ROAM
An original radio drama by
Katie Wanstall
CAST
EVA Young girl, student
LILY Young girl, student
LEO Young boy, student
DOROTHY Spirit
MR SMITH Teacher
KID 1 ALANA
KID 2 MILLIE
ROAM
SCENE ONE: OUT. SCHOOL CAR PARK - DAWN
EVA (V.O): School. The definition of hell. Every day
of every year a group of people all meet
up in one place and leave miserable.
MUSIC: CALM AND SUBTLE
EVA (V.O): The only thing keeping this school going
is the wandering mystery that it’s
secretly haunted. I wouldn’t doubt it,
some of the teachers even left because
they apparently saw something.
SOUND: BUS ENGINES, PEOPLE SPEAKING, BELL
RINGING, DOOR OPENING, FOOTSTEPS ON TILES
SCENE TWO: INT. SCHOOL HALLWAYS - DAWN - CONTINUOUS
EVA (V.O): However, that still doesn’t stop the fact
I don’t want to be here.
SCENE THREE: INT. CLASSROOM - DAWN - CONTINUOUS
SOUND: DOOR OPENING, BAG RUSTLING, CHAIR
SCREECHING, SITTING DOWN
MR SMITH: Welcome back guys, I hope you had a nice
weekend. To start today off we are taking
a quiz. Now I know that tonight is
Halloween but right now you’re in school
so, I need you to turn your thinking caps
on.
SOUND: FOOTSTEPS, PAPER SHUFFLING
MR SMITH: Starting now, you have thirty
minutes, good luck.
SOUND: CLOCK TICKING
MR SMITH: Times up, I will now collect your
papers which then you are allowed to
leave.
SOUND: PAPER RUSTLING, FOOTSTEPS, CHAIR
SCREECHING, DOOR CREAKING
SCENE FOUR: INT. SCHOOL HALLWAYS - DAY - LATER
SOUND: RUNNING ON TILES, PEOPLE TALKING.
LILY: Eva! Are you doing anything tonight?
EVA: No? I don’t think so, why?
LILY: Perfect! Leo will tell you, he’s in the
canteen.
EVA: Right…Okay then.
SCENE FIVE: INT. SCHOOL CANTEEN - DAY - CONTINUOUS
LILY: I can’t find him when this place is
full of people, let alone it stinks.
EVA: Found him.
SOUND: FOOSTEPS, TALKING, SITTING DOWN, BAGS RUSTLING.
MUSIC: CALM AND SUBTLE
LEO: Did Lily tell you about our plan yet?
EVA: What plan?
LILY: Well since it’s Halloween and we know
you're into the supernatural…we’re staying
overnight!
MUSIC: CALM AND SUBTLE BUT DISTURBING
EVA: What. How the hell do you expect to pull
that off, let alone people say it’s
dangerous.
LEO: Well, I’ve been staying late and I see
that the janitor always leaves at ten to
six, which it’s that exact time every
day.
EVA: Yeah, not like that’s creepy at all Leo.
LEO: I scouted out a small cupboard that we can
stay in until he leaves, then we can
finally find out if the rumours are
true.
EVA: Okay, but you haven’t considered if we get
caught after.
LILY: If we just don’t say that we took the
proof then it could be anyone, plus the
cameras have been broken ever since that
power cut randomly last week.
EVA: Okay okay fine, but I’m only doing this
because I want to find out if ghosts
really do exist and these aren’t just all
lies to scare us.
LEO: Sounds like a plan then, meet me outside
Mr Smith’s class at 3:30, I already got us
equipment.
LILY: Like actual ghost hunting stuff?
LEO: No, of course not. I’m not rich.
EVA: You sort of are.
LEO: That’s beside the point. I’ll see you two
later.
SOUND CHAIR SCREECHING, FOOSTEPS, BELL RINGING
SCENE SIX: INT. OUTSIDE MR SMITHS CLASS - EVENING - LATER
SOUND: DOOR CREAKING
MUSIC: SUBTLE BUT SUSPENSFUL
MR SMITH: Eva? What are you doing out here still?
Did I forget to give you your homework
again?
EVA: Oh, no I’m just waiting for Leo and Lily,
we’re walking home together.
MR SMITH: That’s good. Well I hope you enjoy
Your Halloween Eva, and make sure to stay
in a group.
SOUND: FOOTSTEPS
LEO: What did sir want?
EVA: Just wondering why I was outside his
class.
