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. School in and of itself

can be a horror show, but what's worse is being of a young age when no one takes you seriously.

Your dreams, fears, and even safety are often brushed aside and ignored.

The thing is, when nobody is listening when you're the victim, you might just turn into the monster.

First, teenage wishes and after-school nightmares,

followed by panic in the storm, then RSVPing evil. Finally, in our featured story,

the devil wears stilettos.

I receive hundreds of creepy story 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

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not only can you help the show and see ad-free episodes, you can also be a part of the horror

and hear your name featured in one of our podcasts, our weekly video stories.

Visit patreon.com slash snorled.

So, want to hear something scary.

Monster within us all.

High school can be a living nightmare, even for the adults who work there.

You grow up, but do you ever get out?

It might not be all that it seems, like in this story written by Janine.

Mark moved the mop and bucket along the corridor, swishing the floor and time to the music and his headphones. He hated this job, not because of cleaning, but because he'd hated

high school the first time around and was constantly beset with bad memories being back within its walls daily.

But bills needed to be paid.

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