6 TRUE Night Shift Horror Stories | True Scary Stories

I had been a Night Nurse for some years the ward I worked on was generally very quiet during the night with only a few patients to attend to and most of them asleep at that time so I was left with the routine tasks of monitoring Vital Signs administering medications and responding to the occasional call when there was an emergency but for the most part this shift was very quiet my closest friend on the night shift was Laura another nurse who had worked at this Hospital almost as long as I had Laura and I had developed

a very close friendship probably because we had so many things in common we were about the same age we were both from the same city and we started working here at about the same time working with Laura was very comforting we often shared stories and jokes during our breaks and always looked out for each other but one night during our last hours at the hospital an event occurred that completely broke our usual routine and changed both of our lives forever this had been a night like any other the clock had just struck 2: a.m. and

I was making my usual rounds checking on my patience and making sure everything was in order Laura had been assigned to a different Wing that night but usually we always found time to meet and have a quick chat during our shifts whether she was moving to my area or I was moving to hers however I hadn't seen my friend all night at first I wasn't too worried because I thought she was probably just busy with her own rounds maybe dealing with some difficult patient or had some emergency it is possible for these kinds of unforeseen

events to occur from time to time hours passed and my shift was coming to an end I began to feel uneasy uneasy I hadn't seen Laura since we arrived and that was unusual I had already sent her several text messages but she hadn't even seen them I asked another colleague I bumped into in the hallway and she hadn't seen Laura either I didn't know what she could have been doing all night that she hadn't communicated with me somehow but something was definitely not right I could feel inside me that little red light that goes on

when things are not going right even when you don't have any reliable proof or reason to believe it is so for that reason I decided to head to the wing where Laura was supposed to be working and took a look at the Patients rooms hoping to see Laura attending someone at some point but she was nowhere to be found when I got to the nurses station on her Wing I asked the staff on duty if they had seen her and they all shook their heads saying they hadn't seen her in quite a while either however

the file showed that she had indeed clocked in for her shift that night it was then when I started to feel really worried and I started to look all over the hospital checking every Corridor every area and every place I could think of I also asked all the nurses and doctors I met on the way if they had seen Laura but no one had and I could feel that something was really wrong because if she had come to cover her shift how come no one had seen her it didn't make sense and I didn't like

this at all finally and seeing that it was almost time to leave and there was no sign of Laura I decided to check the security room if anyone could find out where my friend had gone it would be the security guards monitoring the hospital cameras I knocked on the door of the room several times until it finally opened to reveal Luke a guard I knew quite well and with whom Laura and I used to share an occasional midnight coffee in the dining area he was surprised to see me and stepped aside allowing me to enter

the room Luke asked me in surprise about the reason for my visit and I told him about Laura's absence so he quickly led me to the area where the security cameras were being monitored while looking at the monitors in front of him Luke turned to the screens scanning the different corridors of the hospital and after a few minutes he stopped the video on a transmission showing one of the less used corridors the time stamp indicated that it was around midnight and there was Laura walking down the corridor apparently accompanied by a patient a man dressed

in a hospital gown who was walking behind her very close Luke zoomed in on the man trying to get a clearer view of him but we couldn't see his face because of the camera angle however we did see Laura and the man disappear around a corner Luke switched to the next camera in the sequence but when the sign appeared the hallway was empty Laura and the man were gone I asked Luke to rewind the footage trying to keep my composure as I was about to panic and as the video played we saw my friend and

that guy walking down the hallway again this time something caught my attention the way this guy was moving his steps were firm and sure too much for a patient in the paliative care area which was the area Laura had been assigned to but hopefully that had been the only unusual thing with this man walking behind my friend because there was something much more disturbing in the image and that was that he had something in his hand it was small and metallic it looked like a scalpel upon noticing this Luke immediately grabbed his radio and requested

additional security to search the area immediately I left the security room and headed straight for the corridor where the images were taken when I got to the corridor it was empty just as it was in the images then I turned a corner and came across an old part of the hospital that wasn't used much anymore and as I approached the end of the corridor I noticed that one of the doors was slightly open so I slowly walked in this was a small storage room full of old medical equipment and supplies which didn't even have a

