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.

So I want to take this moment to thank all of you for being here with me, with us,

in these very spooky spaces of the internet, especially because this is probably

the last podcast you'll hear right before my birthday. So my birthday is on August 27th. And I want to

thank you all so much for the messages that you've been sending. I will be taking a minor break to celebrate.

So our monthly live stream that is usually on the last Wednesday of every month, the final Wednesday, if one will, will now be on the final Tuesday Tuesday of August at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. So if you want to

join me on YouTube there, that'll be YouTube.com slash snarled. I'll be having a birthday live stream.

We'll involve horror stories, news, and whatever else.

So I hope you'll join me for that little bit of celebration.

So, but for today's show, we venture into the power of lost humanity.

The tragedy of those on the precipice of turning into something more.

What happens when you paint your face with enchantment?

Or refuse to make your exit on the stage of life?

Perhaps a book contains what's left of you.

Or would you give in to a full final transformation?

These stories are the invocations of the damned.

First, a terrifying makeup tutorial transformation.

Next, the girl in the theater wants to haunt you. After that,

poetic words seal a soul and a book. And finally, beware the power of the wolf paw.

I receive hundreds of creepy story submissions every single week.

As always, the first story you hear is one that we've chosen to animate and post over at

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