This is Avery After Dark, and today's episode is a new series called Tell Me a Scary Story.

Many of you have requested more spooky stories, and this is exactly what this series is all about.

Each episode is three scary short stories that will leave you sleeping with one eye open.

I'll still be doing the weekly podcast episodes as well.

Don't worry, just adding these in for your listening pleasure.

If you want to check out the full episode with video and photos,

check out the Avery After Dark YouTube episode,

placing that here in the show notes.

Without further ado, let the show begin. Have you ever been driving

through the middle of nowhere? Maybe you were on a road trip or just got lost on the way to your

destination. There's something about being somewhere so unfamiliar. Next time you sat out for a trip,

beware. You may be in for a scare. This is the house with the red door.

Jack was set to make a road trip from Texas to Georgia. He was going to stay with his brother for the

summer. The two had plans to go fishing, camping, and he was really looking forward to it. His brother

was his best friend, and they hadn't seen each other as much lately living so far apart.

He was going to make the drive solo, as he enjoyed the time to himself. Jack started out for the

12-hour drive at 5 p.m. as soon as he got off work. His plan was to make it as far as he could that

evening, pull off to a hotel when he got tired, and make the rest of the trip the next day. He'd been driving for about five hours.

It was dark, but he felt he could go another hour or two and then he'd pull off.

When all of a sudden, he felt it.

His tire completely blew out.

He gripped the steering wheel tightly as he pulled off the road.

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