Episode 73: Pennhurst Asylum

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hello.

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Chelsey.

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Ooh, do you know it?

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Today, we're gonna celebrate.

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Here comes Halloween.

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It's spooky Chelsey behind you.

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my God.

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I hate it.

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Happy Halloween Queens.

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It's another Halloween here at Review.

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That.

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Review and Chelsey and I have swapped positions.

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Well, actually you were dressed as,

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was waldo.

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Walter?

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Last

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You were in like full drag though.

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I'm wearing a scream shirt, at least

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Oh, nice.

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I love it.

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I thought I would definitely do drag again for our second Halloween

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I am, this is like, I don't know when this exactly happened.

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I wanna say it was like six years ago when I decided that onesies, that was like the

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You know, it's a, it's an all in one, all inclusive costume, and it's comfortable.

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Sign me up.

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I get that.

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I love onesies, Chelsey.

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How?

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How are you?

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How was Halloween?

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Do you have big Halloween plans this year?

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Like are you gonna do anything more than a onesie or are you really tapped out?

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I tap out at onesie, but like I also do like a onesies.

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I don't even wanna call it a party cuz it's usually more of a gathering.

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We'll have a couple other friends, they'll also wear onesies costumes and we'll watch like hocus

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Got

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Yeah.

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What about you?

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Do you have any fun plans?

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I feel like you're more into being fancy and getting dressed up usually.

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very excited.

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Obviously, Halloween falls on Sunday this year, but I am very excited for our

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I thought maybe when we became partners I would get a little like behind

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Do you wanna give a hint?

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It.

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It's a very famous child story.

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That's all I'm gonna say.

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Ooh, okay.

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I'm gonna be thinking about that.

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Hmm.

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Well, I'm not gonna complain about not knowing, but I

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do it.

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Why don't we go ahead and,

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Lodge Complaint.

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Yeah, I wanted a Lodge Complaint about something that I find

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Aye.

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Aye.

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I mean, I didn't know that this was actually a thing, and then all of a sudden

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Instagram for people to be like, Look at your settings and make sure you're not like

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And I'm just wondering, what are we doing with this information?

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It's so cringy.

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Someone recently slid into our dms at the review Queens.

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And told us that Chloe, which we reviewed a little while ago, has some shady practices in their apps.

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They can look at your texts and your emails or something like that.

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I don't know.

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It's very creepy.

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Why is this not regulated?

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Yeah, it reminds me of mi like I feel like a couple years ago that happened with

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yeah.

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like stealing all of our information or something.

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It is very scary.

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You would think that they would just be like a common denominator default setting where

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It's, it's very tricky that they just sort of sprinkle that into like when

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It's very sneaky.

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It's so sneaky, so creepy.

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And if anyone has any advice for, I would just like to be able to filter on the iTunes

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Or does it even exist?

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Is that like a fairy tale wishing upon a star and everybody is just shady?

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And what are they using the information for?

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Are they just using it for advertising?

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Cuz that's a little shady.

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But if they're using it for something scandalous, then that.

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Very disappointed in Apple and the App store.

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know.

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Yeah.

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I'm wondering what they even do with it.

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I mean, probably, I mean, obviously something nefarious.

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definitely nefarious.

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Anyway, I'm over it.

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I had to Lodge a Complaint officially cuz it does scare me and it is Halloween

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that's just what happened.

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But what about you?

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Do you have something you wanna Lodge a Complaint about on this Hollows Eve?

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Yeah.

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You know, I, this occurred to me last night actually, so it feels very fresh,

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It's on my list.

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It's the worst.

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I hate it and it like happens to me frequently, and I'm not gonna say it's

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you do drink a lot of coffee

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I drink a lot of coffee, and there was a point in my life when I did this

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But we're not gonna go there.

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I'm gonna go

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not gonna blame you.

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No, no, no.

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We're gonna talk about the mind.

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I can't turn my mind off when I'm going to Last night I was up until like six in the

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And then I'm like, Well, let me scroll through Amazon.

