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hey weirdos I'm Ash and I'm Elena and I'm Sabrina and this is a special edition of morbid today we are doing the
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over to audible.com weirdos you can get a free trial on Audible and that's really exciting uh so this special bonus
episode we're going to be talking about the title my best friend's exorcism it was written by Grady Hendrix so let's
talk about it yay yay I'm such a like woo girl right now we're all woo girls right We're looping it up the
energy it is woo woo it is it's a bit woo woo it is and spooky this title is something I'm really excited to talk to
you guys about cuz it's all about like friendship and spooky friendship spooky as demons our favorite we love that's
how we became friends it's true the dark spookies and demons and ghosties luckily
none of us has been demonically possessed yet no exting I have been around a demon my sister we used to joke
she was possessed but she might have been maybe really I also had someone one a previous relationship uh wonder if I
was possessed and that's why I was leaving wow do you feel like you were um possessed with something good yeah
possessed with new found strength get the hell out of there I love it Y what a way to justify
someone leaving you're like well you must be possessed by a demon if you're leaving me obviously obviously that's
the only way yeah well I think we should start out first by just gushing over gredy
Hendricks what I think 100% I've never read a a greedy Hendrick title before this and you two have like you guys are
big fans right I had seen grd Hendrick like some of the films he yes like um satanic Panic satanic Panic you seen
that one so good so good I'm a huge grd Hendrick girl I love his books love his writing love hearing him talk like his
interviews are some of the funniest interviews you will ever read or hear I was telling Elina I don't know why but
he reminds me of Bill NY he has such good bill NY Vibes it's The Vibes kind of you kind of want him to be your dad
and he's smart like yeah yeah I get that you get it I get it and he's so like he's very insightful but he's also very
unserious all the time which is fun I love people like that well we were just talking a minute ago about the
dedication of this book which was hilarious cuz the dedication I feel like I need to read it for so I had to write
this down after I listened to the title because the dedication in this book Sabrina had brought it up and I was like
wait a second we had to look up what this what was what yeah it says for Amanda who knows the reasons why and
there's an asterisk next to it and then underneath it says but if she doesn't I would suggest she have her attorney both
protective orders filed against her the criminal complaint which outlines these reasons in great detail and maybe also
her conscience because disclosing the whereabouts of the bodies will finally bring some kind of closure for my family
so all of us were like who the [ __ ] is Amanda and what does she know and who the [ __ ] did she
kill seriously turns out Amanda is Grady Hendrick's wife and that's all in good fun he dedicates everything every book
to her every title to her and he always makes a joke that's love I love that I loved it so much it's the best I think
that shows you right there what you're getting into with a grd Hendrick book it really does yeah and it's funny because
with this title in particular uh I wanted it's like such a different way of going about like a
possession story it is because we're used to and I've never thought of it this way but I read an interview with
Grady that said he was like most of these stories are from the point of view of like a priest the
like having hisi Ted he toise this demon and he said it's always some like young
girl or some young woman tied to a bed right possessed by a demon and there's just this old man screaming at her and
he's like I'm kind of over that yeah it's been done yeah so he said he wanted to do it from the point of view of the
is it the de demoniac I think it's called I think you're right yeah is the person that is possessed which I love
that the demoniac demoniac I think that's how you say it if it's not that's how I say
that's how we say it right I feel like that's it's like saying Craven a crow Raven demoniac yeah exactly you don't
know if it's a crow if it's a raven it's a craven yeah yeah um I agree it actually this is like the combo I kept
putting in my head it's like pen 15 met Jennifer's Body yes that is so funny because so many
people have put two up against each other two things like that together to describe this book and they all work
like he said what was it Heathers and one he says beaches meets The Exorcist that's I mean that way and I think it's
like Heathers and The Exorcist Ora it was hea Heathers and The Exorcist all of those things work it also made me want
to so badly go back and find my like 17 magazines quizzes that I had taken and find the answers that I would put back
when I was that age it really Nostalgia bomb yeah Nostalgia yeah I was asking Elena when you you were listening to it
were you like answering the questions oh absolutely I love it I truly I went through and I found the questions and I
wanted us to answer them we should we were thinking that too that's a great idea well I saw somebody say that they
were answering them as Abby to see and they were like it's making her look kind of unhinged so like is Abby the problem
the whole time I was listening I was like it it does suck because poor Abby is the one who now looks like she's
crazy yes and nobody is listening to her whatsoever like one of the one of the parts that like broke my heart the most
is when she actually and there's going to be spoilers in this just so you guys know yeah um one of my one of the parts
that broke my heart the most was when she sits down finally with like Mr and Mrs Lang and starts to talk to them
about what's going on and she's talking to them about like some really serious stuff like trigger warning she's talking
to them about rape right and they're like don't say that about our daughter you did drugs with her you're the
problem get out of our house yeah we'll have you arest you say that to anyone else right you're
on drugs yeah they tell everyone else that she's on drugs yeah like they call her school and say she's on drugs and
she's on scholarship right so they like purposely and that's like a big thing in
this too and that's why I I like aby's Mom I felt had such good like she had good advice for Abby it was just like
being given in the wrong way I think a lot of times or she just wasn't able to right take it in when she needed to yeah
because one of the things is like aby's on scholarship at this private school and Gretchen his family is very wealthy
all her friends families are very wealthy and aby's Mom at one point is like you shouldn't be hanging out with
