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They Warned Me About the Service Elevator... I Should_ve Listened
Published 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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The service elevator was old—a creaking, rusted cage tucked behind the stairwell where no one ever looked. The building manager warned me: "Don't use it. It's not safe." But I was late, my arms were full, and the main elevator was out of order. I stepped inside and pressed the button for the basement. The doors closed. And then the elevator didn't stop. It kept going down—past the basement, past the sub-basement, past any floor that should exist.
In this chilling episode, we explore true stories of service elevators, freight lifts, and the forgotten spaces they connect to. From a hospital service elevator that opened onto a floor with no lights and no patients, where a nurse heard her name whispered from the darkness, to a hotel freight elevator that took a maintenance worker to a room filled with old furniture and a single, freshly made bed. We examine the case of a young man who vanished after taking the service elevator in his apartment building—his key card was found on the floor of the car, but he was never seen again. And we uncover the urban legend of the "13th floor" that exists only in service elevators, a place where the building's secrets are kept and where the things that live there don't want to be found. These are the stories of what happens when you take the wrong elevator—and when it takes you somewhere you were never meant to go.
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In this chilling episode, we explore true stories of service elevators, freight lifts, and the forgotten spaces they connect to. From a hospital service elevator that opened onto a floor with no lights and no patients, where a nurse heard her name whispered from the darkness, to a hotel freight elevator that took a maintenance worker to a room filled with old furniture and a single, freshly made bed. We examine the case of a young man who vanished after taking the service elevator in his apartment building—his key card was found on the floor of the car, but he was never seen again. And we uncover the urban legend of the "13th floor" that exists only in service elevators, a place where the building's secrets are kept and where the things that live there don't want to be found. These are the stories of what happens when you take the wrong elevator—and when it takes you somewhere you were never meant to go.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dr-nosleep--7309795/support.