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.
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 …
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 actua…
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 Spook…
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 rea…
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 sharin…
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 Er…
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 …
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 …
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, h…
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 sto…
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
Unbother…
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 s…
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 hospi…
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 …
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
Y…
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…
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 en…
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 o…
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…
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 forev…