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John Basement, blood,

1:32

and blood flow. Screaming

1:36

and vents run through the

1:38

snow. SpookySanta

1:44

Spokey. I don't

1:47

use here. Here. Here. Here.

1:51

Here. Here. There you

1:53

go. Hold on. Wasn't sure I could hit that note.

1:57

Hello. Children welcome to spooky

2:00

center. That's me. I'm

2:02

Santa Claus, and I have more

2:04

scary stories to share with you today.

2:07

I have a special story that was emailed

2:09

to me from one of the children on my good

2:11

list. Kimberly lives in

2:14

La Mesa, California, and she

2:16

tells a story about what her

2:18

older brother saw, which is even

2:20

more terrifying when you hear

2:22

what happened afterward. Jessica

2:24

a Bayless brings us a story about a

2:26

brand new Christmas Carol that

2:28

brought jitters instead of joy.

2:31

But first. I have a scary

2:34

about three sisters who ask

2:36

their parents for Christmas presents.

2:38

Now, why would that be scary you

2:40

ask squail, keep listening,

2:43

and you'll find out. Now,

2:45

bolts your doors, lock your windows,

2:48

turn off your lights, pour up log

2:50

of hot cocoa and come with

2:53

for another holiday chiller.

3:07

There was a married couple who had

3:09

three daughters, the oldest was

3:11

fifteen, the middle one was twelve,

3:13

and the youngest daughter was seven

3:15

years old. For Christmas,

3:17

the oldest daughter asked for a

3:19

laptop computer. The middle

3:21

daughter asked for an iPad and the youngest

3:24

daughter asked pretty small

3:26

doll. On Christmas day,

3:28

they all unwrapped their presence

3:30

beneath the Christmas tree. The oldest

3:33

and the middle daughter received exactly

3:35

what they'd asked for, but the youngest

3:38

daughter who wanted the doll was

3:40

surprised to receive instead a

3:42

clown puppet. However,

3:44

the clown puppet was so cute

3:46

she decided to keep it. And

3:48

two days later, the youngest

3:50

girl disappeared. The

3:53

next Christmas, the oldest daughter

3:55

asked for an iPad. The middle

3:57

daughter asked for a clown puppet

3:59

in memory of her little sister. And

4:02

two days later, the middle

4:04

daughter disappeared as well. The

4:06

next Christmas, the last remaining

4:09

daughter, asked for a clown

4:11

puppet in memory of her two younger

4:13

sisters who disappeared. And

4:15

then, you guessed it two

4:18

days later, she too

4:20

disappeared. The parents

4:22

became very poor and were

4:24

forced to sell their furniture for

4:26

money. One day, they went into

4:28

the attic looking for something else

4:30

they could sell. And there,

4:33

In a dark recess of the attic,

4:35

in a dark corner, they

4:37

saw the clown puppet. It

4:39

was sitting on a throne made from lollipop

4:41

sticks. And arranged all

4:44

around were the severed

4:46

heads of the three

4:48

missing girls. Well,

4:52

that's a creepy Christmas tale.

4:56

I sure hope that's not based on a true

4:58

story. I'm I'm pretty sure it's not.

5:01

I sure 2? Hey.

5:04

If you would like to write a scary

5:06

story for me, you can send it to me

5:08

at letters at spooky center

5:10

dot com. And then I can

5:12

read your story in an upcoming episode.

5:15

I love receiving emails.

5:30

I received a great email

5:32

from La Mesa, California.

