WEBVTT - Please Help Me!

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<v Speaker 1>A pod Shape production.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to the Chills, the Spooky Story Podcast. It's

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<v Speaker 2>hard to believe unless, of course, it happened to you.

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<v Speaker 2>This next story is from Sophia. She sent her story

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<v Speaker 2>in via the email at the chillsatpodshape dot com. We've

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<v Speaker 2>had someone else read her story.

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<v Speaker 1>This happened about five years ago, and even now I

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<v Speaker 1>can't shake the feeling that someone's watching me every night.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just a regular Thursday night in late November.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd recently moved into this old apartment on the outskirts

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<v Speaker 1>of Freemantle. It's a quirky little place with a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of character, at least that's what I thought at the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Fremantle is one of the oldest suburbs of Perth in

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<v Speaker 2>Western Australia. It's home to an old jail and lots

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<v Speaker 2>of old historic buildings that date back to the early settlers.

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<v Speaker 2>It's coastal and it has a bit of a spooky

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<v Speaker 2>bohear mean vibe to it. I should know. I grew

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<v Speaker 2>up there. Let's hit back to Sophia's story.

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<v Speaker 1>The building was pretty old, probably from the early nineteen hundreds,

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<v Speaker 1>and had this like weird, eerie charm to it. The landlord,

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<v Speaker 1>mister Thompson, was an older guy. He seemed nice enough,

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<v Speaker 1>but there was something about him that just felt a

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<v Speaker 1>bit off, like he was almost too eager to help

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<v Speaker 1>me settle in. I didn't think much of it back then,

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<v Speaker 1>like maybe he was just lonely or something. My apartment

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<v Speaker 1>was on the third floor, and the only other person

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<v Speaker 1>living on my floor was a woman named Alice. I

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<v Speaker 1>hardly ever saw her, just a few times in the hallway.

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<v Speaker 1>She always seemed a bit jumpy, like she was trying

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<v Speaker 1>to avoid something or someone. One night, I was lying

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<v Speaker 1>in bed, struggling to fall asleep. The room was pitch

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<v Speaker 1>black and the only sound was the ticking of this

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<v Speaker 1>old wall clock I had, And just as I was

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<v Speaker 1>about to doze off, I heard a whisper, help me.

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<v Speaker 1>I quickly opened my eyes and I strained to hear more,

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<v Speaker 1>and I heard nothing. I figured it was just my

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<v Speaker 1>mind playing tricks on me, so I tried to go

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<v Speaker 1>back to sleep. But then I heard it again, and

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<v Speaker 1>this time clearer, Please help me.

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<v Speaker 2>Now. I don't know about you, but the amount of

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<v Speaker 2>stories I've heard or scary movies I've seen when someone

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<v Speaker 2>hears a voice saying help me. I can tell you

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not staying around to find out who needs help.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm out the door faster than you can say, like

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<v Speaker 2>scary mom me uh huh. But Sophia isn't like me.

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<v Speaker 2>She's kinder, some would say a little braver. So what

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<v Speaker 2>does she do next?

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<v Speaker 1>I sat up in bed. My heart was pounding. The

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<v Speaker 1>voice was coming from the corner of the room like

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<v Speaker 1>I reached over and switched on the bedside lamb, but

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<v Speaker 1>the corner was empty, just shadows from my wardrobe. There

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<v Speaker 1>was nothing there. I tried to tell myself it was

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<v Speaker 1>just the wind, or maybe the old pipes in the building.

