Podcast Summary: Scary Stories and Rain

Host: Being Scared (Dane)
Episode: Ep. 269 - "Locked Inside"
Date: October 25, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode of Scary Stories and Rain features a collection of chilling, true accounts narrated in Dane’s signature calm voice, set against the soothing backdrop of rain. The episode's central theme is being "locked inside"—both literally and metaphorically—with each story exploring feelings of entrapment, supernatural dread behind closed doors, and sinister happenings just beyond the threshold of safety. Listeners are invited into deeply unsettling encounters, urban hauntings, inexplicable mysteries, and brushes with the paranormal, all designed to rattle nerves and offer perfect atmospheric listening for stormy nights.

Key Stories and Discussion Points

1. Something Lurking in the Old Mobile Home

[02:06 - 09:37]

• Narrator: Female, 28, recounts living in an eerie old mobile home.
• Creepy Incidents:
  • Frequent “paranormal instances” brushed off as paranoia (creaks, voices, shadows).
  • Alone late one night, she starts hearing a man’s throat-clearing sound, then persistent, aggressive footsteps pacing the hall.
  • Sounds escalate: swishing ice in a glass, loud sipping, then scratching on the bedroom door.
• Terror:
  • The scratching turns to deep, inhuman gouges along the hallway and her bedroom door.
  • A chilling, low laughter just outside.
  • Her dog reacts intensely, then chaos erupts with running, a crash, and desperate escape.
• Aftermath:
  • Finds evidence the next day—deep claw-like scratches and a cracked mirror.
  • Never experiences the phenomenon again after moving out.
• Notable Quote:
  • “We have since moved… but this was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me and I have no idea who or what was in my house that night.” (08:58)

2. The Endless Party Next Door

[09:37 - 20:09]

• Narrator: Male RN, new in a cheap apartment, curious about low rent.
• The Tuesday Party:
  • Loud music shakes the walls every Tuesday at 4 pm; nobody visible, despite shadows and noise.
  • Calls the office, soon police arrive, but no partygoers are ever found—just an empty, dusty room.
  • One officer, Hensley, behaves oddly, talking to invisible people (“You have two minutes to leave. Hensley. There's no one.” - 12:34).
• Escalation:
  • Encounters in the hallway mirror the previous tenant's complaints—she was an RN too, who “up and left real quick.”
  • The police can't explain the party. Attempts to catch the disturbance in the act fail.
• Locked Inside:
  • Finally, at 4 pm, he opens the door—this time the room is packed with bizarre partygoers from different eras and professions.
  • Officer Hensley is part of the crowd; everyone is feverish, manic, and eerily welcoming.
  • The narrator tries to flee, but the door locks from the inside—the implication is he, too, will be “locked inside” the ghostly party forever.
• Memorable Quote:
  • “As a smile forces its way onto my face and I start to dance with the forgotten, one sentence repeats in my head... I should have knocked.” (19:51)

3. The Disheveled Woman and Her Mother

[20:11 - 29:53]

• Narrator: Lives in a city apartment with boyfriend.
• Haunted Corridor:
  • Hears unsettling moans and arguments from an unknown older woman; suspects neighborly noise, but feels it's somehow wrong.
• Confrontation:
  • Encounter with a deranged, dirty woman in the lobby ranting about her mother, claiming she “just killed my mother upstairs.”
  • Doorman explains she's mentally unwell, has a history of bizarre, alarming behavior, often confesses to the “murder” but no action is ever needed.
• Lingering Dread:
  • Narrator feels uneasy, wonders if the implied crime is real, and remains on alert for any sign.
• Notable Quote:
  • “If I ever smell something slightly rotten, I'll make sure to call the police, right.” (29:49)

4. The Photographer’s Haunting Image

[29:53 - 34:43]

• Narrator: Amateur photographer using photography as therapy.
• Serene Setting:
  • Stumbles on a beautiful abandoned farmhouse, feels nothing sinister; spends the day photographing.
• Chilling Discovery:
  • Later, spots a noose in only one blurry photo—something not seen in person and not present in any other shots.
  • Returns to confirm; the noose is gone. Remains mystified for years. Never has a similar experience despite thousands of photos since.
• Memorable Line:
  • “I have no answers as to the image I captured… hopefully I’ll get some time to sort through my files soon and share the image that still evades an answer to this.” (34:40)

