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>>> IF
>>> IF YOU LOVE THE PARANORMAL AND ARE A FAN OF PODCASTS,
HILLBILLY HORROR STORIES IS
DEFINITELY A MUST LISTEN.
AND JOINING ME NOW IS JERRY AND
TRACY PAULY.
TRACY PAULY. >> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SO RECENTLY, HILLBILLY HORROR
STORIES HIT A HUGE MILESTONE.
10 MILLION FOLLOWERS.
I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS
TO YOU BOTH BECAUSE THAT'S
HUGE.
HUGE.
HUGE. >>
HUGE. >> THANK YOU.
>> DOES IT BLOW YOUR MIND TO
KNOW THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE
LISTENING TO YOU?
>> EVERY DAY.
WE ARE STILL LIKE, WHAT?
IT'S JUST AMAZING.
>> THAT'S SO COOL.
FOR ANYBODY THAT HASN'T JOINED
IN ON ALL THE FUN YET BUT CAN
YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HILLBILLY HORROR STORIES?
>> I ALWAYS LIKE TO STAY THAT
IT IS ENOUGH STORY AND HISTORY
FOR THE TRUE PARANORMAL FAN BUT
THERE'S ENOUGH COMITY AND SIDE
ANTICS WHERE THE CASUAL
LISTENER THAT REALLY DOESN'T
BLEED.
BLEED.
BLEED. I
BLEED. I THINK EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY THE
SHOW DOES FROM AN ENTERTAINMENT
STANDPOINT.
STANDPOINT. úBUT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS
UNEXPLAINED, HAUNTED, AND COULD
BE EXORCISMS, IT COULD BE HARD
TO PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD
ARE TO BE UNEXPLAINED, MISSING
APPEARANCES.
APPEARANCES. IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S WHAT WE
DO.
DO.
DO. >>
DO. >> SO
DO. >> SO YOUR FASCINATION WITH THE
PARANORMAL STARTED AS A CHILD.
THE TREE YOU ACTUALLY LIVED IN
A HAUNTED HOUSE?
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. MOVED INTO A HOUSE WAS 13 YEARS
OLD, ABOUT A YEAR LATER WE HAD
SOME PARANORMAL EXPERIENCES.
I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS TIED TO
THE FACT THAT MY MOTHER HAD
JUST LOST HER GRANDPARENTS THAT
WERE REALLY CLOSE TO HER AND I
THINK MAY PSYCHOLOGICALLY, SOME
OF THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT
UP BECAUSE SHE WAS SUFFERING
FROM DEPRESSION, AND ENTITIES
CAN FIND A WAY TO FEED OFF OF
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. OR
THAT. OR COULD BE LIKE A POLTERGEIST
SITUATION WHERE MENTALLY SHE
CAUSED SOME OF IT WITHOUT
REALIZING IT.
REALIZING IT. >> THAT SCARES ME SO MUCH.
I AM SERIOUSLY SO SCARED OF, IF
I WAS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE, DID
YOU MOVE OUT QUICKLY?
>> NO, MY DAD STILL LIVES THERE
AND I THINK IT'S BEEN ALMOST 40
YEARS AGO NOW BECAUSE I'LL BE
53 THIS YEAR.
IT WILL BE 40 YEARS SINCE ALL
THIS TOOK PLACE.
MY MOM HAS SINCE PASSED.
SHE PASSED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO
BUT MY DAD CONTINUES TO LIVE IN
THE HOUSE TODAY.
>> DOES ANYTHING STILL HAPPEN?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. MY
>> NO. MY SISTER LIVES THERE ALSO.
SHE SAYS THERE SOME THINGS THAT
HAPPENED BUT MY DAD WAS ALWAYS
THE NONBELIEVER OF THE GROUP.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WE SHOWED
HIM BY WHAT HE EXPERIENCED, HE
WOULD ALWAYS TELL YOU THAT HE
DIDN'T BELIEVE.
DIDN'T BELIEVE. I THINK HE DOES AND HE JUST
WON'T ADMIT TO IT.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO IGNORE THE
SO IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
AND TRACY, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WHEN DID YOUR FASCINATION WITH
THE PARANORMAL STAR?
>> WHEN I STARTED THIS SHOW.
