I'm glad you don't work at that grocery store anymore.

@RebPisani

15 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@LeoAugustoRovin420

15 күн бұрын

Seems to go threw jobs left and right lol

@jstring

15 күн бұрын

Barnaby’s locally owned haunted grocery store

@THEPAGEBURNER1979

15 күн бұрын

He should go back 😂😂😮

@elvinsantiago3278

15 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

Oil execs exchanging their workers' souls for business? Sounds like a normal rig to me.

@Bigbrochoso207

14 күн бұрын

Business as usual

@madtrucker0983

Күн бұрын

No doubt

@Templar451

6 сағат бұрын

You misspelled "oil execs". Should be "all execs". You're welcome.

@madtrucker0983

5 сағат бұрын

@@Templar451 Spot on.

"These rules are so important that breaking one of them will result in a terrible fate" Also boss: "Ill tell you the rules one by one, when the time is right" Seems like a great way to get everyone killed to me.

@Silversnapdragon

14 күн бұрын

And if you follow all the rules, you may be lucky enough to win the raffle and die a worse death than breaking the rules!

@MostrandomM_toexisttoday

9 күн бұрын

Did you know that you’re a sinner? But did you know that Jesus loves you and He can change that, all you have to do is believe that He died on the cross and rose from the grave 3 days later, repent, and accept God into your life, it’s your choice, Jesus loves you

@Randomodnar

8 күн бұрын

​@@MostrandomM_toexisttoday I'm good being a sinner, thanks

@Dan-68

7 күн бұрын

Makes for better suspense.

@apokalypthoapokalypsys9573

4 күн бұрын

​@@MostrandomM_toexisttodayDid you know that you're an asshole? But you can change that, all you have to do is stop bothering people with your stupid mythology.

At some point these rules have to be reported for corporate malpractice.

@thestrangeingot

14 күн бұрын

HA!!! You saw what we did in the middle east for oil? Yeah, if that keeps the oil flowing good luck stopping it.

@dsandoval9396

14 күн бұрын

Yeah, but you know... H.R. is who you go to first and they're supposed to be on your side but uhhhh... everyone knows they scratch the company's back. 🤷 OSHA is your next step but all they do is hand out hundred thousand dollar fines that's literally chump change for these kinds of companies. eeeeeeeEEEEEEEeeehhh... it's a lose-lose if you ask me. Take your cardboard pizza party and company logo embossed keychain and be happy you didn't draw the short straw and have to participate in The Carousel.

@Hyde-dg7ef

14 күн бұрын

usually in these kinds of scenarios, it turns out that either 1. the corpos are well aware but think it's cheaper to just hide it away and just make everyone follow these rules. not sure how anyone not sued them yet 2. the corpos are aware, have tried different ways, even contacted the govt or some form of outside help, and found out that following these rules is the only feasible thing to do without ruining everything. at least here, they tried. 3. the corpos are purposefully ignoring the issue, thinking of it as the workers being delusional. usually they have enough wealth to simply pay whatever lawsuits is thrown their way and are content with the fact that the job will always attract desperate people who are willing to ignore such dangerous if it means getting paid, making the issue of findng another warm body to do the job solve itself

@aln5832

14 күн бұрын

@@dsandoval9396 dam rules

@aln5832

14 күн бұрын

@@dsandoval9396 hopefully pay is above minimum wage

When I hear the word "Raffle" my first thought was "Oh God, The crew is going to choose one of their own to be sacrificed to that thing that ate poor Barker." The ending was very disturbing

@obsidianofblades

15 күн бұрын

Same thought. Sounded like "The Lottery." Making the pathetic humans tear someone apart for its amusement and appeasement is a bit more horrifying.

@robert23456789

15 күн бұрын

Sound like a less deadly version of the lotto then legion runs but am sure someone is going to die painfully

@daviddenwalt7109

15 күн бұрын

That's what I thought too, 😮

@smallkancil

15 күн бұрын

I'm guessing the rest had to have a bite, off of poor Cliver...

@histguy101

14 күн бұрын

Yeah, that didn't make sense, though. The raffle should be that one has to be fed to the monster, otherwise the managers wouldn't have said "so n' so doesn't count. He broke the rules, but we still have to do the raffle." Nobody would've been hoping the debt was paid by the guy locked out if the raffle was some kind of strange cannibalistic ritual.

