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From Russia With Love

Two women, a tiny boat, the wide-open ocean...and kismet.  

Elena has written a book about their adventure, called Talking to the Moon. You can read the story on the couple’s website.

Producer: Liz Mak

Original Score: Leon Morimoto

Season 8 Episode 28

Tameer is part of an ethnic minority in northern Israel called Druze. When he is struck on the head as a young boy he inherits an entire new lifetime of memories.

Original Score: Renzo Gorrio

Producer: Shaina Shealy

Cowboy Ghost

Valerie is lost in a snowstorm in rural Montana. She thinks she might not be able to get out, when she sees two headlights coming to her through the storm. Help is on the way - she hopes. Valerie’s story comes to us from the book Trucker Ghost Stories, edited by Annie Wilder.

Producer: Eliza Smith

Voice In The Woods

When the voice says "Stop" you stay perfectly still. And when the voice says "Run!" you had better run.

Producer: Eliza Smith 

Season 8 Episode 26

Great Aunt Rose

When Christina McKenna’s cruel aunt comes back from the grave to make amends--she’s not sure if she can forgive. Read more about Christina’s childhood in Ireland in her book, My Mother Wore A Yellow Dress.

Devil’s Water

Attempting to dig the family well in rural Michigan, Glynn's family comes up dry – until Daddy cuts a deal with the Devil.

Season 8 Episode 25

Confessions of a Baby Snatcher

The ‘work’ of social work is a lot more complicated than Katie Leavitt first thought. Luckily, a little voice helps to guide her.

Producer: Anna Sussman

Original Score and Sound Design: Leon Morimoto

Get The Hook Up!

Sometimes, you know your big shot when you see it.

Ayanna Dookie and Seaton Smith are both comedians living in New York.

Producer: Liz Mak

Original Score and Sound Design: Renzo Gorrio

The story of two men who come face to face one night in the canyon lands of southern Utah.

Producer:  Joe Rosenberg

Original Score and Sound Design: Leon Morimoto

Season 8 Episode 23

Time Warp Saloon

The neon sign blinks at the roadhouse bar. The jukebox plays an old tune as the bartender shouts, "Last Call." Just one more. Why not? What could it hurt?

This story came to Spooked from Jim Harold’s Campfire Podcast, hosted by Jim Harold, check it out at JimHarold.com.

Love Letters

Mark Spencer lived in the haunted house with the ghost of Ladell - and we are eternally grateful that he stuck around long enough to bring us his story. Mark Spencer and his family have lived in the Allen House since 2007. Visit him online at AllenHouseTours.com

Season 8 Episode 22

When an immovable object meets an unstoppable force, what is left standing?

Season 7 Episode 14

Goose Justice

Snap storyteller Abdul Kenyatta was taught to be wary of the police. Then one day he found a way to turn the tables.

Benjamin and The Bear

Back when he was kid, Benjamin was a scrawny outcast with a penchant for tinkering. He liked to  go on adventures in the abandoned mining town where he grew up, seeking discarded electronics to repair. One day he goes on an adventure that he will never forget.

Season 8 Episode 21

Luna The Whale

In 2004, a lost baby orca named Luna swam towards Vancouver Island and tried to befriend humans. Then the First Nations and the Department of Oceans and Fisheries got involved.

To learn more about Luna's story, check out Michael Parfit and Suzanne Chisholm's documentary.

Producer: Davey Kim

Season 8 Episode 20