Scary Stories and Rain: Ep. 199 – Blood Flooded Alley

Host: Being Scared
Date: August 16, 2025
Theme: Real-life scary encounters, told against a backdrop of soothing rain

Episode Overview

This episode of Scary Stories and Rain features chilling true stories recounted by listeners and narrated in a calm, immersive style. Against the backdrop of ambient rainfall, the host shares harrowing real-life encounters: from an unnerving urban exploration gone wrong in Milwaukee, to the terror of being watched at a campground, to bizarre threats at a New Year’s party in Australia, and a tense standoff at a remote Adirondack cabin. The stories blend ordinary settings with sudden, deeply unsettling danger, driving home the theme that sometimes, true horror is all-too-human.

Story 1: Blood Flooded Alley (Urban Exploration in Milwaukee)

[00:33–29:15]
Narrator: Riley, 26, Milwaukee

Key Points

• Urban Exploration: Riley and friends explore an abandoned Milwaukee elementary school.
• Atmosphere: Steamy, humid late-summer night; the group is excited but apprehensive.
• Inside the School:
  • Encounters evidence of recent trespassers and potentially illegal activity (used syringes, new trash, mattresses).
  • Realization someone is probably living in the building.
• Disturbing Confrontation:
  • They encounter three men: Walter (bald, wolf-like eyes), “Ronnie/Marty” (skeletal, pink-haired, silent), and George (creepy, high-pitched, inquiring about children and showing inappropriate interest).
  • Tension escalates as George asks prying, disturbing questions about Ty’s kids.
  • Real sense of threat when Riley lies about group size and receives warning texts from Kevin outside: “A man had walked into the building about a minute ago and that we needed to get out of there as soon as possible.” [~23:45]
  • Hostile body language and a push at the fence as they escape.
• Chilling Exit: After barely escaping, George threatens Riley directly:
  • “I know you know what I am. It doesn’t matter because I like it. You’re lucky that fine girl was in the car with that fat guy or I would have done whatever I wanted to her...” — George [28:00]
• Aftermath:
  • Group learns weeks later that ‘George’ is actually a wanted sex offender named Charles Earl Daley.
  • School is later demolished; they unanimously quit urban exploring.
  • Riley reflects on how close they came to real danger.

Notable Quotes

• “As soon as the man at the door spoke in a very rough and direct voice...the look on his face told us he was not happy we were there.” [15:45]
• “The man giggled in a very creepy and cringy way. He then asked Ty if he ever left the girls alone...” [23:10]
• “It was in the car that we decided to make this our last urban exploration ever.” [28:20]
• “Who exactly were they? … it still sends a shiver up my spine to think about the danger we were in. A cold, cold shiver.” [29:10]

Story 2: The Voyeur Couple at the Campground

[31:20–36:16]
Narrator: Not explicitly named

Key Points

• Setting: Narrator lived in a rural campground as a child. Sense of community with regular seasonal activity.
• Rumors: Whispers spread about an elderly couple peering into windows, following people, and invading personal space.
• First Encounter:
  • One night, the narrator (then 7 years old) sees an old man grinning at him through an open window:
    • “His expression wasn’t at all what I would have expected. He looked so genuinely happy to see me, as if he had been waiting all that time for me to turn around and notice him.” [34:05]
• Aftermath:
  • The couple is evicted after multiple complaints.
  • The narrator remains shaken for years, always keeping blinds closed.

Notable Quotes

• “I tried to convince myself it was just a hallucination, or maybe even my own reflection... but I knew what I saw was real. It was inches away from me, separated only by a thin mesh screen.” [35:00]
• “To this day, I’m not really sure what their motives were… Regardless, this event shook me quite a bit.” [36:05]

Story 3: The Party Hat Stalker

[31:19–39:32]
Narrator: Unnamed man visiting his wife’s family in Brisbane, Australia

Key Points

• Holiday Party: At a large family gathering, the narrator gets drawn into an uncomfortable exchange over a paper party hat with a stranger, Jono.
• Escalation:
  • Jono becomes increasingly insistent and threatening:
    • “You’ll wear that hat even if I have to put it on your dead head myself.” [38:15]
  • Intimidates narrator in the bathroom, then bangs on the door demanding compliance.
• Aftermath:
  • The next morning, mysterious loud knocks and the same purple party hat nailed to their front door.
  • Family cuts their trip short out of fear.

Notable Quotes

• “He stared pointedly at me, really cold, hard eyes. ‘Put it on, mate,’ he said. It sounded more like an order.” [37:05]
• “Sorry, only for people who wear party hats. He looked defiant, psychotic, and very dangerous.” [38:35]
• “I opened the door very slowly and found no one there. Then I noticed it, nailed to my front door… the purple party hat.” [39:15]

Story 4: Adirondack Cabin Intruders

[39:32–43:40]
Narrator: Unnamed man, recently out of a relationship, with family

Key Points

• Setting: Isolated cabin in upstate New York; complete privacy assumed.
• Unexpected Visitors:
  • Two men, Louis (sociable but strange) and Tito (silent, impassive), appear claiming interest in the view.
  • Later, at midnight, the same men return acting menacingly, arm themselves, and try to take over the cabin.
  • Tense physical altercation ensues; narrator and brother manage to drive Louis and Tito off.
• Aftermath:
  • The cabin’s owner denies knowing the intruders.
  • Family refunds their stay and leaves immediately, deeply shaken.

Notable Quotes

• “Louis did not have that same charming personality as before. His eyes were bulging from his head and he flashed his pearly white teeth in an almost sadistic way.” [41:45]
• “We shall have our land back. We must wait for the right time.” – Tito, in a robotic voice [42:10]
• “Be safe everybody, and always lock your doors. You never know who could be creeping around.” [43:30]

Memorable Moments & Timestamps

| Timestamp | Story/Quote | Speaker/Context | |-----------|-------------|-----------------| | 00:33 | Start of Milwaukee urban exploration | Riley | | 15:45 | Encounter with Walter & group | Riley | | 23:45 | Kevin’s warning texts – “get out of there” | Riley | | 28:00 | George’s direct threat at the fence | Riley | | 29:10 | Chilling retrospect: “cold, cold shiver” | Riley | | 34:05 | Old man at the campground window | Campground narrator | | 37:05 | Jono, the party hat stalker: “Put it on, mate” | Australian party narrator | | 38:15 | Jono’s whispered threat: “…dead head myself” | Australian party narrator | | 39:15 | Purple hat nailed to the door | Australian party narrator | | 41:45 | Louis and Tito turn hostile at cabin | Adirondack cabin narrator | | 42:10 | “We shall have our land back…” | Tito | | 43:30 | “Be safe, everybody...” | Adirondack cabin narrator |

Episode Tone & Delivery

• Calm, measured narration: The host’s signature delivery allows the gravity of each story to land without sensationalism.
• Atmospheric: Constant rain sounds underscore the pervasive unease in every tale.
• Authentic: Stories retain the voice and detail of the original tellers, making the fear relatable and the danger feel real.

Final Reflection

This episode highlights how brushes with true danger—more often than not, human—can upend our sense of safety in the most mundane settings. Each story prompts a shiver of recognition: the world is at its scariest when the rain is falling, and strangers are nearby.