light I started to move all the boxes and discarded devices out of my way shining my phone's flashlight when suddenly something caught my eye in a corner and as I directed my moving light into that space I saw with Terror that it was Laura my friend was there lying on the floor unconscious and with her hands and feet tied with medical tape I ran to her side to check her pulse it was weak but she was alive I started shaking her to wake her up and after a few moments her eyes opened she seemed disoriented

and frightened I asked her about the man who had taken her and she told me she did not know who he was only that he had said he was a patient and then threatened her with a scalpel and asking her where was the place where they stored the drugs fearing for her life she pointed out which one it was and then he brought her to this area tied her up gagged her and left her there I cut the adhesives that bound her once she was untied I helped her with her feet we got out of

that place as fast as we could and made it to the main hallway where we were met by Luke and two other security guards Luke immediately called for backup and within minutes more security arrived did you see him he asked me UR ently as his eyes scanned the entire hallway behind us I replied no and he told me he must have slipped out but we had to find him before he hurt someone else Laura was still very dazed and they moved her to the emergency department where the doctors examined her and determined that she had

received a severe Blow To The Head and this was the main reason for her shock but fortunately she was almost certain to make a full recovery in the next few hours in the meantime I stayed with Luke to help locate the man who had taken her security guards and police officers searched every nook and cranny of every room looking for the man starting with one of the pharmacy store rooms the one Laura had pointed out to the guy before he tied her up and locked her in the storage room but not only was the Intruder

not there but not that he apparently could never gain access to that area because the security door still remained sealed I joined the search along with other staff members and as the hours passed there was still no sign of the man it was almost d on when we finally found him I had returned to the wing where Laura had been taken and retraced our steps when I noticed something strange one of the doors to a Supply Closet was slightly open the sound of a creek coming from inside made my heart pound hard in my chest

as I moved closer signaling a nearby guard to follow me we moved silently not wanting to alert whoever was inside when we were close enough I took a deep breath and pushed the door open I pointed my flashlight inside and there was the man who had taken Emma crouched in the corner rumaging through a box of medical supplies the scalpel gleamed in his hand stay back the guard shouted drawing his gun and pointing it at him but the man didn't listen he lunged at us with the scalpel and this forced the guard to react quickly

knocking the man to the ground before he could reach us there was a struggle between them the man flailed wildly but the guard was stronger and snatched the scalpel from him and pinned him to the ground I stood Frozen as I watched everything until the man was finally handcuffed and taken away by the police who had already arrived on the scene the man did not say a word as they took him away after they arrested the guy the hospital slowly returned to normal Laura took some time to recover and when she returned she was different

calmer more Serene we talked about what happened a couple of times but she never wanted to dwell on it the police investigation revealed that the man was not a patient at all he had somehow snuck into the hospital disguised in a gown and had been wandering the halls for hours before finding Laura after this incident the hospital increased security but just the same after that incident Laura finally left the hospital unable to continue working the night shift I missed her very much but I understood her decision perfectly all this had been very traumatic for her

and naturally I was afraid that something like that would happen again I continued to work at the hospital and on the same ship and fortunately something like this never happened again I was certainly afraid for a long time too but the hospital more than my workplace was my home and I wasn't going to let fear keep me away from what I L to do most but still I will never forget that night I own a cleaning company that specializes in the maintenance of Office Buildings for for medium and large companies because of the type of

work we start our shifts at 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday because naturally most offices did not want us inside during business hours while their employees were working and in some cases while there were clients on site so that day I arrived at the office building scheduled for 6:30 p.m. I entered the keypad access code and entered the keypad I entered the keypad access code brought up my equipment and then lock the doors the building was only two stories so it was smaller than most but both floors were very spacious and there was a slightly smaller

basement level I started on the second floor and then worked my way down that's how you get the job done when dealing with buildings I started the cleanup chores regularly picking up all the trash and removing anything from the floor that got in my way then I tied the bags and took them to the dumpsters that were near the parking lot at the back of the building and while I was there dumping the trash I noticed two cars parked in that spot which I did not see in that place when I arrived I was completely

sure that neither of them were parked in that parking lot a couple of hours ago when I arrived but the really weird thing is that there was not supposed to be anyone in the building at that hour and there were no other buildings around so the big question was lighting up in my head was who were they and where were the drivers of those vehicles I went back inside somewhat nervously and double checked that all the doors were locked then continued with my work but occasionally checked the windows to see if there was any change

