Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Matthew Klein watched his son Logan hold a spirit board—just as Matt himself did thirty years ago—and speak in a voice that didn't belong to a ten-year-old boy. The demon Zurvan has found his new vessel, choosing the cruelest one possible: Matt's own child. For three decades, Zurvan has orchestrated this moment, first possessing the kind neighbor who ran toward the flames to help, then guiding Wilbur Ward's hands as he built the advent calendar from the charred remains of the original spirit board. Now the demon's patience has been rewarded. Matt's allies are few—Detective Davenport has finally seen too much to deny what's happening, and Father Olsen has confirmed they face an ancient entity whose methods are psychological torment followed by violence. But Anika believes her husband unfaithful, Matt's foster parents have arrived oblivious to the horror and bearing a spirit board as a gift, and the bodies continue to pile up: Steven's phantom crumbled to ash, Wilbur Ward's corpse rots in the crawlspace, Simon Welch lies dead from his own possessed fury. Four doors remain on the calendar. Four days until December 24th, when Zurvan's mid-winter celebration reaches its peak. The demon no longer hunts from the shadows—he wears Matt's son's face now.

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When Mrs. Hostutler finally found the perfect Christmas tree, she never stopped to wonder why it was growing out of a grave.

Episode 9 of 12 in the #12NightmaresOfXmas series!
In this episode: “The Perfect Christmas Tree”, “A Rose For Her Hair”, “Eternal Love”, “Guides In The Snow”

SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
All stories in this episode are from the book, “The Spirits of Christmas: The Dark Side of the Holidays” by Sylvia Shults: https://amzn.to/3uT2vMA
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On Christmas Eve, a bitter old miser receives a terrifying warning from his dead business partner: change your ways or spend eternity in chains. Before morning, three spirits will drag him through his past, present, and future — and what he sees will either save his soul or seal his fate.

IN THIS EPISODE: The holiday classic in its entire audiobook format – “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, narrated by Darren Marlar.

SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens (public domain)
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Four ghosts, one night, and a transformation so complete it's been pointing people toward a baby in a manger for nearly 200 years.

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She got exactly what she wanted for Christmas—a beautiful doll with purple fingernails—but what the doll wanted was something far more sinister.

Ho ho ho, kids! If you like the stories Santa is telling, tell your friends and family about the Spooky Santa podcast so they can listen too! 
STORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…

”Frosted” by Ally Mathews: https://tinyurl.com/wkp7uu6

“When I Was In Your Tummy”: https://tinyurl.com/rbcqqoo
“Purple Fingernails”: https://tinyurl.com/vuxcvht
All music used with permission of the artists. Spooky Santa theme by Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ). All other music by Nicolas Gasparini (http://bit.ly/2LykK0g).

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Thirty years ago, Matthew Klein escaped a fire that killed his family. He's been running ever since. Now, with five doors left on a cursed advent calendar and a demon named Zurvan orchestrating chaos across Marshport, the flames have finally caught up. His friends are dead. His wife believes him a liar. His son has been poisoned by demonic whispers. And as Christmas Eve draws near—the culmination of Zurvan's ancient celebration—Matt realizes the demon needs a new host. Someone close. Someone vulnerable. 

Get the print version of the novel: https://weirddarkness.com/AdventOfEvil

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When ten-year-old Stephen was grabbed by invisible hands and dragged toward the foot of his bed, his parents dismissed it as a nightmare—but years later, his mother revealed a terrifying secret she'd been hiding since she was ten herself.

Episode 8 of 12 in the “Twelve Nightmares of Christmas” series!
In this episode: “The Thing At The Foot Of The Bed”, “The Mystery of St. Luke’s Church”, “The Guttenberg Poltergeist”, “The Tickling Terror”

SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
All stories in this episode are from the book, “The Spirits of Christmas: The Dark Side of the Holidays” by Sylvia Shults: https://amzn.to/3uT2vMA
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From a ghost who returned a missing child only to reveal he'd been dead for years, to a bride whose body was found hidden in a chest fifty years after she vanished, these true Christmas hauntings prove the holidays have a dark side.

IN THIS EPISODE: I’ll share a few ghost stories that all center around the Christmas season. (True Tales of Christmas Ghosts) *** We’ll look at a haunting in Rhode Island, where people claim to see a mysterious light every year at Christmas – and many believe it to be a ghost ship with a dark history. (The Christmas Light of Block Island) *** Even without ghosts, you can still have some terrible things take place at Christmas time – more than you might realize. You’ll never hear the word “Christmas” the same way again after hearing some of what happened in history during the Christmas season! (Horrible Happenings at the Holidays) *** What is for many their favorite paranormal Christmas movie of all time was, in fact, a bust at the box office. It wasn’t about a ghost though – it was about a desperate man, and an angel without any wings. (It Really Is a Wonderful Life) *** (Originally aired December 21, 2021)

SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“True Tales of Christmas Ghosts” by Chris Woodyard for The Victorian Book of the Dead:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p96mdkd, and Kellie Kreiss for Ranker’s Graveyard Shift:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yn6vdj8j
“Horrible Happenings At The Holidays” by Laura Allan for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/45xwcn7k
“The Christmas Light of Block Island” by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8snn7m
“It Really Is A Wonderful Life” by Troy Talor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4ye7w6me
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“CREATURES WERE STIRRING” by Scott Donnelly

When Santa's sleigh crashes outside a haunted house full of zombie children, ghosts, and a blood-thirsty mouse, he quickly learns that sending away his reindeer and elf was a terrible mistake.
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