Podcast Summary: Scary Stories For A Rainy Night – Ep. 262 – Buried

Podcast: Scary Stories and Rain
Host: Being Scared (Dane)
Date: October 18, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode, “Buried,” delivers a collection of unsettling true stories, designed to chill listeners on a rainy night. Narrated calmly by Dane, each account immerses the audience in real-life horror, from encounters with menacing strangers and terrifying supernatural events to brushes with the unexplainable in nature. The ambient rain serves to deepen the atmosphere of each tale.

Key Stories and Discussion Points

1. The Woman at the Door (Starts ~02:34)

• Setting: Home alone at night with two dogs, waiting for pizza delivery.
• Incident: An unknown older woman approaches the door during the delivery, acting suspiciously.
• Details:
  • The woman waits close to the door, turns her back to the camera when addressed, and paces the driveway.
  • The narrator keeps the door locked, instructs the pizza guy to leave, and calls 911.
  • Police arrive and detain the woman, but she's released and causes trouble in the neighborhood before being re-arrested at another house.
• Memorable Quote:
  “She just walked up the driveway through the open gate, passed the pizza delivery guy, and stood in front of my door... Closer to the part that opened up. I realized she was waiting for me to open the door to get my pizza. Although she didn't seem to have any weapons, this instantly freaked me out.” (04:00)
• Insight: The importance of trusting gut instincts and the unpredictable nature of human threats.

2. Lawrenceville Georgia House Ghost (Begins ~08:40)

• Setting: Childhood home in Georgia, 2003-2008.
• Incident: A deeply unsettling presence throughout the house, particularly the basement and certain rooms.
• Events:
  • As children, both narrator and sister experience unshakable fears in certain parts of the house.
  • A pivotal moment: The sister witnesses a man in the basement putting a finger to his lips and whispering, terrifying the dog and the children.
• Memorable Quote:
  “She followed him to the bottom of the steps to see what he was barking at... she still maintains the same story of a man standing in the dark corner a few feet in front of her. With a grin, he put a finger to his lips and whispered." (10:50)
• Insight: Sometimes, childhood fears stem from inexplicable phenomena, not just an overactive imagination.

3. The Bike Path Hiss (Starts ~12:30)

• Setting: Late-night walk home along a dark bike path after drinking.
• Incident: Unnerving encounter with a strange man who hisses like a snake and pursues the narrator, nearly catching up.
• Details:
  • Man is silent, moves closer each time the narrator turns around.
  • The chase becomes physical, with the pursuer making animalistic sounds.
  • Narrator escapes into his home, forced inside by fear.
• Memorable Quote:
  “That’s when he hissed at me like a snake. A long, vicious sounding hiss that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.” (14:30)
• Insight: Sometimes the most frightening encounters aren’t supernatural, but crimes of pure, unpredictable human menace.

4. The Hummingbird Trail (Begins ~19:25)

• Setting: New Mexico highway, stranded after car runs out of gas.
• Incident: Finds increasing numbers of dead hummingbirds, resulting in a pile in the desert; experiences a disturbing, all-encompassing hum.
• Details:
  • Trail of dead birds leads into the wilderness.
  • Unexplainable mound of dead hummingbirds; overwhelming hum causes physical sickness.
  • Similar hum and animal deaths recur at sister’s house, inducing nausea.
• Memorable Quote:
  “It was almost like a Hansel and Gretel breadcrumb trail. It seemed as if it was some sort of methodically laid out plan of follow the dead hummingbirds if you dare... That was where I found it: a pile of dead hummingbirds, freaking huge. Maybe about two feet from the ground.” (22:20)
• Insight: Some phenomena defy explanation, blurring the line between psychological trauma and the supernatural.

5. The Vanishing Night and the White Light (Starts ~29:00)

• Setting: Beach bonfire in foggy L.A.; narrator, friend Ben, and a mysterious woman.
• Incident: Trio walks into dense fog and a “big bright light;” narrator awakens the next day with no memory, a strange wound, and Ben rendered mute.
• Details:
  • Both narrator and Ben have unexplained time loss and physical symptoms.
  • Ben's wife reveals Ben “cannot speak”; narrator later extracts a BB-sized object from his own thigh.
  • Ben refuses to discuss the incident, and their relationship is permanently changed.
• Memorable Quote:
  “I woke up with my alarm clock off like madness at three in the afternoon. A setting I have never set it upon. I was late for work. Upon my thigh rested a nasty BB-sized bump that rested in a sort of obsessive trance. I could not leave it alone. All I wanted to do was pick and scratch at it.” (32:35) “He wriggled and riled on the floor and Cleo and I witnessed him convulse upon the floor before he just fell asleep again. This was a man who performed on Broadway and he had the voice of an angel for someone to scream at me in a night terror daydream walk—yeah, it's scary.” (33:40)
• Insight: Alien abduction or drug-induced delusion? The boundaries of reality and memory are pushed to the breaking point.

