Hello, guys. Welcome back to Internet Frenzy.
This is Whitney, your host. And my co -host is
not here at the moment. He's literally outside
cleaning our car. But that is Joe. And he'll
be joining us in this episode, probably in about
10 minutes or so. But our daughter is going to
wake up from her nap. So I'm like, we need to
get started on this episode. So here I am. Joe
and I have been extremely sick the past, like,
nine days. I don't know what the heck we got.
It wasn't COVID. It was some like cold but on
steroids and it was absolutely horrible. So if
I sound a little sick, it's because I still am
really. So sorry about that. But we're just gonna
jump into it. So last week or two weeks ago,
I should say happy Halloween. I'm sure everyone
had a great Halloween. We did too. It was really,
really fun. But that episode was Hallow's Eve
and the stories were the red sweater story where
The girls felt unsafe and they left and when
they came back, there was like a burnt red sweater
on the floor. And then there was the girl trick
-or -treating alone and no one knew who this
little girl was and she was trick -or -treating
at like 10, 10 .30 at night. And then there's
the creepy mailman where the mailman became obsessed
with the girl, the tenant. And then there was
the imaginary friend story. this little girl
basically could see ghosts and she knew a lot
of details about this girl that actually lived
in that home and that had died. So those are
the four stories. So the fake of that week's
episode was the imaginary friend where the little
girl claimed to see this friend that had died
in that home originally and know that one was
fake. But I have heard stories of this happening.
So I mean, it's not that fake, right? Okay. Well,
this week's episode, we actually did a poll on
our Instagram story asking our followers which
episode theme we should do. And the one that
won it was the one that was the most voted for
was family secrets uncovered. So that is going
to be this week's theme. And I'm really excited.
I've got really good stories for you. And we're
going to start off with my story. So it was posted
on the subreddit FamilySecrets. My aunt faked
her death and I just found out why. A few months
ago, my mom had me help clean out the adit. We
pulled an envelope full of sympathy cards from
2003 addressed to my grandma about Aunt Denise's
death. I was six when everyone whispered and
left the funeral crying. My mom always shut down
if anyone asked. I grew up thinking Denise was
gone. Then last week I saw a comma on Facebook.
Same first name. same birthday, same tiny wrist
tattoo she had. I clicked the profile and my
mouth went dry. It was her, alive, running a
thrift shop two states away. I messaged her under
the pretense of asking about an item in her online
shop and she signed off with the nickname she
used to call me, Mece. Instant confirmation for
me. So I started pulling public records and old
local threads. There was no hospital record,
no official death certificate in any county database
and the only obituary was a printed one my grandma
handed out at the funeral. Here's what makes
the cover up make sense and why it was believable
to everyone at the time. Denise was 19, pregnant,
and my strict grandma threatened to disown her
unless she gave the baby up. Denise refused and
left town with a boyfriend that very night. There
was no dramatic battle, she just walked away.
Admitting that a granddaughter ran off with a
boyfriend and refused family pressure would have
been humiliating for my grandma and their community.
so she chose a different story. But grandma quietly
organized a funeral, told people Denise had passed
away suddenly and insisted on a closed casket
service. She paid for a small private ceremony
and handed out printed sympathy cards she'd written
herself. Because neighbors trusted grandma and
there wasn't the internet noise there is now,
people accepted it and moved on. No one demanded
proof and the family stopped asking questions
after grandma said it was too painful to talk
about. Denise Maynwild changed her last name
moved two states away and built a quiet life.
She's married, had kids, and opened a thrift
store. She avoided social media for years, then
slowly reentered it under her new name, but kept
her profile private enough that only a chance
comment linked her back to my circle. I haven't
told my mom or the rest of the family yet. I
don't know if I should. Part of me wants to confront
grandma, but part of me wonders if ripping the
bandage off will only hurt more. Either way,
I can't stop thinking about how many other truths
in my childhood might have been convenient stories
instead of reality. Has anyone else ever found
out a relative was a race like this? How did
you handle it? Whoa, I know. I know you are the
mother of this child and you are going to literally
fake their death because you are too prideful
to have a 19 year old daughter give birth. Are
we for real in 19? 19. That's not that I mean,
it's young, obviously. But like, I mean, there's
a whole TV show 16 and pregnant. Like do it a
little bit earlier and you get famous apparently.
