Black-eyed kids folklore meets late-night roadside folklore in this quiet gas station story set on a lonely highway. This short night encounter blends cryptid stories, unexplained sightings, and rural horror with the feel of a real graveyard-shift account.A tired clerk works the overnight shift at a nowhere gas station when a soft knock at the glass breaks the hum of coolers and distant traffic. Two soaked kids stand under the buzzing light, asking to come inside and use the phone. Store rules say no. The cameras wake up. On the grainy screen, every eye is solid black. As the presence lingers at the locked door, the clerk has to decide whether this is just a strange visit, or the kind of story that turns into legend.Told as modern folklore and first-person storytelling, this episode leans into gas station stories, black-eyed kids folklore, forest legends, trucker stories, urban legends, and slow-burn cryptid lore rather than jump scares.

A long-haul driver is alone on a dark two-lane when he notices something pacing his truck in the ditch. When the dogman rises out of the shadows to stare in through his window, the highway becomes a trap he can’t escape.

Dogman in My Rearview is a cinematic horror short from Toom’s Dark Bedtime Stories — a channel for late-night tales of cryptids, folklore, and paranormal encounters.

Listen with headphones, turn the lights down, and let the road noise carry you into the dark.

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Moon Eyed People In The Rock CutCrawling through a tight rock passage on an old Appalachian trail, a solo hiker’s headlamp dies and the stone around him opens its eyes. Dozens of pale, lidless “moon eyed people” stare up from the rock and reach for his boots, trapping him between daylight and something ancient in the ridge. A claustrophobic first person take on Appalachian folklore and cave horror.

I hear my voice ahead calling to us.

Just after midnight, deep in the Florida Everglades, I awoke to a strange stillness outside my tent. The chorus of insects and frogs had fallen silent, as if something had disturbed the entire swamp. Moments later, a heavy crunch of foliage snapped the quiet. My pulse quickened. Something large was out there in the darkness, and it was heading straight toward me.I reached for my flashlight, hands trembling. Before I could turn it on, I heard the slow rasp of my tent zipper coming undone. Through the thin fabric, I saw a huge shadow cast by the moonlight. Something — or someone — was unzipping my tent. A wave of dread washed over me. I was about to come face to face with a legend I never truly believed was real.When the flap jerked open, I found myself staring up at a towering creature covered in matted fur. It had to crouch to peer inside. This was the Skunk Ape, Florida’s infamous swamp creature come to life. A rancid odor choked the air as it bared its teeth in a silent snarl. I sat frozen in terror, aware that no one would ever believe what stood before me. Out in that swamp, in the dead of night, I was utterly at the mercy of the unknown.

CL Smoot Presents The Raven Mocker Cherokee Witch of the Dying

In old Cherokee country, they fear a witch that doesn’t come for the living — it comes for the dying. The Raven Mocker steals the last breath and the years a person had left and adds them to its own life.

If you hear wings outside a sickroom at night, it may already be too late.

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CL Smoot Presents The Brown Mountain Lights Ghost Lanterns of North Carolina

In the North Carolina foothills, people see strange lights drifting over the ridges — glowing orbs rising from the trees, floating against the wind, then vanishing all at once.

Are they lost hunters, ghostly warriors, or something older?

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CL Smoot presents The Beast of Bladenboro - Carolina Vampire Cat

In the winter of 1954, a small North Carolina town woke up to dogs found dead, drained of blood, dragged through fences by something no one could name.

They still call it the Beast of Bladenboro.

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