In Austria, naughty children don’t get coal — they get beaten by a goat-horned demon who might drown them in a river.
Tag: dark Christmas
Six Serial Killers Woke Up at the North Pole at Christmastime
When six of history’s most infamous serial killers mysteriously wake up at the North Pole on Christmas Eve, Santa offers them one final chance at redemption—but the Holiday Spirit doesn’t work on everyone.
She Had to Have That Doll With The Purple Fingernails for Christmas
She got exactly what she wanted for Christmas—a beautiful doll with purple fingernails—but what the doll wanted was something far more sinister.
These Ghostly Hauntings Only Happen at Christmas
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.
Black Peter: The Christmas Demon That Makes Krampus Look Friendly
While Santa delivers presents to good children in Belgium and Holland, his demonic helper Black Peter stuffs the naughty ones into a sack full of hungry rats, drags them back to his coal mine on a cart pulled by plague-ridden undead rams, and forces them to dig coal forever — or until he gets hungry enough to eat them.
Forget Krampus, Greece Has Something Worse: Defecating Goblins!
Every year, goblin-like creatures called Kallikantzaroi stop sawing through the World Tree, crawl up from the underworld, and spend the twelve days of Christmas stealing babies, destroying homes, and terrorizing anyone unlucky enough to cross their path, pooping all over the place while they are at it.
She Opened the Door Expecting Santa. She Was Shot in the Face.
On Christmas Eve 2008, eight-year-old Leticia opened the door expecting Santa Claus — instead, she found her aunt’s ex-husband in a custom-fitted suit, armed with five handguns and a homemade flamethrower, ready to deliver his final gift to the family.
Forget Coal — These Christmas Creatures Will Eat Naughty Children
While children in America might fear getting coal in their stockings, kids in other parts of the world are warned about demons who beat them bloody, a giant cat that devours the lazy, and an ogress who cooks and eats disobedient children for her Christmas dinner.
Hans Trapp: Excommunicated, Exiled, and Insane. Now He Hunts Naughty Children at Christmas
In the 15th century, a wealthy man was excommunicated by the Pope, driven mad in exile, and killed by a bolt of lightning just as he was about to taste human flesh — now he rides with Santa every Christmas, drooling over the naughty children on the list.
Real-Life Killer Santas: The Horrifying True Crimes Behind the Red Suit
Santa Claus is supposed to bring joy and gifts — but these killers used the beloved red suit to bring terror and death. From Christmas party massacres to serial killers hiding behind the jolly disguise, these are the true crimes that prove not every Santa belongs on the nice list.
“HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS” by Dr. Seuss; narrated by Darren Marlar
He hated the Whos and their Christmas cheer, so he devised a plan to make the holiday disappear — but what the Grinch discovered that night would change his shriveled heart forever.