5:34

Kimberly is twelve years old and

5:36

she sent me the story that we'll call

5:39

Devil in the closet. Here

5:41

is what she wrote. There

5:43

is five years between my older

5:45

brother and I. One night, shortly

5:48

after I was brought home, my brother

5:50

was asleep in his room. He

5:52

heard knocking and scraping around

5:54

in his closet. He woke,

5:56

sat up in bed and watched a man he

5:58

described as the devil exit

6:00

his closet. He walked to

6:02

the foot of his bed, smiled and

6:04

said, I'll see you soon,

6:07

kid, and then returned

6:09

to the closet. My brother

6:11

understandably terrified at

6:13

this point, went running into my

6:15

parents room, and immediately told them

6:17

what had happened. For the

6:19

next few nights, they let him sleep

6:21

with them. And just

6:23

a few nights later, the

6:25

ceiling in my brother's room

6:27

collapsed. Crushing his

6:29

bed. Had he been

6:31

in bed, he would have

6:33

been killed. Nothing

6:36

is scarier than strange, true

6:39

tales like that. Thank you

6:41

for sharing, Kimberly, and I'm so

6:43

glad to hear your brother is

6:45

okay. That way, you can

6:47

celebrate Christmas with him year after

6:49

year and not worry about

6:51

that devil in the closet. My

6:53

final story is something a bit

6:56

strange. If you like to see in

6:58

Christmas Carol's like I began

7:00

this episode with, well,

7:02

this one's going to be for you.

7:04

It's another story about a Carol,

7:06

but this Carol is

7:08

a bit terrifying. And you'll

7:10

find out why as I read

7:12

the Carol by Jessica

7:14

Bayless. Here's the

7:16

story. It

7:18

wasn't until the end verse of

7:20

the new song that everyone went

7:23

crazy. Mister Bellinger

7:25

sprang to Carol on at the last minute.

7:27

Nobody complained, except

7:30

me. He was all like now

7:32

Zachary, you know this 2, and every

7:34

one does, you just have to read

7:36

the words. Shouldn't be hard

7:38

for a seventh grader like you.

7:40

Well, out loud, I said, alright,

7:43

mister b. But in my head,

7:45

I thought I never wanted

7:47

to sing a school on Christmas Eve in

7:49

the first place. Mister

7:51

Bellinger made an announcement before

7:53

the new song. Aaron's, students,

7:55

teachers, and friends. We have a

7:57

little surprise this afternoon. I

8:00

found this next Carol in an antique

8:02

text. It's an old waffle

8:04

song. It used to be song all

8:06

over England by working folk

8:08

who'd go door to door for Christmas

8:10

treats. But nobody has sung

8:12

this version for hundreds of years,

8:15

not until today. You'll

8:17

find the lyrics in your programs. Merry

8:20

Christmas. Well,

8:22

the first couple verses of the Carol

8:24

were all normal. Stuff I'd heard

8:26

before about wasling all

8:28

over town and and good cheer

8:30

and blessings for the mistress of this

8:32

house, whoever she was.

8:34

But the last verse sounded

8:36

weird, even the non Latin

8:39

part. We'd song Latin

8:41

before, but still you'd think

8:43

mister b would have given us a warning

8:45

or something. Many

8:47

valint take all lives

8:49

longest, come fill us

8:51

of the strongest, else

8:53

tricks he give you. Betty

8:55

Valint. Come pray the maker,

8:57

fill the bowl and let it round

8:59

the table troll or

9:01

shame and pranks he'll have for

9:03

you. Veddy, the lint.

9:06

Only I never got to sing that part

9:09

because Mark Brody yanked again

9:12

on his tie that his mom forced on him

9:14

and he bumped me with his elbow when I

9:16

dropped my music. Shelley

9:18

Jenkins laughed at me and that

9:20

made my cheeks hot. My neck

9:22

2, and my hands were all sweaty when I

9:24

grabbed my folder from under Joey

9:26

Black's retro Jordan. When I

9:28

stood up, my stomach felt

9:30

funny, but not only because of shelling,

9:33

tacos, pie, pitched and

9:35

cold mixed with the song. Everyone

9:37

kept singing though like they couldn't

9:39

hear it. My mom sat in the

9:41

audience spanning herself with the

9:43

program. Bad shook his head at me

9:45

but pulled at his collar like, well,

9:47

like he was hot too. He

9:49

stopped to clap for the end of the

9:51

concert. Finally,

9:54

But we still had the party to get through

9:56

before we could go home to start real

9:58

Christmas. All the clapping

10:00

turned into out talking as

10:02

everyone headed for the food. That

10:04

was very nice, Zach. Mom

10:07

said when I pushed my way to them through

10:09

the crowd, Is it

10:11

just me or is it hot in here?