these people like these wealthy people can pay themselves out of their problems and if you're with them we can't do that
so you'll be the scapegoat they'll throw it on you exactly what happened Mama Knows Best and I was like aby's Mom Mary
I think her name is Mary it is Mary it's like damn yeah I think that's one of the
major themes in this is like the class differences between everybody and you see it all became her problem yeah it
did and it's but shout out to Abby for being the realest friend out there realest that and the most like resilient
human being because like the amount of time it took for her to actually break and then even when she breaks she's not
broken she's like all right I'll go back for she still like yeah I'm going to keep doing this it's like she put up
boundaries with Gretchen but then she would like break the boundary when it needed to be broken like she was like I
was like you you're okay oh at the end just like the beautiful friendship story my God I cried at the end I did too it's
emotional it's beautiful so beautiful she was holding her hands and like oh that I think that is one of the most
beautiful things about this title is that it has every element and Grady captured one the like nitty-gritty and
like the complexities of friendship especially in high school and like going through that evolution in life on top of
terrifying us with the exercising and the demonic possession stuff and moments like the um freaking
tapm we'll never forget that'll but then pulling out your heartstrings yeah yes yeah no definitely and there's no
[ __ ] love story in it which made the love story was with the friend and that made me happy me Disturbed I don't know
but like no we need more things like that female friendships he was beautiful exactly and he's really he did such a
good job I I've seen people say that they had no idea this was written by a man you would not know because it was
like little things like I think we were talking about it earlier it was like um you know when because this takes place
in the 80s so he he puts a lot of things from the 80s like the satanic Panic of it all 80s culture skting roller skating
like all these cool little and one of them is the their like gym teacher or whoever it is talking to them about
Bartles and James wine coolers go love hilarious they're like super sweet and they taste so good and they'll sneak up
on you cuz they have lots of alcohol in them and but he's only they're only talking to the you'll lose your precious
your precious gift and like that and they keep saying it just to the girls this is your your responsibility to not
have yourself taken advantage cuz you'll lose and once you lose your precious gift you won't be worth anything and
it's like which is a dum [ __ ] idea all together 100% and the girls are hearing this and ab's like I so she
turns to remember she turns to Gretchen and she's like wants to say like your precious gift and she's like I wanted it
to be something that we said to each other like the Hefty Hefty Hefty a thing and I was like that's such like girl
friendship like it's like you latch onto this one phrase and you'll just use it forever with each other and it was
little things like that like nuances but he got so well you know what it is he captures the religion of being a teenage
girl like what their religion is not like like there are themes of religion throughout with like actual like
religion but aside from that and like I think the more important religion and the one that was highlighted here is the
religion of your friendships with your girlfriends in high school like Girl Code yes yeah and that's that's one of
the things he had said I've seen him in interviews say that like possession stories are again about a priest and you
know like a demon and Faith being tested and he was like but it to me like in high school yeah your most important
thing and you're the thing that you know grounds you and the thing that you look
to for Hope and whatever and Faith are your friends and your relationships and that's why like you know in the end it's
not a like a religious exorcism that takes this demon out of her it's their friendship and their bond and their love
for each other ex their history and it is one of those like phrases cat phrases almost that they use to help exactly
it's like all that silly stuff like you know PHS compels you or whatever she's like I love you querly and I love you
dearly all of that is what takes this demon out and I was like that is such it's amazing it's such a unique way of
looking at a story like this and it's like I would listen to this title a hundred more times same the other thing
is the narrator of this title it's performed by um Emily woo Zeller yes I like to say that she has a voice like an
anti- demon an anti- demon indeed her voice was so soothing how beautiful and ironic but in the best way yeah no she
did a great job I love when she does the boy parts cuz she does like all the parts when you're listening to the title
and when she does the boy she's like but it's Wallace talking really well done yeah like he does sound like
that that is Wallace [ __ ] Wallace I found myself in certain parts because I was I just needed to know what happened
I like to listen at like 1.5 speed but there were certain parts where I would slow it down because I needed to like
just capture every sentence and every word and hear all the disturbing things yes yes and you know it's a good title
when you do that right you want to like really take it immerse yourself into it it was one of those titles where like
you you want to get to the end you want to know what happens but I remember being like finished with it and I was
like I don't want to be finished depression yes and what's cool but like and Grady does this really well in all
of his titles um he he has such a way of like balancing comedic elements like levity moments of levity with extreme
horror it's not like it's like he's a little spooky over here and like this is really funny it's like no he's going to
like ruin your life in one chapter and then the next chapter he's going to be like now breathe and it's like the
perfect balance of like he's he's like the radio Silence of writing 100% everybody because they're so good
at like you know balancing that levity in horror like it's a it's a talent and it's and it's like what they do like
that is what they're known for and they are brilliant at it and Grady has that Talent like he has that skill he gives
you that Mo and it's always that moment to just like catch your breath right and
that's like that's why horror is fun like cuz you're you should get that moment of like what did we just see like
what did we just hear cuz there are moment bre yeah cuz there are moments where you're like what is happening
right now and then there are moments where you're cracking up like yeah I was laughing out loud listening to this I
look crazy in my car ites it it almost he has this beautiful way of almost feeling making you feel like you are one
