Full Body Chills – Episode Summary

Podcast: Full Body Chills
Episode: Lot 238
Host: audiochuck
Story Written By: Amanda Wisdom
Read By: Ellie McPherson
Date: October 22, 2025

Overview

“Lot 238” spins an urban-legend-infused tale about a university staffer who, seeking to save on parking fees, dares to park in the haunted remnants of a long-abandoned veterans’ hospital garage. What begins as a relatable gripe about workplace nickel-and-diming morphs into a harrowing descent into a sinister underworld and an encounter with a flesh-collecting monster. The episode’s central theme explores the boundary between skepticism and genuine horror, accented by the transformative terror of encountering the inexplicable.

Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Setting the Scene: Everyday Annoyances and a Shady Solution

[01:56 – 03:28]

• Protagonist’s Background: Not a professor, but a staff worker content enough with the job perks—except for the university’s paid staff parking.

• Introduction to Lot 238: An empty, derelict six-story parking garage, rumored to be haunted due to its history as part of a veterans’ hospital.

• Urban Legends: Stories abound of “paranormal patients” and sacrificed pets, warnings from the protagonist’s mother, but none heeded due to a sense of practicality and a little bit of martial arts bravado.

  “Even though Lot 238 remained intact, no one ever parked there. There were far too many urban legends surrounding the place... Paranormal patients that had psychotic breakdowns, neighborhood pets sacrificed, suicidal soldiers hell bent on haunting…” (03:06)

2. The Descent Begins: Entering Lot 238

[03:28 – 07:45]

• Late Night at the Office: Protagonist works late, gathering personal essentials (notably red lipstick).
• Atmosphere: The moonlit, empty campus sets an eerie, silent scene.
• First Omen: Upon entering Lot 238, an unexpected gust and mounting anxiety add to the foreboding silence.

3. The Elevator – A Portal to the Unknown

[07:45 – 10:20]

• Decision Point: Too tired to take the stairs, protagonist tries the elevator, expecting failure.

• Unexpected Function: “[T]he elevator door would open. Lot 238 had been decrepit and desolate for decades. Of course the elevator wouldn’t work.” (09:15) But it does.

• Uncontrollable Descent: The elevator, after trapping the protagonist, moves down—into a level beneath even the ground floor.

• First Glimpse of Otherworld: LED lights flicker on in sequence, illuminating an impossibly vast, underground realm filled with endless concrete columns.

  “There seemed to be no end to this underground floor… No way out, as far as I could see…” (09:59)

4. Navigating the Maze and Growing Dread

[10:20 – 15:00]

• Breadcrumb Trail: With lipstick, the protagonist marks X’s on columns to avoid getting lost.
• Finding the Exit: Finally discovers a distant “EXIT” sign and races toward it—momentarily feeling hope.
• The Stairwell: Climbing stairs, the air drops, an awful stench arises, and the lights strobe.

5. Confrontation with the Nightmare

[15:00 – 23:00]

• First Signs of Danger: Whines and moans suggest someone in pain above. Blood stains emerge around the fifth floor.

• Horror Realized: The protagonist encounters a grotesque entity:

  • Willowy, hunched, with elongated arms, sickle-like claws, covered in a patchwork of skin.
  • No face, only a “blank, empty space” and sometimes a partial snout of loose, bloody skin.

  “It had no eyes, no mouth, no nose or ears of its own. Only half a bloody snout sagged off the side of its face. A second later, the loose skin slid off. And there, where a face should have been, was nothing.“ (19:52)

• The Chase: Creature pursues the protagonist back down the stairs and into the garage; lipstick X’s now become a critical guide for escape.

6. Escape, Terror, and a Price Paid

[23:00 – 28:30]

• Attack: The creature catches the protagonist, pins them, and gruesomely peels skin off the forearm.

• Fight Back: Wild, instinctive defense using pepper spray. The creature, writhing, begins tearing off its patchwork skin.

• Last Stand at the Elevator: Bloody, panicked, the protagonist repeatedly bangs on the elevator buttons in vain as the creature approaches.

7. The Nightmare’s End – and Lingering Mystery

[28:30 – 30:25]

• Macabre Mimicry: The creature picks up the red lipstick, begins to “draw” a mouth onto its vacant face, forming a grisly row of teeth, then grins.

  “Slowly, the black hole between its shoulders stretched wide, the laceration spreading like cracked lips. And now a mouth took shape. A mouth inlaid with rows and rows of hidden teeth. The creature hissed. Then it grinned.” (29:44)

• Release: Just as the protagonist braces for death, the creature retreats, the elevator doors close, and the protagonist escapes—bloodied but alive.

8. Aftermath and Unreliable Reality

[30:25 – 31:25]

• Rescue and Disbelief: Collapsing at a gas station, the protagonist is brought to the hospital; police are skeptical of the story, especially a sergeant who asserts that Lot 238 “was torn down decades ago.”

• Lingering Proof: Despite doubt, the protagonist’s wounded, bandaged arm reaffirms the horror was real.

• Final Warning to Listeners: The story closes with a plea:

  “Promise me, dear listener, that you will take care of yourself. Promise me you won’t park in abandoned lots to save a few bucks... Because if not, you might end up paying the ultimate price.” (31:20)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Urban Legends:

  “Paranormal patients that had psychotic breakdowns, neighborhood pets sacrificed for pagan slaughter, suicidal soldiers hell bent on haunting, you know, that sort of thing.” (03:06)

• Face-to-Faceless Horror:

  “And there, where a face should have been, was nothing. Nothing but blank, empty space. Even though the creature had no features, I knew it had seen me. It was watching me, listening to my heartbeat pound out of my chest.” (19:52)

• The Surreal Monster’s Transformation:

  “Then it began to smear the makeup all over its missing face. Slowly, the black hole between its shoulders stretched wide, the laceration spreading like cracked lips. And now a mouth took shape. A mouth inlaid with rows and rows of hidden teeth.” (29:44)

• Chilling Warning:

  “Promise me you won’t park in abandoned lots to save a few bucks. Bet on safety and security. Always. Because if not, you might end up paying the ultimate price.” (31:20)

Important Timestamps

• 01:56: Protagonist introduces job and Lot 238’s folklore.
• 07:45: Decision to use the elevator; supernatural descent begins.
• 09:59: Discovery of the endless, light-strewn underground level.
• 15:00: Stairwell terror—whines, blood, and the first encounter.
• 19:52: Full reveal of the skin-quilted, faceless monster.
• 23:00: Creature chases; protagonist is attacked, skin peeled.
• 29:44: Monster smears lipstick, reveals ghastly grin.
• 31:20: Protagonist’s warning to listeners.

Tone and Style

Narrated with a blend of dry humor (“Don’t judge. We all want to feel pretty in our own skin.”), relatable weariness, escalating suspense, and ultimately breathless terror, the episode fuses mundane workplace woes with nightmarish imagery. The closing message couches a classic urban legend “moral of the story” in direct, second-person address: a warning that feels at once personal and universal.

Credits

• Story written by Amanda Wisdom
• Read by Ellie McPherson
• Episode produced by AudioChuck

For more or to submit your own stories, listeners are invited to visit the Full Body Chills website.