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Nightmares

Bad Friends

Nightmares

Incongruity

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On March 12, 2000, in Spearfish, South Dakota, nineteen-year-old Chester Allan Poage agrees to a night that seems harmless… until it isn’t. In a secluded pocket of the Black Hills, it’s hard for a trusting kid like Chester to tell the difference between friends and predators.

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0:00.0

Chester steps into a house that isn't his.

0:10.5

The air inside is stale and warm, stagnant with cigarette smoke.

0:16.9

A television buzzes somewhere, low and constant.

0:21.6

The lighting is dim and yellow, throwing inky shadows across furniture that looks worn in,

0:27.6

like it's been slept on for thousands of nights.

0:31.6

They've only just arrived.

0:33.6

It should feel like a continuation of the night. Another stop.

0:38.1

Nothing serious.

0:39.8

They're just hanging out and killing time.

0:43.2

That's what Chester thinks at least, until the chatter amongst the group abruptly stops.

0:49.3

That's when one of his friends, Elijah, pulls out a small pistol and points it right at him. Elijah orders him

0:56.7

to get on the floor. Chester's body moves before his mind can argue. Confused, he starts to lower

1:03.9

himself, palms out, trying to do exactly what he's told. Elijah speaks for the group, calm and blunt, like he's already decided.

1:13.8

He tells him, matter-of-factly, we're jacking you of all your stuff. Chester doesn't even get a

1:20.3

chance to fully hit the ground before another of the boys kicks him in the face, hard enough that

1:26.6

one of his teeth flies from his mouth. The room

1:29.7

lurches. The sound collapses into ringing, and the night drops out from under him. His vision

1:38.7

goes black. Welcome to Sword and Scale Nightmairs, True Crime for Bed bedtime. When nightmare begins now.

2:09.0

Let's talk about something most people don't think about until it's too late. If you drink,

2:15.3

even occasionally, you already know how unpredictable the next morning can be.

2:22.3

Sometimes you're fine. Sometimes you're not. That's where liqueur comes in.

2:30.6

Lecure makes gummies designed to help prevent hangovers by supporting your body while

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