of them you're a part of the girl group you're there yeah you're one of the friends I was saying that to Elina
because it's like I feel like a lot of times in a title you can say oh like I really resonate with that person I'm
definitely like this person but I feel like when I was listening to this I wasn't an Abby I wasn't a Gretchen I
wasn't a Glee or a Margaret like there were Ash yeah part the group yeah exactly or like I saw like a little
piece of me in like all of them know I mean yeah and that's how I felt I felt like I was just me I was just Elena in
the group with them like watching this all happen experiencing it with them getting stressed out when things were
happening worrying about the relationships in the group like work it out you guys I'm like Margaret stop
being a [ __ ] like I was like maret Margaret was a [ __ ] from the beginning she really was I mean she was right from
the jump I was anti- Margaret like because of her horse party yeah I don't want like who wants to go to your horse
party roll rude yeah she's super rude yeah not in the end it sounds like you know she she was what she was she also
kind of just like dipped she did which which makes sense I get it I think after that it's like the fact that Gretchen
and Abby were able to stay friends and Glee even tried for a little bit yeah it sounds like Glee had some stuff going on
but yeah it sounds like Glee was a wreck which I mean who wouldn't be after that
high schol yeah I mean that's traumatizing she tried to dive off a bell tower naked
while throwing fake Love Letters From a priest what was written across her chest
um she has four youu written across across her chest in black marker and she like jumps off naked and then the the
guards are trying to put a blanket over her and and Abby's like you know for you
is bouncing all over the place like and this is for like a young priest at their school at their school and the
letters weren't even written by him he had no idea honestly he's the real victim in this story yeah cuz he looked
like a like he was doing some shady [ __ ] he lost his job and he was like I can't
talk to you yeah what the hell you know what's also scary is that I think like I
mean I experienced some level of bullying more Middle School than high school but there were people doing this
[ __ ] not possessed by demons you know like I I'm in middle school I had someone tell me that like a boy had a
crush on me and he didn't and like it was like it was devastating in a you know a fraction of what happened in this
title but like but it feels like everything at that moment yeah yeah when you're younger everything is so much
more heightened oh yeah like I've told on the on the podcast before I've told the story in Middle School yeah that
these girls invited me to a party and sent me to an abandoned house oh my God nothing will top and my dad was the one
dropping me off I was like so excited and my poor dad a el but he's such a real one and he's such a real he was
like get ice cream cuz I was like I was like what he's like let's go get ice cream like you can talk to me if you
want to but you don't have to I'm like sobbing and he's just like let's get ice cream and that's it people are so mean
and they weren't even possessing by demons yeah my sister I my sister's 2 years older and I so desperately like
wanted to be her friend growing up and one day she invited me to play with her and her friends and they said we're
going to play school but this School Ties you up and oh my God they tied me up to her bed post and left me there and
all went down into the basement to play so mean that's some real big sister [ __ ]
that is big sister [ __ ] and at that point I mean I mean like I we joked that she was possessed by a demon because
there was one time where my dad like literally heard a demonic Voice come out of her mou like get out actually you
just said that yeah you're like there was this one my dad heard this crazy thing it's a longer story but we can get
into it another day um but yeah no people can be mean it's the funny yeah only I have a story and it's only one
little thing but on AIM which like the meanest stuff always happened on I mean aim stories but one that sticks out in
my head was this new boy in my school that was so cute was his friends were like he wants to date you like he's
asking you out and my mom was on the computer and was like oh my God yes definitely and answered the aim for me
and I remember I got home and she was like Josh like beep asked you to be his girlfriend and I said yes for you cuz I
know like you think he's so cute and I was like Mom there's no way that's real like what have you done oh no why nightm
do cuz she was also demonically possessed I'm pretty sure that is some demonically possessed
God but it just goes to show that I think everybody in middle school and high school at some point or another
acts like a demon yeah truly is the victim of a demon a demonic type of person truly like wow that's horrifying
yeah that was a bad one oh that's so sad I know it was horrific and then I had to
go to school the next day and be like I knew that that was I was messing with you yeah like ha tables turned jokes on
you I mean jokes on you now so whatever but some of the nightmare Parts in the book go Way Beyond any of our
experience truly it's there's some part I mean I think we're all thinking we should talk about the nightmare parts
and then we'll talk about our favorite parts to like kind ofer the tapeworm 100% Takes the Cake
the most like visual moment like nightmare inducing moment in the description and how it kept coming oh it
just kept on coming and then the dog oh the dog dog the dog the dog is a homie though the dog he is a homie that is
true and all of that with the really like every time Riley showed up the creepy brother I was so
scared he was the scary I mean did allow Abby into the house despite knowing that
he shouldn't have which true that's very true I didn't give a [ __ ] and he's just
sitting at the counter like reading Hustler with peanut butter fingers that's the part that bothered me the
most peanut butter all over his hands I was like wash your hands no I agree and he came in the room and they said he got
the peanut butter on the door knob and I was like oh and then she's like and we could smell the peanut butter and I was
like for Elena it was worse than the day just that I was like oh my God I'm horrified and then all of a sudden a
tapeworm starts coming out of her mouth and she's heaving it out and the dog's grabbing it and now like this is the
worst nightmare I what was it like 30 something feet long it was ridiculous long the longest they ever seen and then
she had even more oh my God cuz she probably had all the little tapeworm eggs yeah cuz she had you were only
supposed to drink one those crazy one shake total oh one shake ever I thought it was one a day having mple a day cuz
they all had tapeworms in them yeah and then there was and like a close second to that was when Gretchen vomited out
