I got a job EXPLORING Caves. This is my SCARIEST Story.

[@FenrirVampire]

dude, believe me, i love both your content and the way you narrate the stories. So dont take this the wrong way when i say that i thank you for choosing a story without rules for a change

[@adr5157]

I came here to say the same thing. With much respect, please slow tf down on the "rules" stories.

[@StarBrained]

I think those of us that regularly listen to creepypastas are burnt out on them, but there’s a new bunch of viewers coming in that love them. Creators can see a lot about trends, so I’m sure there’s a reason. I’ve noticed a lot of channels doing them, so I just skip over those videos

[@M_Alexander]

Yeah, I don't mind the _premise_ of rules stories but not a lot of them are told well. I don't feel like it works when someone is given a literal numbered list and then events play out exactly as written

[@extremeencounter7458]

Same exact sentiment from me, just got done typing a comment regarding it. I hadn’t clicked a Lighthouse video so fast in so long lmao

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

LOL. Yeah, the rules thing has been turned into an overused cliche. "You didn't follow the rule!" It's like I sometimes want to drop kick the rules to the next state.

[@cassandrawright2781]

This is giving me all sorts of anxiety!!!! Damn it people!! Stay out of caves and the woods and the forest and space!! Damnit, just stay home and listen to creepypastas. Great narration as always ❤❤❤❤

[@yesterdayitrained]

Good advice- terrified advice, but still good 😂

[@LS-um3zq]

And stop arguing with your gut because you have to satisfy your curiosity!

[@Rio-lw2zj]

My parents gave me a list of rules to survive while home alone. I think there's something evil in these walls

[@DRGreen-ps7eh]

Great story. You and your team are my favorites, youtube and podcasts. I'm an old (74) arthritic hick, and reading/listening is about all I can do well, y'all are a godsend.

[@occupyislam1657]

God bless!

[@TheBrokeDiggerGaming]

45 and broke from the military..i echo your sentiments. Hope you hear another 1000 stories or more.

[@pegallen6983]

@@TheBrokeDiggerGaming Great stories are truly what makes the world go round. I just can't hear enough It's good to know others truly feel the same way. Here's to many more stories 🍹

[@yesterdayitrained]

These stories are alive, and a lifeline. Good wishes to all!

[@AEInYOU]

These protagonists really need to bring extra batteries

[@lukapetrovic412]

And/or a few glow sticks

[@crystalm4324]

The thing is…. He DID! He packed extra batteries AND a second flashligh. So wtf🤣😱😂. I kept wondering why he didn’t switch to his other flashlight 🔦. It’s a hard rule btw, that you should never enter any cave with less than two flashlights and a head lamp on your helmet. Now if the Author had mentioned that he dropped his backpack in his haste and terror to get away silently….then that would’ve taken care of the flashlight loophole. Editors folks - this what they’re for, not letting this stuff slide.

[@FiresCollide]

Right? It's always "I'm gonna go into a dangerous situation, tell no one where I've gone, and rely on a piece of old equipment with a single battery."

[@hennies9509]

Merry Christmas, Lighthouse, and everyone who listens to the stories.

[@Unkdrefinest]

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@TheTrueUlfhednar]

And a happy new year my friend!

[@yesterdayitrained]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS]

Happy Halloween!🎃🙃

[@MichelaRosato-pl8lz]

​@@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORShappy Easter 🐰🐣🎉

[@vanetruescarystories]

This story had me gripping the edge of my seat. The suspense and eerie details were so vivid, I felt like I was right there with you. This truly sounds like a nightmare come to life

[@suzannec713]

Good to know that I'm not the only one having a panic attack and feeling like I'm in the cave with him! 😂

[@mechanism1]

Finally, a story without rules 😭

[@ConservativeSatanist666]

Glad it's not just me..

[@Jroc3578]

Yay! I graduated highschool with help from Spelunking. I didn't try very hard or not at all with homework but I tested very well and liked literature. I had to make up my credits with 3 years of summer school, a semester of night school to take advantage of an extra credit for work study program as I had a job, and one correspondence course. I needed one credit. Anything I found in the course selection. Spelunking. Cave exploration. I graduated highschool with one last credit from an online course in Spelunking. True story.

[@dallasquintana9226]

Scary stuff bud. Couldn't go myself, I'd have a heart attack. Too small of spaces in those things. I hope your trips are safe. Happy New Year!

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

Good evening everyone! Have a great weekend! ✌🏼🙏🏻☃️

[@soulreaver1983]

😊

[@NightFallFrights114]

(10:10): Jack, your ability to convey fear and excitement in your storytelling is unmatched. I can't wait to see where your next adventure takes you!

