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

listeners and those sheltering into the dark with us for the first time, welcome. There are many

different ways we can protect ourselves from evil. Sometimes we have to trust our instincts. Other times, we rely on tales and traditions

passed down by those that came before us. The choice to ignore either of these signs or truly

listen to them can be the difference between life or death.

First, the winter solstice welcomes something much more sinister,

followed by deadly spirits that may be following you.

Then, a tragic tale from a woman trapped in the attic.

Finally, our featured story of getting stranded in the wrong place at the wrong time. I receive hundreds of creepy story submissions every single week,

and of those, the scariest ones, make it into our podcast, along with the featured story that

we've chosen to animate and post over at

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So, want to hear something scary?

Warning signs Traditions can sometimes be boring or seem unnecessary,

but they became traditions for a reason and not honoring them

can lead to dire consequences, as in this story written by Luca.

It had been a long, dreary winter, but it was finally the night of Yalda, the festival of the

winter solstice. Maheen was ecstatic. This was the first year she was old enough to

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