Don't be afraid. Lock the doors. Turn out the lights. And climb into bed. It's time for

a hillbilly dead time stories.

Can a person change after he or she dies? Traditional paranormal investigators will say no. A ghost

is the person that he or she was before they died and there is no revelation and death

that magically makes bad people good. This theory is not really backed up though by some

hauntings that people have reported. While it may be true that a ghost is the same person

he or she was before they passed. There are many stories of ghost moving on after they

have come to terms with something or fixing something that they did wrong in life.

It might only be a romantic notion but there also might be some kind of perspective

gained. As the living, we hope our sins will be washed away. In this episode you will hear one such story.

Faith was not a well-liked person in life. She was a typical old person of the eastern shore.

Not stupid by any means but very set in her ways and it comes as no surprise that those ways

went back several generations. While there is no one around to document her early life,

near the end she was known as a pain that people avoided her like the plague.

Pictures show that she had been an attractive woman in her youth but the cancer that she suffered

through robbed her of her looks and rotted her disposition. Even her husband Clayton, sick from

his own illnesses, had a hard time defending her although he dearly loved her. As her life slipped

away she got nastier and less tolerable. Towards the end all those around her had troubled dealing

with her and avoided her. This did nothing to change her disposition and things only got worse.

Ben was supposed to be able to handle her type. He had recently started as a caregiver to de-eaterally

and he had all the technical skills to work for this couple. When Ben had met his business partner

his friend had two elderly parents who needed to be watched over during the day and been volunteered.

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