Snap Judgment Presents: Spooked

Things can seem to creep and lurk in the dark ? especially when you?re on duty.

STORIES

Night Watch

When Dave took on the graveyard shift at the station, he saw all kinds of stuff. But he never saw anything quite like this.

Thank you, Dave, for sharing your story with the Spooked.

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Davey Kim

Steakout

Kevin joins the force and soon realizes that he can help everyone who crosses his path ? whether they?re living or dead.

In the interest of protecting his identity, we?re not using this storyteller's real name. Instead, we called him ?Kevin.? Thank you, Kevin, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Leon Morimoto

Artwork by Teo Ducot

On Kevin?s night shift at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, things get wet, wild, and very very weird.

BIG thanks to Kevin Wright and the magical Monterey Bay Aquarium. Thanks also to KAZU Radio in Monterey, California for its assistance.

Original score by Yari Bundy & Renzo Gorrio, produced by Anne Ford, artwork by Teo Ducot

Arin is living with his parents and siblings in Washington state when some of his long-forgotten childhood memories start coming back to him.

BIG thanks to, Arin and Mallory, for sharing your story with us here at Spooked!

Produced by Chris Hambrick, original score by Richard Haig, artwork by Teo Ducot

You?ve heard of ?Sexual Healing? but have you heard of a sexual demon? This week on Spooked, we take you to the Hollywood Hills to meet a demonic seductress.

Thank you so much, Colin, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Eliza Smith, original score by Doug Stewart, artwork by Teo Ducot

When the Big Guy shows up, you keep your mouth shut. Be afraid?

Thank you to our storyteller for sharing his experiences.

Original score by Yari Bundy, produced by Anne Ford, artwork by Teo Ducot

Francisco finds a doll in his pocket every single day. And every single day, he gets sicker and weaker. He needs to get rid of these dolls... before they get rid of him.

Big thanks to Francisco Vazquez for sharing your story with the Spooked. 

Produced by Fernando Hernandez and Erick Yanez, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot

Diana knows that the little girl she keeps seeing in her house is a ghost. But what she doesn?t know is if this ghost means her family any harm.

Thank you, Diana, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score Leon Morimoto, artwork by Teo Ducot

Pati is really young when she loses her best friend and isn?t sure she?ll ever see him again. Until one day, he shows up, asking to play.

Thank you, Pati, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Leon Morimoto, artwork by Teo Ducot

He?s a happy, all-American, baseball-loving kid. Then the fires start.

Many thanks to storyteller for sharing his experiences!

Original score by Yari Bundy, produced by Anne Ford, artwork by Teo Ducot

Episodes drop weekly. Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts!

Josh moves into an old hotel in Pittsburgh to help his family renovate it. As he starts to experience things he can?t explain, it quickly becomes clear to him that some people may have never left.

Thank you, Josh, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Original score by Daniel Riera, produced by Marisa Dodge

Howling wind. Swirling fog. What lurks in the mist? To whom is the wind calling?

Route 666

Michael Kilpatrick is coming home from the venue, celebrating a great show. He?s taking a familiar road. But tonight, the conditions are bad: hard wind, rain, and? frogs?

Thank you, Michael, for sharing your story. 

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Leon Morimoto

Widow?s Walk

Bubba has worked at the same lighthouse in coastal Maine for years. And even though the isolation has made his coworkers crack, Bubba has always been okay. He toughs it out. Until one night, when someone emerges from the night, and knocks on the lighthouse door. 

Thank you, Bubba, for sharing your story with us here at Spooked.

Produced by Greta Weber and Galen Koch, original score by Clay Xavier

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Spooked episodes drop weekly. Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts!

Tiyi just wants to get away from the man in the closet. What happens next changes her life forever.

Thank you, Tiyi Schippers, for sharing your story with us! You can find more of her creepy tales on YouTube.

Original score by Leon Morimoto, produced by Anne Ford, artwork by Teo Ducot

Spooked episodes drop weekly! Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts!

If you live in Hawaii, you know that if you see the ancient Night Marchers of the King?s Guard, you bow in reverence. And you don?t look them in the eye, under any circumstances. But Obake, Dee, and Joe Bones? They haven?t learned this lesson? yet.

