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0:00Today, we have two stories about some
0:01friends that just want to have a fun
0:03night out. But at some point during
0:05their fun night out, things take a
0:08disastrous [music] turn for the worse.
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0:42>> [music]
1:00>> Around 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August
1:0213th, 2011, 19-year-old Wang Weijia was
1:06with his friends Ma Jun and Joe Guo at
1:09an internet cafe in the city of Taiping,
1:11China, watching Jun play a computer
1:14game. Now, Weijia and his friends went
1:16to this cafe a lot and today they'd
1:18literally been there for hours by this
1:20point.
1:21But now, as Jun finished up the game he
1:23was playing, Guo announced that he was
1:25actually ready to go do something else
1:27now. So, the three of these guys spent a
1:29lot of the time together, whether it was
1:31at an internet cafe or elsewhere. They
1:33were like really close friends.
1:34And generally speaking, Weijia usually
1:37just did whatever Jun and Guo wanted to
1:39do since they both had strong opinions
1:42and Weijia was more of a
1:43go-with-the-flow type of guy.
1:45And so now, as Guo decided they were
1:47done with games, Weijia was just like,
1:50"All right, cool. Well, why don't we
1:51just head back to one of our places just
1:53to hang out." But Guo, he shook his head
1:55and said, "No way. Like it's it's
1:56Saturday." They didn't have to be up for
1:58school the next day and so they could
2:00stay out all night if they wanted to.
2:02And so he said like we got to find
2:03something really exciting to do. Like we
2:05got to make the most of this night. Now,
2:07nobody had like a great idea of what was
2:09going to be super exciting. And so Guo
2:11was like, all right, well, for now, like
2:13let's just go outside and we can smoke
2:15first and then we can go from there. And
2:17at this, both June and Weijia just
2:20nodded in agreement. Like, okay, that's
2:22the plan. But in reality, Weijia wasn't
2:25really sure if he felt comfortable
2:27staying out all night tonight.
2:29Because tonight was not just a normal
2:31night. Like this was a an iffy night to
2:34stay out all night. So this particular
2:37weekend was not just an ordinary
2:39weekend. It was actually the area's
2:41annual ghost festival. The time on the
2:43lunar calendar when ghosts apparently
2:46would wander the streets after dark. And
2:48Weijia's family, along with his friends'
2:51families, and frankly a lot of other
2:53people in this area, they took this
2:55festival really seriously. They believed
2:58the ghosts really were out wandering the
3:00streets after dark because they were
3:01just very superstitious. In fact, in
3:04this area, this festival was taken so
3:06seriously that businesses would often
3:08close early so people could safely make
3:11their way home before nightfall. Now,
3:13Weijia himself didn't really necessarily
3:16believe in ghosts, you know, despite his
3:18family appearing to very much believe in
3:20them.
3:21But the reality was is Weijia was just
3:23not a guy who ruffled feathers. He He
3:25went with the flow. He was a He was a
3:26rule follower. So in his mind he was
3:29thinking, "Ah, it's the ghost festival.
3:31Kind of don't want to stay out late
3:32tonight." But now, Guo was already
3:34making his way towards the exit with
3:36June and so Weijia didn't bother to
3:38argue. Instead, he just
3:40followed right along and they went
3:42outside to smoke.
3:43About an hour later, Weijia was sitting
3:46in the passenger seat of his own car
3:47with June behind the wheel and Guo in
3:49the back and they were driving down a
3:51road in the outskirts of town. And by
3:54this point, the sun had set, and so now
3:56they were officially in ghost festival
3:59territory. Like, presumably there are
4:01ghosts out now out on the roads. So,
4:03after leaving the internet cafe, the
4:05three of them they had a smoke, but then
4:07as they're out there they they couldn't
4:09come up with a compelling idea for how
4:11to spend the rest of their their big
4:13night out. All they came up with is,
4:15"Ah, let's just like get in the car and
4:17drive around and maybe we'll figure out
4:19something to do." Now, initially when
4:20they hopped in the car, they're
4:21thinking, "Okay, like it's getting dark
4:23out, like we're going to be driving
4:25around during the ghost festival. We're
4:26bound to find something exciting to do."
4:28And so all of them are like they're
4:30amped up. They're in the car. They're
4:31pumped. We're going to find something
4:32fun.
