Band-Aid Bandit

Summary

Podcast Summary: Spooked – “Band-Aid Bandit” (May 22, 2026)

Episode Overview

This episode of Spooked, hosted by Glynn Washington, presents two gripping, supernatural tales rooted in real lives and strange happenings. The first, “Band-Aid Bandit,” features a young woman named Maria and her mysterious encounters with a criminal known as the Band-Aid Bandit—both in life and after his death. The second story, told by Ivana, dives into Haitian spiritual lore as she and her uncle are haunted by burning chickens—a manifestation of black magic—and explores Ivana’s unique spiritual gift as a “veil baby.” Both narratives blend the uncanny with poignant reflections on love, morality, and the invisible connections among people.

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Story 1: "Band-Aid Bandit"

Told by Maria

[02:58 – 19:49]

Setting the Stage

• Maria is in her early 20s, newly independent in 1990s Baltimore, juggling multiple jobs to make ends meet ([06:58]).
• She spends downtime with neighborhood friends, especially Jeff, leading to her involvement with Pete, a man seeking discrete rides to park-and-rides ([07:22]).

The Arrangement

• Jeff introduces Maria to Pete, who offers her $100 for rides to parking lots—aware she's helping him steal cars, but the need for money overrides ethical qualms ([07:22]–[09:02]).
• Maria remembers Pete as "super normal and not at all scary ... really normal. Nice guy, easygoing" ([09:02]).
• Their drives are uneventful, with Pete chatting about his girlfriend, Maria sharing her break-up, and both keeping things light ([10:48]).
• After the trips, Pete always pays, fills the stolen cars with gas, and is, Maria says, “the most fun hundred dollars [she] ever made” ([10:48]–[12:35]).
• She reiterates that it never felt dangerous—just “like taking a friend to pick up their car. And they were like, is that my car? Oh, no, let's keep going” ([12:52]).

The Supernatural Encounter

• Months later, Maria returns home to see Pete leaning under a tree—only to realize he's not "completely solid." He waves, "see ya," then vanishes completely ([13:50]).
  • Quote: "He wasn't transparent, but he wasn't completely solid ... My brain is trying to process that this is actually happening. And then he waves at me ... and then he literally disappeared." – Maria ([13:50])
• Shaken, Maria contacts Jeff and learns Pete died by suicide during a standoff with law enforcement ([15:59]).

The Reveal: Band-Aid Bandit

• Jeff shows Maria a news article revealing Pete’s real name—Edward Brown, famed as the “Band-Aid Bandit,” an escaped felon and multiple-time America’s Most Wanted fugitive ([17:44]).
• Brown attempted to evade capture by sticking a band-aid to his chin in bank surveillance footage ([18:02]).
  • Quote: "He was known as the Band Aid Bandit ... he'd escaped from prison and had been robbing banks while running from the cops." – Narrator ([17:44])
  • Quote: "I always make sure to fill it with gas." – Pete ([13:50])
• Maria reflects: while the world sees a dangerous criminal, she remembers the regular, lonely man in her car, not the “Band-Aid Bandit.”
  • Quote: "It didn't necessarily change my experience with him because that wasn't the person I remember driving ... Maybe he just really needed that, you know, somebody that's just another human being ... instead of like this fugitive from the law." – Maria ([18:21])

Notable Moments / Timestamps

• Pete’s apparition: [13:50].
• Reveal of Band-Aid Bandit’s identity: [17:44].
• Maria’s empathetic conclusion: [18:21].

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Story 2: “The Burning Chickens”

Told by Ivana

[22:20 – 39:34]

Setting and Characters

• Young Ivana is picked up by her Uncle John in New Jersey to visit family in Pennsylvania ([23:29]).
• The usually cheerful Uncle John is notably sullen and takes an unfamiliar route, explaining he needs to stop by his home in Long Island ([23:29]).