Yeah, apparently. Don't do that kids. I cannot
I it made me so sad for this girl. But also it's
like good for her for knowing her worth and stepping
away from that type of like, toxicity gets that
made that mom probably would have just If not
faked her death made her death real Yeah to avoid
the shame. I think she saved her own life by
leaving Yeah, she said I'm not gonna let mom
take me out to save her reputation that lady's
crazy And when people care that much about their
reputation, I got nothing but bad feelings for
them Legitimately, like I think that's like the
scourge of society is like you'll be you're so
concerned with how people are gonna perceive
you and your Family that you would fake. Oh,
it's insane. It's gross So some of the comments
had me thinking. So this one's from you girl
in love away. My family did something similar.
My aunt ran away from an abusive husband and
her mom told everyone she moved overseas. We
didn't find out she was only one state away for
15 years. Families can be wild. That is gnarly.
I know. Here's another really good comment. You
have to reach out to your aunt again. Imagine
how she must feel knowing everyone thinks she's
been dead for two decades. That poor woman. Do
you think she knows that there was a fake funeral
for her? I don't think so. Probably not. Yeah,
I don't think she knows. But then again, how
would she not like the whole social media thing?
You think that she would see like, like, don't
people create Facebook groups? Like, hey, come,
come to the funeral for my aunt. I don't think
social media at that time was like super crazy.
And I don't know. I mean, she obviously the grandma
probably blocked the daughter. But one thing
I thought was like, do you think the mom, so
obviously there's the grandma and then there's
the girl, the OP that wrote this and OP has a
mom, right? And that's her mom. Do you think
the mom like actually knows what went down and
she's just playing along with the fake funeral?
Or does she actually genuinely think her daughter,
her sister is dead? No, she's definitely playing
along a hundred percent. Ew. I could never. There's
got to be. There would have to be proof of the
death. Like, I'm just saying, if sister leaves
town because she's pissed off, mom knows that
she's not dead. Dang. 100%. Dang. Because I was
like, yeah, it's like a whole family -wide cover
-up scheme kind of vibe. Yeah, but literally
that's like normal family behavior, no? Yeah,
that's true. I feel like that's like what families
do when they've got their toxic like patterned
behavior. Yeah. Dang, that's crazy. So anyways,
that's my first story. I came out with a banger
because this one just blew my fricking mind.
I just yeah, you faking your daughter's funeral.
Dirty. Dirty. Dirty dogs. Oh, is it your turn?
It's my turn now. Okay. Story number two. This
one comes from Today I F'd Up. Today, I effed
up by talking about lies my mother told me as
a child and accidentally exposing a family secret
and tearing the family apart. OK, here we go.
You sound so sick, by the way. It's fine. Hey,
guys, if I sound if I sound sick, it's because
I am. I know I've already given them the update.
Day six, antibiotics, steroids. Deal with it.
I went to a funeral for my great aunt recently.
It was a bit triggered when I saw her daughters
and grandkids mourning while my mother used the
gathering as a place to show off her new teeth
and tell everyone how good she's been doing in
her life. But that new teeth life though? Yeah,
it's got to feel good. Come on. You got to smile.
Guys, I used to sell dental implants. I love
when people get new teeth. It's my favorite.
They're so excited. Life changing pain. Continuing.
The next night, I got together with one of the
daughters who I've always referred to as my cousin
because we're closer in age than she is with
my mom. So basically it's her aunt but they call
each other cousins. And we drank a lot and started
venting about my mother who has caused me a lot
of pain and trauma and tells incredible lies
for attention and everyone knows this about her.
Of all the heinous stories I told, one stuck
out to my cousin who proceeded to call her older
sister very drunk and tell the story. The next
morning I was getting texts and calls from my
family saying that was not my story to tell and
that I tore the family apart. Apparently my mom
wasn't lying when she told me their father had
essayed. women in the family. This was exposed
days after their mother's funeral and I'm a complete
selfish a -hole for saying anything. My grandmother,
mother, and I have all been cut off from the
oldest daughter's life and children who were
a huge part of my grandma's life. The most shameful
part for me is that I went to the funeral hoping
I could show the family I'm not the person my
mom has been painting me as and finally felt
accepted by them. I accidentally proved her right
and destroyed the family by trying to expose
my mother's lies. I guess I thought it was another
lie, but maybe drunkenly thought the family could
heal if it was true now that their mother wasn't
around to be hurt by the secret. Bad timing to
say the least. We are being painted as liars
by the oldest daughter because the women who
were abused all admit it was the truth upon being
asked about it. I had a feeling seeing my mom
would be a bad experience for everyone because
we've always been toxic together, but holy hell,
I definitely outdid it this time. Self -fulfilling
prophecy. TLDR? Days after my aunt's funeral,
I vented to my cousin about all the lies my mother
told me as a child, but the one about their father
abusing women in the family turned out to be
true and it devastated the family. That's a crazy
story. Yeah, that's that's gnarly. Oh, really?
