Scary Stories For A Rainy Night – Ep. 324: Nightmare Creature

Podcast: Scary Stories and Rain
Host: Being Scared
Date: February 20, 2026

Overview

Episode 324 of Scary Stories and Rain offers a chilling selection of allegedly true stories, each crafted to evoke unease and reflection. Dense with unnerving detail and delivered in a calm, rain-infused tone, the episode takes listeners through uncomfortable first dates, desert dangers, unsettling encounters, and brush-with-death tales. The running theme: fear arises just as much from other people and our own decisions as from the unknown.

Key Stories and Discussion Points

1. The Nightmare Tinder Date ("Lilith")

[01:30 – 06:20]

• The narrator opens with a candid, darkly humorous account of his pandemic-era dating life, setting the tone: "I got them delivered free from 1-800-contacts... Oh my gosh, they're so fast." (ad remark, [00:00])
• He matches with a mysterious woman named Lilith on Tinder, described as "an absolute smoke show... big green eyes, wore pigtails... goth girl vibe."
• Their first date is at the infamous Museum of Death: "Not my ideally romantic place to go on a first date... but I would have driven through way worse neighborhoods for a date with this girl."
• The conversation quickly turns from flirty to disturbingly macabre:
  • Lilith asks, “How would you like to die?”
  • The narrator deflects: “I wouldn’t like to die at all... legit the creepiest question I think I’ve ever been asked.”
  • Lilith expands: death by hypothermia is peaceful; however, killing someone would "be better than sex... how that feeling of pure power must dwarf any feeling that drugs or alcohol have to offer."
  • She fantasizes about "watching me drown... naked... in front of an audience," and describes gruesome Viking torture practices as "like art or something."
  • She calls him "pet," suggesting she’d keep him chained to the end of her bed, but "after what Lilith had just talked about, I really didn’t think what she had in mind for me involved any kind of pleasure whatsoever."
• Paranoia spikes when Lilith insists on getting dropped off several blocks from her home: "You couldn’t be too careful these days with all the psychos in the world who use these dating apps. Yeah, she said that to me after she spent like an hour talking about all the ways she’d want to die or how she’d watch me die."
• Closing thought: "I have never been scared of anyone like that before, let alone a girl I wanted to hook up with."
• Memorable Quote:
  • “How would you like to die?” – Lilith, [06:25]

2. The Scorpion in My Shorts

[06:21 – 13:45]

• The narrator joins his buddies for beers in the Chihuahuan Desert. “Getting out to the nature park every so often is pretty much the only time we get to hang out and escape the mundanity of family life.”
• Seeking privacy to relieve himself, he encounters his worst nightmare: “I look down and there is a scorpion crawling up my leg.”
• He’s paralyzed by fear as the scorpion travels up his shorts—and under his underwear: “I just freeze up completely... it’s in serious danger of sneaking up the leg of my shorts.”
• His friends arrive, “arguing among themselves about why it would or wouldn’t be a good idea to smash me in the junk with a stick in the hopes of killing the scorpion and saving me from perhaps the worst pain that any man could ever experience.”
• After a tense standoff, the scorpion leaves the way it came, and a friend sweeps it off: “I have never been so convinced of the existence of an ever-loving God than I was in that moment.”
• Provides comic relief: “A scorpion had gotten closer to my junk than my wife had in years.”
• Lesson learned: “Now when we go out... I always, always wear long pants.”
• Memorable Quote:
  • “Scorpion on my junk. Like, for real.” – Narrator, [11:50]

3. Late Night at O’Hurley’s General Store

[13:46 – 22:45]

• Working late in a West Virginia general store, the narrator encounters a pale, sharply-featured man in a bespoke black suit—instantly flagged as an "out-of-towner."
• The man requests lighter fluid, pays with a massive roll of hundreds, then fills a possibly silver Zippo on the counter, licking spilled fluid from his finger: "He brings the finger to his mouth and sucks the drop... like it was a drop of homemade wine."
• He’s joined by a young girl, referred to as "Daddy," whose demeanor and appearance don't match his. “She looked to be about the same age as my little sister... only she’s dressed much younger, almost like how you’d expect a toddler to dress.”
• Suspense heightens as the girl uses the bathroom, taking a mysterious leather wallet with her: "I had a sneaking suspicion what was connected contained inside that small leather wallet thing."
• The man’s eyes are described as “narrow brown eyes, so dark they were almost black... I felt a shudder run through me.”
• When the girl returns, dazed, she hands back the items and addresses him in a way “dripping with sleaze... the look he gave her in return was one a father should never, ever give his daughter under any circumstances. It made me sick to my stomach.”
• The man reiterates: “Curiosity killed the cat.”
• The narrator, disturbed but feeling powerless, doesn’t call the police: “He had all that money and that look he gave me too, so I didn’t say a word.”
• Memorable Moments/Quotes:
  • “Curiosity killed the cat.” – The suited man, [21:45]
  • "I could have mentioned that I thought there was something illegal in that leather wallet... but I got the distinct impression that nothing we could ever accuse him of was really going to stick.” – Narrator, [22:30]

