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. It is hosted by Glynn Washington. Episodes drop every week on Friday!

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The Red Balloon

Episode Date: January 26, 2024

Sabina starts to get a creeping feeling that she’s not alone in her childhood home in Perth, Australia. She wonders what could be there. But when she...

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Hands Without A Face

Episode Date: January 19, 2024

Everyone in Diane’s house has a different bedtime. When someone sits on the edge of her bed, waking her up, she’s not shocked. Until she looks to see...

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The Paperboy

Episode Date: January 12, 2024

Ray Christian hated being a paperboy. Bad pay, hard route, rude customers. But there was one customer in particular who was different from the rest, a...

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Hurricane Helpers

Episode Date: January 5, 2024

Brittnay and her family are trying to get out of the path of Hurricane Rita. But when they get stuck out on the road… all they can do is pray for a mi...

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The Yellow Balloon

Episode Date: December 29, 2023

When Richard moves into an old farmhouse next to a big cornfield, he’s pretty sure that it’s haunted. And the ghosts… well, they’re not exactly friend...

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The Murmur

Episode Date: December 22, 2023

Sarah and her dad are hearing the same noise. It’s coming from somewhere upstairs, from somewhere in the wall. It sounds like someone’s talking, whisp...

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Buffer Night

Episode Date: December 15, 2023

One wrong turn leads Kyan and his friends to the most sinister encounter of their lives. This story contains explicit language, sensitive listeners pl...

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Creature Feature

Episode Date: December 8, 2023

Strange creatures don't just live under your bed. Oh no. In this Spooked episode, we dive deep into the waters of an Oregon lake & travel to the islan...

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The Rocking Horse

Episode Date: December 1, 2023

When Elizabeth was 19, she got a job as an au pair for an 11-year-old girl named Amy. The girl and her parents lived on a horse farm in rural Georgia...

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Las Tres Cruces

Episode Date: November 24, 2023

It’s the 1990s in Popoyán, Colombia. Twenty-year-old Humberto and his two best friends Jairo and Mauricio set off for an adventure in the woods. They...

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The Banker

Episode Date: November 10, 2023

When Antonio and his sister Anita were growing up in Texas, their family didn’t have much money. That’s why they were so excited to move into their ve...

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Pet Cemetery

Episode Date: November 3, 2023

When Ray was a kid, he took care of all the animals in his neighborhood… even after they were gone. Thanks, Ray, for sharing your story with us! Ray’s...

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The Woods Have Eyes

Episode Date: October 31, 2023

Nate and Keith love to explore the forests in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, hunting for stones and crystals to add to their collection. But somethin...

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Creature Feature II

Episode Date: October 27, 2023

When a creature shows itself, wonder fills you, terror compels you, but which will you follow? Two friends in the countryside, and two men at sea are...

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Lady Grim

Episode Date: October 20, 2023

Sherry and her husband keep seeing a hooded figure around their farm in Nova Scotia. She isn’t a ghost. She’s there to collect souls. Thank you, Sherr...

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The Lighthouse

Episode Date: October 13, 2023

The Heceta Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast on the Oregon Coast used to be a lightkeeper’s home–and it has a reputation for being very haunted. So Spooked p...

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The Domovoi

Episode Date: October 6, 2023

Sure, you’ve heard of a gnome, a troll, a sprite, an orc, a Babadook, a centaur, a tomten... but have you ever heard of a Domovoi?  Thank you, Nikita,...

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Brick and Mortal

Episode Date: September 29, 2023

Sometimes the spirits we encounter are benevolent and kind — like guardian angels. And sometimes, they wait, and watch, and wish us ill. STORIES Eunic...

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Tattoo Exorcism

Episode Date: September 22, 2023

Traditional-Filipino-tattoo practitioner, Lane Wilcken, is never scared when ancestral spirits visit during tattoo sessions. He knows that those spiri...