Scary Stories and Rain

Host: Being Scared
Episode: Scary Stories For A Rainy Night - Ep. 232 - Blood Curdling
Date: September 18, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode of Scary Stories and Rain blends eerie true tales, urban legends, and unsettling personal accounts, all told against a backdrop of immersive rain ambiance. The host, Being Scared, narrates several blood-curdling, real-life experiences submitted by listeners and a longer fictional horror story. The episode's mood is reflective, ominous, and at times deeply vulnerable, aiming to fascinate and chill listeners looking for late-night scares or atmospheric background stories.

Key Stories & Discussion Points

1. Gold Camp Road – The Haunted Tunnels of Colorado Springs

[02:20 – 13:53]

• Premise:
  The narrator, a 22-year-old Army soldier, recounts a night out with friends that escalated from casual bowling to an impromptu ghost hunt at the infamous Gold Camp Road—a location with a reputation for hauntings.
• Urban Legend:
  Details the area's history—from railroad construction deaths, to a tragic bus accident in the 1980s where it's said a school bus full of orphans crashed and everyone perished. Now, people tell of ghostly laughter, apparitions, and mysterious handprints.
• Personal Account:
  After an uneventful hike to the gated third tunnel, the group decides to head home, only to have a harrowing late-night drive:
  • A mysterious car appears out of nowhere, aggressively tailing them on the treacherous mountain road.
  • The group sees a lone man, visibly covered by a beard, hair, and reflective jacket, walking up the mountain at 2:45 a.m.—uncannily resembling the tale’s bus driver.
  • At a gas station, the powder-dusted car is found covered in tiny handprints.
• Notable Quote:
  • "Jay's back windshield was completely covered in small, tiny handprints. All that baby powder that N dumped on his car earlier, it was there. It really happened." (13:37)
• Memorable Moment:
  The realization of the handprints ties the personal encounter directly to the haunted legend in a chilling twist.

2. The Angry Spirit in the Closet

[17:49 – 23:10]

• Premise:
  A couple, while viewing an old converted duplex, experience unexplainable illness and extreme unease. The husband is visibly shaken after investigating a closet, but waits until they're alone to reveal why.
• Key Event:
  The husband admits that, when the closet light blew, he saw an old man with glasses and an angry expression standing behind his wife, visible only for a split second.
• Follow-up:
  Later, a coworker reveals the home’s history: a short-tempered recluse had died there and was very protective of his space.
• Notable Quote:
  • “When he turned around to look at me, there was an old man with large glasses standing directly behind me with an incredibly angry look on his face.” (21:05)

3. The Dark Figure Under the Bed

[23:35 – 28:36]

• Premise:
  A childhood memory: The storyteller recalls living on a farm, with a constant sense of being watched. One night, they see a sinister figure first at the treeline, then inside their room.
• Key Events:
  • Figure approaches the bed, the narrator is paralyzed, unable to cry out.
  • The encounter seems to linger, shifting between nightmares and possible paranormal visitation—culminates with the figure crawling from under the bed and grabbing their face.
• Memorable Moment:
  • “As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the figure crawling from under my bed... Grasping the wall. It grabbed onto me. I was paralyzed. Its cold claws were holding my face.” (28:02)
• Aftermath:
  They wake, unsure if it was a dream, but hint small oddities continued in the house.

4. The White-Faced Stranger at the Window

[28:46 – 32:30]

• Premise:
  A family, newly moved into a house on eleven acres, is startled when the mother, washing dishes at 10:30 p.m., sees a pale stranger staring at her through the window and motioning for her to come out.
• Key Event:
  The father confronts the man, who requests to buy tractors before warning: “I’ll come back on Friday.” He never returns.
• Notable Quote:
  • “My mom described it as looking up and just seeing a white face staring directly at her. She said that once she looked at him, he motioned for her to come outside.” (30:00)
• Interpretation:
  The family doesn’t believe the visit was about machinery, and the sense of threat lingers.

5. The Pleasure Cigarettes – A Horror Parable

[33:00 – 59:00]

• Premise:
  The longest and most surreal tale, mixing psychological horror with supernatural elements. Jackson, a young man grappling with grief and addiction, buys a mysterious brand of cigarettes called “Pleasure” from an eerie shopkeeper, Mr. Knight.
• Key Story Arc:
  • Jackson begins to smoke “Pleasure” cigarettes, experiencing black smoke and increasingly uncontrollable cravings.
  • He encounters a demonic little girl and has hallucinations and blackouts, with black goo and self-destructive episodes.
  • Under the cigarettes’ influence, he attacks a doctor, suffers a fever, vomits black liquid, and loses a tooth.
  • A suicide attempt follows, but Jackson survives and learns from police the cigarettes contained an experimental drug; he was the first known victim.
  • He eventually quits smoking and feels hopeful, but the story ends ominously with the mysterious appearance of a wine bottle labeled "Glamour" on his doorstep.
• Notable Quotes:
  • "Only one a day. Remember that?" – The mysterious little girl, after attacking Jackson. (53:24)
  • "The box of cigarettes was now on the ground and all of them were scattered all over the place. I then placed a hand on my chest and noticed that I felt like a zombie for a short time which made me feel worried." (36:43)
• Memorable Moments:
  • Repeated supernatural encounters, the gruesome and surreal body horror (vomiting black goo, losing a tooth), and the lingering presence of evil in object form set a darkly unsettling tone to the narrative.
  • The cyclical temptation—ending with the mysterious wine bottle—implies the addiction, or curse, is never quite gone.

Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• "Jay's back windshield was completely covered in small, tiny handprints. All that baby powder that N dumped on his car earlier, it was there. It really happened." (13:37)
• "When he turned around to look at me, there was an old man with large glasses standing directly behind me with an incredibly angry look on his face." (21:05)
• "As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the figure crawling from under my bed... Grasping the wall. It grabbed onto me. I was paralyzed. Its cold claws were holding my face." (28:02)
• "My mom described it as looking up and just seeing a white face staring directly at her. She said that once she looked at him, he motioned for her to come outside." (30:00)
• "Only one a day. Remember that?" (53:24) – The evil little girl to Jackson.

Timestamps at a Glance

• Gold Camp Road Experience: 02:20 – 13:53
• Closet Ghost / Angry Old Man: 17:49 – 23:10
• Under the Bed Creature: 23:35 – 28:36
• White-Faced Stranger: 28:46 – 32:30
• The Pleasure Cigarettes: 33:00 – 59:00

Tone, Style & Listener Value

• The host’s steady, empathetic narration provides tension while maintaining a calm, approachable presence, reinforcing the “soothing rain” design while delivering genuinely unsettling material.
• Stories alternate between folk horror, psychological dread, domestic unease, and urban legend, offering a blend of relatability and the supernatural.
• Original voices and personal language are maintained for authenticity, conveying both the skepticism and dread felt by those experiencing these unknowns.
• Listeners seeking real chills and introspective, understated horror—something to haunt their thoughts as the rain patters down—will find this episode memorable and satisfying.