The Incident

• As hunger mounts, Ivana notices Uncle John behaving strangely, circling his neighborhood rather than stopping at his house ([23:29]).
• At a stop sign, Ivana sees a line of chickens—“literally from their wings to their head, just chilling”—that are on fire, yet miraculously calm and unbothered ([29:20]).
  • Quote: "A row of maybe five or six brown and black chickens crossing the street. And they're on fire. Literally from their wings to their head, just chilling. They're calm. It's not like they're running on fire." – Ivana ([29:20])
• When Ivana points them out, Uncle John panics, exclaims, and starts making urgent calls in Haitian Kreyol.
• He refuses to get out of the car or let Ivana leave, hinting the sight is a dire spiritual warning ([30:40]).

Black Magic Revealed

• At home, after futile attempts to eat, they’re trapped by the burning chickens reappearing to “guard the car.”
• Uncle John’s girlfriend Christine arrives, reveals her use of black magic (“I really had to get my spirits on you. How dare you reverse my magic?”), enraged over his infidelity ([32:14]–[34:51]).
  • Quote: “How dare you reverse my magic? ... If I have to, I'll send those chickens again.” – Christine ([32:14])

Aftermath and Understanding

• Eventually, the chickens vanish. The pair escape, shaken and silent, arriving at their destination, where Ivana is finally fed ([34:51]).
• Years later, a friend explains the supernatural significance: in Haitian voodoo, burning animals are vehicles of spiritual attack. Since Ivana saw the chickens, she might be a “veil baby”—born with the ability to see spirits and intervene in the material world ([36:07]).
  • Quote: “You were born with a veil ... veil babies are protected … your veil saved you and your uncle.” – Ivana’s friend ([37:30])
• Ivana, looking back, is grateful for her ability, though jokes, “having a veil is useless when you’re hungry” ([39:14]).

Notable Moments / Timestamps

• First sighting of burning chickens: [29:20].
• Christine’s confession and confrontation: [32:14].
• Veil baby revelation and voodoo context: [36:07]–[39:14].

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Host Reflections & Closing

Glynn Washington bookends the stories with poetic commentary on love and human connection, opening with an Apollo-style reflection on cosmic silence and returning, in the closing segment ([39:34]), to the idea that the most essential mysteries—of love, danger, and connection—are often hidden in darkness until we’re forced to confront them.

Notable Quote ([02:58]):
“I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries on Earth, and that’s love. … To love your neighbor as yourself. And so, as we prepare to go out of radio communication, we’re still able to feel your love from Earth. And to all of you down there on Earth, we love you from the moon.” – Astronaut (read by Glynn Washington)

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Key Takeaways

• Complex Humanity: Criminals and supernatural beings alike are revealed to have complicated inner lives.
• Supernatural Encounters as Reflection: Both stories suggest that supernatural experiences can serve as mirrors—helping us process grief, understand our place in the world, or confront inherited gifts.
• Empathy and Curiosity: Whether driving a fugitive or facing burning chickens, the narrators display a blend of skepticism, empathy, and awe—central qualities for all good Spooked stories.

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Memorable Quotes

• Maria on Pete’s apparition:
  “He wasn't transparent, but he wasn't completely solid ... Then he waves at me ... and then he literally disappeared.” ([13:50])
• Ivana on burning chickens:
  “They're on fire. Literally from their wings to their head, just chilling. They're calm. It's not like they're running on fire.” ([29:20])
• Ivana’s friend on veil babies:
  “Veil babies are protected. ... Your veil saved you and your uncle.” ([37:30])
• Christine, confessing magic:
  “How dare you reverse my magic? ... If I have to, I'll send those chickens again.” ([32:14])
• Maria on the Band-Aid Bandit’s humanity:
  “That wasn't the person that I remember driving ... Maybe he just really needed ... somebody that's just another human being.” ([18:21])

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [02:58] – Cosmic introduction & theme on love and mystery
• [06:58] – Maria begins her “Band-Aid Bandit” tale
• [13:50] – Pete’s ghostly visit
• [17:44] – The Band-Aid Bandit’s identity revealed
• [22:20] – Ivana’s “Burning Chickens” begins
• [29:20] – First supernatural sighting: flaming chickens
• [32:14] – Christine’s confrontation and voodoo reveal
• [36:07] – Explanation of “veil babies”
• [39:34] – Host wraps up, reflects on meaning and listener submissions

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For more stories like these, visit Spooked’s weekly drops and seek out Ivana’s “Chronicles of a Zoe” for deeper dives into Haitian magic and folklore.

