For the week leading up to Halloween, scary stories that are all true. Kidnappings, zombie raccoons, haunted houses—real haunted houses!—and things that go "EEEEK!!!" in the night. Plus, a story by David Sedaris, in which he walks among the dead.

319: And the Call Was Coming from the Basement

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319: And the Call Was Coming from the Basement

319: And the Call Was Coming from the Basement