S3 Ep256: Somnus the Dream Demon & Kathleen’s Text From Her Ex-Boyfriend

An Acquired Taste Podcast

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True Crime, Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Are you having weird dreams lately? Bethany brings the story of a woman on Twitter who is being haunted in her dreams by a demon character named Somnus. Can thinking enough about something make it real? Then, Kathleen’s ex-boyfriend texted her out of the blue this weekend and dropped a bit of an emotional bomb. What was it? Plus, Kathleen reveals a huge secret she’s been keeping from her husband, Neil, and he reacts “live” on the pod!

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:

https://twitter.com/thepurpah

https://www.boredpanda.com/girl-dreams-demon-character-somnus-thepurpah-twitter/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa

KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67266/14-things-you-might-not-know-about-qvc
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/decades-old-message-hidden-behind-her-wallpaper

Transcript

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0:00.0	FUCK! My doorbell just rang! FUCK! I'm so sorry!
0:05.7	Keep it going! Hold the mood! Hold on!
0:08.9	Please hold! Stop bluffing! This is erotic!
0:12.3	I'm unannue medication and you think it's making me lose me?
0:16.5	I would have been a Ted Bundy victim. Yeah. I had no idea that so many people out there
0:21.8	felt the same way. I didn't.
0:23.4	Now I want a peanut colada.
0:25.9	An acquired taste.
0:27.9	This is an acquired taste podcast. I'm Bethany, your bed bug discovering, feeling itches
0:34.0	everywhere, sleeping on my couch for the foreseeable future friend.
0:38.4	And I'm Kathleen, your Costco shopping, gin and tonic drinking. Oh shit, I didn't pick
0:44.0	a third one.
0:44.7	Friend.
0:46.7	I'm so dysfunctional today.
0:50.6	I feel like that perfectly describes you. Let's just go with it.
0:55.4	And every week, Kathleen and I meet up to discuss our lives, what's weird in the
0:59.1	world, and we invite you to join us. Kathleen, what are we talking about this week?
1:03.4	This week I am talking about a text message, a really juicy text message that I got from
1:08.7	my high school boyfriend, like the love of my life in high school. And I'm like ready
1:14.0	to unpack it. I put it in a suitcase. I took it into podcast land today and I'm ready
1:18.1	to unpack it Bethany. And also, I have a game for us.
1:22.6	A game. A game after we unpack what's in my exploit friend suitcase. I have a game
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