Hello, my dark darlings, I'm Markia, and this is the Something Scary podcast. To our veteran listeners and those sheltering in the dark with us for the first time, welcome.

The imagination is a powerful thing. It can make you see and feel things that may not be real, but don't ever let your guard down

because if you're not careful, you'll find out that things are far worse than you think.

First, influencers put themselves in grave danger for the perfect post. Then, a fatal mistake by a sleepless neighbor,

followed by a family vacation that becomes a family nightmare. Finally, in our final story,

you may be done with the holidays, but they're not done with you. 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 snarl.

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?

Worse than you think.

Fame will go straight to your head if you let it.

And if you're not careful, that fame can make you do unspeakable things.

Like in this story inspired by true events in Sarah Gordo, California.

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