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Hello, my dark darlings. I'm Marquia, and this is the something scary podcast. To our veteran

listeners and those sheltering in the dark with us for the first time, welcome.

How good is your sleep? Sleep is so important. Sleep is necessary for survival. It renews

and revitalizes our bodies, but when we go to sleep, it's hard to know when we're having

a nightmare, or if what we're experiencing is real. We go to sleep for a chance to dream,

or we go to sleep for a chance to scream. First, night terrors caught on tape, followed

by good help that turns harmful. Then dreams become nightmares.

Finally, in our featured story, a desperate insomniac does the unthinkable. I receive hundreds

of creepy stories submissions every single week, and if those the scariest ones make it

into our podcasts, along with the story that we've chosen to animate and post over

youtube.com slash snarl. If you have a tale you're dying to share, send me an email at

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