Snow? Judgment Studios

Barion is deep as you wish.

Covered with darkness and night and shadows and lies but some secrets are like seeds.

Welcome to the Garden.

From SnapDutch with Underground Layer, you're listening to Spookt Stay Toot.

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Please visit survey.prx.org slash Spookt to tell us what you think. That's survey.prx.org slash Spookt. Thanks.

From KQED and PRX, you've crossed over to Spookt.

When I was very, very young, I saw something that no child should ever see.

Something in fact no person should ever experience and I knew as little as I was, I knew almost instantly.

But I had to pretend I didn't see what I saw.

And I had never held a secret before.

I did not want to hold this one because the less I said, the more I saw those images, the more that horrible scene crystallized in my mind.

But I never told. Even with my grandmother's eyes burned hot with my eyes. Even then I never told.

I never said what I saw. I didn't know who I was protected with my silence or why.

And now, desch Gays later, the only thing I do know is that they didn't deserve it.

From SnapJet with Underground Layer, my name is from Washington. Keep your own secrets.

Not someone else's. Spookt starts now.

Have you ever heard them say what you don't know can't hurt you?

Well, our first story caused me to reconsider such received wisdom. We began with Jennifer.

As a parent, you always want to protect your kids. Looking back, maybe, you know, it is best to just be forthcoming and not try to protect them.

When we first bought the house, I was aware that there had been a death at the home because my husband actually went to school with a young lady that passed away there.

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