Hi, friends. This is Ray. I want to introduce you to a show I'm proud to share and equally proud to have been a part of.

Spooked, hosted by the Amazing Hall of Fame podcaster, Glenn Washington, a show that features true life supernatural stories told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves.

Created in the dark of the night by Snap Judgment Studios in partnership with KQED and PRX.

From Snapchat's Underground Layer.

My name is Gun Washington, know this.

They were here before we were.

I'm going to be here long after.

Spoot starts now. A dear friend of mine, Raven Christian, he used to spend his Richmond, Virginia childhood summers running those alleyways between the row houses with his crew, seeking adventure, playing kickball, and generally finding trouble.

And this is where our story begins.

Spook.

Yeah. Spook. The group of us changed frequently, different combination of boys, let's say, of about six or seven different guys. And it was pretty typical in the summertime when we didn't go to school.

All of us just kind of roamed. Our parents were blue collar workers.

It would be oppressively hot in the summertime.

The heat would be radiating off the asphalt.

You'd have tar stuck to the bottom of your shoe,

and none of us had air conditioning.

One sanctuary for us, because we lived directly behind

the biggest black funeral home in the city.

And this place had air conditioning in it.

To walk inside the funeral home, all of us damp from sweat, it was like you would cool off immediately.

Music from sweat, it was like you would cool off immediately.

Now, such was the community. People often went inside the funeral home to see people they barely knew or they just heard

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