4:34But after a while, they were just
4:35randomly driving around. No one's really
4:37out because again, it's this ghost
4:39festival. Everybody's, you know, in
4:40their homes. There's nothing going on.
4:43And it just became really really boring.
4:45They're just like driving around and
4:47nothing's going on. And so at a certain
4:48point, Weija is just feeling so
4:50frustrated because it's like he didn't
4:52want to be out here in the first place.
4:53He didn't voice that to his friends, but
4:55like he didn't want to be out here. He
4:56just wanted to be home.
4:58And so he just was like, "Man, like this
5:00is so boring." And he just leaned his
5:02head up against the window and just
5:04decided to drift off to sleep. [music]
5:06And so he's like closing his eyes. He's
5:07just laying there. And June, who's
5:09driving, is just, you know, driving
5:10along. They're not really talking. And
5:12so Weija, as he's laying there, he
5:14suddenly feels the car come to a
5:16screeching stop. And Guo in the back
5:19seat immediately reflexively screams at
5:22June, the driver, like, "Hey, what are
5:24you doing? Drive more carefully." And
5:26Weija, he's like looking around, like,
5:27"What just happened?"
5:28>> [music]
5:28>> And he looks over at June, who's
5:30driving, and June is not paying any
5:32attention to Guo or to Weija. He's just
5:36pointing out the windshield at something
5:38on the road and he's like, "Look!" And
5:40so Weija, who's just sort of confused
5:42because a moment ago he was half asleep,
5:44he he looks from June out the front
5:46windshield to see what he's pointing at.
5:49And there's this woman who's just
5:51sitting in the middle of the road.
5:52They're out on the outskirts of town.
5:54Like there's no really any buildings
5:55around or anything. Like they're out in
5:57the sticks. And it's dark out and
5:59everyone's home for the ghost festival.
6:01And there's just this woman sitting on
6:03the ground. She's wearing this floral
6:05dress. And there's a bike that she has
6:07that's next to her just propped up. And
6:09she's almost been hit by a car. Like
6:11they stopped very close to her. She's
6:13almost been hit by a car. And she's just
6:15sitting there staring blankly
6:18at the car.
6:19And so June, he's he's pointing at her
6:21like he can't believe it. He almost hit
6:22her. And we're just like, "What's going
6:24on?" And Gual, like he doesn't even know
6:26what to make of it. And at some point
6:28June sort of snaps out of it and he and
6:30he leans out the window and he yells at
6:31the woman to like get out of the way.
6:33Like, "What are you doing? Like get out
6:34of the road."
6:36But the woman didn't budge. She just sat
6:38there staring at them. Just on the
6:39ground, not a care in the world. Just
6:41looking right at all three of them.
6:44And so eventually, after sort of the
6:45tension in the car went down a little
6:47bit,
6:48June just pulled his head back in the
6:49window and he looked at his friends and
6:51he's like, "I don't know." And he just
6:53drove around this woman, you know, just
6:55avoided her. And they continued driving
6:57along. For the next few hours, the three
7:00boys just continued driving around town
7:02looking for something to do. But
7:04there still was nothing to do. You know,
7:06everything's basically abandoned cuz
7:08it's this ghost festival night. Nobody's
7:10out. No businesses are open. There's
7:11nothing to do.
7:13And what really had not left any of
7:14their minds, even though they really
7:16didn't talk about it,
7:18was that woman. Like that was so unusual
7:20to just see her sitting there not
7:22reacting to nearly being hit. Like the
7:25whole thing was just so creepy. Made
7:27more so because it's the night of this
7:29ghost festival. Like talk about the
7:31creepiest night to see something like
7:33that. And so eventually, around like
7:351:00 a.m. when the boys are still just
7:36driving around, someone in the car
7:38suggests like, "Hey,
7:40let's go back to that intersection and
7:42see if she's still there. Like, let's
7:43just see what she's doing. Now, keep in
7:45mind, it's been hours since they've seen
7:48this woman. Like, hours.
7:50And so, they drive back around, not
7:52really expecting to see her there. They
7:53think that like, no matter how weird
7:55that was, she has to have gotten up and
7:56left by now.
7:58But, no. They turn onto that road, which
8:00again is outside of the town. It's like,
8:02there's no buildings around. It's dark
8:03minus their headlights.