[@kadoj]

Good stuff. Better than usual, even. And, I've seen a couple others in the comments say this already, but I'm quite happy there wasn't a single darn rule in the whole story. Breath of fresh air, that. Not that I dislike all of the rules based stories, mind you, but good grief there have been far too many of them as of late. Everywhere, just to be clear. Not just this channel. But yeah. A good change of pace, in my humble opinion.

[@shroompicn-shrooman]

Yes I love getting notifications from Lighthouse Horror!

[@caffiend554]

Went on a boat ride in a cave in TN. Caves are weird and creepy. Spelunking is not for me. Nope. Nope. Nope.

[@jasonalba5768]

I love your content. Please never stop. I like listening when im falling asleep 😊 it's great, thanks, man.

[@chrisfitch4463]

That was a good story Steven. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate all you do to get these stories to us. 💖💖💖

[@MichelaRosato-pl8lz]

45 min story!!!! Nothing about wrapping, unwrapping 🎄🎁🦌 Just peace & quite❤❤🎉

[@Thebroke.n.farmgirl]

What a great story. You are a master at telling these Stephen. Thank you.

[@CKlegion7272]

I'll save this one for a bit later. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@courtneylane7639]

So.glad this is a normal spooky story and not another rules video. Ans this was a good one. Had me on the edge of my seat th minute those coffins opened.

[@arnehusby1420]

This was a really scary story. I am a fan of your stories and wish you a happy new year. Greetings from the cold and dark Norway.

[@barbaramcelfresh2185]

Good Evening Stephen, I love these long stories you really know how to tell a story with your voice. So Thank You.

[@soulreaver1983]

Happy Holidays Lighthouse and everyone!🙂🌲

[@Allie_phelps]

Happy Holidays. Hope you and your family has a very happy, healthy holiday

[@thehutch7728]

Happy holidays to you as well!

[@soulreaver1983]

​@@Allie_phelps🙂👍🏻

[@soulreaver1983]

​@@thehutch7728🙂👍🏻

[@jorenthar9186]

Cave exploring gives me anxiety. Oddly, this story made me forget about it 😂

[@thebluerose7648]

It terrifies me , especially how at the beginning when he says "the earth swallowed me whole" underground and under the ocean scare me the worst.

[@elkelewtschuk9894]

Your storytelling is hitting a new creepy. Happy New Year all.

[@maryannebphillips9124]

That was an excellent story!

[@allysonburns6214]

Happy New Year Stephen and all the LHH fans!

[@Lowang_Productions]

This is a really good one ! Thanks Stephen !!

[@ThreeOne2]

This was the best vampire story I’ve heard on KZbin platform, best story period in quite a while. Good Work.

[@lisar7630]

Great story love the vampires theme. Thank you.

[@janeh1431]

Well, that was absolutely horrifying. Thank you for the fabulous narration and great story. 😊

[@aaronweaver9751]

Episode One of Buried With Children. Kudos for the narrator and author 🎉🎉🎉

[@darkangel6742]

Ugh these cave, whether it be aboveground or ocean caves, creepy me out... You're killing me, Stephen, lol .. great upload! Have an awesome night everyone!!

[@GreenGoddess4200]

Thank you, Stephen. I have been waiting on this all day.

[@JonathanCrider]

FWIW, I really like the Lighthouse idea. I can listen to these stories in the background as I'm doing other things, but when the story ends, and it's time to check the current "occupancy" of the Lighthouse, I can't help but switch back to see if any of the characters made the cut. I hope that you'll keep it up - I know you can only do so with your own stories, but please keep at it when you can.

[@theninjacalledbasilisk7770]

I loooove this story!!

[@adahowlett8350]

Thanks for an Excellent story, and an Awesome narration. Loved it!! ❤❤❤

[@patrickchavez3848]

Awesome story, I was hoping it would be something other then a cross or silver that saved him. Like maybe they're not just extraordinarily allergic to sunlight but ALL light where even a flashlight or for our friends across the pond a torch would burn their skin! That would have been awesome! 😊

[@dantekinkade8765]

good to see that good is catching up to evil.

[@stewartlow2664]

Laid in bed listening trying to drift off to sleep,I sleep with my rosary around my wrist and the crucifix in my hand always it’s like a security blanket for me, the heebie jeebies I felt when it came up in this story gave me an instant sweat 😳 had to calm myself by thinking we’ll at least I’m prepared should this ever be me 😂

[@dantesombra9463]

That background music at 35:20 goes hard every time Stephen uses it for a story 👻

[@gregg4600]

We love your Classic style Stephen!! Encore!

[@sydneyrose6455]

Dang it. When he mentioned a wooden box, my first thought was 😆 pirate treasure! But then he mentioned it was a coffin. I get that it’s sometimes normal for caves to be grave sites or ritualistic burial grounds but dang. It probably could’ve been some other stolen treasures or money from cowboys and others.