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And then it's like, I don't need to buy this.

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Yeah, I've done that.

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Yeah.

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Ugh.

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But then I'm like, I remember my mom would always say like, If you can't

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And that will make you feel more tired.

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Oh, that's interesting

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I don't know if she just said that randomly when I was a child.

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It's still in my head.

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I don't know that that works.

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It's like also we have the two dogs in the bed with us now and like they're like

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heat to the equation as

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just like, I can't fall asleep.

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And then it's like, what do you do?

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It's like, I don't have milk.

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I'm not gonna go heat up milk.

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Okay.

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So, And counting sheep doesn't help me either.

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It's like I have apps that play music or like, you know,

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I do that.

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But I, it's just frustrating.

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I wish that I could just be awake when I need to be awake.

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I feel like I'm tired throughout the day, but then when I'm trying to go to sleep,

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That's exactly what I was gonna say.

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I was gonna say to your mom's point, Why am I exhausted all day?

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I feel like I could fall asleep standing up and then the second I go

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I

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That's a Complaint that I've, I've been wanting to Lodge as well and I'm

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We're Queens.

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How are we gonna perform if we can't?

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know, I also feel like I don't wanna be like, I know melatonin

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Like I wanna just be able to go to sleep.

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Maybe I should cut out coffee.

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There's no way I could cut out coffee.

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That's like no non-starter,

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I just called you honey.

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I hate that, hun.

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No, you can't cut out coffee.

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It's like a part of your identity.

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But maybe, maybe we can add a melatonin if we had to.

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I don't know.

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I know.

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I just don't like it.

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Anyone listening.

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If you have any recommendations for how to both enjoy your coffee and your sleep, please call

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I agree.

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Concur.

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All right.

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Well, should we do it?

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Should we jump into a spooky Halloween review?

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Ooh, I'm ready Ra.

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Let's do it.

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Review Queens.

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We bring in reviews from the internet that we feel need to be inspected.

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with that in mind, what do you have for us today, Trey?

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back.

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Yes.

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So spooky.

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That was little throwback to one of our, um, after shows.

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So if you Donn know what we're talking about, you have to join the Patreon.

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I'm back.

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And if my sister's listening, she is terrified.

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All right, so today in honor of Halloween, I have a one dot Tripad advisor review

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Oh, okay.

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Pin, like, but you say pin and pin the same.

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So is it like the writing utensil or the thing you.

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Well, I'm wondering if you know what this is because it's Penn, p e n n.

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Wait, is this the one that I went to when I was a kid in Pennsylvania?

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in Pennsylvania.

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It's in a place called Spring City.

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Oh no, I don't think so.

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I went to one in center, in More Center City.

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Anyway, continue.

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So this is called Pennhurst Asylum.

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pictures look very scary.

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It's near, Do you know where Abby Downs is?

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Not.

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Okay, got it.

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All so this is a, this is written by Kate Lynn, spelled k a t e l y n n.

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Okay.

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This is their one review written on November of 2019.

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So just keep in mind, this pandemic.

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Here we go.

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Ha ha.

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I've never been so let down.

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This place did a complete 180 and only one year in 2018.

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My wife and I went to the Pennhurst Blackout night, the weekend after

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It was pitch black and I was scared by every single actor who jumped, touched you, got in your

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Oh my

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pulled you aside, and even gave you sugar pills to swallow.

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Dash.

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Dash.

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We loved it, but this year I was bored.

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Last year, our biggest group walking through was six This year they

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They only waited 30 seconds for the first 15 plus group to go in before sending in the next.

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Where after about a minute, you immediately ran into the 15 plus group in front of

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There was no spac.

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actors didn't have time to hide and quote unquote jump out at you because there were

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They just sort of stood in their rooms and shouted at you parentheses, which considering

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There was also minimal contact, maybe a tickle or two, but no grabbing, no

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And this was every single attraction.

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I was so bored walking through all three attractions.