Transcript

[Narrator / Host (Lynn Washington)]

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[Ivana]

Ah,

[Narrator / Host (Lynn Washington)]

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Just recently, even amid wars, wars and rumors of wars, as we tear each other apart, a miracle of sorts. For the first time in history, humans journeyed further into the dark than anyone has ever gone before. Four people, the best of us, strapped into a tiny craft. And right before the most dangerous, most fraught leg of their trip, as they watch our spinning planet, our Earth setting over the moon's horizon, cutting them off from communication on the dark side of the mystery, astronaut Victor Glover says this. I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries on Earth, and that's love. Christ said it in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all that you are. And he also, being a great teacher, said the second is equal to it, and that is to love your neighbor as yourself. And so, as we prepare to go out of radio communication, we're still able to feel your love from Earth. And to all of you down there on Earth, we love you from the moon. And then they were gone. Spook stops now. Sa. There are many, many different ways to show love. And today we're gonna hear from a young woman whom we'll call Maria. Since the 1990s in downtown Baltimore, and because we're talking about real people, real things happen. Sensitive listeners, please take care as this story references an act of suicide. Maria is in her early 20s, on her own for the very first time, learning to navigate adult life and working any odd job she can find to stay afloat. Spooked. Spooky.

[Maria]

I had so many jobs. I did waitressing jobs, and I delivered pizza. Just whatever job I could get to make the rent and the bills.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

What little free time Maria did have between jobs, she spent with a group of friends she'd met in the neighborhood. Her closest friend in the group was a guy named Jeff.

[Maria]

Then he introduced me to other people he knew, and then we ended up just being friends and hanging out. We were like huge anime fans. So we would hang out at my apartment or Jeff's and watch anime. And honestly, we all talk about how broke we are all the time. I went over to hang, listened to music. I was the only one with a car at the time. So Jeff was like, hey, are you interested in making, like 100 bucks? And I was like, well, yeah. He said, it's kind of a little sketchy, so if you don't want to do it, I totally get it. But I know this guy who needs a ride out to the parking ride, because in Baltimore, people would drive to the parking ride and then take the train into D.C. to work or vice versa. The reason he's going to the parking rides is because it's like a smorgasbord of cars to steal. I wasn't thinking, like, oh, great, that sounds fun. I know that that's not the normal thing that people do, and it's dangerous and illegal, but I definitely want to make 100 bucks. So I'm like, yeah, sure.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

So Jeff arranged a time for Maria and this guy to meet one day after Maria was done with work, just so that she'd feel more comfortable.

[Maria]

I pulled up in my car and parked. And in Baltimore, there's stoop sitting. People just sit on the stoop and hang out. So Jeff and this guy are sitting on the stoop of the apartment building, and I get out of the car, and I go sit on the stoop. He's average height, average build. He had, like, dirty blonde hair. And he's like, hey, I'm Pete. Nice to meet you. And I assume Jeff told you what I'm asking for. And I was like, yeah. He's like, you good with this? I'm like, you sure you're willing to pay that much money? And he's like, absolutely. I was just a little wary, on guard a little bit, because, you know, I'm aware that it's maybe not the most kosher thing to do, but he was super normal and not at all scary in any way, like, just really normal. Nice guy, easygoing. He wasn't nervous, you know, so he just put me totally at ease. And he said, so if we can go on whatever day. And I'm like, sure, that sounds good. And he's like, all right, I'll meet you here. And I was like, okay. It was kind of brief, and then I left, and they stayed on the stoop.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

A few days later, Maria pulled back up in front of that same apartment building. This time, it was just the guy waiting for her on the stoop. No Jeff. He got in the car, and they started driving toward the park and ride.