8:05And they drive down this road, and sure
8:07enough, off in the distance, still
8:09sitting in this intersection, is this
8:11woman. She's unmoved. She's just sitting
8:14there in her dress with a bike next to
8:16her, just
8:18hours later. No change.
8:20And so, now it's like the boys can't
8:22help but feel really uneasy here. Like,
8:25this isn't right. Something's wrong with
8:27this woman. I mean, also, they can't
8:29help but think like, it's the night of
8:31the ghost festival. Are we seeing a
8:33ghost? Like, they're terrified. I mean,
8:35that's that's the reality is they were
8:36scared. But, really, more than anything,
8:39what all three of them were thinking and
8:40discussing in the car
8:42is, we got to tell someone about [music]
8:44her. Like, there's something wrong with
8:46this woman. What is she doing? Is she
8:48mentally unwell? Is she on drugs? We
8:50don't know. But, like, this isn't okay.
8:53We got to tell someone. But, for now,
8:55the three boys decided that they had had
8:57enough fun for one night, and they drove
8:59to June's house, and they just all
9:00crashed there, determined to figure out
9:02what to do with this woman and what they
9:04saw the next day. And so, several hours
9:06later, the boys wake up. They make their
9:09way into the kitchen cuz they can hear
9:10June's mom is in there making breakfast.
9:13And right away, June tells his mom what
9:15happened the night before. And as he's
9:17regaling her in the details of the
9:19story, June and Guo also chimed in with
9:22their perspective. And then, after they
9:24were done telling June's mom, they all
9:26sort of expected her, you know, being an
9:28authority figure, to to know what to do.
9:31That she would very likely say, "Okay,
9:32we need to call the police, or we need
9:34to call a hospital, or we need to call
9:35some other authority figure and handle
9:38this professionally.
9:40But she didn't do any of that. Instead,
9:41she just kind of looked at the boys and
9:43she said,
9:44"You saw a ghost."
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10:52[music]
10:55Now, at first, all three boys were just
10:57shocked at how confidently and calmly
11:00she said this. I mean, of course they
11:02knew about the annual ghost festival.
11:04And of course, people in this town were
11:06very superstitious including their own
11:07families. They knew this meant a lot,
11:09this festival.
11:10But the idea that we're going to sit
11:12here and literally say that the woman we
11:14saw sitting on the ground last night was
11:16a literal ghost, that seemed crazy.
11:19And the boys began saying as much to
11:21June's mom. But June's mom was just
11:23really annoyed with them and just
11:24basically shot them down and said,
11:26"Look, you saw a ghost, but like that's
11:29the reason you're not supposed to be out
11:30on the night of the annual ghost
11:32festival. It's why the businesses shut
11:34down. It's why we all go home before
11:36nightfall. You knew you weren't supposed
11:38to be out at night. You were. That's why
11:40this happened. Not to mention, these
11:42ghosts, they don't just wander around.
11:45They target people. You were targeted.
11:48Now, June's mother was not just throwing
11:50that out there. She was referencing one
11:53other aspect of this annual ghost
11:55festival that lots of people in this
11:57area believed, which was these ghosts
12:00that wandered around after dark on this
12:02one night of the year, they weren't just
12:04wandering around. They were looking for
12:06people to effectively latch onto. And
12:09so, part of the reason people believed
12:10you need to stay in at night and avoid
12:12being out after dark is because if you
12:15basically interact with one of these
12:17ghosts, they could latch onto you, and
12:19then you become its target. In some
12:22cases, people believe it just produces
12:24really bad luck for you for potentially
12:26months at a stretch.
12:28Some other people say that once you've
12:30been targeted by one of these ghosts,
12:32they may try to kill you. Specifically,
12:34they may try to drown you. And so, no
12:36one really knew, but it was like this
12:38belief that you just never want to
12:40interact with a ghost because it could
12:42be very bad for you. And so, June and
12:44Guo, they still tried to argue a little
12:46with June's mother, trying to tell her
12:47that no, this could not possibly be a
12:49ghost, but
12:50>> [music]
12:50>> their voices seemed less forceful now,
12:52and Wei Ja, like he was sitting there
12:54thinking like,
12:56"Actually, if that was a ghost, this
12:58kind of makes sense." It explains why
13:00she didn't react at all to nearly being
13:02hit by a car. She just sat there. Also,
13:05why is she just sitting there? Strange
13:07activity for anybody to be doing. Maybe
13:08a ghost would do that. It also kind of
13:10explains why she was still there hours
13:12and hours later, just sitting in the
13:13middle of the road. Like other cars must
13:16have gone by. Like, this is not normal
13:18behavior. And so, Wei Ja is thinking,
13:20"Wait a minute.