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I wanted to take my phone out and check my Twitter feed, dash dash at least.

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Getting pulled out for quote unquote breaking the rules would have been

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I'm honestly devastated.

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I had a such a good time last year, but something changed.

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They clearly doesn't care about the experience anymore.

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They just wanted to hustle through as many people as possible to make a buck.

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I had an absolutely awful experience and now I have to turn around and tell

Chelsey Donn: 00:14:07

Wow, this is interesting to me.

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This sort of reminds me of like the spice review, where they're like, I was dying, but I loved it.

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You know?

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Do you like haunted houses?

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Is that something you like?

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Absolutely not.

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I can, I can't do 'em.

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I can't do 'em.

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I cannot do

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Can't do 'em either.

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I told a story in Patreon, I think last year on this time.

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Why I can't do it and how terrible I like, Don't bring me with you.

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If you think it's gonna be funny, I might end up like clawing my fingers

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Cuz I'm so scared, which I did to Francis Schmidt in high school.

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My apologies.

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Anyway, this is not the case for Caitlin.

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Katelin loves this.

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Caitlin, the scarier, the better.

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The sugar pills, that's a

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Sugar pills?

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of that?

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No.

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No.

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heard of that.

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That seems so illegal.

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You know, I don't know.

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A sugar pill.

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Can just buy that on Amazon?

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yes, they like do it instead of, I Donn know if you wanna like pretend you're

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See, I always thought like, I thought like in theatrical productions,

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Oh, maybe you would

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they snort baby aspirin?

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There's a couple of plays where you have to do cocaine on

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Which obviously you probably, that's probably better for your body than snorting sugar,

Chelsey Donn: 00:15:35

don't think we should snorting like a, like a pixie stick, but I'm just

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I would just be so afraid that like it, I don't know that somebody really creepy would

Chelsey Donn: 00:15:55

That's not a good thing for Kaitlyn, and that might not be a good thing

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Well, especially as Caitlin points out, that's what happened

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This was known for that.

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Which I think is super interesting because Caitlin is pointing this

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So if I were somebody that was going, this is why I always tell people Queenly tip, if

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With thrill seekers like Caitlin, pre 2000 19, 18, 17, etcetera, that are like, This is amazing.

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This was the creepiest thing ever.

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So I think it's kind of cool that Caitlin told us what it used to be and what it is now

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There's like no spoilers, but there are spoilers, but it's also enough information to

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Which I think is sort of queenly,

Trey Gerrald: 00:17:09

Yeah, I think that's probably the value here is like if you have been

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And it seems at least Caitlin's reasoning here is that they aren't spacing the

Chelsey Donn: 00:17:28

Is good,

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that would be only way I could get in is if I can be squeezed between people.

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But I can't even, like, I can't even go through the door.

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Like I, It's hard for me to even wait outside group of people.

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loud music is scary, The

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All of it.

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I can barely do Tower of Terror, which is now changed to Guardians the Galaxy,

Trey Gerrald: 00:17:48

Well, of course, well, It also occurs to me being separated.

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I remember when, I wonder if we talked about this last year, but I remember

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That's not it.

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Sleep no more.

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I remember when sleep No More came to New York and I had heard that you pile

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So the person in the elevator will let people out on different floors, but they like,

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And then they close the door.

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So, Intentionally separating groups.

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So I was like clinging on to David cuz I was so scared.

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And that's not even a haunted house.

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So the idea of being separated is like notorious at this haunted house.

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That's terrifying to me.

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Terrifying

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interesting about this on the converse then is maybe if I were to take myself

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There's gonna be like people back to back, like maybe in a weird.

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Could be a positive for some people if you're a non throw seeker, which is interesting

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:14

Yeah, but I think the reason the opinion is sort of separating

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They say they went to the blackout night, which was the weekend after

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:29

right.

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so I wonder if that's a different event than whatever Caitlin has

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:38

Good slew thing.

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But this was written November 2nd,

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:42

Yeah.

