Quince Años

Spooked

KQED and Snap Studios

Chiller, Performing Arts, Ghosts, Society & Culture, Halloween, Thriller, Paranormal, Spooky, Supernatural, Personal Journals, Leisure, Arts, Horror, Fall, Mystery, Wonder, Adventure, Scary, Culture

4.6 • 15.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Paola’s quinceañera will have sunflowers, dancing and a guest list that’s out of this world.

Thank you, Paola González, for sharing your story with Spooked!

Produced by Erick Yañez, original score by Doug Stuart, translation by Lou Arruti, artwork by Teo Ducot.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Snap Studios. Starlight, star bright, and all that whispers in the night, I hope I don't, but know I might.
0:25.0	Good feels wrong and wrong feels right.
0:31.0	Right. feel right.
0:37.0	Christmas foot. Stay true. From K-QED and PRX you've crossed over to Spoot. I don't have any tattoos. Not because I don't like tattoos, but because I can never make up my mind which tattoo to get. I'm not really the permanent
1:17.1	irreversible decision type of guy and I tell you this because just a few weeks ago, walking down the street sunny day,
1:27.1	meeting a friend for lunch, this man, seated in a parked black SUV starts screaming at me. Crazy furious rage shouting
1:41.0	to I touched his car that I'm going to pay. I look back at him. What? And it sets
1:50.8	him off like the pin of grenade, fury, madness, spittle flying from his mouth.
1:56.4	He's like, I'm gonna kill you!
1:58.9	And he's straining the climb out of the passenger side window, his door blocked by a light pole and I notice in addition
2:07.2	to his other facial tattoos he has two tattooed tear drops under his left eye.
2:17.5	And I don't know if that means he's hurt someone else.
2:28.7	I just know that I've got kids and I'm not about to find out. I'm not going out like that. I am not about to be another tattooed tear drop on this
2:36.6	man's cheek and as he's screaming the person maybe his girlfriend in the driver's seat squeals it, floors it down the road as he shouted.
2:48.7	And just like that, it's over.
2:55.0	Quiet. It's over, quiet. Sunny day by the lake again.
2:58.0	My fingers now bald into fists and I'm thinking of all the things I have left to do in this world, all the things I need to do. I better get my hurry on.
3:17.0	get my hurry on. Spook starts now. Now. So, Oh, So, So whatever you're here to do you might want to make it top of mind.
4:27.0	Mahala turned 15, her parents asked her,
4:31.0	what do you want for A car. A car? A cruise. A cruise to the Caribbean. Uh-uh. Paola, she wanted to have a car. A cruise to the Caribbean. Uh-uh. Paola, she wanted to have her dream gets there a party. See, Mexico,
4:49.1	when a girl turns 15, her parents throw a big party.
4:53.0	There's a ceremony, food, and the girl performs up to four different dances.
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