The I'm going to be. Welcome to Spirits podcast to boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.

Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.

I'm Amanda.

And I'm Julia. Julia, we are one of those podcasts where we're BFFs. Yes. We've known each other since pre-K, kindergarten, and here we are in our mid-30s live in life. Look at that. And one of the duties you have as my best friend is to tell me if a fashion choice I'm making is not good. Okay. Yeah, that's fair. And so I want to just run something by you real quick. All the girlies are doing a little bandanas and kerchiefs and stuff. And so I was wondering what you think. If I just kind of did like a sort of like homage to the 90s choker maybe. Because I'm I, I you know my grandma has all kinds of like cute

little like ribbons and stuff so like what do you think um Amanda just the um sheik I'm gonna do a

quick pause for you here. I think there is a moment in a lot of people's lives where they read a

story that is going to stick with them for the rest of their lives, especially

spooky stories, right? Yeah. And I think for a lot of people, especially people around our

ages, people in our mid-30s, some of those stories come from the uvra of a writer named

Alvin Schwartz. Oh, scary stories, man. Scary stories to tell in the dark and all the other

scary stories anthologies that he worked on. More scary stories to tell in the dark and all the other scary stories anthologies that he worked on more scary

stories to tell in the dark more tales to chill your bones and in a dark dark room and other scary

stories for example right i'm sorry this seems like a bit of a non-sequitur to my new fashion choice

i know we'll get there we'll get there oh okay okay for me like uh one of those stories that kind of haunted me after reading it from the scary stories to tell in the dark uvra was one about a hairless dog that a couple adopted while on vacation that ended up being a rat with rabies.

Yes. There was one where, like, a lady had a mole, but it was like a spider eggs. Banda, the spider eggs hatching out of the woman's face. Yep, that one stuck with me too. Absolutely. Is there any other ones that you remember really sticking with you? I think that was it. And then there was, there was a cover illustration at some point of a lady with a beehive hairdo, which felt very old-timey. And I think there was something to do with real bees. Yeah, probably. I don't quite recall that one, but I do feel like, you know, woman's hair turns into actual beehive feels appropriate for the kind of stuff that Alvin Schwartz is writing, for sure. Now, for a lot of people, Amanda, they might remember another story, and I think this is

relevant to you.

Oh.

But also, I think a lot of youths from this time period were first exposed to the story in a book

called In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories.

It came out in 1984, and it was titled The Green Ribbon.

Amanda, are you familiar with this story at all?

Not really ringing a bell, except that, you know, reminds me in my, like, chic kind of patterned twal tie-dye situation I have going on.

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