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Maybe it took her two days to get her

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means it wouldn't have been, There's no way that November 2nd is the weekend after.

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October 31st.

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So maybe they do a scarier version after Halloween, the weekend after,

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:57

maybe, I mean, I guess it could be the weekend after Halloween if

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:04

right?

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:05

No, I guess you're right.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:07

I Donn know.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:07

That's an interesting point.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:08

I didn't, So they didn't specify whether or not this year they went to the same thing or whether

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:18

So that is interesting.

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Good slew thing.

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I didn't pick that, pick up on that, but that can make a difference cuz maybe Caitlin went

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:33

I can imagine how that would be anti climactic.

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I mean, I think really the only Complaint here that I can see being a universal Complaint,

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:48

Again, this was written pre.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:51

You know, pandemic.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:52

So we think of crowds I think differently now than we did then.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:57

But maybe wanting to know that there are gonna be like hoards of people in there that could be

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:07

I think nobody likes to go through an experience and see the people that are

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:16

Like there's something that really I think takes you out of.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:19

If that's what's happening.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:20

And so I think that that's a very valid universal Complaint.

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:25

Especially for a haunted house, I feel like if this is a

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:31

Right, That's

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:32

like they are, you go through these little themed areas where

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:37

So if they don't even have time to reset, that is a huge problem.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:40

Yeah.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:40

I used to do a show in Hollywood that was like a walking tour.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:44

Have you heard of Accomplice?

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:45

They have a few of them in New York and we would be like texting each other all the time.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:49

Like, Hold your group, hold your group.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:51

If we knew that like the other group was running behind.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:53

Cuz you never wanna have that experience, that like bottle Bottleneck

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:58

Bottlenecking.

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:59

Right.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:59

that I really feel like has valid Complaint.

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:01

I do think that Caitlin is being truthful.

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:04

I don't think that they're being shady, especially because they're returning to the

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:18

If anything, I feel like that's where the emotion comes in, that I really love this

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:27

Honest,

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:28

I agree it, it does read us truthful.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:30

To me, the only question I am raising is, Is this a blackout event?

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:36

Because maybe if everyone is all bottlenecked, but it's in pitch black,

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:44

They're just like walking around and like preparing to scare you because it's pitch black.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:48

But I think the whole point here about I'd rather pull cellphone out and check my

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:56

Like that's how.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:58

Extreme.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:58

This has been, I mean, as the subject says, from the best to the worst, which

Trey Gerrald: 00:23:07

There's like

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:07

There was one.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:08

Yeah.

Trey Gerrald: 00:23:09

and it's not super caps lock, which I think like can happen a lot of times.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:14

with, yeah, these kind of reviews.

Trey Gerrald: 00:23:16

one stars.

Trey Gerrald: 00:23:16

Yeah,

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:17

Do we think that there's valuable, newer, unique information here?

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:20

I mean, I, I guess so.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:21

Like with the coming season and what, what to expect, I guess we said that I'm, I'm

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:31

I mean, maybe on this particular day it was more crowded than it usually is.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:36

Not saying that that's Caitlin's fault, but I don't know if like someone else came the following

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:45

I, I don't really know, like I can't tell if this is a lemon of an experience and

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:52

Or if this to expect.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:54

That being said, I imagine that this haunted house, especially the Halloween

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:05

Well, good question.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:06

So I'm looking, So for 2022,

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:09

Yeah.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:09

it literally starts September 24th to November 5th.

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:17

All right.

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:17

That's a pretty long window, so it is possible.

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:20

The day that Caitlin went was just like not as organized as it should have been.

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:25

They let more people in than they should have, or whatever it is.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:28

I mean, it occurs to me that like, clearly if you go

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:35

It's gonna be Right.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:37

And this is posted November 2nd.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:41

So,

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:42

So with all likelihood, they did go probably Halloween Day or close there,

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:47

Or the night after

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:48

or the night after.

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:49

Somewhere near there.

