Scary Stories For A Rainy Night - Ep. 312 - Dark Street

Podcast: Scary Stories and Rain
Host: Being Scared
Date: January 15, 2026

Episode Overview

This chilling episode, narrated over soothing rain sounds, delivers a series of unsettling true experiences. The stories span eerie home intrusions, unexplainable doppelgänger encounters, encounters with stalkers and would-be abductors, supernatural visitations, and the terror of mysterious strangers—each meant to unsettle, provoke thought, and keep you looking over your shoulder. The atmosphere is intimate, haunting, and paced to both relax and disturb—perfect for a dark, rainy night.

Key Stories and Discussion Points

1. The Nighttime Window Knock

[02:04–05:22]

• Setting: Three young sisters in a warmly-lit bedroom, blinds open with the night visible.
• Incident: A mysterious knock rattles their window—twice—paralyzing them with fear, leading to frantic awakenings of their parents and a police investigation.
• Aftermath: Years later, the narrator’s mother reveals police found unknown footprints under the window and a porch chair dragged beneath it, indicating someone watched them for some time.
• Lesson: “All I have to say is close your blinds at night and always close your window. You never know who may be watching.” (Storyteller, 05:10)

2. Hospital, Hallucination, or Something Else?

[05:23–10:31]

• Recollection of Childhood: As a child, the narrator suffers from mysterious paralysis and the terrifying vision of a blank-eyed figure at the door.
• Hospital Memory: Vivid memories of being rushed to the hospital, seeing nurses, being given oxygen, and strange details (peach juice).
• Disturbing Discrepancy: As a teen, their parents completely deny the event, insisting it must have been a dream.
• Unsettled: The detail and clarity of the memory haunt the narrator, who remains convinced it truly happened.

3. Harvey’s Lake House Dream and the Witch

[10:32–14:37]

• Setting: Run-down rental house in Pennsylvania.
• Strange Dream: The narrator dreams (in third person) of an intruder with a pale hand entering their room and reaching for them.
• Chilling Coincidence: Later, a friend’s girlfriend, after sleeping over, wakes from a nightmare—also of a pale, demonic woman dragging her violently. She’s never told about the narrator’s dream.
• Aftermath: The friend refuses to return; the narrator soon moves, house is demolished a decade later.
• Memorable Moment: Realization they independently experienced nearly the same vision, linking their terror to the house itself.

4. Mental Health Facility Escapee

[14:38–16:02]

• Father’s Tale: At age 10, the narrator’s dad wakes to find an adult woman, patient from the nearby facility where his mother works, caressing his face and singing at the window between two beds.
• Mother’s Quick Recognition: The mother recognizes the escaped patient (in a hospital gown) and calls the facility.
• Lingering Trauma: Even now, decades later, the dad religiously checks all windows before bed.

5. “Shadow” at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk

[16:03–19:08]

• Setting: 11-year-old girl alone on the beach at Santa Cruz.
• Encounter: A stranger with spiky black hair and an unsettling vibe introduces himself as “Shadow,” asks if she’s alone, tries to lure her for a walk.
• Father’s Timely Intervention: The narrator’s dad, spotting the danger, charges the man, who flees.
• Horrific Aftermath: A local girl matching the narrator’s description is later found murdered. The suspect—never pictured—was simply described as a man in his 20s.
• Chilling Quote: “I can only be thankful that it wasn’t me.” (Storyteller, 18:57)

6. The Van on the Dark Streets of Cedar Rapids

[19:09–34:29]

• Setting: Two 12-year-old boys, avid cyclists, ride through deserted streets toward a friend’s grandfather’s mansion.
• Pursuit: Spotted by a battered copper van circling ominously, the boys are chased through alleys and neighborhoods. Their cycling expertise and knowledge of shortcuts allow multiple escapes, but the van pursues relentlessly for hours.
• Escalation: Occupants—scruffy, adult men—are glimpsed inside. The pursuit continues through multiple close encounters, only stopping when they finally reach safety near a dice game outside a rough bar.
• Lingering Threat: The van returns later in the night. Weeks later, a similar van stalks other local kids.
• Memorable Segment: “What kind of grown men in a creepy van pursue two twelve-year-old boys for the better part of seven hours?” (Storyteller, 34:20)

