Unspookable

Sometimes strange glowing orbs appear around Brown Mountain in North Carolina. Locals call them the Brown Mountain Lights, and no one really knows what they are. Some say they’re spirits or ghosts, some aliens, and others think they’re a quirk of nature. We'll share our ideas and those of the experts on this episode of Unspookable.

Host: Elise Parisian

Written by: Miden Wood

Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case

Logo by: Natalie Khuen

Episode Art: Alhafiz

You can find Unspookable on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram at:

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Daniel Caton's Brown Mountain Lights Camera 1B July 16-17, 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU88gWGVDV0

Rare weather phenomenon filmed by Ed and Melinda Pardy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmOfwFHBu_o

Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media, committed to making quality programming for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Unspookable Halloween Giveaway

Do you have a favorite topic, monster, or cryptid from an episode of Unspookable? Do you like to draw, paint, or sculpt - maybe even write poems or songs? Well, we want to share your work while offering YOU a chance to win an Unspookable t-shirt and other surprises in the Second Annual Unspookable Halloween Giveaway. 

Here's How to Enter:

Then, Unspookable will post the art on our socials and five lucky listeners will be chosen at random to receive the prize packages.

No purchase necessary. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. age 13 or older. Entry period begins at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 10/7/2025 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on 10/31/2025. Void where prohibited. The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.

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We are excited to share a recent episode of the Kids Listen podcast Big Emotions: Kids Listen Mashups About Feelings featuring Unspookable and our friends at At Your Level and Koala Shine and hosted by the amazing Molly Bloom (Brains On! & Smash Boom Best)! Give it a listen and if you want to hear more, there are loads more episodes here.

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Embarrassment & Pride (Part 1) 😳🏆

Welcome back to Big Emotions! This week we’re hiding behind the sofa, and then jumping in front of the camera! Embarrassment and pride might seem like opposites, but they’re really two sides of the same coin. Both are “self-conscious” emotions that help us reflect on how we show up in the world. In this episode, we explore the squirmy moments that make our cheeks burn and the warm glows that make our hearts swell - and how both feelings can teach us about ourselves, our values, and the people we care about.

Contributing podcasts in this episode: At Your Level • Koala Shine • Unspookable 

Hosted by: Molly Bloom of Brains On! & Smash Boom Best

PDF Activity Sheet for SEL 

Check out the music in each episode 

About this series: Big Emotions: Kids Listen Mashups is a 7-part audio adventure where creators from the Kids Listen community come together to explore feelings in all their shapes and sizes. Each episode pairs two related emotions, sharing original clips and reflections to help kids (and grownups!) understand, name, and navigate their feelings.

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When a podcast asks Unspookable to collaborate, especially if it is one of our all time favorite podcasts with one of the coolest hosts in the business, we will jump at the opportunity. We are thrilled to present this special Halloween Edition of The Past and The Curious featuring Unspookable creator Nate DuFort. Give it a listen and if you want more cool, quirky, and surprising stories from history (with the best musical accompaniment), go subscribe to The Past and The Curious wherever you listen to podcasts.

Did a no-longer-living Mark Twain send a novel from the great beyond with a Ouija Board? Find out about the real story with help from our pal Nate DuFort of the podcast, Unspookable.

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Have you ever heard of the Weeping Woman? Maybe you'd know her by her other name - La Llorona - a young mother so haunted by her own grief that she’s taken to haunting everyone in her path. Who was she, and what does she represent to the people who tell her story? We’ll be talking about all that and more on this episode of Unspookable.

Host: Elise Parisian

Written by: Ana Olson

Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case

Logo by: Natalie Khuen

Episode Art: Alhafiz

You can find Unspookable on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@unspookablepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/unspookablepodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media, committed to making quality programming for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Looking for merch from Unspookable and your favorite Soundsington Media shows? Head on over to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dashery store ⁠⁠⁠⁠for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, hats and more. ⁠⁠⁠https://soundsington-media.dashery.com⁠⁠⁠

Unspookable Halloween Giveaway

Do you have a favorite topic, monster, or cryptid from an episode of Unspookable? Do you like to draw, paint, or sculpt - maybe even write poems or songs? Well, we want to share your work while offering YOU a chance to win an Unspookable t-shirt and other surprises in the Second Annual Unspookable Halloween Giveaway. 

Here's How to Enter:

Then, Unspookable will post the art on our socials and five lucky listeners will be chosen at random to receive the prize packages.

No purchase necessary. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. age 13 or older. Entry period begins at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 10/7/2025 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on 10/31/2025. Void where prohibited. The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.

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One of our most requested topics ever, the Wendigo is a mythological beast from the folklore of the Algonquian-speaking First Nations of Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States. Said to embody greed, hunger, and the loss of humanity, the Wendigo is a chilling reminder of what happens when our darkest impulses take control - that and more on this episode of Unspookable.

Host: Elise Parisian

Written by: Ana Olson

Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case

Logo by: Natalie Khuen

Episode Art: Alhafiz

You can find Unspookable on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram at:

⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@unspookablepodcast⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/unspookablepodcast/⁠⁠⁠

Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media, committed to making quality programming for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to ⁠⁠⁠http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com ⁠⁠⁠

Looking for merch from Unspookable and your favorite Soundsington Media shows? Head on over to our ⁠⁠⁠Dashery store ⁠⁠⁠for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, hats and more. ⁠⁠https://soundsington-media.dashery.com

Unspookable Halloween Giveaway

Do you have a favorite topic, monster, or cryptid from an episode of Unspookable? Do you like to draw, paint, or sculpt - maybe even write poems or songs? Well, we want to share your work while offering YOU a chance to win an Unspookable t-shirt and other surprises in the Second Annual Unspookable Halloween Giveaway. 