all the feather squir the squir worms that was so weird yeah it was and it they the description
was like pale yeah milk it like with squirmy black feathers in it and I was like what yeah picture it there's a lot
of puke in this story cuz then Wallace also pukes on the football field yeah later on it's a little less and during
the exorcism there's there there's some more puke yeah and that that puke is yellow so it's all very well described
puke did you picture the tape worm like girth wise I pictured it so thick too like I
pictured it barely being like ripping her mouth cuz I think it said at one point it was like inhumanly yeah and I
know tapeworms are traditionally like a white and like like they're thin but I was picturing like a very bulbous like
blood filled I don't know why tapeworm I pictured white still but like so thick and when the dog was like trying to snap
it and it couldn't oh God it was awful it made me think of the troop by Nick Cutter I haven't listened to which I
also highly recommend as a title to listen to um but for warned I just said that reminds me of it
know that but it's also a great book but it the wor something about worms just tapeworms and like parasites and stuff
freak me out my cat once had tapeworms really because she had fle and like she had been eating the fleas and fleas I
guess carry tapeworm eggs they eat tapor eggs and it was gross because these little like rice grains would like be
coming out of her butt because like the tapor would be like breaking off oh my God God that's a hor and the only way to
get rid of them too is to like you know them out or she had to take like a I had
to give her like medicine that like killed it yeah yeah and then you expel it yeah but that was also the sad thing
about this whole tapeworm situation is that she had a tapeworm but her family was starving her yeah yeah I think they
were trying to starve the tapeworm cuz I think like I think that is like a belief
that like it is possible and then you it'll like pass through your system but I think they didn't realize that she had
like 30 something tape on your stomach God but there was a lot it's actually crazy when you look back on the title
because there was a lot of like really foul disgusting stuff like when the exorcism actually takes place oh it's
the roaches and then she like I mean technically it's not Gretchen it's um and and I was wondering how you
pronounce his name I don't know is it andr I added a flare cuz it sounds like you say Andros and I like it but like he
Chomps down on the roach oh oh he's a he's a wly one he is a Wy one Andros was funny too at times I will say well
that's the thing is demons like kind of got some sex appeal sometimes that's why
they get that's why they get inside yeah it's true that's but also one of the one of the
horrifying Parts besides like all the tape worms and like the physical you know like body horror kind of thing was
when it was like the really like chilling Parts where like the birds are all slamming into the house that part
scared the crap out of me yeah I haven't even told my story oh my God yeah yes well that's so Andros is a he's like I
guess he's known to have an owl head in a man's body it's real like demon and demonology so
I'm listening to the title I'm driving home from my hair appointment listening to the title what time of night is this
it's like 10:30 11:00 at night I have I'm creepier we need like a t well I don't know if we be able to cuz I do
swear a lot in it but we need to put the voice note up somewhere you guys I crap
you [ __ ] you not I'm driving down my road about to go home and I see a [ __ ] owl standing in the middle of my
neighborhood I've never seen an in my life before other than like at the zoo and what are the odds that I'm listening
to this title where they're talking about an owl demon it's Andress and there's an owl horrifying I'm never
going to be over it it's just Andress being like hey never going to be over it what's cuz you've asked me the question
Elena before like I think it's like a question people ask each other of like how many owls would you have to see
before you thought something was up and I so correct and I always said one too I
was like I see one owl I'm being like what's going on I always said too cuz I'm like one owl's not that crazy one
owl is that crazy it is that crazy especially given the fact that you're reading this title at the exact time
it's 10:30 at night yeah no it it's like right outside your home that feels invasive luckily it was like a little
bit far it was like kind of in front of our neighbor so like shout out to them I
don't know what you're going but I will say that whole book club scene yes was really unsettling oh my God yeah cuz
Gretchen like presses and starts singing at the top of the stairs doesn't she push him too he slaps her and then she
pushes him down the stairs and it's like as all the birds are slamming into the house and the owls are tearing them
apart like the Pelican and [ __ ] and gr's Mom is drunk's mom is just drunk ab's
like I have to go work at the yogurt shop and then there's another lady there's like two ladies reciting the
Lord's Prayer I was like this sounds over stimulation when I say over stimulation station like I would be in I
would be in orbit like I would be gone yeah I don't know how Abby didn't like I mean eventually she does run out of
there but damn I would lose my mind that is so scary unsettling is the best way to describe that scene cuz there is so
much happening yeah and that's also early on in the story where no one even believes that it's an exorcist or a
demon situation yeah and you don't even like you're not really sure yet from the
name of the title of you know yeah you wouldn't know but you wonder if there's like a Twist or something like well
you're wondering if it's like um like symbolizing something else it's like a metaphor for some kind of transformation
like when your friend is not your friend anymore right when your when people Evol
kind of it does do both it is yeah it's perfect for that I think it's a metaphor
in a lot of different ways definitely and also while we're talking about like the actual possession itself there's a
lot of theories out there as to if Gretchen was was possessed in the woods like after they dropped LSD or if she
was possessed even before that at bible camp and then it really just started to like ramp up yeah that's actually
because you brought this up before we were recording and I was like should we wait but I because I fully believed it
happened in the woods me too because in my mind it was like they were it could have been Abby I thought that like had
Abby gotten lost yeah it would have been her yep um but that's interesting especially given the Andy Andy
conversation thing like who was she talking to I need to go back and listen because what I saw I I was on like a a