6. Bear Watch and Sasquatch (Begins ~41:18)

• Setting: Boy Scout camp, Northern California; late night bear watch.
• Incident: Alone at night, narrator is startled by an unknown, massive creature that flees into the woods—possibly Sasquatch.
• Details:
  • Unsettling silence and a powerful smell preceding encounter.
  • Large form plummets from a tree, runs away bipedally, leaving massive damage.
  • Campers rationalize as bear, but narrator is convinced otherwise.
• Memorable Quote:
  “Whatever had dropped from the branches above fell from possibly 20ft and in its wake... had torn off branches off into the hill line that stood 13ft from the ground... no bear running on all fours stands 13ft tall, and no bear can run on two feet for 12 yards uphill on two legs. They just don't do that. … I think I encountered a Sasquatch that night.” (45:10)
• Insight: Even seasoned outdoorsmen meet moments where natural explanations fail.

7. The Haunted Theater (Starts ~47:52)

• Setting: Old theater, previously a library where a girl was murdered.
• Incident: Multiple cast and crew have ghostly experiences focused on a little girl’s ghost, culminating in a frightening personal encounter in the dark upstairs hallway.
• Events:
  • Female cast member is dragged by her hair when alone; props and costumes disappear; a boy hears breathing on his neck; others report ghostly voices.
  • Host, alone in the theater, sees the silhouette of a friend in the hallway; after an attempted playful encounter, he’s confronted with a child’s giggle, chaos in the costume storage, and a frantic escape.
  • Confirms the friend was outside the entire time.
• Memorable Quote:
  “When I had finished with my business, consistently looking back behind me, I opened the bathroom door to find that all of the lights had been shut off... Through that little light protruding from the bathroom, it traced along the hallway and looking down it, I saw the silhouette of Jules. ... That's when the giggle came. Not a laugh, a soft, silly child sounding giggle.” (51:20) “Oh, that's just the ghost. If she turns off the lights, it just means she likes you.” (52:05)
• Insight: The layering of local legend, collective fear, and personal experience creates an unshakable sense of haunting.

Notable Quotes and Moments

• Trusting Intuition: “I enabled the talk feature on the doorbell and I asked who she was. I did this so she would know that I was watching and so that the pizza guy would know that she is not supposed to be there.” (05:00)
• On Unshakable Fear: “No one went in the basement alone, which is where the first unexplained thing happened in this house.” (09:45)
• Chilling Sound: “That’s when he hissed at me like a snake. A long, vicious sounding hiss…” (14:30)
• Haunted Place Summed Up: “There is a breathing thrust upon the back of my neck... Every single time I turn my head, there's nothing there, and I'm scared.” (50:10)

Timestamps

• 02:34 – The Woman at the Door
• 08:40 – Lawrenceville House Ghost
• 12:30 – The Bike Path Hiss
• 19:25 – The Hummingbird Trail
• 29:00 – The Vanishing Night / White Light
• 41:18 – Bear Watch and Sasquatch
• 47:52 – The Haunted Theater

Tone and Storytelling Style

Dane’s narration blends a calm, almost soothing timbre with chilling details, enhancing the eeriness of each true account. The tone alternates between introspective (fearing one's own sanity or survival) and vivid, matter-of-fact descriptions of the bizarre and terrifying.

Summary Takeaways

• Everyday settings—home, a childhood house, a hike, a bonfire, work—can harbor nightmare scenarios.
• Instinct, shared fear, and intuition are recurring themes, often guiding protagonists through dangerous, inexplicable, or otherworldly encounters.
• The supernatural and the real intermingle: stories about ghosts, aliens, and monsters are balanced with true tales of unpredictable and dangerous people.

This episode is a masterclass in storytelling that elevates true encounters into haunting narratives, ideal for a sleepless, rainy night.