The Warning Woods has haunting horror stories that are sure to linger with you long after listening.

I'm Miles Tridal, writer and narrator of The Warning Woods.

Each week, I write an original scary story and share it with you.

If you're into scary stories, you need to check out The Warning Woods.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Just search for the Warning Woods and click play at your own risk.

With something like 5 million podcasts, finding a really good one can take a ton of time. So let me recommend one. It's called

Something You Should Know. I'm the host, Mike Carruthers, and in each episode, we discuss topics

that can be really helpful, like how to read people better, the psychology of crowds, or fun things

like The Story of Legos, or why you probably wouldn't be here if

it weren't for horses. Something you should know is the name of it, wherever you get your

podcasts.

Hey there, friend, you're back on Adrenaline Realms Thriller Channel. I'm still your host,

Neil Heligers, and this is False Idols, episode 21. Enjoy.

Layla burst out of the hospital, her eyes stinging with tears, her breath coming in short, sharp gasps. A few people

looked at her with sympathy as she hurried down the long hospital driveway. Her tears baffled her.

After all, she'd hardly known, Alberto. They'd met only a handful of times. But as the words and images

from the news report returned to her,

she felt stabbed by the unmistakable sharp pangs of grief. She ducked under the shade and

protective cover of a palm tree at the end of the driveway. She covered her face with her hands,

as if doing so could shut out the images from the news.

But the pictures flashed incessantly in her mind.

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