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5 min readThe Night Nurse and the 104-Year-Old Patient
A night nurse named Burrows accepted a position caring for Rudolf Tweig, a 104-year-old man who had been in a catatonic state since a stroke 25 years earlier. Tweig was wealthy and lived in a large house where he insisted on remaining rather than moving to a care facility. On his first shift, Burrows arrived alone at 7:50 PM to find an envelope with detailed instructions waiting for him. What followed was a night that began with peculiar rules and descended into something far more disturbing.
The Seven Rules
The letter from Mrs. Bowie, the head nurse, outlined Tweig's simple evening routine—radio in the parlor until 8:45, audio tapes in the study until 9:30, then bed. But appended to these instructions were seven rules that Burrows initially dismissed as an elaborate hazing ritual for newcomers.
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- 1 (01:35) **Narrator Introduces the Patient, Rudolf Tweig** - The narrator, a former field medic turned night nurse, describes accepting a job caring for a 104-year-old catatonic stroke victim in his wealthy family home.
- 2 (02:10) **The Arrival and the Letter of Rules** - The narrator arrives at the isolated mansion and finds a detailed letter outlining Mr. Tweig's strict nightly routine and seven bizarre, unsettling rules.
- 3 (07:10) **First Impressions and the Study** - The narrator meets the catatonic Mr. Tweig and explores the house, noting the strange static on the radio and the unsettling mannequins in the study.
- 4 (11:21) **The First Anomalies** - The narrator begins to doubt the rules, hearing unexplained sounds and receiving a sinister phone call that instructs him to open the basement door.
- 5 (13:42) **The Unexplained Injury** - While checking on Mr. Tweig, the narrator suffers a spontaneous, sharp cut on his forehead and sees a figure in white moving through the hall.
- 6 (17:30) **The Discovery in the Desk** - While hiding in the study, the narrator finds a classified medical file from 1984 describing a girl with terrifying symptoms of superhuman strength and desperation.
- 7 (19:32) **The Mannequins Attack** - The narrator is ambushed in the kitchen by the mannequins, who are now armed with knives, forcing him to flee and break a critical rule.
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I used to be a night nurse with 7 simple rules to follow, I failed...
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