# Most Disturbing 5 True Pizza Hut Horror Stories For Sleep A Delivery That Went Terribly Wrong!

An episode of [AfterDark Reddits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896809423), 15 Oct 2026, 47 min.

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## Transcript

[0:05] Speaker 1: My name is James, and I used to work at
[0:07] Speaker 1: a small pizza hut in Milwaukee, a quiet neighborhood most
[0:10] Speaker 1: of the time. I'd taken the job to save money
[0:13] Speaker 1: for college. It was simple work, taking orders, cleaning, and
[0:18] Speaker 1: helping customers. Most days were the same, but there was
[0:22] Speaker 1: something off about that night. I didn't know it yet,
[0:25] Speaker 1: but it would be the most terrifying experience of my life.
[0:29] Speaker 1: It started as a regular shift. My manager, Mr. Taylor...
[0:34] Speaker 1: was locking up early because business was slow, leaving just
[0:37] Speaker 1: me and another employee, Kevin. Kevin was new, quiet, and
[0:43] Speaker 1: rarely spoke unless necessary. I didn't know much about him
[0:47] Speaker 1: except that he always kept to himself. Something about him
[0:51] Speaker 1: gave me a weird feeling, but I figured he was
[0:54] Speaker 1: just shy. Around 9.30 p.m., Mr. Taylor left, promising to
[0:59] Speaker 1: be back in the mornings. Kevin and I stayed behind
[1:02] Speaker 1: to clean up and finish closing the store. I was
[1:05] Speaker 1: sweeping the front while Kevin was in the back cleaning
[1:08] Speaker 1: the kitchen. The silence in the store felt heavier than usual.
[1:12] Speaker 1: It wasn't the comforting quiet I was used to. It felt... wrong.
[1:18] Speaker 1: Hey Kevin, you good back there? I called out, trying
[1:21] Speaker 1: to shake off the weird feeling. He didn't answer right away,
[1:24] Speaker 1: but when he did, his voice sounded low and tense. Yeah,
[1:28] Speaker 1: I'm fine. Just finishing up. I shrugged it off and
[1:32] Speaker 1: kept sweeping. But as I worked, I started noticing little things.
[1:37] Speaker 1: The mop bucket hadn't moved, even though Kevin said he
[1:40] Speaker 1: was mopping. The trash bags were still by the back door, untouched.
[1:45] Speaker 1: My instincts told me something was wrong, but I didn't
[1:48] Speaker 1: want to overthink it. That was until I saw it.
[1:52] Speaker 1: A streak of something dark smeared on the floor near
[1:55] Speaker 1: the kitchen door. I moved closer, my heart pounding in
[1:59] Speaker 1: my chest. It wasn't water or grease. It was red. Kevin?
[2:05] Speaker 1: I called out again, my voice shaking. No reply. Suddenly,
[2:11] Speaker 1: I heard the faint creak of the back door opening
[2:13] Speaker 1: followed by hurried footsteps. My stomach twisted into knots. Something
[2:18] Speaker 1: was definitely wrong. I moved toward the kitchen cautiously, gripping
[2:23] Speaker 1: the broom tightly in my hands. What I saw when
[2:26] Speaker 1: I stepped into the kitchen froze me in place. The
[2:29] Speaker 1: sink was filled with red water and there were bloody
[2:31] Speaker 1: streaks across the counter. My legs felt like they would
[2:35] Speaker 1: give out. Where was Kevin? And what had he been
[2:38] Speaker 1: doing back here? Before I could process anything, I heard
[2:42] Speaker 1: a whisper behind me. You shouldn't have come back here, James.
[2:48] Speaker 1: I turned around and Kevin was standing there, his face pale,
[2:51] Speaker 1: his eyes wide and wild. In his hands was a knife,
[2:55] Speaker 1: and his grip on it was tight. Kevin. What are
[3:00] Speaker 1: you doing? I asked, my voice trembling. He didn't answer. Instead,
[3:06] Speaker 1: he stepped closer, a twisted smile forming on his face.
[3:11] Speaker 1: My instincts screamed at me to run, but I was
[3:13] Speaker 1: frozen in place. Kevin's twisted smile widened as he stepped closer,
[3:17] Speaker 1: gripping the knife like he was ready to strike. My
[3:20] Speaker 1: body felt like it was made of stone. I couldn't move,
[3:24] Speaker 1: couldn't think. Kevin, listen, I said, my voice shaky. Whatever's
[3:29] Speaker 1: going on, we can fix it. Just put the knife down.
[3:34] Speaker 1: His laughter filled the kitchen, low and broken, like he
[3:37] Speaker 1: was barely holding himself together. Fix it, he said, tilting
[3:41] Speaker 1: his head. You can't fix what's already broken, James. You
[3:45] Speaker 1: wouldn't understand. Suddenly he lunged toward me. My reflexes finally
[3:50] Speaker 1: kicked in and I swung the broom with all my strength,
[3:53] Speaker 1: hitting his arm and knocking the knife to the floor.
[3:56] Speaker 1: He staggered back, clutching his wrist while I bolted toward
[3:59] Speaker 1: the front door. The door wouldn't budge. It was locked.
[4:03] Speaker 1: My heart sank as I realized Mr. Taylor had taken
[4:06] Speaker 1: the keys with him. I glanced back, and Kevin was
[4:10] Speaker 1: already on his feet, his expression now a mix of
[4:13] Speaker 1: rage and madness. You're not going anywhere, he yelled, grabbing
[4:17] Speaker 1: a heavy pizza cutter from the counter. I darted into
[4:20] Speaker 1: the dining area, flipping tables and chairs behind me to
[4:23] Speaker 1: slow him down. My breathing was ragged, and every muscle
[4:27] Speaker 1: in my body screamed for me to keep moving. I
[4:30] Speaker 1: needed to find a way out, fast. The phone at
[4:34] Speaker 1: the counter caught my eye. I sprinted toward it, but
[4:37] Speaker 1: as I picked up the receiver, the line was dead.
[4:40] Speaker 1: Kevin must have cut the cords earlier. Suddenly, the lights flickered,
[4:45] Speaker 1: plunging the entire restaurant into darkness. I froze, my ears
[4:49] Speaker 1: straining to hear any sound. The only noise was my
[4:52] Speaker 1: own ragged breathing, echoing in the silence. james kevin's voice
[4:58] Speaker 1: called out soft and taunting there's no point in hiding
[5:02] Speaker 1: you'll only make this harder on yourself i crouched behind
[5:06] Speaker 1: a booth clutching a chair leg i'd broken off during
[5:08] Speaker 1: my escape my heart pounded so loudly i was afraid
[5:12] Speaker 1: he'd hear it the sound of footsteps grew louder closer
[5:16] Speaker 1: kevin was searching for me his shoes squeaking on the
[5:19] Speaker 1: freshly mopped floor my mind raced trying to come up
[5:22] Speaker 1: with a plan i couldn't overpower him but maybe I
[5:26] Speaker 1: could outsmart him. A faint red glow caught my eye,
[5:31] Speaker 1: the exit sign above the back door. If I could
[5:34] Speaker 1: make it there without him noticing, I might have a chance.
[5:38] Speaker 1: I waited until his footsteps moved further away, then crawled
[5:42] Speaker 1: on my hands and knees toward the kitchen. I was
[5:45] Speaker 1: almost there when something cold and wet touched my hand.
