School Radio Station Launches Midnight Mystery Show

by Annabelle BransfordAugust 31, 2025

School Radio Station Launches Midnight Mystery Show

Last night, the Maverick FM student radio launched its newest late-night segment: “Midnight Mystery Show,” featuring spooky stories, unsolved campus ghost legends, and listener-submitted urban myths. The inaugural broadcast included a spine-tingling tale about a phantom yearbook page that rearranges senior portraits after hours.

Host DJ Luna (senior Olivia B.) wore glow-in-the-dark headphones as callers reported flickering hallway lights and murmurs in empty classrooms. Campus security refused to investigate, citing “pastoral serenity,” but custodians swore they heard distant footsteps near the old music wing.

Ratings soared among night-owl study groups and insomniac seniors. The station now plans a weekly “Campus Cryptid Countdown” and has invited alumni storytellers to share their own Maverick mysteries.

Annabelle Bransford

Hi, I’m Annabelle Bransford, Memorial High School’s unofficial satirist-in-residence and proud founder of The Daily Detention—a publication so edgy it’s been banned twice and resurrected three times, like a sassy phoenix with a flair for detention slips. I write satire because someone has to hold the line between cafeteria chaos and gym class tyranny. Whether I’m exposing the secret emotional feud between our Algebra teacher and Euclid, or investigating why the pep rally feels like an ancient ritual sacrifice, I try to speak truth to hallway power. Sure, I’ve been called “disruptive,” but mostly by people who wear lanyards unironically. My work has been read by at least two janitors, my entire AP English class, and one substitute teacher who thought it was a cry for help. I consider that range. When I’m not sharpening my wit, I’m dodging group projects, winning banned book club trivia, or mentoring the school's AI Isn’t Funny Club (membership: just me and 17 bots I’ve emotionally manipulated). I’m also a National Merit Semi-Finalist, certified eye-roller at Student Government meetings, and the only girl in school who’s been accused of “weaponizing irony.” My goals? Keep writing, keep laughing, and one day publish a satirical exposé called Yearbook Superlatives and Other Lies. If you want something sugarcoated, try the bake sale. If you want the truth with a punchline, I’m your girl. I've landed a sweet job at Bohiney Magazine, so don't bother me. EMAIL: annabelle@bohiney.com

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