Oct 3, 2026 · 22 min · 9 segments
This chilling collection gathers three creepy true stories of being home alone, paired with soothing rain sounds that intensify the unsettling atmosphere. Each account reveals eerie encounters with…
I had this whole day off.
It was cold and wet outside, as it had been raining off and on all day.
I stayed in and played video games, going about my day as I normally would.
Around 5, the rain had picked up, and there was a bit of lightning in the distance.
I cooked up some dinner, then decided to watch a horror movie while I had the fitting ambience of the storm outside.
I shut off the lights and spent the next two hours on the couch.
The storm definitely got worse over that time.
There weren't any outages or anything, but it was just really coming down hard outside, with heavy lightning strikes nearby.
It was around 10 o'clock.
I wasn't really tired or ready for bed yet, but I got up to stretch my legs and refill my water.
When I turned around toward the hallway, I immediately saw something move, like a shadow on the wall.
It was quick, just a split second, too short for me to really understand what I saw, or even be sure that what I saw was real.
I froze in place for a moment, then walked over and looked around, only to find nothing but an empty hallway.
Maybe it was a flicker of light coming through the window from a far-off lightning strike.
I also just got finished with the horror movie, so I could have been a little on edge and just seeing things.
I honestly chalked it up to nothing and forgot about it after less than a minute.
I refilled my water and checked on the storm going on outside.
The trees were blowing around like crazy, and the rain was basically flooding the roads.
We didn't get many big storms like this around here, so it was always interesting when we did.
Our town definitely wasn't built for them.
I went back to the couch and turned on YouTube to try and ease myself into getting sleepy.
I wasn't too tuned in to what I was watching.
I guess I was kind of spacing out or whatever.
But then again, I saw a shadow on the wall behind the TV move.
It was like something behind me just peeked around the corner for a split second.
I had this whole day off.
It was cold and wet outside, as it had been raining off and on all day.
I stayed in and played video games, going about my day as I normally would.
Around 5, the rain had picked up, and there was a bit of lightning in the distance.
I cooked up some dinner, then decided to watch a horror movie while I had the fitting ambience of the storm outside.
I shut off the lights and spent the next two hours on the couch.
The storm definitely got worse over that time.
There weren't any outages or anything, but it was just really coming down hard outside, with heavy lightning strikes nearby.
It was around 10 o'clock.
I wasn't really tired or ready for bed yet, but I got up to stretch my legs and refill my water.
When I turned around toward the hallway, I immediately saw something move, like a shadow on the wall.
It was quick, just a split second, too short for me to really understand what I saw, or even be sure that what I saw was real.
I froze in place for a moment, then walked over and looked around, only to find nothing but an empty hallway.
Maybe it was a flicker of light coming through the window from a far-off lightning strike.
I also just got finished with the horror movie, so I could have been a little on edge and just seeing things.
I honestly chalked it up to nothing and forgot about it after less than a minute.
I refilled my water and checked on the storm going on outside.
The trees were blowing around like crazy, and the rain was basically flooding the roads.
We didn't get many big storms like this around here, so it was always interesting when we did.
Our town definitely wasn't built for them.
I went back to the couch and turned on YouTube to try and ease myself into getting sleepy.
I wasn't too tuned in to what I was watching.
I guess I was kind of spacing out or whatever.
But then again, I saw a shadow on the wall behind the TV move.
It was like something behind me just peeked around the corner for a split second.
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