Smosh Mouth - #116 - Let's Read Some Scary Stories

Episode Date: October 27, 2025

BOO! Did I get ya? For a limited time, save up to $300 on the Tovala smart oven when you order 6+ meals, by visiting http://Tovala.com/SMOSHMOUTH and using code SMOSHMOUTH 0:00 Intro 13:08 Sponsor! 14:39 Scary stories 37:22 Things that scare us PODCAST: https://bit.ly/SmoshMouthSpotify https://smo.sh/SmoshMouthiHeart https://bit.ly/SmoshMouthApple  SUBSCRIBE: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU HEAR Courtney Miller // https://www.instagram.com/co_mill/ Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Damien Haas // https://www.instagram.com/damienhaas/ WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually) Director: Selina Garcia Editor: Rayne Darling (formerly Kortney Luby) Producer: Amanda Lehan-Canto, Shayne Topp, Selina Garcia Production Designer: Cassie Vance Art Director: Erin Kuschner, Josie Bellerby Stage Manager: Alex Aguilar Prop Master: Courtney Chapman, Abby Schmidt Set Dresser: Luke Brau Set Dresser: Carly Hough Prop Assistant: Bridgette Baron Wardrobe Supervisor: Julia Rosner Audio Mixer: Scott Neff Audio Utility: Dina Ramli Director of Photography: Brennan Iketani Videographer: James Hull Camera Operator: Reagan Frazier Camera Operator: Cameron Dunbar Assistant Director: Jonathan Hyon Executive Vice President of Production: Amanda Barnes Senior Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa Production Manager: Jonathan Hyon Production Coordinator: Zianne Hoover Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Production Assistant: Caroline Smith Director of Post Production: Luke Baker DIT/Lead AE: Matt Duran DIT/AE: Beni Kimuene Post Production Coordinator: Ariana Martinez IT: Tim Baker IT & Equipment Coordinator: Lopati Ho Chee Sound Editor: Gareth Hird Director of Design: Brittany Hobbs Senior Motion & Branding Designer: Christie Hauck Graphic Designers: Ness Cardano, Monica Ravitch Director of Channel Operations: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Manager: Audrey Carganilla Channel Operations Coordinator: Sabrina Lieberman Director of Social Media: Erica Noboa Social Creative Producer: Peter Ditzler, Tommy Bowe Merchandising Manager: Mallory Myers Social Media Manager: Kim Wilborn Social Media Coordinator: Margaux Bernales Social Editor: Vida Robbins Brand Partnership Manager: Chloe Mays Brand Partnerships Coordinating Producer: Liz Kummer Operations Manager: Selina Garcia Financial Operations Specialist: Natalie Lewis Talent Coordinator: Danielle Moses People Operations Specialist: Katie Fink Front Office Assistant: Sara Faltersack CEO: Alessandra Catanese Executive Producers: Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox EVP of Programming: Kiana Parker Coordinator Producer of Programming: Marcus Munguia Associate Producer, Special Projects: Rachel Collis Executive Assistant: Katelyn Hempstead OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Pit: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames Smosh Alike: https://bit.ly/SubToSmoshAlike FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Instagram: https://instagram.com/smosh Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh

Hello, welcome to Smoshmouth. I'm Shane. And I'm Damien Hoss. And joining us today is Courtney. Courtney. Oh, Jesus. You straight up got me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's something you do year-round. Spook people, scare people, startle people. Yeah. Yeah. You do it. Is that right? I recently got, who did I get recently?

You got Dina, one of our sound people, really bad once. And we weren't even recording. You just snuck up on her and scared her. She was just in her own world. She was handling a C-stand or something. And she shrieked. She was doing her job. Sharp.

She shrieked. And then I got Angela. That's a meme now. Yeah. I like doing that. It's a fun thing to do. It's like the easiest way to like my purpose in life is to like emotionally impact people. And so, like, that's just, like, a really quick one.

For sure. Get them like that. Have you, if there were a different path for you in life and you didn't stumble upon Smosh, do you think there's a scare actor, Courtney? Like, would you be at Halloween Horror Nates? I probably would have loved a job like that. If I wasn't at Smosh, I'd probably be just trying to get so hard into, like, horror films and also just, like, scary.

Remember, like, my stock, my scream was crazy than the stock scream at horror nights that one year? Yes. When we were doing those walkthroughs. I think it would be. a good scare actor. You'd get into it. And I think you'd be a polite, like, you'd be good at it, but you'd be one of the ones that scares people and then runs away. Like, I'm sorry.

Yeah. Should I do that? Should I do that next year? And, like, nobody knows that it's me and I'm in makeup? We probably... It would suck if you, like, pranked me and, like, brought me to Halloween horon nights, and then I, we had to go through, and it was you to scare me. And I scare you into the VIP line. Oh, it sucks.

So I'm going this coming Sunday, and it's like, oh, admission is, like, 70-something dollars. I'm like, that's good. They're like, do you want the express lane? Little Piggy? Because it's $260. And I'm like, I kind of want to be able to actually experience it. But I also like having $260. Yeah. Yeah, I think I went with my younger brother. We went with my younger brother a couple years ago, just general admission. And like, I think it's just not worth it. It's like, it's just like I love horror nights. I love it so much. But when I think it was just a really crowded night. It was a weekend and I feel like

a blood cell in a clot like you know what I mean like it's so much and I really am anxious actually that's like one of my things that I have in my I brought a list of things that scare me today but I don't want to get into them yet because it's scary right yeah you don't need to get easy into it I will say Halloween

Horror Nights you know this like I struggle with it and it's not that I'm scared of the like the scary stuff is not even the problem I'm scared of the crowds it's too crowded and I'm like oh this is tight little spaces. It's too much. I can't move.

That's scary. Like, I'm not scared of the demons that are running around. Like, the demons. The demons. I'm not scared of the demons. Well, you should be. You should be scared of things.

I'm not scared of those demons, man. I feel like we got spoiled at Smosh because, like, the first time I ever went to Halloween Horror Nights was through Smosh, and it was like, all right, we're going to make a video where we get brought back VIP to every maze multiple times. And I'm like, how do you go back? Yeah.

We did a lot of that. When we were at Defy, we got, like, a lot of those connects, and we got to go a lot. It was weird. I feel like a lot of things that happened to Defy were kind of like, okay, this would be a cool thing to do on camera, but also we kind of want an Xbox. Like, you know what I mean? There was so much that energy. Such energy.

That's so true. Are you guys doing Halloween costumes this year? I'm still trying to figure that out. Oh, really? Yeah, because I feel like I spend the whole year being like, I can't wait. And then it gets to be time, and I'm like, oh, I was so busy. I forgot. I'm going to be in New Zealand for a con up until like Halloween.

So if I don't do it as of like filming this in the next few days, it ain't happening. Yeah, it's hard. How about you? I'm bringing back an old one because I didn't get good pictures and content of it. And my hair looks more like Weird Barbie. Weird Barbie. What's her name? The S&L after I played.

No, no, no. Kate McKinnon. Kate McKinnon plays them. My hair looks more like it now. And I just, I loved that costume. I felt very me. We were going to try and do Johnny Cage and Sonia Blade this year, and even James was going to 3D print the little belt buckle for us for funsies. But, like, Sonia Blades, like, her main costume lately is, like, cop.

And I'm just like, I don't think. It's like guy, I think you as Johnny Cage is so awesome. But then, cops. Yeah. He's a guy in clothes with sunglasses. A shiny shirt, slacks and glasses. There's his, like, Johnny Cage fit, the, like, insane way. Which we got that one.

Yeah. For the uninitiated in Mortal Kombat, Johnny Cage is an actor who's also an action star, so he actually shows up in tournaments and he's just like, Hey, I'll sign this, take a photo. But he's actually legitimately really good. Yeah. I'm always really bad with costumes.

I'm really bad about it. I feel like every summer we have the conversation of like, oh, we should plan something. And then suddenly it's October. And I'm like, oh. Yeah. We managed to pull together that fun little like Blade Runner moment last year, like just for content.