13:22Maybe this was a ghost." However, just
13:24as Wei Ja really started to feel almost
13:27sick with worry about, you know, the
13:28seriousness of what had happened.
13:30He heard June's mom tell them, "Don't be
13:33afraid." She said, "Look, I know exactly
13:35what you need to do to stay safe." Later
13:37that same day, Waija parked his car at a
13:40cemetery that was near June's house. And
13:42after he parked, [music] he and June got
13:44out while Guo stayed behind in the car.
13:47All three of them were very tense. They
13:49were very anxious.
13:51And as Waija scanned the headstones and
13:53looked over at a cornfield that was next
13:55to the cemetery, all he was thinking is
13:57this this ghost this ghost woman is
13:59going to appear at any moment and she's
14:01going to do something to us. But she
14:03didn't. And so eventually, Waija and
14:06June
14:07began walking down the path that would
14:09lead them through all the gravestones,
14:10basically deeper into the cemetery. So,
14:13the reason these two were here and now
14:14walking into the cemetery is because
14:16they were following June's mother's
14:18advice for how to stay safe now that
14:20they had potentially [music]
14:21come in contact with this this ghost.
14:24And so they had gone out and acquired a
14:26stack of ghost money and now they were
14:28going to go spend it. So, ghost money is
14:31a kind of paper sheet in China that
14:34typically is burned when a loved one
14:36dies. The idea is when you burn this
14:38money, it sort of goes to the deceased
14:41loved one and then they have money for
14:44the afterlife. You're basically giving
14:46your deceased loved one currency for the
14:48afterlife. But it can also be a way to
14:52buy protection from angry spirits. So,
14:55Waija and his friends have been told to
14:57burn ghost money over their family grave
15:00plots so that their dead ancestors could
15:03>> [music]
15:03>> essentially pay the ghost the evil ghost
15:06to leave them alone. Now, they'd already
15:08done this at Guo's family plot in a
15:10separate cemetery, so that's why Guo was
15:12staying back in the car.
15:14And now they were going to do June's
15:15family plot in this cemetery. And so
15:18Waija and June, they continue walking
15:19through the cemetery until finally they
15:21reached of June's ancestors' graves.
15:24There they knelt down, they pulled out
15:26their ghost money, and they began to
15:28burn the bills. And they're both just
15:29kneeling there, burning this money. And
15:31with each, you know, bill that crumpled
15:33up and smoldered, both of them were
15:35feeling like this enormous wave of
15:37relief coming over them. And so for a
15:39little while they're just burning their
15:40money, and they're both looking down at
15:42the money on the ground. They're just
15:43kneeling there.
15:45But then at some point Waja just looked
15:48up. And as soon as he did, he froze.
15:52Because standing right behind June, June
15:55can't see this, right behind June is
15:58that woman in a dress. And she's looking
16:01at both [music] of them.
16:03And Waja was so scared he shrieked. He
16:06jumped up, turned, and started running
16:09in the opposite direction. Now, June is
16:11so startled by Waja's screaming that he
16:13jumped up ready to run away himself, but
16:16he's watching Waja take off and he he
16:18turns around cuz he could tell Waja saw
16:20something behind him.
16:22But there's nothing behind him. And he's
16:24thinking he must have seen the ghost
16:25because why else would he react this
16:27way? But there's there's nobody here.
16:29And so June sort of put together like
16:31what's going on here. Like Waja clearly
16:33spooked himself. We're in a cemetery
16:34after all. And he sees Waja and he's
16:37running and he's running and he
16:38disappears into the cornfield that was
16:41next to the cemetery. He's just gone.
16:43Just running. He's gone.
16:44Now, this cornfield was pretty massive.
