20 True Scary Train Horror Stories From Reddit 

If you're sitting in a bus or train and the seat next to you is empty, sit in the outside (aisle) seat. If someone wants to sit next to you, offer them the window seat so you're not trapped. If they don't want that, too bad. They can move on. If someone insists you give them your phone number or any other info, firmly say "I don't give out personal information to strangers, no exceptions. " Repeat 'no exceptions' like a broken record if they keep asking and you can't walk away immediately. Quit assuming because someone is larger, that you are powerless against them. There are many sensitive spots on the human body. Educate yourself on simple self defense techniques and carry a taser, pepper spray, or other legal weapon that can be deployed at a distance. If you have a pocket knife, keep it in your hand if you're walking by yourself. Don't be afraid of hurting someone's feelings or causing a scene. If a person is on the up and up, they will respect your boundaries. Well lit spaces, populated areas and busy streets are your friends. Stop traveling on side streets, shortcuts and stop sitting in deserted spaces/empty cars. Pay attention to your surroundings!!!! If it doesn't look/feel right, LEAVE IMMEDIATELY! *steps off soapbox *

Any one else like to listen while falling asleep?😴💤

"Screw this guy, I hope he trips and fall face first into a cactus" I started ROLLIN 🤣🤣🤣🤣

“I hadn’t had any coffee and wasn’t up for conversation “ that’s the most real thing I’ve heard.

41:30 - Her: “One of the guys was behind me, so I couldn’t reverse in my spot.” Me: ... 😑 “Do it.”

She didn’t have coffee everyone!

I hate how parents disregard their children's feelings and downplay the severity of a situation they've been in smh !!!

I need to inform any women listening to this that keys between your fingers will hurt you more than it will hurt a potential attacker. Please don't do this. Now, on the other hand if you have a large key chain, you can hold onto that and swing the keys into your attacker's face. A pair of steel-toed boots are good for kicking shins if you can't reach the balls. You have a set of nails. Imagine digging them into the attacker's bones. You won't actually, but you will scratch much more deeply than if you only think of scratching their skin. Same with biting. Also, it may be tempting to use a knife, but that can be taken from you easily. Save knives for when you're down on the ground and he's up close.

Story 2: They signaled to the conductor they wanted off at the next station...since when did the trains in Britain become buses?

"I am a small weak woman" babes you gotta work on that self confidence

Story 13, that girl expects far too many people to take responsibility for her.

Liked the mama bear against Hannibal hobo

Almost 2 hours?! This is what we like to see 😍

Story at 1:05:00 ish pissed me off. What kind of "friends" are those girls to just abandon this poor girl like that? "Oh, silly me, I forgot to tell you I'm not going to go back with you... And neither is the other girl." "It's not OUR problem you dont want to travel alone and don't have any more money." I hope she isn't going anywhere with those flakes anymore.

your voice makes even the most boring stories seem so good

Girls on Reddit: "so I'm pretty, I'm really pretty, everyone says I'm pretty, very hot, did I mention I'm hot?"

So basically, a train/subway is a predator's hunting grounds. See, this is why I always carry a knife in my pocket.

I love the story with the lady that has her two girls and defended her family with a knife. YOU GO GIRL!!🎉

The guy from story #6 is funny. Him: “Hey...HEY...you’re pretty...like, you’re super hot.” Girl: “I know.” Him: “Well, you’re not THAT pretty.” If she wasn’t, why’d you tell her she was anyway? She obviously wasn’t into him but he kept pushing.

This reminds me of the time I was sitting in a train from Belgium to the Netherlands. It was like a old crappy train covered with graffiti you get the image... It was already around 12 o'clock and there was train was as good as empty. So I took a seed and played some angry birds on my phone, after about 10 minutes some sort of guy walked up to me, and I was pretty sure he was on some sort of drug because the way he walked up to me was creepy as f, yet I didn't freak out or anything he just asked me some questions like where does the train stop next and how late. After I have him the information he just said "okey your soul will be eaten tonight" and walked away. That's not even the fucked up part after I arrived in my home town around 01:34 I walked of the station and crossed a couple of streets i noticed that that fucker was following me, so this time I was panicking because I live like a 5 minute walk away from the station, so I was already pretty close and I didn't want him know where I live. So I dicided to run to nearest shop, luckily he lost me or something. I honestly don't want to know what happened if I didn't noticed him.

