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The Possessed Plushie

May 13, 2026

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5 min read

A young boy hears a woman's blood-curdling scream of his name outside his home followed by a distant car crash, while a couple in their twenties acquires a Tom Nook plushie from a Goodwill outlet that soon coincides with falling posters, nightmares, whispers, and physical sensations at night.

The Unexplained Scream and Crash

Jake, around age ten, lies awake with childhood insomnia when a car screeches to a stop outside. A woman screams his name three times in a way that chills him, the door slams, and the vehicle speeds away. He then hears a crash farther off. He wakes his mother, who initially dismisses the entire sequence as a nightmare. The next morning she admits she heard the screech and the screams but had lied to keep him calm, attributing it to local teenagers. Driving to the mall, they pass a car wrapped around a tree with police tape still present. Jake never identified the woman or confirmed the vehicles matched, and neighborhood discussion of the wreck remained limited.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:05) **Listener Story Week Begins** - Host introduces two listener-submitted paranormal experiences for the episode
2 (06:16) **Jake's Midnight Awakening** - 10-year-old Jake hears a car screech to a halt outside his house followed by a woman screaming his name three times
3 (10:18) **Mother Admits the Truth** - Jake's mother reveals she also heard the screams and crash but lied to calm him
4 (12:35) **Car Wreck Discovered** - Driving to the mall the next morning, Jake and his mother pass a car wrapped around a tree with police tape still present
5 (15:25) **Host's Soulmate Theory** - Host proposes the screaming woman was Jake's future soulmate who died in the crash before they could meet
6 (25:34) **Second Story: Goodwill Find** - Kamal shops at the St. Paul Goodwill outlet and buys a Tom Nook plush from Animal Crossing for his girlfriend Kendra
7 (36:29) **Posters Begin Falling** - During the second week of ownership, framed posters repeatedly fall off Kamal's bedroom walls overnight