Welcome, dear listeners, to scary stories told in the dark.

I'm Malcolm Blackwood, your host and storyteller.

And you know where I'm from, we don't do bedtime stories.

So, if that's what you're expecting, you're in the wrong place. If it's

terrifying tales you're after, well, then I've got just the thing. So, get comfortable,

settle in, turn off the lights, if you dare. Your night is about to get a whole lot darker.

Besides, who needs sleep anyway?

Good evening, dear friends, and welcome.

You've tuned in to another episode of scary stories told in the dark.

The podcast, where the quietest rooms hold the loudest secrets,

and the people we trust most are sometimes the ones we should fear the least.

I'm your host Malcolm Blackwood, and tonight's episode, Monster Makers,

brings you four tales of transformation, sometimes chosen, sometimes forced,

and sometimes born of obsessions that should never see the light of day.

We'll meet creatures carved from cruelty, horrors bred in shadows,

and the unsettling truth that the worst monsters are rarely the ones with fangs.

So settle in, dim the lights, and join me as we discover just how easily nightmares can be made.

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