Time slowed down as I'm watching this grenade hit my shoulder. As it hit my shoulder, I actually actively thought, okay, you're about to die. There's no escaping it. Oh my God. And I was told it was maybe 30 seconds from death. From my experience, growing up, death is a pretty taboo topic. Now I'm around people talking about death all the time. Are you a big cemetery person yourself?

I don't know if I'm a big cemetery person.

That's a weird way to phrase it, yeah.

I do think about death.

I want to do more with my life with the second chance.

I do have that feeling, but it's not nearly as pronounced as I don't have a fear of death.

On today's episode of Storytime with Mr. Ballin, we have a truly unique guest.

You'll see in a minute what I mean when I say unique, because what they do, I didn't even know

this was a thing, but it definitely is because when she made her first post back in 2021 about

sort of what she does, it went super viral. And sure enough,

what she's discovered really is a phenomenon, but it's one that I promise most of you have

never heard of. It's fascinating. Not only do we cover what she does, but it also sort of led us to this

really deep discussion around death, mortality, and what happens when you die.

I didn't expect the conversation to go that way, but that's the way it went. And it was great.

It was an amazing conversation. I think you're really going to enjoy it.

Also, side note, my voice is terrible, but I was just so excited to get this interview in that we decided to push forward.

So I apologize for my voice, but it's because I love all you fans of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious.

And so without further ado, let's get into today's episode.

Music to today's episode.

I am Rosie Grant, aka Ghostly Archive, and this is Storytime with Mr. Ballin.

All right, so Rosie Grant, I know what you do. I mean, what you do is one of the more unique things I've seen, certainly on the internet, or just at large.

It's you find recipes on gravestones, and make those recipes and you post about it online

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