Scary Stories For A Rainy Night - Ep. 302 - The Dead List - Scary Stories and Rain

Scary Stories For A Rainy Night - Ep. 302 - The Dead List

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

Episode Overview

In this episode, “The Dead List,” host Being Scared (Dane) delivers a collection of unsettling and atmospheric true stories, all narrated with his signature calm voice against a backdrop of soothing rain. From haunted childhood basements and ghostly family messages, to mall night terrors, unexplainable technology glitches, and gruesome neighbor mysteries, the stories explore the uncanny lurking just beneath the ordinary. Meant for sleepless nights, the episode balances haunting scares with deeply human moments, leaving listeners with both chills and lingering questions about the unknown.

Key Stories & Discussion Points

1. Grandma’s Voice in the Darkness

Theme: Familial comfort twisted by the supernatural
Timestamps: [01:30] - [07:49]

Narrative: The host recounts memories of his devoutly Christian grandmother, whose faith and gentle superstitions both comforted and frustrated him and his cousins.
As a teen, he finds himself trapped in her basement during a family hide-and-seek game. Pinned in pitch black, he panics—until he unmistakably hears his deceased grandmother softly recite, “Do not fear, for I am with you. Isaiah 41:10.”
- Quote (Being Scared):
  “My blood freezes. I can’t breathe. I know what I heard and I know whose voice I heard it.” ([04:27])
His young niece then enters the basement, seemingly led there by an unseen force, and waves at the shadows, “Bye bye. I love you too, Grandma.”
- Quote (Niece Sarah):
  “Bye bye. I love you too, Grandma.” ([07:10])
Memorable Moment: The verse meant for comfort from his childhood becomes the most terrifying thing he’s ever heard—but also the most reassuring in hindsight.
Emotional Insight: The story blurs the line between protection and fear, remembering loved ones with equal measures of warmth and unease.
- Quote (Being Scared):
  “It’s funny, that Bible verse used to be what she would tell me so I wouldn’t be scared. And it ended up being the single most terrifying thing that I’ve ever heard.” ([07:29])

2. The Mall Night Knocking

Theme: The anxiety of responsibility and unexplainable happenings
Timestamps: [07:50] - [14:10]

Narrative: A young retail keyholder working late at an outdoor mall hears persistent banging on the employee entrance after hours.
No one is visible through the peephole. After repeated knocking and a strangely annoyed voice demanding, “Let me in. Let me in,” they panic but eventually find no one.
- Quote (Anonymous storyteller):
  “Since I was the only one in the store... I began to do what any 21-year-old would do. Panic.” ([09:52])
The next day, a real repairman comes to fix the stereo, explaining he hadn’t been there the previous night. The voice and presence remain unexplained.
- Quote:
  “That’s when it hit me—who was trying to get into my store last night? I never did find out.” ([13:05])

3. Paranormal Sleepovers, Poking Spirits, and Texts from Nowhere

Theme: The dangers of dabbling with the unknown; technology as a gateway
Timestamps: [14:11] - [23:55]

Narrative: Two best friends, obsessed with the paranormal, find their sleepovers plagued by moved objects, unexplained pokes, and increasingly bizarre phenomena.
The ultimate scare arrives via anonymous texts sent to one friend’s phone during a sleepover, referencing secret personal knowledge and giving details about their present activity in real time.
- Quote (Anonymous Friend):
  “The reply came back: courtney. At this point, we didn’t think it was that strange... But then it got creepier. The texts started saying things like, I see you and I can see you right now.” ([19:24])
- “We were pretty freaked out at this point. So we began cross checking all the numbers… It was Courtney’s own phone number sending the messages.” ([22:05])
The texts mirror everything they send, and the mysterious sender claims to be “in the walls.”
- Quote:
  “Where are you? … It replied: in the walls... The whole thing was just incredibly creepy. I am still searching for an explanation.” ([22:41])
Discussion: The unnerving way technology can amplify fear, especially in the already-liminal space of adolescence and sleepovers.

4. The Horror-Movie Motel

Theme: Survival, intuition, and discovering real-life monsters
Timestamps: [23:56] - [31:07]

Narrative: A couple, exhausted during a holiday drive, stop at a remote, creepy motel. The elderly receptionist is odd but initially harmless.
That night, the narrator sees glimpses at the window, hears a woman’s screams, and intervenes to save a woman from a violent man.
The old woman, now hostile, refuses to call the police, then threatens the narrator, later revealed to be covering for her own son—the attacker.
- Quote (Main storyteller):
  “The old lady suddenly began to throw a fit, telling me to hang up the call and that she would pepper spray me if I didn’t. Realizing that something was really off and that my girlfriend was still alone in our room, I decided to… just get out of here.” ([26:42])
- “Apparently this wasn’t a random man, it was the old lady’s son. Which makes sense why she didn’t want us to call the cops.” ([31:05])
The woman survives, and the storyteller keeps in touch. A reminder that sometimes the real horrors are all too human.

5. The Obsessive Neighbor & Monica’s Fate

Theme: Unreliable narrators, voyeurism, blurred lines between victim and perpetrator
Timestamps: [31:08] - [46:45]

Narrative: A self-isolated observer becomes obsessed with Monica, the disabled and abused wife of his landlord, Dylan.
The narrator’s monologue exposes a growing fixation and a belief that he must save Monica from her controlling husband.
Events spiral: After a violent morning, he confronts Dylan in an elevator. The next day, he finds Monica dead and mutilated on the rooftop garden; her mouth and eyes sewn shut.
- Quote (Obsessive neighbor):
  “She had no eyes. They were gone. No eyebrows either. They were replaced with thick black stitches that held her eyelids together... Her mouth was sewn into a line. No smile, no frown. Completely straight and emotionless.” ([38:22])
The horror escalates with grotesque discoveries in the Stevens’ apartment—smells of rot, a meat hook, Monica’s leg prepared as if for consumption.
An attack and a panicked escape leave the neighbor traumatized, while the police finally uncover Monica’s body.
- Quote:
  “It wasn’t me that called them, but another tenant down the hall. By the time I was finished washing myself and disposing of my bloodied clothes, Monica had been found by the police.” ([45:08])
The ending blurs reality—a final “love letter” to Monica, now dead, and a retreat into fantasy, suggesting the narrator’s unreliable perspective or possible complicity.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On the collision of comfort and horror:
- “It’s funny, that Bible verse used to be what she would tell me so I wouldn’t be scared. And it ended up being the single most terrifying thing that I’ve ever heard.” ([07:29])
On confronting the supernatural among the mundane:
- “That’s when it hit me—who was trying to get into my store last night? I never did find out.” ([13:05])
On the suffocating nature of voyeurs and victims:
- “Monica, you’re going to love my new place. It’s the cottage we’ve always wanted. I can’t wait to pick you up soon.” ([46:20])

Important Timestamps

[01:30] - Episode begins, first story told
[07:49] - Hide-and-seek basement story ends
[07:50] - Opening of the mall night story
[14:11] - Paranormal sleepover stories begin
[23:56] - Motel horror story starts
[31:08] - “Monica” the neighbor story begins
[46:45] - End of Monica/neighbor story

Overall Tone & Style

The host’s narration is steady and warm, providing a calm counterpoint to each story’s creeping dread. The tone alternates between reflective, confessional, and intensely suspenseful, never breaking the immersive spell created by the gentle rain ambiance. The personal nature of the stories—drawn from listener submissions, personal experiences, or “true” accounts—intensifies their impact and leaves the listener pondering which horrors are real, and which follow them home.

Summary prepared for Scary Stories and Rain, Ep. 302.
For full immersive effect, listen with headphones in the dark.