Hello, my dark darlings. I'm Marquia, and this is the Something Scary podcast. To our veteran listeners and those just voyaging into the dark with us for the first time, welcome.

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. The holiday season is officially upon us. Along with that, as a society, we are obsessed with games. We love to

watch them and cheer for our favorite teams. We love to play with our friends, but sometimes,

sometimes, the fear of losing will make you so desperate you will do whatever it takes to win,

even if it means risking your own life and taking down everyone else around you in your fatal games.

First, a small box of death, followed by a killer game of truth or dare, then a mother's

living nightmare.

Finally, in our featured story, a fatal game of Bloody Mary.

I receive hundreds of creepy stories submissions every single week,

and of those, the scariest ones, make it into our podcast,

along with the story that we've chosen to animate and post over at YouTube.com slash snarled.

If you have a tale you're dying to share, send me an email at something scary at snarl.com.

So, want to hear something scary?

Fatal Games

When the promise of money clouds your judgment,

all the remorse in the world won't bring back the dead.

Like in this story inspired by Donna.

Megan was exhausted after a long day of work.

She sat slumped on the couch watching the evening news.

The lead story was about a man who had been found dead in his house and seemingly mysterious circumstances.

There was no sign of trauma, no physical wounds on his body.

Entry to the home had not been forced.

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