10:13

I'm dying. Can we

10:15

go now, please? I said,

10:18

shouted a deep voice. How

10:21

festive mom said,

10:23

Santa's here. Let's go see

10:25

him. Mom, I'm too

10:27

old for Santa. I wasn't

10:29

talking about you, she said, what?

10:31

Come on, Steve. She elbowed

10:33

my dad, a crazy grin

10:35

on her face. Let's go tell the big

10:37

guy what we want. He

10:39

grabbed her hand and then they

10:41

ran no no they skipped

10:43

to the corner where the line was

10:45

already growing. They wouldn't.

10:48

They would. They are.

10:50

They didn't even wait their

10:52

turn. Mom got right up in front

10:54

of Jenny Evans, which was kinda

10:56

cool because Jenny's a snub anyway,

10:58

but still she mom

11:00

sat on Santa's lap. In

11:02

front of the whole school, even

11:06

worse dad did too. This

11:08

had to be a nightmare. Some

11:12

messed up nightmare. Please

11:14

let it not be real.

11:16

I looked around in case anyone

11:18

was watching, but no one was.

11:21

Everyone was acting weird.

11:23

2 Johnson glanced around on

11:26

stage, singing a Beyonce song

11:28

into the microphone, with

11:30

no music and it did not

11:32

sound good like at

11:34

all. Missus Rodriguez, the

11:36

English teacher, wrestled the from

11:38

Tunisia, but then she started

11:40

reciting poetry into it. Tunisia

11:42

tugged the mic by missus Rodriguez

11:44

wouldn't let go. She

11:46

spouted on about how death and

11:48

obvious, and maybe she'll all piece

11:50

forth or whatever. Watch

11:52

me dunk Joey Black

11:54

shouted it out. He blew by me

11:56

in a running start for the basketball

11:58

net. Who was he fooling?

12:01

Joey couldn't even make a basket from the free

12:03

throw line. Before he could go forward,

12:05

he slipped on some spilled, punch, and

12:07

landed. Facebook, into the cake that the

12:09

home and careers class had made.

12:12

Me and Lee laughed her

12:14

butt off, but I'll forgot all

12:16

about Joey's Frost face when a sixth

12:18

grader tripped her. I don't

12:20

know if it was an accident or what,

12:22

but she fell and her dress

12:24

went up. I looked away

12:26

real fast, but Kendall Islam

12:28

jumped and shouted and pointed.

12:30

Fruit of the 2, mirror and

12:32

wears fruit of the lubes, everyone.

12:35

Kendall's boyfriend John came over and

12:37

that's when Kendall's face went

12:39

green. What's wrong?

12:41

John asked, I

12:43

don't tender

12:45

puked all over John's legs

12:47

and shoes. Gross.

12:49

John said, oh

12:51

my gosh. Kendo wailed, and then

12:53

sobbed all the way to the girls locker

12:55

room. Zach, what's

12:57

wrong with everyone? A voice said,

13:00

Shelly Jenkins. I couldn't

13:02

even look at her. If I tried, my cheeks

13:04

would get red again so I

13:06

kept my eyes on the party except

13:09

it wasn't a Christmas party, not anymore.

13:12

My mom was arguing with a ninth

13:14

grader over one of Santa's presence,

13:16

I caught her eye and mounted, let's

13:18

go, please. I made

13:20

prayer hands under my chin and

13:22

everything, but mom only crossed her arms

13:24

and shook her head at me. Oh,

13:27

no. Shelly pointed. Look,

13:29

mister Shepherd, the math teacher had

13:31

arranged the dessert place so that they

13:33

all lined up just right.

13:35

When Bruce Balsky tried to take a cookie,

13:38

mister Shepherd slapped his hand

13:40

away. I don't think his dad

13:42

liked that. I told Shelly and

13:44

he didn't. Bruce's dad

13:46

shouted in mister Shepherd's face.

13:48

Mister Shepherd shouted back, then

13:50

shoved Bruce's dad in the chest.