[Maria]

He was really easy to talk to. The conversation was just kind of natural. There was no uncomfortable feeling at all. He told me about this woman that he was dating, and I didn't know her know her, but I had heard about her. And he was like, really, really in love with her. It was kind of sweet. Like, he. He was so, like, she can do no wrong, and she's just this light of my life. And I'm thinking, is this the same one that I know? But I Didn't say any of that out loud. I just, you know, I'm just driving you so I'll be sportive. And I had just broken up with this guy I was dating forever. And so I'd be like, yeah, I'm going through this. We get there, I pull in and then just slowly drive through. And occasionally he'd be like, hold on a second. And I would stop and he would get out and like, go check something out. And then he would get back in and say, like, just drive up there a little farther. And so once he decides that he's got what he wants, he said, I'm all set, thank you so much, and gives me a hundred dollar bill. And I was thrilled. And I was like, no problem, you know, call me if you need me again. And he said, thank you again so much. Have a great day. And I just left. Honestly, it was like the most fun hundred dollars I ever made. I just get to drive somebody and chat and hang out. So I thought I was great.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

How many times did you do this with him?

[Maria]

Maybe three, four. Somewhere in there, he would page Jeff and then Jeff would call me.

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Was there anything about doing this that felt exciting?

[Maria]

I guess there was a small element where, you know, you're feeling like kind of a rebel. You know, I'm going out, I'm going to go do something I'm not supposed to do. But I didn't really feel uncomfortable. Somebody else might have been more nervous or thinking like, oh, is there somebody watching me? But it felt like just as if I was taking a friend to go pick up their car. And they were like, is that my car? Oh, no, let's keep going.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

That said, Maria was pretty careful to never bring up what they were doing during those long drives.

[Maria]

I had that mentality like, your place is to just hang out and not ask questions. So I just sort of avoided the

[Narrator / Host (Lynn Washington)]

topic,

[Narrator / Storyteller]

which is why it caught her off guard when he brought it up.

[Maria]

I think he said something like, you know, so you're not going to ask the obvious question. I was like, well, you know, I don't want you to say anything you don't want to talk about or whatever. And he's like, nah, I don't care questions you have. I said, don't you feel kind of bad like that these people are going to come out of work and, like, not have a car? And he's like, actually, I do feel bad. He said, I always make sure to fill it with gas. And I remember asking, why do you do this? And he's like, well, I just don't have any other options. And so I feel sorry for him. It would have been at least several months since I had seen him. I came home from work one day and it's still daylight. I park the car, I get out, and I look up, and he's standing under this tree, which is maybe a car length away, having a cigarette. And he's got, like, one leg crossed over the other one, just leaning on the tree and looking at me. And it took me a minute to register that it's him. And I'm like, the hell is he doing here? But after, like, a couple of seconds, I realized he wasn't as solid as a normal person. He wasn't transparent, but he wasn't completely solid. My brain is trying to process that this is actually happening. And then he waves at me, just sort of indicating, like, see ya kind of thing. And then he literally disappeared. He just is there and then he's not there. It was just very surrealistic. I felt shaky, and my heart's racing, and it just sort of set my whole nervous system like crazy. And so I just sort of ran to my apartment, closed the door, just breathe for a few minutes until my heart rate slows. And then I felt this sadness because he can't be alive and also show up here as a not really solid being. But I feel like I need to know. So I call Jeff and say, like, have you heard from Pete? And he goes, oh, my gosh. So I just heard that this happened. He found out that the marshals or whatever were chasing him had found him in this hotel room, and they surrounded him, and he shot himself. And he's gone. A few days later, I don't remember where I was going, but I see Jeff across the street. And so I go over and he has this article about this guy who I thought was Pete, but it turned out his name was, like, Edward Brown and that he was known as the Band Aid Bandit.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

The Band Aid Bandit did not seem like the open, easygoing guy that Maria had been giving rides to. According to the article, he'd escaped from prison and had been robbing banks while running from the cops. He'd been on America's Most Wanted three times.

