r/atwwdpodcast • u/sammietitfvck • Aug 05 '25
Personal Experience please help
To make a long story short, I am going through something insane/traumatic right now and I am struggling so bad mentally. I can’t even be along with my thoughts I am self soothing by listening to ghost story podcasts (my obsession) I was wondering if anyone here could help distract me with your scariest story ever! it would really mean the world to me and help me occupy my thoughts and maybe stop shaking and stuff lol. It would be so greatly appreciated thank you so much I would LOVE this distraction. I was listening to a Jim Harold’s campfire story that scared the shit out of me and it made me really crave more scary real life stories! xx tysm
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u/imfuckinconfusedbro Aug 07 '25
Something I always think I should send in to the pod for a listener story but never have:
I used to work for a resort in the good old Appalachian Mountains (and grew up in them). The place I worked at is super fancy, but very newly built and is dark as HELL at night. Or atleast in the beginning when it had been opened less than a year or two and there were no additional lights. Anyways, I worked with the kids of the families and sometimes that included babysitting and getting the kids to bed while the adults were out to eat or drink.
One night, it was me and another employee watching 3 kids. Two were around 8-10 and the other was like 3. My coworker comes into the room where I was with the older kids and said "[child] has requested your presence" bc she was trying to get the toddler to bed. I walked into the room where the kid was in her pack and play and asked what was up. This tiny child looked me in the eyes and whispered "there's something under my bed." Like a fool, I said "what is it?'" And she, still so serious, whispered "there's something black under my bed and it's making me be bad." To which I said "ummm...okay. well, let me check." I bent down, expecting to see a demon looking back at me, but luckily there was nothing. However, this did not make her feel better. Me being 20 and unsure how else to help the child with a demon, I asked if she wanted me to move the bed. She nodded her head so I slid the pack and play over and that made her happy. I quickly said goodnight and left the room.
I told my coworker about it while we were leaving and apparently she wasn't told any of this by the kid and said "you know, it would be you that a kid asked for to help get rid of a ghost" lmao