New Year’s promises are supposed to help you find a way to make life better: clean slates, fresh starts, a chance to finally outrun what’s been chasing you. But sometimes the moment the clock resets, something else does too… something patient, something evil that’s been waiting for the year to end. And once it starts, there’s no countdown left to stop it.

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 Welcome to the Something Scary Podcast.

Thanks for joining us as we descend into the darkness.

Over the years, we have featured lots of stories of monsters and legends. Today we are reaching back to share some of our favorites.

Hope you enjoy.

Sweet screams...

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Christmas lights twinkle, party goers drift through the night, and the world seems safe and bright. But some holidays aren’t about joy, they’re about what lurks in the quiet spaces between the laughter. Tonight, when the snow settles and the fire crackles low, beware… because not all visitors come with gifts.

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As the holidays near, we fill our homes with gifts, trinkets, and treasures. But not every object is harmless, and not every present brings joy. Some carry anger, some carry death, and some… carry both.

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As the days grow darker and the nights stretch longer, sleep stops feeling like rest and starts feeling like a threat. Close your eyes, and dread can slip in fast. Each night, the line between dreams and reality blurs, and the monsters lurking in your psyche grow bolder. After all, how can you fight what hunts you when you’re dead asleep?

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Winter can be lonely, stretching silence and cold into every corner, and in that emptiness, darkness finds room to grow. So be weary because when the world freezes over, the cold isn’t the only thing that hunts you. 

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Thanksgiving is meant to bring us together, a time to celebrate gratitude and gather around the table with those we love. l when we least expect them. And sometimes the most unsettling things are found where we think we are safest.

I’m Blair Bathory, welcome to the Something Scary podcast… Thanks for joining us as we descend into the darkness…

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We always think we control the things we obsess over. But the truth is obsession grows fast; it devours sleep, sanity, logic… and then it devours everything else. And once it sinks in deep, you don’t get to walk away from it clean.

I’m Blair Bathory, welcome to the Something Scary podcast… Thanks for joining us as we descend into the darkness…

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Sometimes the past doesn’t want to stay buried. and the echoes of war can reach across time to claim the living. 

These are stories of restless soldiers, haunted houses, and the people who unknowingly step into their shadows. On this Veterans Day, we remember the fallen who gave us our freedoms. We will never forget their sacrifice.

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The dead are meant to rest in peace, but peace is fragile. When the living disturb what should be left alone, the forgotten, the wronged, and the restless will always find their way back.

I’m Blair Bathory, welcome to the Something Scary podcast… Thanks for joining us as we descend into the darkness…

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It’s Halloween week, the time we’ve waited for all year long! 

While children run door to door in laughter and masks, something watches from the shadows. On halloween night, not every face is friendly, and not every tradition is innocent.

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