[5:48] Speaker 1: I looked down and saw a pool of blood spreading
[5:50] Speaker 1: across the floor. My stomach turned, and I had to
[5:54] Speaker 1: fight the urge to scream. Whose blood was this? Before
[5:58] Speaker 1: I could react, a shadow loomed over me. Found you,
[6:02] Speaker 1: Kevin whispered, his voice sending chills down my spine. I
[6:07] Speaker 1: swung the chair leg blindly, hitting him in the chest.
[6:10] Speaker 1: He stumbled back, giving me just enough time to scramble
[6:13] Speaker 1: to my feet and sprint toward the exit. I threw
[6:16] Speaker 1: myself at the door, slamming into it with all my weight.
[6:19] Speaker 1: It burst open, and I tumbled into the alley behind
[6:21] Speaker 1: the store. But as I looked up, gasping for air,
[6:25] Speaker 1: I realized the nightmare was far from over. The alley
[6:28] Speaker 1: was dimly lit, the faint glow of a flickering street
[6:32] Speaker 1: lamp barely cutting through the thick fog. The cold air
[6:35] Speaker 1: bit at my skin as I stumbled over trash bags
[6:38] Speaker 1: and broken crates, desperate to put distance between myself and Kevin.
[6:42] Speaker 1: But the back door slammed shut behind me, and I
[6:45] Speaker 1: heard his footsteps echoing in the alley. He was coming,
[6:48] Speaker 1: and he wasn't far. James, Kevin shouted, his voice bouncing
[6:53] Speaker 1: off the brick walls. You can't run forever. I scanned
[6:57] Speaker 1: the alley, searching for an escape. To my left was
[7:00] Speaker 1: a tall chain-link fence too high to climb without help.
[7:03] Speaker 1: To my right, the alley stretched into darkness, leading who
[7:07] Speaker 1: knows where. I had no choice. I bolted to the right,
[7:11] Speaker 1: my sneakers splashing through puddles as I ran. The sound
[7:15] Speaker 1: of Kevin's pursuit grew louder. He was fast, too fast.
[7:20] Speaker 1: My chest burned, and my legs felt like they could
[7:22] Speaker 1: give out at any moment. But I couldn't stop. Not now.
[7:27] Speaker 1: I turned a corner and skidded to a halt. A
[7:30] Speaker 1: dead end. The walls on either side of me seemed
[7:33] Speaker 1: to close in, their jagged edges covered in graffiti that
[7:36] Speaker 1: looked like strange symbols under the faint light. My mind raced.
[7:41] Speaker 1: There had to be another way out. I spotted an old,
[7:45] Speaker 1: rusted dumpster against the wall. If I could climb it,
[7:49] Speaker 1: maybe I could pull myself onto the ledge above. Without thinking.
[7:53] Speaker 1: I grabbed the edge of the dumpster and hauled myself up,
[7:56] Speaker 1: my arms shaking from the effort. As I reached for
[7:59] Speaker 1: the ledge, Kevin's voice rang out behind me. You think
[8:03] Speaker 1: you can escape me, James? He was standing at the
[8:06] Speaker 1: entrance to the alley, his silhouette menacing in the dim light.
[8:09] Speaker 1: I ignored him and stretched for the ledge, my fingers
[8:12] Speaker 1: just barely gripping the edge. But before I could pull
[8:15] Speaker 1: myself up, Kevin grabbed my ankle and yanked me down.
[8:19] Speaker 1: I fell hard onto the dumpster. the impact knocking the
[8:22] Speaker 1: wind out of me. Kevin climbed onto the dumpster, his
[8:26] Speaker 1: eyes wild with rage. This ends here, he snarled, raising
[8:31] Speaker 1: the pizza cutter he still held. I kicked out desperately,
[8:35] Speaker 1: my foot connecting with his stomach. He stumbled back, teetering
[8:39] Speaker 1: on the edge of the dumpster, before falling to the
[8:42] Speaker 1: ground with a sickening thud. I didn't wait to see
[8:45] Speaker 1: if he was hurt. I jumped down from the dumpster
[8:48] Speaker 1: and ran back toward the street. my mind consumed with
[8:51] Speaker 1: one thought. I had to find help. But as I
[8:55] Speaker 1: emerged from the alley, the street was eerily quiet. The
[8:59] Speaker 1: shops were closed, their windows dark. The only sound was
[9:03] Speaker 1: the faint hum of a street lamp buzzing overhead. I
[9:07] Speaker 1: spotted a payphone near the corner and ran to it,
[9:10] Speaker 1: fumbling in my pockets for loose change. My hands shook
[9:13] Speaker 1: as I dialed 911, praying someone would answer quickly. 911,
[9:18] Speaker 1: what's your emergency? A calm voice answered. Please help, I gasped.
[9:24] Speaker 1: There's a man trying to kill me. He's... Before I
[9:28] Speaker 1: could finish, the line went dead. I stared at the
[9:30] Speaker 1: receiver in disbelief, my heart pounding. The payphone screen flickered,
[9:35] Speaker 1: displaying the words, asterisk, no connection, asterisk. Behind me, I
[9:40] Speaker 1: heard the sound of slow, deliberate footsteps. Kevin was back.
[9:44] Speaker 1: I turned around slowly, my breathing heavy. There he was, Kevin.
[9:49] Speaker 1: standing under the faint glow of the street lamp. His
[9:52] Speaker 1: face was twisted into a menacing grin, and the pizza
[9:55] Speaker 1: cutter gleamed in his hand. You can run, James, he said.
[10:00] Speaker 1: his voice almost mocking but you can't hide this is
[10:04] Speaker 1: between you and me now my legs were trembling but
[10:08] Speaker 1: i forced myself to stand tall what do you want
[10:11] Speaker 1: from me kevin i yelled my voice cracking why are
[10:15] Speaker 1: you doing this he tilted his head as if considering
[10:19] Speaker 1: my question. You shouldn't have seen what you saw back there. Now,
[10:25] Speaker 1: you leave me no choice. My mind flashed back to
[10:29] Speaker 1: the image of the red-stained carpet, the lifeless body on
[10:32] Speaker 1: the floor, and Kevin standing over it with that same grin.
[10:37] Speaker 1: He wasn't just after me, he was covering his tracks.
[10:40] Speaker 1: I backed away slowly, trying to think of a plan.
[10:43] Speaker 1: The streets were deserted, and I was completely alone with him.
[10:48] Speaker 1: Every shop was locked and there was no one to
[10:50] Speaker 1: hear my cries for help. Kevin took a step closer,
[10:53] Speaker 1: dragging the pizza cutter along the pavement, the sharp sound
[10:57] Speaker 1: making my skin crawl. Let's make this easy, James. Stop
[11:02] Speaker 1: running and it'll all be over quickly. I wasn't going
[11:06] Speaker 1: to give up that easily. I turned and bolted down
[11:09] Speaker 1: the street, my heart pounding like a drum. I didn't
[11:13] Speaker 1: know where I was going, but I had to keep moving.
[11:16] Speaker 1: The sound of his footsteps followed close behind, relentless and unyielding.
