BSCMC 018: Stacey and the Mystery at the Empty House

The episode for "Stacey and the Mystery at the Empty House" was originally released on 7/1/2019 and is BSCMC #18. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:09:36 long.This week's ghostwriter: Ellen Miles.

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## Official Episode Description

You’re gonna love this episode 😉 (👈 this is not a come-on. We just genuinely think you’ll like this episode a lot. We had a lot of fun making it and you’ll probably have a lot of fun listening to it. 🤤 (👈 this is also not a come-one. Please don’t read into these emojis at all. We’re happily married men. We just want you to enjoy the show. 👍 (👈 okay, I’m not sure how you’d even interpret that one as a come-on, but just in case, I should clarify that the thumbs up is not a come-on in any way. It really seems like you’re willfully misinterpreting these now.)))

## Music Credits

* “Centerfield” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by John Fogerty
* “Building A Mystery” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Sarah McLachlan
* “Playful Fun” by Phil Larson
* “Classic Arcade Video Game” by Adigold
* “Typewriter Blues” by AllenGrey
* “Beautiful Darkness” by AllenGrey
* “Caress Me Down” (MIDI Version) originally performed by Sublime
* Scott Lamb (intro)
* Superbrat (outro)

## Book Description

Tanner's description is "read" from a 2013 Roger Ebert review.

Tanner plays 60 Second Burger Run while Jack describes the book. Tanner beats level 6 and Jack does not complete his description in time.

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner: Burn on Stacey for having a hair emergency.

Jack: Burn on the BSC - "is this a pig out?"

###  Dad Talk

Tanner Sings a song when his boy is sad to the tune of Centerfold.

"That's what you sound like" and other fond things said to children.

Never go on planes with children.

###  Guessing the Mystery

Sung beautifully by Baby Bee Liz, as always.

Both Tanner and Jack make the same guess.

###  Soileau You Into the Dark

Stacey is wearing an ugly jacket. Hodges says "Did you ever get the feeling that you weren't alone?" Jack gets into the grammatical tense of that statement.

## Theories

###  Doll Theory

Jack revisits the Claudia is a sentient AI theory.

## Review

As always, the books are reviewed on Apple Books and Goodreads.

*"Be wary of the red HAIRings 😉 (👈 this is not a come-on. we’re married men.)
While the babysitting charges argue with each other about whether there’s going to be a sleigh ride or a hay ride, we’re certain about one thing: This novel is a thrill ride – which SLEIGHed us, and made us say, “HAY, what a great mystery!” While the escaped convict in this novel makes his way back to prison where he belongs, you will also find yourself a prisoner … to the captivating story this novel contains! Disclaimer: This was an outstanding (and HAIR-raising – remember the “red hair” stuff from earlier in the review? 😉 [👈 again, not a come-on, but if we had met 10 years ago and circumstances were different, maybe there would be something there]) novel but, as always, we automatically docked one star because Stacey is obnoxious. This week she wouldn’t stop talking about her daydreams about Brewdoggy and her fantasies about Parisian Stacey. 🙄 (👈 this is not a come-on. listen, we’ll have conversations with our wives, and maybe we could make some kind of arrangement that will at least acknowledge that the spark already growing between us may one day become a flame that will set the world on fire.)*

*– Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring (P.S. We loved this one!)"*

## Jack's References

* Jack has a theory that all the mysteries are tied together by Hidden Acres, an Arkham Asylum type place.
* Anarchist's Cookbook
* The cover is an Escher painting.
* Possible Worlds theory

## Tanner's References

* Point Break ("the Keanu thing" - includes an audio drop)
* Jack Reacher books
* Limewire
* That time when Alec Baldwin called his daughter a pig

## Notes

* Theory that the story is actually about temporal anomalies.
* Romance between Nicky Pike and Marilyn Arnold; romance between the meter reader and her husband (a complete arc)

* Roleplay: the Stoneybrook Debate Society. Jack is Pontificus Mastermind and Tanner is Fallopian Brewsemen. They debate about whether the two-party system makes sense in modern America.
* Jack and Tanner talk about graffiti. Tanner relates a story he's already told on the podcast about his Rutherfordium tags (Episode 76: Kristy and the Copycat, two years ago). Jack tagged Smurfs all over his high school.
* Tanner and Jack sing the praises of the Boys' Basketball shirt ( bit.ly/BSCCmerch ).

## References & Links

#### Culture

1. ↑ The Borrowers review by Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-borrowers-1998
#### Music

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