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Why do you want this job?

I really enjoy being a housemaid.

This Christmas.

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I don't know what's been going on with her lately. Behind closed doors. I need this job. I do not want to go back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred. What kind of monsters are we? I want you to feel safe here. The House Maid. In Cinema's Everywhere, Boxing Day, see it first with previews from December 22.

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Now, enjoy the episode.

This notes. Now, enjoy the episode. This is Rattled and Shook. I'm Meredith, and I'm going to read you a bedtime story.

This is a real creepy story sent in by a real person, and I'd say this one is pretty unsettling.

Music I'd say this one is pretty unsettling. I grew up in a village with less than a thousand people,

the kind of place where everyone knew your last name, your grandparents' names,

and probably what you had for dinner.

I was raised by very religious grandparents, strict and deeply devout.

Their faith shaped every part of my childhood. Halloween was considered evil, so movies like Halloween Town or Harry Potter were forbidden. Magic, ghosts, anything that even hinted at the supernatural,

those weren't entertainment. They were invitations for darkness. I lived with them

for most of my life. Our home was quiet, structured, filled with scripture, and always,

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