13:52

What is happening here? Shelly asked,

13:55

I have no idea I said,

13:57

parents danced. A teacher

13:59

cried. I cringed

14:01

when Simon Cherry snuck

14:03

up behind Kim Warner, tapped

14:05

her on the shoulder and opened a can of soda

14:07

that he'd been shaking right in her

14:09

face. We have to do

14:11

something, Shelly said, like

14:14

what? I don't know. It's

14:16

like they're all possessed or something.

14:18

The Carol, mister Bellinger,

14:20

said from behind us, he grabbed

14:22

Shelley's arm and stared hard into

14:24

her face. I thought it was a

14:26

joke he said. We sang a song

14:28

but didn't make an offering to the spirit.

14:31

What do you mean? She asked,

14:34

he didn't stay around to answer.

14:36

He ran 2 the stage and wrestled the

14:38

microphone away from missus Rodriguez

14:40

and then started singing

14:42

some opera song. I

14:44

almost wished for Tunisia's Beyonce invitation

14:46

again. It was that bad. Did

14:48

you hear that? Shelly asked,

14:50

Yeah. Mister b can't hit the high notes.

14:53

I winced and scratched the finger in

14:55

my ear. Not that

14:58

he said something about the Carol. How

15:00

bad he means the new song he added

15:02

to the concert? I got a weird

15:04

feeling when everyone else saying that

15:06

last verse. Everyone

15:08

else, I said, you mean you

15:10

didn't sing it? That's

15:12

right. She'd been laughing when I

15:14

dropped my music. Which was why

15:16

I hadn't sung that part.

15:18

I felt weird 2, and

15:20

I heard Shelly put her

15:22

hand on my arm. I

15:25

stared at it like I'd never seen a

15:27

hand before. She painted her

15:29

fingernails sparkly red.

15:31

Zach, did you hear me? I

15:33

snapped my eyes to her face. What? We

15:35

have to find that book where

15:37

the song came from. That's gonna be

15:39

it. She tugged my hand

15:41

and we bolted across the gym dodging

15:44

crazed partygoers until we

15:46

reached the hall. It's unlocked.

15:49

Shelby slipped inside mister B's

15:51

office. We rummaged through

15:53

drawers and under stacks of papers.

15:55

Here, I said, wow, it

15:57

really is an antique. Cracked

16:00

red leather covered the book. Shelly

16:02

read the gold lettering, charming, chance,

16:05

what a bonehead? This isn't a book

16:07

of Christmas arms. It's a spell book.

16:10

Come on, that stuff's not

16:12

real. She put a hand on her

16:14

hip, and how do you explain what's

16:16

going on on out there. Even

16:18

from here, the chaos in the gym rang

16:20

out loud and clear, shrieks,

16:23

laughs, voices singing

16:25

silent night, but all out of

16:27

sync, crashes bang, stumps.

16:30

It sounds pretty bad, pretty

16:32

bad. She made that face

16:34

where her eyebrows scrunched up

16:36

and her lip gets pouting. Okay.

16:39

Okay. It's bad. Let's

16:41

see. She flipped through the

16:44

pages. Here it is. Oh,

16:46

no. We summoned the

16:48

lint, the trickster. He honks

16:50

celebrations at Yucatide. I

16:52

knew I hated Latin. Does

16:54

it say how to get rid of him? Hold

16:57

on. Maybe there's a counter chat

16:59

or something. Her

17:01

lips moved as she read. I've got

17:03

it. We need to sing these lines.

17:05

I had to sing

17:07

in front of Shelly,

17:10

Maybe you should do it alone, I

17:12

said. No. It says many

17:14

voices 2, dispel him.

17:16

We'll be lucky if just two is

17:18

enough. I huffed out of breath.

17:21

Fine. I had to

17:23

get close to read the words, so

17:25

close our shoulders brushed.

17:27

I cleared my throat. Ready?

17:29

Shelly met my eyes and

17:31

nodded as she counted. 123

17:36

Caravalin, lest dawn take ye,

17:38

be gone for presents. No tricks

17:40

we will give ye. Corivalence,

17:42

thy bowl is empty.