You're just kidding. Could you imagine who like
who are you? That's a crazy story. Could be fake.
Could be fake because come on. Story number three.
It was revealed that my dad has a secret other
family and now there is drama. The story is that
my dad had a child with another woman shortly
after he married my mom but before I was born.
My brother that I didn't know about is 32. I'm
28F and my younger brothers are 26 and 24. My
dad gave the other woman money over the years
and her and my brother knew my dad was married
and had a family but none of us knew about them.
The only reason my brother 32M revealed that
secret is because his son needs a bone marrow
transplant. and they are looking for a match
and anyone with a blood relation is the best
chance for one. My mom feels betrayed obviously
and I doubt their marriage will survive but I
hate all the drama and gossiping that is happening
in my family. I hate drama in general and this
is like my worst nightmare and now we're all
sitting here waiting for DNA results that can
make things even more complicated because if
one of us is a match for him then what? Do we
just meet this whole other family and pretend
we're not furious? Wow. I know, but terrible.
But that's her. I mean, OK, I'll put myself at
that point. Yeah, I'll put myself in that situation.
What are you doing in my world? Hypothetically,
that could happen to me at some point, right?
Like with my family dynamic, yours, mine and
ours, like there could be an extra sibling out
there somewhere. I don't believe that's the case.
But just because I can put myself in that situation,
I would be mad, but I would definitely donate.
There's no doubt. Your bone? Yes. Easily. Wow.
I would not. Well, it doesn't cost me anything.
It doesn't like, it's not like I'm like, hey,
here's my arm. Yeah. Like I gave it to you. Now
I don't have an arm. What do they do then? Is
there surgery involved? Like I actually really
don't know what feels of it. Don't ask me questions.
I don't know. Wait, you really don't know? He
needs a bone marrow transplant. I'm just imagining
it's like a kidney transplant or something, but
bone marrow. Well, here's what entails if you
are a match and you are going to do this, you'll
meet with the transplant team. You'll do a donor
workup, blood work, physical exam, medical history
review, a chest x -ray and ECG. And then there's
two main ways to donate, which is the peripheral
blood stem cell donation or the bone marrow harvest.
And that's from the hip bone. but basically you'll
get this injection for four or five days before
donation and then your blood is drawn from one
arm run through a machine that collects the stem
cells and the rest of your blood goes back into
your other arm. The procedure takes four to six
hours and you usually go home the same day. Okay,
so that's not bad. No, I would do that. But here's
the other option is the bone marrow harvest.
And you're under general anesthesia for that.
And they draw marrow from your pelvic bone using
a needle, no incisions. And that takes one to
two hours and usually go home that day or the
next day. Yeah, I would do it. Like that's gonna
keep this person alive. I would be stoked too,
by the way. To have like another half sibling.
Like you could be mad like, dad, like, why didn't
you tell me? so there's sibling blah blah like
rage out all you want but you have a sibling
now you share dna with another person out there
in the world think about it let me let me just
pose it to you hypothetically you don't want
to imagine that that's possible for you but hypothetically
it is if you knew yes you would be very mad at
your dad but wouldn't you be like oh my gosh
i have a sister that's 15 or whatever i don't
know no yeah i I just I feel for the mom in this
situation of course because she's also gonna
be mama bear and want to protect her kids and
be like F you Husband like I don't want my kids
having to go through that crap. I just think
it would affect the mom More than the children
when it comes to like anger or hatred towards
that situation Yeah, but that's a you're just
talking if you're talking life and death of this
human I don't think the mom's gonna give a crap
about that kid She doesn't have to necessarily
care to know the morally It'd be good for somebody
that has the same Has the ability to step in
to step in no because the I just feel like as
the mom This other woman knew about her about
her kids the entire time Maybe not it says in
the post that the mom knew and the kid so they
knew the whole time never friend and never revealed,
never did anything, just let the husband pay
their bills and went on about their day. Like
I feel like as the other woman, I'd be like,
F you. I'm not giving you a damn thing kind of
thing. I mean, who knows? Maybe I would, but
I do. Yeah. I feel like you always do this. You
always go so far on the like one side when in
reality you have a heart and that's a human that
like if it's like going to keep the kid alive.