I HAD NEVER REALLY THOUGHT
ABOUT IT BUT AS I TOLD JERRY,
AS TIME HAS GONE BY, IT'S MADE
ME REALIZE THAT A LOT OF THINGS
IN THE PAST MIGHT HAVE BEEN
PARANORMAL.
PARANORMAL. AND I JUST NOW REALIZED IT.
SO IT REALLY JUST STARTED FOR
ME WHEN I WAS DOING THE SHOW
WITH JERRY AND NOW I'M ALL INTO
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> DOESN'T SCARE YOU, ARE YOU
SCARED OF THE STOVE OR ARE YOU
MORE FASCINATED?
MORE FASCINATED? >> WELL, I THINK A LITTLE OF
BOTH.
BOTH.
BOTH. I'M
BOTH. I'M A LITTLE SCARED OF IT TO BE
HONEST BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU
KNOW, WE GO TO THESE PLACES AND
LIKE WE WENT TO SEE ROBERT THE
DOLL, AND THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO
ASK PERMISSION TO TAKE A
PICTURE AND WE WEREN'T DOING IT
UNTIL WE SAID HEY, CAN WE TAKE
A PICTURE?
A PICTURE? WE WEREN'T HAVING APPEARED
>> YOU SAW THAT DOLL AND REAL
LIFE?
LIFE?
LIFE? >>
LIFE? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THAT IS FREAKY.
SO SOME OTHER IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS TO YOUR PODCAST ALONG
WITH THE PARANORMAL AND COMITY
ARE YOUR SUPPORT OF CIVIL
SERVANTS AROUND THE WORLD AND
BRINGING AWARENESS TO MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES.
HEALTH ISSUES. WHAT INSPIRED YOU BOTH TO
INTEGRATE THOSE TOPICS INTO THE
PODCAST?
PODCAST?
PODCAST? >> WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL
SERVANTS, POLICE OFFICERS,
FIREFIGHTERS, EMS DRIVERS,
EVERYBODY WHO EITHER PUTS THEIR
LIFE ON THE LINE IF THEY DO A
JOB THAT IS A THANKLESS
POSITION TO THE BETTERMENT OF
EVERYONE AROUND THEM.
THEY DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
AND THEY DON'T GET THE THINKS
THAT THEY DESERVE AND WE JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE
THEM THAT THINKS EVERY SINGLE
EPISODE.
EPISODE.
EPISODE. >> THAT IS SO AWESOME.
WHAT ABOUT THE TOPIC OF MENTAL
HEALTH?
HEALTH?
HEALTH? >> THE MENTAL HEALTH, WAY BACK,
I WANT TO SAY IT WAS EPISODE 30
OR SOMETHING.
OR SOMETHING. WE ARE AT 345, SO IT'S BEEN A
LOT OF EPISODES.
EPISODE 30 WE DID THE JAPANESE
SUICIDE FOREST.
SUICIDE FOREST. AND DURING THAT TIME, I FELT
THE NEED, SINCE WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT A SENSITIVE SUBJECT, TO
SHARE MY STORY WHICH INVOLVED A
FAILED SUICIDE ATTEMPT BACK IN
2001.
2001.
2001. MARCH OF 2000 ONCE WE ARE
COMING UP ON THE 20 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY.
ANNIVERSARY. AND AS WE SHARED THAT STORY, I
JUST TALKED ABOUT MENTAL
ILLNESS WASN'T SOMETHING TO BE
ASHAMED OF AND I TRY TO USE
MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT EVEN
THOUGH I WAS AT ROCK BOTTOM AND
FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO OTHER
CHOICE, BUT TO END IT ALL, THAT
LUCKILY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND
NOW MY LIFE IS AS GOOD AS I
EVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT
COULD BE.
COULD BE.
COULD BE. I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD IT GETS,
THERE'S A BRIGHT SIDE IF YOU
JUST STICK IT OUT.
I THINK THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD THAT ARE SUFFERING
FROM MENTAL ILLNESS WHETHER IT
BE DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY ISSUES
OR BIPOLAR OR ANY OF THOSE
ISSUES THAT FEEL LIKE THAT
SOMETHING TO BE EMBARRASSED
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. AND ONCE WE GET IT ON THAT SHOW
AND TALKED ABOUT IT, WE JUST
SAID GOING FORWARD THAT'S ALL
WE NEEDED TO DO.
SO WE GIVE OUT THE SUICIDE
HOTLINE.
HOTLINE.
