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Once Upon A Crime

A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 2

Once Upon A Crime

Esther Ludlow

Truecrime, History, True Crime, Crime, Criminals, Criminology, Society & Culture

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Summary

A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 2 …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Once Upon a Crime. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to the circle. It’s an extra special, two part, five-hour, Halloween event, but before hitting play you might want to ask yourself…can you really handle this much murder and mayhem? So, pull up to the fire and brace yourself for ‘A Nightmare Before Halloween’ …but be warned… …bad things happen in these woods…. Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance: In this Part 2 Episode:  - True Crime Island [https://tinyurl.com/y6kk2npj] - Based on a True Story [https://tinyurl.com/37axzn5z] - The Asian Madness Podcast [https://tinyurl.com/yckkxbjn] - Sistas Who Kill [https://linktr.ee/Sistas.Who.Kill.Podcast] - Hometown History [https://link.chtbl.com/hometownhistory] - Coffee and Cases [https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases] - Military Murder [https://tinyurl.com/yc5fxjyh] - Dystopian Simulation Radio [https://tinyurl.com/khpw786w] - Cults, Crimes & Cabernet [https://linktr.ee/cultscrimesandcabernet] - Morbidology [https://tinyurl.com/mshyvxyt] - Dark Pountine [https://tinyurl.com/ycydanm9]   - Hillbilly Horror Stories [https://tinyurl.com/567vxrkz]   - True Consequences [https://tinyurl.com/39fpfv3h]   - Gone Cold [https://tinyurl.com/ytzxudt8] - Crime Stories with Nancy Grace & Crime Online [https://tinyurl.com/3dxp47wf] - True Crime IRL & True Crime Sleep Stories [https://tinyurl.com/ykzwmnxr] Links: Photos of altars or ofrendas and other images of Dia De Los Muertos: https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-10-17/photos-dia-de-los-muertos-celebrations-from-around-the-world

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0:00.0

This podcast details true crime cases.

0:03.0

It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

0:07.0

It is not intended for children.

0:09.0

Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

0:22.4

Today as a special bonus I'm releasing the second episode this week.

0:26.0

This is part two of our True Crime Halloween collection of stories

0:30.0

from 31 of your favorite podcasters, including yours truly.

0:35.0

This is titled A Nightmare Before Halloween.

0:38.0

My Halloween Tale is included in Part 1,

0:41.0

so if you haven't listened to the episode that released on

0:44.0

Monday Halloween, make sure to download it and take a listen. I share the tale of

0:49.1

La Yorona, a ghostly legend from Latin America and I contrast it with a modern day

0:54.1

la Yorona story, a true crime case that has eerie parallels to this very old

0:59.3

legend. We continue this week with even more creepy tales and stories and I'm dropping this

1:04.8

episode on Dia de la smerto's or Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead is a holiday

1:10.2

celebrated in Mexico to honor our deceased loved ones.

1:13.7

But rather than it being a solemn occasion,

1:15.7

it's a joyful celebration where people share fun and uplifting stories

1:19.1

about their relatives and friends who have crossed over.

1:21.7

The day is made more festive by decorating

1:23.7

gravestones with bright colors and serenating the deceased with their favorite songs.

1:28.6

Ofrendas or altars are sometimes are

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