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3 True Trick or Treat Horror Stories That Will Make You Rethink Halloween Forever · True Horror Stories

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  Speaker 1: Back then, I was still a college student, delivering pizzas
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  Speaker 1: to make ends meet. Most nights were the same routine,
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: except that one. It was the kind of night that
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  Speaker 1: still keeps me up. It was around ten thirty PM
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  Speaker 1: when I got an order for a house on the
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  Speaker 1: outskirts of town. The place was isolated and old, with
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  Speaker 1: overgrown grass and dim lights barely glowing through the curtains.
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  Speaker 1: Something about it felt wrong from the moment I pulled
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  Speaker 1: into the driveway. I walked up, pizza in hand and knocked.
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  Speaker 1: A man answered, looking disheveled, might be in his mid forties.
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  Speaker 1: Dark circles hounded under his eyes. Pizza delivery, I said,
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  Speaker 1: trying to sound up beat. He looked confused. You sure
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  Speaker 1: you got the right place? I didn't order any pizza.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, this is fourteen eighty nine Oak, right.
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  Speaker 1: Right, I asked, double checking the slip. He hesitated, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's my address, but no one here ordered anything. Thinking
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  Speaker 1: I might have screwed up, I asked if he could
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  Speaker 1: check with the others in the house. He turned and
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  Speaker 1: called back, Babe, did you order a pizza? A woman's
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  Speaker 1: voice responded from further inside, followed by two toddlers poking
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  Speaker 1: their heads around the corner. They all exchanged confused looks.
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  Speaker 1: No one had ordered anything. I pulled out my phone
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  Speaker 1: and dialed the number listed on the order. After a
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  Speaker 1: few rings, a raspy voice answered, yeah, that's the right address.
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  Speaker 2: They're saying, no one here ordered pizza.
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  Speaker 3: Are you sure?
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  Speaker 1: The voice on the other end chuckled, low and eerie.
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  Speaker 1: I'm in the shed at the bottom of the driveway.
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  Speaker 1: Bring it here, I froze. My heart's skipping a beat
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  Speaker 1: the shed. The man at the door overheard me and
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  Speaker 1: looked pale, his eyes wide with sudden realization. We don't
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  Speaker 1: have anyone staying in the shed, he said, his voice shaky.
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  Speaker 1: The woman came to the door, clutching a robe tightly
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  Speaker 1: around herself.
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  Speaker 3: What's going on, honey, I.
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  Speaker 1: Repeated what I'd heard. In the air around us seemed
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  Speaker 1: to turn heavy. The man grabbed a flashlight from inside,
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  Speaker 1: ignoring his wife's protests. I'll check it out, he muttered,
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  Speaker 1: clearly unerved. I followed him down the driveway. My feet
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  Speaker 1: were heavy, as a sick feeling twisted in my gut.
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  Speaker 1: The shed at the end was barely visible in the
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  Speaker 1: dim light, rotting wood, broken windows, A loose padlock hanging
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  Speaker 1: from the door. Every step closer made my skin crawl.
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  Speaker 1: The man aimed his flashlight at the door and pulled
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  Speaker 1: it open. The hinges let out a slow, eerie creak.
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  Speaker 1: The smell hit us first, damp, moldy, with a foul undertone.
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  Speaker 1: His flashlight flickered across the inside. There in the corner
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  Speaker 1: was a dirty man tres surrounded by crumpled blankets, old
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  Speaker 1: food wrappers, and empty cans.
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  Speaker 3: The walls were covered in scratches words.
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  Speaker 2: I see you, I hear you, I watch you.
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  Speaker 3: My stomach churned.
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  Speaker 1: Someone had been living here, right under their noses, watching
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  Speaker 1: them for how long? Before I could process it, my
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  Speaker 1: phone buzzed again, the same number. My hands shook as
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  Speaker 1: I answered hello. The voice was clearer, now, calm and cold.
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  Speaker 3: You should have left the pizza at the door.
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  Speaker 1: Then from inside the house we heard it, a loud crash,
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  Speaker 1: followed by the unmistakable sound of heavy footsteps. My heart dropped.
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  Speaker 1: We ran back to the house. The woman was at
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  Speaker 1: the door, frozen, pale as a sheet. Someone's inside, She whispered,
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  Speaker 1: her voice barely audible. The man's still holding the flashlight,
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  Speaker 1: grabbed a kitchen knife and entered the house, his steps cautious.
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  Speaker 3: I followed. My pulse raced.
