Scary Stories and Rain

Episode 263: Scary Stories For A Rainy Night – Psycho People
Host: Being Scared (Dane)
Date: October 19, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode delivers a chilling selection of true, unsettling encounters, all themed around “Psycho People”—those whose frightening actions and violent unpredictability haunt the nights of their victims. With calm narration layered over ambient rain sounds, these stories are curated to unsettle, entertain, and keep listeners up at night, blending brushes with psychopathy, true crime, and the supernatural.

Key Stories & Discussion Points

1. The Missing Friend at Camp

[01:10–08:32]

• A narrator recalls a school camping trip marred by a friend's sudden disappearance, a dead animal, and bloodcurdling, unexplained screams.
• The feeling of being watched pervades the experience, with the rain and darkness heightening paranoia.
• Eventually, the missing friend reappears, unperturbed, revealing she spent the night with someone she had a crush on—but both hear another terrifying scream, questioning if something supernatural is stalking the woods that night.
• The next morning, two more campers are found disheveled and traumatized, unable to explain what happened. The trip ends in confusion and fear.

Notable quote:

"I have a feeling that's not an animal out there." – Storyteller, [06:55]

“When I wished for a memorable trip, this wasn’t what I had in mind.” – Storyteller, [08:40]

2. The Disappearance of Timothy Wayne Dalton

[08:50–18:18]

• A detailed, true account from Monroe County, West Virginia, involving a man named Timothy Dalton vanishing in 2007.
• The only clue: his abandoned, broken-into pickup truck.
• Theories posit involvement from either a 1%er motorcycle gang (due to debt owed by his sister) or retaliation from a vindictive local deputy Dalton embarrassed in court.
• Despite community attention and extensive search, Dalton was never found—leaving behind bizarre police conclusions and the implication of potential cover-ups.

Notable quote:

"It really is as if the guy just disappeared, dropped off the face of the earth one day for some unknown reason." – Storyteller, [16:50]

"Maybe it was a person who had experience in finding bodies, who for professional reasons would know the most effective method of making someone just up and vanish without leaving so much as a trace." – Storyteller, [17:40]

3. UK Parking Lot Sword Murder

[19:15–26:30]

• The story of Robert Wilson, a night security officer in Huddersfield (UK), who encounters two drunken teenagers (Kieran Earnshaw and Luke Gockroger) searching for a lost phone.
• Tensions escalate and, in a shocking twist, one teen produces a sharpened decorative sword and attacks. The CCTV records the assault as Wilson is mortally wounded and a colleague is also slashed.
• Both teens are quickly arrested and sentenced to long prison terms.

Notable quotes:

“The two teenagers inflicted a horrific level of violence on Mr. Wilson, as well as seriously injuring Mr. Badejo.” – Storyteller, quoting prosecutor, [24:28]

"Yet is there not something about the dark of the night that brings out the most predatory and violent side of a man?" – Storyteller, [25:55]

4. The Extra Bedroom Mystery

[26:30–32:52]

• A personal account of a couple preparing for a night out, only for one to realize the second bedroom light keeps being turned on and the door left ajar, though neither admits to it.
• After a night out, the pattern repeats. In daylight, a search of the closet yields a chilling, handwritten note: “Have fun last night.”
• The couple immediately flee and move out, the subtle but menacing violation lingering.

Notable quote:

"I can't tell you how scary seeing that note was." – Storyteller, [32:52]

5. The Body in the Well

[35:18–39:49]

• The narrator and his recovering-addict mother-in-law find an abandoned house in the woods using Google Earth and decide to explore.
• Disregarding ominous signs, the storyteller investigates a well and, after smelling something putrid, spots a decaying body’s elbows and hair at the bottom.
• The authorities are skeptical, but when the remains are retrieved, a months-long missing person case is closed.
• The deeper horror: no one, including veteran officers, knew this remote house or its well even existed.

Notable quote:

"I'll never forget what I saw at the bottom of that well. Two elbows and the back of a head with long hair. That smell was the smell of a decaying human body." – Storyteller, [39:28]

6. The Haunted Family Home and The Shadow Man

[39:51–59:21]

• The narrator describes living in a home inherited cheaply from a relative, only to experience a persistent, negative presence—especially emanating from an attic room.
• Recurrent sightings of a ‘Shadow Man’ linger for years, witnessed by multiple members of the family, each dismissing or coping with the terror in their own way.
• Years later, they piece together their shared experiences, discovering even more chilling history behind both the home and the land, including the grave of a sailor.
• The haunting seems to call to new generations, as the narrator’s young daughter now obsesses over seeing the house.

Notable quotes:

“The shadow man would stand just outside the doorway. ... Always watching, darker than the surrounding darkness, seemingly trying to find a way to get closer to us.” – Storyteller, [47:36]

"We started talking about weird things we experienced in that old house. And as it turns out, every single one of us saw the exact same figure in the hallway, down to every detail.” – Storyteller, [51:20]

Memorable Moments & Quotes

• The calm storytelling scattered with genuine moments of dread—especially recounting the behaviors of the missing campers, the discovery in the well, and the haunted family home.
• Narration is gentle yet draws out the uncanny, atmospheric details: rain, mud, shadowy figures, and emotional confusion.
• The recurring motif of not knowing how close danger—human or otherwise—might be lurking:

  “You didn’t feel what I felt out there, I say in conviction.” – Storyteller, [07:11]

Timeline of Key Segments

| Time | Segment / Story Summary | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:10–08:32 | The missing friend and night terror at camp | | 08:50–18:18 | The disappearance of Timothy Dalton: small-town mystery | | 19:15–26:30 | UK car park sword killing | | 26:30–32:52 | The second bedroom intruder & the note | | 35:18–39:49 | Discovery of the body in the well | | 39:51–59:21 | The haunted house, Shadow Man, and lingering generational terror |

Tone & Atmosphere

• Calm, soothing delivery that intensifies the chilling content.
• Rainy, ambient background to lull listeners—then unsettle them with sudden reveals and unnerving discoveries.
• The stories blend the psychological and the paranormal, always circling back to the unnerving unpredictability of “psycho people,” whether human or otherwise.

Final Thoughts

This episode masterfully combines true crime, personal nightmares, and supernatural hauntings—all anchored by the theme of unpredictable, dangerous individuals. With vivid details, emotional candor, and subtle escalation, each story draws listeners through a series of experiences that blur the lines between psychological horror and the literally unexplainable.

Each story leaves a lingering, unanswered question—have we ever truly known who’s just outside, watching, waiting in the night?