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Family Ghosts

14: The Sasquatch of Spring Valley

Family Ghosts

Sam Dingman

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.84.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

After Asher's uncle dies, the family goes to clean out his apartment, and discovers a box of love letters from a woman they've never met.

"Yes, you call me in the morning. You call me in the morning - I'll tell you what to do if you call me in the morning." -Harry Nilsson

Transcript

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0:00.0

Spoke Media

0:05.0

Hello, Ghost Family. Welcome to Family Ghosts.

0:15.0

Hello. Hello.

0:18.0

Should I put on my headphones?

0:20.0

I'm sitting in the studio with a political organizer named Ashur.

0:23.0

Ashur's in his 30s,

0:25.0

bespectacled, scruffy beard with flecks of red,

0:28.0

and a quiet, contemplative demeanor.

0:31.0

Eight years ago,

0:33.0

Ashur went to visit his uncle's apartment for the first time,

0:36.0

in Spring Valley, New York, about an hour north of New York City.

0:40.0

Ashur's uncle was named Omri,

0:43.0

and Ashur had never been to visit Omri before.

0:46.0

This visit was only happening,

0:48.0

because a few days earlier,

0:50.0

the Spring Valley police had contacted Ashur's parents in Maryland.

0:54.0

They'd found Omri dead in his red Ford Mustang,

0:57.0

by the side of the road.

0:59.0

So Ashur and his family drove up to Spring Valley,

1:02.0

to sort through all the belongings that Omri had unexpectedly left behind.

1:06.0

When they arrived,

1:08.0

they discovered a small basement apartment,

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