I stepped into an old mall elevator for a quick ride to the third floor. Five minutes later, the lights died, the emergency phone crackled to life, and a voice started reciting my secrets back to me.

I’m telling this because I still don’t understand how it knew so much. One moment I was exhausted, leaning against the wall, waiting for the doors to open. The next, the elevator shuddered, the lights flickered out, and the emergency ballast bathed everything in a sickly red glow.

If you like claustrophobic horror, uncanny encounters, or stories where something uses your own past against you, press play. I take the stairs now. Always.

Not for kids - listener discretion advised.

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