But yeah, that was fun. it's also tough when you, are you the type when you have multiple events do you do one costume or do you plan multiple costumes? I think mentally I'm like okay I can do this for this and that for that but again like when you get so busy I'm like we'll be lucky if one happens

you know like a few years back I was a starian from Boulder's Gate but I had already like prepped a cosplay for that so I was like okay great now it's anything I need a costume for it that's going to be that for the year that was when you had the hair like your hair was already

I love when the hair lines up with the character that you want to do. Like when I was redheaded, it was Anastasia. Like, I relate, I relate. And you were Bartok when you had those fangs. Yeah. But do you have a lot of plans for Halloween? I feel like I'm marathoning things because I love Halloween events.

Like, I love going to a place and everyone's like, oh, I hope you're scared, but then you know you're going to. So, like, Halloween Horror Nights, I love the Queen Mary Dark Harbor. I've never done that. We only did that for content. Were you there? No, I don't think I was. forever ago. Oh, I went with the games crew back then. This was like 2015. Were you there?

No, I didn't go. I'm like, was I there? I know, I was there. Yeah, Mari broke her tooth and half. How? By a ghost. How? I don't. Bit a ghost. Doing game stuff. They were screwing around. They were so funny all the time. Those ruffians. Oh, yeah. That one's super worth it, I think, to do like the express thing, because it was my first time last year, and

there was one maze that I just loved, and so I kept going back through, and you'd pass the same people in line as you were just like, I'm going again. Goodbye. Like, it feels bad, but also so good. Nice. How's the food? I didn't do any food while there, honestly.

And I love, I love an event food. I love going to Disneyland on the rare times I do, and it's just like, oh, Mickey looks like a little pumpkin. I'm like, in my mouth now. Yeah. Yeah. Wait, so the Queen Mary, that's that haunted ship. Haunted, quote unquote, ship, yeah.

Yeah. Supposedly it's hated. Yeah, when they took the games crew and I there for, like, tours and stuff, like, there's this empty, scary, abandoned pool room, and when you go in there, they actually had a track of, like, just, like, eerie music and sounds. And I was like, okay, so, okay. I don't want that. But then you're like, why did you play that over the sound system? They're like, sound system? Yeah. It's silent in here right now. And you're like, oh. As silent as, I don't know, a hill to,

who, and then. Yeah. Yeah, that's my issue with, like, when they show haunted things, places. And then they put scary music behind it. I'm like, well, now this is making my brain think of scary things and feel scared. I'm like, let me see this silent in normal lighting. Which can be even more scary. Yeah. Sometimes. Sometimes. Sometimes you got to lean into it. Like, do you like being scared? Um, no. I'm not like a, like, I'm not like a person who loves it. Okay. But I don't hate it. I don't like you. You just do it to other people. That's my toxic trait sometimes, okay? I burp. I hate when other people burp. I hate me scared.

You like to give. The giver. Chappell moan style. What I actually really like, because I love reading scary novels. I like being, I like being creeped out in like paranormal ways, right? Like I love,

I love an ominous thing. Yeah. I love when it's like, ooh, what does that mean? What does this? This does not bode well for this village. You know, like that, that I love, like, because that fascinates me. And there's like, that's where like fascination

and scared and fear meat. Whereas like jump scare, if I'm with a fun group of people, yes. But otherwise, it's not something I seek out. I feel that. I love like the imagination.

So like when watching a movie or reading a book or reading a creepy pasta, the stuff that I love is like, what does this mean? Right. You know, what's going on here? I love that. I enjoyed the first half of weapons

for that very same reason. Yeah, yeah, I relate to that. Scary movies, typically, when they reveal, I'm kind of out. Yeah. Like, yeah, like, they kind of took the air out of it. It's just like, oh, that's so that's what this, like, no matter how scary the thing is.

Like, Jaws is such a good movie because you barely see Jaws. Right. And that was, I think, a filming issue. The mechanical, the giant mechanical shark they had sucked so bad. They were like, we can't show this thing. And it works in their favor. Yeah, absolutely.

I did. Yeah, I wish they did that with Fine Nights at Freddy's because they showed too much of the FNAFs. They showed it too much. Watch the first 20 minutes. Okay.

And then just ditch. They just change it up. But that's what makes the game scary. They just blow their load too soon. You catch a glimpse of something and it's like, whoa. Was that Cheetah? I don't know.

Yeah. Yeah. I do have one problem with haunted houses, which I think you probably saw firsthand when we did that big tour that one time. Oh. I love it so much

that I can't stop smiling and I feel bad for the scare actors when they're like, run. I'm like, it looks like I'm trying to be like, you can't scare me, but like I'm actually just enjoying it. I'm sure they, I bet you they like that. They're like, yeah, you're having a good time.

I think if you're laughing, that's fine. Yeah, that's a good response. I think what they probably hate is all the dudes wearing NFL jerseys who are like, I'm not scared. Yeah, no scared. And then they accidentally punch in after. I hate that.

I'm not scared. Oh, yeah, the people that just like just stare and don't smile or anything. So it's like, why are you here? I have a mask on now. usually when I'm in big public spaces, so I probably just look like, yeah, I just, that could be afraid or happy.

I can't have a tell. That's true. If I get, this, this is embarrassing to admit, but it's a real thing about me. If I actually am going through a haunted maze or sort of thing, and I get genuinely scared enough, scared enough that I'm like, oh, there's monsters. That's when the chosen part of me taps in,

where it's like, it's like, I'm scared, I'm like, oh my God, this is scary. And then it's just like, this place is fucked up. Like, I'm like, I, like, too, tap into that. It was, like, the thing that I did when I was a little kid when it was, like, dark, you know, and you have to, like, go up to get a glass of water. And I've said this a million times, but, like, I'm going through, like, a dark house.

I'm scared. I'm just like, I am the darkness. Like, I can no longer be scared because I'm scarier than everything else here. I would sing. Oh, yeah? If I had to go through a dark area, I would sing Mormon music. Is that what's scary people coming from the way? Because that sounds terrifying for me to hear.

Yeah, I scare them back. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's lovely for everyone else in that house, hearing Mormon music start playing in the middle of the night. I am a child of God. I would be terrified. I'm lighting that house on fire. Like, we are burning this place to the ground.

I just thought maybe the demons would be like, wow, that's beautiful. Oh, she's Mormon. Wait. Did you say it was a child of God? We can't be here. We can't be near this. She's a letter to sea. No.

Hey, apparently it worked. So. Well, so did my I Am the Darkness. So opposite ends of the spectrum, you know? Do you anything? I kind of befriended those things. I told this on Smosh Mouth before, but like I found a scary clown doll in my attic in the middle of the dark. That was like, it's a wind up one that plays like tinkly music.

And it was just doing that on its own when I went up there. And my reaction was, what are you doing up here, little guy? And I like brought it to my room. And I was like, oh, you'll be cool down here. So we got the three different sides of the spectrum. You're the kid in the horror movie. that's like, yeah, I found this weird gravestone in the backyard, and I brought it into my bedroom.

It's just like, wait, why is our place haunted? Oh, because our son brought it in. But then, like, the very end of the movie, I'm the last one left, is it like pops in after killing everyone. It's like, thanks for sharing your video games, and just leaves. I'm like, no problem. You just want to play Street Fighter 2.

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Well, I have a bunch of scary stuff that I found. And that's Selina found. Scary stories, scary things. Oh, jeez. That we can read and then, you know, continue talking about stuff. Oh. Get into what scares us. Okay.

And things. Freaky. Scary freaky. Get a little scary freaky. Gulp. So I'm going to read. Selina submitted a couple things for us to read. Whoa.

I'm scared. I feel like I'm going to read them. Are these from? Where are these from? What is it? These are from all over Reddit. Okay. I've got some Reddit stories here.

Are you okay, Selena? Actually. I was trying to do it last night. Oh. 10 and I had to stop. Yeah. Oh, too scary. Oh, yeah.

It's not fun. I like this. Someone wrote in, with Halloween coming up, what is your story of the creepiest thing that's ever happened to you? Someone wrote, Infinite Space Goat is the name of this person. Oh, that's their username? I was like, is that what you're scared of? Have you ever heard of the Infinite Space Goat?