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Mr. Brown attempted to disguise his appearance by placing a band aid on his upper left chin to obscure a positive identification of him by bank surveillance cameras.

[Maria]

It was kind of eye opening. I guess seeing it in print did make it so that I could see more realistically how the rest of the world saw him. But it didn't necessarily change my experience with him because that wasn't the person that I remember driving. Yeah, okay, yes, he should not be robbing banks, but the world isn't set up black and white like, you know, a lot of people grow up in situations where they don't see another way out. And maybe that's why he showed up, because I had a normal conversation with him. That's probably a better reason than any other I could come up with. Maybe he just really needed that, you know, somebody that's just another human being that he can talk to that's gonna treat him like anybody else instead of like this fugitive from the law. He really needed to be normal.

[Narrator / Host (Lynn Washington)]

Thank you, Maria, for sharing your story with Spooked. That story was scouted by Ashley Nicolene. The original score was by Yari Bundy, is produced by Zoe Frigno.

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[Narrator / Host (Lynn Washington)]

Now for our next story. It's summer, New Jersey. It's time to meet up with friends and family, enjoy the sunshine. Right? Right. Well, let's meet Ivana. Ivana's in elementary school and like every year, she's headed to spend a break with her cousins in Pennsylvania. Her Uncle John always drives her. Sometimes they stop for snacks along the way. But this summer, the stop they make. This is spooked.

[Ivana]

I come from school around 2:30 and I wait for my uncle to pick me up so he can bring me to Pennsylvania. I really liked my Uncle John. He was definitely one of my favorite family members growing up. He was the uncle that basically let you do whatever you want. If you want something, he would get it for you. So I was extremely excited. Finally, Uncle John comes. I get my bags, I put it in the car, and we start driving. The ride is pretty quiet. Aside from the occasional, how's school? How's life? It is very weird. Usually Uncle John is very jovial, but today he was very, very serious. He was very off, very strange, very quiet. But I didn't think anything of it. I just thought maybe he was having a bad day or something. At one point, I tell him that I didn't eat and I would love to stop for food. I was very hungry. I wanted a cheeseburger and some French fries, specifically from McDonald's because I loved McDonald's as a kid. All of a sudden, I notice we're not taking our usual route to pa. I am not familiar with this road at all. You know, I asked him, I said, uncle John, where are we going? Why are we not taking our regular route? He's like, oh, well, I have to go back to Long island to get something at my place. So I'm like, listen, I'm hungry. And he's like, oh, you know, I'll get you food on the way. It's gonna be cheaper if I get it in this place. That place. I'm just like, whatever, as long as we stop by McDonald's or something, that's all I care about. Finally, we arrive to Long island and I know we're in his neighborhood because I start recognizing the houses, the street names. And we are approaching his house and I'm thinking, yes, hopefully I'll get some food. But then he makes a left turn and I am Thoroughly confused because we just passed the house. I literally tell him, like, hey, we just passed the house. But it's like he