Fame, fortune, adventure, all those things that we want, they all sort of come with a price.

And today's three stories demonstrate that.

The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode.

The links to the original YouTube videos are in the description.

The first story you'll hear is called Surge, and it's about a couple's dream vacation that quickly turns into a nightmare. The second story you'll hear is called Surge, and it's about a couple's dream vacation

that quickly turns into a nightmare. The second story you'll hear is called Stowaway, and it's about a

runaway who wants nothing more than just to go see the world. And the third and final story you'll hear

is called The Pathbus traveled, and it's about a group of men who are very, very greedy, and their greed has

devastating consequences. But before we get into today's stories, if you're a fan of the

Strange, Dark, and Mysterious delivered in story format, then you come to the right podcast,

because that's all we do and we upload four times a week, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays. So, if that's of interest to you, please offer to make the like button their favorite dish,

Fetuccini Alfredo, but replace the Alfredo sauce with poisonous sea urchins.

Okay, let's get into our first story called Surge.

Okay, let's get into our first story called Surge. In October of 2007, Helen Akeral and her fiance, John Cullen, had saved a little bit of money, and they were torn on what to do with it.

They knew they should put it aside and put it towards a down payment on a new house, but they also really wanted to go on vacation,

and lately life had been very stressful for both of them, and so ultimately they decided,

let's just blow it all on an amazing vacation. And so later that month, they flew off to Thailand.

Over the course of their week, they spent most of their time at their resort, sitting in the pool,

and eating nice food, and they were having this really nice time, and on their last day, they decided they needed to do something a little bit more adventurous.

And so they decided to explore the Nam Talu Cave inside of the Kausauk National Park,

which is this 160 million year old rainforest that was not that close to their resort.

In fact, it was not really a

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