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My sister, we just got home, she went home alone.

Thank you, my sister.

I love you.

Hello and welcome to Season 9, Episode 209 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real.

I'm going to, Once again, our premium service is called Plus.

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base level gets you all the digital content you could ever want for just five bucks a month

but that price is going up soon if you're on s and s plus light that's a separate completely separate

service that's available only on the Apple podcast app.

And it's only for people that refuse to use our app.

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I mean, I might be a little biased there.

But, you know, if you really, really, really don't want to,

then you can use that other service.

It doesn't have as many perks, but you know what I mean? Anyway, let's get going here, shall we? Goodlitzville, Tennessee, is just like many of the other tiny towns clustered along the outskirts of Nashville.

Long, straight roads lined with cornfields and churches

lead to nothing but residential streets and a few local businesses scattered around the town's hub.

This particular suburb gives its residents plenty of opportunity to purchase

a spacious lot of land with a lovely view of the countryside. With Nashville literally a 20-minute

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