This is eight years ago, they wrote this. but eight years ago today. Last year, I was dog sitting for my parents while they were on holiday. They live in a very rural countryside village in an old barn conversion, and I hate staying there by myself. So about 10 days into house sitting, I woke up at 4 a.m. And could hear something downstairs, thinking I had somehow gone to bed and left the TV on,

I went down to the lounge, but the TV was off. Very confused at this point, I wandered into the hall looking for the source of the sound. Both the dogs were sat very alertly outside the office door. Then I saw that light was coming from behind the office door. I have absolutely no explanation for what happened that night. The computer in the office is my brothers, and he had been sailing in Europe for two months at this point, and his computer was always password protected. However, on this night, the computer was on, unlocked,

and the noise I could hear was a YouTube video about Soviet experiments of doghead transplants. I worked from home the next day, as I was so scared I'd come home to find my dog's heads had been. switched. Oh my God. Whoa. And the dogs were like, huh? The dogs were like, oh, are you hearing this? Yes, can we hear very well? Oh my God. That is something that scares me. Is the TV turning

on? Yeah. That sucks. And it's like we talk about like, we're chill if we can tell our cats aren't freaking out about something. Got it. So like, to know that those dogs, it's like, oh, you're here in it too. So, that's scary. It's very interesting how animals are because they just know when something's

in the vicinity, right? Like, all hear noises and things that alert me, but our cats will just be like, yeah, whatever, it's not. You don't have to worry about that, dude. That's not, that's not in here. Interesting. And then sometimes that noise will happen, and they freak out. And I'm like, okay, it's a thing that's happening. It's go time. I'm, I'm the dark. Yeah, exactly. But no, I look to them, even though I worry that sometimes our cats would not be freaked out by something genuinely scary. Because I, I learned when I first got cats, I was like doing a lot of research and those ways to like help acclimate your cats and dogs maybe too to certain things so like

certain noises if something's happening and the cats look at you and you know it's a comp thing you fake yawn stretch do something tired and relaxed and then they know to be relaxed as well like stuff like that that's how i got my cat freya um to like chill out at first when i got her home because i didn't know about like the scary noise thing but like she hit under the sofa for like two or three days so i would just like nap near the sofa like on the ground and if she looked at me I'd like yawn and so yeah yeah that's interesting Just be like just be so chill Just be so chill

Have you ever come home and and your TV's on And you did not have it on when you left? No, but I will say that electronic things like that Are one of the few things that like you know Everyone has like little fears That's one of the things that like really gets me Like if you're in the middle of something And it freezes and it has that like long droning thing

On the same note like if it's on your computer You're playing a game It's like we have to get out of here Like that makes me go like, who. It is really creepy. It freaks me out so much. Electronic haunting stuff is trippy. I definitely one time, now, I'm a skeptic, so I like can explain it in my head.

But I came home one time to my apartment and the TV was on in my bedroom, which I just never used that TV. But it was on and I remember being like, what is that? But my head goes to, I'm in a big apartment. apartment complex that like I could just see it like either either also just it turned on like I mean I had electronics are weird I had a sound bar start playing Adele really loud at 3 a m because someone else accidentally like Bluetooth to mine yeah that's that's terrifying someone as in a ghost was that the same apartment that the penny fell on your head and that a burglue around your head this was a different okay that was a haunted it's like a weird stretch right a bunch of weird shit happened when I was like 16 in one apartment yeah people say it has to do sometimes with like electrical wiring, but I know when we live together in Los Fillas, we were like directly under some power cords, and I don't think, I don't think we're haunted. I'm shocked that house was not haunted. That house was a hundred years old. I mean, we had work to do. One of us needed to be haunting it, and we survived. Yeah, that's true. That's

true. And you did a good job. Thank you. You haunted the house? No, I'm saying I, if we had died, one of us, or any of our 30-100 roommates. Oh, I thought you said you were haunting it. Oh, no, thank you, No. You were being the darkness. I'm all set. We did have a neighbor who was a very kind man, very kind old man, but he would sometimes leave candles lit on our driveway. What?

And I remember being like, he did that once. And I remember being like, that feels like you're leaving a sign. Yeah. Paint a picture. You need to say more. It was one of those like, you know, like religious candles you can buy. Yeah. You know, like the ones you can buy at the grocery store.

He lit one of those and he had it like right by our. front gate. I didn't realize you didn't know about this. I remember looking out and seeing it and being like, he probably means well. In his defense, he was probably in his early hundreds. He was also like in the throes

of dementia. But one time, I will say even in the throes of dementia, you know, sometimes like an old man starts a conversation with you and you're just like, I don't know what the vibe's about to be. He came up to me one time, again, not always in his right mind. And he was just like, so, well, What do you think about that Hitler fella?

And I was just in my brain, I'm like, oh, I hope we're on the same page here. Oh, no. And I was just like, you know, not good. And he goes, well, I think he was a real son of a bitch. And I was like, good. There we go. And in his defense, he probably remembers being like 70

and seeing him on the TV. So like, it's, you know, it's scary stuff. Oof. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He was, he was, he was the oldest person I've ever known. I have recently thought, what if he is still alive?

I think he might be. He might be. He's one of those people that's just like, lives forever. Just one of those, those old guys who like, it's like, he's probably very lonely. He would come and, like, take out our trash, but like, our trash cans were way, like, in the back of our driveway. So he would walk pretty much to our backyard to, like, get our trash cans sometimes. And it's like, hey, George, you don't have to do that. It was very sweet. Yeah.

He lived with his sister. Yeah. It wasn't alone. That's good. Yeah. No, he's a sweet guy, but he did light a candle and put it in our driveway once. I was like, in a lot of ways, this could be the scariest thing. That's fine to do in L.A., I've heard. I can just make, I can just do that. You can just do that.

But no, no haunting experience is there otherwise. I've had a hunting experience here, finally. Really? Here. Yeah, because, like, so I think years ago, some people were joking around and had a Ouija board, and they're like, yeah, somebody was here, somebody dies. And I was, like, actually pissed. I was like, why are we doing that here? Don't bring the energy in here. I don't like it.

And then there was actually like people, obviously we did that video where you and Amanda did a tour of the place and checked it out. And like there was some stuff that couldn't be explained. I just a few weeks ago, or I think maybe like over a month ago, was we had just finished a challenge pit or a try not to laugh. And it's cold in these rooms, you know, especially when the AC's on. And then I was standing and then I felt this hot, wet breath on my neck. And I turned and no one was within 10 feet of me. and there were people in the room and it was just on the pit stage

and like it was a hot breath like you know that feeling and that was like I was like okay and I'm gonna leave the room now and then like just to think a week later Marcus had like something pulled his necklace up like walking by the

cafeteria area like just so strange but that was my first time having that and I at first I was like guys like there's no way there's no way but that I've never had anything like that before I don't know anything about anything like that That sounds actually I now sound suspicious the way I said that

Like I don't know anything about anything like I don't know I don't actually know anything about that But I hadn't heard anything about the I don't actually know what that is I don't even breathe hot breath It's definitely well it's definitely not me It's not me I'll say that No I'm just saying like I haven't heard anything about that

In like this space like that someone supposedly Passed here Yeah I don't know I don't know no idea I mean It's an old building It's an old building every building in L.A. is pretty old Um, but, uh, maybe, maybe it's not gas leak energy. Maybe we're haunted. That would be better.

Maybe maybe maybe some, maybe some jokester from the golden age of Hollywood. Oh, Charlie Shepin's in my name. Maybe, maybe Buster Keaton's host is dancing around. I'm glad he's getting work. All right, I have another one. Okay. Let's go. It's another one that someone said, what's the creepiest thing that's ever happened to them?

This was posted by It Is It Was, is their username. Okay. Also eight years ago. I was working as a bartender at a hotel that a flight attendant was murdered in room 354 of at about a year before the incident. Anyhow, it was close to closing time when the MOD, a very small woman, comes into a bar, comes into the bar and tells me she needed my help. It seems the fire panel is showing an alarm in room 354, which had been somewhat cleaned and left vacant since the murder. So the two of us go up the elevator and start heading down the long, eye-shaped corridor.

