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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Santa Claus reads, “THE SOCK PUPPET” and 2 More Scary Christmas Stories for Kids! #SpookySanta

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Ho ho ho, kids! Send your own scary story for me to narrate! Email your original creepy story to letters@spookysanta.com! If you like the stories Santa is telling, tell your friends and family about the Spooky Santa podcast so they can listen too!
STORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…
”The Carol Singers”: https://tinyurl.com/s978sjj
“The Sock Puppet”: https://tinyurl.com/wgrpaog
“The Tell-Tale Scarf” by Judith Graves: https://tinyurl.com/wkp7uu6
All music used with permission of the artists. Spooky Santa theme by Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ). All other music by Nicolas Gasparini (http://bit.ly/2LykK0g).
SANTA’S RECORDING TOOLS…
* MICROPHONE (Neumann TLM103): http://amzn.to/2if01CL
* POP FILTER (AW-BM700): http://amzn.to/2zRIIyK
* XLR CABLE (Mogami Gold Studio): http://amzn.to/2yZXJeD
* MICROPHONE PRE-AMP (Icicle): http://amzn.to/2vLqLzg
* SOFTWARE (Adobe Audition): http://amzn.to/2vLqI6E
* HARDWARE (iMac Pro): https://amzn.to/2suZGkA
I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use. If I somehow overlooked doing that for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I’ll rectify it the show notes as quickly as possible.
***Spooky Santa™ and Weird Darkness® are creations and trademarks of Marlar House Productions and Weird Darkness, LLC. Copyright © Weird Darkness, 2022.
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46

Transcript

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1:02.0

Everybody's lost in my smell, it's hooked up still and can't ride out in the snow. They'll be scary no-scold.

1:14.0

Hello again, children. It's Santa with another edition of the Spooky Santa Podcast.

1:25.0

You better watch out, you better not cry. You better not pout because I'm here with some scary stories.

1:34.0

In fact, I have three more holiday tales to raise your goosebumps.

1:40.0

Today, I'll share a spooky Christmas story about a wealthy man, a sickly daughter, a cold winter, some angry villagers, and a mysterious Christmas present, a sock puppet.

1:53.0

If you or your parents are a fan of Edgar Allan Poe, well you'll really like the last story I share called the Telltale Scarf.

2:02.0

But first, it's a scary story for Christmas about a kid whose father and grandfather go from door to door, begging for money.

2:12.0

It's based on an old horror story by Bernard Capes called The Vanishing House. My version of the story is called The Carol Singers.

2:21.0

And remember, if you want to write a scary story of your own, you can email it to letters at spookysanta.com and I might read your story in an upcoming episode.

2:32.0

Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, pour a mug of hot cocoa and come with spooky Santa for another holiday shiller.

2:44.0

My first story is called The Carol Singers. My grandfather was a drunk and my father was a drunk but I never touched a drop.

3:11.0

There's a reason for that. When I was young times were hard and I grew up poor. My grandfather and my father never did an honest day's work in their lives.

3:22.0

Granddad wasn't good for much but he played the clarinet like an artist. He taught my father how to play the accordion.

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