Tescasterone_004

Welcome to the Tescasterone Podcast Episode 004

Scott has the week off, as he has his kids this week. . . So, you are stuck

with me, your host, Joe.

Unfortunately, neither Scott, nor I got to watch the race this week, but the

results are in: Brad Keslowski wins at Martinsville. Congrats Brad.

Twins have lost 5 of their last 9 games of Spring training. They are still

listed at 50 to 1 odds of winning the World Series, and listed at 16th place

to take it.

Wasn't able to come up with anything interesting for the ad of the day. So,

instead, I bring up O'reilly's Auto Parts listing for the Flux Capacitor

(from Back to the Future) Part #121G. Thanks to O'reilly's for having a

sense of humor.

QotD: Are Ghosts Real?
Since Scottie wasn't able to join me for this podcast, I thought I would

bring on 'Tescasterone Story Time'. Here is the story of my home in Hopkins,

MN.

I was married pretty young, and my wife at the time was interested in spooky

old homes, so we purchased a home built in 1902. It was probably built before

that, but that was date listed on the title.

In 1998 she took her own life, and I hosted the wake in my home. Getting the

place ready for the wake, my mother came over and help clean. I left to get

something, and she stayed behind to continue setting the place up. As she

was in the kitchen, washing dishes, the stereo in the living room came on

(no, she doesn't remember what song was playing). She went into the living

room, and turned it off. Back in the kitchen, she is busy again, and again

the stereo comes on. She promptly walks out the front door and sits on the

front step, to wait for my return. All the animals were accounted for, and

none of them were active enough at the time to step on the remote.

Eventually I got a roommate, John. He never experienced anything that he

told me. He got a girlfriend (she never experienced anything spooky,

either), who became his wife and moved out.

Next roommate, however, was JC. He had some shit happen to him. He and I

met at work, so alot of our conversations happened there. I opened the store

one day and JC came in later. "Hey, Joe, did you come home earlier today?"

I tell him that I opened the store, and have been here the whole time. He

proceeds to tell me that he had taken a shower and left the towel on the

bathroom floor. (yes, typical bachelor) He Went upstairs to get something to

eat, and when he came back down, the towel was hanging on the rod. A couple

of nights later, he was laying down to go to sleep, and felt something

distinctly female climb in to bed with him. He turned his head, and saw

nothing was there. Yet, he could smell her perfume, and kinda still feel her

pressure on the bed behind him. A week or so later he purchased three tiny

gargoyles to line up on the TV (Gargoyles have been used for centuries to

send evil spirits away) facing his bed. Every night he would come downstairs

only to find them turned and facing the wall - even when I was away on

vacation. Eventually he, too, got married and moved out.

The next couple of roommates never had any experiences, at least not that

they ever told me about. I sold the house to an investor who renovated the

property to set up for leasing. In the past ten years, I have never seen

anyone live there, I drive by after snow storms, and I never see any tire

tracks in the driveway. The place may be haunted by my wife? Maybe other

spirits? Who knows.

A couple of years ago I went down to Kansas City to do a ghost hunt with

Darkness Dave (of Beyond the Darkness podcast fame) at the Belvoir Winery.

Formerly the winery was an Oddfellows Orphanage/Assylum. I met Dave, and

several of the cast from the Ghost Mine tv show. They all gave little talks,

and then we did the investigation. After, I got back to Minnesota, I went

through all the digital recordings, etc, to see if evidence presented itself

to me. Nothing. No experiences, personally. Yet, I remain open minded.

Do ghosts exist? Again, not a clue.

Just an interesting theory.

Updates on Tescasterone happenings:

Teepublic.com - got one design up (lettering in three colors, to match whatever color shirt you want to buy)
                       Have another shirt going up on Saturday the 30th of March

Got a twitter account, but, have no clue how to really use it.

Shout outs to: Blue at the level three Caribou at the Mall of America - ask for her by name.
                      And to Jameson the coolest fire spinner in the South West

Metro area of Minneapolis, North of the river.