I absolutely love the subtle nod to horror with characters named “Clive” and “Barker”.

Bizarre rules plus a group torture ritual to placate a world ending monster? Sounds like an SCP operation. Thanks for the upload

@givhony4910

15 күн бұрын

Is that what it was at the end? I couldn't figure out what they were doing.

@edrozenrozen9600

15 күн бұрын

It wasn't clear, but they were finishing him off somehow. At least, That's what my imagination told me.​@@givhony4910

@georgerafa5041

14 күн бұрын

​@@givhony4910I think he's reaching. It was definitely not fleshed out what was happening and why.

@givhony4910

14 күн бұрын

@@georgerafa5041 Darn! I just wanted some closer. 😪

@obyone878

14 күн бұрын

@@georgerafa5041 It was definitely fleshed out. Everything you needed was in the story. Some rich fucks made a deal with a monster, demon, whatever you want to call it, to keep the oil flowing, to keep them rich. In return, they have to paint symbols with the ick and oil from a sacrifice, and after that, rip apart and eat the sacrifice.

"I work at a strange rules factory, and they gave me a strange list of rules..."

@Marcus.junius.brutus

14 күн бұрын

Rule one always make rule on something the main character doubts

@ReptillianStrike

13 күн бұрын

There is actually a story that's a parody of the rules that I really liked. Some dude gets a letter by the devil telling him to list some rules. Dude does so, then gets a job offer as a night watchman for a place with the rules he wrote.

@ExpanderBob

11 күн бұрын

How is that not top comment😭

@travisihs08

11 күн бұрын

You broke the first rule of rule club, YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT RULE CLUB

@thallescastellani317

9 күн бұрын

Rule number 2: never rule out the rules that don't rule enough.

I want a lighthouse story about a listener who doesn't follow the rules to the videos hes listening to & only realizes his own reality has melded into the videos hes listening to when its a little too late. Lighthouse inception if you will

@sealyoness

7 күн бұрын

Were you planning on writing that? It'd be cool.

My daddy was a welder on an oil rig in the north sea. Only once. Even though he worked all over the world, he only did the rig once. Can't say i blame him. I wouldn't have gone even once!

@Hyde-dg7ef

14 күн бұрын

yeah ive heard how the north sea is absolutely dangerous. shows how money is the biggest incentive if humans are willing to set up an oil rig in one of the most dangerous areas of water

@AceGibson1959

5 күн бұрын

Being on a oil rig in Alaska can be just as dangerous.

Hmmm so here’s my interpretation, whatever is down there, probably a kraken or something akin to it is influencing the rig in a lovecraftian sense Because of the oil rig is connected to it the rig has become a part of it, I won’t say the rig is alive but whatever eldritch creature elder god thing is down there, it’s almost like the rig is a part of it Remember Jean said to wear the pin to show your a part of it, almost like you could say the pin makes you a white blood cell in a sense The red door my guess is that it leads to the “heart” of the rig? So that’s why oil seeped out of it for days after it had been opened like a cut or something? The drilling platform is maybe it’s voice? Why would it want to hear other voices when it’s the only one that should be speaking? Don’t look East because that is where it’s gazing maybe? Wednesday is when it feeds? The 7th to me is what ties it together because it’s got such a powerful hold and influence over the crew by this point they commit the sacrifice with their many hands, almost like a krakens many tentacles reaching out for its prey… Just my interpretation though I enjoyed this story and maybe sully should see about getting a job at a grocery store or I bet the zoo down the street from barnabys is hiring, maybe a lonely old radio station needs a new DJ?

@pakde8002

15 күн бұрын

Interesting theories. I'd prefer working as a meteorologist on an island inhabited by monkeys.

@IW3527

14 күн бұрын

At this point rather take a lonely broadcasting station or the gas station on the edge of town

@freedomspirit9521

12 күн бұрын

Good interpretation

IT'S LIGHTHOUSE TIME! (grab your blanky!)

@eviehammond9509

15 күн бұрын

We would soo get along!!😂

@yesterdayitrained

15 күн бұрын

Got my blankie!

@Marcus.junius.brutus

14 күн бұрын

Yippee can we have hot chocy?

