True Crime Ghost Story – Day 12 | Spooktacular 2022

BySarra Cannon

Who else loves True Crime? Any Murderinos in the Coven with me?

I’ve been a bit of an addict / fangirl for some true crime podcasts and TV shows over the years. My Favorite Murder, Crime Junkie, True Crime Garage. Season-Long mystery podcasts like Serial, Someone Knows Something, and Up and Vanished (which, by the way, was about a friend of mine from High School who disappeared without a trace more than a decade ago).

I realize it’s a bit morbid to love hearing about murders, but there’s something really interesting about trying to follow the mystery, figure out what happened to these poor victims, and it honestly just makes me remember how precious life is and how much we should value the people in our lives we love.

What I love, too, is when a good mystery meets something on the spooky, ghostly side of things. When true crime and paranormal meet, you’ve got me hooked.

No surprise that my next book is exactly that – The Disappearance of Vanessa Shaw is a standalone paranormal thriller I’ve been working on while trying to unlock some of the plot on Book 12 that’s got me stuck. I’m hoping to finish drafting that book in November, so be on the lookout for release news by the end of the year, if all goes well.

Today, I had planned to have a spooky True Crime Ghost Story video to share with you on YouTube, but sadly, my mid-event stomach flu left me without time and energy to get this recorded for you. Instead, I’ll share this in November and let you know ahead of time when you can expect it and meet me for a chat!

Watch today’s welcome video and then keep reading below for a look at my favorite podcasts, shows, and more when it comes to spooky stories and true crime. Also, make sure to enter the Scentsy giveaway. (Don’t forget to head back to Day 1 to enter the grand prize giveaway again before we choose our winner tomorrow! Last chance!!)

Welcome to Day 12

Today’s Giveaway

I have a fun, scentillating (haha) giveaway for you today!! A Scentsy Bundle of $50 worth of merchandise of your choice to spend with our very own admin and Scentsy rep, Kelly Haer! You’ll get $50 worth of credit in her shop (plus shipping) and you can choose anything you want from warmers to wax melts, to plug ins!

Love Scentsy? Take a minute to check out Kelly’s website and support this awesome admin who gives so much of her time to our community! She’s got some awesome ideas for gifts for the holidays, too!

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My Favorite True Crime and Spooky Shows

Instead of our true crime ghost story event, I’m sharing some of my favorite things to listen to, from True Crime to ghostly true stories. Please share your own with me in the comments, because I’m always looking for good new shows to watch and listen to!

TRUE CRIME

Okay, so some of my favorite true crime (non spooky) podcasts are:

My Favorite Murder

True Crime Garage

Crime Junkie

Someone Knows Something

Last Podcast on The Left

Casefile True Crime

The Fall Line

Serial

Dirty John (now a TV show, too, I think)

And TV Shows/Documentaries:

Inventing Anna (netflix, highly dramatized)

The Staircase (Netflix)

Making A Murderer (actually, I think all of the ones on this list are netflix.)

Unsolved Mysteries

Forensic Files (so many old ones to binge now on Netflix!)

**Side note: For my true crime friends, did you see there’s finally an arrest in the Delphi case??? Hallelujah! Justice for these sweet girls, please!

SPOOKY TRUE STORIES

Spooked (hands down favorite spooky stuff podcast ever. LOVE Glenn Washington)

Haunted Road

Anything Ghost Podcast

Lore

Shows:

Ghost Hunters (true or not? Probably some of both)

Ghost Adventures (so over-dramatized, it’s funny, but it’s also fun to watch)

The Dead Files

SPOOKY FICTION HONORABLE MENTION

The Black Tapes (This one is totally fiction, and it goes off into a weird space after the first season, but it’s pretty brilliant, and I reallllllly want to do something similar someday.)

Light House (I haven’t actually listened to this one yet, but it has been on my list as a fiction podcast to listen to!)

Tell me more in the comments!

Scavenger Hunt Clue #12

Here is your twelfth clue:

Book – Deceiving Darkness

Chapter – “Something You Could Lose”

23rd paragraph

47th word

GOOD LUCK!!

Don’t forget to keep track of your daily words. At first, they’ll just look like random words, but once you have all 13 words, you’ll be able to unscramble the secret message! On the final day of Spooktacular, October 31st, I’ll post a google form to fill out where you can enter the message and win an exclusive digital prize from me!

Don’t forget, too, that we have Zoom Party Invites going out in my Facebook Group and on the Discord server every day. Also, head back to the Day 1 post and enter to win The Grand Prize of 15 signed paperbacks if you haven’t yet (You can enter once a day!).

Coming Up Tomorrow

I literally cannot come to terms with the fact that tomorrow is the final day of our 2022 Spooktacular. I could cry! I’ve had the best time, and I am going to miss hanging out every day with you! Tomorrow, to close out the event, I’ll do a special tarot reading for Halloween. See you there!

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  4. My favorite fall scent is the smell of pumpkin pie baking in the oven with the crisp fresh smell of the air as it starts to turn cold. (It is really hard to pin down what cold air smells like, but living in Florida it has a different, more beautiful scent than the normal hot and humid air we suffer through the rest of the year.

  6. My husband is very sensitive to strong scents so I tend to go for lighter scents. I love vanilla, coffee or chocolate scented things (as it reminds me of being tucked under the covers with a nice book)

  24. I love clean crisp soft scents for the house (linen, spearmint, eucalyptus) and usually something seasonal for my office/writing room. Currently using a combo of cedar wood, frankincense, clove!

  27. This spooktacular has been so much fun, I can’t believe it’s almost over either!

    For me, it’s not fall until I smell wet leaves decaying in the evening air. Sounds gross but when you step outside and are hit with a chilly breeze of leaf-smell, it’s like everything inside opens up. It’s not a scent I’ve ever seen sold, of course, so for candles I gravitate toward pumpkins and their spices. I like my home smelling warm and my backyard smelling cool and refreshed, haha!

  35. My favorite fall scent is cinnamon apple. I also love the smell of wood and leaves burning. When my husband burns leaves, I love the smell on him I am enjoying the spooktacular so much. You and your team have done a fantastic job. Hope you are feeling better.

  40. I love anything pumpkin, cinnamon, and apple in the fall! I’m a huge true crime junkie also- thank you for some new podcasts/shows to add to my list. I’m sorry you and your little were under the weather. Spooktacular has been fab! xo

  41. I hekkin LOVE Champagne Toast from Bath and Body Works. It’s a dreammmm!

    Also, thank you SO MUCH for the link to Kelly’s shop! I have been in NEEEEEEED of scentsy items!

  42. My favorite fall scent, without a doubt, is warm spiced cider. There is nothing more comforting than the smell of warm apples and cinnamon.

  45. Rain, Large fields that don’t sleep like grass cuttings but really good soil and any wax melt that isn’t overly strong or gives me headaches. I prefer to air out the room and then burn a wax melt it smells better. Also, I’m a big fan of True Crime Daily and Side Bar Daily along with many other True Crime Stories.

  50. lol i love anything that smells like trees as i used to have pine trees all over out yard then i moved to pa and it smelled like heaven outside !

  51. lol i love anything that smells like trees as i used to have pine trees all over out yard then i moved to pa and it smelled like heaven outside !

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