As we round the corner, we can see papers had been shoved under the door from inside the room with help me written on them. So the manager puts her master key in the lock and opens the door to pitch black in the room

and we hear, thank God you finally come. We both instinctively jump back and then see one of our maintenance workers stroll out the door. It seems maintenance had been using the room for storage, and once he went inside the door,

the knob was broken off on the inside. there were no lights or phone in the room so he held his lighter up to the fire alarm so that's like not that's not a scary it's not a ghost thing it's just like a guy got stuck in there with no door handle and had a lighter

see that stuff is scarier to me because it's like oh what if no one comes like what if you just get locked in a room and no one checks and you're just gone he tried everything too help me help me help me help me very smart to put the lighter out there

that is smart I will say if he wrote help me like, that means he has something to write with and some paper, which to me would say, like, you can give some context. You've got time. Trapped maintenance man. Please call this number. Let the front desk know.

Yeah. Help. Oh, my goodness. Buky, though. There's a room, like the context of the room and everything. Yeah. You know what? Damien, you were talking about electronic stuff, scaring you. And it reminded me of something. Have you ever heard

Have you ever heard of SCPs? Yeah. You know, have you heard of this? I was trying to think of a funny thing that SCP stands for. So the SCP Foundation is a website. And it's a creative writing website. And it's actually so cool. It's a fake foundation, right?

Where it's a, like, fake agency where they are in charge of managing and containing, like, abnormal things and paranormal stuff. And so anyone can write into this and create their, own article as if it's part of this foundation. So everything is listed as like SCP 100F or something like that. They're all numbered and they're all written very like logistically, militarily kind of. And they all describe different anomalies and stuff. The first ever entry into this website was about a being this like, it was called the structure,

I believe. It was made of stone and iron and stuff. and it was something that they were describing that guards have to be watching it at all times because it moves when it's being unobserved. And it will move and break your neck, basically. And so, like, they had to have guards on it. And it's, like, just this written very, like, unemotionally

just about, like, yes, here's the nature of this thing. Like, here's where it's contained. Here's how it needs to be managed. Like, as if it was, like, a file at the Pentagon or something. They're all written, like, their files. And there's a ton. There's literally thousands of entries under there. Now, most of them are about monsters or ghosts or things, but my favorite one of all time is about a recording of a basketball game.

Oh, you've told me this one. Have I told you? I'm down to read it again because I love it. So it's SCP 1733, object class safe, special containment procedures. The DVR containing SCP 1733 is to be kept in a secure video archive at site blank. Playback of SCP 1733 is strictly forbidden unless required for research. Personnel must contact Dr. Geller for permission to study SCP 1733. Description, this SCP is a digital recording of the 2010-2011 NBA season opening game

played at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on October 26, 2010, between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat. Agents monitoring social networking sites were alerted to SCP 1733 when Boston, native blank complained in a Facebook thread on October 27th about a technical foul in the third quarter involving players Ray Allen and Chris Bosch that

never occurred in the original broadcast. When confronted, the blank uploaded the relevant segment much to the confusion of his derogators. Foundation agents embedded in Facebook's moderator team deleted the thread and procured the IP addresses

of all individuals present at the chat at this time to locate and administer Class A amnestics, like amnesia, like to make them all forget about it. The Motorola brand DVR containing the recording was recovered for study. Study of the footage has since revealed the nature of the recording's anomalous properties. Although initially diverging from the original broadcast only negligibly, such as quarter point totals and occurrences of fouls, the recording has begun to markedly digress from the content of its earlier playbacks. Recorded entities have been observed to retain memory.

memory of previous playings, and as such have developed a burgeoning awareness of their existence. It is hypothesized that playbacks impart an unquantifiable measure

of cognizance to the entities inhabiting the recording, with consecutive playing's greatly expanding recall of previous events. This effect is cumulative and extends to all persons in the arena.

Quality of awareness has progressed from reported feelings of intense deja vu by commentator personalities Mike and Tommy to a near idetic memory of preceding playbacks. However, to note, no entities inside SCP-1733 have ever addressed

the viewer directly or shown awareness that they reside in a digital recording. It goes on to explain it more, but it has a timeline document that I think is really, like, this is what always scared me. So in simpler terms. So basically, they're playing every time you replay this recording, everybody in the recording is acting like they remember the previous time it was played. So it's almost a time loop. So if you play this a hundred times, everybody in that recording has lived through that 100 times. So they have a document where they've recorded all the playbacks and they've observed all the playback. So they go playback zero zero two. First recorded deviation from recorded broadcast. TD Garden crowd booze the Miami Heat during entrance. Miami

heat forward, LeBron James observed to have scowled and shaken his head dismissively at the crowd. Playback 0.15. Score remains 0 for eight consecutive possessions. Fans appear noticeably subdued when displayed on the facility's HD scoreboard screen. Celtics power forward Glenn Davis is able to execute a crucial block late in the fourth quarter on LeBron James he could not complete during the original broadcast, securing the Celtics lead. Commentators note Glenn Davis's dedication to performing well on both sides. of the court, in spite of the big three's blistering ball movement on

offensive plays. A nascent awareness of previous played games has begun to form. Playback 26. First Miami Heat victory. 112 to 85. Crowd becomes aggressive, shouting obscenities and hurling foodstuffs at the Celtics. Color commentator Tom Hineson

understood the frustration, criticizing the Celtics coaching staff for becoming so complacent after having cracked the code of the Miami Heat offense. As this was the first game together for Miami Big Three, it is unlikely any coaching personnel would have become so adjusted to an unfamiliar offense in a single game. Playback 27. Commentators Mike and Tommy note a feeling of deja vu during the heat's grandiose entrance. Crowd remains subdued during key Celtics plays. Celtics

emerged the victors, prompting Tom Hineson to remark, the Celtics have come a long way winning back the hearts of their fans. When asked to elaborate by Mike Gorman, Heinzen could only respond that he felt the team had an embarrassment to atone for, but could not specify further. Playback 44. Teams emerge disoriented and confused. Game is suspended. Majority of the time is spent by medical professionals assessing the mental

state of players who remained convinced they had dreamt playing the season opener frequently the previous night. When informed of the situation by team staff, commentators Mike and Tommy affirmed the same feeling. Crowd is also afflicted. Recording ends with court side correspondence interviewing members of the crowd on the

nature of their dreams. Playback 45. Players refuse to play. Camerman, facility personnel, players, commentators, and crowd members gather in the court to appraise the situation. All persons are convinced they are reliving the same game repeatedly.

Doors are tested but cannot be budged. Recording closes as crowd begins to fashion makeshift weapons to pry open doors. Last instance of camera being manipulated by the camera crew. All following playbacks are seen through a single static shot of a broadcast view camera.

Whoa. There's a bunch more if you want me to continue. That's fantastic. Terrifying. It's really scary. Chonky one. Yeah, it's big. It keeps going.

Eventually, like, you get down to Playback 73. The Faith Keepers grow in numbers after previous playback incident where three males were severely injured by an improvised explosive fastened to an exit door. No damage to the door is visible. Playback 112. Conditions have deteriorated considerably. Individuals leapt from balcony section opened 10 minutes of playback 112. It's like the faithkeepers have formed like a whole. That's crazy.

Finally gets down to playback blank. It's like probably hundreds. First recorded deviation in arena light to a deep red color data expunged. Yeah. I'm like, that's the scary stuff I love. Where I'm like, what's happening? Well, you don't know.

And it's just like, let's just put this away and not, like, no. I'm like, that's the type of scary stuff that really gets me. I'm like, ooh, that's weird. We can't explain that. Yeah. I wonder if there's a word for that.

Scary. I read a book this year I think this is closest is like cosmic horror Oh yeah It's like very like unknown That has to do with like The unknown of like

Not aliens But like the unknown of like What's out there That's beyond human understanding Right It can also be like a Cthulhu Yeah Eldridge But I know

Analog horror falls into that too Oh yes Like an old video game And there's something off about it And you know Yeah those are cool but those will become a lot bigger and this coming, like, people are getting really into physical media again.