16:47It had not been harvested so the stalks
16:48were really tall. [music]
16:50And clearly like Waja was on a mission
16:52and so June was not about to just chase
16:54after him. Instead, he ran back to the
16:56car and he grabbed Gwo first. And the
16:59two of them went after Waja. However,
17:02when they got to the cornfield and
17:03actually went inside of it, they quickly
17:06realized it was going to be really hard
17:08to find anything in this cornfield. I
17:10mean, the stalks are so thick and tall.
17:12It's so dense. I mean, every step was so
17:15slow and difficult. And they're calling
17:17out for Waeja, but there's no response.
17:20And so, after several minutes of only
17:21moving, you know, like 10-15 ft or so
17:23into this cornfield, making no progress,
17:26the two of them are like, "What happened
17:28to him? Like, either the ghost got him,
17:31or like maybe he's in hiding somewhere.
17:34Maybe he's convinced that the ghost is
17:35nearby, and he's just being quiet, and
17:37he's in hiding, and he's he's somewhere
17:39in this cornfield, but but we got to
17:40find him."
17:41And so, the two friends, they they back
17:43out of the cornfield, and they end up
17:45calling a bunch of their friends to meet
17:46them at this cornfield, and help them
17:49look for Waeja. So, all these friends,
17:51they eventually arrive, and all day and
17:54into the night, these friends search
17:56this cornfield. They're looking
17:57everywhere for Waeja. Everyone's
17:59screaming his name,
18:01but there's no sign of him. Three days
18:03later, and Waeja still had not been
18:06found.
18:07Now, by this point, the parents, Waeja's
18:09parents, had been told. They had told
18:11police. Police had looked for Waeja, but
18:13there was no sign of him.
18:15I mean, they were still out looking for
18:16him, but right now, like the talk of the
18:18town was, "Where is Waeja?" Nobody knew.
18:22And so, on this day, 3 days after the
18:25day that Waeja went missing, June was
18:27sitting in his room, just feeling
18:28miserable. All he can think about is his
18:31friend and what happened to him. Like,
18:33you know, he ran off after presumably
18:35seeing this ghost. Like, did the ghost
18:37get him? Like, all these horrible
18:39thoughts are are going through his head.
18:42And June, as he's sitting in his room,
18:43he hears his mom call out to him,
18:45telling him there's a visitor.
18:47And so, June, he gets up, he leaves his
18:49room, he goes to the front of the house,
18:51and he sees a police officer standing in
18:53the doorway. And this officer would tell
18:55June and his mother that they had found
18:57Waeja, and he was dead. [music]
18:59His body was found in a lake that was
19:01not far from the cemetery, and that he
19:04had drowned. June is completely shocked.
19:06I mean, on the one hand, he sort of was
19:09expecting bad news at this point. I
19:10mean, basically everybody was, but to
19:13hear that his friend was dead was just
19:15horrific. And he, you know, really
19:17struggled to keep back tears, but
19:19[music] you know, before he could really
19:20even react to this, the officer went on
19:23to say that, you know, June,
19:25we spoke to Weija's parents and they
19:27they told us that you and Guo were with
19:30their son last, that you were with him
19:32before he vanished. And so, we just want
19:34you to tell us, you know, now that we
19:36know he passed away, that he drowned, we
19:39want to know what happened. What did you
19:40see? Like, what led to him drowning? And
19:43June, he just launched into the most
19:45detailed version of the story he could
19:47possibly think of.
19:48>> [music]
19:49>> He took the officer all the way back to
19:51them at the internet cafe, you know,
19:53playing computer games. They decide
19:55they're going to stay out all night.
19:56They They go outside. They're having a
19:58smoke. They're talking about what
19:59they're going to do. They decide they're
20:00going to get in the car and just drive
20:02around. They're driving around on the
20:03night of this this ghost festival. They
20:05see this woman. They think it's a ghost.
20:08Like, he went through this whole
20:09rendition of of the ghost being really
20:11central to the story and how the next
20:14day June's mom had like said, "Oh, go
20:16burn ghost money in the cemetery to to
20:19protect yourself from the spirits." They
20:21go to the cemetery and they're burning
20:23the ghost money, but then Weija, he gets
20:25so scared. June's convinced it's cuz he
20:27sees the ghost again, this woman, and he
20:29takes off running into the the
20:31cornfield. So, he tells the officer like
20:33every little detail. And he knew that
20:35even in a place like this, where people
20:37did for the most part believe in ghosts,
20:40he knew his story like really hinged on
20:43a ghost made Weija do this. And he knew
20:45that it was like totally preposterous in
20:47some ways, but he's he thinks he's
20:49telling him the truth.