I saw “strange rules” & almost broke my thumbs pressing play 🤣! I love your stories & appreciate the time & effort you put into making them, thank you! 🙂

I spent a few weeks on an oil rig 30 years ago doing non destructive testing on pipes. It's a loud hostile place, but the pay is good. The first few days are sensory overload, but it normalizes rather quickly. By the time I was leaving, I really enjoyed it. It took a while to get used to being on land again once I went home.

I do love the voices used to tell the story. Keep up the amazing work.

@peggyrandall592

15 күн бұрын

Lovin those voices. Peerrrffecctttt.

No! No stopping THERE! PLEASE tell me there are more in this setting!

@duckmeat4674

15 күн бұрын

It's better to end there, Lovecraft horror becomes dull when it's too explained

@melfreemans

14 күн бұрын

​@@duckmeat4674True but to compare this with Lovecraft is a stretch...

@duckmeat4674

14 күн бұрын

@@melfreemans referring to the genre, not the author himself

@deportsuperman

13 күн бұрын

I found this to be a disappointing stopping point.

@abstruseoni

11 күн бұрын

@@deportsuperman Agreed! Dealing with a mysterious unknown entity is great, but they led up to an event and then dropped the ball. Like ending a movie right before the climax.

Best voice on the internet!

@devinvaldesalice7427

15 күн бұрын

Definitely. Was better, before he started appearing on screen, but....still good! Not that I hate looking at him, I just think the narration has changed. More pauses or something

C’mon! Too ambiguous! What did they do to Clive? Tear him apart? What was “It”? Need more information. These stories are leaving me hanging too much…

Hey, this story is refreshing in the way the rules are released gradually over time, so to speak.

@pakde8002

15 күн бұрын

It's suddenly clear at the end why the last rule is a secret. That's some fine print there!

@mainsidequest5203

17 сағат бұрын

​​@@pakde8002 it is not clear at all, when he came to the rig he already signed the contract with penalties if he leaves. Also when he said the last rule he didn't disclose anything, he just said everyone has to join the raffle, you can tell that before contract is even signed, it changes nothing since it is not clear in the slightest what it means. Whole story was cringe, horror stories on youtube went same route as horror movies into complete joke territory.

Kraken is a producing heavy oil field located in shallow water in the UK and is operated by EnQuest Heather. According to GlobalData, who tracks more than 34,000 active and developing oil and gas fields worldwide, the field is located in block 9/2b ALL, with water depth of 408 feet.

@blindbrad4719

14 күн бұрын

We go wherever the kraken does

Bacon is not red meat. Update: I researched it, and it turns out bacon is classified as red meat, because it contains more myoglobin than fish or chicken. Guess I put my foot in my mouth on that one….

@TheKrispyfort

15 күн бұрын

No mammals, nor Muscovy ducks

@makeinubaka

14 күн бұрын

I stopped in the midden of the story to look for this comment. I've never heard of bacon being red meat. I thought pork was known as "the other white meat". I guess they could have given them turkey bacon then for that 1 day.

@rayann1041

14 күн бұрын

Pig and cow meat is red meat lol

@Its_slimbabyy

14 күн бұрын

It’s pork ? Anything that’s not a fish or poultry is red meat

@makeinubaka

14 күн бұрын

@@Its_slimbabyy I guess that ad campaign wasn't accurate then. Look up "pork the other white meat". It was an advertising campaign in the 80s/90s. Growing up back then and not having any internet to learn otherwise it made me think that pork was white meat.

I’m so glad that you have kept on doing your personal presentation on the stories you narrate! I always watch you on my iPad so I can see YOU telling ME a story It’s great Stephen! & it makes the whole thing a real time out stress reliever & just a kind of special treat.😎🌈✌️

"That door, you never go open it no matter what you hear." Welp guess we know what he's opening. Edit: Just finished. They never opened the door. Nice.

Part 511 of thanking the lighthouse horror for the amazing narrations

I work at a job with a strange set of rules... Lots of rules about showing up on time and when I can leave and when I can go eat lunch. It is a nightmare remembering and following them.

@blindbrad4719

14 күн бұрын

You'll be fine, it's okay to let them slip from time to time…

@freedomspirit9521

12 күн бұрын

Sounds like 90 plus percent of those.