[11:21] Speaker 1: I darted into another alley, hoping to lose him in
[11:24] Speaker 1: the maze of streets. The darkness seemed to close in
[11:27] Speaker 1: around me, every shadow a potential threat. My lungs burned,
[11:32] Speaker 1: and my legs felt like they would give out at
[11:34] Speaker 1: any moment, but I couldn't stop. Suddenly I tripped over
[11:37] Speaker 1: something and fell hard onto the ground. Pain shot through
[11:40] Speaker 1: my hands and knees as I scrambled to my feet,
[11:43] Speaker 1: looking back to see what had caused me to fall.
[11:46] Speaker 1: It was a torn shoe. No, a foot. I froze
[11:50] Speaker 1: in horror as I realized I had tripped over a body.
[11:53] Speaker 1: It was a young man, his face pale and lifeless.
[11:57] Speaker 1: His eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the sky.
[12:00] Speaker 1: I stumbled backward, choking back a scream. But before I
[12:04] Speaker 1: could process what I had seen, Kevin's voice echoed through
[12:07] Speaker 1: the alley. Found you. I whipped around and saw him
[12:11] Speaker 1: standing at the entrance to the alley, his shadow stretching
[12:14] Speaker 1: toward me. My hands trembled as I looked for a
[12:18] Speaker 1: way out, but there was nowhere to run. The walls
[12:22] Speaker 1: were too high and the alley was a dead end.
[12:25] Speaker 1: Kevin started walking toward me, his grin growing wider with
[12:29] Speaker 1: each step. You're not as clever as you think, James.
[12:34] Speaker 1: This is where it ends. I felt a surge of
[12:37] Speaker 1: panic but also a strange clarity. If I was going
[12:40] Speaker 1: to survive, I had to fight back. I grabbed a
[12:43] Speaker 1: broken piece of wood from the ground and held it
[12:45] Speaker 1: in front of me like a weapon. Stay back, I shouted,
[12:49] Speaker 1: my voice shaking. He laughed, the sound chilling in the silence.
[12:54] Speaker 1: You think that'll stop me? He lunged at me and
[12:57] Speaker 1: I swung the wood with all my strength. It hit
[13:00] Speaker 1: his arm, causing him to drop the pizza cutter. He
[13:03] Speaker 1: growled in pain, but before I could grab the cutter,
[13:06] Speaker 1: he tackled me to the ground. We struggled on the cold,
[13:09] Speaker 1: damp pavement, his hands tightening around my throat. I gasped
[13:13] Speaker 1: for air, my vision starting to blur, but then I
[13:17] Speaker 1: remembered the piece of wood. My hand fumbled around until
[13:21] Speaker 1: I felt it. And with all the strength I had left,
[13:24] Speaker 1: I drove it into his side. Kevin screamed and rolled
[13:27] Speaker 1: off me, clutching his wound. I didn't waste a second.
[13:31] Speaker 1: I grabbed the pizza cutter and ran, leaving him writhing
[13:34] Speaker 1: on the ground. As I stumbled out of the alley,
[13:37] Speaker 1: I saw flashing red and blue lights in the distance.
[13:40] Speaker 1: A wave of relief washed over me as a police
[13:42] Speaker 1: car pulled up, two officers stepping out with their guns drawn. Help!
[13:47] Speaker 1: I cried, collapsing to my knees. The officers rushed toward me,
[13:52] Speaker 1: one of them shouting into his radio for backup. I
[13:55] Speaker 1: pointed toward the alley, my voice barely above a whisper.
[13:59] Speaker 1: He's back there. Kevin. The officers moved cautiously into the alley,
[14:04] Speaker 1: their flashlights cutting through the darkness. But when they returned
[14:08] Speaker 1: minutes later, they looked confused. There's no one there. One
[14:12] Speaker 1: of them said. My heart sank. How could he have
[14:17] Speaker 1: disappeared so quickly? But then I noticed something on the
[14:20] Speaker 1: ground near the police car. A small round object that
[14:23] Speaker 1: gleamed in the light. It was the pizza cutter. The
[14:27] Speaker 1: officers helped me to my feet and led me to
[14:29] Speaker 1: the car. My body was shaking uncontrollably and my mind
[14:33] Speaker 1: raced with questions. How could Kevin have vanished? He was injured.
[14:38] Speaker 1: There was no way he could have gone far. Calm down, kid,
[14:42] Speaker 1: one of the officers said, his tone steady. We'll get
[14:46] Speaker 1: to the bottom of this. Let's get you to the station.
[14:50] Speaker 1: I sat in the back of the police car, staring
[14:52] Speaker 1: out the window, unable to shake the feeling that Kevin
[14:54] Speaker 1: was still out there, watching. The streets passed in a
[14:58] Speaker 1: blur as the car sped toward the station. My hands
[15:01] Speaker 1: gripped the edge of the seat, my knuckles white. When
[15:04] Speaker 1: we arrived, the officers led me inside. The bright lights
[15:08] Speaker 1: and buzzing activity of the station felt surreal after the
[15:11] Speaker 1: darkness and terror of the night. A kind-looking officer handed
[15:15] Speaker 1: me a cup of water and sat across from me.
[15:18] Speaker 1: Start from the beginning, he said. I told them everything
[15:23] Speaker 1: about the body in the pizza hut, Kevin's grin, the chase,
[15:26] Speaker 1: and the alley. As I spoke, the officers exchanged glances,
[15:31] Speaker 1: their faces growing more serious with every detail. When I finished,
[15:35] Speaker 1: one of them leaned forward. James, are you sure about
[15:39] Speaker 1: what you saw? The body? Kevin? Everything? Yes, I insisted.
[15:46] Speaker 1: I'm not making this up. Check the alley. Check the
[15:49] Speaker 1: pizza hut. We already did, another officer said softly. There's
[15:54] Speaker 1: no body in the alley, and no signs of a
[15:56] Speaker 1: struggle at the restaurant. The place was locked up clean
[15:59] Speaker 1: as a whistle. I froze, my heart sinking. But I...
[16:03] Speaker 1: I saw it. I saw the blood, the carpet. James...
[16:08] Speaker 1: The officer interrupted gently. There's something else you should know.
[16:13] Speaker 1: He slid a file across the table. We looked up Kevin.
[16:17] Speaker 1: He died three years ago. Murder-suicide. He killed his co-worker
[16:21] Speaker 1: and then himself in the pizza hut you were at tonight.
[16:24] Speaker 1: The room seemed to spin around me. No, that's not possible.
[16:29] Speaker 1: I saw him. He was alive. The officer's expression didn't change.
[16:35] Speaker 1: The man you described fits Kevin perfectly, but what you're saying,
[16:39] Speaker 1: it just doesn't add up. I shook my head, my
[16:42] Speaker 1: mind racing. If Kevin was dead, who or what had
[16:47] Speaker 1: been chasing me? Just then a loud crash echoed through
[16:50] Speaker 1: the station. The officers jumped to their feet, hands on
[16:54] Speaker 1: their weapons. The sound had come from the evidence room.
[16:58] Speaker 1: Stay here, one of them ordered before they rushed out.
[17:02] Speaker 1: I was left alone in the dimly lit room, my
[17:04] Speaker 1: heart pounding. The silence was deafening, broken only by the
[17:09] Speaker 1: faint hum of the overhead lights. And then, I heard it.