with the cars if they were gone or if there was anyone around but it was the same I finished with the top floor and went down to the second floor doing the same process but this time when I went out to throw the garbage in the dumpster I noticed that a light came on in one of the cars but as soon as I got out it went out this made me quite uneasy so I quickly threw everything away and went back into the building trying to see if anyone was there which made it that much

stranger I tried to work faster to finish the floor by 11:00 p.m. which was much faster than with the previous floor then it was just the small basement level and I was done I moved everything down and got to work this level was mostly full of boxes it was more of a storage area than anything else but while I was down there trying to speed up the work to leave as soon as possible I heard a rumbling sound throughout the building this was coming from one of the floors above me so I couldn't quite decipher

what the sound was from or which of the floors it was coming from I put my things down and started to climb the stairs but stopped halfway up when I heard voices coming from the upper hallway two men talking a few feet away from where I was at a regular volume as if they weren't even afraid to meet me being here I started down the stairs and moved behind some of the boxes then dialed 911 but before I had a chance to say anything footsteps started coming all the way down to the basement I only

saw the shadow of one of the men on the wall before I hid completely behind the rack of boxes I heard him walk a bit and then shout to the other man upstairs I don't see anyone I think we're okay he walked upstairs again and I looked once more at the reflection of his shadow but then realized he was holding something in his hand and this was in the almost unmistakable shape of a gun which scared me even more than I already was I reconnected with 911 and whisperingly explained what was going on and where

I was several minutes passed after that and during this time I believe the men were mostly upstairs but then they returned to the first floor and suddenly one of them yelled hey his truck is still here at that moment my heart skipped a beat and my whole body tensed up I was sure it was my car they were talking about and now they knew I was in the building their footsteps started running down the hall and I could hear them opening and closing doors they were looking for me it was hard to control myself and

try to calm my breathing I heard them running all over the building knocking down doors and moving things right above me but my moment of greatest Terror was hearing their footsteps start down the basement stairs and then I heard one of them start knocking over boxes and searching everywhere at that moment I crouched down behind the box I was in trying to control my nerves and not make the slightest noise but my heart was pounding so hard I felt like they could hear hear it the guy started to get dangerously close to where I was

and I almost fainted when I heard a box fall just a couple of meters from where I was hiding I'm dead was all I thought at that moment but immediately a faint sound of sirens approaching caught my attention and of course also the attention of the other man at the bottom of the stairs who alerted the one who was in the basement throwing boxes just inches away from me and who probably couldn't hear them for all the noise he was making the man stopped dead in his tracks at his partner's warning voice listened for a

couple of seconds and then they both fled the building I however stayed hidden exactly where I was I was so scared that I didn't dare leave the basement until an officer came looking for me fortunately it only took 2 hours for the two suspects to be caught they refused to say why they had broken into the building but they didn't have to because when they searched the vans that had arrived they found a lot of stolen items safe to say they were not the smartest as they seemed to Simply guess if I had left rather

than just start looking in my van to see if I was there but either way this was the scariest thing I've have ever experienced but fortunately I didn't have to know what would have happened they would have found working in a burger joint was a pretty normal job for a guy like me often the nights were quiet and only a handful of customers would come in for a quick dinner before were closing but that particular night was anything but normal I was alone on the night shift as usual at those hours the flow of customers

was so low that it didn't take more than a single person to cover the shift the clock read 1:00 a.m. when the whole nightmare began tonight had been especially lonely as it had been raining since early in the morning the rain was pounding the windows of the restaurant hard creating a somewhat gloomy Atmosphere by this time I had finished clearing the tables and was about to close when suddenly I saw a lone man standing outside in the pouring rain the guy was wearing a black leather jacket and a hat that hid half of his face

he also had long curly hair which came out in strands from the sides of the Hat he was quite tall and the truth is that his appearance reminded me a lot of Slash the legendary guitarist of the band Guns and Roses but there was something in his appearance and posture that made me shiver still I couldn't refuse a customer entry to the St so I opened the door anyway the man walked in without saying a word he was soaking wet and just looking at him made me feel cold but he didn't seem to mind the

