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Salem Massachusetts is famously
known for the witch trials that
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occurred in 1692, during which many
people were accused of practicing
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witchcraft and several were executed.
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The town's historical
significance in this regard.
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Draws visitors interested in the history
of witchcraft and the McCobb year round.
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But October.
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October has been Sanlam
really comes alive.
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Welcome to episode 1 68.
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Oh, this shit works.
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A podcast dedicated to all
things, networking, relationship
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building and business development.
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I'm your host, Julie Brown.
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Speaker author and networking coach.
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And today on my annual Halloween episode.
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I'm going to share my Salem
graveyard story with you.
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salem has a reputation for being
a haunted town with numerous
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allegedly haunted locations.
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People visit to take part in
ghost tours, exploring haunted
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houses and hearing Erie stories.
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And I'm no different.
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I love a good ghost story.
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But up until this point,
I'd never been part of one.
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It was October, 2001, my roommate,
Holly and I had decided to drive
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from Boston to Salem to wander
around during the Halloween
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festivities and happenings one night.
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We were excited to see the town
all decorated for Halloween
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and visit the historical spots.
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Including one of the graveyards where
some of the accused and killed during
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the Salem witch trials were buried.
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The graveyard was a little bit
of a walk from the activity
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and bustle of the main square.
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We ventured down the dimly-lit street.
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The air cold and crisp
in the October darkness.
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The house is on the right side,
stood, shrouded, and shadows,
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their steps adorned with grinning
jack-o-lanterns on the opposite side.
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The ancient cemetery lane silence.
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It's weathered tombstones rising,
like crooked teeth in the Moonlight.
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The only sound was the rustling
of fallen leaves until.
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A huge beast of a dog started
running towards us barking
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and baring its teeth, Haley.
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And I froze with fear as the dog
came barreling towards us stopping.
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Mere inches from us.
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And only when the chain that its
collar was tied to had reached its full
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length and pulled the dog backwards.
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Holly.
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And I stood holding onto each other,
breathing hard and then realizing we
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weren't about to become that dog's dinner.
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And started laughing.
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We crossed the small street
and headed into the graveyard.
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I'm not sure how or why
considering the time of year,
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but we were the only ones there.
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As we walked around the graveyard.
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Holly took out a camera.
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It was a Nikon SLR, which she
had borrowed from her sister.
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Which back in 2001 still
took film digital SLRs.
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Wouldn't be wildly affordable for a while.
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I didn't know that Holly
had brought the camera.
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And when I saw it, I
asked her not to use it.
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Why she said.
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Because I said, if you use that camera.
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When you develop the film, there are
going to be things on those pictures that
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we're not going to be able to explain.
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And I don't want any part of it.
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She joked that I was crazy.
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Come on.
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She said, we came all the way here.
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Let's take some pictures.
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So against my better judgment, I stood
next to a couple of the gravestones
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while she snapped picture after picture.
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She then handed the camera to me
and I took some pictures of her.
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We left the graveyard, mindful
of the dog and stayed on the
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cemetery side of the street.
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We ended up walking through town for a
little while longer and then headed home.
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A few days later, I came home
after work to find Holly sitting
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at the table in the kitchen.
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I walked in and had my back to
her while I rifled through my
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bag that I tossed on the counter.
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I got the pictures back from the cemetery.
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She said,
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I turned around slowly and
her face said everything.
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She opened up the envelope, containing the
pictures and laid them out on the table.
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Every single picture we had taken
in a cemetery was covered in orbs.
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And not just orbs, but streaks of light,
all colors that shot in from all sides.
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And curved up and around our bodies.
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And some of them, the light streaks
covered the entire picture and you
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couldn't see what was behind them.
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There was no light source
that could have done this.
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No explanation for the
orbs that surrounded us.
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I know there are things we
cannot see with our own eyes, but
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can be captured in other ways.
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And this is exactly what
happened on that night.
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I've never forgotten that night.
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Obviously never forgotten the
images, showing the spirits
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and the residual energy that
is contained in that graveyard.
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That I've had other experiences
and maybe in future Halloween
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episodes, I'll get into them.
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But every Halloween, I
always think of that night.
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What about you?
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Do you have your own ghost story?
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If you do, I'd love to hear it.
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Okay.
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Onto the drink of the week, which is
the Hocus Pocus, which is brew, which
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of course we have to have a witch's
cocktail for talking about Salem.
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This recipe comes from
best day of the week.
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Here's what you're going to need.
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Two ounces of Empress, 1908 gen.
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And now normally I would say, oh, use
whatever Jen you want, but I'm not going
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to say that this time, because Jen is
purple and it's important that you have
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the purple gin in order to get this Pooky
blue and purple layering of this cocktail.
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Okay.
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So two ounces of embers, 1908 gen.
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One ounce of blue Curacao, one ounce of
lemon juice, soda, water, and crushed ice.
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Now this is a layer drink.
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So to get the layers of color,
you're going to need to fill a
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highball glass with crushed ice,
and then do it in this order.
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Next, add the blue Curacao.
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Then when that is settled,
follow that by the lemon juice.
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Then add the gin and
then the top with soda.
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Now.
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You got to pour these ingredients gently
in order to do that, to get this layering.
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And I like to, from, in my back from
my bartending days in order to do
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that, I would pour over the back of
a spoon and that helps you pour more
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gently and get that layering effect.
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Okay.
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It's really cool.
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It looks really cool when you do it.
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Cause it's like, it's like blue and yellow
and purple and then it's all spooky.
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All right friends.
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That's all for this week.
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today, please leave a review
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Brown, you can find my book.
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found me when you reach out.
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Dot com until next time.
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Happy Halloween and cheers.
