345: THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY NEW COWORKER | 8 TERRIFYING True Scary Stories / Rain Ambience | EP 331

The Lets Read Podcast Episode 345, titled 'There's Something Wrong with My New Coworker,' delivers a harrowing compilation of eight true scary stories, each escalating in tension and psychological dread. The episode opens with a chilling tale from a mall security guard who uncovers his seemingly quiet coworker Craig’s disturbing habit of filming himself in a baby costume, sparking a moral crisis over whether to expose him or protect his reputation. This sets the tone for a series of increasingly unsettling narratives: a Russian forest ranger’s encounter with a man in a bear mask, a hotel concierge’s confrontation with a predatory employee, a Romanian forester’s violent clash with illegal loggers, a comedy writer’s disturbing confession of matricide, and a medical technician’s terrifying ordeal after a nurse is caught drinking a urine sample—leading to a dangerous car chase. The story deepens with the account of former nurse Dave, who stalked the narrator after being fired, culminating in a near-fatal road incident captured on video. The episode’s most haunting tale centers on forest ranger Ron, who collapses after touching a mysterious warm black rock in the Yugodva National Park. Despite severe, unexplained symptoms and a 60-hour hospitalization, Ron recovers without memory of the event, only for the rock to vanish completely during a full EPA investigation. The episode closes with lingering unease over the unknown, the fragility of normalcy, and the terrifying reality that some dangers are invisible, untraceable, and possibly supernatural.