Nearly Departed
Nearly Departed
Katy Wiggins
A ghost story anthology sewn together with a very cozy thread. Every episode contains a ghost story from someone in a different time and place. A dorm in 2014, a French chateau in 1916, a video store in 1998.  Each story is a totally different vibe, but they're all united by paranormal occurrences. Katy hopes to create a space where the veil is thin all year round, here to revisit whenever you're in need of a safe harbor to contemplate the living and the dead and the terrors in-between. While it may look cute and whimsical, these stories may be very scary and/or disturbing and are not intended for kids. For fans of history, melancholy, pumpkin pie, dusty mansions, flirting with terror, atmosphere, coziness, plastic skeletons, and real ones too. Katy is a writer and improviser in Austin, TX and co host of popular podcast Scary Stories from Camp Roanoke, which has over 40,000 listeners.  Katy adores history, and ghost stories are one of the ways the past echoes into the future in its own active voice. It's a way that the people of bygone eras literally come alive, and that possibility has never gotten old to her. Katy is also fascinated by the unprovable nature of ghosts--how one person can have years of their life tormented by a spiritual force and another person thinks it's all a bunch of hocus pocus. Paranormal or not, it's a fascinating reflection of the invisible struggles we each move through the world with.   
9. Gwen's Ouija Board
Season Two!!! Hi it's me Katy Wiggins back with season two of my wonderful project Nearly Departed. I hope you enjoy the return to my little world. You can find me on instagram at katy_wiggins_ or email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Oct 18, 2024
25 min
7. The House in the Cul-de-Sac
In which Gwen tries her hand at interviewing someone about their ghost in her hometown, and the annual Halloween block party reaches George st. Email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Oct 27, 2023
26 min
6. The Santa Fe Tape
Ms. Kandinsky finally speaks--and takes us to the lonely home of an old Western star...Email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Oct 14, 2023
23 min
5. The Brownstone
1982, New York City's Upper East Side. A young woman moves into her friend's cavernous family home and she can't believe her luck. But a third roommate she didn't bargain for can't believe her luck either.Email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Sep 29, 2023
31 min
4. The Haunted Video Store
Gwen reads a letter from the late 90s from a Massachusetts woman working at a video store with bigger things to deal with than collecting overdue Titanic tapes. Email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Sep 22, 2023
26 min
3. The Soldier and the Haunted Chateau
Gwen finds her oldest ghost story yet, in a letter recounting time spent recovering from the trenches of WW1 in a haunted French castle. But that's only part of the story...Email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Sep 15, 2023
23 min
2. The Green Glove Cabaret
Sometimes buildings have a personality all their own, and just like people they're not always nice. And just like people, sometimes they get hungry. Join Gwen as she reads the letter addressed to her about a woman and a spooky little forgotten theater in Houston, Texas. Email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Sep 8, 2023
23 min
1. The Letters
In which we meet the holders of Miss Kandinsky's legacy, and a troubled soul named Cody writes a letter from his dorm. Email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Sep 1, 2023
26 min
Trailer: Nearly Departed
It's that time again! I've been cooking up something special for months and I'm thrilled to be able to finally share it with you. Hopefully my new podcast of paranormal stories will satisfy at least some of your ravenous appetite for cozy and terrifying spookiness. See you on September 1st! Email me at [email protected], review, and share my work with friends!Grab some awesome merch at http://tee.pub/lic/ssfcr
Aug 15, 2023
1 min