[17:13] Speaker 1: A faint, scraping sound. I turned slowly, my blood running cold. There,
[17:20] Speaker 1: just outside the interrogation room window, was Kevin. His face
[17:24] Speaker 1: was pale and twisted, his grin wider than ever. He
[17:28] Speaker 1: held up the pizza cutter, tapping it against the glass.
[17:32] Speaker 1: I screamed, backing away. But when the officers burst back
[17:36] Speaker 1: into the room, Kevin was gone. They looked at me,
[17:40] Speaker 1: confused and alarmed. What's wrong? What happened? He was here,
[17:45] Speaker 1: I shouted. Kevin, he was right there. The officers exchanged
[17:50] Speaker 1: uneasy glances, but before they could respond, a chilling message
[17:54] Speaker 1: crackled over the station's radio. We've got reports of a
[17:58] Speaker 1: man with a pizza cutter spotted near Main Street. Witnesses
[18:01] Speaker 1: say he's... Grinning, the officers froze. I felt the blood
[18:06] Speaker 1: drain from my face. Kevin was still out there. Even now,
[18:10] Speaker 1: as I sit here recounting this story, I can't help
[18:12] Speaker 1: but glance over my shoulder. I know he's watching, waiting
[18:16] Speaker 1: for the right moment to finish what he started. If
[18:20] Speaker 1: you ever find yourself in an empty restaurant late at
[18:22] Speaker 1: night and you hear the faint scrape of metal on tile, run.
[18:27] Speaker 1: Because Kevin never forgets. My name is Jeff, and I've
[18:36] Speaker 1: been working the late shift at Pizza Hut in Los
[18:38] Speaker 1: Angeles for a few years now. Most nights are slow,
[18:41] Speaker 1: with only a few regular customers coming in. It's always
[18:45] Speaker 1: the same crowd. Drivers grabbing takeout, college kids looking for
[18:49] Speaker 1: cheap food, and the occasional family stopping by for dinner.
[18:53] Speaker 1: It was a quiet Wednesday night, and I was alone
[18:56] Speaker 1: in the restaurant. The air was thick with the smell
[18:59] Speaker 1: of melted cheese and garlic bread, and the hum of
[19:02] Speaker 1: the ovens filled the silence. I leaned against the counter,
[19:05] Speaker 1: scrolling through my phone, waiting for the next order. That's
[19:09] Speaker 1: when the front door creaked open. I looked up and
[19:12] Speaker 1: saw a man step inside. He was tall and thin,
[19:16] Speaker 1: with hollow cheeks and sunken eyes. His clothes were worn
[19:20] Speaker 1: and dirty and he looked like he hadn't slept in days.
[19:23] Speaker 1: Something about him felt off, but I couldn't put my
[19:26] Speaker 1: finger on it. Welcome to Pizza Hut, I said, trying
[19:30] Speaker 1: to sound cheerful. What can I get for you? The
[19:34] Speaker 1: man didn't answer right away. He just stood there staring
[19:38] Speaker 1: at me with a blank expression. Finally, he said in
[19:41] Speaker 1: a low voice, I need a table. I'll start with
[19:45] Speaker 1: a large pepperoni pizza. I nodded and grabbed a menu.
[19:49] Speaker 1: showing him to a corner booth. As he sat down,
[19:52] Speaker 1: he placed a small black briefcase on the table. The
[19:55] Speaker 1: way he handled it, like it was something precious, caught
[19:59] Speaker 1: my attention. What's in the briefcase? I asked, trying to
[20:03] Speaker 1: make small talk. He looked up at me with a
[20:06] Speaker 1: faint smile. Just something I've been saving for a special occasion.
[20:11] Speaker 1: Something about his tone sent a shiver down my spine.
[20:15] Speaker 1: I brought the man his pizza, and he wasted no
[20:17] Speaker 1: time digging in. His movements were quick and jerky like
[20:21] Speaker 1: he hadn't eaten in days. Within minutes, the large pepperoni
[20:24] Speaker 1: pizza was gone. Another one, he said, wiping his mouth
[20:29] Speaker 1: with the back of his hand. I hesitated. That was
[20:33] Speaker 1: the largest pizza we have. Are you sure you want
[20:35] Speaker 1: another one? He nodded, his dark eyes locking onto mine.
[20:40] Speaker 1: I'm hungrier than you can imagine. As I walked back
[20:43] Speaker 1: to the kitchen, I couldn't shake the feeling that something
[20:46] Speaker 1: was wrong. The way he devoured that pizza, it wasn't normal.
[20:51] Speaker 1: It was almost... animalistic. When I returned with his second pizza,
[20:57] Speaker 1: I noticed something strange. The man had opened his briefcase,
[21:01] Speaker 1: and inside were small glass jars filled with a dark,
[21:04] Speaker 1: reddish liquid. He pulled one out and poured it over
[21:07] Speaker 1: the pizza like it was hot sauce. The smell hit
[21:11] Speaker 1: me immediately, metallic and sour, like rust and vinegar. What
[21:17] Speaker 1: is that? I asked, my stomach turning. Special sauce, he
[21:22] Speaker 1: said with a grin, taking a big bite. It makes
[21:25] Speaker 1: everything taste better. I backed away slowly, my mind racing.
[21:31] Speaker 1: I didn't know what was in those jars, but I
[21:34] Speaker 1: was sure it wasn't anything normal. As the night wore on,
[21:37] Speaker 1: the man kept ordering more food. each time pouring his
[21:41] Speaker 1: strange sauce over it. The restaurant was empty except for him,
[21:44] Speaker 1: and I felt trapped. Every time I walked by his table,
[21:48] Speaker 1: he would smile at me, a smile that didn't reach
[21:50] Speaker 1: his eyes. Just as I was about to take his
[21:53] Speaker 1: next order, the phone rang. I grabbed it, grateful for
[21:56] Speaker 1: the distraction. Pizza Hut, this is Jeff speaking. Jeff, this
[22:02] Speaker 1: is Detective Harris from the LAPD, a gruff voice said.
[22:07] Speaker 1: I'm calling about a man who might be in your
[22:09] Speaker 1: restaurant right now. Tall, thin, carrying a black briefcase. I froze,
[22:14] Speaker 1: my eyes darting to the corner booth. Yeah, he's here. Why?
[22:18] Speaker 1: What's going on? He's dangerous, Harris said. We believe he's
[22:23] Speaker 1: connected to several murders in the area. Whatever you do,
[22:27] Speaker 1: don't confront him. Stay calm, and we'll be there in
[22:30] Speaker 1: ten minutes. I hung up, my hands shaking. Murder? Murder?
[22:36] Speaker 1: My stomach churned as I looked back at the man.
[22:39] Speaker 1: He was still eating, his fingers covered in grease and
[22:41] Speaker 1: that strange red liquid. I decided to keep my distance,
[22:45] Speaker 1: pretending to clean the counters while watching him out of
[22:47] Speaker 1: the corner of my eye. But then he did something
[22:51] Speaker 1: that made my blood run cold. He opened his briefcase wider,
[22:55] Speaker 1: revealing what looked like bloodstained photographs. I couldn't make out
[22:59] Speaker 1: the details, but I saw faces. Faces of people who
[23:02] Speaker 1: looked terrified. My heart raced as I realized they might
[23:06] Speaker 1: be his victims. Is there a problem, Jeff? The man said,
[23:11] Speaker 1: his voice cutting through the silence. I shook my head quickly. No, sir,
[23:17] Speaker 1: just cleaning up. He stared at me for a moment
[23:20] Speaker 1: before closing the briefcase and leaning back in his seat.