5. The David Glenn Lewis Mystery

[34:43 - 48:22]

• Narrator/Host Tells: Real-life missing person case—David Glenn Lewis, attorney in Texas.
• Timeline:
  • Vanishes Super Bowl Sunday 1993; house left in order, sandwiches made, no signs of struggle.
  • 12 hours later, in Yakima, Washington (over 1,500 miles away), a man matching David’s description is killed on a highway—later identified as him.
• Clues and Theories:
  • He’d warned his family his life was in danger, linked to legal disputes.
  • Plane tickets purchased but never used; conflicting theories about fleeing or being hunted.
  • Police split: official stance is voluntary disappearance; family believes he was scared for his life and possibly murdered.
• Unsettling Details:
  • After his death, legal trouble “faded away.” The driver who killed him was never found.
  • Possible contract killing or a tragic accident—his death still unsolved.
• Notable Quotes:
  • “He had told his father that he had absolutely no intention of covering up any of his former firm's misdeeds and that he was going to reveal the truth….” (39:18)
  • “But regardless, we may never find out what really happened to David Glenn Lewis, why he was killed, or the true motivations for doing so.” (46:47)

6. The Sicilian Step-Grandmother and the Desert Curse

[48:22 - 59:24]

• Narrator: Childhood memory from New Mexico; family steeped in legends of “brujas” (witches).
• The Old Women:
  • Step-grandmother appears ordinary but odd rituals (candlelit rooms, unknown prayers).
  • Repeated run-ins with another isolated, unstable elderly neighbor with disturbing statements about her dog and deceased husband.
  • Step-grandmother insists the neighbor is a demon in disguise.
• Dark Ritual and Aftermath:
  • Step-grandmother performs a ritual meant to “take away the pain” from the neighbor.
  • Days later, the neighbor is found dead in the arroyo; step-grandmother rapidly declines and dies herself—household left wondering whether the deaths were natural or something supernatural occurred.
• Themes:
  • Folklore and the real-life toll belief in curses and witches can take.
  • Uncertainty over what is imagined, what is psychological distress, and what might be real.
• Notable Quote:
  • “Did my step grandmother have something to do with that? Did she lay down some curse?... And what if I do? What does this mean for me?” (58:25)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I should have knocked. I should have knocked.” -- Narrator of the party story, as he too becomes “locked inside.” (19:51)
• “It sounded like someone was aggressively pacing from the guest room to the kitchen entrance. Back and forth, back and forth.” -- Mobile home haunting. (03:32)
• “Well, I just killed my mother upstairs. I think you should go up there and get her body before it stinks.” -- Disheveled woman to the narrator’s boyfriend. (26:10)
• “There were deep scratches on my door leading all the way down the hall. It didn’t look like scratches a human would make.” -- Locked inside with something inhuman. (08:13)
• “There is not much doubt that anyone with their headlights on traveling down an open highway would not have seen David walking towards them unless they were either extremely tired or extremely drunk. This raises the question, who exactly hit David that night?” -- The puzzling nature of the David Lewis case. (47:51)
• “One of those nights, I was invited back into her bedroom… she was going to cast a spell upon the crazy lady, was going to take away all of the pain and all of the suffering for her and her dog.” -- Sicilian witchcraft and its consequences. (53:32)

Timestamps for Major Sections

• Opening & Rules: 00:00 - 02:06
• Mobile Home Haunting: 02:06 - 09:37
• The Eternal Party (Apartment): 09:37 - 20:09
• Corridor Moans & Disheveled Woman: 20:11 - 29:53
• Haunted Photograph: 29:53 - 34:43
• The Disappearance of David Glenn Lewis: 34:43 - 48:22
• Sicilian Stepmother / Bruja Story: 48:22 - 59:24

Episode Tone & Atmosphere

Throughout, Dane maintains a calm, even tone, turning each story into a slow crescendo of dread, his narration enhanced by the relentless, soothing patter of rain. The stories blend elements of supernatural intrigue with grounded, unnerving realism, ensuring listeners are left questioning what might lurk just out of sight and what it truly means to be “locked inside.”

For fans wishing for more, Being Scared recommends checking out his other shows and subscriber content (see episode description links).