This is a horror story telling podcast. Our tails are dark and disturbing, intended to shake you up.

Listen at your own risk.

We are all around you all right. And tonight there will be no sleep.

Brace yourself for the No Sleep Podcast.

For the dark hours, your tears on close your eyes, tails of a horror, a frightening death.

Join us as for sleep with our dark past and our darkness.

It's The No Sleep Podcast by David Cummins. Thanks for joining us.

On this week's show we have five tales about nasty nature, agonizing art and inhuman inconveniences.

It's my pleasure to introduce a new artist sharing her talent with us.

Naomi Ronka is an artist who works in the Lionel Cut Medium.

Her illustration for this week's episode adds to our already wide array of illustrating styles we're so fortunate to have with our team.

Please check the show notes to see more of Naomi's art and learn more about her work.

We welcome you Naomi and thank you for sharing your talent with us.

And I'd like to point out something about our lineup of stories this week.

Mostly by chance, almost all the stories have themes within them surrounding the issue of suicide.

Some mention it in passing while others deal with the supernatural aspect of it.

For some listeners, it's important to be aware of that before listening.

Our tales are purely fictional and we hope they'll provide a respite for anyone struggling with dark thoughts.

Please know that you're not alone and that help is available to you and we're glad you're here with us.

And so, let's wait no longer because it's time to start this week's show.

In our first tale, we hear the dark legend of a mysterious young girl consistently being put up for adoption.

But as we learn from author C. M. Scandreth, what led to her losing her first family and each subsequent family is her bizarre way of provoking those around her.

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