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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Something Was Wrong With Mom's Christmas Nutcracker

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

There's a reason that 100-year-old nutcracker was marked 80% off. And on Christmas Eve, my mom and I found out exactly what it was.

STORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…
The Grither”: https://tinyurl.com/qvkfdtg
“Christmas Tree Decorations”: https://tinyurl.com/rapx4d7
“Die Nutcracker, Die!” by Dax Varley: https://tinyurl.com/wkp7uu6
“Machete Santa” by Medeia Sharif: https://tinyurl.com/wkp7uu6
“Saturn Rising” by Ty Drago: 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).
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, 2023
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
https://weirddarkness.com/MomsNutcracker
#WeirdDarkness #ChristmasHorror #ScaryStory #Creepypasta #HauntedAntique #HorrorStory #PossessedToy #ScaryChristmas #TrueScaryStories #HolidayHorror

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0:00.0

There'll be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting, and caroling out in the snow.

0:10.0

There'll be scary ghost on it.

0:14.9

Merry Christmas Eve!

0:18.7

Well, tonight is the big night.

0:21.6

I've loaded up the sleigh, the elves are hooking up the reindeer team as I speak,

0:27.6

and my suit is back from the North Pole Dry Cleaners, ready for me to get it dirty all over again with chimney dust.

0:35.6

I am so excited about this year's excursion, because I only have a

0:41.5

shoebox full of coal for my naughty list, but sacks upon sacks upon sacks of wonderful things

0:48.8

for the boys and girls on my good list. Well, it looks like Crampus is going to have a pretty boring trip with

0:56.1

me this year. And that's the way it should be. Oh, by the way, I am often asked what my

1:03.6

favorite cookie is. Well, at the end of this episode, I'll tell you, and I'll also let you

1:10.5

know how to make those cookies magic cookies. Well, I'll tell you, and I'll also let you know how to make those cookies

1:12.0

magic cookies.

1:14.1

Well, I'm still waiting for Crampus to arrive.

1:17.1

He's kind of a late sleeper, so I have enough time to bring you one more spooky Santa

1:23.1

before Christmas is over.

1:24.8

I'll tell you about a legendary monster who lives in the icy

1:28.6

wastes of the North Pole called the Grither. I have another story called Christmas

1:34.3

tree decorations. It's a spooky story about a girl who is home alone, tonight, Christmas

1:40.3

Eve, and has a nasty encounter with a man claiming to be me.

1:45.3

But it's not me.

1:47.7

Plus a story called Die Nutcracker Die.

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