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. As the full moon approaches, we look forward to the intense beauty of the lunar orb, but also lurking are deadly beasts and grotesque monsters,

normally skulking in the shadows,

but they can still bring murder in the pale moonlight.

First, irrational fears hold you tight, followed by a cryptid waiting in the woods.

Then a brush with evil. Finally, in our featured story, running isn't always the answer.

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

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So, want to hear something scary?

Murder in the pale moonlight. Unconditional love is when you are willing to risk everything for that someone, even your own life.

Like in this story, inspired by Amanda.

Aisha had been frightened of the moon for as long as she could remember.

When she was a little girl, any act of disobedience was punished

with the threat of being handed over to that giant rock in the sky.

No explanation was given just that the moon would get you.

Her and her siblings all implicitly believed the story.

They didn't question it because when they looked up into the nighttime sky, they were able

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