He's not a kid. He's 32. It's going to keep the
32 year old alive. You're just thinking of the
betrayal, but just think of the fact that's a
human, and your kids could save the other human's
life. You can get a divorce from a guy, okay?
It can ruin your whole world, but to save a life
that didn't have anything to do with what's causing
you pain, you would say, go ahead and do that,
kids. No. Just say you would. No. Just say you
would. No, I say, you should have told me you
were a freaking lying mother and ... Good luck.
No, I'm just kidding. But there's a comment.
Okay. This is from IcyPlans5621. A full sibling
is the best chance for a bone marrow match. The
next most likely match is a complete stranger.
Half siblings or half aunts are astronomically...
Astronomically? Astronomically? Astronomically?
Astronomically. Astronomically. Astrono... I
don't... Astronomically, yes, that's the word.
Okay. Oh my gosh. That is so embarrassing. Astronomically
less likely to be a match. I'm sorry, but no
one from your family will match with this child.
I don't know why they keep calling him a child.
He's 32, but okay. Source of my knowledge, my
parent needed a bone marrow transplant and I
was told I would be a 50 % match. Sorry about
the sick child and your family turmoil. Your
dad stinks. Kate. We hate dads, we hate cheating,
okay? Guys, we hate them all. But guess what?
What? Save the kid. Save the 32 -year -old kid's
life. I'm 33. I hope people still refer to me
as a kid. Call me a kid. I'm a kid. Save my life.
You're a cute little kid. I'll save your life.
Thanks. I would do a bone marrow transplant for
you now that I know what it is. You wouldn't?
I would. That's good. I'd give you my gold water
if I could. Too soon. I miss wearing gold water
so much. That's funny. So sad, you guys. I hate
it. All right. Anyways, now we're on to Joe's
story. And I'm so excited to hear it. This is
story number four. This one's, this one's good.
This one comes from M .I .D .A Hole. Oh, fun.
M .I .D .A Hole. M .I .D .A Hole. For being upset
and hurt that my best friend has been in a secret
relationship with my little sister for almost
two years. And I only found out after they got
engaged on Instagram. No way this is real. Are
you kidding? Oh, by the grammar you will know.
Good one. Last week I was scrolling through Instagram
like usual and my best friend since forever posted
a story, which was weird because he almost never
posts anything ever. So I opened it and it was
a picture of him hugging and kissing my little
sister with the she said yes caption. And I was
like, what the actual F? and I called him multiple
times but he didn't answer and I went home to
see my sister and ask her what the hell is going
on and he was sitting right there at my house
hugging my little sister and my parents were
there they were all clearly waiting for me I
exploded and asked what the hell is going on
and they just told me to calm down and they explained
that they've been in a relationship for almost
two years and their excuse for not telling me
about it was that he was a huge f -boy in the
past like he really loved my sister and they
didn't want to tell me about it until they made
it official. I was understandably angry and upset
and just left. My parents had been leaving me
messages and voice mails telling me to stop overreacting
and being dramatic and that their relationship
has nothing to do with me and to just be happy
for them. He's been apologizing to me saying
he never meant to hurt me and that he loves me
but I just can't see or hear them right now.
Sure he's a great guy and is pretty successful
and I know he's gonna treat my little sister
good and I'm happy for them honestly but I'm
hurt about how they thought I was some controlling
d -bag and kept something like this hidden from
me for two damn years which included him probably
lying to my face a ton of times to go with my
sister. Am I the asshole here for being hurt
and angry about them hiding their relationship
from me and should I have just took it and moved
on? This is weird to me. One, how do you hide
a relationship from your own brother for two
years? Did he live in the house the whole two
years or was he gone? We don't know that much
at all. Because I feel like if he didn't live
there, let's say he's in college or whatever
and she lives at home with her parents, that's
a little different, that's a little easier. But
if they live in the same house at the same time,
that's very, very weird to me. I don't think
that they're living in the same house, Yeah,
we have no context, so I can't say for sure.