17:45

No carols to troll. All pranks

17:47

be ended. Coravalint. My

17:50

voice cracked twice.

17:52

Shelley clenched the book so tightly. Her

17:54

fingers turned white and her hands shook.

17:56

What's wrong I asked?

17:59

I don't know. I can't hold

18:01

it. Wind roared through the

18:03

roof. All the papers on mister B's desk

18:05

flew into the air. Windows banged

18:08

open and closed, open,

18:10

closed, the wind whistled higher and

18:12

higher and louder. I covered

18:14

my ears. When a gust tugged

18:16

the book from Shelley's hands, she

18:18

covered her ears. The book

18:20

smacked against the wall. It stuck for a

18:23

second, then slid to the

18:25

floor. The pages turned

18:27

by themselves. When they

18:29

stopped, everything got

18:31

quiet. Even the party down the

18:33

hall went silent, like we were

18:35

in some kind of bubble.

18:37

Shelley wrapped her arms around me and pressed her cheek

18:39

into my shoulder. This surprised

18:41

me so much I forgot about the

18:43

book for a second. Zack.

18:46

Look. Smoke curled

18:48

up on the book's pages. It

18:50

spiraled higher and darker

18:53

forming the shape of a tall, skinny,

18:55

troll man with limbs, no thicker

18:57

than table legs, spikes

19:00

stuck out where his ears should

19:02

have been. Now I could tell where the

19:04

smoke came from. Fire

19:06

burned from each of the loose

19:08

fingertips, like ten

19:10

candles. The spirit's smile was

19:12

so huge he barely fit his face.

19:15

Oh my goodness, Shelby

19:17

whispered. The lint threw his head back

19:19

and tackled my dear,

19:21

what fun you've given me.

19:24

You're supposed to leave. I shouted,

19:26

we signed a song. I shall.

19:28

But first, one last

19:30

prank. He darted in

19:32

our heads, firing fingers

19:34

first. Shelley screamed and hit

19:36

her face. Flinching from the flames,

19:38

I threw my arms around her.

19:40

But before he touched us,

19:43

blint burst into a million

19:45

particles of dust that fell like

19:47

ugly dirty snow. He's

19:50

gone. I tried to look all around

19:52

me at once. Shelly peep

19:54

with one eye. Really?

19:57

Thanks so. She straightened,

19:59

and that's when I did something so

20:01

crazy. I couldn't believe it even while

20:03

it was happening. It was messed

20:05

up, so totally messed up.

20:07

I kissed Shelley.

20:10

On the lips, she smelled

20:12

like the punch from the party. Her

20:14

lips were pinked from it. They

20:16

tasted pink. Her eyes wide from

20:18

the ghost got even wider. The

20:21

lids made me. I jumped back. I

20:24

I The lynn's

20:26

crackling voice sing song all around

20:28

us. Tricks free. Tricks

20:31

free until his words faded

20:33

to nothing. I tried to look at

20:35

Shelley without actually looking

20:37

at her. Should we see if

20:39

everyone's okay? She asked

20:41

after a minute? Yeah. Before

20:44

I could take a step, she slipped her

20:46

fingers with their red glittery nail

20:48

polish into my hand. Her

20:50

hand was warm. As

20:53

we walked, she clapped her free hand

20:55

over her mouth and giggled. They're all

20:57

gonna be so embarrassed.

21:00

I know. Good thing we didn't do

21:02

anything will regret totally.

21:10

I love

21:16

it when my hero gets the girl in the

21:19

end. Well, did you like

21:21

the stories I told kids?

21:23

If so, do Santa a

21:25

big favor until your friends and

21:27

family about the spooky Santa Podcast.

21:30

That way, they can listen 2. And

21:32

remember, you can write your own scary

21:35

story and email it to me. At

21:37

letters at spooky santa dot

21:39

com. I love scary

21:41

stories and true

21:43

stories so long as they're spooky.

21:45

I love getting them. If you about

21:47

the stories that I've told or the authors who

21:49

wrote them, you can find links in the

21:51

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