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Christmas Ghost Stories & Cursed Gifts

Hauntings, haunted objects and presents with a price.

A Christmas present is supposed to make someone happy. These stories ask what happens when a gift has a previous owner, a hidden appetite or a set of rules nobody understands. Explore eight individual Weekly Spooky episodes about holiday hauntings and cursed objects, from a stolen cemetery doll and a mother who refuses to stay buried to a Christmas card that carries an old enemy’s curse. The longer selections add haunted reflections, a dangerous game console and Krampus behind glass.

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  1. All I Want for Christmas

    A cemetery worker steals a coveted doll from a child’s coffin to give his daughter the perfect Christmas present. About 22 minutes. Listen on Spotify.

  2. All I Want for Christmas... Is My Mother to Stop Haunting Me! — A Skeleton Possession Nightmare

    A Christmas-obsessed mother returns after death, turning a giant decorative skeleton into the holiday guest her family cannot escape. About 43 minutes. Listen on Spotify.

  3. Black Christmas: A Cursed Snow Globe Christmas Horror Story

    A struggling newsboy discovers a snow globe that grants relief from his troubles while demanding an increasingly sinister price. About 60 minutes. Listen on Spotify.

  4. Christmas at Murder Mansion: Bethany, Harpy & the Ghosts of Grimm Manor

    A holiday rescue brings Bethany, Harpy and an uneasy ally back to Grimm Manor, where dangerous spirits have unfinished business. About 53 minutes. Listen on Spotify.

  5. A Chain Letter Christmas: Charity Mirren Faces the Curse That Killed Her

    A Christmas card brings Charity Mirren and Mica Collins a new version of the chain-letter curse they believed they had destroyed. About 47 minutes. Listen on Spotify.

  6. Mirror Images: Haunted Reflections, Christmas Doppelgängers & the Carnovasch Estate

    An estate’s ancient mirror unleashes a Christmas doppelgänger mystery when innocent friends are blamed for wrecking their own homes. About 102 minutes. Listen on Spotify.

  7. Christmas Arcadia — A Cursed VR Game Possesses Arial Mirren

    A bargain game console draws Arial Mirren into a Christmas village whose persuasive queen wants access to the real world. About 105 minutes. Listen on Spotify.

  8. Home Sweet Horror — Krampus Traps an Orphanage at Christmas

    A Krampus snow globe and a supernatural blizzard trap Bailey Downs and her friends inside the orphanage where she grew up. About 97 minutes. Listen on Spotify.

More Christmas listening

Stories narrated by Henrique Couto. Follow Weekly Spooky on Spotify for more scary stories throughout the year.