meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

ADVENT OF EVIL: Wednesday, December 24 – Reliquary (The Final Chapter)

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Twenty-three days ago, a mysterious advent calendar arrived on Officer Matthew Klein's doorstep — no sender, no return address, just a heavy wooden box with twenty-four numbered doors and a carved face with hollow eyes. Since then, every trinket inside has proven to be an omen of death, each prophecy fulfilled in violence and horror. The entity behind it is Zurvan, an ancient demon from Persian Mithraism — the same demon ten-year-old Matthew accidentally summoned through a spirit board on Christmas Eve, 1995, the night his house burned and his family died while he ran. Now Zurvan has returned to finish what he started, possessing Matthew's loved ones, murdering those around him, and enforcing one rule: open each door on schedule, or suffer consequences beyond imagination. Matthew tried to destroy the calendar. It came back. He refused to open a door. Snakes attacked his son. Now it's December 24th — the final door, the culmination of Zurvan's ancient mid-winter celebration — and Matthew is engulfed in flames, his home burning, his family scattered in the chaos. The countdown ends today.

Get the print version of the novel: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil
#WeirdDarkness #ChristmasHorror #HolidayHorror #SupernaturalThriller #HauntedCalendar #DarkChristmas #HorrorStory #DemonicEvil #CreepyTales #YuletideTerror

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Ramadan is a time to reflect, connect and experience the world more meaningfully.

0:07.0

In Abu Dhabi, Curiosity leads the way through adventure, wildlife and moments of wonder,

0:14.0

culture, movement and well-being create lasting connections, while shared tables and rich flavors turn every meal into a story.

0:23.6

Travel deeper, travel richer. Experience Abu Dhabi.

0:29.6

23 days ago, a mysterious Advent calendar arrived on Officer Matthew Klein's doorstep. No sender, no return

0:41.0

address, no explanation, just a heavy wooden box with 24 numbered doors, a carved, bearded face

0:50.4

with hollow, featureless eyes, and a serpent-shaped marking on its back. Matthew's wife

0:56.7

Anika thought it was magical. She was wrong. Since then, Marshport has become a graveyard.

1:05.5

The calendar's daily offerings have proven to be omens of death, each trinket, a prophecy fulfilled in violence and horror.

1:14.2

A miniature house that burst into flames in Matthew's hand, mirroring the fire that killed his

1:19.7

family 30 years ago. A crystal star, whose tips turned red with blood before city planner

1:25.9

Bridget Carr was impaled beneath the town Christmas

1:28.7

tree. A metal cross dipped in crimson before Gwen Martin was found stabbed through the heart

1:34.4

with an iron cross. A photograph of Matthew's own children. Matthew tried to destroy it. He drove

1:42.3

to gull's rest and hurled the calendar into the Atlantic Ocean.

1:46.9

It came back.

1:48.4

His neighbor drowned at the exact spot where he'd thrown it.

1:51.7

He refused to open a door.

1:54.1

Snakes poured from the wood and attacked his son Mason in his bed.

1:58.2

The rules were clear.

2:00.2

Obey or suffer consequences beyond imagination.

2:03.6

The entity behind the calendar has a name. Zervon, an ancient demon from Persian

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Darren Marlar, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Darren Marlar and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.