Friday, Jan 29, 2021 • 15min
Case Cracked
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Join Hughes and Mincks as we get a glimpse at the day they met, then follow as Hughes cracks a case that comes awfully close to home!
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Hughes and Mincks: Ghost Detectives stars the mischievous Sophie Hughes as Hughes and Caroline Mincks as Mincks.
This episode was written as a team and edited by Caroline.
This episode also featured the majestic Khalila Roney as the underpaid Tour Guide and the captivating Katie Youmans as the unfortunate Tinder Date.
Find us on Twitter @HughesAndMincks and give us a shout if you’ve got any haunting happenings going on.
See you next season!
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Hughes
00:48
Haunted hospital was such rubbish!
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Tinder Date
00:51
I don't know. I thought it was pretty scary.
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Hughes
00:54
Oh, no! The vibes are all wrong. Not a single
ghost
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Tinder Date
00:59
Well, you said that you liked the supernatural.
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Hughes
01:02
I do. It's just fake. Places like this... Just they get to me a bit.
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Tinder Date
01:10
Oh well, okay, then.
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Hughes
01:13
But I still enjoyed my time.
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Tinder Date
01:15
Sure.
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Hughes
01:16
We should do this again sometime!
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Tinder Date
01:20
No, no... I don't think we should.
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Hughes
01:23
Well, it was nice meeting you.
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Tinder Date
01:26
Yeah, sure it was.
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Tour Guide
01:29
Thank you everyone for your presence here tonight. I hope you all got your fair share of scares and shrieks here at this luxury hospital. If you could all just exit to your left there.
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Mincks
01:40
Hi!
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Tour Guide
01:40
Oh, Christ. Where did you come from?
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Mincks
01:43
I was in the group. Here, see my wristband? I have a question.
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Tour Guide
01:48
Perfect. What's your question?
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Mincks
01:50
Who was that?
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Tour Guide
01:51
The person walking away?
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Mincks
01:53
No, the other one.
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Tour Guide
01:54
Madam, that appears to be another person who took the tour. In fact, they seem to be the one that tackled me the entire way through.
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Mincks
02:02
Fascinating. Do you have their name?
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Tour Guide
02:06
Madam, I cannot just give out the personal details of our guests, no matter how good they are. If you want to know the name, I'm afraid. You have to ask them yourself.
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Mincks
02:14
Wonderful. Thank you very much.
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Tour Guide
02:18
I did not get paid enough of this.
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Mincks
02:20
Hello.
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Hughes
02:21
Hello.
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Mincks
02:23
May I just say, "I love your work".
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Hughes
02:25
Excuse me?
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Mincks
02:26
What did you make of this place?
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Hughes
02:28
Look, I'm sorry if I ruined the terror for you, too.
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Mincks
02:31
What? No, of course not. You have great instincts.
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Hughes
02:36
You think so?
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Mincks
02:38
Of course. I'm impressed. My name is Caroline Mincks. I'm a
ghost
detective. And I have a proposal for you. Oh, you come and work with me.Share
Hughes
02:46
Yes.
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Mincks
02:47
It's not much. The hours are spontaneous.
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Hughes
02:49
Yes.
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Mincks
02:50
And the work sucks.
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Hughes
02:51
Yes.
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Mincks
02:52
And honestly, there's not much in the way of job security.
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Hughes
02:55
God, I said yes!
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Mincks
02:58
That was alarmingly easy. So, what's your name?
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Hughes
03:03
My name is Sophie Hughes.
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Mincks
03:05
Mincks and Hughes would be a solid detective agency.
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Hughes
03:08
Oh yeah, it would.
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Mincks
03:10
Mincks and Hughes:
ghost
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Hughes
03:13
Well...
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Mincks
03:14
Then we can workshop it. Say, Hughes, do you drink coffee?
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Hughes
03:18
Oh, sometimes I'm really more of a tea person, though.
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Mincks
03:22
I can work with that.
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Hughes
03:26
No, no, that's not right. Come on, Sophie useless. There must be something in this somewhere. There's an answer to everything. I just need to find it. I just, it doesn't make sense.
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03:46
Makes us... This kind of thing. Why is every book I own so bloody... God! I just sense every single one of them. I don't understand. Oh, this is at the time? Mincks is gonna be here any minute and I, they'd have some kind of answer for her.
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04:09
Did she know? She never comes back and God, the last thing she heard was me shouting at her. How long am I supposed to wait before like, I have to call someone? God, who do I even call?
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Mincks
04:27
Hughes, good morning. How are you? I'll tell you. I had the best sleep last night, slept like the dead, in fact.
