{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62d6f02b02cc4900127f0b32/6a0769633fd6979bfc8a7bc8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Night Shift Nightmares: The NC Jail Phantom and Roanoke’s \"Funky McNasty\"","description":"<p>When the sun goes down in Appalachia, the atmosphere shifts—especially for those working the graveyard shift. In this episode of <em>Spooky Appalachia</em>, we share two chilling, firsthand accounts sent in by listeners who realized they were far from alone during their nightly rounds.</p><p><br></p><h3><strong>Story 1: The Haunted Concrete Tunnel</strong></h3><p>A detention officer in a small-town North Carolina jail experiences three deeply unsettling events that security cameras can't explain:</p><ul><li><strong>The Mimic:</strong> While whistling to pass the time in an isolated, 250-foot hallway, something whistles the exact same melody right back at him—but the cameras show he is completely alone.</li><li><strong>The Catwalk Shadows:</strong> A fluid, pitch-black figure darts across the upper levels, leading to a veteran guard revealing the jail's worst-kept, negative-energy secret.</li><li><strong>The Intercom Phantom:</strong> The main gate intercom crackles to life with the sound of a woman's heavy, wet breathing and footsteps dragging across gravel... on a property made entirely of smooth pavement.</li></ul><h3><strong>Story 2: Chasing Roanoke’s Resident Ghost</strong></h3><p>A night shift hospital security guard in Roanoke, Virginia, details life with an incredibly distinct, glass-peeping spirit affectionately dubbed \"Funky McNasty.\"</p><ul><li><strong>The Spectral Peeping Tom:</strong> Known for watching staff through fire doors and smelling of wet cigars, sour sweat, and basement funk, this 1980s-clad spirit causes absolute chaos during a midnight police sweep.</li><li><strong>The Cadet's Chase:</strong> When a police team responds to an attempted break-in, a young trainee goes on a frantic pursuit of a man who disappears into a locked corner office, leaving the guard to realize she was trying to arrest a ghost.</li></ul><p>Have your own story? Send it to us: <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php&amp;authuser=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Stay Spooky.</p>","author_name":"Spooky Appalachia"}