Obituary 07: Mei Died

Death by Dying

Evening Post Productions

Drama, Fiction, Comedy Fiction

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Mei Lou, 63, passed away peacefully in the night… after burning to death in a fire that destroyed her entire home. **Content Warning: Reference to burning to death, Discussions of Grief Support Us Today: https://www.patreon.com/deathbydyingpod Created by Evan Gulock & Niko Gerentes Sensitivity Reader: Kienna Shaw Associate Producers – Luis Resto, Samariel Koster, Robert Gulock, Jordan Percle, Angel Acevedo Credits: The Obituary Writer – Evan Gulock Fen Lou – Erika Ishii Mia Jasper – Iridian Fierro The Wild Man / The Butcher / Chester the Goat / Shady Sea Captain / OW's First Lover – Niko Gerentes Eugene Portage – Noah Baldwin Grandma Lou – Su Ling Chan Additional Voices Provided by The DePaul BFA 4 Class of 2023 Music – Niko Gerentes, Steven O’Brien, Migfus20, ErikMMusic, Tyops “The Obituary Writer’s Ditty” Arranged by Niko Gerentes Sung by Noah Baldwin & Niko Gerentes With Lyrics by Evan Gulock & Niko Gerentes “The Wailing Wharf Widow” Arranged & Sung by Noah Baldwin With Lyrics by Evan Gulock & Niko Gerentes Portions of this episode were recorded at The Foxhole Chicago by studio engineer Dave Langley. Special Thanks to Our Featured Patrons: Aster Kubo & Hei Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Credits and Transcript: https://deathbydyingpod.com/obituary-07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I am the oddly intriguing obituary writer of this quaint town of Crestfall, Idaho,
0:08.1	and this is Death by Dying. These days my apartment feels like a strange and lonely corner of the world.
0:34.6	The pickled frogs and stuffed squirrels on my shelves seemed to silently
0:39.9	judge me as I poured myself yet another amber cognac all the way to the rim of the glass.
0:49.4	My Egyptian silk tie hung on the hook of my armor.
0:54.4	The top button of my burgundy dress shirt was unbuttoned.
0:58.4	Displaying an amount of exposed collarbone I would only reveal in the privacy of my own home.
1:05.9	I glared at the one who glares.
1:10.1	He meowed softly and glared back.
1:13.2	We reveled in the activity of glaring for a moment.
1:17.0	What are you glaring at? I asked.
1:24.1	Living with cats is like having roommates
1:27.0	who either utterly despise you or love you to death,
1:30.3	but you aren't entirely sure which.
1:34.3	And when you live with three man-eating cats, hatred and love start to seem equally threatening.
1:42.3	Sometimes I wake up to them licking my face.
1:46.0	Is it a gesture of affection?
1:48.0	Or are they sampling me in case one day I decide to sleep in?
1:53.0	Who knows?
1:55.0	Who knows?
1:56.0	For better or for worse, their personalities are beginning to present themselves.
2:01.4	The one who hunts has decided she is the leader of the pack and stalks the night in
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