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<v Speaker 1>But then I heard it again, and it was even

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<v Speaker 1>more desperate. This time, He's coming for me, please. I

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<v Speaker 1>jumped out of bed. I freaked out. I searched the room,

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<v Speaker 1>but there was literally no one there. Now I was

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<v Speaker 1>wide awake and I was completely terrified. I decided to

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<v Speaker 1>go for a walk to clear my head. When I

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<v Speaker 1>stepped into the hallway, I noticed Alice's door was slightly open,

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<v Speaker 1>and I could hear her crying inside. I knocked softly

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<v Speaker 1>on the door, Alice, are you okay? The crying stopped instantly,

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<v Speaker 1>and after a long pause, she whispered, he's watching you too,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't he? A chill ran down my spine. Who who's

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<v Speaker 1>watching me? She peeped through the crack in the door,

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<v Speaker 1>her eyes wide with fear. The man in the corner.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been here for years. He watches us, waits for

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<v Speaker 1>us to fall asleep, and then he takes us. I

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<v Speaker 1>backed away, trying to stay calm. Alice, that's not funny,

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<v Speaker 1>her eyes filled with tears. I'm not joking. He got

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<v Speaker 1>the last ten and two. Please, you have to believe me.

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<v Speaker 1>I literally didn't know what to say, so I just

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<v Speaker 1>nodded and I went back to my apartment, locking the

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<v Speaker 1>door behind me. I did not sleep at all that night.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I would have slept that night either.

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<v Speaker 2>I certainly wouldn't want to see Alice again, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think I would actually ever close my eyes again,

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<v Speaker 2>not while I was staying in that apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>The next day, I went to see mister Thompson. I

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<v Speaker 1>told him about the voice and what Alice said. He

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<v Speaker 1>just smiled and said, Alice has always had an overactive imagination.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't let it get to you. But I couldn't shake

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<v Speaker 1>the feeling that something was seriously wrong. That night, I

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<v Speaker 1>stayed up staring at the corner of my room. Around

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<v Speaker 1>three am, I felt a cold breeze, even though all

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<v Speaker 1>the windows were shut tight. And then I saw it,

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<v Speaker 1>a shadow, darker than the rest, moving in the corner.

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<v Speaker 1>It started to take shape, growing taller and more defined.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart was pounding as the figure of a man

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<v Speaker 1>emerged from the darkness. His eyes were hollow and his

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<v Speaker 1>mouth twisted into this creepy grin. I couldn't move, I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't scream. He stepped closer, and this overwhelming sense of

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<v Speaker 1>dread hit me. Just as he reached out to touch me,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a loud banging on the door. The figure

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<v Speaker 1>disappeared instantly. I stumbled to the door and flung it open.

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<v Speaker 1>Alice was standing there, pale and shaking. Did you see him?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see him? She whispered. I nodded, too scared

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<v Speaker 1>to talk. We have to leave, she said urgently. Now

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<v Speaker 1>we packed our things and left. That night. I moved

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<v Speaker 1>back in with my parents and never went back to

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<v Speaker 1>that building. Later, I found out that the apartment had

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<v Speaker 1>a history of tenants disappearing under weird circumstances.

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<v Speaker 2>So we've done a little bit of investigating this point.

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<v Speaker 2>A Google search couldn't find any details of people that

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<v Speaker 2>went missing from an apartment in Fremantle, but Sophia didn't

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<v Speaker 2>tell us where it was or when it happens. What

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<v Speaker 2>we do know is that in Fremantle there are regular

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<v Speaker 2>ghosts tours that happened throughout the Fremantle Prison, which was

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<v Speaker 2>built in eighteen fifty and was the first landing ground

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<v Speaker 2>for early convicts. Around that prison are old houses that

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<v Speaker 2>used to be inhabited by people that worked in the

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<v Speaker 2>prison or serve us the prison. Either way, Sophia's story

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<v Speaker 2>gave us the chills.

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<v Speaker 1>Even now, years later, I sometimes catch a glimpse of

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<v Speaker 1>that man in the corner, just for a split second,

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<v Speaker 1>always watching and waiting.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've got a story that you think could give

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<v Speaker 2>us the chills, email us at the Chills at podshape

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<v Speaker 2>dot com. See you next time. Help me up pay

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<v Speaker 2>un pay