cold because he just walked up to the cashier and ordered a hamburger and a soda he was considerably taller than me so I had to raise my head to look him in the face as he placed the order and when I did I almost had a heart attack the guy had all black scare while the irises were a waterclear gray color my eyes opened wide in shock because in addition to his gloomy appearance this gave him an even creepier touch he looked like some kind of very scary reptilian demon however once the impression passed I

tried to relax after all I knew that all that was not natural clearly this was something cosmetic so to speak and it was not the first time I saw this kind of body modifications in someone but it is not the same in the daytime with the sun shining and the tables full of people then in the middle of the darkness of the night all alone and with the sound of rain and lightning in the background believe me it is a good difference I prepared his order and when I returned from the kitchen I noticed that

the atmosphere in the restaurant was strange as if silence and tension had taken over the place as I delivered the food I tried to engage him in a friendly conversation but the man didn't respond he just kept staring at me something in his gaze made me too uneasy but I decided not to pay much attention to it I only saw that the guy sat in a corner of the restaurant alone and silent I went on with my usual tasks trying to take my attention away from my strange night client but I couldn't help but feel

watched something that made me feel very uncomfortable minutes passed and I decided to look back to his table then I noticed that the man hadn't touched his food he just sat there looking at me with those terrifying eyes I felt like I was in a scene from a horror movie I finally decided to approach him and asked him if everything was okay so I walked over to his table and said is everything okay sir the man looked up but instead of answering he smiled in a very disturbing way as this was a smile that did

not reach his eyes then I saw that his teeth were also modified these were pointed and sharp as knives they looked like those of a shark but beyond that at that moment I knew that something was not right but I could not just leave it there the man fin spoke and his voice was low and creepy I like your restaurant it's a good place to be alone I didn't know what to reply so I just nodded and walked away from his table I walked back to the counter trying to ignore the uneasy feeling that washed

over me from head to toe the night was slowly progressing and the man was still sitting in his Corner not touching his food I decided to call the manager and tell him what was going on but the call was mysteriously cut off before I could say a word I felt like I was trapped in a silent nightmare so I decided to take a break I headed to the bathroom I needed a moment to regain my composure and while I was in there I heard footsteps outside and as I came out I saw the man walking

around the restaurant looking at everything as if he was inspecting every nook and cranny I didn't know what to do but I knew I couldn't stay hidden in the bathroom forever so I went back to the cter and did so the man approached and finally broke his silence you have an interesting place here I really like it his words were unsettling but not because of what he said but rather how he said it as his face seemed expressionless his voice was low and grally and his gaze kept drilling a hole in my face I didn't

know how to respond so I simply said Thank you trying to keep my composure the Clock Struck 2 a.m. and the man still wouldn't touch his food at which point I realized I couldn't let this continue so I asked him if he needed anything else and if he was satisfied with his dinner then the next thing he said left me speechless I need you to show me to the kitchen my heart started pounding I wasn't allowed to show customers the kitchen and something about the way he was asking made me even more uneasy I politely

explained that I couldn't do that because it was against restaurant policy the man didn't flinch he simply got up from his chair and started walking towards the kitchen I reacted as fast as I could and started pressing the panic button behind the counter but I don't know if the button was working as it didn't make a sound or anything so who knows maybe it was broken or maybe it never worked feeling terrified I made a very bad decision I ran after him trying to stop him and begged him not to come in but he didn't

listen to me and when he got to the kitchen he stopped and started looking around as if he was looking for something in that instant I felt caught between my duty to protect the restaurant and the fear that he was consuming me then the man walked over to one of the steak knives we had in the kitchen and picked it up at that moment I knew I had to do something so I grabbed a frying pan and prepared to defend myself although it was clear that I was at a disadvantage do you know what silence

is the Silence of a child can be scary right the guy said to me as he Advanced towards me with his sword straight and knife in hand I prepared to defend myself as best I could with a frying pan but it was no use I was so terrified that I started throwing frying pans wildly and as I did he kept advancing towards me now laughing at how pathetic I surely looked the man snatched the frying pan out of my hand as if I were a child playing with something dangerous like a cornered animal all I

did was fall to the ground crying accepting my fate aware that I could do nothing to defend myself myself from this man in retrospect I know I could have tried to run I could have thrown myself against him or whatever anything would have been better than just surrendering to my aggressor just like that but you know it really is impossible to act logically in a situation like that when fear grips every fiber of your body and all you can feel is desperation the only thing I could think of was that a few hours before I

