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5 min readOn a quiet night in a small hospital, a security guard watched a cafeteria monitor as a man in a polo shirt sat staring at nothing. He went downstairs to check. The cafeteria was empty. The head nurse, who had been watching the screen the whole time, swore the man never moved—and that she had watched the guard walk right past him. The archived footage the next day showed no man at all. That story, submitted by a listener, is one of nineteen in this episode of As The Raven Dreams—a collection that moves from nursing home ghosts and bear encounters to near-misses with predators and a brush with 9/11 that feels like a Final Destination movie.
The Unseen in Everyday Places
Several stories center on the idea that the dead—or something else—remain present in spaces where people live and die. One listener’s wife worked administrative shifts at a nursing home and repeatedly saw motion lights triggered in empty hallways, heard alerts from unoccupied rooms, and watched a nurse’s aide jolt and flee from a storage area where he seemed to hear something. The same wife learned to distrust a stray cat that only appeared when a patient was about to die. In another account, a trauma scene cleaner arrived at a wealthy Los Angeles home to remove water damage from a decades-old death. The house had no power, but the intercom system clicked on by itself—grunting, static, and a deep “ha ha h
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Episode Intro & Personal Catch-Up** - Raven opens with fall weather talk, a wedding anniversary mention, and a preview of the subscriber story episode.
- 2 (02:42) **Nursing Home Ghosts & The Death Cat** - A listener's wife recounts eerie events from her overnight administrative job at a nursing home, including phantom patients, unoccupied room alerts, and a cat that predicts deaths.
- 3 (13:56) **A Vivid Dream of Another Life** - A listener shares a recurring, hyper-realistic dream where she experiences genuine love and happiness, feeling as if she visited another reality.
- 4 (20:13) **The Nightmare Neighbor Angela** - A listener describes her terrifying new neighbor, Angela, whose bizarre and invasive behavior turns her life into a living hell of free babysitting and boundary violations.
- 5 (29:51) **The Man in the Cafeteria Who Wasn't There** - A former hospital security guard recounts a terrifying shift where a man appeared on the cafeteria camera but vanished when he went to investigate, with the footage showing no one was ever there.
- 6 (37:02) **Ad Break: Laffwick Studio Candles** - Raven promotes a new collaboration with Laffwick Studio, featuring two custom candles inspired by the podcast.
- 7 (38:19) **Bear Encounter: Fight Back, Don't Run** - An experienced peak bagger describes a terrifying encounter with a semi-aggressive black bear on a remote ridge, where charging the bear saved his life.
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Show Notes
Today, on the 241st episode of the As The Raven Dreams podcast, we have 19 True Chilling stories. All of these stories are from Listeners just like you!
Today's Episode is brought to you in partnership with Laffwicks Studio! We've partnered to bring you TWO fantastic candles based on the show! More information at https://www.astheravendreams.com/candles
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Thank you to all of the authors that have stories in todays episode...
Old Dad, Marilyn Shelton, Rick, Rosemarie, ROB, Adam Pajkowski, Alessa, Amy, 4thDegree, Voxdarkwing, As Well As Any Author That Has Requested Anonymity.
TimeStamps…
Ad breaks after Story 1 and Story 15
1 ➤ 1:44
2 ➤ 13:00
3 ➤ 19:16
4 ➤ 28:54
Laffwicks Partnership Info ➤ 36:02
5 ➤ 37:23
6 ➤ 45:57
7 ➤ 56:47
8 ➤ 1:06:25
9 ➤ 1:11:23
10 ➤ 1:19:10
11 ➤ 1:25;42
12 ➤ 1:27:35
13 ➤ 1:42:23
14 ➤ 1:47:11
15 ➤ 1:49:39
16 ➤ 1:59:48
17 ➤ 2:14:40
18 ➤ 2:28:52
19 ➤ 2:39:36
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