Mahalo, Obake, for sharing your story with us. If you're interested in more stories from Obake, check out his YouTube channel, Ghosts of Hawaii.

Produced by Chris Hambrick, original score by Richard Haig, artwork by Teo Ducot

Just because someone?s passed over, doesn?t mean they?re not still watching over you.

STORIES

The Tapeworm

Richie ?Tapeworm? Herrera ran one of the most badass tattoo parlors in Chicago. It was haunted, and he didn?t mind that. That is, until the ghosts tried to push him out.

Thank you Anne, Chris, Tony, and Adam for telling us about the amazing Richie ?Tapeworm? Herrera.

Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Leon Morimoto

The Bull Ring

Todd loses someone he loves very much, but it seems his friend is not truly gone.

Thank you, Todd Narron, for sharing your stories with us. If you want more stories from Todd, check out his book, Country Stories of Ghosts and Bad Men and Country Stories of Ghosts and Bad Men: Series 2 - The Dead Ones. Do not miss out on these amazing stories!

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Renzo Gorrio

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Episodes now drop weekly. Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts!

After Laura?s husband gets a fatal diagnosis, he promises to contact her from beyond the grave. But how will she know it?s really him?

Thank you, Laura Packer, for sharing this special story with Spooked. Laura?s a storyteller in Minneapolis. You can learn more about Laura at her website.

Original score by Leon Morimoto, produced by Anne Ford, artwork by Teo Ducot

Episodes now drop weekly on Fridays. Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.

Omar thinks he know his grandma. Until one day, he finds a scary portrait in her bedroom? and it?s looking at him.

Thank you Omar for sharing your story with Spooked, all the way from Mexico!

Leonel Garza gave Omar his voice in English. You can check out more of Leonel Garza?s acting work on his website.

Produced by Erick Yáñez, original score by Nicholas Marks, artwork by Teo Ducot

Episodes now drop weekly. Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts!

Alfia is studying to be a nurse, but she soon discovers that science isn?t everything and a higher power is at work.

Thank you, Alfia, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Sudi Watchpress

Episodes now drop weekly on Fridays. Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts!

Kathy and her kids leave a busy life in Southern California to live in a little cabin in the woods, without electricity. But then, strange things start happening. It seems Kathy and her children aren?t the only occupants of the cabin.

Thank you, Kathy Bolte, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot

Episodes now drop weekly on Fridays. Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.

Jen wakes up in a strange hospital with mysterious caretakers. Her only way out? The shot.

Thank you, Jen and Robin, for sharing your story with the Spooked!

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Leon Morimoto, artwork by Teo Ducot

Spooked episodes now drop weekly on Fridays. Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.

Dr. Aammton Alias has a work retreat in the jungle. And when he gets there? he?s gotta go.

Spooked episodes now drop every week on Friday! Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free on any podcast platform. Be afraid.

Thank you, Dr. Aammton, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Dirk Schwarzhoff, artwork by Teo Ducot

Some roads are long and some roads wind. Some roads show you things you?d never think you?d find?

Story 1: Demon Dog

Chuck and his family rent a cabin in the mountains every winter. One year he and his uncle are driving into town when they see something with red eyes chasing their truck: a huge, menacing wolf-like creature. When he?s older, he learns this creature has a name: The Demon Dog.

This is the second story Chuck has graciously shared with Spooked. If you want to hear Chuck tell another spine-chilling story set in the mountains, listen to the Spooked Dismal Falls episode.

Produced by Greta Weber and Chris Hambrick, original score by Yari Bundy

Story 2: Deception Pass

Shirley is a trucker. She gets sent out on a job and is given a tight deadline in bad weather. During the course of her four-day trip, her life is saved twice on the exact same stretch of highway. But by who?

Thank you, Shirley, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Doug Stuart

Artwork by Teo Ducot

John Henson, a Southern Cheyenne Native American, is the go-to person when friends and family need their homes smoked off. But when he encounters a stubborn and angry cat-like entity, he has to dig deeper than ever before ? all while being polite. For Spooked, and for the first time for a non-native audience, John shares his story.