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:50

Yeah.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:51

Chelsey, Have you ever been to Halloween Horror Nights or whatever?

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:55

Like in in la like in the park?

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:59

No,

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:00

Cause that is

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:01

away.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:02

But like, you know, that's going to be.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:05

Saturated with people, cuz it always is.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:08

like you have to prepare.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:09

It's like we talked about the Ren Fair.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:11

It's like, you know, this is an

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:13

know what you're getting into,

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:15

everyone is going.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:15

You have to like, maybe this isn't necessary, but in my estimation, if I want to do

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:27

I want to go maybe a little bit earlier so that it's less crowded.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:32

I.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:33

I don't know.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:34

I, I'm learning from this review.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:36

They have different offerings.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:38

Some are blackout, some are not.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:40

If it's very crowded, it could impact the experience and that from Caitlin's

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:47

So that makes me think maybe it, I don't know if that's fluky or common, but

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:52

I was gonna say.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:53

high expectations.

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:54

Yes, and I think we kind of have to assume that for this kind of adventure that

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:02

Cuz we're sort of the uncommon denominator in this experience.

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:07

But I would imagine that most people that are going to something like this

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:18

Correct.

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:19

Or that they're not gonna be freaked out because like they have somebody

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:24

I don't know.

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:25

But I do think that there's a lot of valuable information here amongst an audience that

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:32

Is it humorous?

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:34

Not really.

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:34

I think the whole take my phone out to get in trouble and thrown out, that's winking at humor.

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:39

Like they're at least tapping into levity while they're so disappointed, which I think is nice.

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:44

I appreciate, but I'm not super entertained necessarily, or

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:49

I wonder if, if Kaitlyn is like a Look Lou on Twitter, or she's

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:57

I kind of feel like she's a look Lou,

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:59

but I just get that impression.

Trey Gerrald: 00:27:03

I think I crave something that is the complete opposite of Caitlin.

Trey Gerrald: 00:27:08

But that being said, I get Caitlin's point, especially because they

Trey Gerrald: 00:27:16

So even though I,

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:17

season that.

Trey Gerrald: 00:27:18

entertainment, I get their impact, which hasn't lasting impression on.

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:24

I agree.

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:25

Like I said, I think regardless of where you fall on the spectrum, if you're a Caitlin or if

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:42

In 2022, Is this still the experience that people are disappointed or have things changed?

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:49

Cause I think that's really the impact, actually, the lasting impact here is that

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:04

Because if Caitlin had written this review a year ago, it definitely would've been a five star.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:09

Now I wanna look up, Okay, I'm gonna look up the date on my calendar.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:12

So, okay, this was 2019, right?

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:16

I just wanna see 2019, October 31st was on a Thursday,

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:21

Mm-hmm.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:22

right?

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:23

So they said the weekend after.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:26

Which you're right, that's what you were, That was what you were saying before.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:29

If it's on a Thursday, the weekend after Halloween is the weekend, like the second or the third,

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:34

so it sounds like they went around the same time expecting a similar

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:38

sorry, that's 2019.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:39

But they, Sorry.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:40

They went in 2018, which was Wednesday.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:43

Halloween was

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:43

Exactly.

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:44

Exactly,

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:45

So it is basically the same time.

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:48

exactly.

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:48

It sounds like they went around a similar time expecting a similar

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:53

It is interesting that they mentioned they, they singled out the blackout night, so

Trey Gerrald: 00:29:01

And I do just wanna clarify for crowning, they mentioned the three

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:13

Okay.

Trey Gerrald: 00:29:14

They're all like haunted walkthroughs.

Trey Gerrald: 00:29:17

I think I could crown.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:18

Yeah, I think I can crown Caitlin.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:20

I feel like I, I've gathered all the info I need.

Trey Gerrald: 00:29:24

All right, So ChelseyBD and I each have our own set of

Trey Gerrald: 00:29:29

In an effort to be fair and not influenced by one another, we will simultaneously reveal our rating.

