S24 Ep22: NoSleep Podcast S24E22
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What is the episode’s theme of “diabolical distractions” and how does the host introduce it?
Water. It gives us life. We are drawn to it. Yet it holds immense power over us. It can bring unspeakable horror to the most familiar places. Your morning shower, a tranquil riverbank, or the endless ocean. it's time to dive deep into the abyss. From the dark waters of the Cape Fear River, immerse yourself in horror as you brace yourself for the No Sleep Podcast.
Thank you for joining us for the No Sleep Podcast. I'm your host, David Cummings. As we speed towards the end of Season 24, we are keeping busy planning for the season finale and all the bonus content and other fun things we'll have for everyone between seasons. Shoot! Um, we'll, uh, we'll have our usual fan-favorite episodes like Old Time Radio and suddenly... Come on, Raph! That's a foul! Uh, suddenly shocking, I mean. Ahem. And we have some delightfully creepy episodes from our sleepless decompos... Are you kidding me? That was not onside! I mean our sleepless decompositions episodes. You know what? I need to apologize if I seem distracted. The World Cup is happening, and I've got the game on while I'm doing this.
Sorry about that. But isn't that what so often happens to us? We've got a job to do, something important that should require our full attention, only to find us distracted by other things. Whether it's our phones, something on TV, or perhaps another person who shows up to annoy us, we end up focusing more on the things that aren't a part of our job. And to illustrate this point in great detail, we have tales this week that feature people going through situations just like that. They're trying to do their job, or get something important done, only to deal with things that make the situation turn frightfully fearful. It's almost like their stories turn into tales of unrelenting horror, which is a good thing for us.
So I'm going to get back to work and focus on the task at hand. No more distractions for me. And your job now is to listen to these tales and become immersed in the horror. That's it. Oh, and of course, your other assignment, as always, is to brace yourself. Because it's time to plunge into the horror of our sleepless tales. In our first tale, we meet Eddie. He's a college student earning some cash working the night shift at a truck stop. He's alone and deep into the night. Surely there's not much to keep Eddie from getting his chores done, right? Well, in this tale, shared with us by author Sam Kahn Pantel, Eddie's shift is interrupted by a strange customer who looks like he needs to cool off. Performing this tale are James Solis and Dan Zapula.
So remember your tasks, get your work done, and above all, remember, please, no smoking.
Three slow hours into an eight-hour shift. Things are already getting dull. I don't know if I should be grateful or not that I haven't seen a customer in ages. Only my boss would make a busy college student work alone at a grimy truck stop in the middle of nowhere at 2 a.m. But shit, at least I got away from my roommate for once. I pull out a list of shift tasks for the 18th time to check if somehow, something new appeared. To think I'd give anything to clean right now. Turn on all lights. Check. Organize cash register. Check. Clean toilets. Check. Mop floors. Check. Restock fridges and shelves. Check. Damn, even for my boss, that's a pretty thorough list. He always forgets to tell me to turn on the lights.
The store is spotless, no links to the previous shift workers, and I already ran out of chores to make up. I even searched through an abundance of cheesy, truck-themed named keychains, in case I could grab an extra anniversary gift for Casey. Seriously, how do we have keychains for Maybelline and Gizmo, but not Casey? The sound of the front door swinging open snaps me out of my tangential thoughts. There's a fuzzy shadow of a customer in the entrance. Wait, what the hell? Hello? I lean over the counter to get a better view. Can I help you? No response. The shadow is gone. I swear someone was there. I get up to check outside and shut the door. It's storming like fucking crazy, and the wind must have pushed the door open.
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What is the episode’s theme of “diabolical distractions” and how does the host introduce it?
0:07–18:12
2
How does “Please, No Smoking” set up Eddie’s night shift horror at the truck stop?
18:12–44:10
3
What happens when the mysterious antlered figure attacks Eddie and how does Casey rescue him?
44:10–1:25:00