Sept. 2, 2026

I Do Not Know You: Tape Recorder Death Prophecy & Cursed Objects Horror

I Do Not Know You: Tape Recorder Death Prophecy & Cursed Objects Horror
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Key Takeaways

  • In this chilling episode of Weekly Spooky, author Tyler Belmont delivers a supernatural horror tale titled "I Do Not Know You" about an ominous vintage tape recorder.
  • The story follows Jerry Scott, an electronics store owner and analog tech collector who receives a mysterious cassette player that announces a five-minute countdown to his death.
  • The episode blends classic analog horror, retro technology, and psychological suspense as Jerry faces an otherworldly, faceless visitor in a fedora and duster coat.
  • Listeners are treated to atmospheric Halloween storytelling just as spooky season approaches, complete with custom soundscapes by Ray Mattis and host Enrique Couto's pre-birthday celebration.

Scary Halloween stories meet analog horror in “I Do Not Know You” by Tyler Belmont, a supernatural horror tale about a vintage tape recorder that knows its listener’s secrets—and announces the exact moment he is going to die.

Jerry Scott runs a consumer-electronics store and collects the analog machines the modern world has left behind. Then an unmarked package appears inside his shop. The tape recorder within greets him by name, recalls private details from his life, and warns that an inhuman visitor will arrive in five minutes. When a tall figure in a fedora and long coat begins tapping at the glass, Jerry locks the doors and reaches for a baseball bat—but the recording insists that his fate cannot be avoided.

This narrated horror story blends analog horror, cursed technology, cassette tapes, supernatural prophecy, shadow monsters, forced entry, psychological suspense, and a terrifying countdown to death. It is made for listeners searching for spooky stories, scary stories, Halloween horror, creepy stories, retro horror, cursed-object fiction, and unsettling horror narration.

Start your Halloween prep with a five-minute countdown to death. As spooky season closes in, Weekly Spooky turns a familiar piece of retro technology into a supernatural trap, making this an eerie addition to any scary Halloween stories playlist before October arrives.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is "I Do Not Know You" by Tyler Belmont about?

"I Do Not Know You" is a supernatural analog horror story featured on Weekly Spooky about an electronics repairman named Jerry Scott who receives a cursed tape recorder warning him of an impending fatal visit by an otherworldly entity.

Who wrote the story featured in this Weekly Spooky episode?

The featured horror story "I Do Not Know You" was written by author Tyler Belmont.

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A mysterious tape recorder appears inside Jerry Scott's electronics shop

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and greets him by name. It knows his cat, his childhood,

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and the exact date. Then the voice delivers one final warning.

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An inhuman visitor will arrive and bring death.

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Want to be scared? Come with me. You will experience

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tales of horror, ghosts, and death. It is not recommended

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for the weak at heart. Listeners in the dark. It's

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more fun that way. This is Weekly Spooky.

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your host, Enrique Couto, and tonight we have a nice

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little bit of quasi-science fiction horror for you to enjoy,

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I guess, depending on what side of science and what

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huge difference. But now, as for tonight, most people like

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to keep old technology because it feels dependable. A cassette

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can't update itself, track your location, or know things you

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never told it. At least, it shouldn't be able to.

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Jerry Scott spends his days repairing electronics and collecting the

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analog machines the world left behind. Then an unmarked package

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appears inside his otherwise empty shop. The tape recorder within

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knows his name. The date and secrets from his childhood.

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It also knows that he has five minutes left to live.

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Soon something tall and faceless is waiting outside the door.

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And the voice on the tape insists there is no escape.

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I do not know you. by Tyler Belmont. I've always

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loved analog tech. Something about it has always felt more

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authentic to me compared to modern technology. Digital media is nice,

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and while very convenient, it just doesn't match up with

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physical media. Just the mere act of holding something in

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my hands that I can touch and feel is Irreplaceable,

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especially for someone like me who collects VHS tapes, film cameras,

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and Walkmans. Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. My name

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is Jerry Scott. I run a consumer electronic tech store.

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We mainly specialize in cell phones, tablets, television repair, and

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even arcade cabinets. But we do some older analog tech

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here and there. This all started on a quiet day

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at the shop. It was dark and cloudy with rain,

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no doubt, on the way. I was at the register,

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tinkering with an old black and white Game Boy. When

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I heard the front door open, I looked up to

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greet them and saw no one was there. I thought

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that was odd. As I returned my attention to the

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Game Boy, There was a small brown package right next

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to it. I nearly jolted out of my seat. I

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looked around and found no one in sight. It was

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just me. I examined the box and cut it open. Inside,

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I found a tape recorder. It was small and rectangular,

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about half the size of a brick. It had a

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weirdly cool design of spider webs on the body. It

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actually reminds me of this podcast I listen to about

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this archivist who records statements with a tape recorder of

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people who have had supernatural encounters. I tried to test it,

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but nothing happened. So I figured it needed new batteries.

