Spring 2026

“Joyful Freedom” by Edward Konawicz is a derivative of Woman Wearing Yellow Shirt Inside Pickup Truck by Andrea Piacquadio, which is licensed under Pexels Free to Use – Some Rights Reserved License. Downloaded on 02/10/26 and edited with BeFunky.

Moss & Mourning is a podcast about southern paranormal experiences. Episodes for this podcast covers encounters by paranormal patrons who have visited some of the most haunted cities in the southern part of the United States. Episode 13, is about my mother-in-law’s experience when she was thirteen years old and lived with her parents in an older New Orleans neighborhood. The episode begins with the sound of a record needle hitting vinyl, paralleling a low-fi, bass-heavy jazz turn which begins to play, but it sounds slightly slowed down, giving it an unsettling, “melted” quality. Then a faint sound of a summer thunderstorm in the distance can be heard as well. Toward the end of the voiceover, the music stops abruptly and the sound of soft rustling, like a silk dress sliding across a wooden floor can be heard, but grows slowly louder, more aggressively. My narration was recorded using my computer microphone, noise cancelling headphones, and compiled as well as edited using Audacity.

Audio Credits:

“Old Vinyl Record Crackle” by WhiteNoiseSleeper, CC0 1.0

4on6 cut 5.wav by ERH, CC BY-NC 4.0

Thunderstorm, rain and thunder in the french countryside during the summer  by felix.blume , CC0 1.0

Jacket Clothing movements by MainQND, CC0 1.0

Moss & Mourning – Episode 13 Narration by Kelly John-Strate, CC BY 4.0

Photo edited in Canva.