Hello, my dark darlings. I'm Archaia, 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. Before we get to our stories, I just wanted to take a minute to say a final farewell. This is the last episode before I step away from something scary.

And I just wanted to say how grateful I've been over the years to have had the opportunity

to produce, co-write, and share these stories with you, and help build this amazing community

of horror lovers. I'm sure you'll be in good hands with Snarled's new host,

and I hope to visit when I can. Follow me on social media to keep our conversation going.

At Marcia McCarty on Twitter and Instagram, Darth Marcia, as in Darth Vader, on TikTok and Twitch.

And Marquia is spelled M-A-R-K-E-I-A.

So until then, my dark darlings, let's enjoy the horror together.

We live in a society where too much emphasis is placed on external beauty. On the daily, seeds are planted

to make us obsess over appearance and posts on social media above everything else, but don't

obsess too much over what you see in a mirror. Make sure that what's spiritually and morally inside of you also gets that

invigorating cleanse. Otherwise, those planted seeds will rot and that outer influence will grow,

that inner evil is bound to come out.

First, obsession will kill you, followed by an offer too good to be true.

Then, this way a monster comes.

Finally, in our featured story, seven years bad luck.

I receive hundreds of creepy story submissions every single week, and of those, the scariest ones, make it into our podcasts, along with the story that we've chosen to animate and post over at YouTube.com slash snarl.

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

If you'd like to support something scary, then consider joining the Patreon.

As a patron, not only can you help the show and see ad-free episodes, but you can also be a part of the horror and hear your name featured in one of our podcast or weekly video stories. Visit patreon.com slash snarl. So, want to hear something scary? Killer beauty. Obsession can lead you down a dangerous path, but that's the thing about it.

Once you have tasted it, you don't care if it kills you.

Like in this story, written by Colin Astad.

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