7. The Doppelgänger in the Grade Line (Philippines School CCTV Story)

[34:29–41:37]

• Setting: 10th-grade classroom in the Philippines, post-exam grade review, with CCTV coverage.
• Strange Encounter: The teacher interacts with a silent Anna, who views her grade and leaves. Later, Anna appears in line again, confused and lively, claiming she hasn’t seen her grade yet.
• CCTV Review: Footage confirms Anna was only in line once. During the first, inexplicable “Anna” encounter, the teacher freezes on camera and an empty space lingers in the line—as if someone invisible were there, but no person appears.
• Lingering Mystery: The teacher questions her sanity but concludes the chilling incident remains unexplained.

8. The Intruder in the Dorm

[41:38–49:26]

• Setting: 17-story university dorm, early morning packing on move-out day.
• Intrusion: Narrator is startled by a man in black entering her room. He mumbles “sorry,” leaves. Later, he violently tries to enter again.
• Escalation: A neighbor and then a suite mate reveal similar experiences—each waking to the stranger standing wordlessly by their beds.
• Disturbing Quote: “He looked at her blank and dead eyed and said ‘That's what you get for sleeping with your door unlocked’ and walked out of her room like it was nothing.” (Storyteller, 48:45)
• Aftermath: The campus police are unable to resolve it; the episode leaves lingering fear and many unanswered questions.

9. The Dark Figure in the Sister’s Room

[49:27–End]

• Family Drama: Narrator’s stepsister, already struggling with mental health, begins having night terrors—screaming at an unseen intruder in her room, begging for mercy.
• Escalation: Third night, the family’s dog reacts in terror, howling and staring at the same empty corner. The family witnesses the terror but cannot see anything.
• Resolution: A priest blesses the room; the incidents never recur.
• Key Quote: “Two beings reacting in terror and distress at something I could not see.” (Storyteller, 53:39)

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Safety: “All I have to say is close your blinds at night and always close your window. You never know who may be watching.” (05:10)
• Doppelgänger Dread: “Who was the first Anna who checked her grade?...Did I really see Anna twice in the classroom? Did I just hallucinate the first Anna that approached me?” (38:32)
• On Real Predators: “What kind of grown men in a creepy van pursue two twelve-year-old boys for the better part of seven hours?” (34:20)
• Chilling Explanation: “He looked at her blank and dead eyed and said ‘That's what you get for sleeping with your door unlocked.’” (48:45)
• Supernatural Affirmation: “Two beings reacting in terror and distress at something I could not see.” (53:39)

Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |--------------------------------------------------------|------------| | Window Knock Story | 02:04 | | Paralysis & Hospital Memory | 05:23 | | Harvey’s Lake Dream/Witch | 10:32 | | Mental Facility Escapee | 14:38 | | “Shadow” at Santa Cruz Boardwalk | 16:03 | | Cedar Rapids Van Pursuit | 19:09 | | Doppelgänger in Line (Philippines School CCTV) | 34:29 | | Dorm Intruder | 41:38 | | Sister’s Night Terrors & Dark Figure | 49:27 |

Conclusion

“Scary Stories For A Rainy Night - Ep. 312 - Dark Street” delivers a tapestry of true, unsettling encounters. Not just traditional ghost tales, these stories blend everyday vulnerability—open windows, rides home, late-night study sessions—with the terrifyingly unknown: supernatural doppelgängers, persistent predators, and glimpses of darkness just outside the reach of our understanding. The rain, steady and calming, is a subtle contrast to both the mundane and inexplicable horrors described—making every story linger after the episode ends.