Episodes now drop every week on Friday! Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free on any podcast platform. Be afraid.

Thanks so much to John Henson for sharing your story with us.

Original score by Leon Morimoto, produced by Chris Hambrick + Anne Ford, 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.

Episodes now drop every week on Friday! Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Listen for free on any podcast platform. Be afraid?

This story discuss suicide. Sensitive listeners please be advised.

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 + Teo Ducot

When we meet darkness and our road grows dim, sometimes a spirit finds us and helps guide us towards the path we?re meant to take? or avoid.

Spooked episodes now drop every week on Friday! Featuring brand new stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. For Luminary subscribers, previously released episodes are still on Luminary.

STORIES

Paper Route Premonition

Alyssa is taking over her friend?s paper route for the week. It?s a fun way to make a little money. There?s just one house that?s freaking her out.

Thank you, Alyssa for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Yari Bundy

Stormwalker

For Roberta, there?s nothing scarier than the thought of being caught out in a big storm. One day, her worst fear comes true? and then someone shows up.

Thanks, Roberta, for sharing your story with Spooked.

Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Yari Bundy

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Starting Friday, April 7th Spooked drops?WEEKLY! We have held back the darkness long enough and at long last? Spooked will be available for free on ALL podcast platforms.

Episodes will drop every week on Friday! Featuring brand NEW stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. Be afraid.

For Luminary subscribers, previously released episodes are still on Luminary.

After the birth of her second child, Elijah, Sabrina starts to wonder if she?s brought home more from the hospital than just her new baby.

Thank you, Sabrina, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Yari Bundy, artwork by Teo Ducot

One day, while out landscaping his yard, Moses reaches into the dirt and pulls out a handful of bones. He wants to find out who they belong to. But that might not be such a good idea?

Thank you, Moses Thompson, for sharing your story with the Spooked! Folks, if you want to know more about Moses and his house, check out this article. 

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Yari Bundy, artwork by Teo Ducot

It?s March 1980, and best friends Lopaka and Sean decide to ditch class and head to the Pali Lookout, a tourist destination just outside of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. They?re hanging out, taking in the sights? but nothing can prepare them for what happens when they decide to venture off the beaten path.

Thank you, Lopaka Kapanui, for lifting back the veil with Spooked! If you want more stories about spirits, legends, and the Mysteries of Hawaii, Lopaka?s got you covered.

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot

Hotels and dolls can be full of charm ? others are horrifying and cause alarm.

STORIES:

Hotel Hell

Kimberly was expecting a luxurious hotel room. Someone in it? was expecting her.

Thanks to Kimberly and Colin for sharing your story!

Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Doug Stuart

Dolly

Some dolls are pretty, some dolls are nice, some dolls are waiting for you... in the night.

BIG thanks, Mary, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Ella June Pierson

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Matt is calm, peaceful, and very chill, but his apartment has a dark past. On one rainy night in Birmingham, his flat mate finally makes herself known, and her story unfolds.

Produced by Greta Weber, original score by Leon Morimoto, artwork by Teo Ducot

Saulo knows the stories about the mischievous creatures who lurk in the forests and beaches of Oaxaca. But one night a hunt for turtle eggs becomes a search for the truth.

Thank you, Saulo, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Erick Yañez, original score by Leon Morimoto, artwork by Teo Ducot

Erick doesn?t just work for Spooked, he is also the producer of a horror fiction podcast that you are gonna love. Check out Psicofonías wherever you get your podcasts.

Spooked's own Annie Nguyen shares her family?s ghost story. When her father got the call from his siblings and cousins back in Vietnam, asking him to help them find their ancestors? missing caskets, he got on the first plane out of California. But when he got there, he realized they needed to call on higher powers to help them locate the long-lost grave sites.

BIG love and thanks to Poppa Nguyen, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot

Translation by George Q. Nguyen - please note the translation was condensed for clarity.

There are some places, deep in the woods, far away from civilization, that are magical. Chuck is hiking deep in the Appalachian woods when he stumbles upon one of these places: Dismal Falls. But Dismal Falls isn?t all fairies and rainbows. It?s a place of dark magic.