[23:24] Speaker 1: You remind me of my daughter, he said suddenly. I blinked.
[23:29] Speaker 1: Your daughter? She died a few years ago. Hit. Hit.
[23:34] Speaker 1: and run. His voice was calm, but there was a
[23:37] Speaker 1: hint of something dark underneath. Ever since then, I've been
[23:42] Speaker 1: looking for replacements. Before I could respond, the man stood
[23:47] Speaker 1: up and walked toward me. My instinct was to back away,
[23:50] Speaker 1: but I forced myself to stay still. I want to
[23:53] Speaker 1: show you something, he said, setting the briefcase on the counter.
[23:57] Speaker 1: Don't be afraid. He opened it, and I saw the
[24:01] Speaker 1: jars up close. They weren't filled with sauce. They were
[24:04] Speaker 1: filled with blood. My stomach turned as he pulled out
[24:08] Speaker 1: one jar and unscrewed the lid. Drink it, he said,
[24:11] Speaker 1: pushing it toward me. I shook my head, my voice trembling.
[24:16] Speaker 1: Number I can't. His calm demeanor shattered. Drink it, he shouted,
[24:21] Speaker 1: slamming his fist on the counter. I grabbed a pizza
[24:24] Speaker 1: cutter from the counter and held it up defensively. Stay back.
[24:29] Speaker 1: He lunged at me, and I swung the cutter, slicing
[24:31] Speaker 1: his arm. He screamed in pain but didn't stop. Just
[24:36] Speaker 1: as he grabbed me, the door burst open and Detective
[24:38] Speaker 1: Harris and two officers stormed in. Drop the weapon, Harris shouted,
[24:43] Speaker 1: aiming his gun at the man. The man let go
[24:46] Speaker 1: of me and turned to face the police, his face
[24:48] Speaker 1: twisted in rage. You'll never understand, he screamed. I'm doing
[24:53] Speaker 1: this for her. The officers tackled him to the ground
[24:56] Speaker 1: and Harris cuffed him. As they dragged him out, he
[24:59] Speaker 1: looked at me one last time. She would have loved you,
[25:03] Speaker 1: he whispered. The restaurant was a mess and I was
[25:07] Speaker 1: shaken to my core. Detective Harris stayed behind to ask
[25:11] Speaker 1: me questions, explaining that the man had been on their
[25:14] Speaker 1: radar for months. He had been abducting people, using their
[25:18] Speaker 1: blood for some twisted ritual he believed would bring his
[25:20] Speaker 1: daughter back. Is it over? I asked. Harris nodded. For now.
[25:28] Speaker 1: But if you notice anything strange, call us immediately. I nodded,
[25:33] Speaker 1: though I wasn't sure I'd ever feel safe again. That night,
[25:37] Speaker 1: as I locked up the restaurant, I couldn't shake the
[25:40] Speaker 1: feeling that the man's words would haunt me forever. She
[25:43] Speaker 1: would have loved you. My name is Otis, and I
[25:52] Speaker 1: used to work as a delivery boy for Pizza Hut
[25:54] Speaker 1: in a small town in northern Italy. I never thought
[25:57] Speaker 1: delivering pizza could be scary until the night everything changed.
[26:01] Speaker 1: It all started a few weeks after I got the job.
[26:04] Speaker 1: I was 19, a little shy, and still trying to
[26:08] Speaker 1: get used to my new role. I mostly worked evenings
[26:11] Speaker 1: because that's when we got the most orders. Our pizza
[26:14] Speaker 1: hut was in the heart of the town, surrounded by
[26:17] Speaker 1: cobblestone streets and old stone buildings. My coworkers, especially Marco,
[26:22] Speaker 1: loved to joke around. They'd often try to scare me
[26:25] Speaker 1: with stories about strange deliveries, but I brushed them off.
[26:29] Speaker 1: It's just pizza, not a horror movie. I'd say, laughing.
[26:33] Speaker 1: One evening, my manager handed me a thick paper map
[26:36] Speaker 1: marked with a red circle. Otis, this is your next delivery,
[26:40] Speaker 1: he said, pointing to a spot on the edge of town.
[26:43] Speaker 1: It's a big order. Don't mess it up. The address
[26:47] Speaker 1: was unfamiliar, but I shrugged it off. Driving out to
[26:50] Speaker 1: the countryside sounded peaceful, even if the roads were bumpy.
[26:55] Speaker 1: I loaded the pizzas into the old company scooter and
[26:57] Speaker 1: set off. It was almost dark and the air was cool.
[27:01] Speaker 1: As I left the familiar streets behind, I couldn't shake
[27:04] Speaker 1: a strange feeling in my chest. The roads became narrow
[27:07] Speaker 1: as I drove further from town. The map said the
[27:11] Speaker 1: house was down a dirt path at the edge of
[27:12] Speaker 1: the forest. Tall trees lined the road, their branches forming
[27:17] Speaker 1: a roof over my head. The setting sun painted everything
[27:20] Speaker 1: in orange and red, but it was getting darker fast.
[27:23] Speaker 1: After a while, I found the dirt road. It was
[27:26] Speaker 1: barely wide enough for the scooter, full of rocks and holes.
[27:30] Speaker 1: My headlights flickered, and I muttered, Not now. But the
[27:35] Speaker 1: scooter kept going. At the end of the road I
[27:38] Speaker 1: saw a small house. It looked like no one had
[27:41] Speaker 1: lived there in years. The windows were broken and vines
[27:44] Speaker 1: crawled up the walls like fingers. I knocked on the door.
[27:48] Speaker 1: No answer. I knocked again, louder this time. Pizza delivery!
[27:53] Speaker 1: I called out. Suddenly the door creaked open. A man appeared,
[27:58] Speaker 1: hunched and thin with pale skin and messy hair. You're late,
[28:03] Speaker 1: he said, his voice raspy. I'm sorry. It was hard
[28:07] Speaker 1: to find the place, I stammered, handing him the pizzas.
[28:10] Speaker 1: He stared at me with wide eyes. Be careful on
[28:13] Speaker 1: your way back, he whispered, then slammed the door. I
[28:17] Speaker 1: stood there for a moment, confused. His words felt like
[28:21] Speaker 1: a warning. As I drove back, the sun disappeared completely.
[28:26] Speaker 1: The forest was pitch dark and my headlights seemed weaker
[28:30] Speaker 1: than before. The scooter began to sputter and I cursed
[28:33] Speaker 1: under my breath. The engine died and I was stuck
[28:36] Speaker 1: in the middle of nowhere. I took out my phone
[28:39] Speaker 1: but there was no signal. The only sound was the
[28:42] Speaker 1: wind rustling through the trees. Great, I muttered, pushing the
[28:47] Speaker 1: scooter along the road. After a few minutes I heard something.
[28:51] Speaker 1: It wasn't the wind. It was footsteps. I stopped and
[28:55] Speaker 1: looked around but I couldn't see anything. Hello? I called out.
[29:00] Speaker 1: No answer. The footsteps got louder, closer. My heart raced
[29:05] Speaker 1: as I pushed the scooter faster. Then I saw it.
