Hello, my dark darlings. I'm Marquia, 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, fearsome 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, want to hear something scary?

Sisters 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, Deidre and her identical twin sister, Kira, were fascinated by the old ghost stories of the sea around

their village, especially the mysterious drownings at the hands of the Irish Murfolk known as

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