20:51And so, he tells the officer all this
20:52stuff.
20:53And the officer's just staring at him.
20:55And he's he's clearly very skeptical.
20:58>> [music]
20:58>> And then at some point, after June is
21:00done and he's just waiting for the
21:01officer,
21:03the officer looks at him and he asks him
21:05one question
21:07that once June answers, once he answers
21:09honestly
21:10it completely explains everything that
21:13[music] happened. It would turn out that
21:15woman who was sitting in the middle of
21:16the road that sort of became the
21:18centerpiece of this whole ordeal
21:20was not a ghost. In fact, she wasn't
21:22even real. Because the three friends,
21:25June, Guo, and Weija on the night they
21:29decided to have their big night, they're
21:30going to stay out all night when they
21:32went out for a smoke they didn't smoke
21:34cigarettes. They smoked methamphetamine
21:37which can cause you to hallucinate. And
21:39so they were high on meth driving around
21:42and hallucinated that woman. But they
21:43all, you know, believed they saw it and
21:46it felt so real and it was in the same
21:48night as this annual ghost festival that
21:50it felt so real that even the next day
21:52when they were no longer high they still
21:55believed they had seen it. And then
21:56June's mom confirmed, yep, that was a
21:58ghost because she believes in ghosts.
22:01And so they set out to the cemetery and
22:02they're going to, you know, burn this
22:04ghost money to to to save themselves
22:06from these evil spirits. And what do
22:08they do before they head out to the
22:10cemetery? They smoke more meth. And
22:13Weija, he has another hallucination. He
22:15thinks he sees the ghost, ran into the
22:17cornfield, not realizing that deep in
22:19the cornfield was a lake. He fell into
22:22it and [music] he was high on meth and
22:24didn't know how to swim.
22:26And so he drowned.
22:44On the night of August 28th, 2004 a
22:4721-year-old named John Hutcheson leaned
22:50over a bar in Marietta, Georgia and
22:52asked the bartender for another beer.
22:54John by this point had completely lost
22:56track of how many drinks he had had in
22:58the past few hours but he was sure it
23:01had been a lot because by this point the
23:03room was starting to spin. However, he
23:05had no plans to stop drinking anytime
23:07soon. After all, it was only midnight,
23:10which was very early for John. And he
23:12was having a great time, and the bar was
23:14packed, and there was loud music
23:16playing, and John was also on a winning
23:18streak playing pool. And so, while he
23:20waited for his beer, John looked over at
23:22the pool table. He'd left his best
23:24friend Frankie there a few minutes ago,
23:26but now, as he was looking over there,
23:29he didn't see Frankie anymore. So, John
23:31and Frankie had been very close ever
23:33since high school,
23:34>> [music]
23:34>> and this night out they were having was
23:36sort of like a a typical Saturday for
23:38them.
23:39Every week they would meet at this bar,
23:40[music] they would get exceptionally
23:42drunk, and they would basically stay out
23:44all night. But, on this night, they were
23:47both a lot drunker than usual. And now
23:50Frankie was gone. And so, as John very
23:53drunkenly looked around the bar to see
23:54if he could find Frankie, he noticed a
23:57girl he didn't recognize at the end of
23:59the bar. She was very cute,
24:01>> [music]
24:01>> and she appeared to be smiling at him.
24:03And so, you know, John sees her and
24:05forgets all about his friend Frankie
24:07being gone, and just smiles back at this
24:09girl, and then a moment later the
24:10bartender hands him his beer, and you
24:12know, John's feeling really confident.
24:14He takes his beer, and he begins walking
24:16towards this girl. However, before he
24:19actually reached her, he felt a hand on
24:21his arm,
24:22>> [music]
24:22>> and he turned to see Frankie,
24:25who looked just awful.
