In this last week before Christmas, we'll be bringing you not one, but two episodes filled with

mysterious and sometimes downright creepy occurrences, all of which happened over the festive period.

So plug in your earphones, maybe grab yourself a glass of mulled wine, sit back, relax, and enjoy. So, And the Hidden beneath the Sacrine Sweet exterior that saturates the Ulltide season, there lies a somewhat dark and ominous history.

For many families, Christmas was one of the few times of year when they might occasionally

find themselves united under one roof, which led to the evolution of some customs and traditions, which may not seem appropriate

compared to how we now spend the festive period.

The concept of recounting scary stories and ghost tales in an effort to shock and

a pall your assembled audience might seem like something more at home during Halloween.

And yet historically, the act of trying to out scare your relatives with ever more horrifying and gory anecdotes

used to be a key part of festive gatherings.

Tall tales involving the ghosts of departed relatives and neighbours

were a traditional and regular feature of Christmas Day,

as well as stories detailing the grisly exploits of a number of festive demons and monsters.

Witches and vengeful spirits such as Krampus and Hans Trapp remained a significant

trope in Yultide celebrations.

Acting as a reminder that sometimes the more ungrateful members of society could expect to receive nothing more at Christmas than what they ultimately deserved.

Over time, these darker elements have slowly disappeared from the festive landscape.

But with the rapid expansion of global communications and the mass media,

it has never been more evident that for a certain percentage of the world's population,

the 25th of December can often turn out to be just another day.

The reality is that unexpected things can potentially happen to people all year round and the season of goodwill

won't necessarily protect you from the dangers that are lurking out there in the

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