VOICEOVER: 00:29:41

Queens are Tabulating, so to school.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:49

All right.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:50

I am holding up four crowns.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:51

Trey, you are holding up four and a half crowns.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:54

I will go first.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:55

I went with four crowns cuz I wanted to leave a crown's worth of space for people that

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:03

In terms of the thrill of.

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:06

I don't know, sugar pills or some of these things that sound pretty extreme to me.

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:11

I don't know that, that most people would want someone putting things in

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:15

I just wanted to leave a little bit of space for people that might be different than Caitlin.

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:21

That being said, I think a lot of Queen Lee qualities in the review, a lot of

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:29

The reviewee or the person reading the review, I don't know if that's the right word, but

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:43

And I think that's a pretty queenly tip.

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:46

So for that reason, I went with four crowns for Caitlin.

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:48

Why did you decide four and a half.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:50

I hear that, you know, I agree with you.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:54

I all like it could very well be a Review Queen.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:57

The reason I took half a crown is because I, I do feel like this is mainly very informative.

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:06

I just am curious about what time they were there, cuz I can't distinguish

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:16

They were bottlenecked for an hour and a half and they just knew that they would be there until

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:24

So they were like, Okay, we're gonna be a little bit quicker for the next hour and a

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:33

Like if you are a haunted house, then you have to be able to create some

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:41

I mean, this sounds like they really drop the ball.

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:44

And I don't want the experience that Caitlin wants, but I hear that Caitlin was disappointed

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:53

So I do think that ultimately it's a really strong one star.

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:56

I went with four and a half, but I, I do feel like I can't distinguish the commonality.

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:01

So I said four and a half, Kaitlyn.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:05

Caitlin, you're nearly a Review Queen.

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:08

Have you ever watched those episodes on Ellen where she used to send

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:16

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:17

There was like, I think there was someone that really hated it, and so she would

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:25

that would be me.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:27

That would be me too.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:28

We were, we would both be those people for Ellen

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:31

I would never be able to do it though.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:32

I couldn't.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:33

No, but Caitlin, good for you.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:36

I guess you have, um, different fight or flight responses than Trey and I do.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:41

We get anxious when we just know that we have to sleep.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:44

So

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:45

Right.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:45

we supposed to handle haunted house?

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:49

Oh wow.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:50

All right, Listeners, do you, do you like haunted houses?

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:52

Do you agree with Caitlin that you would take a sugar pill and want

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:57

I looked on Pen Hurst's website and you do have to sign a

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:02

I actually like know the person tangentially through one of David's friends who created,

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:11

And they were like on ABC News because people were going to the hospital

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:18

Because they were getting like that freaked out, like they'd

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:21

Like they, that was a place where they, like, you go in one at a time and they

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:28

It's like those crazy ones where like people don't make it through.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:32

Like they, they tap, you have a safe word.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:34

It's one of those crazy things and you sign like a liability waiver.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:39

Wow.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:39

Truly amazing that

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:40

Caitlyn should go

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:41

people would pay for.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:43

Caitlin should go there.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:44

Yeah, Caitlin should do that.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:46

Well, thanks Caitlin for sharing your voice for this Halloween episode of Review That Review.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:53

And we'll talk more about haunted houses on the after show, but in

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:59

We have reached the most regal portion of our spooky show.

Trey Gerrald: 00:34:03

ChelseyBD, who are you inducting today for?

VOICEOVER: 00:34:08

My Royal line.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:10

right, Queens.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:10

So for today I would like to nominate Spirit Halloween.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:15

Now I'm sure you guys know the store spirit Halloween, right?

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:19

Duh.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:19

I've been going since I was a kid.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:21

I think they used to like take over a party city or something cuz they do a

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:28

Phenomenal, right?

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:29

They have great inventory and all of that, but something that you might not know is

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:45

At Halloween and all year round through monetary donations, their mission is to make hospitals less

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:04

Since 2007, Spirit of Children has raised over 93 million to provide funding for art,

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:19

Funding has also helped partner hospitals purchase sensory and educational items.