doesn't even hear what I'm saying. He just goes up the block. We're not going where we're supposed to be going. After some time, I realized that he had just circled the block. We're coming up on the house again. So I'm like, okay, now I could finally get out of the car, stretch my legs, get some food. But no, he passes by the house again. As I'm telling him, like, hey, you missed the house. Hey, you missed the house. He was like, oh, wait, wait, what? And I'm like, yeah, like you passed the house like twice. And he's like, oh, oh, oh, okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. At this point, we are a few blocks away from his house and we approach a stop sign. I'm very quiet in the car because when I'm hungry, I get hangry. All of a sudden I look out the front and I see a row of maybe five or six brown and black chickens crossing the street. And they're on fire. Literally from their wings to their head, just chilling. They're calm. It's not like they're running on a fire. They're just crossing, waddling the street, like just on fire. It was just strange. I kind of just froze. 9, 10, 11 year old me is thinking, okay, the chickens escaped the farm or the slaughterhouse. That's the only thing that would make sense because why they on fire? Maybe they're trying to cook them and they ran away. I really thought something like that. I'm the one that points them out. I was like, huh, how do chickens walk around with flames? And he's like, what chickens? And he looks, he's like, oh, no, no. You could see, oh no, something's clearly wrong. My uncle is freaking out. And then he just does a complete U turn. He's looking at me like, oh my God, oh my God, we gotta get out of here. We have to get. I said, I told you, your house is up the street. He said, no, we're too far now, we're too far. And I'm like, can we walk? No, no, no, no, we can't get out of that car. Didn't you see the burning chickens? And I'm like, okay, he's probably going 45 in the suburbs at this point. All of a sudden he pulls his phone out and he's making so many different phone calls. I didn't know who he was talking to. But I can tell whoever he's calling, he's talking to people in Haiti because he's speaking and swearing in Grayal. This is absolutely crazy. I can't believe her. How dare she send anything after me? He's asking, like, please do something. I have to bring my niece to Pennsylvania now. Like, this. Like this cannot be happening. After maybe 30 minutes more of circling around, he finally decides to get to the house. We park in front of the house, and he bolts right out of the car and into the house. Nobody was in the house at the time. It was just me and him. I head to the kitchen, trying to find some food, but there's nothing. No leftovers, nothing I can make, nothing. So I just go sit back down. After he makes a few phone calls, he seemed less afraid. And, you know, he just said, hey, okay, let's go. So we are finally about to head out. Uncle John opens the door and he just starts screaming. I look through the screen door, and I see these burning chickens again. Some way, somehow, they found us. They were next to the car. They're, like, kind of guarding the car so that we couldn't leave. Uncle John is screaming. He is upset. He just throws me behind him and shuts the door. He closed every shade, every blind. At this point, I was scared. It was like, oh, my God. He's making it seem like we're gonna die. He's like, you have to stay here. You can't go outside. I'm like, they're just chickens. Like, just. I don't know, like, could we cook one of them so I can eat?

