Brace yourself for the no-sleep podcast.

Let the sleepless tales commence, fellow travelers, I'm your guide, David Cummings.

This is our final holiday hiatus episode of our New Year's break, but before we return

with Season 17 Prober, we have a special treat for you next week. Consider this. It's

a dark and snowy night when the cold nips at your toes. You're stranded on a moor, no shelter

to be found. But look, here, what's that up ahead? A fire glowing in the distance, and

friendly faces seated around the embers. But as you draw closer, are those faces friendly,

or are they a little gond, a little deceased? Come, sit, join us. Why not toss a log onto

the fire to summon up the spirit's stories? Then and only then will you discover the epiphany

of the dead. Sleepless decomposition, volumate, coming next week.

But before we start those decompositions, it's time to settle in for our sleepless tales

right now.

In our first tale, we meet the new folks next door. Meeting new neighbors is always a gamble.

Are they going to be quiet, calm sorts who keep to themselves, loud, rock-us party goers?

Sometimes it can be easy to predict dead a glance. But in this tale, shared with us by

author Jay R. Stinson, we welcome some newcomers to the neighborhood who are a little harder

to pin down. Performing this tale are Jesse Cornett, Mary Murphy, and Peter Lewis. So don't

judge them on their fashion since people can wear what they want. Don't judge them by

their silence because some people are just shy. Rather judge them on whether the patriarch

has a firm handshake.

Somebody's moving into the house at the end of the street again. My wife entered the living room.

Really? I thought that young couple moved in just a few weeks ago. Those 20-somethings who

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