Dorothy Newell

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843 appearances 11 recordings 6 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 6 Jul

Dorothy Newell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Creepy · In The Glow of the Campfire · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

I needed something to wash down the lump of food caught in my throat.

So I stood and made my way to the cooler, opened it and grabbed a drink.

Inside were over a dozen bottles of water and soda.

What I didn't find was any more food.

Although we were supposed to be camping until Sunday, Dad had only brought enough for dinner.

What were we supposed to eat for our next several meals?

The intrusive thought hit me like a gut punch.

Grabbing a cola, I closed the cooler and returned to my seat, trying to remain calm despite being at the edge of panic.

I told myself I was being silly, that this was just another misinterpretation, that I was struggling with the imminent end of my parents' marriage, and my imagination was working overtime to create a villain to blame, fabricating fantastical nightmares to avoid dwelling on the very real one I was living through.

Just beyond the brush line, a thin, pale form stood between two trees observing our camp.

I leaned closer, watched as it extended an impossibly long arm.

Its fingers, each terminating in long, black claws, clutching a tree.

We're completely alone.

He stood and marched to the clearing.

While he explored the brush with his flashlight, I moved to his pack and grabbed the sheathed buck knife he left beside it, secreting it beneath my jacket and the waistband of my jeans before he turned around.

Must have been a deer, he said as he sat down, grabbed a bottle of whiskey from his bag, and took a deep swig.

I knew that with each sip, he would be even worse company.

Alcohol fueled his ill temper.

I decided that it was time to take my leave.

Dad didn't seem to notice as he took another swig from the bottle.

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