Scary Stories For A Rainy Night – Ep. 318 “Twisted, Bloody Hair”

Podcast: Scary Stories and Rain | Host: Being Scared | Release Date: February 1, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode continues the show’s chilling tradition of sharing unsettling, true stories, narrated in a calm, soothing style against the background of gentle rainfall. The aim: to keep listeners teetering between comfort and unease, making it perfect both for relaxation and for indulging in some late-night fright. Episode 318 features a collection of disturbing real-life encounters—ranging from creepy nighttime strangers to harrowing brushes with danger—each delivered with the steady, eerie cadence that fans have come to love.

Key Discussion Points & Story Summaries

1. Man in the Park with the Rake

Timestamp: 02:06–08:12

• Setting: Ottawa, Ontario. The narrator returns home to visit parents and decides to jog through a familiar neighborhood park late at night.

• Incident: The dark park, typically quiet, is the scene for a strange encounter. The jogger spots a man in a black sweatsuit and white hospital mask, using a hard rake to “groom” the sandbox and push a pink horse toy back and forth with a flashlight at 11pm.

• Escalation: As the jogger passes, the man turns off his light, approaches rapidly with the rake, prompting a desperate, fear-fueled sprint to safety.

• Resolution: The jogger escapes, finds a witness, and sees the man is no longer following.

• Aftermath: Learns the nearby elementary school is used as a homeless shelter at night—was it just a disturbed individual, or something darker?

  Quote:

  “It clicks that this guy is charging me with the rake. It's crazy what fear and adrenaline can do, cause I went from zero to a hundred real quick...” (06:40, Storyteller 2)

2. Disturbing Notes in a Hotel Room

Timestamp: 08:12–14:01

• Setting: Housekeeper at top-rated local hotel.

• Incident: Encounter a guest with 20 prescription bottles (mostly duplicates), insulin, and a pair of unsettling hand-written notes.

• The Notes:

  • “You don’t have to forgive her, you just can’t kill her. You are here to take money and alcohol away from you. Get over having to kill her and you can safely leave.”
  • The second is an unhinged “to-do list” with phrases like “the soul is healed by being with children” and “there will be a day of reckoning.”

• Action: Housekeeper feels so threatened she refuses to clean the room, notifies bosses who swiftly evict the guest.

  Quote:

  “My heart was pounding. My eyes went to the second note, which just looked like a to-do list at first glance, but in the end made my stomach churn.” (11:37, Storyteller 2)

3. The Watchtower Creep

Timestamp: 14:01–26:28

• Setting: Late-1990s; a young girl in a remote neighborhood without a home phone, often uses local company watchtowers to call her mom.

• Incident: Repeated encounters with a much older, militarily-dressed guard who displays predatory attention—asking personal questions, blocking exits, inviting her on dates, and ultimately showing up at her house late at night.

• Escalation: One encounter turns physically intimidating as he blocks her on a narrow path and presses her against a railing, only backing off when interrupted.

• Resolution: Eventually, word gets out and the man disappears from the area, but the girl remains traumatized.

  Quote:

  “He got even closer and eventually pressed me against the railing. He kept on asking me his weird questions whilst I was terrified to move.” (20:40, Storyteller 2)
  “His friend screamed at him, have you lost your mind? Clearly the creep didn’t see me as a child like everyone else did.” (23:43, Storyteller 2)

4. Creepy Encounter in the Store Bathroom

Timestamp: 26:28–30:20

• Setting: Employee at garden center hiding in restroom.

• Incident: Notices a customer in adjacent stall, who covertly stretches his hand toward them and then tries to peek through the stall door, whispering and moaning about wanting to see more toilet paper.

• Resolution: Too afraid to confront, the employee waits until another person enters, finally flees.

• Lingering Fear: Unsure if he was a customer or an employee; left disturbed and constantly looking over their shoulder.

  Quote:

  “He was barely an inch away from my door, trying to peek inside. My blood ran cold.” (27:47, Storyteller 1)

5. Sadistic Nurse with the IV Needles

Timestamp: 30:20–31:53

• Setting: Listener, recovering in hospital after suicide attempt, wakes late at night.

