Spooked
Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the dark of night, by the creators of Snap Judgment in partnership with KQED & PRX. It is hosted by Glynn Washington. Episodes drop every week on Friday! Spooked is available for free on ALL podcast platforms. Featuring brand NEW stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. For Luminary subscribers, previously released episodes are still on Luminary.
Episodes
A man in a dark suit with red suitcases shows up just as the door to the spirit realm is closing.
Thank you, Lorelei, for sharing your story with Spooked!
Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Doug Stuart, artwork by Teo Ducot.
Dawn has a gift. She can see people who aren’t there. And then, one night, a spirit comes to her and threatens to take Dawn’s son away if she doesn’t help her. Dawn has to decide if her gift is actually a curse.
Thank you, Dawn, for sharing your story with Spooked! Dawn does Intuitive Coaching and Tarot Card Reading under the business name “Phoenix Rising.” Send her an email or check her out on Facebook.
Produced by Chris Hambrick, o...
Rebecca moves into the dorms at the Fashion Institute and her roommates' outfits go missing. Everyone is mystified, but the answer… is terrifying.
Thank you, Rebecca, for sharing your story with Spooked!
Produced by Erick Yáñez. Original score by Nicolas Marks. Scouted by Vanessa Golembewski. Artwork by Teo Ducot.
During a three-month trip across Mexico, a Scottish student named Simon and his friend were returning from a beach party when they accidentally ran over something with their car. They got out and realized it was some kind of large black creature. But as they walked closer and it began to stand up, they realized this creature was unlike anything they had ever seen before.
The night only got stranger as they got back in the car and tr...
When a dark shadow keeps appearing around Milton’s house, he knows what he must do… fight to protect one of the people he loves most in the world.
Thank you, Milton, and your amazing family for sharing your story with Spooked!
Produced by Greta Weber, original score by Leon Morimoto, artwork by Teo Ducot.
When you’re lost in the forest at the foothills of the Himalayas, a light in the distance is not always good news.
Thank you, Razdan, for sharing your grandfather’s story with Spooked.
Produced by Erick Yáñez, original score by Clay Xavier, scouted by Aditya Mattoo, artwork by Teo Ducot.
When Tameer gets hit in the head as a kid, he inherits an entire new lifetime of memories.
This story comes to Spooked from our sister podcast, Snap Judgment. The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with original music to produce cinematic, dramatic audio. Snap’s musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. It's storytelling… with a beat. You can listen to Snap Judgm...
We’ve learned here at Spooked that secrets and curses can often lead to unexpected visitors. Some are friends and some… are foe.
STORIES
Silver Dollar
Roberta never thought the sinkhole on her family’s farm held any secrets.Then Cousin Linzo came to visit.
Thanks, Roberta, for sharing your story with us! Roberta Simpson Brown is a storyteller and author in Kentucky, where she’s known as the Queen of the Cold-Blooded Tales. Check out he...
Max’s mom is a seamstress. Most nights, she stays up late working. The buzz of her sewing machine can be heard all throughout the house. Max is used to the sound, and when he wakes up in the night, he likes knowing that his mom is there… But then one night he discovers that she may not be alone.
This story deals with grief and mental health struggles, please take care while listening.
Thank you, Max, for sharing your story with us.
Pr...
On a dark dark night, in a dark dark town, on a dark dark street, there stood a dark dark figure in the dark dark shadows, waiting.
Thank, Maika & Andrew, for sharing your experience with us! That story came to us from Stories with Sapphire. Sapphire’s podcast is chock full of scary stories that we think you will love!
Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Doug Stuart, artwork by Teo Ducot.
Some ghosts roam space and time. Some just want a friend. Others hope you'll cross over to the other side.
This episode contains strong language. Sensitive listeners, please be advised.
STORIES
Unbothered Haunting
Some ghosts want to roam space and time. Some just want to watch The Weather Channel.
Thank you, Ingrid, for sharing your story with us!
Produced by Anne Ford. Original score by Clay Xavier.
Hello from the Other Side
Outside of ...
We hear from Jane, the ICU nurse, again. This time, she’s battling paranormal forces… inside one of the hospital’s medication-dispensing machines. Part two of a two-part story.
Thank you, Jane, for sharing your story with us!
Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot.
Jane is a nurse in the ICU at a major hospital. She’s seen it all; she’s unflappable. That is, until her new patient Maggie comes on the ward and starts telling Jane she can see everyone in the hospital who’s just died. Part one of a two-part story.
Thank you, Jane, for sharing your story with us!
Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot.
Isaac Murdoch is from Serpent River First Nation and is Ojibwe, belonging to the Fish Clan. When picking rice as a young man, he encounters a fierce storm that blends the boundary between this world and the next.
Thank you, Isaac, for sharing your story with us! If you want more stories from Isaac and to learn about his art and his activism, check out his Instagram.
Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Lalin St. Juste, artwork...
It’s said that kids are more sensitive to spirits than adults, that they can see them, even talk to them. But how can kids protect themselves from forces they can’t see or control?
STORIES
Bloody Mary
You know the game: you stand in front of the mirror and say her name three times: Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary… But that’s just a playground legend, right?
Thank you, Danielle Addison, for sharing your story with the Spooked!
Produced by Zoë F...
In a quiet Ugandan village, Jocelyn waits for her older siblings to sneak back from a forbidden disco, only to hear a sinister night dancer casting enchantments outside her home. When illness strikes her brother, Jocelyn’s family decides to take matters into their own hands.
Thank you so much, Jocelyn, for sharing your family’s story.
Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Clay Xavier, scouted and narrated by Lulu Jemimah, artwork...
Every season, we say the same thing: don’t taunt ghosts. Don’t make fun of them, don’t tease them, and whatever you do, don’t make a joke about bringing them home with you, because they might just end up making your life a waking nightmare.
Thank you, Trina, for sharing your story with the Spooked!
Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Doug Stuart, artwork by Teo Ducot.
Choogie has been visiting old structures on the reservation looking for evidence of spirits ever since he could drive, but there is one place he’s never been ready to visit until now at age 20, the old churchyard. The building was torn down decades ago, but he was told by a church elder that what he’s looking for, it’s still there. He just has to turn the doorknob.
Thanks so much to Cherokee National Treasure, Choogie Kingfisher, fo...
As long as we’ve been making Spooked, we have understood that ghosts are the lingering, earthbound spirits of the dead. But our storyteller, Aislinn, is here to prove us wrong: perhaps the living can also haunt us.
Thank you so much, Aislinn Clarke, for sharing your story with Spooked.
Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Dakim, artwork by Teo Ducot.
Dan is a hunter. His favorite place in the world is his deer stand: a platform 20 feet up in an ancient tree. One day, Dan is sitting up in the tree when he sees something that changes his life forever.
This story discuss suicide, please take care while listening.
Thank you, Dan, for sharing your story with us here at Spooked.
Produced by Annie Nguyen and Eliza Smith, original score by Leon Morimoto, artwork by Sanaa Khan.
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