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I picked out some AA's from under my desk and

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stuck them in and Still nothing. I wondered if maybe

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it was broken, so I took it to the back

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and started taking it apart. Everything seemed fine. The gears

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were all in place and nothing really stood out to me.

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I reassembled it and examined the cassette tape. No signs

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of tear or damage, so I put it back in.

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And the voice... It was a man, a calm British man,

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not unlike that head archivist from my favorite podcast. He

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spoke very clearly and directly and apologized about the quality

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of this tape. I chuckled at this, but just as

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I was wondering who this message was meant for, they

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said very.

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Dryly, Hello, Jerry Scott. It's a pleasure to meet you.

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I nearly fell out of my chair. I stopped the

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tape and rewound it to make sure I wasn't hearing things,

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and sure enough, the voice on the other end did

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speak my name. I wasn't sure if this was some

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sort of prank, but I continued to listen to see

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where exactly this was going. The voice....

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Jerry, I'm sure this is going to come as a

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shock to you, hearing your name on this old piece

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of tech. I know you're thinking this is some sort

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of ruse, but I can assure you it is not.

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We don't know each other. I am not someone you

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have ever met in your life. I know everything about you.

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That you run your own tech store. You have a

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cat named Velvet, and that you were second place in

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your fourth grade science fair.

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At this point, I was starting to get uncomfortable. How

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on earth could this guy possibly know any of this

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about me? Was he acquainted with some of my family

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or friends?

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I have important news for you that you will want

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to hear. The date that you are listening to this

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is March 24th, 2026.

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I glanced at my calendar on the wall, and sure enough,

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that was the correct date. I returned my attention to

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the tape recorder.

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You are going to die in five minutes.

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I was silent.

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What?

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Did they mean I was going to die?

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You have met with a terrible fate, I'm afraid. Your

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end is near.

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I was honestly starting to get really angry and started

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talking back to it, asking how did it know I

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was going to die, as if I should have expected

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a reply from this distorted voice. This is a pre-recorded message,

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and I cannot reply to your questions. Was that supposed

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to be a joke?

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Would you like to know how you are going to die?

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I stared at the recorder in dead silence. I stopped

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the recorder. I was really freaking out and didn't know

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what to do. This had to be some sort of prank, right?

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How in the hell can anyone know such things? specific

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info about me and then proclaim that my end was near.

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As much as I wanted to believe this was a prank,

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it felt too elaborate to be one. How long? From

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what period of time? When was I given the recorder?

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When I hit play, I had so many questions going

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through my head at once that I needed to calm

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down and get a grip of myself. If I really

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was going to die and this thing was warning me

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about it, I should probably find out how it's going

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to happen. Maybe I can avoid it. I hit the

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play button.

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Still listening, are we? Excellent. Your demise is unavoidable, I fear.

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In five minutes, a visitor will approach the door to

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your shop. He is not of this world. If you

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value your life, you would be wise to not allow

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him entrance into your little sanctuary. I was growing more

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and more anxious as the voice continued. I imagine you're

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asking yourself many questions of how you may escape this ordeal.

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While I can't say you will survive what you are

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about to encounter, you most certainly have my sympathies.

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The tape was finished. I sat there at my workbench

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in shock. I had never been more terrified of anything

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in my life. Christ, this was a lot to take

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in such a short time. I immediately ran out of

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my office and locked the front door. I was told

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I had five minutes before the arrival of whatever was

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coming for me and was not going to waste them.

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I came back to the office, locked the back door,

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and searched around for anything I could use as a weapon.

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I happened to have a baseball bat from my trips

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to the batting cages. I hid under the desk with

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the bat held tight against my chest. Maybe I could

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just stay back here for the rest of my life,

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I thought. Who was I kidding? I knew I was

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going to have to go out at some point and

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face whatever awaited me. I cautiously looked outside my office door.

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The world outside my shop seemed darker than usual, as

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if it was cut off from it. I didn't see

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anything outside the store at first, until a crack of

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lightning illuminated a figure standing in front of the entrance.

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It was tall and human-like with a slender physique. I

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could make out a white outline. It seemed to be

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wearing a fedora and a duster-long coat. A long, thin

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hand touched the door. The head was tilting, its finger

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tapped on the door. Was it asking me to let

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it in? Fat chance. I thought to myself. It continued

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tapping on the door. It seemed to gradually become more

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aggressive as it became faster and more intense. I slowly

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backed away and closed the door to my office. I

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knew it was only a matter of time before this

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thing was going to break in. I could make a

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run for it. I could go out the back door,

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but what if there are more of them? I didn't

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know how to deal with the circumstances. Just as I

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was thinking about this, I heard the front door breaking down.

