HAUNTINGLY HUMDRUM
Episode: Haunting House
Transcription details: Web transcript for Haunting House.
Audio length: 4:56
Transcript provided by Ria Couoh
**************
INTRO (0:00):
“The Show Must Be Go” by Kevin MacLeod plays.
SHADE
Hauntingly Humdrum, a slice of life Halloween Anthology. This episode: “Haunting House”.
Music fades away.
Light, echoing footsteps in the distance.
A wooden door creaks open. Very creepy. Good job at being dramatic, door.
SADIE
(calling out)
Graham?
(chuckles)
You’ll never believe what I just heard while I was at the farmer’s market.
Door creaks closed. Echoing footsteps on creaking floor.
SADIE
(confused)
Graham? Where are you, dude?
Plastic bags being set down.
SADIE
Graham? Annabelle? William McHenry? Where… are all of you?
(light scoff)
It’s not like you go anywhere.
(loudly)
The neighborhood festival is tomorrow, I just wanna go over everything one more time! Did something happen while I was gone?
A dog barks, his barks have an echo effect, like that of a cartoon windy whistle.
SADIE
(baby talk)
Oliver! Hi there buddy!
Do you know where the rest of the ghosts are?
Very excited dog barking. Oliver is a good boy.
SADIE
(who’s a good boy, who’s a good boy?)
Yeah? Where are they buddy?
Barking continues and becomes more distant and echoing.
SADIE
(laughing)
Alright slow down, Oli, I can’t go through walls yet!
Footsteps on creaky, wooden floor. Door creaks open.
Footsteps on echoing wood, then on crunchy leaves,
More dog barking.
Footsteps on wood once more.
SADIE
(what the—)
A—Abigail!
Door creaks open. It is not as creaky nor as dramatic, but it does, indeed, creak.
Steps on wood. They echo slightly.
Background noise of a ticking clock.
ABIGAIL
(innocently pleasant)
Oh hi, Sadie! Are you ready for the big day tomorrow?
SADIE
(I know what you’re doing)
(laughs pointedly)
Oh, you know, I am! Except… a little birdy, well… doggy, told me that you for some reason have a few of my friends over at your house?
(you won’t believe this!)
And they’re already on the list for my place for tomorrow.
An old ghost shouts in the distance.
ABIGAIL
(still innocent)
I really have no idea what you’re talking about, Sadie! I just found some poor, neglected ghosts wandering around.
SADIE
(for real?)
I was at the farmer’s market? They were helping me water my garden?
ABIGAIL
Well I mean….
(sigh)
Fine. Can I keep one for tomorrow?
(emphatically)
I just don’t want my house to be boring!
SADIE
Let them out of the house, and they can decide. If –
Olie barks.
Mumbling and groaning of several mixed ghost voices.
SADIE
Oli, you wanna help Sadie?
Olie barks.
SADIE
Well, there you go!
ABIGAIL
(this isn’t what I meant)
Oli isn’t scary, he’s cute!
SADIE
You asked if you could keep a ghost for tomorrow! Congratulations, you got one! Now why don’t we let the others make a decision? Why don’t you make a pitch on why they should work with you?
ABIGAIL
(unsure)
Well, I… I don’t have any ghosts right now –
SADIE
(scoff)
You literally just got Oli!
ABIGAIL
(speaking over Sadie)
…that are actually scary, please don’t interrupt me. I’ve got an extra room that they could do whatever they want, and –
SADIE
Wait, so… you don’t have an actual plan for them?
ABIGAIL
(a little embarrassed)
Well… No. What’s your great plan?
SADIE
(excited and proud)
Well, we have this whole thing planned out, there’s a plotline about how William McHenry was on his way back home to the farmhouse…
(rushed)
Which is our theme this year, that’s why they were helping me with the garden!
(back on topic)
…and Graham arrived at the house, Annabelle was home, and there’s an epic battle between the two of them fronted by…
ABIGAIL
(interrupting without any ill intention)
Well, it actually sounds really cool… and I’ll try to come by at some point, because I’m kind of interested in what happens!
SADIE
Do you… want me to tell you?
ABIGAIL
No! I’d rather see it in action. Take notes so I can do better next year!
Both laugh.
SADIE
Well, alrighty then! I’d… love to make my way through yours tomorrow at some point too.
Now if you’ll excuse us, we have to go rehearse. Free veggies from John and Arlene all next summer for the winter? That prize is absolutely going to be mine!
Background noise of ticking clock fades away.
OUTRO (4:10):
“The Show Must Be Go” by Kevin MacLeod plays.
SHADE
Thank you so much for joining us on this episode of Hauntingly Humdrum.
This episode was written by Glory Duda.
Sadie was performed by Philomena Sherwood. Abigail was performed by Blythe Renay.
Sound designed by Callie Wills.
The music used for the intro and outro of the podcast is: “The Show Must Be Go” by Kevin MacLeod.
Links for transcripts and cast and crew information can be found in the show notes.
Happy Halloween!
Music fades away and ends.
Episode ends.
Crown Princess Productions 