Scary Stories and Rain – Ep. 254 "Full Moon"

Podcast: Scary Stories and Rain
Host: Being Scared (Dane)
Date: October 10, 2025
Episode Theme:
A medley of unsettling true accounts, each grounded in everyday settings but threaded with eerie, supernatural, or subtly disturbing occurrences. Each story is delivered in calm, steady narration and underscored by the continuous ambience of rainfall—a blend meant both to unsettle and soothe listeners, especially on a long, rainy night.

Main Discussion Points & Story Summaries

1. The Figure In Aunt Kathy’s Window

[01:40–10:00]

Story Outline:

• The narrator and sister Cleo are left to stay with eccentric Aunt Kathy due to their mom’s work trip.
• Aunt Kathy's house, colored by grief after her son Chase’s death, carries lingering unease; the narrator senses something uncanny about visits.
• Upon arrival, the narrator glimpses a mysterious figure in an upstairs window—Aunt Kathy insists she lives alone.
• The nights pass uneventfully, but on leaving, the narrator sees the same silhouette—dark, eyes soulless—reaffirming the strange aura around Aunt Kathy’s house.

Memorable Quote:

“It seemed to be more of a silhouette and was black in color with soulless eyes.”
– Narrator [09:13]

Notable Moment:

• The recurring vision of the silhouette, coupled with Aunt Kathy’s claim of loneliness, lands with an almost gothic ambiguity—ghost or grief?

2. Nightmare Yacht: Survival at Sea

[10:15–30:40]

Story Outline:

• The narrator wins a rare yacht tour and, with their partner, sets off with another couple.
• What begins as a dreamy getaway turns nightmarish when a fire breaks out at night; everyone evacuates to a life raft with only one oar and an unreliable patch kit.
• The raft fails; they’re cast adrift in the near-black waters of the deep ocean for hours—panic builds as something brushes their legs.
• Dawn brings hope, until the narrator fears a shark attack (“my biggest fear of free floating” [29:08]); they’re later rescued by a cargo ship and Coast Guard chopper.
• As they're airlifted, the reality of circling sharks beneath the water is revealed, closing the story with a shudder.

Memorable Quotes:

“The water was glowing orange around the boat...the normal calm the sound of waves brings was slowly becoming the worst sound I could ever hear.”
– Narrator [12:19]

“If I had to watch something bad happen to her, I would rather it just be me.”
– Narrator [23:31]

“The wreckage was swarming with sharks. The Coast Guard ... made a comment: ‘This area is notorious for shark activity. You all are lucky to have made it out alive and with all limbs intact.’”
– Narrator, recounting the Coast Guard [30:24]

Notable Moments:

• The narrator throwing their earrings in the sea to distract (possible) sharks—desperation and fear made tangible.
• The chilling, final revelation of circling sharks after rescue.

3. Ghosts of Despair: The River Footprints

[30:40–35:50]

Story Outline:

• The narrator, adrift after college amidst the Great Recession, works odd jobs, one transcribing psych evals of rural youth—many recount supernatural tales.
• Inspired by an old miner’s recount of ‘ghosts walking out of the river,’ the narrator visits the haunting river for themselves.
• At dusk, after an introspective vigil, they find wet footprints leading from the water to their car (distinctly cowboy boots)—then vanishing at the door.

Memorable Quote:

“I was 24 years old and I was looking for ghosts. I had maybe even become a ghost myself.”
– Narrator [33:29]

“A set of wet footprints leading to my car…from the edge of the river…my whole body felt cold and light. It was the biggest moment of unreality I've ever experienced.”
– Narrator [34:44]

Notable Moments:

• The blending of personal despair and the supernatural.
• The silent, chilling proof—the footprints—of something unexplainable.

4. Mechanical Laughter in the Dark: The Babysitter & the Kitchen

[35:51–42:48]

Story Outline:

• Recalling two separate childhood incidents: once at home with a babysitter, again at a friend’s house, the narrator and others hear mechanical, inhuman laughter coming from the kitchen at night.
• The sound repeats (“looped, distorted, not a person’s voice” [36:35]), terrifying kids and pet alike. The family dog is as petrified as the girls.
• Despite searches, no source is ever found and the experience leaves lasting trauma—the babysitter refuses to watch over the narrator again.