I can’t believe so many people see that something isn’t right and ignore it.Let me tell you if something ever seems off and a female is obviously terrified I’m walking my ass over there like “Hey girl,I thought that was you! What did you think about class today? Come sit with me!” 💁🏼‍♀️

“I’m a 7 foot tall male and ReAlly PrEttY”

Honestly the lady that kept saying she hadn't had any coffee sounds insufferable.

That mama bear with the pocket knife is the real mvp🙌👏

I really dont mean to brag, but my Christmas wrapping is incredible. It's like an extension of my soul. It just so happens that my soul is twisted, torn, and barely held together by tape.

Those damn stairs and those forest rangers stories always get me!

"I hope he trips over & falls face first into a cactus" that really caught me off guard 😂

I cannot express how much I love this channel. I am a cartoonist, and spend hours at my desk. Having these engaging, and ofttimes chilling, stories playing while I work is a joy and a blessing. Keep doing what you do. It is certainly appreciated.

When your falling asleep then A 3:00min ad plays so you have to move...

Timestamps💙: 1~ 0:00 2~ 2:10 3~ 5:18 4~ 15:39 5~ 17:40 6~ 21:04 7~ 27:13 8~ 30:34 9~ 30:34 10~ 35:10 11~ 37:28 12~ 43:02 13~ 1:02:22 14~ 1:16:09 15~ 1:17:39 16~ 1:23:09 17~ 1:27:08 18~ 1:29:22 19~ 1:33:33 20~ 1:37:10

I swear people calling themselves "weak" is such a pet peeve of mine...

Could the Hannibal Hobo story have dragged out any longer? Listening to that one was like watching grass grow. That whole story I just kept thinking "get on with it already for fucks sake!"

A couple times I've assisted in telling off some douchebag who's bothering someone on the train. That girl needs to learn to speak up for herself though cause I could tell how that would of panned out on the train. She allowed him to sit next to her, if anyone was to say something he would return with she said it's ok to sit here and then she would say nothing of course so... And she doesn't know that the bald guy wouldn't of done anything if things popped off, and he might know that by confronting him things would escalate and he's not trying to get stabbed over you not having to have some guy ask you a random question every 3 minutes. It sucks people are like this but as the world changes from people standing up for each other and just pulling out cell phones, everyone's gotta learn to stand up for themselves

Is it me or are all these people afraid of just about everything.

That was really nice of that guy to get off at the girl's stop to protect her. I don't miss living in big cities I'm perfectly happy with the small town (population of 300) that I live in.

Literally got on RU-vid to listen to let’s read on the three hour car drive. But a let’s read notification pops up before I can🙌🙌🙌🙌👌✨✨✨✨✨

I have found out the quick way to get creeps like this away. Stare at them back with the strangest look possible. Smile as if you were the joker. And say the wildest most violent thing towards them that you can think of. This scares the crap out of most predators. Because now they see YOU as the hunter... trust me its worked for me over and over. It helps if u have a insane laugh to go with it.

If you are scared and totally creeped out, i'm begging you plssss forget being so polite...

Trains are actually dope af. Some of the best and worst people. It feels like life in a nutshell.

Im tripping my brains out on blodder acid.... LSD whoa!!! This is fun it's like your right here with me telling me scary stories!!

Please do more hiking stories with real People

Love hearing a story where a creep gets spritzed with a lil mace 🥰 good for her.

Story 12 really had me on the edge of my seat. I grew up in a chaotic environment and practically had to raise my youngest brother for two years. Now I'm more protective of him than I am of anyone or anything else and he means the absolute world to me. That feeling you get when your kid or someone you care about is in danger and you have a chance to protect them is like nothing you can describe. You just feel your heart pounding in your chest, and every thought goes silent as you prepare to just spring into action.

I listened to many a podcast "let's read " is the only one that has a sound in between stories. I love that. The others just drop off and silence . If I'm not near my phone idk if it's done or my earbuds go silence some times causes them to disconnect because there's no sound. So thank you Joel or "let's read "!!!

My phone is off, so I download the stories to listen to. I try others like swampy & them too, but nobody is as soothing as Let's Read lol

Screaming fire also doesn't help. People will look - just like they'd do if you scream for help - but as soon as they don't see fire they turn away again.

Hey man, i really appreciate what you do. Its hard to come by reddit readers that aren't a Copy-paste-into-TTS, love the voice too; great for sleeping to. Keep up the amazing work!

