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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Hans Trapp: Excommunicated, Exiled, and Insane. Now He Hunts Naughty Children at Christmas

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In the 15th century, a wealthy man was excommunicated by the Pope, driven mad in exile, and killed by a bolt of lightning just as he was about to taste human flesh — now he rides with Santa every Christmas, drooling over the naughty children on the list.

Ho ho ho, kids! If you like the stories Santa is telling, tell your friends and family about the Spooky Santa podcast so they can listen too! 

STORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…
“Remembering Death” by Lydia, age 14 of Cromford, England
“Night of the Snowmen” by Laura Pauling: https://adbl.co/2PMnQzh
“Hans Trapp, The Christmas Boogeyman”: http://bit.ly/2PjBevA
All music used with permission of the artists. Spooky Santa theme by Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ). All other music by Nicolas Gasparini (http://bit.ly/2LykK0g).
***I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use. If I somehow overlooked doing that for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I’ll rectify it the show notes as quickly as possible.
***Spooky Santa™ and Weird Darkness® are creations and trademarks of Marlar House Productions and Weird Darkness, LLC. Copyright © Weird Darkness, 2023
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
https://weirddarkness.com/HansTrapp
#WeirdDarkness #HansTrapp #EvilSanta #ChristmasMonster #DarkChristmas #ScaryChristmas #HolidayHorror #CreepyChristmas #ChristmasDemon #EuropeanFolklore

Transcript

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0:00.0

There'll be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting, and caroling out in the snow.

0:10.0

There'll be scary ghost on.

0:14.5

Oh.

0:18.5

Well, I don't care what you make for dinner.

0:20.6

A pot roast is fine, dear.

0:22.4

Great.

0:23.1

I'll make deer for dinner.

0:24.7

No, no, I don't mean cook deer.

0:27.3

I meant yes, dear.

0:29.3

Pot roast is fine.

0:30.9

I understand the answer is yes to having deer.

0:33.9

You're not understanding me.

0:35.6

I do not want any deer for supper. No venison, all right? It upsets the reindeer. Just make pot roast. Beef, pot roast, my schookums. You want schnops for dinner, too? No, no, not schnops, I said schnookums. Oh, never mind. You know, come to think of it, peppermint schnops and the egg dog might actually be pretty tasty. But I'll have to wait until after I get back, of course. Oh, I can't drink and ride, you know. Oh, what about dessert, Big Man? What do you mean, what do I want for dessert? It's always cookies and milk. Oh, got to go. The kids are here.

1:13.6

Okay. Good bye. I love you.

1:15.6

Hello, children. Just on the phone here with Mrs. Claus making dinner plans for Christmas Eve before I head out for the big night. But today, I'm excited to bring you more spooky Santa stories. So

1:29.6

be sure to ask your parents' permission before you begin to listen, and I'll know if you

1:34.5

ask them, because I can see you when you're sleeping, and I know when you're awake.

1:41.0

Coming up in today's episode, a spooky story by Laura Pauling.

1:45.3

It's called Night of the Snowmen.

1:47.9

One of the young ladies on my good list, Lydia, she's 14 years old and she lives in Cromford, England,

1:54.2

and she emailed a story to me called Remembering Death.

1:58.5

Oh, by the way, if you would like to write a scary story for me,

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