Memorable Quotes:

“It was extremely mechanical in tone, high pitched but flat sounding…like a broken post machine washed ruined toy with a damaged voice box.”
– Narrator [36:42]

“The dog was on the couch wide eyed, avoiding looking in the kitchen, shaking as violently as I was. She looked petrified.”
– Narrator [38:55]

Notable Moments:

• The powerful, child’s-eye view of supernatural terror: visceral, inexplicable, and witnessed by several people (and animals).

5. The Man and the Dog: An Almost-Encounter

[42:49–49:48]

Story Outline:

• As a young child, the narrator recalls riding a bike near their old middle school at dusk. An older man with a dog initiates a seemingly harmless conversation.
• His questions turn personal and slightly manipulative, asking if the narrator wants to look for money he claims is nearby.
• At the crucial moment, the narrator’s mother intervenes (“What are you doing? Get over here” [47:27]), her timing possibly deterring a dangerous situation.
• The man’s parting look is described as “pure hatred” [48:16].

Memorable Quote:

“I looked back at the man. I gotta go. I'll see you later, I told him…he just stared back at me with a look of pure hatred.”
– Narrator [48:16]

Notable Moments:

• The subtle escalation from normalcy to potential danger—an everyday horror, made chilling in hindsight.

6. Haunted Dining Room & The Phantom Knocks

[52:49–57:39]

Story Outline:

• Two true, personal stories from a practical-minded narrator.
• At a famous haunted seaside restaurant, the narrator is comforted by someone else’s presence in the bathroom—or so she thinks. The noises and motion are real, but the next stall is empty.
• In a house bought with her boyfriend, the narrator is haunted by double knocks on windows—always in the room she’s in, never witnessed by others, until finally her family hears it too.

Memorable Quotes:

“I was in there alone…just my luck, no one else had to use the restroom. I went into the second of the two stalls...I was very relieved when a minute later, someone else came into the restroom…I noticed there was no one in the other stall. The door was resting open as it had been—clearly empty.”
– Narrator [54:08]

“The knocks happened in whatever room I happened to be in at the time...Only one time do I remember it happening at night…It was too close to me and so unexpected I actually jumped.”
– Narrator [56:01]

Notable Moments:

• The unsettling specificity of the knocks—always where the narrator is, never where the others are.
• The eventual vindication when her family experiences it too.

Notable Quotes & Moments – Quick Reference

• On grief and the uncanny:
  "Sometimes it feels like he is still here. Especially when she wakes up in the middle of the night." – Aunt Kathy [07:36]
• On true terror:
  "We were surrounded by complete darkness and would be for the next few hours." – Survivor on the raft [14:43]
• On existential despair:
  "I had maybe even become a ghost myself." – River story narrator [33:29]
• On the power of the unseen:
  "Nothing much was said in those last few minutes other than we learned we were almost 100 miles off the coast...in the dead of night, floating helplessly amongst the creatures of the sea for even just one minute is one minute too long." – Yacht survivor [27:34]
• On collective fear:
  "She tried to get up and tell me that she was going to see if any friends were outside pranking us…she was scared to go near me for weeks." – Narrator [39:44]
• On inexplicable phenomena:
  "I always believed in the paranormal because I feel how could anyone be positive that something doesn't exist?" – Haunted house narrator [52:49]

Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:40] Aunt Kathy’s house – first sighting of the figure
• [09:13] The departing vision of the window silhouette
• [12:15] Life raft panic, fire at sea
• [23:31] Emotional moment on the sinking raft
• [30:24] The sharks, the Coast Guard’s chilling comment
• [34:44] Wet cowboy boot footprints at the river
• [36:42] Mechanical laughter describes
• [38:55] Child and dog both paralyzed with fear
• [47:27] Mother intervenes in the "stranger danger" story
• [54:08] Haunted restaurant restroom realization
• [56:01] The phenomenon of the double window knocks

Tone & Atmosphere

Throughout the episode, each story is relayed in a soothingly calm, reflective voice. Even the most harrowing moments—burning boats, uncanny apparitions, inexplicable laughter—are given a domestic quality that makes them feel close to home, eerily relatable, and all the more disturbing for how ordinary they begin. Rainfall in the background enhances the immersive, almost meditative suspense.

Conclusion

"Scary Stories and Rain" Ep. 254 showcases everyday horror: family trips, childhood sleepovers, a simple walk at dusk, jobs, and dinners, all brushed by the inexplicable or sinister. The supernatural sits side by side with existential dread and real-world dangers—comfortably unsettling, perfect for a restless rainy night.