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Once Upon a Scare

Once Upon a Scare

By: Mia Yesland
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Spooky stories for brave little dreamers. Snuggle up and get ready for Once Upon a Scare — a spooky (but not too spooky) bedtime podcast full of ghostly giggles, magical mysteries, and silly shivers! Each episode brings a new story designed just for kids who love a little fright before night. Perfect for ages 5–12 and anyone who dares to dream in the dark.Mia Yesland Literature & Fiction
Episodes
  • The Curse of the Odd Labubu
    Sep 15 2025

    On the foggy coast of Kingston, Mila loves collecting strange little creatures called Labubus. Her brother Kaiban thinks they’re just toys—until one begins to move on its own. Dark blue, red-stained, and always grinning, this Labubu whispers in the night and waits in the shadows.

    But Cocoa isn’t just a toy. It’s a trap… and part of an ancient witch’s curse.

    Listen if you dare to the chilling season finale of Once Upon a Scare!

    Beware the Odd Labubu—because once it chooses you, there’s no escape.

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    11 mins
  • Trina Omaira – The Apure River Tamer
    Sep 1 2025

    Legend says that deep in Venezuela, the Apure River roars—
    a wild branch of the Orinoco, swollen with rain, swirling with whirlpools, sharp-toothed piranhas, and caimans with jaws strong enough to snap a tree in half. Even the bravest men feared to cross it.

    But in 1932, in the town of San Fernando, a girl only ten years old accepted a challenge no one believed possible: to swim across the furious river and survive. Her name was Trina Omaira Salerno—and her story became a legend.

    With her father following nervously in a canoe, Trina plunged into the raging waters. She fought the twisting current, slipped past the dreaded piranhas, and outpaced the snapping jaws of caimans. For half an hour she battled the river, while the whole town stood on the banks, holding its breath.

    And when at last she pulled herself onto the far shore—soaked, trembling, but alive—the people of San Fernando erupted in cheers that rose louder than the river’s roar.

    👻 Gather close, because tonight on Once Upon a Scare, we tell the incredible legend of Trina Omaira—the child who tamed the river.



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    11 mins
  • The Music
    Aug 25 2025

    Tinslee loved music more than anything—his piano, his guitar, even humming little tunes before bed. But when his mom asked him to take the laundry down to the basement, he discovered something waiting in the dark… glowing eyes, a haunted melody, and a secret that pulled him deeper into the shadows.

    Some say the music still plays in that house on quiet nights. But is it Tinslee… or the monster he awakened?

    Grab a blanket, turn off the lights, and get ready—because this story might just follow you after the last note fades.

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    6 mins
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