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The Scarecast

Bedtime Story #24: Don't You Miss The Grimace Shake?

The Scarecast

Michael Crutchfield

True Crime, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Step into a world where McDonald's nostalgia takes a dark and twisted turn. In this chilling bedtime story, we explore the story of a peculiar customer's obsession with the 'Grimace Birthday Meal.' Discover the unsettling origins of the character Grimace, once known as 'Evil Grimace,' and the disturbing events that follow. From eerie dreams to a horrifying confrontation, this podcast episode will keep you on the edge of your seat. Get ready to question the thin line between reality and nightmare in this gripping tale of obsession, mystery, and the macabre.

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This story was written by Ryan Major (follow him on Twitter @rcmajorwriting)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you hosting a summer barbecue? A backyard movie night? A slip-in slide party serving

0:05.6

apparel spritzes? Whatever you're hosting, don't do it without drizzly. You go to app for drink

0:11.7

delivery. With a drizzly, you can shop local stores and compare prices on beer, wine, and spirits,

0:19.3

then get them delivered to your door. Boom! Posting handled. Now, before you go back to folding

0:25.2

napkins, download the drizzly app or go to drizzly.com. That's D-R-I-Z-L-Y.com. Today must be 21 plus

0:37.1

not available in all locations. The Grimmest Shake. Written by Ryan Major.

0:48.9

Did you know that when McDonald's initially introduced Grimmest? He was actually called Evil Grimmest.

0:54.6

The man asked me as I restocked the condiments below the counter. He had come into the store every day

1:02.2

in order to Grimmest's birthday meal. And then all my years as a McDonald's manager,

1:09.0

I never had a stranger customer. He originally had four arms and stole moustaches from children.

1:17.3

Can you believe it? Yeah, I said, doing my best to ignore him. He was a nice enough guy,

1:25.8

but he had been in every day that corporate made us sell those shitty moustaches.

1:32.1

There were vanilla soft serve ice cream and some awful berry flavored mix.

1:38.0

Slap a limited time only sign outside and people come running.

1:42.4

I don't think. Seems like I remember reading that somewhere. The promotion was mostly a lot of trouble.

1:51.4

Trouble? The man asked. Still milling awkwardly in front of the register.

1:58.0

He hadn't ordered anything yet and I hoped he would hurry up. The store was a disaster

2:04.0

after the lunch rush and two of my closers had called in for the evening. How could such a fun

2:10.5

thing ever be trouble? I told them that corporate had sent us a Grimmest suit to advertise the

2:18.0

promotion. Jake, a sophomore at the local high school, came in every day after class and

2:25.9

put the suit on to dance around on the sidewalk and pass out samples of that purple slop.

2:33.1

But that lasted about two days before the kid had vanished.

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