couple discussion boards just kind of like reading what other people were theorizing yeah and what they were
saying was that she mentions talking to Andy like before before she gets quote unquote possessed in the woods like
before you're led to believe that she gets possessed in the woods and then he says oh I haven't talked to her since
summer camp right so it's like so I think she had to have been possessed probably at summer camp that's so
interesting yeah yeah because it's like a never address cuz Abby even says like she's annoyed by the fact that Gretchen
has this like boy yep that she met at summer camp and now prioritizes yep but then at the same time she says she's
talking to Andy is she calling Andress Andy like to try because obviously it's Notting yeah cuz that's that would make
sense you know this also brings up a point when Abby does call the number that she thinks is Andy's and Gretchen
answers Gretchen's like Soul answers so there I just got chill that part was cuz
that confuses me a little bit so that confused me too but I found another [ __ ] thing on the discussion boards
because I didn't even catch this and I wonder if you did Elena did catch it so when so Gretchen's Soul essentially is
like trapped in the phone lines because which also kind of makes you wonder was it did she get possessed out there
because when she is in like that like little Shack in the woods remember she sees that little like phone like what's
it how would I describe it the phone company thing the phone company logo and she hears that like buzzing like
electrical buzzing and it's the same buzzing that she hears when she calls that number okay so this is interesting
so what if it did happen at bible camp MH and then she is talking to Andress on the phone and like
basically they swap places like she lets Andress into her and her soul is now like stuck in the phone line yeah I
could see I see what you're saying like at bible camp if she like because one of
the things that they say during the exorcism it like brother lemon which we will get into hero of the century hero
love brother lemon he said during the exorcism that like you're going to be kind of like open and raw during this
exorcism cuz we're going to be like saying all these Bible verses and like all these powerful things that like you
know using our faith and that's going to leave you open to being possessed yourself right so what if AB Bible Camp
she became raw and open from being exposed to all that she was exposed to there she came back they dropped LSD she
got lost she went to that ex that little cottage in the woods and some there's some kind seem like there was a trigger
there and that was where it entered and that's why you can communicate with that
part and maybe it was like the phone lines because of the electricity I yeah in Bible Camp when she became like
raw and open to it that's the thing when I was listening it was just like all most of that was just lost on me and I
just assumed that she dropped LSD she jumped off and there maybe there was like some kind of portal to that right
especially because people had used that Shack for Satanic rituals but now I think I'm a full believer that it
happened at bible camp me too I think it All Began there yeah you guys have to let us know what you think like like in
the comments yeah I want to I want to see because also I a pull I read that like Andy's last name is Solomon which
is referencing King Solomon which is hella biblical which in the Bible I guess he became like in some parts in
some thoughts he became a powerful King through the help of demons like demons helped
him see this makes me love grd even more it's so smart yeah he just kills it with
that stuff like you go back and you're like [ __ ] it like you know what you're doing like it's so impressive It is Well
we talked about our nightmare parts and I guess we kind of talked about some of our favorite Parts even just like
through that but let's go deeper into our favorite Parts okay I mean the lemon Brothers wi the bodybuilding for God and
that's a real thing yeah bodybuilders what is it is it body builders for Christ for Christ is a thing I've seen
it on Instagram yep bodybuilding for Christ I mean you can do anything for Christ you absolutely can pretty much
yeah if you really think about it it's a whole thing there's a hashtag bb4 Christ
number four BBC B before Christ bbfc bbfc it says welcome to bodybuilding for Christ where faith and fitness unite so
they're like real really pretty much what they said they honor God I [ __ ] fit like I loved the moment where it's
the school assembly and they asked the what's the guy's name I'm Wallace it's like it's almost like non-
memorable because F Wallace but but like they ask all the guys to come up and lift the thing and then the guy does it
by himself brother lemon like took four of you guys and he does like the he like
puts it like the cross yeah you had to do it in the shape of the Cross he's like it's stronger in a cross the power
of Christ allows me to do anything and they're just like delightful like they are delightful I love them and he's
always talking about his daddy and daddy the one yeah he just loves the dad yeah
were you guys ever second guessing him when he showed her like all the stuff that he had in his van for the exorcism
and the GHB part like how there was like two baggies and she was like why are there two I was a little worried that
like it might be taking a turn and like maybe we were being led to believe that he was like like a helpful Exorcist and
really he was going to turn out to be like another demon I had a moment of wondering if he had some nefarious
intent with the van but it was only a second I never doubted him because of his strength um of his strength because of
the power of Christ and all I I only doubted him when the exorcism was actually happening yeah yeah and I think
he just lost himself in it and later he says it like that's why he does what he does I don't want I mean should I can I
spoil I don't know I mean we spoil like when he takes the blame yes and he says like I he I think he
mentions how he won like he trained for 2 years for like the the most muscles in
the entire Universe competition or whatever it is and he says and he's like and I can't remember what music I was
listening that I played while I did that competition I was training for 2 years but I can remember every second of me
like launching salt into that girl's face the boiling water like the boiling water like and then when he was asking
for the what was it amonia I was like oh my God like no like now you're killing her
physical body yeah that got so scary that a horrific part that is the scary thing about exorcisms generally because
and I think has brought up a lot of debate about how like um moral some of these exorcisms are because yeah there's
like sometimes like four muscular people holding down like this tiny frail body and like breaking bones of people in the
name of exercising a demon but like but how far how far is too far right exactly
