Something Was Wrong With the Silent Man on the Subway | 2 Short Horror Fiction Stories!

A bored New York commuter who passes the time on the A train by quietly sorting his fellow riders into types becomes fixated on one unremarkable man whose blank stillness never breaks — a man who takes the same seat in the same car to ride to the end of the line and right back again — until the need to know what he really is pulls the commuter off his own route and down into the tunnels after him.

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FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: "The Statues" — Forced to babysit his toddler cousin in his aunt's house full of religious statues, a teenager finds a black gargoyle crouched in the baby's room that his aunt swears she never owned — right before she starts screaming at him to get the child out. *** "The Strangers" — A bored subway commuter who passes the time sorting strangers into types becomes obsessed with one blank, silent man who rides to the end of the line and back for no reason — until learning what he really is pulls him down into the tunnels after him.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:00:58.163 = The Statues
00:14:23.981 = The Strangers (On The Subway) ***
00:50:09.127 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“The Statues” by Sammy Ruiz: https://tinyurl.com/ydxzvtfm
“The Strangers” submitted anonymously to Creepypasta.com: https://tinyurl.com/ycv86sfs
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Originally aired: July 02, 2020

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