The Don't Look Back! Special
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
4.8 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Two stories from the mountains full of holiday spirit(s). It's the Nightmare before New Year's with a very Spooky episode from Snap… where guardian angels don't get snow days. Snap Judgment presents, “The Don’t Look Back! Special.” Amazing stories of the unexplained from our evil-twin podcast, Spooked.
Spooked, features supernatural stories told by people that can barely believe it happened themselves. Want more Spooked? Season 6 is streaming now, rolling out new episodes through Spring, 2022. You can hear the newest episodes by subscribing to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary.
STORIES
Cliffhanger
Bill is home from college, on his way to meet his girlfriend, when his car swerves off the road.
This story contains one brief scene of graphic material.
Big thanks to Bill Love for sharing your story with us!
Produced by Annie Nguyen, original score by Leon Morimoto
Cowboy Ghost
Valerie is lost in a snowstorm in rural Montana. She thinks she might not be able to get out, when she sees two headlights coming to her through the storm. Help is on the way - she hopes.
Thank you Valerie for sharing your story. Valerie’s story comes to us from the book “Trucker Ghost Stories” edited by Annie Wilder.
Produced by Eliza Smith, original score by Leon Morimoto
Artwork by Teo Ducot
Season 12 - Episode 51
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| 0:00.0 | Snap, Judgment Studios |
| 0:17.0 | It was maybe... maybe the happiest I've ever been. |
| 0:22.0 | Hold my brand new baby boy, you couldn't tell me nothing. |
| 0:26.0 | Joy, joy, joy, joy, and I think I have a little girl. |
| 0:31.0 | And now I have this baby boy, both of them perfect, created in love. |
| 0:37.0 | Everything I've always wanted come true. |
| 0:43.0 | A weep with happiness, with gratitude. |
| 0:49.0 | And this bliss, it's followed a few moments later. |
| 0:53.0 | By the most horrifying time of my life, |
| 0:58.0 | we realize that something is wrong. |
| 1:03.0 | And I can't tell you that story right now. |
| 1:10.0 | Not right ever. |
| 1:13.0 | I can't. |
| 1:15.0 | I will tell you that a few days later, |
| 1:19.0 | exhausting, spent terrified from my little man I'm leaving the neonatal intensive care unit, Denequil. |
| 1:26.0 | Looking for a moment to go home to hug a baby girl, maybe shower, eat something. |
| 1:33.0 | Before returning to the hospital, my father's at my house for some reason. |
| 1:39.0 | I don't know why it's all a thug to me. |
| 1:41.0 | What I do recall is that he says, son, |
| 1:45.0 | I know we don't share the same beliefs, but I want you to know that I'm praying Jesus. |
| 1:50.0 | I'm praying on Jesus for you both, and I'm praying on Jesus for that baby. |
| 1:56.0 | My father and I, we don't share the same beliefs, but I can't recall telling him, |
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