[@James-o4l]

They were vampires

[@sydneyrose6455]

@ I know I finally finished listening to it just a moment ago. Makes me wonder why he decided to open the coffins in the first place. Grave robbing?

[@choppsticc]

@@sydneyrose6455because that’s what you do when you find random coffins just sitting in a cave where there aren’t supposed to be any, especially just sitting out in the open in the cave lol. You open them.

[@biadefaturiyele8600]

Nice one thanks

[@yesterdayitrained]

@@sydneyrose6455 Dude explained in the story- curiosity.

[@suzannec713]

It's been a while since a story gave me a panic attack and a sense of claustrophobia at the same time...well done!!👏🏽👏🏽 Felt like I was in the cave and unprepared with him!

[@susanbutler2542]

Thank you very much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AmilyseLee]

I agree with you, from that story over on your other channel; cave exploration terrifies me more than spiders. And I dislike spiders very strongly, with extreme irrational prejudice. 😮

[@suitov]

These dumb protagonists really don't take ten seconds to think about how not to sound crazy to law enforcement. "I ran into some drugged-up couple in that cave. They were yelling threats at me, stank like weed and spoiled meat, and they even had kids. Had what looked like coffins in there too so God knows what they're doing." (You throw the drugs in there so they think they'll get an easy bust, because the child welfare stuff sadly isn't likely to get them moving.)

[@lekhaclam87]

Also didn't he find human bones in the cave? A family of drugged-up crazy cannibals.

[@FayeObryant6640]

Excellent story!!! Very well orated, a story that keeps the listener waiting and wanting more. Thank you

[@FiresCollide]

I love how Stephen's priests are always Irish haha. From the meeting of the priest to the end, it had a bit of a 'Salem's Lot vibe, which I dig.

[@connied1192]

2005 The Descent is the scariest movie because I HATE Caves. Only thing worse are underwater caves. 😒

[@I_Love_DogsToooMuch]

Ooo definitely going to watch that movie then lol

[@elainam3892]

Ooh finally a story that isn't a rules one and a vamp one too ❤ you're the best.

[@leneecasteel2541]

Hi Stephen!! I hope you and all your horror fans had a very merry Christmas! Wishes to everyone for a Happy New Year! I love vampire stories ❤️ , thank you Stephen. Good ones are few and far between, this one is a good one!

[@ConservativeSatanist666]

I have an entire folder of cave exploring gone wrong.. as much as I hate claustrophobic spaces it's perfect for eating too lol *Except for the one episode where they were caving and got stuck with mosquitoes. That one kind of bothered me😅

[@deadham5tr740]

The Lighthouse Keeper of Horror is back with another creepy tale to get your goosebumps tingling…. Try listening to this one in the dark. See if you can get through the whole story without turning on the lights! ☠️👹👻🤡

[@chrisfitch4463]

I always listen in the dark. Best way 🤣😂🤣

[@Unkdrefinest]

What a great story keep them coming, Stephen.

[@blwolz8772]

That was a great story. And your narration was so believable. I felt your fear. Thanks for all the work you put into the stories. Your the man. I rarely listen to anyone else anymore.

[@TENZEN._.]

Stephen & team, THANK YOU for a BRILLIANT TALE! You all do OUTSTANDING WORK! 💎⚡️🌊🕳️🗿👊😎🗿🕳️🌊⚡️💎

[@yiquitipr1627]

These are the type of stones that I like thank you so much

[@faenare]

nooooo, I just missed catching this live....oh well now to listen my favorite creepy story teller.🥰🥰😎😎

[@jessf.9759]

LH always delivers. Thanks man!!

[@Haywire-Alguire]

People in coffins in a cave. Could be Vampires. 👀

[@kentworch]

Thank you Stephen for another awesome pasta. Top notch work as always, and definitely loved this one. Thank you for making my night. 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@SandiL-]

Your narration and animation is amazing! Another fascinating story. Thank you for your hard work producing this video for us.

[@Savage_Furya_1312]

Great story! Thanks for sharing it with us! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Much love from SWLA 💚😘

[@Palladian-1881]

You'd sure think they'd've believed Jack at the gas station

[@ctrlaltdel138]

I'dn't believe it's possible to use multiple contractions scrunched up together. I'm'vein' a blast. I suspect it'sn't always goin' to be helpful. You'd'n't want it spiraling out of control wher'we'd've lost too much of the meaning.

[@robinbradley43]

Loved the story! I'd love to hear a continuation... maybe expanding on the rise a little further

[@hassankhurshid6063]

Good job narrating. It was really good. Great departure from the usual rulestories.

[@elizabethhutton8189]

That was such a great story! Thank you ❤

[@HorrorMovieFan_Terri]

That was so scary. I am so scared of being in small spaces, especially underground. You could not pay me enough to go in a cave. I love a good priest that takes action 😁 The story made me wonder how long the children were without a mother until the lady with the rose tattoo came into the cave.

