#30 Don’t Wake Deadbeat Daddy [S3E11]

The group reminisces about the game Don’t Wake Daddy.

Story 1: Deadbeat Dad—a cheating gambler who wants nothing to do with his ex-wife and son, sees his run luck out caused by a mysterious woman.

• Jesse points out the loop group/background noise is ridiculous in this story.

Story 2: Ghost Town—a photographer lost in the desert stumbles into an old ghost town, but soon realizes he may actually be in the old west.

• Chris points out that the time period of this story is actually before the old west time began.
• The group debates whether one person telling this story is enough proof.
• The group realizes this of similar structure as The Wizard of Oz.
• Kyle thinks it was a drug deal gone bad. Then this guy made up the story to get the cops off him.

Story 3: The Sewing Machine—when a man tries to sell his grandma’s sewing machine, it starts acting up on its own in shocking ways.

• The group argues whether the dress just appeared, was made by the sewing machine, or was found by the machine?
• Jesse feels this is a case of the complicated theory.
• Mark argues that MGM wouldn’t let the costume designer take the costumes home with her.
• The group realizes that most times there are possessed inanimate objects in Beyond Belief, it turns out to be fact.

Story 4: The Sleepwalker—a dad suffering from sleepwalking vanishes one night, only to turn up in an unbelievable place.

• Jesse thinks the dad was just having an affair and used sleepwalking as an excuse to escape his family.

Story 5: Money Laundry—a woman, about to be kicked out of her apartment, has a run in with some thugs who might actually turn her luck around.

• The group thinks this one sounds like a coincidence.

The story results are revealed.

• Turns out the writers “exaggerated the truth” of story 3. Huh?
• Everyone is shocked by the results of story 4.
• To find out which stories are fact and which are fiction… you must listen to the podcast, or check out the full episode below or on Amazon Prime.