was thinking only of the moment to go home take a nice bath and lie comfortably in my bed to to rest and watch my favorite series while I prepare myself for another boring day of work but suddenly it was all over now I was condemned to death by a man I didn't know and for no reason I was simply going to be the victim of a sick man who was going to kill me for fun it was surreal as if he knew what I was thinking the man put the knife down on the table and

began to run his hands across my neck enjoying every second of the panic I felt and how helpless I was at that moment I realized something even more maob and that is the knife was just to scare me more but he never intended to use it he just wanted to torture me to make my death last as long as possible I could see in his face and in his sick and twisted eyes how he was going to enjoy what he was about to do to me the guy slowly tightened his hands on my neck and

slowly put more and more pressure slowly I began to Lose My Breath the force on his hands was getting more more intense so I didn't know if I would die first from Suffocation or if my neck would break first all I could think about was my family my girlfriend my pet what each of them were doing now having no idea that I was about to die the pain in my neck was torturous and my vision was blurring I was passing out but suddenly the sound of police sirens became audible Outside The Establishment the man stopped

and his smile was cut short at that that instant he looked at me with a hateful face but he let go of me and began to look around desperately looking for a possible Escape Route but there was none I was trapped as I lay on the floor coughing and trying to catch my breath I heard the officers enter the restaurant the officers approached the man who was now desperately trying to get out through a small hatch at the top of a wall in the kitchen but his Large Size made it impossible for him to get

through so they stopped him immediately without him being able to do anything anything about it apparently the emergency button did work this alerted my boss who saw on the cameras everything that was going on and immediately called the police the man was arrested and taken out of the restaurant in handcuffs he didn't say a word as he was taken away but his horrified look and creepy smile were etched in my mind forever after he was taken away calm returned to the restaurant my manager arrived almost instantly looking very concerned and relieved at the same time

after seeing that he was safe I explained to him what had happened and he thanked me for taking steps to protect the place he assured me that the man would not cause trouble again but I was no longer interested I would never set foot in that restaurant again although the man was arrested I never knew who he was or why he had come to the restaurant that night the experience left me with a lingering sense of unease and fear the silence and the look of that psychopath remained with me long after he was was arrested

that night of Terror at the hamburger restaurant was an experience I will never forget I learned that sometimes evil can lurk in the most unexpected places and that silence can be more terrifying than any scream since then I have never worked the night shift again and I always made sure that the doors to my house were locked because I couldn't help but feel that sooner or later that man would come back to my house to finish what he started I've been a police officer in my county for almost a decade I've seen some crazy and

disturbing things that sometimes make me wonder why I chose this career but what happened that night stuck with me forever it was nearing the end of winter but where I am it's cold until mid spring tonight I was scheduled to patrol the main road in my town for most of my shift on a typical night I would probably stop two or three cars for speeding and otherwise not do much else sometimes a call for backup would come in but usually the patrol shifts were the most boring and uneventful that night I was driving down the

highway doing my usual route until about 2:00 a.m. that's when I passed a car parked on the side of the road that wasn't there before the car was very much on the shoulder of the road and had its lights off and the driver's door open so I didn't see it until I was already passing it I turned at the next exit and made a complete circle which took me 15 minutes before I got got back to where I had seen it I figured it was just an abandoned broken down vehicle that I may not have

noticed before for whatever reason so I was in no hurry I parked behind it about 15 ft away and left the headlights on I looked toward the vehicle and radioed in that I was investigating a presumably empty car on the southbound freeway then got out with my flashlight and walked toward the car the first thing that caught my attention was how old it was it looked like something from the 15th century and was rusted all over as well as being full of dents and scratches I walked towards it approached the driver's side window and held

my flashlight there was no one inside but as I checked I noticed some really disturbing signs the first one there were women's clothes on the back seat there was a jacket jeans a blouse and underwear all the clothes were folded and placed one on top of the other carefully this caught my attention powerfully because it was a complete attire of a woman as if it was arranged there for a woman to wear them or as if a woman had taken those clothes off there I moved to the other side of the vehicle but a faint

