The Ritual of La Queimada

Anna, Andrew, and special guest Alex Song-Xia recount a few tales of ghostly children's hospitals and then an ill-fated seasonal game of "Would You Rather?" - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Andrew welcome back fan fave guest Alex Song-Xia to read Edgar Allan Poe’s classic horror poem “The Raven” - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this ep, Anna and Andrew read John Collier's chilling story, "Thus I Refute Beelzy" and discuss Vincent Price, demons, and childhood scares. - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Andrew dig into two cautionary tales about the risks and benefits of sharing food with supernatural beings. - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Andrew relay the internet’s most suspicious rankings of Halloween Costumes of the past 40 years. - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Andrew wrangle a Scottish tale about destructive kelpies, underwater demons who can take the form of horses and/or terrible men. - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of Labor Day, Anna and Andrew read accounts of paranormal encounters experienced while on the job: bathroom ghosts, conference room ghosts, cubicle ghosts, we got ‘em all! - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Andrew cover a quaint European wedding ritual, La Queimada, in which punch is lit aflame, people dress in Druidic cloaks and an incantation is recited to ward off evil witches, demons, spirits and certain bodily functions. - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s “back to ghoul!” season so Anna and Andrew are discussing America’s most frightening school mascots. - Scariest Mascots: https://rangeviewnews.org/23951/sports/top-10-scariest-mascots/ - Pierre with bandages: https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/theadvocate.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/15/f15c6c7b-ea5a-554e-accd-704a05a53cb1/5751d34d644b8.image.jpg?crop=658%2C658%2C166%2C0&resize=1200%2C1200&order=crop%2Cresize - ALL OF US STRANGERS Spoilers - 7:20-9:56 - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Andrew delve into the world of “nursery bogies”, ghoulish figures invented by parents to frighten their children into good behavior. - Credits & Links! Listener mail: [email protected] Follow Andrew - @thatsajellyfish on Instagram & Twitter Follow Anna - @annadrezen on Instagram & Twitter Follow The Pod - @scarystory_pod on Instagram & Twitter MERCH - tee.pub/lic/bdCk0NATv7o Music - Chris Ryan Producing - Jason Hammons Cover art - Bats Langley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices