Santa Claus reads, “CHASED BY KRAMPUS” and 2 More Scary Christmas Stories for Kids! #SpookySanta

Santa Claus reads, “CHASED BY KRAMPUS” and 2 More Scary Christmas Stories for Kids! #SpookySanta

There be for hting marshmallows for toasting and car out Scary away from a stranger the poor ladies ran L young girls run as fast as you can the stalk is coming to seal your farewell from this Mortal coil on Earth to fiery Hell hello children it’s Santa with another edition of spooky Santa and I have some more great stories to share with you I’ll tell a Christmas story of two teenage girls named Isabella and Chloe and they are stalked by a dangerous murderer I have a very creepy

Tale to tell by Andrea stanet called the tradition but first I’ll tell you a bit more about everybody’s favorite Christmas monster trampus and remember if you want to write a scary story of your own you can email it to letters spooky santa.com and I can read your

Story in an upcoming episode now bolt your doors lock your windows turn off your lights pour a mug of hot cocoa It’s Magic in and come with spooky Santa for another holiday Chiller most everyone has heard of Krampus a legendary creature from Austrian and Hungarian folklore who is associated with Christmas on Christmas Eve while I hand out the presents Krampus deals out the punishment to all the boys and girls on my naughty list Krampus gets his name from the old

German word for claw in Austria I called St Nicholas and my helper is a terrifying demon named Krampus who travels with me on Christmas Eve Krampus is a red-faced goat horned demon he’s covered in Shaggy black fur he has chains hanging from his body and he

Rings a large cow Bell he has a long waggling red tongue a tail and he carries a big stick and a large black bag on Christmas Eve Austrian Children Place their shoes on the window sill or outside their bedroom door and while they sleep me and Krampus we creep in

And visit the house if those kids have been very good well I leave candy and Treats in those shoes but if they’ve been bad Krampus beats them with his stick and if they’ve been really bad Krampus puts them in his black sack and Carries those children off and throws

Them in a river just imagine Christmas Eve and you’ve just finished watching a Christmas movie with your family or singing Christmas carols by the Fireside you’re settling down to sleep when suddenly an enormous Shaggy monster with horns burst into your bedroom dragging chains and ringing a bell he attacks you

And beats you over the head with a stick while you scream for your parents to help you and then he stuffs you into his bag and kidnaps you as your parents stand by and do nothing and finally he throws you into a river and drowns you all of that because you didn’t behave

Yourself during the year The Legend of Krampus became so popular that his story spread throughout Europe it became especially popular in Czech Republic Slovakia Slovenia Croatia and Northern Italy and today Krampus day is celebrated on December 5th in country towns some men dress up in Furs heavy boots and ghoulish masks topped with

Horns so they can look like Krampus and then they carry sticks and ring bells and they go around town visiting the houses of families with small children when the parents open the door the men run in and ter ize the children they start growling and whipping the air with

Their sticks the children scream and cry but after everybody’s had a good fright the parents invite those men to sit down and have a drink I even received emails from some children talking about their experiences with Krampus em we get your Emil every day here’s your mail today if you’d like to email me you can do so at letters at spooky santa.com Kristoff sent me an email about his experience with Krampus he said I’m from originally Austria and I spent many years as a child being chased around

Town by Krampus it’s one of the scariest experiences you can have as a child growing up in Austria it’s also one of the biggest adrenaline rushes because the danger is quite real once Krampus saw my friends and I and he began to chase us we jumped fences and we ran

Through backyards and Krampus just kept coming after us and when he catches you he usually gives you a pretty good whooping around your legs and yes it hurts it’s also really scary I can never forget that Terror as a child nah also sent me an email saying I’m Austrian and

Quite familiar with the Krampus since I got beaten by him several times in my child childhood and Gavin emailed me saying my family lived in Germany when I was young my siblings and I had the opportunity to meet Krampus every Christmas it was truly terrifying as a

Kid Krampus would come into our house we were lined up as he asked us questions about how good or bad we had been all year Krampus had a big bag full of kids with legs and arms sticking out that would actually move around and whimper Krampus would walk over and whack the

Bag with a whip oh man what we didn’t want to end up in that bag boy maybe I should stop traveling with Krampus every year I mean just when you thought Christmas was the one time of year that wouldn’t be scary Along Comes Krampus oo speaking of scary I

Have another story to share this one is called girls night out Isabella and Chloe were two typical American teenage girls after school they spent all of their time together watching scary movies having sleepovers shopping for new clothes they liked partying keeping up with their friends having fun and just enjoying life they

Had no way of knowing the horrible fate that life had in store for them one night Isabella and Chloe decided to have a girl night out they planned to sneak out to a nightclub as soon as their parents went to sleep Isabella kissed her parents good night and went upstairs

To bed as she usually did when she thought everybody had finally gone to sleep she took out her cell phone called her friend Chloe and told her to meet her at the store down the street Khloe agreed and hung up Isabella quietly opened her bedroom window trying not to

Wake anybody after all she was sneaking out and she wasn’t supposed to she stepped out onto the window sill and climbed down the drain pipe as she walked down the deserted street she got a strange feeling that she was being watched the hairs on the back of her

Neck pricked up she glanced behind her but no she was alone when she came to the corner store there was nobody around so she took out her cell phone and called Chloe okay I’m at the store she said hurry up or I’m going home what’s wrong asked Chloe I don’t

Know replied Isabella this just doesn’t feel like other nights something isn’t right I’ve got a bad Vibe stop it you’re just being paranoid laughed Chloe I’ll be there in 2 minutes Isabella hung up the phone but she couldn’t shake the feeling that someone or something was watching her 5

Minutes later Chloe turned up and the two girls walked together to the nightclub the girls were too young to get into the club but the bouncers never asked them for an ID they strolled inside and pretty soon they were dancing to the music and flirting with guys on

The Dance Floor around 3 a.m. Isabella was chatting to a really cute guy who must have been at least 10 years older than her suddenly she felt her phone vibrating in her pocket it was a text message from her ex-boyfriend Anthony she hadn’t heard from him since they

Broke up a month ago and the text read come outside I’ve got a huge surprise for you curious she looked around and saw Chloe busy talking to some other man so without saying goodbye Isabella walked out the door of the nightclub she had only taken a few steps when she

Received another text message it read meet you around the corner over by the dumpster the street was dimly lit and deserted Isabella had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach something didn’t feel right but she told herself she was just being stupid just being overly cautious inside the nightclub Chloe was

Looking for her friend after waiting for 15 minutes she began to grow impatient she scanned the dance floor but there was no sign of Isabella she even checked the restrooms but they were empty at 3:27 a.m. a relieved Khloe finally got a text from her friend Isabella and it

Read meet me outside now hurry when Chloe got outside she received another text I’m around the corner over by the dumpster come watch me Sparkle Chloe followed the directions crossing the dark and lonely Street when she rounded the corner she was confronted by a horrific sight her heart

Almost froze in her chest Isabella was hanging upside down from a street light in a parking lot behind the dumpster sparkling Christmas tree lights were wrapped around her ankles there was a large pool of blood below her her body was completely stripped of clothing revealing deep wounds along her stomach

And chest Chloe fell to the ground and began screaming hysterically some people who were standing at the door of the nightclub heard her cries and came rushing over when they turned the corner and saw Isabella’s bloody corpse hanging in front of them they too were horrified the police were called and they

Questioned Chloe for hours still in a state of Hysteria she could barely talk sobbing uncontrollably she told them how she and Isabella had snuck out that night and gone to the nightclub together she tried to remember all of the guys they had spoke with and flirted with on

The dance floor they asked her if she knew of anybody who would want to harm Isabella but well Chloe couldn’t think of anyone as much as she wanted to catch Isabella’s killer she was of no help to the investigation during the interrogation one of the cops produced a plastic bag

And took out a Blood Stained envelope we found this lodged in your friend’s throat and it’s addressed to you said the cop as he handed her the envelope the name Chloe was scrolled across the front of the envelope with trembling hands she took out the piece of paper

Inside and read it and the letter said maybe if you stayed in bed like you were supposed to things like this wouldn’t happen don’t go sneaking around at night bad things can happen the cops had to grab her before she fainted an ambulance took Khloe to the hospital and she was

Treated for shock when Khloe returned home the next day she was still shaken up her parents told her that Isabella’s ex-boyfriend Anthony had been arrested for murder he was later released after passing a lie detector test though he claimed his phone had been stolen on the

Day of the murder the police didn’t rule him out as a suspect in the case but they didn’t have enough evidence to charge him either as fate would have it Isabella’s murder would remain unsolved nobody was ever brought to the trial for the crime and as time went on people

Began to forget about it 2 years had passed and Chloe had almost managed to forget about the terrible night when her best friend had been savagely murdered one night she called her boyfriend and asked him to meet her at the park it was about 2: a.m. she began to walk to the

Park but she felt a strange presence just like the one Isabella had told her about the night she was murdered she was almost to the park when that feeling came across her so she let it go and her phone beep it was a text message from her boyfriend almost there baby love you

Lots it said it made her feel much better her last task was to pass by the store the park was on the other side she began to walk but she heard something behind her and immediately she began to run her boyfriend got to the park and

Waited for about 15 minutes at 2:35 a.m. he got a text from Chloe and it read keep walking forward and you will see me he did as the text suggested and walked forward and there hanging upside down from a tree was the mutilated body of Chloe Christmas tree lights were wrapped

Around her ankles and she was completely naked and covered in blood exactly the way Isabella had been found 2 years earlier her boyfriend called the police and he was interrogated all night the next day when Chloe’s boyfriend got home there was a letter waiting for for him

On his parents’ doorstep it was stained with small drops of blood and the note inside read don’t go sneaking around at night bad things can happen I wish I could tell you that the murders of Isabella and Khloe were finally solved but sadly that’s just not the case today the police say the

Investigation is still ongoing but well they don’t have any new leads the murders are seldom spoken about nowadays they were high-profile cases at the time but due to the strange lack of evidence people soon forgot about them everyone who was involved went on with their lives you might be wondering how I know

So much about these cases well I’d rather not go into it considering it is still an ongoing investigation if you must know I was the police officer who was assigned to the case I was the cop who handed Khloe the bloodstained letter you may also be wondering why the

Murders were never solved well like I always say don’t go sneaking around at night bad things can happen oo sounds like the murderer was the police officer himself not a very good story at all but then again it does teach a lesson do not sneak out at night cuz bad things can happen

My final story is from Andrea stannett and it’s called the tradition they left her alone in the woods after all she had done to convince her family to take their annual Christmas trip up to their cabin in the Catskills they had left her alone and

Now the sun was going down relle Chu was perfectly safe in the family’s semi- rustic cabin every Christmas vacation since she was born she her mom dad and brother Mark took a retreat they’d arrive on Christmas Eve play music drink cocoa tell Christmas stories and decorate never in 13 years had there

Been a problem if anything the problem was her family’s attitudes the rule had always been no phones no computers no television strictly family time but when it had come time for planning this year’s trip dad wanted a station so he could work from home and Mark now a high

School senior he was obsessed with well himself even mom turned a bit Rocky wouldn’t it be nice to go to a ski resort for a change we always snowboard at the cabin you guys can’t just go changing family traditions Rochelle said the ride Upstate from Westchester had stunk it

Was bad enough dad and Mark grumbled about cutting down a tree the tradition was they had a live one every year what was the big deal then Mom suggested they buy a fake tree with LED lights no what’s wrong with you people Mark can’t

Wait to get away from us and go away to college and Dad all you ever think about is your stupid job and you she hissed at her mother from the back seat 5 minutes without your phone and you’re going into fions you were all ruining Christmas Eve

With that Rochelle also known as Rocky by her family burst into tears and refused to talk to anyone for the duration of the ride once the car was unpacked dad and Mark cut down the tree and then they and mom left for the 10m drive into town for food and supplies

Well now that Rocky was alone with the 8ft pine tied up in the living room she regretted fighting with her family if they were ruining Christmas well she wasn’t helping at all they just didn’t get it all she wanted was for her family to be together for Christmas really

Together not just occupying the same space at the same time while still ignoring each other they all thought she was weird because she preferred to talk to her friends in person instead of spending hours texting or video chatting and she’d rather play outside than online what’s wrong with that girl

A fire blazed in the fireplace Rocky considered curling up in front of it with a blanket her Kindle and her thermos of hot chocolate with her but now that she was alone she felt guilty and strangely uneasy as if forcing everyone to stick to tradition had been a terrible

Idea maybe everyone would forgive her if she made all the beds leaving her things on one of the two love seats that faced each other she found the plastic bins with all the Linens she walked past the closet-sized bathroom toward the back of the cabin where her and Mark’s bedrooms

Sat across from each other she could see her breath as she moved around the beds and small dressers in each room 20 minutes later each of the downstairs beds were heaped with several layers of blankets Rocky stopped at the bathroom before heading up to her parents Loft

She gathered her man of black curls and tamed them into a messy bun that she cured with a hair tie kept around her wrist she inspected her dark brown face to see if the zit that she’d been fighting was any smaller it wasn’t zipping her green fleece up to her chin

She went to finish her task balancing the bedding in front of her she climbed the ladder to The Loft she spread the sheets in comforter over the king-sized futon as she fluffed pillows in the lavender scented cases she heard a scratch on the roof probably a bird or a

Squirrel Dad paid landscapers to make sure the tree line was well away from the cabin so if any trees did fall they wouldn’t wreck the house holding still rocky continued to listen downstairs the fire logs shifted the following silence pressed in on her the back of her neck

Prickled whatever she’d heard it must have gone away she climbed back down the ladder her foot reached the bottom wrong when a thud made her jump had the noise come from the roof or the side of the house she glanced around alert and breathing faster now straining to hear

Anything going on outside why had she insisted on leaving the cell phones in the car’s glove compartment oh right she had insisted on the unplugged version of their vacation after a minute she made a dash across the living room to the kitchenet and picked up the landline to call her parents

She should call the police no they probably assume she was being funny or dumb it didn’t matter she realized there was no dial tone anyway Goosebumps broke out over her arms what was going on she rummaged through a drawer until she found the large carving knife curling her fingers around the handle she

Weighed the weapon reconsidering she placed it on the counter this is ridiculous her family was fond of Prim they must have parked down the road to mess with her as revenge for dragging them here oh stop scaring yourself Rocky she said to herself it had to be her

Family because as far as she knew there was no one else in the area who would be around the cabin about a mile to the east a middle-aged couple kept to themselves a half mile down the road to the West sat a farmhouse abandoned since the owner’s kids had sent him to a

Nursing home maybe somebody was staying there illegally crossing back to the love seat Rocky pulled a set of earbuds from her pocket when Mark tried to scare her she would simply ignore him she dropped onto the couch and scrolled through her Audi book collection she snuggled under her

Blanket and settled on a John Green short Story collection as one finger poised to Tap Play a crash at the front door startled her her Kindle bounced to the couch earbud ripped out of her ears and the thermos toppled to the floor that’s it she muttered flinging the

Blanket off she shouted at the door as she stomped her way toward it Mark if you don’t cut it out I’ll tell Mom what you and Gail have been up to after school expecting to see a snowball flying at her she threw the door wide open ready to duck the solar lights

Lining the edges of the property cast a pale glow along the driveway and the porch light Shone down over her head hello black eyes met hers and thin lips arked into a razor sharp grin a bronze skinned boy about her age with spiky jet black hair balanced on one foot bracing

Himself against the wall with one hand his other ankle she noted with a winse was twisted at a weird angle Rocky stepped back she glanced behind the boy at the path that led to the porch steps she hadn’t heard any engines but she couldn’t see any skis or

Snowshoes either through the front lawn and Beyond the log fence surrounding the yard the snow was smooth and clean untouched no Footprints who are you her fingers grasped the edge of the door you are not welcome here she said his gaze shifted to the tree lying on its side and the

Boy scowled you must leave tonight excuse excuse me this is private property you need to get out of here rapid fire bangs at the back of the house as loud as a machine gun seized Rocky’s attention she slammed the door and locked it behind her and in five

Quick strides she reached her room she yanked the curtains aside motion activated lights flooded the backyard and Rocky froze over a hundred crows glared at her from the snow covered lawn long seconds ticked by as she and the birds just stared at each other slowly she eased the curtain Shut and retreated

From the room closing the bedroom door after a pause she secured Mark’s room as well whatever this was it was no prank confused she went back to the front window and peaked out the driveway lights illuminated dozens of coal colored shapes perched silently along the fence Shadows against the

Crystalline Sheen of snow although there was no wind tree branches rustled ominously across the road icy fingers chilled Rocky’s spine heart thumping she crept to retrieve the knife from the counter and checked the time on the oven display mom dad and Mark wouldn’t be back for at least another hour she

Couldn’t just sit here waiting surrounded by these weird Birds she’d go crazy if she hadn’t already she eyed to the front door it would be insane to go out there the worst thing she could possibly do Rocky checked outside one last time telling herself there was

Nothing to be afraid of and she cracked the door open the strange boy was gone still she felt Beady black eyes tracking her every movement knife in hand she stepped onto the threshold and breathed in a frosty shuttering breath she opened her mouth to speak outside the trees

Erupted the crows along the fence burst into the air thousands of Spectre likee bodies swarmed inside from every direction glass rained into the house wood splintered Talons shredded the curtains each slice a ragged scream a cyclone of wings and beaks forced Rocky inside she tried to find Refuge behind

The couch she crouched and covered her head slashing at the crows with the knife they pecked and clawed and engulfed her a cacaphony of calling provided an angry sound track to the destruction she shrieked against the onslaught stop why are you doing this everything went silent finally she looked up glass

Shards covered the floor in Furniture black feathers floated in the air scratches and punctures scored her Exposed Skin Rocky’s face arms and hands stung she felt her face blood smeared over the pads of her stiff fingers and dripped down her cheek the crews were gone except for one silhouetted in the

Open doorway it had a twisted leg snow whisked up the porch steps and swirled around the bird it grew feathers smoothing and solidifying disappearing into the form of the boy she now noticed the solid black snow gear that he wore she held the knife out in front of her

Limping he Advanced on her you plan to stick me with that knife I don’t know are you going to make me he stopped a few feet away and his lips curved into a cruel smile stupid humans think you own the whole world every year you people come here and

Destroy our homes every year we have to find new places to live her voice Shook and tears streamed down her cheeks what what are you talking about we just we just come here to have family time we’ve never destroyed the arch of one Inky eyebrow stopped her as she recalled his earlier

Look of disgust her gut clenched the trees our Christmas trees and how many trees had the landscapers cut down his lip curled yours your trees our homes he cocked his head get out of here human never disrupt our homes again next time you won’t be spared his arms stretched

Wide as his body shrank down to his crow form with a blink and a whoos he took flight I’m sorry I didn’t know she said an uncaring Breeze swallowed her words with shaking hands Rocky shut the door returned the knife to the counter and bandaged her wounds before settling in

Front of the fire to wait for her family to return she was curled up under the blankets when she heard a car engine rev tires screeched to a stop rapid popping like hillstones hit the car in a meter sit up and turn toward the noise what

Now a scream chilled Rocky to the Bone Mom Mom Dad and Mark shouted as footsteps thundered up the porch stairs the door smacked the wall behind it her family flung themselves inside a cloud of crows packed at them before flying out again Dad slammed the door his chest

Heaved and his eyes were wide what on Earth white down feathers poked out of his jacket leaning against the door staring into space with his mouth gaping Mark looked worse scratches crisscrossed his face and blood dripped down one of his cheeks Rocky mom yelled baby what

She lurched over and crushed Rocky in a hug hundreds of crows came out of nowhere no reason I don’t understand her hair stuck up in every direction she sobbed against Rocky’s shoulder there was a reason mom Rocky secured the door they’re mad that we cut down their homes

We have to leave I know it sounds crazy but you saw saw them doesn’t matter right now we need to get out of here Dad was already in the kitchen picking up the knife Rocky had used to defend herself throwing a blanket over their heads mom held her close while Dad and

Mark Protected Their sides huddled awkwardly together they rushed to the car a crack ran across the rear driver’s side window they closed and locked the doors leaving everything behind and raced toward the safety of Home crows lying the way Darkly dotting the tops of mailboxes road signs and street lights

Just before the car turned onto the highway one large bird swooped in front of the windshield with a loud call a crow with a twisted foot Rocky recounted all that happened at the cabin unable to deny what they had all experienced they eagerly discussed selling the cabin

Where they had spent so many happy times the cabin where so many Traditions had begun in unison Mark Mom and Dad finally looked at her Rocky yeah she said trying to fix her hair and regain some semblance of normaly I’m thinking some things make better memories than Traditions maybe we

Start a new holiday tradition this time with fewer pine trees and more palm trees Well I must admit having Christmas with palm trees around does sound very nice in fact I might have to do that once I’m done with my rounds on Christmas Eve what a nice vacation that would be hey did you like the stories I told if so

Please do Santa a favor and tell your friends and family members about the spooky Santa podcast that way they can listen to too and remember you can write your own scary story and email it to me at letters spooky santa.com if you want to learn more about the stories I’ve

Told or the authors who wrote them you can find links in this episode’s show notes spooky Santa is a registered trademark of Marler House Productions copyright Marler House Productions 2019 and now be a good little boy or girl and join me next time for more creepy Tales from spooky Santa

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STORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…
”The Tradition” by Andrea Stanet: https://tinyurl.com/wkp7uu6
“Girls Night Out”: https://tinyurl.com/u4zjhwu
“Krampus”: https://tinyurl.com/whz5qc8
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#SpookySanta reads, “CHASED BY KRAMPUS” and 2 More Scary Christmas Stories for Kids!