As The Raven Dreams Podcast
As The Raven Dreams Podcast

ATRD Ep. 236 - 6 True Scary Stories (Creepy Kid Stories & Lakeside Horror)

August 2, 2026

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A woman named Hallie Latham married a charismatic beer truck driver named Montgomery "Monty" Illingworth in 1936, and the relationship quickly turned violent. Monty was a serial cheater, and the couple argued constantly in public. On December 22, 1937, the noise from their home stopped, and Hallie vanished. Monty told everyone she had run off with a navy officer, waited a few years to file for divorce citing abandonment, and moved to California to marry the daughter of a wealthy timber tycoon. In the 1930s, a person could slip away unnoticed, and people accepted his story.

The lake that preserves its dead

Lake Crescent in Washington State is a geological oddity: formed about 8,000 years ago when a landslide dammed a creek, it plunges to 600 feet, with some geologists believing unexplored trenches reach 1,000 feet or more. The water is near-freezing glacial runoff, highly mineral-rich, and so cold that things that sink tend to stay there. Local Native American tribes have a legend that Mount Storm King, angered by warring tribes, threw a boulder to cut the water in two, creating the lake. The lake's reputation for swallowing secrets is so legendary that serial killer Israel Keys told the FBI he sank a victim in a nearby lake, leading the FBI to suspect Lake Crescent because of how effective it would be at hiding a body. In 1929, Russell and Blanche Warren vanished after pic

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Episode Introduction** - The host greets listeners and sets up the episode's theme of lakeside stories and creepy kid stories.
  • 2 (00:58) **Story 1: The Sleeping Man in the Lake** - A family's camping trip takes a dark turn when their child spots a man floating face-down in the water.
  • 3 (10:29) **Story 2: The Child Who Sees Beyond - Part One** - A mother recounts her daughter Lila's unsettling supernatural tendencies, starting from babyhood.
  • 4 (13:33) **Story 2: The Child Who Sees Beyond - Part Two** - Lila's strange behavior continues with a creepy doll and a chilling prediction.
  • 5 (19:19) **Story 2: The Child Who Sees Beyond - Part Three** - Lila's intuition proves accurate about a dangerous road, and the story concludes with her mother's ongoing awe.
  • 6 (23:36) **Story 3: The Dog Who Saved Me** - A woman fosters a hyperactive dog named Dash, who unexpectedly becomes her protector at a lakeside encounter.
  • 7 (36:44) **Advertisement Break** - Two short ads play for Walt Disney World's Hispanic Heritage Month and the 2026 Toyota RAV4.

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Show Notes

Today, on the 236th episode of the As The Raven Dreams podcast, we have 6 True Chilling stories. These stories come from the shadowy corners of reality, where everyday life takes an eerie twist & ordinary people experience the extraordinary. Today we will be diving into some creepy kid stories & some Lakeside horror stories.


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TimeStamps…

Ad breaks after Story 1 & Story 3

1 ➤ 00:57

2 ➤ 10:29

3 ➤ 23:36

4 ➤ 36:41

5 ➤ 47:00

6 ➤ 59:29


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