Hello, I'm Blair Bathory, and this is the Something Scary podcast.

Thank you so much for being here, whether this is your first time or you're one of the brave souls who join us every week.

While many are happily preparing for their first days back at school, for others

is causing pure dread. The idea of learning a new routine, having to make new friends

and impress new teachers, all while trying to survive life, can be unbearable.

Not only are some battling the demons of their own self-conscious, but new buildings and

new school years can bring terrible horrors with evil entities that lurk inside the halls

of education.

First, a killer fate, followed by scary secrets, then gripped by fear. Finally,

in our featured story, dying to sleep. So, want to hear something scary?

Back to school fear.

Even when you think you've got away with something, just remember, karma is a killer.

Like in this creepypast-inspired story about Carmen Winstead. Carmen Winstead began her senior year as an ordinary 17-year-old. However, a few months

in, her father lost his job. The family had to relocate so he could find a new place

for work. Carmen found it difficult to leave her old acquaintances behind and make new ones.

The first few weeks at her new school were challenging, but things improved as she began to hang out

with a group of five girls.

They appeared polite to her face, but Carmen soon discovered they had been gossiping about

her and spreading false information.

One of the rumors was that Carmen was having an affair with Mr. Harvey, the school's janitor,

another that she was a thief. There were so many more

to follow, and each one further damaged her reputation at school. Carmen summoned the strength

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