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S3E9 - The Spooky Side of the Cut Off Youth Center

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A ghost scanner in the stairwell blasts, “stop asking questions.”

Ross Jambon fills in as host. He opens with Bayou Lafourche and the local habit of gathering stories and folklore. The Cut-Off Youth Center is the day's anchor. It is described as a well-known place that hosts Hurricane Fest, Sao Lafourche Biddy, the Hurricane Swim Team, and plenty of other activities. Jambon welcomes Delyne Chasson and Tommy Rodgering. He starts in the familiar way, asking about names, family, and the people behind them. Chasson says she is from Houma. She moved to Cut Off in 1984, went to Sao Lafourche as a sophomore, and graduated at Tarpon. Rodgering introduces himself as a longtime teacher, now retired, and a paranormal investigator. He also shares that he is married to Danielle Bruner Rodgering and is the son of Danny and Elaine Rodgering. The conversation settles into the center's history. It also settles into the stories people tell about what happens there after hours. One balloon rises to head level and then drops behind a kitchen door. Another birthday balloon moves from the bleachers toward Chasson's office after being taken to the garbage, as if it has found its way back out. The two guests compare what they saw and heard without trying to dress it up. The result feels more like neighbor-to-neighbor testimony than a spooky performance. A later story comes from Chasson's husband. While washing chlorine off his hands in the bathroom, he hears a woman's voice say the phone is ringing, and the phone is indeed ringing with nobody else around. The episode closes with contact details for the youth center and for Rodgering's paranormal work on Facebook. Taken together, the segment stays grounded while letting the strange details stand on their own.

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A grounded local-history episode turns the Cut-Off Youth Center's balloon stories and kitchen door moment into something immediate and memorable.

The Cut-Off Youth Center feels like more than a spooky backdrop: it is a familiar community place tied to Hurricane Fest, the Sao Lafourche Biddy, the Hurricane Swim Team, and other activities.

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