Welcome to our gathering tonight. Here we share stories of ordinary people who have experienced extraordinary things.

Sit back, relax and warm yourself by Jim Herald's campfire.

Welcome to the campfire. I am Jim Herald and so excited to be with you today.

This is the correct place to be if you want to hear spooky stories from real people.

But first, I have a big announcement. I've mentioned this on social media the last couple of days and it is official.

I am going on tour. Now we're going to start out with four cities.

We hope it's very successful and we can continue it on but we are going to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 21st. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 22nd.

New York, New York on June 24th and Boston, Massachusetts on June 25th. Now you may ask Jim how can I get tickets?

Well, if you are listening to this before Friday April 14th at 10 a.m. Eastern, which is the general on sale date for everybody.

If you're a plus club member, you can get early pre-sale access by going over to Jimherald.com slash tour clicking on the pre-sale buttons.

And then basically you put in a password, which you can hear on my plus club shows. I've added a little many episodes with that special password.

And you could go in and get early access before everybody. Now if you're not a plus club member, you could always join or you could wait until Friday 10 a.m. Eastern, then the tickets will go on sale for everybody.

So that is Friday April 14th at 10 a.m. Eastern. The tickets will go on sale for everybody. I hope you can join us.

We are making this multimedia experience. We're going to bring in audience stories, some of my favorite stories stories you've never heard before, some fun kind of interactive stuff, Q&A.

We really wanted to make it a whole experience, just not a podcast recording. And I'm so excited to get out and do the campfire show with you.

And I hope that you'll join us. So get your tickets at Jimherald.com slash tour. And again, those go on general sale for everyone Friday April 14th at 10 a.m. Eastern.

There's also some VIP meet and greet opportunities. If you want to take advantage of those when you select your purchase, you can select that level. If you want to meet me in person and have a photo opportunity, that'll be a lot of fun to that's also an option.

So I hope that you'll join us on the 2023 tour for cities, at least to start out. That is Jimherald live stories from around the campfire. And you get your tickets Friday April 14th at 10 a.m. Eastern at Jimherald.com slash tour.

Now that we've taken care of that piece of business and please do join us now let's take care of this important piece of business. These great campfire stories.

Well, we are so glad that Samantha is on the line from upstate New York and her aunt Lorraine told her about the show. So thank you Lorraine and stay spooky. Samantha, I know you have a story about your mom. Thank you for joining us and please share your story.

Thank you Jim so much. So yeah, so just to start off, I just wanted to let everyone know that my mom passed a cancer in 2010.

Sorry.

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