4. The Fatal Joyride

[22:46 – 34:28]

• The most tragic story: narrator, recently bereaved and socially isolated by lockdown, is invited on a joyride by his neighbor Ryan and friends.
• Despite worries about the rain, drinking, and the beat-up Jeep with no doors, the narrator goes along to fit in.
• Disaster: “Aiden was standing up without his seatbelt... we were going well over the speed limit... wheels locked up.”
• Immediate aftermath is disorienting, with intense bodily and emotional pain: “I was awoken with a ringing sound blaring inside my head... coughing up some blood.”
• The full horror unfolds as he finds Aiden thrown forty feet from the vehicle, dying. In a frantic attempt to help, “I wasn’t just wiping off blood from his face, I was wiping off entire chunks of his face. There was more than just blood on my hand. There were pieces of tissue, flesh, his face, face resting in my hand.”
• The experience leads to trauma and isolation: “I don’t sleep very much anymore... I don’t talk to Colin or Ryan that much anymore either.”
• Urges a moral takeaway: “There was no villain in this story...Just dumb young adults who made a life-ending decision because of liquor and peer pressure.”
• Memorable Quotes:
  • “Dumb young adults who made a life-ending decision because of liquor and peer pressure.” – Narrator, [33:45]
  • “Not every detail can be shared...there is still a pending court case. Hopefully people learn from this story though and don’t have to learn from experience.” – [34:10]

5. The Shadow on the School Roof

[34:29 – 40:45]

• The narrator recounts a supposedly safe valley and her tradition of late-night walks with her older sister.
• While sitting on school playground swings, mysterious objects begin falling—a rock, then more. They realize with mounting fear that rocks are being thrown at them: "I screamed, yet somehow still keeping my voice at a whisper."
• They spot a figure on the school roof: “A tall silhouette of a man wearing a trench coat or a cape or some sort of clothing which hung all the way down to his ankles, with a hood pointed up over his head.”
• Panic rises as the rocks get closer; both sisters gather their things to leave when the figure erupts in a monstrous scream: “The most bone-chilling, screechy yet bellowy scream. It sounded like... something out of a horror movie...my whole body suddenly feeling cold and super shaky, like it was hard to keep my jaw from shivering.”
• They flee, half-expecting to be chased, but the figure never reappears.
• Reflection: “It probably was simply a bored person who thought it would be funny and harmless to pull a prank... but, you never know how they might affect someone when that someone feels that they are genuinely in serious danger.”
• Memorable Quotes:
  • “My stomach dropped to the floor and I could feel my heartbeat in my throat...I guess this is when my fight or flight really kicked in.” – Narrator, [40:22]
  • “Remember that even though in the moment you might think that your pranks and jokes are totally harmless, you never know how they might affect someone.” – [40:45]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Time | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 06:25 | Lilith | "How would you like to die?" | | 11:50 | Narrator | "Scorpion on my junk. Like, for real." | | 21:45 | The suited man | "Curiosity killed the cat." | | 33:45 | Narrator | "Dumb young adults who made a life-ending decision because of liquor and peer pressure." | | 40:22 | Narrator | "My stomach dropped to the floor and I could feel my heartbeat in my throat..." | | 40:45 | Narrator | "Remember that even though in the moment you might think that your pranks and jokes are totally harmless, you never know how they might affect someone." |

Episode Flow & Structure

• Tone: Calm, matter-of-fact, confessional, unhurried, laced with self-deprecating humor and honest fear.
• Pacing: Each story receives deep focus, allowing suspense and imagery to build steadily.
• Immersion: Atmospheric rain and subdued narration, meant for night listening.
• Reflection: Several stories end with observations or warnings that ground menacing experiences in moral lessons about safety, self-control, or empathy.

Timestamps for Important Segments

| Start | End | Story/Event | |------------|------------|---------------------------------------------------| | 01:30 | 06:20 | Nightmare Tinder Date with Lilith | | 06:21 | 13:45 | Desert Campfire Scorpion Incident | | 13:46 | 22:45 | The Man in the Black Suit at O'Hurley's Store | | 22:46 | 34:28 | The Fatal Jeep Joyride | | 34:29 | 40:45 | Playground, Rocks from the Roof, and the Scream |

Final Thoughts

Episode 324 delivers what fans have come to expect from Scary Stories and Rain: peculiarly scary, sometimes tragic, and always deeply personal stories that linger in the mind. This selection exposes the unsettling ways in which horror can emerge from strangers, friends, and even ourselves. The rain keeps pouring, and every chilling tale is told as if it could happen to anyone, anywhere, to the echo of thunder and a whisper of regret.