it's a fine line I would say yeah Def and you can tell like he reached that point and was like I have to go like I
have to go get my dad and just the way that he turns himself in he's so sweet and then the conversation that they end
up having years and years later that was one of the most wholesome moments ever I
know I'm glad that they had that they could reconnect I'm so glad they had that and then the other wholesome thing
that absolutely just ruined me I also cried listening to this part cuz aby's Dad the whole way through like you can
tell she loves her dad like she loves her parents but she has a tough relationship with them and her dad
never does anything like he's very passive even in the meeting where the mom tells off major he's like he gets a
little spp a little funny thing in that one what did say when she says like he's
never liked you yeah she's like you always kissed up and kicked down to him and she's like we never liked you and
the dad says now that's not entirely true I just never thought about you long enough to develop an opinion and I was
like oh but is worse and that's what we saw like the first part of his personality come through and I was like
I think I might like this and then when I knew I [ __ ] Lov this guy was at the end when obviously like so Abby and
Gretchen get separated because like it's this whole big court case and I mean people think that Abby tried to kill gr
and yada y y know that whole thing yeah but you can't keep two best friends apart so they find a way to each other
and Mr lay Gretchen's dad is like super pissed off about it and finally Abby's dad just tells him off and it's like
dude they're going to be friends through whatever like if they can figure out how
to pay the phone bill and if they want to write letters to each other let them like who are we to keep them apart yeah
and he like can't you see it's tearing them up inside like he says like I'm seeing it tear my kid up like I can't do
this because there is no love like a best friend really truly it's true that was one of my Absolut really I loved
that it was great and I loved during the exorcism when brother lemon there I just
loved like the way he like his lines are some of the funniest things he are cuz he's so serious about them but he says
I'll be doing some serious blasting of prayer you're not girded with the full armor of God you might not make it
through with your soul and like he's such a meat head he is but also like God meat head but like it's this weird
combination that you wouldn't necessarily put together no I'm going to do some serious blasting of prayer like
it's just like what absolutely incredible did you catch the little True Crime reference at the end what when
he's wearing uh Joey butafuko pants oh I I did hear that yeah Joey B fuko's mistress was the Long
Island Lolita and she like tried to assassinate his wife after like a Year's long I didn't know that wow yeah yeah it
was a little rough there but he's wear with those those little Easter eggs so good so Ken and I ended up talking to
Chad and Carrie Hayes who wrote the con the first Conjuring film in like uh House of Wax and stuff like that they
went to this town in India and I'm forgetting the name I think it's AR was C but it's a town where they perform
exorcisms wow and they went to this town they went up to this like church and they're performing all these exorcisms
and the guide that they were with was like either of you want to be possessed by a low-level demon because a lowlevel
demon and they're both like nah I'm good but like because they're just exercising
demons there is this question of now what happens to the demon where do we put them right because it's it's it's
like a tapeworm which is also an interesting oh the story where it needs in order to survive it needs a host
needs to feed off someone so where does Andress Go I mean part two we need a second book we do I know
he said he doesn't do sequels he's not a sequel guy he said he loves sequels you
never know but he doesn't he said he doesn't do them just don't call it a sequel don't call it a comeback
yeah but um the southern book clubs guy to slaying vampires another Title by grd
Hendrick takes place in the same neighborhood but he said this book is is about the kids that one's about the
adults well and so I was asking Alena univers oh I was asking because I wonder if the book club is the book club that
Abby's mom or sorry Gretchen's mom was like getting drunk that is wild and it's a great title I'm listening to yeah it's
you know what's interesting is I didn't realize that that took place in chareston yeah and I almost feel like
the town of Charleston plays a such a large role in this in a way it didn't in that one because
it was more about the like community and the book club whereas this was I think like economics did play a lot more of a
role in this title so how Charleston I love the way that he that gr describes like Charleston is all these like
massive beautiful homes that are on the outside so maintained but the second you
go inside they're like decrepit and people are losing so much money trying to keep them alive which is like a
metaphor for all these families absolutely so true yeah it plays a huge role in it yeah and there's even like
they talk about a girl that they that there's like a rumor she got like M um sacrificed by like satanists and in that
right yeah in in that Shack or near that Shack like in those woods definitely and
her name is Molly Ravenel and if you watch southern charm on Southern Charm shout outs lately I was going to say
we're from the charm all the time and it's like the Ravenel Bridge and like the Ravenel are like a huge
and in politics like for a minute they're like a political family there like there's a Ravenel Bridge in
Charleston like all that can we talk about the body one the baby but then also they
were saying Molly's body was buried like they kind of plant it but you never go into it where Gretchen's like we need to
be like we need to dig her up give her a Christian barrial yeah I I am curious that if they actually went to that spot
would her body be there I know that's is it a rumor or is it real and was that Gretchen saying that or was that Andress
Andress trying to get Abby to go somewhere where she shouldn't have been I think that was Gretchen still because
I think she was still in the throws of allowing Andress to fully take over take over but even when she's in that period
She does say things to Abby like he tells me things about everyone else even you mhm y so he could have told her that
he could have told her that that's true yeah and still be trying to lead her out
there I feel like it was a way to lead her someplace she shouldn't have been because he specifically really wanted to
destroy Abby because I think he saw her obviously and rightfully so is the biggest threat threat yeah he knew that
he she could be the one to to expel him no one loves baby in the bag is like okay wait that can go back to one of the
