Get to the Lifeboats or Die Trying!

Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep

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🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Tito thought the worst part of his morning was losing his beloved Burmese python, Shakira. He was wrong. When her severed head bit him in a final, venomous twitch, something inside him changed. His fevered body spasmed, his mind clouded, and soon, black bile was pouring from his mouth—right onto the lobsters bound for a luxury cruise. Now, aboard the Joyride, vacationers expecting paradise find themselves trapped in a floating nightmare. Passengers transform—moaning, hissing, their tongues flicking like snakes. As chaos erupts, a desperate stepdad must protect his family and fight to escape before the infection claims them all. Author: Dave Kavanaugh Huge thanks to our sponsors: BetterHelp: This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Head to betterhelp.com/dns to get 10% off your first month. Acorns: Head to acorns.com/nosleeppod or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today. * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #drnosleep #scarystories #horrorstories #doctornosleep #truescarystories #horrorpodcast #horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Talk to nice sleep.
0:01.0	Tito was having a very bad day, and it was still only 5 a.m.
0:07.0	He was driving to the docks, speeding along the highway in the dark, desperate not to be late for work.
0:14.0	Tito didn't exactly love his job, but he needed the money.
0:19.0	His true life's passion was caring for the exotic reptiles
0:22.6	that he kept in the house he shared with his cousin, just outside Palm Beach, Florida.
0:27.6	Providing for dozens of venomous pythons, giant anacondas, and hungry monitor lizards, wasn't cheap.
0:35.6	He couldn't risk losing his job.
0:39.3	So even though he felt completely heartbroken at the moment,
0:42.3	not dimension, nauseous and feverish,
0:45.3	he pulled off the highway into the catering warehouse parking lot
0:49.3	and hurried inside to clock in.
0:51.3	Sweat dripped from his forehead into his eyes as he pulled on his apron,
0:56.5	hairnet, and rubber gloves. He winced as the glove rubbed up against the two puncture marks
1:02.9	on his left wrist. The skin there was hot, swollen, and bruising more every minute. Tito felt
1:10.6	the urge to vomit and held it in, swallowing hard
1:13.6	and marching over to join his colleagues at the tanks. They got to work, scooping live
1:19.6	lobsters out of the tanks, snapping rubber bands around their claws, then placing them into plastic crates for the morning delivery.
1:26.6	Tito found it difficult to concentrate.
1:30.3	Tears came into his eyes. One hour earlier, he had awoken to the sound of a dog whimpering,
1:37.3	and stumbling from his bedroom, he had discovered a waking nightmare. His beloved Burmese python, Shakira, had escaped her shelf during the night.
1:49.0	His cousin's pit bull must have found the snake in the living room.
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