Yeah. So. Yeah. Analog horror is great. And there's a bunch of creepypastas that I wish we could read. There just some of them are too long. There's a game I've been playing that I think y'all would probably like playing together, honestly, is, no, I'm not a human. It's analog horror. It's, I think, done by the same people that did mouthwashing,

which was a big horror game from last year. But it's something has gone wrong with the sun and it's not safe to be out during the day. So the whole game is you have your house and you know that like all the instructions are like you have to let people in sometimes. So at night people will knock on your door and, you know, ask to come in and you ask them a few questions. And they all look really off like uncanny valley. And you have to like through talking to them and testing them decide like are they a human or are they like one of the quote unquote visitors that you have to be watching out for. Whoa. Interesting. And it's like so it's difficult and it's creepy.

And it's just like... What happens when you accidentally let a visitor? Is it like a jump scare? No. In fact, the game keeps going. But you will... There will be like a message the next morning and be like, it smells like someone died last night.

So you'll go into a room and where someone else was standing. There will just be like a pile of trash bags. And so it means like, oh, someone's been picked off. There is a visitor in the house right now. We have to figure out who this is. That's freaky. It's really freaky. Interesting. I'm intrigued.

I think y'all would like it. I have a hard time with scary games. games, like, I love the Last of Us, but I couldn't play the second one. I only watched Shane play it because, like, I just, it's really hard for me. Like, yeah. So, I don't know, there's something about horror films and, like,

certain ones where there's not even, like, comedy elements where it's like, hey, you want to have a bad time? Yeah. Come have a bad time and watch this really scary, awful thing, and I, like... I agree with you. Horror needs some comedy. I think so. They're very similar in tension and breaking tension.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Can I I actually wrote a list of things that scare me. Please. May I share with you guys? I wrote some things down too. I've got a few off the top of the dome. I'm not surprised. Things that I think are scary.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, James. Get out of here. James. James. James. Smash James. James. Smosh James. You had the iPad in your hand. James!

It could have been anyone. They were crazy. I love that. That got me, mate. I knew as you, because plenty of other things stayed on. Okay, for the listeners, the lights flickered. The lights flickered in a ominous way for those listening. For the listeners.

Things that I think are scary. Those few moments at the doctor after putting that paper gown on before the doctor comes in and you're waiting in the paper gown. I don't, okay, can we ever, you read it. one and we'll say if it does scare us agree or disagree talk about it not at all I feel like a little baby I feel ridiculous but I'm not scared it's actually a very kind of zen moment for me okay I'm just kind of there just like all right like I'm very like I think I'm just sensing a lot in that moment I wouldn't say scared but I say like uncomfortable like it's

very much the dream where it's like oh and you're naked except you are and you're just like well I can't wait to get my clothes on again later like that yeah those medical things are hilarious because like oh yeah like everything's covered except except my butt yeah birdie in the night yes our cat yes we have a hunted cat have you heard of this have you heard of this yeah I know you've talked about this on the pod but like these types of mice were gifted to our cat birdie and then one late late late night we hear how that's it is it is just like that like terrifying that's so good and then you walk down the stairs I like got the flashlight on and I come,

the first time was in the apartment when I shine the light and it's just her sitting and the mouse is right below her at her feet and she's looking at me. Just perfectly upright, just staring. No movement. No, she's haunted. That noise was so good. Courtney, I don't want to gloss over that. I have

heard cats do that and I've had moments where I like wake up being like, oh, what's up? What's wrong? I know. That was my first thing. People think I like do that at the house. I would not scare our cats like that. No. That was my first time. They wouldn't be phased by it, I don't think. But yeah, she's haunted. Either the mice are haunted or she's haunted. It doesn't scare me anymore. The first time she did scared me. Now, and I hear it, I'm just like, she's just doing her

thing. Freya one time did that, like, and came into the bedroom and did it and sort of like flopped over. And, you know, it was a medical situation where I was so freaked out. So that was scary, but it turned out to be probably, we think, just like a really deep ear infection. So she lost her balance and scared. But like, she's great now. But it was just a scary moment of like, what is this noise? You've never made this noise. Why are you wobbly? Meanwhile, bones will, like, on a couple occasions

has gotten like a dingleberry. And he's just screaming his ass off. And it's like, get over here. Like, I need to help you. Yeah. Hasn't in a minute. He's been better. No, because I cut my hair.

That's crazy. Cat owners, if you know, you know. We do. I got a lot of ones that I'm like, oh, I was not in a good place when I wrote this. Cyber truck trunks And how they were just closing on people's hands Even though they were like, we fixed it

And then it still did it again Yeah Trucks trying to kill you Even when they're not moving? Enough Trucks are scary Trucks are like a semi-truck on the road Scary

Enough Like they're big And they're designed to be scary Why do we have such big trucks Trucks used to be so small and cute And still have the same bed space That they do on the truck bed and now they're just big.

Why isn't Amazon just a bunch of little guys on little bikes? Amazon.com? Yeah. Oh, like those trucks, those delivery trucks? Well, I'm saying in general, even like freight. Like, okay, you get that freight, which is full of fright, or you could just have a bunch of little guys on bikes. Why, yeah, why is capitalism affecting the consumers

and making us all have aesthetics when our ugly-ass trucks should just have aesthetic? Yeah. Let's make our trucks aesthetically pleasing and more happy and silly instead of what they are. You know what? There is actually that little truck in Japan that I like kind of super want. It's like... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's a little guy. Japan's got cute little truck.

Or it's like the head of it is like the size of this table, not even. Yeah. This is a little guy. They've got cute little trucks. The underground subway in L.A. I've never been there. Oh. Subways are a scary place. You're underground. You're underground.

Some people don't even know that we have one. I didn't for a very long time. And I will not go down there. Well, we lived like two blocks from a station and I had, um, My girlfriend at the time was a flight attendant and would fly in and, like, be put up in downtown L.A. So I would just be like, all right, well, I'm not going to drive and park in downtown L.A. I will take the red line right here. And so, like, that was great.

How was it? It was scary? It was fine, but I also acknowledged, like, I was a young man wearing a hoodie. Like, I probably wasn't the most afraid demographic to be afraid on the subway. So, like, but yeah, it was stinky. Yeah. I think that's, like, it's scary to be, like, I'm not claustrophobic, but it is, scary to be like underground of just like okay like I'm in this confined space you know and like here we

are I've never seen it and I just assume there's not enough supervision or surveillance and that things will happen to me yeah yeah fair yeah okay subway sandwiches uh not right what the subway sandwiches scary subway sandwiches they're just sitting in the trays the little parts of them yeah it's like reverse like dissection sort of a buffet sort of situation Mm, cold. Bread, apparently same as yoga mat fibers. Legally cake, I think. Allegedly.

Yeah, according to Ireland. It's just, like, cold in there. Yeah. And that's not very inviting. And when they go toast it, I go, yeah, because it's so cold. With what hellfire? You're not getting me. I miss Quiznos.

That's what I miss. Not scary. I miss Baja Fresh. Are both of those gone? I don't know. Baja Fresh. I haven't seen Baja Fresh in many years. Booth Fresh.

Shane. Boofresh. I like a good firehouse subs. Okay. No, no, I just, that one surprised me. Subway? You're like three in and Subway Sandys. I've skipped a lot.

I've skipped a lot. No, there's some in here that I'm like, I was not well when I wrote this. You were very scared. The feeling that people in your life might secretly be tired of your bullshit and are waiting for a reason to never talk to you again. Okay, that's a real fear. That's a real fear. Yeah, I know. I know.

I don't. I want to make a paranormal activity about that. Surreyland's footage of people just like. Yeah. Honestly, and she's great, and I always say that, but like, she does a thing where she's really. Yeah. Real?

Getting your bag snatched. Oh, well, very real. Almost happened to me. Really? Yes, when I was first living on my own outside my dad's with a roommate, and I had so many groceries in my hands, and my purse was perfectly, like, hanging off. It was like my little, when I had little backpack purses all the time.

And someone was walking up behind me. And I perfectly happened to like swing it back up on me. But he was like literally about to grab it. And then he walked past me and I made eye contact with him. His hood was up and everything. And he like, high-tailed. Damn. I somehow didn't get my little bag snatched.

That's crazy. I, the only thing I can think of similar is when I'm in New York City or when I've been in like places in Europe and people are like, oh, be careful of pickpockets. Yeah. I'm just always kind of like, always just kind of like always just pass. adding myself around, just being like, you're not going to get it from me. And now there's the whole thing where it's like, well, don't try and pick pocket Americans or whatever

because Americans get pissed off. Yeah, I saw that video. And we'll hold your ponytail. Yeah, that's about right. Like, I feel that rage within me. Yeah. Well, because I saw someone bring up, it was like, yeah, we're not doing great financially right now.

