Spooked - "Sharp Tooth Boy" (Classic)

Aired: November 7, 2025
Host: Glynn Washington
Storyteller: Bonnie Blagg

Overview

This chilling episode of Spooked centers on an eerie, true-life supernatural encounter experienced by Bonnie Blagg as a child in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. What starts as a typical slumber party with childhood friends quickly unravels into a series of terrifying hauntings after a seemingly innocent game invoking Bloody Mary. Bonnie details her harrowing nights of ghostly visitations, culminating in a disturbing family revelation and a cathartic conclusion years later.

Main Discussion Points

Childhood, Family, and the Invitation to Terror

• Glynn Washington opens with personal reflections on the power of objects, figurines, and family traditions, setting a tone of vulnerability and curiosity about what we allow into our sacred spaces (00:14–04:01).

  “I still remember an older figurine...one mask grinned. But his twin sneered and sat near the lamp in my grandmother's TV room. And it felt like both pairs of eyes stared... I just remember how those empty eyes burn.”
  — Glynn Washington (02:22)

The Sleepover and Bloody Mary

• Bonnie, at age 11, hosts a sleepover with friends Amanda and Sarah. They experiment with a "book of spells," culminating in Amanda's attempt at the Bloody Mary ritual in front of a bedroom mirror (04:35–07:30).

  • Sarah expresses fear and religious concern, urging the others not to “mess around” with spirits (07:17).

  “She thought that this was, you know, sacrilegious, or that it wasn’t what God would have wanted.”
  — Bonnie Blagg (07:36)

• Nothing immediate happens, leaving the girls disappointed and skeptical.

First Visitation: The Sharp Tooth Boy (08:30–10:45)

• Two nights later, alone, Bonnie glimpses a “Victorian” boy in the mirror. Dressed in rags with a too-big cap, he quietly examines trinkets on her vanity.

• The boy’s demeanor shifts:

  “When he noticed me, that’s when he turned and smiled like the Cheshire cat. It was so wide and unhuman looking. It was much too wide. His eyes went from being kind of a dullish gray to almost an intense black cherry jello color. As he smiled, his teeth grew into daggers and he unclenched his jaw and they started dripping with blood. I panicked.” — Bonnie Blagg (10:19)

• Bonnie hides beneath the covers, immobilized by terror until morning.

Escalation: Nightly Hauntings

• For several nights, the “Sharp Tooth Boy” returns, each time repeating his silent ritual of examining vanity objects before morphing into a nightmarish visage once he realizes Bonnie is watching (15:00–17:00).

• On the third night, the haunting amplifies: a spectral party appears in the mirrors, featuring a dozen sharply dressed, era-appropriate figures. Upon noticing Bonnie, all smile, revealing bloody, dagger-like teeth (18:30–21:30).

  “It looked like they were having a tea party or a dance or something…And then they stopped. They all turned, looked at me and did the exact same thing that the boy did where their eyes got dark and their mouths sort of curled up and they smiled and their teeth all turned, turned into these sharp, pointy daggers that were dripping with blood.” — Bonnie Blagg (21:02)

• Overwhelmed, Bonnie prays desperately for the visions to end and spends the nights hidden under her blanket.

Seeking Solutions: Facing and Removing the Mirrors

• On the fourth night, Bonnie prepares to confront the spirits but, to her surprise, nothing appears (27:14).
• The next day, Bonnie moves the heavy mirrors into storage, immediately sensing relief (“I just felt like that eerie, creepy, lingering feeling was gone…like a weight was lifted off my chest.” [28:40])
• The mirrors remain an unwanted presence; every time the family moves, they’re brought along.

Family Revelation: The Mother’s Intervention

• During a later move, Bonnie finally tells her mother about the hauntings. Her mother is unsurprised and reveals she had her own supernatural experience:

  “She had been visited by the devil…he told my mom that I had been messing around with the spirit world…and that I had invited an evil element into our home.”
  — Bonnie Blagg (31:25)

• Her mother describes the devil not as evil, but as a custodian of lost souls; her concern leads her to “exorcise” the room while Bonnie is at school. This seems to have ended the hauntings (32:40).

The Mirrors’ Final Fate: Art, Catharsis, and Letting Go

• As an adult, Bonnie’s friend Beth asks for the mirrors to use in an art project. Beth strips the silver from the mirrors, overlays them with vintage photos, and transforms them into something new (34:30).

  “When I saw them in the gallery…the pictures are of real people, and they were the wrong era. They didn’t look like the ghosts that I saw. It was actually kind of refreshing, like making a joke at their expense…you can’t scare me anymore.” — Bonnie Blagg (34:57)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Imagery of Haunting:

  “He existed like a hologram that was being projected out of the mirror. He was being really quiet and very delicate. So the only sound that he was making was just a little bit of...picking something up and putting it down.”
  — Bonnie Blagg (09:22)

• Describing Terror:

  “All I thought about was if he doesn’t notice me, he’ll go back to leaving me alone. I pulled the blankets over my head. And I stayed like that, motionless, for pretty much the whole night.”
  — Bonnie Blagg (15:01)

• Realization and Reassurance:

  “It makes a lot more sense that something was actually done, and that’s why it stopped.”
  — Bonnie Blagg (33:16)

• Host’s Closing Warning:

  “One misstep you do not wish to make, friends. Believe me when I say: never ever. Never, never ever, never ever, never ever turn out the last—”
  — Glynn Washington (36:50)

Segment Timestamps

• 00:06 – 04:01: Glynn's reflections on family, figurines, and what objects mean to us.
• 04:11 – 10:45: Bonnie introduces the sleepover, the "Bloody Mary" game, and the first haunting.
• 14:58 – 15:50: Bonnie recounts repeated visitations and coping strategies.
• 18:30 – 22:30: The haunting multiplies – a full ghostly tea party appears.
• 27:14 – 28:40: Bonnie removes the mirrors, feeling an immediate sense of relief.
• 31:20 – 33:30: Bonnie’s mother reveals her own supernatural confrontation and exorcism.
• 34:30 – 35:15: The mirrors become artwork, symbolically disempowering the haunting.

Tone & Language

• Bonnie’s storytelling is forthright, self-deprecating, and emotionally candid. The episode moves from playful childhood experimentation to absolute terror, then to mature reflection and a sense of resolution.
• Glynn’s narration frames the episode with empathy and a sense of universal vulnerability about the boundaries between the normal and the supernatural.

Summary Takeaway

"Sharp Tooth Boy" is a haunting and introspective tale about the unintended consequences of dabbling with the supernatural, the lingering effects of childhood fear, and the power of family interventions—both mystical and practical. Through Bonnie’s vivid storytelling and Glynn’s thoughtful framing, this episode leaves listeners both unnerved and contemplative about the things we keep with us, and the courage it takes to finally let them go.