sound behind me caught my attention I quickly turned and pointed my flashlight towards the woods surrounding the road and immediately the sound stopped but I had heard it enough to know it was footsteps someone was walking around maybe even looking at me I ducked behind the car and shouted signaling them to move toward the the light with my hands raised a moment passed and then I shouted again but all was silent I felt my heart pounding in my chest as I called to update the department on the situation I stood there looking out into the

woods for a few moments and honestly fearing for my life if something had happened here there would be reason for whoever was there in the woods to try to stop me from finding evidence of a crime or any wrongdoing as I got out I raised my firearm and moved closer behind the car keeping an eye on the tree line but not exposing my entire body the next 5 minutes were brutally stressful but finally another officer arrived on scene and I immediately heard running footsteps further into the woods we immediately set about searching the vehicle and

it was clear that something was going on but searching the woods in the middle of the night while someone probably dangerous was outside was not a safe option instead we set about thoroughly searching the vehicle my instinct told me that we would find something important inside the car we found indicators of violence we found an empty ammunition package a knife a rope duct tape and a pipe and what appeared to be a cocktail of different types of prohibited substances but in addition under the passenger seat we found a woman's tendril and a box of condoms

that appeared to have been chewed open these findings were no less than alarming and just as I feared when I heard the Footsteps in the woods the subject was most likely armed but without a doubt the most worrisome thing is that all these elements together with the women's clothing that was in the back seat were important indicators of a possible crime of a sexual nature fearing the worst my partner and I proceeded to open the trunk of the vehicle and what we found there is something that will remain in my memory forever upon opening the

trunk unfortunately our suspicions were confirmed in the dirty drawer there was the body of a young woman gagged and bound hand and foot with the same type of rope that we found inside the vehicle but the most shocking thing was the state in which the unfortunate victim was found she had her body and face full of bruises and what appeared to be bite marks she also had several broken fingernails a sign that she had defended herself but the most striking and later confirmed cause of death was a horrible dark mark on her neck a sign

that she had been strangled we immediately called the forensic unit to remove the young woman's body the next day we were able to do a more thorough investigation but the car proved to be untraceable however thanks to the tissues found under the victim's fingernails we were able to do DNA analysis by means of which we were able to identify the as salent it was A 42-year-old man who already had a previous arrest record for sexual abuse and illegal possession of weapons it took us only 3 days to find him he was arrested while trying to

cross into another state in a stolen car the victim was identified by but I will Reserve her name out of respect but she was a 21-year-old nursing student whom this psychopath had kidnapped when she was leaving a shopping mall that same night this case really broke my heart and to this day remains one of the most shocking and unfortunate things I have had to see in my entire career to be able to catch this sick man and put him behind bars reminded me why I chose this career and it is precisely my desire to get

these types of pests that seem to have come into this world for the soul whole purpose of causing pain and suffering to people off the streets this girl was a studious hardworking young woman with dreams to fulfill and with a family that loved her but sadly she had to leave this world before her time and in a dreadful way thanks to the wickedness of a despicable human being this case marked me deeply but although there was nothing I could do to give this girl back the life that this degenerate took from her at least I

have the consolation of having contribut Ed to [Music] Justice in 2018 I worked making deliveries for a pizza place near my school I worked most days after school so I could afford to pay my car in rent it wasn't a great job by any stretch but it was good enough to get me through college without being completely broke that night was no different than most at first I checked in at 6:00 p.m. as usual and delivered pizzas for 3 hours straight then took a lunch break and started again at 9:30 I picked up the next

order and started heading up to the place the address didn't look like a house but the route it took me to get there wasn't what I expected it took me further out of town far removed from most of the usual houses and stores this was more like an in a small business center an area full of small Office Buildings and nothing else I drove down the road and really couldn't decipher what the exact address was so I just followed the directions on the GPS and hoped it would take me to the right parking lot in

this way I drove through a rather long parking area until I got to the front of a building and could read that the address matched the one on the order but something was wrong the parking lot was completely empty even the street lights were not on and the office building had no signs of anyone being inside I double checked the address thinking there must be a mistake but everything was fine I even tried Googling it to see if I could find anyone at a nearby location with the same address but no this was it I

parked my car and got out looking around before walking to the glass door of the building I knocked on the door then stepped back and waited it only took a moment before the door opened I was greeted by a middle-aged man who was wearing very casual clothes and had a small smile on his face he suddenly became overly excited and said he was happy that the food had finally arrived because everyone was hungry hungry I looked behind him without seeing anyone else only a light on in the middle of the aisle was visible but I