scariest parts dark as hell the first of all disturbing no Max guys oh God Max does the dog die.com yes dog Max is one
of the most brutal things about this no one prepared me for that I was not ready
says like that's the one thing she can't get over yeah MH but also the one thing
that's kept them friends for as long as they were able to be is that Abby is the
only one who knows that that wasn't Gretchen everyone else thinks she's just a vious dog boy Max good boy Max good
boy Max and you so dumb with the maxi pads all stuck I loved that dog it reminded me of FL say he had such blanch
Vibes and I was like no and he's just like breaking into the neighbor's track yeah he's just living you know he's just
living his like oh it broke 41 for yeah truly truly that was yeah I think that was like the biggest yeah that destroyed
me yeah yeah whose baby was it though sorry going back to that cuz I feel like I cut myself off twice later but it was
from that um when they go see that like Body Farm kind of place oh the bucket full of them basically like a specimen
like a donated uh medical specimen that somebody stole gret there was a moment I
think because it was so shocking that I was like like like whose baby like are we not going to talk about that she
killed a baby like what the Yeah it was that it must have been a donated specimen at the Cav lab and then they
stole it so she was always going to be known as a baby stealer a cadav specimen and that was like another thing that
kept them tethered gron was the only one who knew that she didn't really actually yeah I did love during the
exorcism there's so many great moments during the exorcism it's such a crescendo to the whole thing right when
it says Andress blew an ex an exhausted raspberry I was I lost it I was like Andress you're pretty funny like I was
like that's pretty good that was another like off right and then he said and when
she was like um when she's like I know who you are you're Andress you're like the purveyor of Hell or whatever you are
and he says so you've heard of me so [ __ ] what like I love deal yeah I was like [ __ ] if you weren't like really
mean this and a demon possessing her best friend if you wen't a demon possessing my best friend we can hang
out and you got I would love to like sit down and interview a demon yeah that would be be really cool I don't think
that's possible but no you a girl can a girl can dream a girl can dream yeah someday let's we'll do it we'll get
there we'll get there we'll figure it out where there's a will but there's a way you know yeah did you guys know that
this is also been made into a movie yes I really we should do like a movie night
oh my God we should I just picked it for um my scream pick so we should watch it
so now we have to watch it yeah we have 100 so you do it for spooky Halloween night I love it okay perfect boom I'll
host it if you guys want me to but if it wasn't a movie I have cast the entire thing and so has Elena yes the entire
thing meaning the four main girls yes the entire thing that's literally the whole block so for Abby I did May
Whitman that's great that is a great one I feel like I just like pretty much pictured like somebody like May the
whole way through like you were saying I don't picture like famous people as the
characters but when you go back you're like yeah she that yeah for Gretchen I did Anya Taylor Joy love her love her
she is like so unique looking that specifically possessed she would scare the [ __ ] out of you horrifying oh yeah
and then Margaret I did Kieran and shipka who plays Sabrina I love that cuz I just feel like Margaret like
definitely had like pretty girl privilege and I feel like kin is so pretty right that you know you could see
that you could see that I could see that and then for Glee I didn't I had a hard
time kind of Pi I don't know about you guys I had a hard time picturing Glee throughout I think the name was hard for
me yeah I kept picturing the show every time I was like wait who's Glee and then
I had to get get back yeah so I had a hard time but every time she was brought up I did picture somebody with like
brown hair and like a like like a I don't know I just pictured like a Lily Collins I think H okay a very pretty
Glee yeah pretty Glee yeah so that's my cast I feel like they're all like pretty
girls you know just a just a group of pretty girls pretty Southern Carolina girls yes see mine I thought of Abby I
thought Maya Hawk Maya Hawk does have that Vibe yeah like especially her character in stranger
things I could see that's exactly I was thinking of and Gretchen I thought I couldn't decide and Mikey gave me one of
these and I was like I can't decide between this now I was thinking Zena didn't gr Hendrick say Grady
Hendrick actually said he would cast Zen scetch in okay and then Mikey brought up
stie sink from stranger things Max and I thought she would be great too I could either of those I could also see STI
sink as Glee yeah actually that might be that's a decent one too maybe that's how
it works out maybe that is how it so we still get her in the movie you know cuz then I had to go back cuz for Margaret
and Glee I was struggling yeah it's it was tough and for Margaret I was like let me go back in time and I'm going to
say Thora Birch when from like now and then days yes right I mean this is your dream cast you can this my dream I can
go back in time yeah exactly yeah The Time Machine exists in this scenario exact cuz then Glee Christina Richi oh I
think would be pretty good cuz couldn't you picture her like jumping off the bell tower like a dramatic actress you
know very much so yeah I think you did a really good job thank you I think you did a really good job I think you both
did a really good job thank you yeah especially cuz I didn't do it so you both did perfect we'll just smash
them together I do feel like a Wallace would be one of the like rap boys that are like in right now you know oh who
would he be he would be um [ __ ] what's his name I'll Choke by no killer baby oh
that guy Jack harlo Jack harlo would be Wallace yeah wow yeah yeah I feel like the whole Euphoria cast could be like
cast in this I feel like Angus would make a great Wallace even though he's so beautiful actually no actually Wallace
was too I was going to say I think he's like kind he's not uh yeah he's not brother lemon who's Brother lemon okay
oh we got to think of a meat head like a lovable meat head brother lemon lovable
meat head oh like a Zach Efron especially like him from um Zon I think would be yes would definitely be a
brother lemon I could see that yeah I think he actually I think Zack Eon might be that z e you're see you did
it he did it to be honest exacted he did the work for me all right so to end let's answer the questions
from the quiz yeah the quizes that appear throughout through they have the quizzes from like the you know the teen
