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Something Scary

Death By Doppelganger

Something Scary

Snarled and Underscore Talent Management

Fiction, Arts, True Crime

4.88.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode will leave you seeing double. Sapphire shares a true encounter from a young teen working late one night at a fast food chain, a cautionary tale about meeting your doppelganger, a bedtime story about a spirit named Johnny, and a university being taken over by look a-likes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, Ottings. This is the Something Scary podcast. I'm your Atte Sapphire. Today's episode

0:06.4

will leave you seeing Double. These are stories about doppelgangers. We'll begin with a strange

0:12.7

encounter at a drive-through late one night, then learn about the dangers of meeting your own

0:17.8

double, learn how to avoid Johnny, and try to stop doppelgangers taking

0:22.7

over at a university. I receive hundreds of amazing story submissions every single week. As always,

0:29.8

the first story you hear is one that I've chosen to animate and post over at YouTube.com slash

0:35.2

snarled. Then I read a few more stories for the podcast.

0:39.3

If you have a tale you're dying to share,

0:41.3

send me an email at something scary at snarled.com.

0:45.3

So, want to hear something scary?

0:52.3

The following tale comes from Megan and is inspired by a real experience she had while working late one night.

1:03.0

I used to work at a popular fast food chain, emphasis on the used to.

1:09.0

I had my share of wild interactions with customers, people yelling at me,

1:13.1

people starting fights in the eating area. But as intense as those times were, nothing was as weird

1:19.2

and unexplainable as this one night, the night that made me quit. This particular location

1:25.7

was open for 24 hours and I was working the overnight shift. It was just me and my manager, Stacy.

1:32.3

Hey, I'm gonna take a nap in the break room. You got things under control, right? I trust you. And with that, I was left alone behind the counter.

1:42.3

I was pretty sleepy myself and decided to make some hot coffee to stay awake.

1:47.0

A few minutes later, a man and a woman who appeared to be in their 20s walked in.

1:52.0

They were wearing dark colors and lots of layers, almost like they didn't want to attract any attention.

1:58.0

I threw on my best smile and greeted them. Welcome. I'll help you when

2:03.3

you're ready. They both ignored me, which was pretty standard for most customers, so I didn't take any

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