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  Speaker 1: The lights flickered as we stepped into the living room,
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  Speaker 1: and there, standing in the corner was a figure, a
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  Speaker 1: filthy man with wild eyes and a twisted grin, holding
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  Speaker 1: a crowbar. He didn't belong here yet, he was standing
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  Speaker 1: among their families, belongings, like he'd been waiting for this
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  Speaker 1: chance all his life. I told you, Julian, I'd always
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  Speaker 1: be there, waiting for you. He stared directly at Julian,
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  Speaker 1: as if trying to make a point. Before I could react,
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  Speaker 1: the man with the knife lunged at him. The intruder
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  Speaker 1: swung the crowbar, catching him on the arm. The sound
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  Speaker 1: of bone hitting metal echoed through the room. I grabbed
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  Speaker 1: the closest thing to me, a lamp, and smashed it
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  Speaker 1: over the intruder's head. He staggered, then collapsed, unconscious, panting.
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  Speaker 1: I backed away, shaking the broken lamps still in my hands.
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  Speaker 1: The family stood frozen. Julian clutched her children tightly and sobbed.
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  Speaker 1: The man called the police, his hand trembling as he
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  Speaker 1: relayed the details. The hobo was an obsessed ex lover
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  Speaker 1: and couldn't let go, even after Julian had moved on
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  Speaker 1: years ago.
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  Speaker 3: They dragged the cycle.
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  Speaker 1: Path out, but as they shoved him into the back
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  Speaker 1: of the squad car, he turned and smiled. I can
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  Speaker 1: never let you go, he promised, just loud enough for
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  Speaker 1: me to hear. I never delivered to that neighborhood again.
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  Speaker 1: It's strange the way you never think it'll happen to you.
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  Speaker 1: Those stories on the news, the tragic ones where someone's
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  Speaker 1: loved one disappears. I always thought they happened to other people,
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  Speaker 1: not us, not my mom. But I guess that's what
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  Speaker 1: everyone thinks until it does happen. I was thirteen when
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  Speaker 1: it happened. It was just a regular Thursday night. She
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  Speaker 1: kissed me goodbye before heading out. Her eyes were tired,
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  Speaker 1: but still filled with a kind of warmth only my.
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  Speaker 3: Mom could give. I'll be back soon, she said.
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  Speaker 1: She never did, and I didn't know until it was
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  Speaker 1: too late. That night stretched on endlessly, and I sat
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  Speaker 1: in the dark, watching the clock tick, oping any second
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  Speaker 1: the door would creak open and she'd walk in with
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  Speaker 1: that tired smile.
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  Speaker 3: Midnight came and went, then one o'clock, two o'clock, still
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  Speaker 3: nothing The.
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  Speaker 1: Silence in the house grew louder, suffocating, and dreads started
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  Speaker 1: creeping in. It was around three o'clock when my phone
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  Speaker 1: buzzed with a live location.
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  Speaker 2: Mom.
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  Speaker 3: She was in a parking lot. But why?
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  Speaker 1: My stomach twisted. I called her again and again, but
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  Speaker 1: every went straight to voicemail. Each unanswered ring made my
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  Speaker 1: heart pound harder.
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  Speaker 3: Was she stuck? Hurt? In danger?
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't sit still anymore. I grabbed my hoodie and
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  Speaker 1: bolted out the door. The streets were cold and empty.
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  Speaker 1: When I got to Waverley Roads, I just couldn't walk anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Clutching my phone tight, I ran faster than I ever
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  Speaker 1: had in my life, my mind racing, praying that I'd
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  Speaker 1: find her car, that everything would be fine, and that
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  Speaker 1: this would all just be a misunderstanding. But when I
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  Speaker 1: turned the corner into that dark parking lot, I knew
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  Speaker 1: her car was there, parked at an odd angle, headlights
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  Speaker 1: still on, but no sign of her.
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  Speaker 3: That's when I saw her lying in the lot.
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  Speaker 1: Her body twisted in a way that bodies aren't supposed
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  Speaker 1: to twist. My heart stopped. I wanted to scream, but
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  Speaker 1: no sound came. She was so still, her face was pale,
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  Speaker 1: eyes open but lifeless. It was like the air had
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  Speaker 1: been sucked out of the world, and all I could
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  Speaker 1: hear was the blood rushing in my ears. I dropped
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  Speaker 1: to my knees beside her. Trembling Mom. The word barely
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  Speaker 1: made it past my lips. I reached out, touching her
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  Speaker 1: cold hand, and that's when I heard it, the crunch
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  Speaker 1: of gravel behind me, A slow, deliberate step I whipped around,
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  Speaker 1: my breath.
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  Speaker 3: Caught in my throat, and there she was.