24:27>> [music]
24:27>> He looked so pale, he he smelled like
24:30vomit,
24:31and Frankie told John, you know, as well
24:33as he could, cuz he's so drunk, he's
24:34mumbling everything. He just said he he
24:36felt horrible, and and it was time to
24:39go. Now, John was really disappointed,
24:41because even though he was really,
24:42really drunk, too,
24:44he wasn't as bad as Frankie. Like, John
24:46had not reached the nauseous and
24:48vomiting phase of extreme intoxication,
24:50and so he's thinking, "Man, like, there
24:52are a couple more hours till closing,
24:54and I really want to talk to this girl."
24:56But, he was Frankie's ride, and Frankie
24:59had to go home, clearly. And so, if he
25:01was going home,
25:02John had to go home, too. So, John just
25:05chugged his beer, put it back on the
25:06bar, and then he turned and kind of
25:08waved at the girl, being like, "Sorry, I
25:10got to go."
25:11And then John pulled his car keys out of
25:14his pocket. And so, John and Frankie,
25:16they head outside to the parking lot,
25:18and John goes to his truck, and he
25:20climbs into the driver's seat. And as
25:22he's fumbling with the keys to to start
25:24the car, Frankie [music]
25:26had gone around to the other side and
25:28stumbled his way into the passenger
25:29seat. And even though he's like wrecked
25:31drunk, [music] he's like totally out of
25:33it, Frankie looks over at John and sees
25:35him unable to even start the car, and
25:37he's like, "Hey, are you sure you're
25:39good to drive?" And John looks over at
25:41Frankie, and he's like, "Of course, I'm
25:42just fine. I do this every single week.
25:44We always get home safe." And so, at
25:46this point, Frankie's like, "All right,
25:47you know, whatever. Let's just go."
25:49And so, John, he eventually manages to
25:52turn the car on, he throws it in gear,
25:55and he began to pull out of the parking
25:56lot onto the road, but as he did, I
25:58mean, he really had to squint his eyes
26:00just to see the road clearly. I mean,
26:02his whole world is totally spinning
26:04because of how intoxicated he was.
26:07And then as soon as he actually began
26:08driving down the main road on the way
26:10home, the first thing he did is he's
26:11like hitting the curb and swerving back
26:14onto the road, but he was, you know,
26:15basically steady, you know, he's totally
26:17wasted, but he's
26:18basically hanging on. And then the rest
26:20of the drive was just a blur. And John
26:22was white-knuckling it the rest of the
26:23way, you know, he's driving along, he
26:25sees the gas station that he always
26:28passed on the way home, so that's a
26:29familiar landmark, he's going the right
26:31way. He eventually passes a familiar
26:33billboard, but then at some point his
26:35eyes like snap back into focus because
26:37he's
26:37>> [music]
26:37>> he realizes he's swerving off the road
26:39onto the shoulder, but he swerves back
26:41just in time to avoid hitting a
26:42telephone pole.
26:44And he's like, "Oh, man, like I got
26:46this. I stay focused." And then somehow,
26:48someway, eventually, he winds up in
26:51front of Frankie's house. And so he
26:53[music] he drops his friend off and then
26:55back on the road he goes, you know,
26:56navigating now at this point like with
26:58one eye shot. And he eventually finds
27:01his way to his parents' house where he
27:02was staying. [music] And from there he
27:04climbed out of his car, he walked up the
27:06driveway, he unlocked the front door,
27:08and then stumbled up to his room where
27:10he immediately just fell into his bed
27:13and passed out. The next thing John
27:14knew, he heard voices and then he felt
27:17somebody grab his arm and shake him. And
27:19then when he opened his eyes, his vision
27:20was very blurry but eventually it came
27:23into focus and he saw that he was
27:25clearly in his bedroom, in his bed, on
27:27top of his blankets, but he had no idea
27:29how he got there. He looked down and
27:31noticed he was still wearing the same
27:33clothes he had worn the night before,
27:35but they were sticky and they were
27:36dirty.
27:38And then there were also these two
27:39figures who were standing over him
27:40repeating his name over and over again
27:43almost angrily. John looked at these two
27:45and didn't really know who they were,
27:46but then he noticed they were both
27:49wearing matching uniforms. They were
27:51police officers. And these officers were
27:53very angrily asking John what happened
27:57last night. Like what did you do? What
27:59happened the night before?
