The Empty Chair

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

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Max’s mom is a seamstress. Most nights, she stays up late working. The buzz of her sewing machine can be heard all throughout the house. Max is used to the sound, and when he wakes up in the night, he likes knowing that his mom is there… But then one night he discovers that she may not be alone.

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0:00.0	As I prepare my instruments, I tell the person lying on the gurney that I have done this procedure several times.
0:13.0	Doctor, she asked, will I be okay?
0:20.0	I turn on the gas and pull the anesthesia mask over her face.
0:27.2	Oh?
0:28.6	I'm not a doctor.
0:34.2	You've crossed over to Spoot.
0:37.4	Stay tuned.
0:39.3	Stay tuned. It's crazy to recall.
1:03.0	But in another life, before spooked, I went to law school,
1:10.0	walked the halls of power, and at this law school, there's a list.
1:16.3	If you fight your way to the top of the list, doors are open, tables set, futures are promised.
1:24.5	But laying further down the list, these same doors slammed shut, understand.
1:31.4	The profession of law does not embrace people like me.
1:37.6	I hear their whispers.
1:40.2	To even have a chance, I must land on the top of their list.
1:46.9	Yet I know pretending to belong here is a lie.
1:52.5	A make-believe mask.
1:55.6	Still, I need this.
1:58.1	My grandparents picked cotton.
2:01.6	My parents pick cotton for this chance.
2:05.0	So against my better angels, against my weeping inner voice, I make a bargain with darkness.
2:15.2	And exchange older than time, I gamble that I can touch the shadow and remain unharmed.
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