Hazard States

The first man in a Petworth repair-clinic queue says he isn’t waiting for anything to open. Nineteen people are standing behind him. Before the day is over, Owen will face another line on Georgia Avenue—one waiting for a DC streetcar route that closed before he was born.

Setting: DC.

Content note: Uncanny crowd and disorientation with sustained threat.

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Original story written by Kevin Baker.

Narrated with an AI-generated voice.

This episode includes AI-generated content.

The cat in Farah’s laundromat is ordinary-sized. Its reflection reaches from floor to ceiling. A promised quiet recording session on Capitol Hill becomes an uneasy encounter with the city’s Demon Cat legend.

Setting: DC.

Content note: Fire, smoke, evacuation and a threatening supernatural omen.

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Original story written by Kevin Baker.

Narrated with an AI-generated voice.

This episode includes AI-generated content.

An old photograph shows Mara’s brother on the wrong bank of the Anacostia. The water around Kingman Island complicates a childhood rescue she thought she understood.

Setting: DC.

Content note: Childhood near-drowning, present water danger and deceptive voices.

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Original story written by Kevin Baker.

Narrated with an AI-generated voice.

This episode includes AI-generated content.

In Georgetown, Andrea takes seven steps up from a basement—and finds the next flight leading down. Someone is holding a door open above her. Reaching that voice means trusting a staircase that no longer agrees with the building around it.

Setting: DC.

Content note: Disorientation on stairs, risk of falls and sustained physical peril.

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Original story written by Kevin Baker.

Narrated with an AI-generated voice.

This episode includes AI-generated content.

Marcus thinks the man is walking away. His father sees him coming closer—with his back still turned. In the lanes and hidden courts of Shaw, finding an old family workshop becomes a question of how to get out.

Setting: DC.

Content note: Pursuit, threatening humanlike presence and attempted intrusion.

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Original story written by Kevin Baker.

Narrated with an AI-generated voice.

This episode includes AI-generated content.

A stranger at Helena’s door knows where she keeps the spare key. In Mount Pleasant, a narrow pane of painted glass becomes the focus of a fear she cannot explain—and keeping the door locked does not settle it.

Setting: DC.

Content note: Uncanny home intrusion, frightening visual phenomena and historical disaster references.

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Original story written by Kevin Baker.

Narrated with an AI-generated voice.

This episode includes AI-generated content.