ignored him and just told him his bill he must have noticed my Curious look behind him because he immediately began to quickly explain that everyone else was in the recreation room on the third floor for a company party I smiled to be polite but the man was talking with overwhelming speed so much so that I almost felt like I had to be Faking It the man pulled out his wallet and handed me the cash for the pizzas along with a $10 tip but when I took the money he asked me for a favor he wanted

me to help him carry the pizzas up to the third floor the guy had put me in a tricky position I had already taken the generous tip so I felt a bit of a commitment to help him but then again carrying a few pizzas isn't exactly a difficult task and it didn't seem necessary for someone else to help him this struck me as too strange rather suspicious this little debate lasted only a few seconds in my head but finally I decided to help him yes I know a very stupid decision the man handed me a

couple of pizzas and started walking in front of me urging me to follow him that I did but as he headed for a door leading to some stairs I stayed behind keeping my distance but following him to the stairwell as I entered I felt a blast of cold air and noticed that all the lights were off only the small hallway light illuminated the entrance to the stairs then the man started to climb but stopped once he realized that I had stopped walking at that point he turned to me and made a joking comment about the

lights but to me he made no thanks and his smile quickly faded once he realized I was no longer going to follow him it was then when I watched in horror as the guy's face contorted into a devilish gesture of absolute rage he tossed the pizzas aside pulled something out from behind his belt and ran towards me all this happened in a split second and the man didn't hesitate for a single instant I threw the pizzas on the floor ran out the door as fast as I could and into the hallway then ran towards the

exit and even faster in the direction of my car fortunately I'm a lean athletic guy and this was a rather Stout man so I got a good head start on the Run once I got into the car I started the engine quickly and I could see the man partially get out the front doors before getting back in and slamming them shut I immediately called the police when when the officers arrived unfortunately the man had already gotten the hell out of there and since he paid in cash there was no way of knowing who he really

was however the office building was completely empty and there was absolutely nothing on the third floor it was completely unoccupied so it was clearly just a trap what he had in store for me on the third floor is something I will probably never know and I hope no one has to know either I used to work at a video store in Los Angeles in the 90s we had quite a few famous clients there even some porn stars as well it was a somewhat crazy work environment that could seem quite unsafe at times but that unpredictability

was only half of its charm I honestly loved the job as well as the peculiar clients that came with it I remember there was one porn star that came in frequently I'll call her Alice so as not to reveal her identity but she was quite well known in the adult film scene she came to the store almost every day but her visits were absolute dread because she only seemed to come when I was working alone and she would always ask me the same question how many of my films did you sell today now she wasn't

asking this in any irrational way she was a little older so she clearly had a whole career behind her she looked and acted like she was crazy but she was also obviously very high every time she came in she usually came in with her mouth open grinding her teeth and her eyes bulged out of her head as if there was some special prosthetic effect on them Alice was too thin from years of substance abuse and probably personal issues with weight and image she also consumed too much alcohol and cigarettes and most of the time she

would come up to the counter and almost yell at me how many of my movies have you sold today she used to repeat this question over and over again with that wacky energy I told Alice over and over again that our computer system would only search movies by title not by actors or actresses but this fact she never seemed to understand and each time she would start yelling at me remember this is 1995 so the computer I used to look things up and check rentals was a dinosaur but it didn't really matter because she always

did the same thing things with her were difficult and repetitive in the end I always ended up accompanying her to the adult section and then she would look every moment looking for the covers of her movies sometimes she would hit on them sometimes she wouldn't and when you didn't she would be furious but when she found one she would start telling anecdotes to all the customers about that movie the things she did with all the money she earned how many superstars she was with and things like that the regular clients already knew her and didn't

pay much attention to her the problem was with the new clients who ended up feeling terrified so she always had to explain to them that she was completely harmless I think gas was even crazier than she seemed this kind of scene played out at least a dozen times a month she wasn't the worst client I had but she became the one I feared the most but then one week she didn't show up at the club as the days went by and there was no sign of Alice I was honestly relieved or at least at first

but then I started to worry about her absence I really came to think that something bad had happened to her I hoped it hadn't but the thought of it made me feel a little bad however a month later when I had practically forgotten her I got a big surprise when I saw her coming through the doors of the club but not only because I saw her again after several weeks but because she looked even worse than before Alice looked like hell first of all she clearly hasn't showered for several weeks maybe since the last time