[@sentimientos84]

I enjoy your videos so much is a good thing to listen to when your doing chores

[@memyselfandyourcat799]

So many Jacks in these stories. From smiling to Townsend.

[@Dragonlady61]

I ABSOLUTELY 💯 LOVE ALL your content 💕 ❤️ Thank you for all your hard work 💜 ❤️ 💙

[@stephaniereynolds361]

Was on the edge of my seat the whole time but why do I need real closure on these stories? Endings like that just cause my anxiety to be even worse

[@AzraelScott]

Just as I was about to take a nap. Perfect timing!

[@jenniferallen6205]

Amazing i love the stories like this ... thank you ❤️

[@SelfHelp.Guardian]

Not to stir a frenzy, but in my opinion and it's simply an opinion is what sets Lighthouse apart from other narrative creators on this platform. I love the stories with rules when they're done by him, you, lighthouse. You're emotional storytelling and the descriptive suspense building.... It's perfection. Yes, it's nice to have variety but honestly... Lighthouse and the rule stories .... No one can do it like you. Bringing light to the fundamentals of why keepers of the supernatural world exist... How to survive and remain sane in the insanity beyond comprehension. Blessings be onto you, Light. Cheers. Sage of Sacred Light Ps. I would love to collaborate on a story sometime. Just because you 'can' doesn't mean you 'should', but just because you 'can't doesn't mean you shouldn't.- Moonphyre

[@redspec01]

Coffins in the depth of a cave system? Reminds me of a previous story Lighthouse Horror had done a few years ago!

[@kakishisfriend1126]

Was it the one with the old feral vampire at the bottom of the ladder in the cave system? I think they were park rangers and it was a new one and the old ranger that got eaten

[@redspec01]

Ah! There are two of them then, there was also the one where the family owned a motel and had relatives who were vampires.

[@sysop224]

Great story Stephen, thank you.

[@robertshekels131]

Great story. I had a “friend” experience something similar many years ago. Since “he”was smart enough to know that he would never be believed and couldn’t in good conscience just do nothing, “he” was also smart enough to know that fire cleanses all. Luckily for “him”, setting up a Lair in an abandoned Tobacco warehouse isn’t a very smart move and made for ending this particular threat a quick and relatively easy task to complete.

[@ctrlaltdel138]

The use of quotes in this fashion usually denotes sarcasm or irony. So are you saying this person is not a friend and not male?

[@pinkbuninja6536]

This author does NOT know how light works, dear lord. In the pitch blackness of a cave, no light will be “faint,” it’ll be very noticeable, and no flashlight will be all that weak in the first place. And as the sun set, the beam of light didn’t move, it SHRANK??? What kind of physics are happening here? Other than that, and the fact the cave system seemed wide enough to walk around in without needing to crawl through narrow gaps at any point, which, sure I guess, other than that, it was a neat story. More than the story itself, the way you read it was very engaging, good job!

[@lesafoster8429]

Great video I loved it. I’ve everything you’ve put on here

[@pixikix]

I can't even listen past 5 mins. Spelunking stories are my worst nightmare. The thought of getting stuck in a narrow crevice is just about the scariest thing I can think of & shoots my anxiety through the roof. Til next time😅

[@annettew5740]

Happy holidays Stephen and all LH listeners! Thank you for posting a non-rules story! I truly appreciate it!🤗❄🎄⛄

[@soulreaver1983]

😊

[@georgerafa5041]

I love how many stories Lighthouse has done recently that included absolutely based Priests.

[@amandaofhouserobinson6707]

Hell yea ! Thanks Steven!

[@samanthajones4536]

I hope you have a part 2 to this one

[@amandaperkins8965]

Thank you. 👌

[@KVAR42]

Ty Sir! Really great and creative story!

[@Malewa15]

That was amazing

[@jayceec3539]

That was a well written,great story!

[@crystalcurnew6316]

❤storyline with my fave storyteller..my fave time of night..ty❤😊

[@crystalcurnew6316]

Storytime!!

[@christinebadagliacco8972]

Wow good story. You’d never get me crawling around a cave. I’m to claustrophobic 😳😳.

[@mariusenache6658]

Best content în scary stories. Please never stop !

[@its_me_still]

Come on fans! Let's get him to a million followers! Wishing you and all a happy new year ❤

[@tjcombo9328]

God danged Masterpiece as USUAL!🫡🫡👍👍

[@normaemanuel4975]

That was spooky as hell! Thank you!!

[@DaemonC]

Lets goooo!

[@kieranpeat9727]

Keep up the good work lighthouse love your work ❤

[@1anastudent]

Tight spaces are my biggest fear. No thanks. Give me wide open country any day

[@onsitenerd]

That was awesome, thank you.

[@mad54art]

13:20 RUN YOU FOOL!