Mr. Creeps: Scary Stories & Creepypastas

I’m the Last Lighthouse Keeper in Scotland. I Live By These Rules.

August 21, 2026

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Douglas Bannerman has been the lighthouse keeper on a small, rocky island off the coast of Scotland for nearly twenty years. He is, by his own admission, the last of a dying breed—a human tending a light that could have been automated long ago. He likes the solitude. But his quiet life has been interrupted by a recurring vision: a shimmering, door-like reflection that appears in the beam of his lighthouse on the same night every month. He calls it “the door,” and he has been watching it grow more vivid for seven months. Tonight, the door is open. And something at the bottom of his lighthouse is calling his wife’s name—a woman who has been dead for five years.

The Rules Carved Above the Sink

Douglas’s predecessor, a man known only as Mad Jack Candles, carved three rules into the wall above the kitchen sink before he disappeared at sea: Don’t leave the light alone. Don’t let them in. The twin beams must be manned. For years, Douglas treated the first rule as the only one that mattered—a reminder to never abandon his post. The other two he dismissed as the ramblings of a man who had finally lost his mind to the isolation.

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1 (01:06) **Douglas Bannerman Introduces Himself as the Last Lighthouse Keeper** - The narrator, Douglas, describes his life alone on a remote Scottish lighthouse island, his love of solitude, and his defiance of the storm.
2 (04:00) **The Rules Carved by His Predecessor, Mad Jack** - Douglas explains the three cryptic rules carved into the wall above his sink by his vanished mentor.
3 (06:17) **The Monthly "Door" Reflection** - Douglas describes a mysterious, shimmering door-shaped reflection that appears at sea once a month, caught in the lighthouse beam.
4 (10:22) **The Imposter at the Door** - During the storm, Douglas hears knocking and the voice of his dead wife, Heather, begging to be let in.
5 (14:34) **Defying the Rules and Seeing the Open Door** - Douglas refuses to open the door, citing Mad Jack's second rule, and peers out to see the monthly reflection.
6 (17:46) **The Fish-Monks Demand Repentance** - A group of grey-skinned, fish-eyed monks in tattered robes confront Douglas, offering him a chance to repent for his past sins.
7 (21:33) **The Dark Cathedral Rises** - The monks begin a haunting song, and a terrible, watery cathedral rises from the sea, its bells playing a melody that overwhelms Douglas.

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Show Notes

It's a lonely job. Written by: Darkly Gathers