HOTLINE. WE HAVE GIVEN OUT OUR PERSONAL
NUMBERS, AND WE FIELD NORMALLY
3 TO 4 PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS
EVERY WEEK.
EVERY WEEK. >> HE RECENTLY RELEASED A BOOK
THAT TALKED ABOUT YOUR
STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
>> I HAVE A RIGHT HERE.
COINCIDENCE.
COINCIDENCE. WE WERE ASKED A BUNCH OF TIMES
THAT WE WOULD WRITE A BOOK.
A LOT OF PARANORMAL POD CASTERS
DO.
DO.
DO. I
DO. I SAID FOR THE FIRST THREE
YEARS, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO WRITE.
TO WRITE.
TO WRITE. I'M TELLING GHOST STORIES WHICH
IS COOL BUT WE WRITE A STORY
EVERY WEEK.
EVERY WEEK. WHAT'S THE POINT OF REHASHING
IT IN A BOOK?
I STARTED THINKING, I'VE GOT
THE PARANORMAL EXPERIENCES THAT
I HAD GROWING UP AS A CHILD.
I SUFFERED THROUGH A DIVORCE,
WENT THROUGH DEPRESSION, AND I
BATTLED THAT FOR 20 YEARS.
A FAILED SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
I THOUGHT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
STORY TO GET OUT THERE.
BUT MAINLY BECAUSE ON THE
PODCAST, BECAUSE WE DO USE THAT
AS A PLATFORM TO REACH SO MANY
PEOPLE, THAT I THOUGHT THAT'S
WHAT THE BOOK NEEDS TO BE.
HE NEEDS TO BE MY INTEREST IN
PARANORMAL EXPERIENCES, MY
SUFFERING AND BATTLING
DEPRESSION AND HOW WE COMBINE
THOSE TWO AND A PODCASTS TO TRY
TO REACH OUT AND GIVE A
PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE
THAT THEY ARE NOT, THEY ARE
NORMAL JUST LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE.
ELSE.
ELSE. THEY JUST HAVE ISSUES AND THEY
NEED TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT
AND WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE
OUTLET.
OUTLET.
OUTLET. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SPEAKING OF AN OUTLET, YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE
THAT HAS TRULY TURNED INTO A
SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.
SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY. >> AT THE FACEBOOK GROUP.
ANYBODY LISTENING, IF YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU NEED SOME HELP, IT'S
GOING TO ASK YOU TO ANSWER SOME
QUESTIONS, WHEN IT ASKS WHY YOU
WANT TO JOIN, JUST SAY YOU
HEARD ABOUT IT ON GREAT DAY
LIVE.
LIVE.
LIVE. WE
LIVE. WE ARE PARTICULAR ABOUT WHO
GETS AN BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE
TO FEEL SAFE.
THIS GROUP HAS 5000 PEOPLE IN
IT.
IT.
IT. IN
IT. IN ANY POINT IN TIME IN THE DAY
THERE SOMEBODY FROM ALL AROUND
THE WORLD THAT IS ON THAT PAGE
SO IF YOU ARE HAVING STRUGGLES
IN YOUR LIKE MAN, I REALLY HAD
A HORRIBLE DAY TODAY AND I LOST
MY JOB AND I'M ABOUT TO BE
HOMELESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
GOING TO DO, TRUST ME, WITHIN A
MATTER OF 10 MINUTES YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE 30 TO 40 RESPONSES
AND THAT IS PUBLIC, THE 10
MILLION DOWNLOADS, THAT'S
AWESOME.
AWESOME.
AWESOME. BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE ARE EVER
GOING TO BE MORE PROUD OF THAN
THAT GROUP.
THAT GROUP. WE'VE GOT MESSAGE AFTER MESSAGE
OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY EITHER
SOUGHT HELP OR THEY WERE GOING
TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND DECIDED
NOT TO BECAUSE OF THE
ENCOURAGEMENT THEY GOT FROM
THAT GROUP.
THAT GROUP. LIKE I SAID, WE COULDN'T BE
HAPPIER OR MORE PROUD OF THAT
GROUP AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR.
>> THAT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
AND NOW, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO WANT TO CHECK OUT YOUR
PODCAST.
PODCAST.
PODCAST. WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO GO TO
DO THAT?
DO THAT?
DO THAT? >> ANYWHERE YOU GET A PODCASTS.
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