7 True Night Shift Horror Stories From Reddit (Vol. 3)
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- π± A college student working the night shift at McDonald's encounters a woman, "Schizo Susan," who regularly yells at someone in her car, only to be alone.
- π£οΈ When the student finally asks who she's speaking to, the woman unleashes a prolonged, ear-splitting scream through the intercom, causing the microphone system to malfunction.
- π¨ The woman then speeds away, leaving the employee startled and questioning her sanity.
Museum Security Guard's Strange Colleague
- πΆββοΈ A night shift security guard training his replacement, Justin, notices his colleague's peculiar habit of changing his voice mid-sentence and engaging in bizarre monologues.
- π¦ Justin is eventually fired for destroying an exhibit and attempting to fight a dinosaur skeleton, possibly due to stopping his anti-psychotic medication.
High School Prank's Lingering Consequences
- π A woman recounts a high school prank where she agreed to go to a party with a socially awkward boy, Donald, only for her friends to plan to pour mayonnaise on him.
- π Donald is humiliated and continues to pursue the narrator for six years, even showing up at her night shift gas station job.
- π¨ He escalates his behavior by trying to hold her hand, making threats, and eventually choking her at her new apartment in Boston.
Creepy Customer at a Grocery Store
- π A psychology graduate working night shift stocking shelves at a grocery store is harassed by a man with unusual physical features.
- π« The man touches her hair, smells her shoulder, hugs her, and later drags her by the hair across the store before fleeing when confronted.
- π The store eventually installs security after this incident.
Motel Guest's Ominous Behavior
- π¨ A motel night shift worker encounters a sketchy guest who frequently has room issues and leaves early in the morning.
- π± Snooping on the guest's flip phone, the worker finds vague, ominous text messages with a contact named "Arlene."
- πΈ The guest then offers the worker money to come to his room, makes threats when refused, and flees when the worker screams for security.
Psychiatric Unit Incident
- π₯ A male nurse working the night shift at a child psychiatric unit witnesses a severe violent outburst from a patient with bipolar disorder.
- π The patient attempts to smother another child and then punches the nurse in the nose when restrained.
- π The nurse is told that such outbursts are not grounds for expulsion, and he later seeks a different job.
Toxic Relationship and Stalking
- π³οΈβπ An openly gay man in Portland, Oregon, enters a relationship with a man met on Grindr who engages in extreme BDSM activities without a safe word.
- πββοΈ After the relationship turns toxic and possessive, he moves to Boston, changes his number, and ghosts his ex.
- π¨ His ex finds him, chokes him, and he is eventually arrested and jailed after the victim presses charges.
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