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Dark History

The 2025 Gift Guide - A Very Dark History Holiday Special

December 10, 2025

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5 min read

🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: This is a casual, solo-hosted podcast episode with a specific gimmick. Host Bailey Sarian presents a "Dark History Gift Guide," offering bizarre and macabre historical artifacts as hypothetical holiday presents. It feels like a fun, unhinged monologue from a friend who's deep into a Wikipedia rabbit hole.
  • The Key Players:
    • Bailey Sarian: The host. She is a storyteller with a darkly comedic, conversational style. She is the "gift guide" curator, presenting each item with a mix of genuine fascination and sarcastic humor.
  • The Vibe: Fun, Unhinged, and Darkly Educational. The tone is playful and energetic, with a clear focus on entertainment over academic rigor. It’s the kind of content you listen to while doing chores, laughing at the absurdity of history.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Bailey Sarian**
  • 2 (03:27) **Gift #1: The Baby Cage**
  • 3 (07:39) **Gift #2: Ambergris (Whale Vomit/Poop)**
  • 4 (11:47) **Gift #3: The Ouija Board**
  • 5 (17:46) **Gift #4: A Chippendales Lap Dance**
  • 6 (19:35) **Gift #5: The Kushtaka (Otterman)**
  • 7 (23:13) **Gift #6: A Collapsing Boat (Inspired by Nero)**

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Show Notes

Hi, friends! Happy Wednesday!

Listen... I know shopping for the holidays can be a total drag. You never know what to get that testy aunt who hates literally everything or the "woo woo friend" who won't shut up about their crystals. Don't worry, I got you covered.

I would never leave you hanging, so I dug through my favorite stories from Season 4 to bring you the 2025 Dark History Gift Guide. 

Throw those boring stocking stuffers and gift cards in the fireplace. Because I got everything from baby cages to yogurt enemas. 

Sit back, pile the hot cocoa high with mini marshmallows and dim the lights because we are looking back at some of the wildest, most diabolical stories from this season to find gifts that really send a message.

xo
Bailey
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This podcast is Executive Produced by: Bailey Sarian and Joey Scavuzzo
Head Writer: Allyson Philobos
Senior Writer: Katie Burris
Research by: The Dark History Research Team
Director: Brian Jaggers
Edited by: Julien Perez
Additional Editing: Maria Norris

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