Hello, I'm Blair Bathory, and this is the Something Scary podcast. Thank you so much for being here,

whether this is your first time or you're one of the brave souls who join us every week.

Playing games is a holiday tradition, but beware those that take you into supernatural realms.

What seems like harmless fun can unleash dark forces.

Laughter in games may stir shadows, so tread carefully in those mysterious spaces,

where playtime meets the unknown, where you might find yourself staring directly into the face of death.

First, smile for your murder, then games from the dark web. Finally, in our last story, the creepy pasta snowman ritual. Before we get to our stories, I wanted to take a

minute to wish you a happy new year. It seems impossible that another year has come and gone.

On behalf of the entire Something Scary team, we wanted to thank you for being part of our community

and for joining us on our spooky journey.

Please keep sending us your stories.

We love hearing from you.

And if you'd like to help us keep doing what we do and bringing you this podcast each week,

join our Something Scary Patreon at patreon.com slash snarled.

Every member makes such a difference.

So until next year, sweet screams.

So, want to hear something scary?

The Devil's Games.

It's all fun in games until you accidentally get someone murdered,

like in this story inspired by Christopher Barron.

Ahmed and Tyler were best friends growing up near Oakland, California.

As with most teens, they were obsessed with social media trends, popular dances, pranks, reviews, you name it, they did it.

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