Podcast Pick: Get 'Spooked' in time for Halloween

Carly Mallenbaum | USA TODAY

Looking for something new to listen to while you drive to work/go for a walk/wash the dishes? We're here for you. In our weekly series Podcast Pick, we're highlighting a podcast, audio personality or specific story worth hearing.

Some people start listening to Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving; others begin telling ghost stories at the start of September. If you’re in the latter category, we have your new favorite podcast.

Spooked, an 11-part series that runs now through the end of October, features short, haunting tales told by the people who lived them. It’s a spinoff from popular narrative podcast Snap Judgment, hosted by that show’s engaging, staccato-style storyteller Glynn Washington. (Snap's Halloween-timed spooky stories have been so popular in the past, they now get their own showcase.)

You can almost picture Washington sitting around a campfire with a flashlight positioned below his chin as he tells ghost stories about his death pact with his brother and letting us hear from one woman’s visit by a recently-deceased spirit, another person’s encounter with an eerie voice that demanded action and a tale about a crowd possessed by animal spirits.

Pass the s'mores, please!

Don’t believe in the supernatural? The show — which already hit No. 1 on Apple Podcasts — could convert you. New episodes appear Thursday on TuneIn and wherever you get your podcasts.

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