Issac 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 by Teo Ducot.

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 Ferrigno, original score by Stanley Ipkuss.

Ghosts in the Graveyard

Maggi and her friends love playing in the woods. They play tag, hide-and-seek, and “ghost in the graveyard.” They like to spook each other. But one day, something comes to spook them.

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

Produced by Greta Weber, original score by Dakim, artwork by Teo Ducot.

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 by Teo Ducot.

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, for sharing your story with us!

Produced by Chris Hambrick, original score by Yari Bundy, artwork by Teo Ducot.

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.

Lorena and her family are on vacation in Huasca, Mexico, where she buys three cute elf figurines at, “El Museo de los Duendes,” the Museum of the Elves. Apparently, these creatures can grant you wishes. But you gotta be careful what you wish for...

Thank you Lorena for sharing your story to Spooked!

Scouted and produced by Erick Yáñez, original score by Nicholas Marks, Lorena’s English voice is Laura Ubaté, artwork by Teo Ducot.

Happy Holidays Spooksters!!! May the Elves be with you.