• Incident: Male nurse repeatedly stabs their arms with large-gauge needles, intentionally wiggling and inflicting pain, blaming the patient for their own suffering (“It’s your own fault that you’re here”).

• Resolution: Survives; another nurse is horrified by the wound and needle size.

  Quote:

  “I ask him, why are you doing this? He just says back, it's your own fault that you're here. I was too weak to fight back.” (30:58, Storyteller 2)

6. Restaurant and Street Stalker

Timestamp: 31:53–36:39

• Setting: Teen, eating out with friends at a restaurant.

• Incident: Older man stares at her throughout the meal, then reappears outside the window, follows group at a distance to car.

• Coincidence: Months later, the same man shows up in a different part of the city, recognizes them, and again stalks them with a friend. The girls take refuge in stores until he finally gives up.

  Quote:

  “It was the same guy from the restaurant. The restaurant had been nowhere near where we were currently standing, yet somehow, by sheer coincidence, we had ran into him again.” (34:33, Storyteller 1)

7. Shark Sighting and a Near-Drowning

Timestamp: 36:39–46:35

• Setting: 12-year-old at family cottage on PEI, Canada, ventures out swimming during low tide.

• Incident: Gets caught in a rip current, exhausts himself trying to return to shore, repeatedly brushes against something huge and soft in the water, finally glimpses the shadow of a massive sea creature—possibly a shark—before escaping in terror.

• Aftermath: Parents insist there are no sharks, but days later the news reports the capture of the largest great white ever recorded in those waters.

  Quote:

  “Inside a particularly big wave was a giant black 10 to 12 foot long sea monster. It swam diagonally in my direction, so fast it was like it almost vanished into thin air.” (42:10, Storyteller 1)
  “The radio DJ gave a shout out to the largest white shark ever recorded… caught in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off the coast of Prince Edward Island.” (46:29, Storyteller 2)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “It clicks that this guy is charging me with the rake. It's crazy what fear and adrenaline can do, cause I went from zero to a hundred real quick...”
  (06:40, Storyteller 2)

• “You don’t have to forgive her, you just can’t kill her. You are here to take money and alcohol away from you. Get over having to kill her and you can safely leave.”
  (11:29, Storyteller 2)

• “He got even closer and eventually pressed me against the railing. He kept on asking me his weird questions whilst I was terrified to move...”
  (20:40, Storyteller 2)

• “He was barely an inch away from my door, trying to peek inside. My blood ran cold.”
  (27:47, Storyteller 1)

• “I ask him, why are you doing this? He just says back, 'it's your own fault that you're here.' I was too weak to fight back.”
  (30:58, Storyteller 2)

• “It was the same guy from the restaurant...somehow, by sheer coincidence, we had ran into him again. In a city of huge population.”
  (34:33, Storyteller 1)

• “Inside a particularly big wave was a giant black 10 to 12 foot long sea monster. It swam diagonally in my direction, so fast it was like it almost vanished into thin air.”
  (42:10, Storyteller 1)

Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Timestamp (MM:SS) | |----------------------------------------|------------------| | Man in the Park with the Rake | 02:06–08:12 | | Hotel Room Disturbing Notes | 08:12–14:01 | | The Watchtower Creep | 14:01–26:28 | | Store Bathroom Creep | 26:28–30:20 | | Sadistic Nurse with IV Needles | 30:20–31:53 | | Restaurant and Street Stalker | 31:53–36:39 | | Shark Sighting and Near-Drowning | 36:39–46:35 |

Tone & Delivery

The narrator’s calm, matter-of-fact tone, combined with the sound of soothing rain, heightens the suspenseful effect of these otherwise gut-wrenching, chilling stories. The language remains conversational and candid, often peppered with wry humor or dark self-reflection.

Final Thoughts

Episode 318 stands out for its array of stories highlighting that true horror often lurks in the routine and the mundane. Each tale is a reminder that moments of fear and danger are all the more terrifying when they intrude upon the supposedly safe corners of everyday life—whether it's jogging through familiar parks, working a shift at the hotel, or simply enjoying time with family.

Perfect for horror lovers needing a dose of scary storytelling before bed—or anyone who enjoys a little darkness with their nightly rainstorm.