Hello, my dark darlings, I'm Arquia, 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.

So often, when we know we are surrounded by people we can trust, we let down our guards.

In the company of family, coworkers, or caregivers, we feel out of harm's way.

But when ghosts, spirits, or even evil entities become involved, no one is safe.

First, a devil's got your tongue, followed by a deadly family secret, then a violent uprising,

finally in our featured story, an infamous hospital of many secrets.

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 at something scary at snarl.com.

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Visit patreon.com slash snarled.

So, want to hear something scary?

South African Tales of Terror.

Obsession is powerful.

It's a drive that can inspire great feats and accomplishments, but if you're not careful, it can sink you into dangerous territory, like in this story inspired by Michael

Thomas Lee. Archaeologist Dr. Jeremy Abel and his protege Matthias were halfway through their latest desert expedition

on the trail of an ancient artifact known only as the hand of the gods.

Very little was known about exactly what it was, or what powers it was supposed to possess.

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