Lets read is on fire !!! Multiple videos in such a short amount of time Also just came home from drinking all night I’m pretty wasted tbh but hey atleast let’s read uploaded

I've always really loved the animations for your intros. They're always really cool. Especially the one with the tv and the freaky deer head 😄

immediately clocked story #6 (cosplayer on the train) as calgary lmao

I find some of these stories so frustrating. I used to walk/bus/hitch alone a lot. And I learned to give the evil glare. I'd say NO if some creep wants to sit next to me. I assume some of the story tellers are very young. But I taught my kids it's fine to be rude to creeps.

stop about not having a coffee ffs

Why are people saying this girl who didn’t have coffee is a bi*ch? She was acting aggressive because she was scared, this random dude was being a creep and she didn’t have patience for it. Just because she wasn’t timid about it like most would be doesn’t mean she’s a bad person. She just wanted him to go away.

Cars, Planes, and Trains oh my. Thanks for the vid Let's Read! :)

Scary snow storm outside. Time to listen

Lol "I'm so scared let me give this creepy stranger my personal info"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 wtf people its your fault now

I love these long stories 😀

At the end of every story you hear the train go choooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Love the interlude, it’s so dreamy

Story 6. Thank you to the stranger who helped her out. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Dang it I was hoping this was going to be like scary CARGO train stories... Not just a bunch of ‘let’s not meet’ tales that every normally-abled adult has experienced at least a couple of times in their lives. I’ve experienced scarier stuff at public schools in Washington. Lol.

35:21 what are you wearing “jay from the suburbs”? 😂

Appreciate the tips of instead screaming HELP, say FIRE and also car's alarm on..thankyou

I love the good Samaritans who help random strangers

The one where the girl accidentally got into the wrong car is terrifying. Guys following her with baseball bats and getting into the wrong car of a guy with a machete!!!! So many ways this could’ve gone wrong

I like the fact that you switch up your intros on every video, even though I'm partial to the retro ones! ;)

When you train it tends to go off the rails

"I know I'm pretty" conceded much.

These videos get me through my long work days ❤️

She hadn't had coffee and she knows she's pretty. Ugh....what a gross combination

I burst out laughing when she said “fight me “ I say ish like that what I’m scared and mad so people have no idea wtf is about to happen lol

“Creepy Hannibal Hobo.” Love it! 😂

I love your voice! I work from home and listen to these while I work and shower.

Yay more stories

Yesss I have listened to so many stories from this channel and finally a swiss person appears lol

Story 12. Grateful to mama bear! She was incredible!

Hey! You did the creepy railroad stories, awesome!

Amazing! I'm literally creeped out

I love listening to these stories the time 💕

Have to say I really love ur narration voice...ur really talented ty

Story about the Canadian student in the UK: It's called Central London, not downtown London!

I was walking down the alley-way.. Then he came. To my horror, he found me. Thomas the Train was charging at me at 5mph.

Trains 🚂 are scary 👻👻👻 Love the video ready 🥰🥰🥰

I will NEVER understand a parent not taking their daughter seriously when they express concern about a strange encounter with a man! Why the hell not?? Unless your child is a bleeding liar....even then! I keep hearing that over and over again while listening to these stories. Unbelievable!! I really hate that!!

Oh yeah, another Let’s Read video. Who loves Let”s Read.

Good scary suspense stories thank you

when ever some one runs at me i lift my leg at a 90 degree angle so when they get stopped by my foot

Yesss thank you this is my life atm thank you

That badass mom story made my life!!!!

Just what I needed😪

1:00:55 probably the most scariest threat a man could ever experience 😂

Geat original collection!🚉🚇

Great video

Ahhh the obligatory stranger handshake... pre covid social conduct 😭

Coffee lady didn't deserve to be creeped on like that, but you can tell she's a total Karen.

I’m high and sleep this is beautiful

Story 3: girl you need to work on your fight instincts.

So the boy unintentionally bumped into an elderly person and could not even say sorry 🙄

Giving a new meaning to "revenge bod" 👌

Some of the girls in these stories tick me off. If you act like a helpless target you become a target. Making “panic eyes” at random strangers isn’t a way to save yourself. Most people looked away not because they are heartless, but because they didn’t know why you were looking at them weird and weren’t aware of what the hell “panic eyes” are. Predators prey on the weak. Don’t make yourself a victim.