And we, like, you know, someone to go on vacation. Like, they had to scrape and claw and, like, figure it out. So if you take their passport and their money, it's just like, Stan, motherfucker. I saw someone on TikTok because that was going around. Someone was like, and that's like the rich Americans that are traveling. Like, oh, come here and try to do it.

Yeah, to your average American. Good luck. Yeah. It's one of those things where I'm like, I'm scared of it. But I'm also like, if someone managed to do it, I'd be like, damn, that was impressive. Like when I had my airbag stolen out of my car once. And I was like, how the hell do this? Your airbag?

My airbag was stolen out of my car. Oh, yeah, perfectly surgically removed out of his car. I was surgically removed. And I took it to a mechanic and I was like, yeah, so they stole the airbag out of my car. And they looked at it and they go, whoever did this did such a good job. They were like, because normally they're like, this happens a lot. They steal airbags and they sell them, you know. But they're like, normally they rip them out.

And then you'd have to get a ton replaced. Because they perfectly removed it, like uninstalled it probably. You just have to put in another airbag. So they actually, the burglars saved me some money. We should be thanking They still cost me a lot of money Because they took my air back A gentleman criminal

Certainly not something I thought about Because I don't have anything nice in my car So I was like Sure Oh okay I wonder what's the weirdest Like specific parts someone is stolen Where like you come back to your car

And just like the actual like outer frame Is missing There is The paint is gone Just the paint There is a car I think it's a type of Toyota Or like a specific type of Honda

Or is it no no no Maybe a Kia where there's a part that's really expensive, but also easy to remove and sell. I think if you look up a Kia, it's a Kia, and I think their newer models don't do it anymore, but it's like the Kia Soul or something like that, where there's this one part that's like notoriously stolen.

The hamsters take it, yeah. I know the catalytic converter is easy to steal from a Prius and also very expensive. Maybe that's what you ask? I know there is someone who works here at Smosh who's had their catalytic converter stolen twice. See, what the hell? Same person, probably.

Same thief. That's something I'd want haunted. if I'm like, okay, you can hang out on my catalogued converter, but like, you've got to haunt this. I've never heard of a haunted car. Stephen King wrote a book about one. Well, yeah, Christine. Christine.

Christine, yeah. It's a really cool car with this guy, like, it's a new car, he got it used, and he's just like, oh, this car just feels so good. And he becomes obsessed with the car. But then eventually, like, when he starts dating this girl, but the car is, like, jealous of her.

It, like, talks to him, right? Doesn't talk to him, but it just, like, We'll try to, like, run people over and stuff. Like, whether he's in it or whether he's out of it, like, by the end. It's a really fun, like, campy 80s horror. What if it turns out, it's like an Optimus Prime in there, and it's... Oh, my God. Hot robot, actually.

I love you. I feel a spark. It all spark. Spark this plug. Keep going? Foods that don't expire. Yeah. Oh.

My chelula is a different color than when I bought it. But it is somehow still located. a half. And I don't get thick. And yes, I am still having it. But it's a different color. But those things age in a good way. Like they've got, they're like vinegar based. Do you think? Do you think? Do you think Cholula is an excellent year? Like Chalula can be vintage. Ages like wine. Yeah, it's like champagne because it's only Chalula if the chilies grow on this and the Chilula part of. Yeah. Is in there? Yeah. It's vinegar based. So it's probably not going to get harmful. It might lose.

impact, similar to spices, right? Meet me. I got it. I get it, as a good older. Oh my God. Data centers. Data centers. Computer hotels.

Data centers are actually scary. No, we're unfortunately, like, I'm not scared of ghosts much anymore because we're entering sci-fi horror. Yeah, where we are destroying ourselves. Like, robots, we got to start being scared of robots. Do you all know about the brain organoids? No. Okay, so this is a thing, and I'm surprised people don't talk about it more,

not messing with you. People, some scientists took some stem cells and tried to make them like brain stem cells and they did and they put them in a like petri dish and after a while those brains started to grow like each one had like two little black spots which receive light so they might as well be eyes. And so they were letting them do just the brain grow thing for a while and finally they got to a point where it's so stable where they're now like renting them out to other companies to be like what do you want to do with them. One group has put them in like a virtual space where they believe they're a butterfly flying around, which is the Matrix, kind of.

Murder Bot is becoming real. Yeah, someone gave one a spider body. Someone gave one like an arm. Someone gave... Where is this? Where is this? Where did you find this? Information is there videos?

It's a scientist, TikToker that I follow that, like, reports. And it's, they have, like, their report reports on there, not like, did you hear the scientists? Like, I'm pretty sure it's real. They're 100% doing this shit. It's that old tweet that's the best, like, the tweet that I quote all the time is the one where it's like, uh, startup company CEO

guys, good news, we've created the torment nexus. Inspired by the classic sci-fi novel, don't create the torment nexus. It's like everything we were warned about for decades. It's just like, yeah, but what if we did it? I'm like, come on, guys. Like, what? Have you seen murder

bot? No. It's a really good Apple TV show, sci-fi. It's a series of... It's organic material and robots coming together and how his body has material that he was like, oh, I can fix the ship with my own spine or whatever. He's not, no, that's, I think that's a bit of alien earth. No, no, no. Murder bot, he doesn't have organic material.

No, remember when he's repairing the ship, I watch the show more than you did apparently. He, he, he has the lady do surgery on his back. They did surgery on a back. And they, and she fixes the ship with his organic material. Oh, yes, yes. That's what I'm saying. Oh, with his organic material, I thought they fixed the ship with his. His organic material is like, it can, because, you know, we are conductors, humans are natural conductors, and he's like, oh, I can, I confuse with this part of the ship, and we can fix it again. Oh, weird. But maybe I'm wrong.

Last thing I want to say is about the brand organized is they are now renting them out as processing power for things, which is literally the matrix. That's scary. Good, good, good. Stem cells. No, no, this is, this is good. What if that's what we're in right now? Okay, there you go.

Yeah, I'm like, come on, guys, what are we doing? What is mining Bitcoin? Where are you digging? They dig it in their butt from buying for Bitcoin? Twin? Twin? Yeah. It's a...

Where is that? What is mining for Bitcoin? Where are they? It's in a computer. They basically have this one set of, like, really difficult computer-generated equations that get harder and harder and harder as you go. So you're digging with math? You're digging with math.

And you find money? Who put the money there? Who put the money there? Look, everyone's unemployed cousin needs something to do. What will he wants a computer guy put a bunch of Bitcoin that we just started being obsessed with? I'm losing my speech skills. It's like one of those cat toys where the treat is in the middle and they have to like fuck with it. And that's kind of just like that with people.

Oh, God. That's so funny. Okay. Yeah. No, electronic stuff is like what is actually scary, right? And we're hitting weird realms of like, this was beyond our comprehension scary. So ghosts and stuff, I'm like, I welcome it. Yeah.

I hope a demon comes out of the ground right now because like these robots scaring me. I mean, Hideo Kajima said like for death straining too, he's like, okay, so we have a ghost in the game, but we're trying to scan it instead of just record it. And it was like, huh? And that's just something Hideo Kajima can say. He is, I love Hideo Kajima. He is the scariest man alive. He is absolutely the craziest, creepiest man. Like, he makes Stephen King look just sweet.

What does he do? He makes video games. He makes Metal Gear Solid. Death Stranding. Death Stranding. He's incredible. He's a genius. Yeah, he did PT.

He's a mad genius. But he says things or it's like, what's going on in there, man? You're like, oh, that must be a mistranslation because he said it in Japanese. Then you dig a little deeper, and you're like, no, we meant it. No, he said that fully. He said he put a ghost in the fucking game. somehow also hilarious. Yeah. Comedy and horror. There's a

Black Mirror episode that there's clearly a character that's inspired by him, I feel like. The like Haunted House simulation one where the guys did like he meets a video game developer in Japan. I felt like it was... I haven't done Black Mirror in years for this very reason where I'm just like, what are you going to do? Too scary. What are you going to say?

