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Engelbert Humperdinck says he tied up a nurse during sanatorium stay

Fox News reports the singer shared the 1961 story on his podcast, recalling painful daily injections during his sanatorium stay; the statute of limitations apparently ran out first.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFox News reports Engelbert Humperdinck said on his podcast that in nineteen sixty-one he tied up a nurse at a tuberculosis sanatorium after painful daily injections.

  2. Barnaby OyelaranI admire it. Sixty-three years of silence, then he tells it to a microphone. That's patience, and I'm in the business.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA man known for tender ballads, a nurse, and some rope. Is that a story or a deposition?

  4. Barnaby OyelaranOn a podcast, it's both. You tell the story, then you tell it again with ad reads.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTell us about your own show.

  6. Barnaby OyelaranIt's called Ten More Minutes. Episode one is forty minutes on how I parked. I'll get to the point after one more story.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDid you reach the point?

  8. Barnaby OyelaranNo. Episode two is a long drive to the point, but somehow I end up taking a very scenic detour.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI've sat through hearings with clearer testimony. Let me ask you plainly: have you ever tied anyone up?

  10. Barnaby OyelaranI'd have to set up my microphone stand first. It belonged to my uncle's cruise ship band, and the story needs it.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat wasn't a yes or a no.

  12. Barnaby OyelaranFine. I once tied a sparkly scarf to a stage curtain and couldn't get it off for three shows.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA scarf and a curtain. That's your confession.

  14. Barnaby OyelaranIt's a three-part series, actually.

  15. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLightning round. One word each. Favorite ballad?

  16. Barnaby OyelaranAny ballad that gets me out of a story.

  17. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat was a sentence.

  18. Barnaby OyelaranPart one of the sentence.

  19. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWhere can people find Ten More Minutes?

  20. Barnaby OyelaranWherever podcasts are found, and we're on every Thursday, or whenever I finish this story about the lounge.

  21. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd what episode number is that last answer?

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