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  Speaker 1: Miranda, my father's wife, my stepmother. Though I never called
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  Speaker 1: her that, she stood there in the dim light. In
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  Speaker 1: her hand was something I couldn't process at first.
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  Speaker 2: You shouldn't have come here, ken, she.
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  Speaker 1: Said, slinging the rope in the air. You did that,
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  Speaker 1: why it wasn't a question. She took a step closer,
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  Speaker 1: her smile growing darker custody.
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  Speaker 2: Honey, your father wanted you back, but the bitch wasn't
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  Speaker 2: ready to let go, so we had to make sure
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  Speaker 2: she couldn't fight anymore.
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  Speaker 1: My chest tightened with horror. This wasn't just about mom,
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  Speaker 1: This was about me.
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  Speaker 2: Don't worry your diagnosed too. Family means everything.
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  Speaker 1: She said, as if it was the simplest thing in
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  Speaker 1: the world. She started moving towards me, slow and steady,
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  Speaker 1: like a predator toying with its prey.
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  Speaker 2: Now, why don't you come with me and we'll make
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  Speaker 2: sure everything gets sorted out.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't need a better trigger.
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  Speaker 1: Printed across the lot, the cold air biting at my
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  Speaker 1: face as Miranda's footsteps echoed behind me.
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  Speaker 3: She was faster than I expected.
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  Speaker 1: Closing the disc as I weaved between parked cars, trying
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  Speaker 1: to put anything between us. My legs burned, my lungs screamed,
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  Speaker 1: but I couldn't stop. If I stopped, she'd catch me,
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  Speaker 1: and I knew what would happen if she did. I
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  Speaker 1: could hear her breathing, heavy and raged, just behind me.
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  Speaker 1: You can't run forever, kid, We'll find you, just like
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  Speaker 1: we found that hole dead.
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  Speaker 3: Miranda wasn't lying.
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  Speaker 1: The word sliced through me, and I felt my chest
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  Speaker 1: tightened with fear. I wasn't running just for me now,
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  Speaker 1: I was running for my mother. Up ahead, I saw
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  Speaker 1: the faint glow of a street light. Hope surged through
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  Speaker 1: me as I spotted the small, nondescript building, a police station.
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  Speaker 1: I pushed myself harder every step, agonizing As I neared
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  Speaker 1: the door, My fingers raised the cold metal handle, just
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  Speaker 1: as I felt Dad's hand grabbed the back of my hoodie,
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  Speaker 1: yanking me backward. Stumbled, his breath hot on my neck,
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  Speaker 1: his grip tightening.
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  Speaker 3: Didn't your mom tell you you're coming with us? He hissed
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  Speaker 3: In a moment of pure adrenaline.
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  Speaker 1: I twisted, slipping out of his grasp and throwing myself
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  Speaker 1: at the door. It flung open, and I collapsed inside,
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  Speaker 1: gasping for air. The officer behind the desk stood up,
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  Speaker 1: startled as I slammed the door shut and locked it.
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  Speaker 1: They killed Mom.
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  Speaker 3: I screamed, tears streaming down my face.
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  Speaker 2: Outside, Please help me.
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  Speaker 1: The officer's face paled as he rushed to the window,
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  Speaker 1: peering out into the night. Miranda and Dad were convicted,
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  Speaker 1: but I knew everything wasn't finished.
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  Speaker 3: For in the dark, I'd always hear Mom screaming.
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  Speaker 1: Delivering pizzas wasn't exactly my dream job, but it paid
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  Speaker 1: the rent. That Friday night seemed like any other, But
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  Speaker 1: then I got in order to deliver to the local hospital,
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  Speaker 1: a hospital at eleven pm. I figured maybe the night
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  Speaker 1: shift needed a break from whatever sad excuse for food
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  Speaker 1: they served in the cafeteria. I pulled up to the
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  Speaker 1: front of Holy Spirit Hospital. The parking lot was eerily deserted.
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  Speaker 1: The place always gave me the creeps. I walked inside.
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  Speaker 1: At the front desk was a half asleep receptionist slumped
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  Speaker 1: over headphones in pizza delivery. He didn't look up, just
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  Speaker 1: pointed toward a hallway junior doctors on second floor break room.
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  Speaker 1: Elevator down that way, but the elevator down the hallway
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  Speaker 1: wasn't working. Rather than going back to the receptionist, I
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  Speaker 1: walked further and saw another elevator. It looked old. Its
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  Speaker 1: doors creaked as they opened. Without thinking much, I stepped inside.