It's just real life. Yeah. It's just real life. Doors that say employees only. Oh, okay. I like that. That one's scare me. I like that. Because like what's going on behind there? There's an energy pushing me away. When I see those, I'm like, why can't I go? What are you hiding as a business? Why can't I go?

I'll do you one up. When you see a door that is like blocked, like blocked like there's boxes and stuff in front of the door, or just like a door that is like kind of inaccessible or a door that you can tell has not been opened in so long, we're like, what, why isn't this door being used? You know what gets me is in the similar vein. And so I guess we did find the common thread of like doors. doors. If you're in like a really old building, sometimes there's like a door that is off the ground that is like way up there where you're like, oh, I guess people can like use it for storage or something with a ladder. But like I'm always like who. And then there's also like the other version of like smaller door on ground or basement level. Yeah, like crawl space doors. Those weird little closet low cabinet ones. Yeah. And people find like a squatter in or something. Yes. Yeah. All those scary stories. What's it called like frogging or something? Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. No, that's a good one. That's something I have similar. Something that creeps me out in a way that I kind of love is furniture in places it shouldn't be. So like imagine truly like you're out in the middle of the woods in the middle of the night and all of a sudden you come across a perfectly set up couch, side chair and TV set. Just like all set up in the middle of a clearing in the woods. You're just like and it's like clean. It's not like dirty like it's in the woods. It's like wait, this is off from where it should be. Or like. um we read this in a in a creepy pasta once of like the stairs the stairs yeah yeah like oh park rangers know that if you find a staircase out in the middle of the woods don't you need to turn around and go the other way i'm like i love that i think couches and stuff in the woods would have been scary to me in like 2010 but now in like the age of influencers and music videos i right oh sure like especially in the city i'm like no but that was my favorite thing for some reason my small town if there was like a bush with an opening there'd be a couch in there Like there was a park near my home

Where we were like What is this big bush It looks like it's hollow inside And you go inside and there's a little couch And maybe there was drugs or things That would happen on that But we would sit on it as little teenagers And enjoy it

Yeah, I'd do that There was a big old hollow bush Near like an old bus stop I was at And I like didn't discover the hollow part Until like way later And I was like wait a minute And so yeah I think it's just

We love a little bushroom We love a little bushroom And what else scares you? The fact that Matt Rife is now The legal guardian of Annabel Yeah The doll? I don't like that.

That's wild. So he owns the home at which a lot of these relics, including Annabelle, are kept. And thus, he is now the legal caretaker. He does not own Annabelle. But he is now the legal caretaker because that's where she resides. This is a fact. That dude has the energy of the first person to die in an Annabelle film. This is literally the setup is him and this viner, or he's not a viner anymore, but his name

is Elton. Like, I had met him a couple times. They are now together working to make this place like a Airbnb that you. You can experience everything. But, like, this is literally the setup for, like, the next barbarian type movie. Yeah, it's, like, Matt Rife walks out in the middle of the night, and Annabelle's out of her case, and he goes, women, am I right?

And then he gets killed. And goes, like, who is she back, by the way? Wasn't she missing? She was missing for her, but she's back, and then the person who was taking care of her previously died unexpectedly. There was, like, some weird stories, yeah. My personal favorite go-to magic, the gathering deck that I've made is based off of Annabelle.

There's a little doll card called Arabella. And so I'm hoping if she ever comes from me, I'll just be like, hey, I'm actually kind of a fan. Hey, sorry. Can you sign this? Yeah, thank you. Before you kill me. The other ones I have in here are a little too real. Okay.

But those were the like, because it is fun to find like what are the silly little things? Because I had some. Yeah, because there's other ones where it's like, oh, big arenas or stadiums, unless I'm holding a hot dog. I feel like nothing can go wrong when I'm holding a hot dog. Fair. Like, no one's going to attack me when I'm holding a hot dog. You would never do that. They're trying to get your purse.

And they're like, oh, Corny doesn't even need to move. this time, like, they've got a hot dog. I'm going to wait until she's done with that hot dog. Newsflash, I'm going to have a hot dog ready to go, so they can't get me. Yeah, I don't know if you can. Yeah, I don't know if any, like, paranormal things can attack you when you're holding a hot dog. It just feels too silly. Because when it's a kosher dog.

Yeah, exactly. It's been blessed. It is the crucifix of the meat world. That's true. I wrote a couple more. Some of these fall into the same, because I wrote, like, seeing just a little bit of something is really scary. Seeing a little bit of something.

When you see just a little bit of something, that's always. really scary, you know? Like, well, like, imagine, like, you look around, you're like, and you see just like a little bit of something drift behind a wall or something. You're like, wait, I just saw a little bit of that. What was that? Yeah.

Or, like, you know, like, that's what makes sharks so scary because they're fins. They're fins, you know, it's just like, well, there's just a little bit of it. When you only see a little bit of high. Then it's really scary. But you see the whole thing. You're like, all right, I got the whole picture.

But when you don't have the whole picture, oh, like when you get, when your peripheral just catches when a rat perfectly went You catched when you briefly see something. I feel, can I pitch you something then? Yeah. Let's see if it's scary to you. The Pokemon Diglet?

No. Not enough. Too much. I think that's enough of it. Okay. I mean, but you have no idea, frankly. Yeah, we don't have any clue. I love the drawings of it being like a buff guy.

A shredded dude underground. A shredded man. We're gonna talk about Pokemon more soon. In the next episode. Oh, I like this one a lot. Someone in a window. Yeah, I don't like that. And I even catch myself.

When I'm in a window and I'm standing and I'm like, I'm just gazing out there. I'm like, oh, I'm really scary right now. I don't want to be a person in a window. Because if someone out on the street or something looks up and they just see me just standing there, I'm like, that's really scary. We don't do that. Do you do that? I love looking out a window. Especially when there's something nice out there.

Why not? We have windows. Look out a window. Guys, I've got good news. Looking out a window is gorgeous. Scary. It's really scary. But sometimes when I'm looking out my windows and I'm just like, oh, if someone's walking along the street and they just turn and they just see me just now I'm not looking at them

but I'm just staring out the window I'm like I look scary yeah like I'm like oh I need to be I need to like if you're moving around it's fine but it's standing perfectly still at a window scary as hell if you ever when you're looking when you're standing out of window looking out the window and then across

the way someone else has come up to their window and you're both I have to close the curtains I when my in my first apartment in L.A. I lived um it was a small apartment complex, but across the freeway, like, there was a good distance, there was a big, tall building, right?

A lot of windows. And a lot of windows. And I was a teenager, and I did have binoculars, and I remember, I remember just wanting to, like, look up and just like, this was an office And you had just broken your leg. Yes. Yes. But I was just like looking, and it was always empty, right? It was just always like, I just didn't see anything. But I was

always, whenever I would do it, and I didn't do this a lot. It wasn't like a creepy teenager. But I would be looking at it, and I would always be, like, kind of scared at the idea of like what if I was looking around at this apartment or what if I was looking around at this office building a ways away and suddenly I come to a room and there's just a person just staring at me. I'm like that would scare the crap out of me. Yeah. Like oh god like I think it's unexpected for sure. Yeah. I think all teenagers are creepy. I remember as a teenager? Teenagers

are definitely creepy. I'm creepy. Because they're exploring new thoughts. Our brains have expanded in a weird way. I think teenagers just the teenagers aren't creepy. They just scare me. And they scared me when I was a teenager. I was terrified of other teenagers, and I've remained just as terrified ever since. My Chemical Romance wrote about that. I'm sorry. True. Teenagers scared a living shit out of me. Love that song. Also, if you're a teenager listening,

you're not creepy. You're not creepy. No. But you are scary. And know that. You're going to look back in a few years and go, ah. And you're very powerful. Truly, you will. I think I only wrote, this one's real like being stuck. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I do think I've decided

that those cave diving videos. I'm like, that's the, that's the worst shit ever. I could never. Worst shit ever. What are you doing? It's like, it's the meme where it's just like someone with a wife and two kids right before they go into like this, this cave called, you'll never come out cave or like whatever. It's, no, it's like the most unsescapable whole like wife, guy with wife and two kids is just like, hmm, you know, I don't know. It's like what? It's like what? It's like what? I saw on these TikToks of like people doing these extreme things either skydiving or let me take that back

the ghost took his throat on those TikToks of people doing extreme stuff like skydiving or cave diving there's always the top comment which is like the best thing about skydiving is you don't have to do it yeah or whatever but there was a cave diving video I saw that was like terrifying where this guy was like squeezing through this tiny hole whatever's like yeah

and you need to exhale to like fit through here right the top comment was the worst part about cave diving is we all have to do it we all have to we all have to do this There was these YouTubers that were exploring caves, and, like, they had gone down, they, like, found a part that wasn't documented on their map, and they go in, and they suddenly hear a child crying. And a child had just gone missing, and she didn't speak English, and they helped this child get out. Her parents were looking for her out there.

