Hello, my dark darlings. I'm Arquia, 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.

This week as our special guest reader, we are joined by Anita Klethara.

I'll bet that many of you will recognize her voice from the DreamWorks film

Trulstopia, where she was Laguna Tidepool or from Need for Speed Heat, where she played

Roshney. She is also an actress who can be seen currently in season three of Doom Patrol on HBO

Max and in the film India Sweets and Spices out in theaters in November.

Zombies, werewolves, and vamps, oh my.

These three staples of Halloween have become so mainstream.

We almost forget their origins.

We forget that deep in the shadows lurk bloodsuckers pining for a taste of you to survive.

Broken-boned beasts with an instinct to kill and mindless bodies ready to eat your brains.

Never forget that these are the monsters of the night. First, a fun house of terror and

blood, followed by the ultimate predator becomes prey. Then Halloween pranks that kill. Finally, in our featured story, a killer party to die for.

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.

So, want to hear something scary?

Monsters of the Night.

A haunted house can be seen as the epitome of Halloween, especially when visiting with friends.

However, make sure to check if that blood is really just corn syrup, like in this story inspired by Sydney.

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