Here's How to Enter:

Then, Unspookable will post the art on our socials and five lucky listeners will be chosen at random to receive the prize packages.

No purchase necessary. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. age 13 or older. Entry period begins at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 10/7/2025 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on 10/31/2025. Void where prohibited. The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.

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Many of us may think we know everything there is to know about Medusa, but what if what we thought about her origins and intentions were all wrong? We're looking at the the complex and contradicting stories that may prove Medusa less a villain and more a protector on this episode of Unspookable.

Host: Elise Parisian

Written by: Miden Wood

Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case

Logo by: Natalie Khuen

Episode Art: Alhafiz

Special thanks to Liz Anderson

You can find Unspookable on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram at:

⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@unspookablepodcast⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/unspookablepodcast/⁠⁠

Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media, committed to making quality programming for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to ⁠⁠http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com ⁠⁠

Looking for merch from Unspookable and your favorite Soundsington Media shows? Head on over to our ⁠⁠Dashery store ⁠⁠for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, hats and more. ⁠https://soundsington-media.dashery.com⁠

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You have no doubt heard the name Godzilla, the 200 foot tall kaiju bent on destroying everything in it's path, but do you know why this monster was created and what it might symbolize? We'll be talking about all that and more on this GIANT SIZED episode of Unspookable.

Host: Elise Parisian

Written by: Miden Wood

Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case

Logo by: Natalie Khuen

Episode Art: Alhafiz

Special thanks to our sensitivity reader Aiko Tamashiro, and to Liz Anderson, Marlene Sharp, and Joshua Copelan

You can find Unspookable on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram at:

⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@unspookablepodcast⁠

⁠https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/unspookablepodcast/⁠

Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media, committed to making quality programming for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to ⁠http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com ⁠

Looking for merch from Unspookable and your favorite Soundsington Media shows? Head on over to our ⁠Dashery store ⁠for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, hats and more. https://soundsington-media.dashery.com

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Spooky season is almost here and with it comes an all new season of Unspookable beginning on Tuesday, September 9th. 

We’ve been following your amazing requests and our team has been working on  episodes you're going to love including: Godzilla, Medusa, La Llorona, Wendigo, and many, many more. Not hearing your favorite listed? There’s still time - just leave us a comment wherever you listen to the show. 

Don’t miss all new episodes of Unspookable beginning Tuesday, September 9th. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Unspookable is a family friendly look at the histories and mysteries behind your favorite scary stories, myths and urban legends. Each week host Elise Parisian digs into the history, brain science, and power dynamics behind such topics as Bloody Mary, Charlie Charlie, and Ouija Boards to find the stories behind the scares. (Recommended for ages 8+)

The award winning podcast Unspookable is an official "Common Sense Media Selection" and has been called one of the "Best Podcasts for Kids of All Ages" by Time Out New York, one of the “7 Podcasts Big Kids Will Love” by The New York Times, one of the "20 Best Podcasts for Kids that will Make Them Forget About Screen Time" by the TODAY Show. The show has appeared multiple times across Canada on CBC Radio's Podcast Playlist, on NPR station WHYY's Kid's Listening Hour, has been featured by Apple Podcasts, Vox, Vulture, Romper, The AV Club, Fast Company, The Week Jr., and more.

The month of December brings a whole host of traditions for people all across the world. For us on Unspookable, this time of year brings some of the strangest creepy creatures we get to see. After all – it wouldn’t be the holidays for us if we didn’t get to throw in something spooky. So consider it your gift to us to countdown some of the spookiest, witchiest holiday traditions we could scare up on this special holiday episode of Unspookable.

Host: Elise Parisian

Written by: Ellenor Riley-Condit 

Created, Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort

Research by: Nate DuFort 

Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case: https://www.jessecasemusic.com/

Logo by: Natalie Khuen

You can find Unspookable on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram at:

https://www.tiktok.com/@unspookablepodcast

https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable

https://www.instagram.com/unspookablepodcast/

Looking for merch from Unspookable and your favorite Soundsington Media shows? Head on over to our Dashery store for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, hats and more.

Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media, committed to making quality programming for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com 

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This week we are excited to introduce you to one of our favorite podcasts being made today, Twenty Thousand Hertz, a family-friendly podcast that tells the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. And this episode features something we can all love... Minecraft.

Since its official release in 2011, Minecraft has grown from a small, experimental indie game into the best-selling video game of all time. Today, the game's haunting music and quirky sound effects are just as iconic as its blocky visuals. In this episode, composer and sound designer Daniel Rosenfeld (also known as C418) unpacks how he created the original music and sounds for the game.

Your guide on this sonic journey is Dallas Taylor, a sound expert who's been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and is a Ted Mainstage speaker.

This episode was written and produced by Leila Battison.

To find out more about Twenty Thousand Hertz, you can follow the show on

Twitter, Facebook, & Reddit or on their website www.20k.org

Looking for merch from Unspookable and your favorite Soundsington Media shows? Head on over to our Dashery store for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, hats and more.

Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media, committed to making quality programming for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com 

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