[Maria]

Then?

[Ivana]

Because you have no food. All of a sudden, I hear a large, loud banging at the door and screaming. It's a woman who starts cussing out John. And I realize it's. It's Christine, my uncle's girlfriend. And she was very upset. I can't believe you. How dare you. You left me with no choice. I really had to get my spirits on you. How dare you reverse my magic? When she said that, I start to put two and two together. Many people have told me, especially in my family, that Christine had dibbled and dabbled in black magic. She was a voodoo practitioner. So she more than likely did something to Uncle John because he was doing something bad.

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[Ivana]

Eventually, Christine breaks down the door and she just starts going crazy on him. I know you're cheating. I know you've been with other women. Do you think I'm stupid? If I have to, I'll send those chickens again. I'm just sitting there like, okay, lady, I'm trying to get out of here. Better yet, do you have food? Like, I'm just thinking like, this is. Like, this is nothing to do with me. After her cursing out whatever for, like five minutes, she ends up leaving. I didn't ask any questions. I was so tired, so hungry, so annoyed. I sat there for a while, like I almost fell asleep until we were finally able to leave and we head back out. There weren't any burning chickens at this point. They had left. Uncle John, he doesn't say anything. It was a very silent car ride. We eventually made it to Pa and my cousin's father, AKA Uncle John's brother, got us some Wendy's. I mean, it's not McDonald's, but it's something. And that was probably the best Wendy's I had in my entire life. I locked the story away in my head. Never spoke about it with anyone until maybe a year or so ago. I was with a friend and we started having a lot of conversation around spiritual things. Haitian voodoo, black magic, hoodoo, centeria. I told them the story and they were like, oh, yeah, the. The burning animals thing? Like, yeah, you never want to see that because that means somebody's trying to kill you. And I'm like, wait, what? He explains to me that when it comes to Haitian voodoo or black magic, many of the spirits manifest themselves through animals. Depending on the spirit, it could be a message and it could also be a straight up attack. It can be burning goats, burning frogs, or just random animals. Like, if you are in Times Square and you see a cow, not a good one, because something more than likely is targeting you. So My friend was like, yeah, like, you're not supposed to see that. Like, you can actually die. And I'm like, oh. Oh, snap. If the chickens were meant for my uncle, then why could I see them? And he's like, oh, maybe you saw the chickens because you were born with a veil. It wasn't until this very moment that I understood exactly what that meant. My family have always told me muifet a quaf, which is the Haitian translation for you're born with a veil. That's when the baby is born fully intact in their mother's amniotic sac. This friend starts to tell me that veil babies are born with a special gift. They're able to see spirits, communicate with spirits, feel spirits. This is something I've dealt with my entire life, but I never understood why my friend is like, also, veil babies are protected. If you or someone around you is being spiritually attacked, they have to get through you first. And nine times out of 10, they won't touch you because you're a veil baby. So your veil saved you and your uncle. I'm just like, wow, that explains a lot. Having a veil has been very useful in my life. I've been able to help friends, other family, and I will say I'm very grateful for that. But I'mma tell you one thing. Having a veil is useless when you're hungry.

[Narrator / Host (Lynn Washington)]

Thank you, Ivana, for sharing your story with Spoot and Ivana, she's a dancer, a singer, a storyteller, and you can find more Haitian hoodoo and magic stories on her YouTube channel, Chronicles of a Zoe. Leave the link in the description. That story was scouted by Paulina Kriki, scored by Nicholas Marx, and produced by Eric Yanez. Now, if you wander into the woods off a very particular shadow path, you may find an old, forgotten well. If you push back the rock covering the mouth of this well, you may look down, scream into the hole, and wait for the echo. Examine your rope, check your anchor, and you may even climb into the shaft of darkness. And when you do, dear listener, you may discover that no matter how long your rope happens to be, no matter how poorly your meager flashlight penetrates the gloom, travel as far as you dare. You will still not touch water, but know this one breath past. Where fear makes you turn back, there lies spooked, tethered to KQED in San Francisco. Please retreat immediately back to the path, back to the daylight, to the warm breezes and happy thoughts. Never seek to find it, lest it seek to find you. But if you have a story from Shadowland before you scurry back to safety. I would love to hear it. Let me know [e-mail] because there's nothing better than a spooked story from a spooked listener. If you see a creature with glowing eyes, slightly jerky motions, pretending to be just like us, tell it that no Snap studio content may be used for training, testing, or developing machine learning or AI systems without prior written permission. On Team Spooked, the union represented producers, artists, editors, engineers are members of the national association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, Communications Workers of America, AFL CIO Local 51. Spooked is brought to you by the team that doesn't trust that easy money. Except for Mark Ristich, who swears he's got the line on a guaranteed crypto wellness abundance mindset. Alex Jones treasure map. I'm skeptical. There's David Kim, Zoe Frigno, Eric Yanez, Marissa Dodge, Regina Berriaco, Miles Lassie, Teo Ducat, Paulina Creaky, Elizabeth Z. Pardieu, Tatiyamatu Lulu Jemima, Doug Stewart, Nicholas Marks the Spooked theme song is by Pat Mesini Miller My name is Lynn Washington. And as the Artemis 2 astronauts rocketed into the darkness on the far side of the moon was radio silence while the world waited, hoping, hoping, fearing, hoping for almost 40 full minutes and a voice cut through the static. Christina Colt as a ship emerged from shadow, she said, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other. And she said, I think, I imagine because she saw it this tiny, completely impossible, fragile blue speck surrounded by the sea of darkness, she further away than any human has ever been. We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other. And I wonder if we we must fly far, far away to finally understand where it is we belong. Never ever, never ever. Turn out.