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Hughes
04:35
Please don't say that.
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Mincks
04:37
Oh come on! We're
ghost
detectives. We should be allowed to make a few puns about our line of work. Don't be so serious, gumshoe. What's up with you anyway? You look like you've seen a ghost
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Hughes
04:50
I cannot tell you quite how much I hate the way that you've just said that.
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Mincks
04:56
I'll lighten up Hughes. What even happened in here? Is that my corkboard? Why isn't it hanging up?
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Hughes
05:03
Oh, it's, it's nothing. It's work.
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Mincks
05:06
Uh huh... And was there a sale on string? And what is this? Oh my God, is this coffee? Are you drinking coffee? Are you sick? Have you eaten?
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Hughes
05:19
Caroline? Stop fussing for christ's sake! It's half tea and half coffee if you must know.
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Mincks
05:25
Oh, someone's cranky today. At least let me see if I can help with this.
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05:34
What is this? Crop circles? Well, I don't, I don't see what any of that has to do with us. The illuminati, here's something you want to tell me. Have you joined a cult?
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05:48
Yes. Come on now.
Y2K
was over 20 years ago. No one talks about that anymore. Anyway, let's get this all cleaned up this place. Seriously? Looks like a car crash.Share
Hughes
05:57
Oh, oh that's it!
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Mincks
06:00
What on earth is going on?
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Hughes
06:03
Well, I, I don't know how to put this.
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Mincks
06:07
Hey, you really have me worried here. Please, no matter what it is, I'll try my very best to understand. Okay, just tell me what's wrong.
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Hughes
06:20
Maybe you ought to sit.
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Mincks
06:22
Okay, fine. So what's this about?
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Hughes
06:28
I've been doing a lot of thinking and... a lot of thinking. As you can see, trying to work out a theory.
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Mincks
06:38
Okay. A theory about what? Because this looks like it goes all the way to the top, judging by all the red string on the board.
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Hughes
06:48
Right. I might have got a bit carried away there, but this at least goes to the top of this detective agency.
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Mincks
06:58
The roof. You, oh, finally admitting I'm your boss.
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Hughes
07:03
You're not my boss!
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Mincks
07:05
Whatever, carry on.
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Hughes
07:07
So first of all, you're scattered. Disorganized clinging to things that ought to be thrown out messy.
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Mincks
07:14
Is there a point to this?
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Hughes
07:16
Disorganized to a shocking extent.
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Mincks
07:18
You said disorganized twice.
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Hughes
07:19
And while this has always been the case, it didn't used to be quite so much. Not when we first set up shop here, at least. You might be a bit of a pack rat, but at least those hundreds of files were well maintained. Neither look at the state your desk!
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Mincks
07:40
Who has time to tidy up everything?
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Hughes
07:43
Look, I know sometimes things get a bit hectic and we all let things go, but it happens, Moncks, it isn't just the office. I've seen your flat.
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Mincks
07:56
Which the family goes to help me with after Hanukkah dinner?
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Hughes
07:59
Sure, But it's still a lot.
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Mincks
08:03
Fine. I've been a bit unfocused when it comes to housework and such for a while...
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Hughes
08:10
And then there's the clumsiness.
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Mincks
08:11
So I'm not a prima ballerina. Sue me. We can't all be graceful.
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Hughes
08:15
But then you move like stealthy spy. Somehow it's all quiet like.
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Mincks
08:21
So I'm a Klutz who's light on my feet? Not the rarest breed. What's this all leading to?
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Hughes
08:26
I'm getting there. So, all that on its own doesn't mean much. Right? I knew something was off, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Not until just now I've solved it. I've solved the mystery!
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Mincks
08:43
What mystery?
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Hughes
08:45
Mincks, think about it. Everything I've just laid out, keep it in mind. And I add this one last detail. Car crash.
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Mincks
08:56
The what?
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Hughes
08:58
The car crash. You want to run an errand before we investigated the haunting at Chris Marlowe's place, and you got hit by a car!
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Mincks
09:05
Hughes are you seriously still worried about that? It was nothing definitely not a crash. It was more like a love tap. I got right back up.
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Hughes
09:15
Yes, you got right back up. But Mincks!
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Mincks
09:17
I... I... I think I know where this is going. You're thinking I hit my head back when the car hit me or something and it's causing some symptoms to be worried about. Right? Look, you are very sweet and I appreciate you looking out for me, but I promise I'm fine.
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Hughes
09:33
Look, just do me a favor, all right? Go walk through the door.