[29:09] Speaker 1: A figure standing in the middle of the road. It
[29:12] Speaker 1: was a woman wearing a tattered dress, her hair covering
[29:16] Speaker 1: her face. She didn't move, just stood there staring at me.
[29:21] Speaker 1: Or at least I thought she was. Hey, are you okay?
[29:25] Speaker 1: I asked, my voice shaking. She tilted her head slowly,
[29:29] Speaker 1: then started walking toward me. Panicking, I left the scooter
[29:33] Speaker 1: and ran down the road. My feet pounded against the dirt,
[29:37] Speaker 1: and my breaths came in short gasps. When I looked back,
[29:41] Speaker 1: the woman was gone. I stopped to catch my breath,
[29:44] Speaker 1: but then I heard something. A soft laugh coming from
[29:48] Speaker 1: behind me. Who's there? I shouted. No answer. But then
[29:54] Speaker 1: I saw a faint light up ahead like a lantern.
[29:57] Speaker 1: I ran toward it, desperate for help. The light led
[30:00] Speaker 1: me to an old motel sitting in the middle of
[30:02] Speaker 1: the forest. It looked abandoned, but the front door was
[30:06] Speaker 1: open and a dim light flickered inside. I stepped in,
[30:10] Speaker 1: calling out, Hello? Is anyone here? The lobby was empty
[30:16] Speaker 1: except for a desk and a dusty couch. Then, a
[30:20] Speaker 1: man stepped out from behind the desk. He was tall
[30:23] Speaker 1: and wore a suit that looked too clean for a
[30:25] Speaker 1: place like this. Looking for something? He asked, smiling. Uh,
[30:31] Speaker 1: my scooter broke down and I think someone's following me,
[30:34] Speaker 1: I said. He nodded, his smile never fading. You can
[30:39] Speaker 1: stay here for the night. It's safe. I hesitated. Something
[30:44] Speaker 1: about his smile felt wrong. I decided to stay. The
[30:49] Speaker 1: man handed me a key and pointed to a room
[30:51] Speaker 1: at the end of the hall. If you need anything,
[30:54] Speaker 1: just call, he said. The room was small, with an
[30:59] Speaker 1: old bed and a wooden chair. I locked the door
[31:02] Speaker 1: and sat on the bed trying to calm down. But
[31:05] Speaker 1: then I noticed something. There was a cartoon bag on
[31:08] Speaker 1: the floor, half hidden under the bed. Curious, I picked
[31:12] Speaker 1: it up. Inside were some toys, a diary, and an
[31:16] Speaker 1: old photo of a boy and a woman. My stomach dropped.
[31:19] Speaker 1: The boy looked like the man at the desk, but younger.
[31:22] Speaker 1: The woman was the one I saw on the road.
[31:25] Speaker 1: Before I could think, I heard footsteps outside my room. Then,
[31:29] Speaker 1: a knock. Otis, the man called, I need to show
[31:34] Speaker 1: you something. I didn't want to open the door, but
[31:37] Speaker 1: he kept knocking. Finally, I stepped out. He led me
[31:41] Speaker 1: down the hall to a door that opened into the basement.
[31:45] Speaker 1: This is where it all happened, he said, smiling. The
[31:49] Speaker 1: basement was cold and dark. The man lit a candle,
[31:53] Speaker 1: revealing old furniture and a large statue in the corner.
[31:57] Speaker 1: This used to be my family's home, he said, until
[32:00] Speaker 1: they all left me. I backed away, feeling a chill.
[32:05] Speaker 1: Why are you telling me this? I asked. He turned
[32:08] Speaker 1: to me, his eyes glowing in the candlelight. Because she's
[32:12] Speaker 1: coming back, and you brought her here. Suddenly the room
[32:16] Speaker 1: grew colder, and I heard a woman's voice behind me.
[32:20] Speaker 1: You promised to stay, she said softly. I turned around
[32:25] Speaker 1: and saw her, the woman from the road, her face
[32:28] Speaker 1: pale and hollow. She reached for me and I screamed.
[32:32] Speaker 1: running back up the stairs. I didn't stop running until
[32:35] Speaker 1: I was outside. The forest was dark, but I could
[32:39] Speaker 1: see the road ahead. I ran until I found my scooter.
[32:44] Speaker 1: To my surprise, it started on the first try. As
[32:47] Speaker 1: I sped away, I looked back and saw the motel
[32:50] Speaker 1: collapsing into the ground, like it was being swallowed. The
[32:54] Speaker 1: man and the woman stood outside, watching me, their faces blank.
[32:58] Speaker 1: When I got back to town, I quit my job
[33:00] Speaker 1: at Pizza Hut. No one believed my story, but I
[33:03] Speaker 1: didn't care. I'm just glad I escaped. But sometimes, when
[33:07] Speaker 1: I'm alone at night, I hear her voice calling my name. Hi,
[33:16] Speaker 1: I'm Leo, and I work at Old Pine Pizza Hut.
[33:19] Speaker 1: I've been delivering pizzas there for a few months now.
[33:23] Speaker 1: It's just a small, quiet place on the edge of town,
[33:26] Speaker 1: away from the bustling city center. The building is old,
[33:30] Speaker 1: maybe older than I am, but it's cozy in a
[33:33] Speaker 1: weird sort of way. Some nights it's dead quiet and
[33:36] Speaker 1: other nights it's a bit... off. But tonight something feels different.
[33:42] Speaker 1: The night shift started like any other. The clock on
[33:46] Speaker 1: the wall ticked on and the familiar buzz of the
[33:48] Speaker 1: phone sounded every few minutes ringing in the orders. My
[33:52] Speaker 1: manager Carl was in the back room sorting out deliveries
[33:55] Speaker 1: and I was stuck working the counter. It was just
[33:58] Speaker 1: another slow evening until the last order came in. It
[34:02] Speaker 1: wasn't the order that surprised me, but the address. It
[34:06] Speaker 1: was an unfamiliar place. There was no street named on
[34:09] Speaker 1: the map, only a set of strange directions. Turn left
[34:12] Speaker 1: at the old church, go past the abandoned house, and
[34:15] Speaker 1: look for the red light at the end of the road.
[34:17] Speaker 1: I stared at the paper with the address written in
[34:19] Speaker 1: smudged handwriting. Something told me I wasn't going to like
[34:22] Speaker 1: this one. I grabbed the pizza and hopped on my scooter,
[34:26] Speaker 1: setting off into the night. The town was quiet, with
[34:30] Speaker 1: no streetlights and barely a soul in sight. The usual
[34:33] Speaker 1: roads felt unfamiliar as I followed the directions. After passing
[34:37] Speaker 1: the old church with its broken windows, I found myself
[34:41] Speaker 1: at the entrance of an overgrown driveway. The house at
[34:44] Speaker 1: the end looked more like a ruin than a home.
[34:47] Speaker 1: The windows were boarded up, the paint peeling off the door,
[34:51] Speaker 1: and weeds grew in every corner. I couldn't shake the
[34:55] Speaker 1: feeling that someone was watching me, even though there was
[34:58] Speaker 1: no sign of life. The red light, if you could
[35:01] Speaker 1: even call it that, flickered faintly on the porch. It
[35:05] Speaker 1: was a strange, dim glow that didn't seem to come
[35:08] Speaker 1: from any light source. As I approached the house, the
[35:12] Speaker 1: hairs on the back of my neck stood up. The
[35:14] Speaker 1: air felt heavy, thick with something I couldn't quite explain.