Highest rated comment, and this is one of those
ones that like, it did not go viral by any means
on Reddit. So it's kind of a sleeper. This one
says, there are two options here in this weird
tale. One, everyone in your life is a raging
asshole willing to lie to you for extended periods
of time with no remorse. Or two, they didn't
tell you for a reason beyond he was an f -boy
that you're not sharing with us. There has to
be more as to why they didn't tell him. 100%.
It's one or the other. And OP responded. OP has
since deleted their account, but OP responded.
I once beat a guy that was trying to talk to
my little sister when he was 21 and she was 16.
He probably thought I'd beat him too, but he
actually helped me beat that guy's ass. I don't
know why I'm trying to censor stuff, but he actually
helped me beat that guy's ass and it's not like
my friend's a pedo. He's two years older than
my sister, and they're both adults, so I don't
see the problem here. Okay. Okay. So they did
not live in the home then, I don't think. No.
So that makes more sense how they were able to
keep it a secret. Wow. They went and beat a kid
up. Yeah, apparently. I think he's just got to
move on, just accept they didn't tell him and
just wish them the best. It would be sad like
to feel like wow, I'm really like that out of
touch with my siblings life Or like they didn't
feel like they could tell me like that would
hurt. I would see yeah, you you definitely want
to feel Involved you feel like a violation of
trust. Yeah, anyway, cuz you're close to both
people and you're like, whoa Yeah, like I'm betrayed
on both sides here And that's all the comments
are basically saying something's not lining up
here with your story. There has to be a reason
If what you're saying is true, there has to be
a reason they didn't tell you. Yeah, that's him.
All right. You won best story of the episode.
We should start doing that. Let's vote. Which
one was the best story? I mean, you hate that.
Sure. No, I'm down to do it. I just I want to
get a trophy every single episode from you. I'll
order some Amazon trophies. Yeah, that was a
fun episode. But before we put a bow on it, we're
going to play a little game. Yeah, I'm ready.
All right. We're going to start doing this from
time to time. I'm going to ask you for your Mount
Rushmore. Your Mount Rushmore of any certain
thing. Yep. Right? Well, your top four. Basically,
it's just, it's just, I want to know your top
four. It's going to be, it could be people, places,
things, doesn't matter of any category. We'll
just decide. And we feel like Mount Rushmore
really represents like the best of the best,
right? So you're looking up at them. You're admiring
them. So that's what we're going to do is our
Mount Rushmore and the categories candy. We're
going to pick our top four favorite candies and
you guys get to tell us which one you think is
the better Mount Rushmore of the two. Oh, let's
go. Okay. So I say our category today is candy.
So I'll go first. All right. Okay. But here's
my Mount Rushmore of candy nerds clusters. Now
that means I can't include nerds clusters. Nope.
That's F'd up, dude. That's why it's nice going
first. Alright, fine. Then I'm gonna go with
Sweet Tart Ropes. Okay, that's a good one. That's
a good one. All the flavors. I really like the
Jolly Rancher Ropes the best, but. Okay, this
is like truly what I believe. That's all that
matters. I'm gonna go with Hot Tamales. I said
it. Okay, well. You just cemented me as the winner.
No matter what else goes on my Mount Rush war.
Oh No, hot tamales. They're like, okay. I'm gonna
get York patties Can I get three musketeers,
please? Ew Dude, they're so good. Okay. Go you
want hot tamales too. I'm gonna go with mmm milk
duds I'm gonna go gummy worms sour gummy worms
just regular old sour gummy worms. Yeah, it's
good pick next one for me I'm going to go with
Sour Patch Watermelons. Lame. I don't like those.
Last but not least, we're going Hershey's Cookies
and Cream. Not bad. Mine's such a better melt
rush more than yours. Yours is not even freaking
close. Trader Joe's Marshmallows. Boom! Is that
candy? it's a sweet it's it's going on my malrush
more okay i don't think many i think people sleep
on the trader joe's marshmallows i don't think
they know how good they are if you guys have
tried a trader joe's marshmallow you know if
you haven't go get one yeah and you want to know
what we do we literally dump them out into an
empty container that's open so then they harden
a little bit oh my gosh you guys they're so good
don't tell people my it's my secrets oh well
there it is okay Well, there's a Mount Marshmore
and there's our episode for this week. You guys
get to guess which one is the fake story of this
week's episode. And next week's episode, we will
release in the beginning, which one was the fake
story. So like guys saying, we hope you get it
right. You probably won't because we're really
good at our jobs. And that's it, dude. Thanks
for watching. Peace out. One click, no pretending