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On every episode, we tell a grim fairy tale.

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check out the show notes. Now, enjoy the episode. This is Rattled and Shook. I'm Aunt

Gladys, and I'm going to read you a bedtime story. And if you aren't tuning in on YouTube

right now and you're listening audio only, you might want to go to YouTube for the full

visual because I am indeed dressed as Aunt Gladys from this year's movie, Weapons. Now, let's

get into the story.

Yeah. When I was little, my mom used to believe she was a witch. She had shelves full of books on witchcraft, spells, potions, rituals, you name it.

Some were old and worn, others knew her and full of notes scribbled in the margins.

We used to tease her about it, especially when we'd find strange jars or frozen potions

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