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I clutched the bat tight to my chest and took

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some deep breaths, trying to remain calm. I could hear

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slow footsteps from a distance, gradually getting closer. I don't

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know what happened, but at that moment I had this

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sudden desire to fight. Not sure if it was adrenaline,

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but my will to live seemed to increase as those

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distant footsteps got closer and closer to my location. I

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decided to hell with this. If I'm going to die,

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then I'm going to go out kicking and screaming. I

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got out from under the desk and walked to the

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side door. It wasted no time banging on the door.

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My hands raised the bat. The door exploded into pieces

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of wood and metal. My grip tightened as I prepared

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to strike my assailant. As I waited, I started to realize.

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There was no shadow on the floor to indicate that

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anything was standing there. I continued to wait a few

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moments before I cautiously stepped in front of the door

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to find nothing. That was odd, I thought to myself

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as my eyes scanned the front of my shop to

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find nothing but the shattered door. I knew it would

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be foolish to step outside my office, but I reasoned

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I was really no safer in there since this thing

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had already broken in. I stepped out and found nothing.

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I did a complete 360 and I found no sign

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of the figure whatsoever. I even looked up at the

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ceiling and there was nothing to be found. I almost

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wanted to let my guard down, but I knew better

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and kept the bat at ready. I walked over to

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the shattered door and really started to become aware of

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the darkness outside. Might be strange to say, but it

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almost seemed like I was cut off from the rest

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of the world. It was at this point that I

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honestly was... Left dumbfounded on what to do, I knew

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the figure had to still be here, and it was

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no doubt hiding in anticipation of when I would finally

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let my guard down. What would I do? What could

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I do? A never-ending amount of questions continued to flood

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my mind as I tried to rationalize my situation and

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what I could do about it. I decided I would

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return to my office and await my fate. I sat

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down and placed the bat on my desk. I looked

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over at the tape recorder. I was looking at the

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design of spider webs when I noticed a reflection from

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above me. Silver threads dropped down, and with the speed

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of a bullwhip grabbed both my arms and pulled me

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back into my chair. I tried to reach for the bat,

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but it was no use. I could only stare up

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at the same figure looking down at me. I couldn't

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make out a face or anything remotely human, apart from

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the silhouette. As its arms stretched out, two more arms

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emerged out of its body. It started to lower itself,

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getting closer to me until we were face to face.

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Since I had no real way of doing anything, I

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just decided to talk. What are you? It said nothing

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and continued to stare at me. almost as if it

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was studying me. Who are you? I asked. I have

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many names, it finally said. Is there anything I can

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say that will convince you not to kill me it

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said nothing it was at this moment I realized this

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was the end I had no way to escape this

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fate all I asked of the creature was that they

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Just make it quick. As I stared back into the

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empty void of its face, I could just barely make

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out a long, creepy smile. As I promised myself, I

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started kicking and screaming. Its head leaned in closer, and

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seeing what could be my only opportunity, I slammed my

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head into its face. and it screamed in pain as

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it released me from its tight grip. I shoved it

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aside and quickly grabbed the bat and smashed it into

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its face. The figure exploded into dusty shadows and vanished.

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I continued to take deep breaths as I tried to

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get my bearings together. I noticed bright light coming from

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outside my office. I ran to the entrance to see

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the clouds were gone and the sun was bright. I

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almost couldn't see the world around me. I turned around

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and realized to my shock that I had not escaped

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my fate. I stared at the still, very much alive

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shadow figure, feasting on what remained of me. There was

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no life in my eyes. I don't know where I

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am now or what awaits me. But I can't lie.

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I do miss my shop. Well, my spookies, there is

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something comforting about analog technology. No updates or passwords or

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cloud storage limits, just a machine that knows your childhood secrets,

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and the exact minute something faceless is coming for you.

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So if an unmarked tape recorder appears on your workbench,

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maybe skip pressing play, but if you do, try not

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to spend four of your remaining five minutes looking for

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fresh batteries. Big thank you to my buddy Tyler Belmont

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for tonight's story. More from him will be coming very,

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very soon, and thank you all so much for joining

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me for a little trip to into the spooky world

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that I love to share with you. I hope you're

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all getting ready for Halloween like I am. Spirit Halloween

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by me, it's already open. I've already popped in, and

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I'm getting ready to spend way more money than I should.

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And next week, I turn 40. So if you want

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but no pressures. And I want to say a special

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thank you to our Patreon podcast boosters, folks who pay

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perfect birthday present. But now, my friends, it's time for

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me to get back to work because Thursday Thrills is

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Thank you for listening. Make sure to find your way

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back next week. But for now, you are safe. Trust me.