or anything like that. But there could be these holes all over the planet. And they could be because we've talked about how in like New York especially, there's buildings that just aren't even buildings, they're just ways to hide oil mines and things like that. Like, who knows what there could be out there that's being covered up. That could be a portal to a whole nother level of understanding the universe and what we're in. And one of the speculations was this might lead into an alternate universe or existence. And the joke was if it does, there's just like all these appliances and trash and out of nowhere to this stuff disappears into this, you know, existence. It just always seems to be that somebody comes forward with this bit of information that seems revolutionary as far as thought in our understanding, and then they just always end up disappearing. But I thought it was. I thought it was an interesting story worth sharing, especially because it's spooky. Ooh, Happy Halloween.

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Period.

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T. Wow. Well, that's was really good. Oh my God. That was like a movie.

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Yeah.

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Well, speaking of crazy holes, I think it's time a recap Light, camera, action. Ryland recap is about to happen. Ryland's recap. Okay, girlies.

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On this episode of the Shane Dawson Podcast, things get spooky and we talk about Mel's hole. Was it a time portal to another dimension? Is it a rip in the time continuum? I don't know.

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Let's see.

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Sally I don't know. I just think Jared's a big goofball who doesn't know what he's talking about. Sally, that's not very nice.

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Okay, guys, salad seems like a wild night for Chris to me.

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Oh, stop, Jared.

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Embarrassing. Chris thinks that there's a fat bear event that actually is guys that are, but it's just really a fat bear event. Yeah, these bears can only eat for six months, so they get big and fat and they eat salmon all day.

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Sally, are you feeling sick? Your voice is off.

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Shut up, Jared. You look so funny with your big bushy eyebrows. I can't even take you serious.

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I do need to go to the groomer. This product that Sandy has me on is really working.

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Yeah, you need to get sheep. Cheap trick.

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Oh, right.

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Cheap Trick alert. Jared brings a cheap trick today that can land all of us in prison. Evidently, if you buy at Ulta a little bit of facial conditioner, you could just empty it and then refill it with Walmart material. What do you think, Sally? I think that's a horrible idea, Ryland. I think that Jared is just putting bad information out there that's gonna get everybody locked up.

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Well, I'm sorry, everybody. It's just what me and Sandy have been up to lately.

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Criminal alert. Jared and Sandy are breaking the law.

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Haunted amusement parks.

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Spooky is the theme in this episode, where we find out that Cedar Point is the most haunted location in the United States. Shane Dawson podcast crew will soon be there to investigate. I don't want to go. I'm terrified of ghost Ryland. Oh, stop being such a baby, Sally. I'm not being a baby. I'm just terrified. It's okay. We're going to make you go.

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Oh, my God.

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I feel like I'm having a fever dream.

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Hotel comforters aren't washed.

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Oh.

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Breaking news comes out. And now we can't sleep tight because bedbugs are all over hotel rooms. Evidently, top chains don't even wash comforters. They just throw them away every three months. Isn't that gross, Sally?

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Ugh.

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That's why I don't stay at hotels, Rylan, because I've always known this to be true. You're very smart, Sally.

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AI actress taking over Tilly.

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What is the world coming to? I can't even act like I'm happy about this.

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Ooh.

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Because AI actors evidently are taking over. Tilly, who's been modeled after Vanessa Hutchin and two other people. I have no idea who they are, has been signed to an agency, but we have no idea how that's even gonna work out. This is the end of entertainment as we know it. People are doomed, Scrolling on their phones, ruining their lives, and the goal is just to make us puppets and robots and energy sources for the Matrix bots, period, Period. Sally. Wow.

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Oh, my God.

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Are we done?

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I think we're. I think you could wrap it up.

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Okay. Hopefully you guys have enjoyed this week's Shane Dawson podcast. Make sure to shop your Shane Dawson merch. Shane Dawsonmerch.com Follow all of us on our platforms. We all have Instagram, YouTube, and all that fun stuff. And if you want to see more, two office party podcasts, a docu series, lives. All of that on Shane's Patreon. And also girly chuggers after the sip on my Patreon. Off to you, Shane.

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That was incredible. Well, thank you for watching whatever the hell this was, because this was crazy. I feel like it was a fever dream. Do you have any final words, Spencer?

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Listen, I am so proud of all of you. I feel like I gave the least in this, but I was. I was able to watch it all. And this has been a real treat, not a trick. So thank you guys for the best Halloween episode ever. Thank you guys for watching, for supporting the show. We are just having so much fun, and I actually think the next episode, I might just still be sitting here.

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I'm so comfortable.

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It is nice.

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What's the opposite of snatching a wig? Like what?

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Who's that?

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That was like a Mission Impossible.

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Wow.

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And none of you even knew.

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All right, well, we're gonna go. See you guys next time. Bye.

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My eyebrows.

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