[35:18] Speaker 1: I knocked on the door, but no one answered. The
[35:22] Speaker 1: door creaked open by itself. With my heart pounding in
[35:26] Speaker 1: my chest, I stepped inside. The house was dark, save
[35:30] Speaker 1: for the flickering red light coming from somewhere deep inside.
[35:34] Speaker 1: The place smelled old, musty, like it hadn't been touched
[35:38] Speaker 1: in years. The floorboards groaned under my feet as I
[35:42] Speaker 1: made my way through the hallway. A voice soft and
[35:46] Speaker 1: distant echoed from upstairs. You're here, it whispered. I froze.
[35:53] Speaker 1: Was that the customer? I looked around, but there was
[35:56] Speaker 1: no one in sight. I walked toward the staircase, the
[36:00] Speaker 1: creaking of the steps sounding louder in the silence. As
[36:03] Speaker 1: I reached the top, the voice came again. Don't go
[36:06] Speaker 1: any further. But something pushed me. I had to know
[36:10] Speaker 1: what was up there. As I reached the final step,
[36:14] Speaker 1: I saw it. A figure standing in the hallway, their
[36:18] Speaker 1: back turned to me. I called out, I've got your pizza.
[36:22] Speaker 1: The figure turned around slowly, revealing a pale, gaunt face
[36:27] Speaker 1: with hollow eyes that seemed to stare right through me.
[36:30] Speaker 1: Their mouth opened, but no sound came out. I dropped
[36:35] Speaker 1: the pizza and ran. I rushed back downstairs only to
[36:38] Speaker 1: find the front door had closed behind me. I tugged
[36:42] Speaker 1: at the handle, but it wouldn't budge. Panic started creeping
[36:46] Speaker 1: up on me. I glanced around, searching for another way out.
[36:51] Speaker 1: The house felt different now, almost alive. The walls seemed
[36:55] Speaker 1: to move, and the floors seemed to shift beneath my feet.
[37:00] Speaker 1: The red light flickered more violently, casting strange shadows on
[37:03] Speaker 1: the walls. I looked toward the back of the house
[37:07] Speaker 1: and saw a door that hadn't been there before, a
[37:09] Speaker 1: rusty iron door that led into what looked like a basement.
[37:13] Speaker 1: Something told me I shouldn't go down there, but at
[37:15] Speaker 1: the same time I knew it was the only way
[37:17] Speaker 1: to escape. I took a deep breath and pushed open
[37:21] Speaker 1: the basement door. The stairs creaked as I descended into
[37:24] Speaker 1: the darkness. At the bottom of the stairs I found
[37:27] Speaker 1: a large, dimly lit room, The air was cold, and
[37:32] Speaker 1: the walls were lined with old, dusty shelves filled with
[37:35] Speaker 1: strange objects, books, boxes, and even old furniture covered in sheets.
[37:41] Speaker 1: At the far corner of the room there was an
[37:42] Speaker 1: old wooden chest, half hidden by shadows. I felt drawn
[37:47] Speaker 1: to it, my feet moving of their own accord. As
[37:50] Speaker 1: I opened the chest I found old photographs, faded pictures
[37:53] Speaker 1: of families and children, some of whom looked very familiar.
[37:58] Speaker 1: Among the photos was a picture of the house itself,
[38:00] Speaker 1: but it was much newer, standing proud and bright. Something
[38:05] Speaker 1: caught my eye in the corner, a figure standing behind
[38:08] Speaker 1: one of the people in the picture. It was the
[38:11] Speaker 1: same person I had seen upstairs, the one with the
[38:14] Speaker 1: hollow eyes. I felt a chill run down my spine.
[38:18] Speaker 1: As I stared at the picture, the house seemed to
[38:21] Speaker 1: grow colder and I could hear the whispers again, closer
[38:24] Speaker 1: now surrounding me. The voice came from every direction, You
[38:29] Speaker 1: shouldn't have come, it whispered. You shouldn't have found us.
[38:35] Speaker 1: I turned around to find the figure standing right behind me,
[38:38] Speaker 1: closer now, its hollow eyes staring directly at me. The
[38:42] Speaker 1: room seemed to pulse, as if the house itself was alive,
[38:46] Speaker 1: feeding off my fear. Then, the figure spoke, its voice rasping.
[38:52] Speaker 1: We were once like you. We were lost, just like you.
[38:57] Speaker 1: The room began to spin, and the walls seemed to
[39:01] Speaker 1: close in on me. The figure reached out, its cold
[39:04] Speaker 1: hand touching my shoulder. The moment it did, I felt
[39:08] Speaker 1: myself slipping into darkness. I woke up outside the house,
[39:12] Speaker 1: the morning sun shining down on me. I was lying
[39:15] Speaker 1: in the overgrown grass, the pizza box still in my hand,
[39:19] Speaker 1: though it had somehow remained perfectly intact. The house was gone,
[39:23] Speaker 1: replaced by nothing but empty land. I stood up, my
[39:27] Speaker 1: heart still racing, and looked around. there. was no sign
[39:30] Speaker 1: of the figure, no sign of the strange house. It
[39:34] Speaker 1: was as if it had never been there at all.
[39:36] Speaker 1: But I knew what I saw. I knew that the
[39:39] Speaker 1: house had been real, and whatever I encountered there was
[39:42] Speaker 1: still out there, waiting for the next person to make
[39:45] Speaker 1: the same mistake I did. I never returned to that
[39:48] Speaker 1: part of town, And I never went on another late
[39:50] Speaker 1: night delivery again, but sometimes when I close my eyes,
[39:55] Speaker 1: I still hear the whispers calling my name. And I
[39:58] Speaker 1: know that some doors are meant to stay closed forever.
[40:06] Speaker 1: My name is Jake and I never believed in things
[40:08] Speaker 1: like ghosts or curses, but that all changed one night
[40:11] Speaker 1: after I started working as a night shift delivery driver
[40:14] Speaker 1: at a pizza place in the small town of Ashbrook.
[40:17] Speaker 1: It was supposed to be just a regular job to
[40:19] Speaker 1: help pay the bills, but little did I know, it
[40:22] Speaker 1: would drag me into something much darker than I could
[40:24] Speaker 1: ever imagine. It all began a few weeks ago, right
[40:28] Speaker 1: after my family died in a car accident. It was
[40:32] Speaker 1: raining heavily that night, and I remember how everything seemed
[40:35] Speaker 1: so blurry as I looked at the wreckage of the car.
[40:38] Speaker 1: My parents, my younger sister, all gone in an instant.
[40:42] Speaker 1: I was the only one who survived, and ever since then,
[40:44] Speaker 1: I've felt lost. Alone. That was when I started working
[40:50] Speaker 1: the night shift at the pizza place. I thought it
[40:53] Speaker 1: would keep me busy, keep my mind off things. But
[40:57] Speaker 1: the first night I worked, something happened that changed everything.
[41:01] Speaker 1: It was a cold, quiet night when I got the
[41:03] Speaker 1: call for a delivery. The address was strange. It wasn't
[41:07] Speaker 1: on the map. Just head down Midnight Road, the customer said.