28:02But John, like he still is sort of like
28:05trying to figure out what's even going
28:06on. He really doesn't have a good memory
28:08of anything that happened the night
28:09before. I mean, all he can just quickly
28:11remember is like he was at that bar, he
28:14he saw that girl, he drove Frankie home,
28:16like he knew he was drunk on the ride
28:18home, but he got home. Like he didn't
28:20know what else they were trying to
28:22figure out about what happened the night
28:23before.
28:24>> [music]
28:25>> And so when he finally opened his mouth
28:27to be like, what is going on? Because he
28:29was still basically drunk, it just came
28:32out of his mouth like this incoherent
28:33babbling. He's like, what what's going
28:35on here?
28:36>> [music]
28:36>> And the two officers, they were just
28:38over it and they just grabbed John and
28:40literally pulled him out of the bed.
28:42They whipped his hands behind his back,
28:44they handcuffed him, and John, who's
28:46like, what is happening?" They lead him
28:48out of his bedroom, downstairs, past his
28:51mom and dad, who are staring at him
28:52like, "What is going on?" And even
28:54though John, again, is basically like
28:56borderline incoherent, you know, in
28:58passing by his parents, he's hoping
29:00they're going to be like, "Hey officers,
29:02>> [music]
29:02>> why are you arresting my son?" But
29:04instead, as he's led past them, he looks
29:06at his mom and dad, and they're not
29:08about to put up some fight. They're
29:09crying. They're holding each other and
29:11crying. Like they clearly know something
29:13bad has happened, and they can't stop
29:15what's happening to their son. And so
29:17the officers, they walk John in
29:19handcuffs out the front door, and they
29:21walk him over to his truck in the
29:22driveway. And when they got there, the
29:25officers just stopped and gestured for
29:27John to
29:28have a look inside.
29:30And so John, he's sort of looking at the
29:31officers like, "Okay, what's what's
29:33going on with my truck?" And he turned,
29:35and he just sort of squinted and and
29:37looked through the window into the car,
29:40and there was this large object in the
29:41passenger seat that he didn't remember
29:43being there the night before.
29:45Then as he as he looked more closely,
29:48he realized with horror what it was. So,
29:51the night before, John did drive when he
29:54absolutely should not have. He was
29:56clearly way past the legal limit for
29:59driving. He should never have been
30:00driving. Totally unsafe for others, for
30:02him. Shouldn't happen, but he did. He
30:05drove.
30:06And so he and Frankie, they're they're
30:07driving home, and John, in his limited
30:10memory, recalled, you know, this sort of
30:12like blurry ride home, you know, where
30:14basically, as as dangerous as it was, he
30:16got them home.
30:18But at one point, he remembered almost
30:21hitting a telephone pole. He swerved
30:23just in time, and he narrowly avoided
30:25it. And in some ways, that was true. He
30:27did avoid smashing into the telephone
30:29pole,
30:31but he didn't avoid an incident.
30:34So, Frankie, because he was so nauseous
30:37from having drank too much, he had his
30:39head out the window as they were driving
30:41along trying to get some fresh air and
30:44when John drove too close to that
30:46telephone pole and swerved at the last
30:48second, Frankie's head was still out the
30:50window and his head was decapitated
30:54by one of the tension wires coming off
30:56the pole, the tight wire that holds that
30:58pole into the ground, one of them. It's
31:00like a guillotine and they're speeding
31:02past it and Frankie's neck hit the wire,
31:05off went his head, [music] but his body
31:08remained in the passenger seat of the
31:10car
31:10>> [music]
31:10>> and John was so belligerently drunk that
31:12he didn't see he had just killed his
31:14friend, nor did he see his friend's body
31:16or a part of his body still in his car.
31:19And so when John drunkenly arrived at
31:22Frankie's house, he was like, "All
31:23right, bye." He thought maybe Frankie
31:25got out of the car, but clearly he
31:27didn't. He was just there, dead, in his
31:29passenger seat and then John just drove
31:32back to his parents' house and just left
31:33the car in the driveway with his
31:35friend's body inside and up to his
31:37bedroom he went and passed out having no
31:40idea what he had just done. A few months
31:42later, John would plead guilty to
31:43vehicular homicide and he was sentenced
31:46to 5 years in prison.
31:54Thank you so much for watching today's
31:56episode. Let me know what you thought of
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