Hollywood is built on illusion.

Lights. Soundstages. Carefully controlled darkness.

But what happens when the darkness doesn’t follow directions?

In this episode of One Up the Annals, host Rab Greeson sits down at the séance table to explore the most infamous cursed and haunted movie sets in film history. From early silent cinema to modern horror, where coincidence piled up, accidents felt intentional, and rumors refused to die.

Guided by special guest Victoria co-hosting as the medium “the spirits agreed to speak through,” this episode unfolds like a séance disguised as a podcast. Together, we trace the strange pattern that emerges when cameras roll on stories about ghosts, demons, and the Devil himself and something off-script shows up to watch.

You’ll hear about:

• Films that survived fires meant to erase them
• Sets where actors didn’t just play ghosts, they became legends
• Locations that seemed to remember what was done there
• Why certain roles feel like they keep the people who play them
• And how rumor itself can become a haunting that never leaves the screen

This isn’t a list of jump scares. It’s a slow burn through Hollywood’s shadow history—where belief, coincidence, and fear blur just enough to make you check the hallway afterward.


You came for the facts.
You’re not leaving alone.

Goodnight

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Episode 24 — Seasoning the Season: When Holiday Traditions Get Cooked

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This December, we’re not talking about the holidays you planned. We’re talking about the ones that happened anyway. When something slips. A turkey gets dropped. A gift detonates a relationship. Kids are kids. Someone discovers the punch wasn’t “lightly spiked,” it was weaponized.

And just like that, the holiday now has a name.

In this episode, we collect the true stories of December disasters that didn’t ruin Christmas… They became Christmas memories.

Because tradition tells you how the season is supposed to go. Reality tells you what actually happened.

And that’s the seasoning of the season.

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December is supposed to be warm, joyful, and magical.

So why does it also feel loud, expensive, exhausting, and emotionally charged?

I’m Rab Greeson and in this episode of One Up the Annals, we take a Dickens-style journey through the traditions of December guided by three ghosts who know exactly why this season hits the way it does.

We explore:

• Why Christmas trees were once fire hazards and survival symbols
• How lights went from “don’t die in the dark” to neighborhood competitions
• The strange, sacred, and occasionally unhinged origins of mistletoe, caroling, stockings, eggnog, fruitcake, and flying reindeer
• How December traditions transformed into performances, surveillance, and consumer rituals
• Why modern Christmas feels louder than ever and what we might want to carry forward instead

This isn’t about canceling Christmas.

It’s about understanding it.

From pagan fire rituals to mall Santas, from survival to spectacle, from quiet generosity to public performance, December has always been watching.

And maybe, just maybe, it’s trying to remind us of something.

Where December becomes legend…

It’s in the Annals.

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