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Mincks
09:39
Okay. Look whatever will make you feel better. I'm happy to do.
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Hughes
09:44
No, no, not like that. Walk through the door.
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09:51
Look remember when we were investigating at Stella and ghettos place, and Getto gave us all a startled by walking through the wall. Do it like that.
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Mincks
10:02
Hughes, I can't!
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Hughes
10:04
I think you can.
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Mincks
10:05
Okay, now I'm concerned about you.
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Hughes
10:07
Could you just do it?
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Mincks
10:08
Fine, I will walk through the door but when I run smack into it and bounce my head off the wood you owe me a pizza.
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Hughes
10:22
Oh my God, Mincks. You've done it. I can't... I can't believe I mean... I can believe since I knew you were... Mincks, this is incredible! It's amazing! It's fascinating! It's... Mincks?
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Mincks
10:39
I'm dead. I... I don't really know what to...
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10:52
I could use a drink.
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Hughes
10:56
First round's on me.
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Mincks
10:59
You really don't have to.
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Hughes
11:01
No, no. How are you feeling?
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Mincks
11:04
I'm... I don't know.
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Hughes
11:09
Stupid question.
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Mincks
11:10
No it's... no it's it's fine. I'm just processing.
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Hughes
11:16
Yeah it's... a lot.
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11:20
I should apologize.
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Mincks
11:22
For what?
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Hughes
11:24
I thought you'd be happy to have an answer for everything for why you haven't been feeling right. I thought I don't know I thought you'd be relieved.
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Mincks
11:38
Hey please please don't feel bad about it. Clearly I needed to figure it out.
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Hughes
11:44
I mean... yeah but it could have been a bit gentler with how I told you.
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Mincks
11:53
And be denied the opportunity for a big reveal? Never!
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11:58
Seriously Sophie I'm not mad or anything. Okay. And frankly, if anyone was going to tell me that I'm, you know, I'd rather it come from you. At least it came with some flair.
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Hughes
12:15
I know how to put on a show.
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Mincks
12:18
You do with that.
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Hughes
12:19
So you're, I'm really not.
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Mincks
12:21
I'm not, I promise.
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Hughes
12:24
Okay, well, good.
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12:28
So what do you think you're going to do?
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Mincks
12:31
I have no idea.
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Hughes
12:34
You don't have to rush into anything? Of course.
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Mincks
12:37
Yeah.
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Hughes
12:38
Take your time. Let it sit for a while and then you can figure out what to do.
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Mincks
12:43
I don't even know where to begin.
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Hughes
12:45
You know, you don't have to do this alone, yeah?
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12:48
I mean if you want to, that's fine. It's your right, but... If you need someone to talk to.
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Mincks
12:54
Thanks, that means a lot and I will probably take you up on that.
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Hughes
13:00
Good.
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13:02
Oh no! I've just had a thought.
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Mincks
13:06
Dangerous.
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Hughes
13:06
Mincks! We... We literally earn our living detecting ghosts and yet neither of us realize your...
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Mincks
13:17
Ahaha
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Hughes
13:17
How dare you laugh at my revelation that we're frauds! Ahaha
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Mincks
13:31
Our credibility is going right out the window. Right?
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Hughes
13:43
Oh God.
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Mincks
13:51
Oh God, I needed that.
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Hughes
13:52
I think if we can laugh about it, that's a good sign.
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Mincks
13:56
A good sense of humor binds our two great cultures.
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Hughes
13:59
One reason we work well together.
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Mincks
14:03
So at the risk of being cheesy, can I just say, "I'm really glad we worked together and that we're friends".
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Hughes
14:13
We're a good team!
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Mincks
14:14
I'm glad I caught you being snarky at that haunted hospital tour that day.
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Hughes
14:18
I'm glad you're weird enough to walk up to a total stranger and offer them a job on the spot. And that I was weird enough to accept.
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Mincks
14:31
Guess it was meant to be, huh?
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Hughes
14:33
I think so.
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Mincks
14:35
Destined to be a pair of
ghost
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Hughes
14:38
Well, one of us anyway.
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Mincks
14:43
Ahaha. I'll order new business cards.
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Hughes
14:48
Hughes and Mincks. One who is simply a
ghost
detective. One detective who is a ghost
and also is a ghost
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Mincks
14:57
It doesn't... Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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Hughes
14:60
Not so much.
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Mincks
15:01
Maybe we stick with the old standby.
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Hughes
15:03
Hughes and Mincks.
Ghost
detectives. Yeah, Why fix what's not broken?Share
Mincks
15:12
I'll drink to that.
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