They found her. If they hadn't been going and breathing out and going in tunnels, they wouldn't have found her. You just made the only case for going to explore tunnels, so now people have to do it. Don't, but don't, how about kids, don't go in tunnels? and don't wear crocks when you're going into tunnels because she was going to crooks when they found her. That's what did it. She would have gotten there right out. There is a, I think it's technically like a creepy pasta.

It's a famous one. It's one of the most famous ones. And it was originally posted on its own website. And it was called Ted the caver. And it was this guy who was like, oh, guys, I'm a caver and I'm documenting like my experiences in this cave I found nearby my house. And he also does like uploads photos with it as well. and it gets into really, really creepy territory

where he's like, I found this weird hole and he's like, and I'm able to like kind of start like breaking apart the hole and he's like, and on the other side, like there's furniture, there's like things, there's all this stuff. It keeps getting weirder and weirder and weirder. People like love it. It's fiction, but it's just really well done.

I did see a TikTok that I think I sent to you that made me laugh my ass off because it starts out and it's this like guy in a cave and he's like clearly trapped and he's like, it's been several days since he's eaten and he's kind of just like head down and I'm like, why am I getting this on my algorithm? And it's just like, hey guys,

uh, looks like daddy's in a little bit of trouble. So, uh, as you find this, I just want to say, I love you very much. And, uh, Ben, you're the man of the house now. You know, you're going to have to be strong and support your mom. Uh, Jesse, you're, you got to, you know,

you're the big brother now if Ben's the man. So you got to be, you know, good to your siblings. Tease them only a little bit. Tony, you're the elephant man of the house now. You're gonna, your skin and your bones are gonna form different, and society's gonna treat you different on account of that, and you gotta be aware of that. What the fuck?

Oh my God. Jesse, you're the juggler now. You're the juggler of the house. You gotta learn how to start with two balls and with three, four, you know. And just, he kept going. Oh my God. So it's fake, but like. That's so good.

Yeah. That's insane. You are so creative. That stuff scares me the most. Yeah, how creative people are. Yeah, I want people to stop. They will. Everyone just needs to stop.

I got a few things off the dome that are scary to me. Very, very deep sea where things start to get dark. Yeah. Yeah, that exists for people. Thasophobia is a real thing. I think when it starts, and I love the idea of the ocean, but when it starts to be, even in a game, if it's like, oh, you're going to have to dive in this underwater cave.

I'm like, I don't want to do that. What's that water game that I've been? Subnotica. Subnotica. Nah, I'm all set. Yeah, there's a part in Knights of the Old Republic that's like under deep sea. And I'm like, I hate this part. I'll never forget when we were fishing down in Key West when I was a kid.

And we were like over 10 miles out to sea, right? Because like to go out there to get mahi-mahi. And you're just out in the middle of the ocean. And it's so deep that you're like, yeah, we don't know where the bottom of this is. And like we stopped the boat and we like, I like jumped in the water. and it's trippy as hell to like jump in and just like and considering how deep it must be like

you are a little skeeter bug but I'm just like I'm like yeah like I don't know there's just probably nothing for a while that's what it that's kind of what scares me sometimes it's not like oh there's you know what's down there it's more like we're so nothingness like my sister and I were talking about it the other day and she was like she's so funny she was like yeah of course

that's earth space It's just cold and... I think it's like less explored and understood than space. Yeah. I think they're like, we don't know what's going on down there. That's maybe subway. Okay, I can see that. Yeah, I think they are in the same category.

If you ask the scientist, they'd be like, yeah, subway and the Marianas trench. Employees only doors. Don't know what's in cold. Well, they're probably building a subway in there. It's so scary. No, that's what they're doing. That freaks me out. We talked about electronic droning noises, but also like any creepy posture or whatever

where there's something wrong in the game. Like, it's not supposed to do that. Yeah. Like, I remember, um, in the first, like, Pokemon Game Boy games, there was a glitch you could do to get a bunch of items, but you fought a Pokemon that would, like, it was a piece of missing data. So it was just this, like, mess of, like, patterns and designs on screen,

and the sound was, like, super off. And this sounds like a creepyposter, but it's real. And the first time I actually got it to show up, I freaked out and ran downstairs. And it, like, terrified me. And I feel like that might have started that for me. But if you save your game after using it, sometimes things get corrupted and like little corrupted things of data

when it's like, here's your team that beat the elite four. Let's go through it. It'll be like your Pokemon, then one that like was not your Pokemon, and then like another piece of just data and then that thing. No, you got to scan the ghost in your game. It's got to scan the ghost in your game. It's real and it's scary. It freaked me out.

Yeah. That's scary. On a similar note, it also scares me like on the internet, there's just so much right there's that um there's that doom mod that someone made uh it's like house mode it's something it's called like uh wad house dot wad or something like that but someone what you're typing where are you about to get sent but someone someone someone in doom made this house and you you enter and like it's a regular looking house but with doom characters in it doom is a classic game from the 80s where it's like a shooter game it's like um do you remember like the original like

it was all pixelated, and these guys were like, rar at you, and there's a little face in the middle bottom that's, like, looking around. It's like Wolfenstein or Doom or Duke Newcomb. Okay, interesting. It was like the OG, like, shooter game, but it was from the 80s, but someone made a mod of it where you go into this house and there's the monsters in there,

and you're fighting your way through the house, and then, like, you go out a door, and then if you go back in, it's suddenly a little different. And basically, like, what appears as a super small little level of a game that someone made, it keeps you keep finding more and more and it keeps opening up and the house keeps expanding

and they're like someone made such an extensive, massive, crazy thing where eventually you're in these giant open fields and like crazy stuff happening and everyone's like yeah we think it's this one guy who made it but we're not sure

and it's just like what how many gigabytes is this mom? There is a YouTube video essay on it that's like two hours long where he just plays through the whole thing and it's trippy and I don't play Doom but I watched the whole thing and it was eerie the

entire time and I was like someone put all their effort into this and I'm like there's almost like it's almost like with the internet and with with technology I'm like there's almost like mad scientists out there. Oh yeah. I'm like someone with a lot of time and with the right dedication can make something

that's like who made this? Who made this mod? Who made this thing? It's like we don't really know. That's my most like That's my most recurring dream, honestly, is like, I'll always go into a space, and it's always, it's not, but someone will be like, oh, this is, like, my house. Like, I'm here. Like, I own this or I'm, like, supposed to be here. This is my new room. I've even had it with, like, smosh all living in a building, like, oh, yeah, we're all going into a new room. But then, like, I'll move something and I'll be like, oh, there's, like, more space back here. And then I'll go into, like, down some stairs. I'll be like, oh, yeah, I forgot. There's the downstairs. That back. Like, it's crazy. I dream, like, backroom stuff all the time for years. Well, guys, I'm scared. I'm really scared.

I'm positively frightened. But we're out of time. Courtney, thank you for being here for Halloween. Thanks for letting me talk about the things that scare me. Yeah. And agreeing or disagreeing. And now you have more fodder for what scares both of us so you can give us a little fright.

Yeah, the last thing I was... God. That's right. You know what's crazy? I was like, Courtney's about to do this. And then when you did, I legit jumped. That was so real. All right.

Happy Halloween, everyone. We'll see you later. Bye. Sorry if I scared you. If you dare. You did scare me. You actually, I was, I'm very frightened. Talking to the listeners, not you.

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