Podcast Summary

Podcast: Scary Stories and Rain
Host: Being Scared (Dane)
Episode: Scary Stories For A Rainy Night - Ep. 275 – All Hallow's Eve Eve
Release Date: October 31, 2025
Ambience: Soothing rain, calm narration
Purpose: To share unsettling true accounts and eerie tales, perfect for those restless, sleepless, or seeking a chill for their rainy nights.

Overview

This Halloween Eve special brings together a chilling collection of true horror stories—ranging from nighttime stalkers and haunted care facilities to mysterious lakeside apparitions and disturbing sleepovers. Narrated in a calm, matter-of-fact style against a backdrop of gentle rain, each tale is intended to both unsettle and lull listeners into uneasy, stormy dreams.

Key Stories & Discussion Points

1. The Country Lane Stalker

Time: [01:39] – [11:46]

• Summary:
  A former university student recounts a terrifying walk home after a lucrative pub shift in the English countryside, choosing to skip a taxi to save his tips. The celebratory mood twists into fear as a car begins to stalk him repeatedly along the dark country road.
• Details:
  • The protagonist enjoys the good pay and tips of working in a rural pub ([01:39]).
  • After a busy festival night, he decides to walk home despite it being pitch dark ([02:44]).
  • A car passes, then stops ahead on the road, giving him a feeling of unease ([03:30]).
  • The car returns and begins stalking him aggressively, turning its lights off and creeping closer ([05:00]).
  • He flees into a field, hides in a hedge, and overhears multiple car doors slam—realizing he's being hunted ([06:28]).
  • He escapes through fields and reports the incident to the police with his parents ([08:20]).
  • Memorable Quote:
    "My head was spinning with grim ideas of what they were planning. Flashes of robbery, kidnapping, and worse. I just started running, looking for a gap in the hedgerows so I could jump into one of the nearby fields to hide." ([05:58])
  • Later, he learns the gang was caught after assaulting a man in a nearby village—the countryside being a target due to the lack of cameras ([09:43]).
• Takeaway:
  Vigilance is necessary, especially at night:
  "If you work night shifts too, I really recommend you do the same. You never know who's out there lurking in the darkness just waiting to make you a victim." ([11:06])

2. Night Shift at the Nursing Home

Time: [12:34] – [29:43]

• Summary:
  A Massachusetts nurse relates a series of uncanny, sometimes inexplicable occurrences while working night shifts in a secure ward for at-risk patients.
• Stories Include:
  • Hearing a mysterious voice echo “I can see you” in the middle of the night, without finding a source ([13:10]).
    • Notable moment: Later, another nurse connects the phrase to a deceased patient’s habit when playing hide-and-seek with his granddaughter ([14:30]).
  • The unsettling impact of a particularly mean patient after her sweet neighbor passes away—terrified to sleep in her room, begging for the lights to stay on, as if haunted by guilt or a presence ([15:40]).
    • "She flat out refused to sleep in the bed...She would anxiously plead with you to leave the lights on." ([16:18])
  • A Greek grandmother, considered lucid by staff, has late-night “conversations” with someone only she can see, claiming it’s “the man in my room” despite being in a women’s ward ([18:08]).
• Reflection:
  "Maybe it’s because the staff are in constant contact with mortality. Maybe this is just how we deal with the stresses of the job. But some things happen in this place that we can’t entirely explain." ([20:30])
• Atmosphere:
  Professional skepticism blends with a recognition of things that defy easy explanation, making for a candid, unsettling account.

3. The Figure in the Lake

Time: [19:50]

• Summary:
  A fisherman has a chilling encounter at dusk, spotting a mysterious, motionless man in faded jeans and a cowboy hat, standing waist-deep in water, who simply whispers “Beware.”
• Details:
  • The scene is set with heavy clouds and a falling night ([19:50]).
  • An inexplicable “ripple” in the water, and the emergence of the disturbing stranger ([20:20]).
  • The fisherman is drawn closer by a mix of curiosity and fear, is met with a fixed stare and a word of warning ([21:05]).
  • "The man's eyes locked with mine, and then a chilling smile crept across his face." ([21:32])
• Lingering Fear:
  The narrator is left with nightmarish thoughts and a sense that some mysteries are best left undisturbed.

4. The Grandmother at the Window

Time: [22:30]

• Summary:
  A sleepover becomes sinister when a boy sees his friend’s frail grandmother standing outside the window at night, tapping and eerily whispering for him to “please go to sleep.”
• Details:
  • The house is described as old and unsettling, yet the narrator pushes aside his unease ([22:30]).
  • At night, the repetitive tapping noise reveals the grandmother staring in, repeating her strange, desperate plea ([23:32]).
  • "Please go to sleep," she started, repeating her voice in a haunting whisper...her voice now laced with a hint of malice." ([23:55])
  • When the friend checks, his grandmother is found sleeping, supposedly incapable of leaving her bed ([24:43]).
• Impact:
  The story blurs lines between reality and nightmare, leaving the narrator (and listener) unsure what is real.

5. Confession: The Hunger Within

Time: [25:35]

• Summary:
  Presented as a confessional note, this tale follows a man’s horrifying descent following a late-night encounter with a dying deer. After being bitten by something that crawled from the carcass, he develops a ravenous hunger—first for meat, then something much darker.
• Details:
  • The initial accident with the deer and an unexplained bite ([25:35]).
  • Increasingly abnormal behavior: rejection of all foods but raw meat; uncontrollable cravings ([27:00]).
  • The confession peaks as the narrator, in a sickened, addict-like daze, loses control and attacks a man after a car accident, giving in to monstrous urges ([28:55]).
  • "I licked my lips and before I knew it I started biting and eating around the bone as the man screamed and in his condition, he was unable to get away or fight me off." ([29:08])
  • The story ends with police sirens, a sense of doom, and a stark apology ([29:41]).
• Tone:
  Disturbing and confessional, blurring lines between urban legend and gruesome reality.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You never know who's out there lurking in the darkness just waiting to make you a victim.”
  – Country Lane Stalker ([11:06])

• “I can see you,” it said again, even creepier this time … I checked, checked every room, but each and every one of my patients was fast asleep.”
  – Nurse, Night Shift ([13:45])

• “Please go to sleep, she repeated, her voice now laced with a hint of malice. Her words no longer seemed like a simple plea. They held an unspoken threat …”
  – Grandmother at the Window ([23:55])

• “I licked my lips and before I knew it I started biting and eating around the bone as the man screamed.”
  – Confession, The Hunger Within ([29:08])

Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------|------------------------------------------------| | 01:39 | The Country Lane Stalker story begins | | 11:46 | End of Stalker story, brief ad | | 12:34 | Nurse’s nursing home night shift stories begin | | 19:50 | The Figure in the Lake | | 22:30 | The Grandmother at the Window | | 25:35 | The Confession: Hunger and Transformation | | 29:41 | Sirens/Confessional ends |

Episode Tone and Style

• Narrative Style: Calm, matter-of-fact, believably authentic; stories retain a personal, confessional tone, supported by the host’s soft delivery and the rain ambience in the background.
• Atmosphere: Dark, eerie, yet oddly comforting for fans of horror; perfect for late-night listening.

Final Takeaway

This special Halloween Eve episode highlights everything that makes Scary Stories and Rain compelling: real-world anxieties, encounters with the unknown, and horrors both supernatural and human. Through intimate narration and immersive ambient sound, each story lingers long after the rain fades.

If you’re looking for a creepy companion for a sleepless, stormy night, this episode delivers chilling true stories nuanced with emotional depth and a sense of realness. Listener discretion—and perhaps a nightlight—is advised!