magazine that they're reading do you remember doing these of course my whole life was doing this yes okay should I
read the first one yes are you driving away your best friend you both swore to study for the big English test together
suddenly she cancels do you a assume she got a better offer and spend the afternoon feeling rejected B blow it off
sometimes these things happen C call her and demand she tell you the real reason
why or D give her the silent treatment if she won't study with you you won't talk to her honestly probably mixture of
the first and the last one I would feel like super rejected and then give the silent treat
give the silent treatment I would call and demand to know the real reason I knew that you were going to say that I
would blow it off sometimes these things happen all right so we all are coming there I do think like answering them now
is one thing but like sometimes like I'll answer the next one putting myself in like my high school my teenage self I
think my answer would still ring true for my teenage self even for that first one I think my teenage self would be
like so heartbroken yeah like feel rejected yeah that would have been my teenage self too yeah all right so let's
answer them as our teenage s from this point we should answer them as both yeah okay all right second question your best
friend says she's stressed out and needs a break so she's canceling your plans to
double date this Friday a what a relief you didn't want to go either B this friendship is over C cancel your date
and go to her house instead she must need to talk D your poor date now what else are you going to talk about on
Friday night I think High School C I'd be like oh my God what's going on she needs to talk to me and now a because I
never want to go anywhere same same that's a would be me now cuz I'd be like sweet also as you're wearing a homebody
sweatshirt as I'm wearing a home body sweatshirt and I was going to say between C and D for teenage me yeah cuz
I was likely a lot more selfish then so I probably would have been like oh no I'm going out see you going so low by I
feel like a and C would ring true for me like back then and now yeah yeah I agree
me too yeah I probably was usually the one cancelling because I was always grounded for like a month for
okay your bestie shows up at school on Monday sporting a brand new do that she didn't tell you about it's radical it's
expensive and makes her look like a poodle you a tell her it looks great that's what friends are for B pretend
nothing's happened after all if you can't say something nice dot do dot C burst out laughing at least it's not you
or D be brutally honest someone's got to say it I think probably I'd have less control in high school and burst out
laughing so see and then now I would do a and just feel like if I don't have anything nice to say don't say anything
I do think it depends also on their reaction like if yeah if if she thinks it looks great then I would be like yeah
it does or well actually even if she said it looks horrible I'd be like it doesn't look that bad you will grow out
so you just reassure I don't I'm I tend to be brutally honest correct but I don't ever want to hurt someone's
feelings ever and I don't like yucking someone's yum I don't think you're brutally honest I think you're tactfully
honest thank you I hope so cuz I don't like yucking someone's yum like that yeah yeah like I'll tell
you for real if you need the real [ __ ] like I will happily do that and you've always but I like to like bum someone
out right yeah if I don't want an answer about something I won't ask alinaa but if I need like a a honest like true true
answer I'm like you'll tell me sometimes you won't ask it cuz you know the answer
you're going to get you doesn't want to I'm like don't tell me that I know what I'm doing yeah okay last one your best
friend doesn't have time for you anymore do you a keep calling until she tells you why you deserve an explanation B
respect her wishes you don't want to be needy C tell everyone you rejected her first who does she think she is D refus
to accept it this friendship is over when you say it's over all right so high school
C i' be like I didn't want to be her friend and then now that's like your mom answering
the it rang true and then now I feel like be respect her wishes now but not because I wouldn't want to be needy just
because I'd be like all right if you don't want to be my friend then I don't want to be your friend right you knowa I
would probably I'm like a I would probably be a you need an answer I need an answer
too like give me tell me like be grow up tell me what's going on so that we can snip if we need to snip that's me now
and that's me especially if I did something wrong like I deserve to know because like as a human being I want to
grow like if I did something to hurt you like please tell me yeah and then but in
in high school/ Middle School I was such a pushover and like emotional that I always felt like I would have respected
her wishes and not wanted to be needy and then just cry in the bathroom or something see gross all gross check that
out okay this was so much fun I love thanks for having me thank you for coming on that was amazing thank you to
you yeah seriously and thank you to Audible for sponsoring this show don't forget that you can go over to
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we'll be there we will absolutely be there for the exercism yeah yeah we'll exercise you great I'll bring brother
lemon oh my God s let's go well with that being said guys we hope you keep listening we hope you enjoyed this and
we hope you keep keep it weird but not so weird that your best friend gets uh possessed and not so weird that if she
does get possessed you can't save her bye bye [Music] n [Music] [Applause] [Music]
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Brief Summary

The hosts discuss Grady Hendrix's "My Best Friend's Exorcism," focusing on friendship, possession, and 1980s culture.

Key points

Exploring Friendship and Possession. The hosts discuss Grady Hendrix's unique take on possession stories, focusing on friendship.
Grady Hendrix's Humor and Horror. A deep dive into the balance of comedic and horror elements in Hendrix's writing.
The Horrific Tapeworm Scene. A shocking moment where a tapeworm emerges from a character's mouth, leaving everyone horrified.
The Owl Demon Encounter. A chilling coincidence occurs when a listener sees an owl while discussing an owl demon.
Brother Lemon's Exorcism. A tense moment during an exorcism raises questions about morality and the physical toll on the possessed.
Exorcisms in India. A fascinating discussion about a town in India known for performing exorcisms.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

What a way to justify someone leaving, you're like, must be possessed!

Discussion about relationships and breakups.

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Tension

45/ 100Some tension

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