[41:13] Speaker 1: You'll know when you get there. The voice sounded odd.
[41:17] Speaker 1: almost like they were whispering. I didn't think much of
[41:20] Speaker 1: it at first. It was just another weird address. I
[41:23] Speaker 1: got into my old car, the one I'd bought with
[41:26] Speaker 1: the last of the insurance money after the accident. It
[41:29] Speaker 1: was my only way to get around. As I drove,
[41:33] Speaker 1: the night grew darker, and the road seemed to stretch endlessly.
[41:38] Speaker 1: The streetlights flickered as I drove past houses that looked abandoned,
[41:42] Speaker 1: their windows boarded up. The more I drove, the more
[41:45] Speaker 1: uneasy I felt. Midnight Road was no ordinary street. It
[41:50] Speaker 1: seemed like no one had lived there in years. The
[41:53] Speaker 1: air felt thick, and the trees loomed overhead, casting long
[41:57] Speaker 1: shadows that made the road feel narrow, even though it wasn't.
[42:01] Speaker 1: When I finally reached the address, the house looked like
[42:04] Speaker 1: it had been forgotten by time, dusty windows, the roof
[42:07] Speaker 1: caving in. I knocked on the door, but no one answered.
[42:12] Speaker 1: Just as I was about to leave, I heard a
[42:14] Speaker 1: voice from inside. Come in. I hesitated my heart racing.
[42:21] Speaker 1: I shouldn't have gone in, but something pulled me toward
[42:23] Speaker 1: the door. As I stepped inside, the temperature dropped. It
[42:28] Speaker 1: was like walking into a freezer. The house was dark
[42:31] Speaker 1: and the only sound I could hear was my own
[42:33] Speaker 1: breathing heavy and shaky. The air smelled like rot, like
[42:38] Speaker 1: something had been left to decay for years. I called out, hello,
[42:44] Speaker 1: I have your pizza. No response. I moved cautiously into
[42:49] Speaker 1: the hallway, the floor creaking under my feet. As I
[42:53] Speaker 1: walked further, I saw a flickering light coming from the
[42:56] Speaker 1: living room. There, sitting in the corner, was a figure,
[43:00] Speaker 1: a woman, her face hidden in shadow. Are you the
[43:03] Speaker 1: one who called? I asked, trying to sound calm, though
[43:07] Speaker 1: my voice was trembling. She didn't answer, just stared at
[43:11] Speaker 1: me with eyes that seemed to glow faintly in the dark.
[43:14] Speaker 1: Are you okay? I asked again. but she remained silent. Suddenly,
[43:20] Speaker 1: she stood up, and the moment she moved, I felt
[43:23] Speaker 1: a cold breeze wash over me. My skin crawled as
[43:26] Speaker 1: I looked around and saw that the door I had
[43:28] Speaker 1: entered through was gone, vanished into thin air. Panic surged
[43:33] Speaker 1: through me as I turned to leave, only to find
[43:36] Speaker 1: the door was no longer there. The house felt like
[43:39] Speaker 1: it was shifting, the walls closing in. My breathing became
[43:43] Speaker 1: shallow as I rushed through the room's trying every door
[43:46] Speaker 1: and window but they wouldn't open the woman moved closer
[43:50] Speaker 1: her steps slow deliberate you shouldn't have come she whispered
[43:56] Speaker 1: i could feel the weight of her words as if
[43:58] Speaker 1: they were a curse hanging in the air my mind
[44:01] Speaker 1: raced was she the one who had called for the
[44:03] Speaker 1: pizza who was she and why couldn't i leave suddenly
[44:09] Speaker 1: everything went dark my world tilted and i collapsed onto
[44:13] Speaker 1: the floor When I woke up, I was lying in
[44:15] Speaker 1: the same spot on the cold wooden floor, but the
[44:18] Speaker 1: house was different. It was no longer old and decayed.
[44:22] Speaker 1: It looked as if it had been recently lived in,
[44:24] Speaker 1: with furniture and lights on. I stood up and walked
[44:28] Speaker 1: into the kitchen where I found an old newspaper on
[44:31] Speaker 1: the counter. The headline read, Family Dies in Car Accident
[44:35] Speaker 1: on Midnight Road. My heart skipped a beat as I
[44:38] Speaker 1: saw a picture of my family, smiling, happy, and alive.
[44:43] Speaker 1: but then I saw something strange. The name of the
[44:46] Speaker 1: street was crossed out, replaced with the words death road.
[44:50] Speaker 1: Suddenly the woman appeared in the doorway, her eyes glowed
[44:54] Speaker 1: and her face twisted into a sadistic grin. You can't escape.
[44:58] Speaker 1: She said, you're one of us. Now I ran again,
[45:02] Speaker 1: but this time the house seemed to close in on me.
[45:05] Speaker 1: The walls shifted, the doors vanished. Every turn I took
[45:09] Speaker 1: led me deeper into the house. And I realized this
[45:11] Speaker 1: wasn't just a house. It was a trap. It was
[45:15] Speaker 1: a place where the lost souls of Midnight Road were
[45:17] Speaker 1: trapped forever. After what felt like hours of running, I
[45:22] Speaker 1: finally managed to break through a wall into the backyard.
[45:25] Speaker 1: The moonlight was bright, and I could see the street beyond.
[45:29] Speaker 1: I ran toward my car, but something stopped me. The
[45:32] Speaker 1: police had arrived. I saw their flashing lights in the distance,
[45:37] Speaker 1: but they weren't there to help me. They were there
[45:39] Speaker 1: because I had gone missing. As the officers approached, I
[45:44] Speaker 1: tried to explain what happened but my words felt hollow.
[45:47] Speaker 1: They didn't believe me. They saw only an abandoned house
[45:50] Speaker 1: and a man who seemed too shaken to make sense.
[45:54] Speaker 1: It's just a haunted house, one of the officers said,
[45:57] Speaker 1: brushing me off as if it were nothing. But I
[46:00] Speaker 1: knew the truth. They left without finding anything and I
[46:03] Speaker 1: was left alone again. Days passed and the police stopped searching.
[46:07] Speaker 1: I couldn't shake the feeling that something was coming for me.
[46:11] Speaker 1: The house on Midnight Road. The woman. Everything was a
[46:15] Speaker 1: nightmare that kept haunting me. I tried to move on,
[46:20] Speaker 1: but I couldn't forget. Then, one night, I received a call.
[46:25] Speaker 1: It was the same number from the first delivery. We
[46:29] Speaker 1: know you're still here, the voice said. It wasn't a
[46:32] Speaker 1: voice anymore. It was a presence. I grabbed my car
[46:36] Speaker 1: keys and drove straight to Midnight Road. determined to end
[46:40] Speaker 1: whatever curse had followed me. I wasn't going to run anymore.
[46:44] Speaker 1: When I arrived at the house, it was gone. But
[46:47] Speaker 1: I knew where it had gone. It was waiting for me.
[46:51] Speaker 1: And I was ready. I wasn't going to be the
[46:54] Speaker 1: next victim. I would confront whatever this was. But as
[46:58] Speaker 1: I stepped into the house for the final time, everything
[47:01] Speaker 1: went black. And I was never seen again.

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