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:23

Toys used for distraction during medical procedures and so much more.

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:27

100% of every dollar donated supports the Child Life Department in over 150 partner

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:38

Funds raised by spirit of children would not be possible without the outpouring of support

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:45

If you'd like to join the review Queens and.

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:47

Of spirit of children and help hospitalize children in your local area.

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:52

You can make a donation at the Nearest Spirit Halloween store or@spirithalloween.com.

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:57

Thank you Spirit Halloween for your dedication and commitment to such a worthy cause.

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:01

It is an honor to induct you as our Royal Highness.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:07

Wow, that's amazing.

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:10

so I put a little donation to them and honor the review Queens

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:18

I'm gonna do it too.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:20

We'll both do it.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:21

I see that in the 2021 Pandemic, they partnered with hospitals.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:27

To give costumes and activity, books and crayons and treat bags.

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:32

They did cuz they could, it was like, you know, pandemic and they couldn't do

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:39

So

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:40

gosh, I never even knew this.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:42

$93 million.

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:45

that wild?

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:47

It's a lot of money.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:48

Wow.

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:50

Also, what's super interesting is if you donate in the store, they have

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:02

Um, they encourage you to take pictures and spread the word.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:06

Whoa.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:06

Yeah.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:07

Oh my God.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:08

Chelsey.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:08

Great job.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:09

I love that.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:10

Thank you.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:11

I was surprised, but I'm very happy that I spent quite a lot of my

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:18

Now I feel even better.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:19

Well, I love Spirit Halloween.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:20

They do always, especially in Manhattan and it's like a random, like, you know, it'll be

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:29

Oh, it's so funny.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:30

I know, but it's great.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:32

And it's so nice that they, you know, that they support these, these hospitals.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:37

And what's really cool to me is that the local factor where if you, you know, go into your

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:49

I agree.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:50

Yeah.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:52

How to, you know, end with something nice and light after that scary review.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:57

Ooh.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:59

Well we did a Queen that is another round on the R in rq, Ferris Wheel of Spooks, and.

Chelsey Donn: 00:38:07

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On today's after show pod, we are reviewing tombstone pepperoni original thin crust pizza.

Trey Gerrald: 00:39:38

Oh

Chelsey Donn: 00:39:38

one star review from walmart.com.

Chelsey Donn: 00:39:42

Um,

Trey Gerrald: 00:39:42

Wait, when you said tombstone, I really got like a little spooked.

Trey Gerrald: 00:39:46

Like I was like, What?

Trey Gerrald: 00:39:47

And.

Chelsey Donn: 00:39:50

That's about as creepy as I get, you know,

Trey Gerrald: 00:39:53

Oh, I've never thought about how it's called tombstone.

Trey Gerrald: 00:39:58

I've never thought about that.

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:00

It's a little creepy.

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:01

What the fuck?

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:02

Why's it called?

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:03

Tombstone?

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:06

Very creepy.

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:07

To find out what made Trey say

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:10

Boobly.

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:12

boo

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:13

What's boobly?

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:15

What's boobly?

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:16

And to find out what made ChelseyBD say.

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:20

Why again?

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:21

Why did they do it again?

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:24

They do

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:25

so unnecessary.

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:27

I did not hear.

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:27

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Chelsey Donn: 00:40:42

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Trey Gerrald: 00:40:44

gender non-specific Queen.

Chelsey Donn: 00:40:46

course.

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Bye.

Trey Gerrald: 00:40:49

Bye spooky clowns,

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Trey Gerrald: 00:41:17

there was a, um, a Review Queen haunted house, what

Chelsey Donn: 00:41:23

Spiky Crowns,

Trey Gerrald: 00:41:26

riding stones that are spiky.

Chelsey Donn: 00:41:29

Oh, someone that is like such a beautiful Queen that it like is so

Chelsey Donn: 00:41:36

Like, oh my god, what a beautiful Queen.