I saw her you could always tell when she was unbathed because her hair was getting more and more vertical I don't know how else to expl explain it it was like wires due to the amount of grease and grime holding that overly dyed an unkempt hair her clothes are pretty much the same as always sleepware and half sportsare but all this was nothing when I saw her face she had a huge black eye and her eyes themselves were completely wild crazed she had pupils like dinner plates in the outer rim instead of white was tinged

with an intense yellow is that I cannot even describe what her state was I could not tell if she was sick or with more hangover than any human being I have ever seen in my life she approached the counter as usual and started doing the same as always asking me for her movies and as always I replied that I could not find them through the system as it did not allow me to search for them by actresses or actors but by title once again I told her that to find her movies she should go to

the shelf and look for them herself I could not do that for her but that day her reaction was different instead of arguing with me before she started scanning the shelves herself she gave me a look that I did not understand at the time and that I will never forget then she nodded her head and left the store at that moment I thought she would do the same as last time that she would leave and come back after a few weeks I had heard of mentally ill people who were stuck in behavioral Loops maybe visiting

the video store constantly doing the same thing was part of their Loop but how wrong I was the door opened about 30 seconds later and a big tall guy dressed smartly walked in I welcomed him but hesitated this guy seemed to be very angry about something he walked stomping up to the counter and I asked him if there was anything I could help him with the guy put his hands on the counter and I saw that these were studded with shutters with all kinds of gold and silver crusted diamonds between them and then he started

calmly explaining to me that I was the problem and that he was here is a solution this made me nervous my first thought was that he was coming to rob the store so I explained that I'm just an employee and if he wanted the cash from the register or the movies in the back he could have them the guy laughs at me shakes his head and then explains that he was just upset with me because I was bothering his friend the one who was just here a moment ago hearing this really surprised me I had

no idea what kind of relationship there was between this guy and Alice but I explained explained to him that I don't know her at all that she's just a customer who comes in eventually and I try to help her as much as I can but there's no easy way to find her movies and once again I explained to this guy the same thing I did to Alice every time I came to ask about them the guy interrupted me with a wave of his hand and started to say he had already heard every word this guy

had all the look of someone who was connected to the drug business and acted like he was Alice's Handler although I defently she still had a career she was so old there was no way he had her work the kind he did at least not in the '90s I mean I guess there is a market for anything but I had more of a vibe that he had a relationship with her at that point I started debating whether or not to push the store's security button since I wasn't even sure it worked but this one was

down at the other end of the counter and if I moved this guy was going to make me regret it I had a feeling at that point the guy told me Alice's full name and then her stage name then I realized that that way I could locate her in the directory then he asked me what movies I had that she was in obviously I didn't want the same excuses I had already given him before so I logged into the computer next to me opened the inventory list for the whole store and started searching in the

end I had to come up with a lot of rses and it took me almost an hour to find every single tape but I found most of them manually constantly checking the shelves for his hidden copies during this process the guy was all the time following me around without saying a word just watching me collect all the copies in a tub on the counter he cracked his knuckles and circled his neck in intimidation it was only after I started accumulating all the tapes that I realized how extensive Alice's career was she was a mainstream actress

for about 20 years from what I could tell and had been produced by some of the biggest Studios over the decades it occurred to me that this burnout made sense as did the guy behind me I told the guy it would take me a minute and told him the price for all the movies then he asked me what I meant by that I set a charge for the movies I explained that I couldn't let 80 or 90 tapes disappear from our store then the guy picked up the B series of movies with one arm and

slid a gun out of his waistband with the other he looked me up and down and placed the Barrel in front of my face and asked me if we were okay to like this I sighed and replied yes yes what else could he say with a gun pointed in my face the guy walked out of the store and I immediately called my boss and then the police they both showed up 20 minutes later the police took my statement and my boss filed the robbery report then fired me on the spot the truth is the only

thing that hurt me about him firing me is that it wasn't my fault in the first place and secondly I liked my job but nothing else I thought a lot about that guy who was he and why did they want those movies that's something that to this day I don't have an answer for