Thanks, Chuck, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Greta Weber, original score by Clay Xavier, artwork by Teo Ducot

A pair of star-crossed lovers encounter the paranormal in fair Wisconsin, where we lay our scene.

Thank you, Kelsey Brennan & Andy Truschinski, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Zöe Ferrigno, original score by Nicholas Marks

It?s 1967. Jerry has been drafted and just landed in Vietnam. He keeps meeting another young soldier, Cummings? and every time they run into each other, something terrible seems to happen.

This episode does contain scenes of war and combat violence, sensitive listeners please be advised.

Thanks, Jerry, for sharing your story with us! Learn more about Jerry on his website and Facebook.

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Daniel Riera

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Bill is home from college, on his way to meet his girlfriend, when his car swerves off the road?

Thank you, Bill Love, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Leon Morimoto

Artwork by Teo Ducot

When Flora heads to China to spend time with family for the summer, she realizes her young cousin is acting weird. Almost like he?s someone? or something else entirely.

Thank you, Flora, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Doug Stuart

Artwork by Teo Ducot

When Austin?s dad starts having night terrors, the family thinks it?s just nightmares -- but Austin thinks something else is going on. He soon discovers that there is an actual demon plaguing his father? and Austin must confront it.

Thank you, Austin, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Leon Morimoto

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Jen is about to start an internship at a museum. But this isn?t a typical museum? It's built inside two old, historic mansions. By this time, the original owners of these two old homes are long gone -- or are they?

Thank you, Jen, for sharing your story with the Spooked!

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Leon Morimoto

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Birds talk to each other about everything -- where to find food, where to roost, when to migrate. What messages might they have for us?

STORIES

The Head

We all know the old wives? tales: don?t walk under a ladder or you?ll have bad luck; don?t step on the crack or you?ll break your mama?s back. Dan is about to discover another, more sinister omen? with deadly consequences.

Thanks, Dan, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Anne Ford, original score by Maryam Qudus

A Murder of Crows

Mike is pretty sure he?s going crazy. Every time he sees a crow, it seems like it?s trying to tell him something: to watch out, to beware. What are they trying to warn him of?

Thanks, Mike, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Alyia Yates, original score by Lauryn Newson

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Sometimes, spirits reach out and ask us for help. And sometimes, they reach out to give us what we need, too.

STORIES

Night Nurse

Dennis is a nurse, a helper. But when spirits of former patients reach out to him, he?s not sure if he can care for them.

Big love to Dennis for sharing his story with the Spooked!

Produced by Chris Hambrick, original score by Dakim

All Dogs go to Heaven

It?s confirmed: all dogs do go to heaven.

Thank you, Kristin Kent, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Moises Nunez

Artwork by Teo Ducot

When singer/songwriter & former frontwoman of the Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard, comes up against a hostile spirit in her home, she has to decide: who?s going to get to stay? Brittany... or the ghost?

Lee?s great grandfather, his grandfather, and his father have all seen him: the shapeshifter. They know this man has the power to curse them, to hurt them. Lee wonders: is this man coming for him too? 

Everyone who works at Radio Centro knows it?s haunted. But Guillermo, the host on the station?s paranormal show ?Tell it Tonight? is about to discover that he has psychic powers that make him susceptible to the station?s haunts. 

David?s family has owned the same plot of farmland in North Carolina for over 300 years. As he gets older, he starts to realize that some family members have never really left.

Kristen Cortez is a new teacher in beautiful Los Gatos, California. From her classroom window, she can see rolling, golden hills. Redwood trees. The sun is almost always shining. And yet? something lurks. 

You are on your smoke break at Walmart. You look down and see a box: inside is a ceramic lamb with a note around its neck asking you to take it home. Do you: a) burn it; b) throw it in the trash, or c) take it home?

Get warmed up for Season V! 

Blair can?t see his hands in front of his face. He can?t see the ground beneath his feet. He?s not in the dark: he?s in a thick cloud of fog. And then, a voice emerges from the mist. This story comes to us from Australia, the original Upside Down.

Betsy keeps seeing a young girl at night in her room. She stands at the end of Betsy?s bed and stares at her. She comes back, over and over: night after night; year after year. Betsy knows she wants something, but she has to figure out what.