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  Speaker 1: The doors slid behind me, and that's when I realized
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't alone. There was a man standing in the
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  Speaker 1: corner wearing scrubs. He looked off. His skin was clammy pale,
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  Speaker 1: like he hadn't seen daylight in years. His face was
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  Speaker 1: twisted in anger or maybe pain. But his eyes it
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  Speaker 1: were dead flat, unblinking, staring straight ahead rough shift. He
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  Speaker 1: didn't respond, just stood there, a yellow wristband on his hand.
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  Speaker 3: I tried to.
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  Speaker 1: Speak again, figuring he was just too tired to chat
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  Speaker 1: you a doctor or patient.
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  Speaker 3: Nothing, not even a grunt this time.
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  Speaker 1: I glanced up at the elevator panel, watching the floor
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  Speaker 1: slowly tick by. The lights inside flickered for a second.
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  Speaker 1: That's when I heard it, A soft thud, like something
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  Speaker 1: heavy dropped just above us.
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  Speaker 3: Did you hear that? I turned to look at him.
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  Speaker 1: The man's head had jerked slightly to the side, his
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  Speaker 1: neck snapped at an unnatural angle. His eyes, once staring ahead,
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  Speaker 1: were now locked onto me.
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  Speaker 3: Wide and wild.
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  Speaker 1: Thought louder this time the sound of something or someone
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  Speaker 1: slamming against the top of the elevator. I backed up,
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  Speaker 1: my breath catching in my throat, and frantically pressed the
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  Speaker 1: button for the next floor. I didn't care where it stopped.
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  Speaker 1: I just kneaded out of that elevator. The man didn't move,
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  Speaker 1: didn't respond. His twisted neck stayed locked on me, his
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  Speaker 1: lips curling up in a strange manner.
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  Speaker 3: He looked sick.
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  Speaker 1: I suddenly remembered that the hospital had a specialized mental ward,
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  Speaker 1: and it spooked me that man could probably be a
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  Speaker 1: mental patient. Finally, the doors opened and I bolted out
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  Speaker 1: of the elevator. I turned around to catch my breath,
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  Speaker 1: and the elevator door slammed shut. He was still inside,
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  Speaker 1: but as the doors closed, I swore I saw his
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  Speaker 1: hand reach out toward me, like he was trying to follow.
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  Speaker 1: The hallway was silent, too silent. As I walked, my
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  Speaker 1: footsteps echoed too loudly. I couldn't shake the feeling that
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  Speaker 1: someone or something was watching me. Hello, no answer. I
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  Speaker 1: passed another door. The window smeared with something dark. I squinted,
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  Speaker 1: stepping closer, when suddenly bang. The door rattled violently, as
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  Speaker 1: if something inside had slammed into it. I jumped back,
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  Speaker 1: part pounding in my chest. I stared at the door,
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  Speaker 1: holding my breath, waiting for something to burst through. But
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  Speaker 1: after a moment, the hallway fell back into silence. That
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  Speaker 1: is when I saw what the sign of the door read, mortuary.
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  Speaker 3: I was done. I wasn't delivering anything. I needed to leave.
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  Speaker 1: I turned on my heel and sprinted toward the stairwell,
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  Speaker 1: throwing the door open and barreling down the stairs two
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  Speaker 1: at a time. When I reached the first floor, I
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  Speaker 1: flung the door open, nearly crashing into a young doctor
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  Speaker 1: standing in the hallway, whoa slowed down.
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  Speaker 3: You all right.
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't catch my breath, words spilling out as I
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  Speaker 1: tried to explain.
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  Speaker 4: There's a guy elevator a yellow wristband. Something's wrong, man,
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  Speaker 4: it could be a psycho on the loose. His face
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  Speaker 4: went pale as soon as I mentioned the wristband.
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  Speaker 1: Wait yellow, are you sure? I nodded, still panting. His
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  Speaker 1: expression tightened. It's not possible. The yellow wristband's there for
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  Speaker 1: the deceased from the critical care unit. I froze, my
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  Speaker 1: skin prickled as a cold sweat broke out across my forehead.
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  Speaker 1: I stammered, trying to process what he was saying. But
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  Speaker 1: he was in the elevator with me. That elevator's been
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  Speaker 1: closed for months. My throat became heavy, A strange shiver
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  Speaker 1: ran down my spine. I didn't argue, I didn't wait
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  Speaker 1: for more explanations. I just turned and bolted for the exit.
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  Speaker 1: But as I reached the doors, the hospital automatic doors
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  Speaker 1: slid open by themselves, as if expecting me. A cold
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  Speaker 1: gust blew through, and then I heard it, a sound
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  Speaker 1: that would haunt me for weeks after A soft, rasping
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  Speaker 1: voice from behind me, too close to my ear.
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  Speaker 3: Next time I follow you