LEO: Right, anyways let me show you the
cupboard, Lily is already there.
SCENE SEVEN: INT. OUTSIDE THE CUPBOARD - EVENING - CONTINUOUS
SOUND: DOOR CREAKING, FOOTSEPS, BAG RUSTLING, FAINT
FOOTSTEPS
MUSIC: SUBTLE AND CALM
LILY: It’s quite cramped in here
Leo, couldn’t you have found something
more spacious.
LEO: If I did no doubt, it would be locked
And we’d be stuck, let alone caught.
EVA: It’s fine guys, we just need to pass
three hours.
LEO: As soon as the janitor leaves, we can go.
SCENE EIGHT: INT. HALLWAYS - NIGHT - LATER
SOUND: FAINT FOOTSTEPS, DOOR CREAKING, KEYS RUSTLING
LILY: Is he gone?
LEO: Sounds like it.
SOUND: DOOR CREAKING, ECHOES
MUSIC: SUBTLE BUT SUSPENSFUL
EVA: We should probably stay together, it’s
quite dark.
LILY: How are we going to find this
ghost then, it won’t just pop up out of
nowhere.
LEO: The science class on the
second floor. I’m guessing since our
old science teacher left.
EVA: That’s a start then, lead the way.
SOUND: FOOTSTEPS, DOOR CREAKING, ECHOES
LILY: I didn’t realise how creepy this room
was.
LEO: That’s the whole point.
EVA: Maybe we shouldn’t stay here-
SOUND: METAL DROPPING
MUSIC: SUSPENSFUL
LEO: What was that?
LILY: I’m leaving!
SOUND: DOOR CREAKING
EVA: Lily wait! We shouldn’t split up-
EVA: Lily?
SOUND: DOOR CREAKING
EVA: Leo? Don’t tell me this is happening-
LILY: (SCREAMS)
MUSIC: FAST PACED AND SUSPENFUL
SOUND: FOOTSTEPS RUNNING
EVA: Lily!?...(GASP, PANICKED) Oh my god!
LILY: (SLOWLY DYING) Eva...you need
to run, she’s coming.
EVA: I can’t leave you like this Lily,
there's a fucking knife through
your chest!
LILY: Find Leo and leave, don’t follow the
humming, otherwise-
DOROTHY: (HUMMING SOFTLY)
EVA: (WHISPERING)Shit...
SOUND: ECHOING FOOTSTEPS
SCENE NINE: INT. HALLWAYS/CLASSROOM - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS
LEO: (WHISPERING) Eva! In here!
SOUND: DOOR SHUTTING QUIETLY
EVA: (PANICKED) Lily...S-She had...a knife
in her chest... She died right...in
front of my eyes.
LEO: Lily’s dead...? So that explains what
the screaming was-
EVA: If you didn’t make us stay here,
we wouldn’t be in this mess!
LEO: Don’t blame this on me! You guys agreed!
EVA: Well, we have to find the exit, no doubt
whatever killed Lily will be roaming
by there.
LEO: Let’s make it fast...I’m not staying
here any longer!
SCENE TEN: INT. HALLWAYS - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS
SOUND: DOOR CREAKING
LEO: We just need to get to the
stairs, luckily, we can unlock the
main doors from the inside.
DOROTHY: (HUMMING)
EVA: Do you hear that...?
LEO: Sounds like it’s just around the corner,
let me see.
EVA: Wait, don’t!
SOUND: STABBING PUNCTURE, LEO SCREAMING, FALLING TO
THE GROUND
MUSIC: SUSPENSFUL
EVA: (PANICKED) Leo!
DOROTHY: You’re next...
SOUND: BONES CRUNCHING RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
EVA: The exit!
SOUND: DOOR SLAMMING OPEN, EVA TRIPPING OVER AND
BODY THUDDING
DOROTHY: (GRABS EVA’S LEGS)
EVA: (SCREAMING)
SOUND: EVA’S BODY BEING DRAGGED BACK INSIDE, DOORS
SLAMMING, FAINT STABBING NOISES
SCENE TEN: INT. SCHOOL CANTEEN - DAY - YEARS LATER
SOUND: PEOPLE TALKING, CHAIR SCREECHING
MUSIC: CALM TO SUSPENFUL
KID 1: Hey guys, apparently these three students
disappeared here five years ago, I think
their names were Eva, Lily, and Leo.
KID 2: What about them?
KID 1: I say we investigate and find out
the truth behind the rumours.
THE END.
