Hello, my dark darlings, I'm Marquilla, and this is the something scary podcast to our veteran listeners and those sheltering into the dark with us for the first time. Welcome.

All of us are finding different ways to escape right now, aren't we? Like, getting out to the beach, getting away, out to cabins.

But a lot of us tend to flock to water. There's something about us as humans. I know me personally, the beach. I don't like going into the water, but I love looking at it.

Because water is elemental, sustaining all manner of human and sea life. The ocean, rivers, and lakes we gaze upon are also home to so many other creatures.

Some are friendly, most are indifferent to us, but others. Others are quite deadly when we encounter them. Like the aquatic monsters of lore drawn out by a need to feed, fierce some beasts, dragging our souls down into their depths of despair, leaving our bodies to float lifelessly on top of the water.

First, do you hear the deadly siren song? Next, an ancestor's promise becomes a modern day peril. After that, classic haunted poetry by the sea from Edgar Allan Poe. And finally, never float down the river alone.

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So, one airs something scary.

Sister's Siren

They say blood is thicker than water, but can a sister's love overcome the treacherous depths of the vast and deadly sea?

When they were little girls, Deirdre and her identical twin sister Kira were fascinated by the old ghost stories of the sea around their village.

Especially the mysterious drownings of the hands of the Irish Murphy folk known as the Mero.

These demonic sirens would wear magical hoods, allowing them to walk on land and hunt for victims to lure into the sea.

Kira loved the legends. It would play dress up as one of the murderous mermaids. But as she got older, her fascination with the creatures began to worry Deirdre.

Kira's morbid curiosity was becoming an obsession.

One strange night, Kira began singing in an inhuman voice to the sea just beyond their doors.

Deirdre covered her ears as the song grew louder, and then suddenly, her sister ran outside to the waiting waters.

Kira rode their family small paddle boat far from shore as Deirdre called to her to come back home.

But Kira couldn't hear her sister over her own voice, singing to the depths around her.

Beneath the full moon, Deirdre was helpless as she watched something wicked rise from the sea to join her sister singing.

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