I love how how his blue collar oil rig worker accent is just a Boston accent

If the ship's rocking, don't come knocking. No one's going to let you in. RIP Barker

I actually worked offshore on oil rigs and pipe bargea in my early twenties. It is true that the sea can play trick with your mind and being out there with nothing but deep blue acean around you can get unnerving for some.

that’s one thing i noticed is in all of these stories the main character starts to question the rules a little too much or gets too comfortable i assume it’s done on purpose to teach us a simple warning of don’t question it just follow the rules and collect your pay when you are done which if i ever had a job with strange rules if it was safe to i would make a list of the rules keep it on me at all times and follow them without question as long as i made the money they were promising me there would be no issues

Man,this dude has had one heck of a life full of strange lists of rules.... gas stations, fire towers, grocery stores and now oil rigs. Good grief!

I would love to see a story where the MC works for a Government agency who's job it is to investigate the companies who have these strange rules.

Oof. That last part was nauseating. A tension headache did start up at the same time, so it was probably just that. It's the thought on thick fluid that smells like rotten eggs being poured down your throat. Nasty.

After listening to this story, I would never even think about working on an oil rig!

As a RL frac worker for 15 years I can say the worst part about working an ocean rig or land well is the waiting... There is so many times you just sit hour after hour. And you have to stay at your spot even if doing nothing for 10 hours. It seriously drives you crazy. Its much worse than the physical work

New guy: _almost dies a bunch_ Mentor: yeah, thats one of the rules. Dont do that.

You put that little bit of extra effort in to this story which sets you apart from other channels. A handful of voice effects and sound effects brought it to life. First video I have watched, now I will binge your channel.

Was already listening to one of your videos now to fall asleep, thank you, i love your channel so much, i would love love love to hear more Forest and Firetower stories ❤

The joy of "strange rules." Thank you, thank you.

Oh man I loved this one! The rules were practical and not obscure, the creature never showed its hand, and the real monsters are the people after all. Excellent work Lighthouse Team!

My sense of humour is truly broken if I thought "Who's Joe? JOE MAMA" at "You don't want to end up like Joe"

I'd be freaked out too if I saw a sunset in the east. The sun sets in the west.

@pakde8002

15 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot, now I've got to go back and listen again if the warning was don't watch the sunset in the east or don't look east at sunset. 😂 Edit: okay so he looked east after sunset. It does sound like Gene says "at the sunset" but it's "afta sunset" 9:22

Scariest part of all this... is that I can actually see this being a reality.

Wait is there going to be another continuation!!??? I loved the story but I really want a proper ending. Did they sacrifice him, start eating parts of him, or rip him apart? Is he going to go back? So many left over questions 😅

“Rule one, don’t mess with the super mutant in power armor that can rip a deathclaw in half”

why do they always gotta end right at the good part

Really like the ending- thought it was going in a more cliche direction but was pleasantly surprised

You should be a little suspicious when a contract says there is a bonus "if" you finish the contract and not "when".

There’s a moment you say “relax, son” and my Alexa reacted and replied. I was in the bed preparing to sleep and I almost had a heart attack, I thought there was someone talking to me from the corner of my room lol

Thank you, yt started to get boring again!

Love the strange rules stories. This was definitely a strange but good story, thanks for sharing. 💕💕

Yay! A new story time!

Stories on oil rigs are always so cool

these stories are interesting in that the main source of horror is not the monsters or unexplainable, but the cruel and heartless behavior dictated by rules from people or things beyond comprehension. The forced inhumanity for sake of maintaining profit margins. Absolutely a horror story birthed from the mind of a person bathed in neoliberal capitalism.

I avoided ocean creepypastas for years! Never digged'em. But I gave this one a chance and... I was blown away!!!

@aracoixo3288

4 күн бұрын

Yes

So glad i came across your channel! The story was gripping with the help of great narration !!! Look forward to upcoming content !🎉🙌

I'm new here.. but.. I'm a sucker when it comes to a good narration and a good horror stories.. This one of em'.. my first Vid here was the 3 hour long story but it seems like it's just a 10 minute story telling.. I'm super hooked.. Thank you ... Please keep up the good work..

The part where he says “what is it”, all I can hear is Mike Patton singing it. lol

I love me some lighthouse horror stories

I sure wasn't ready for that ending! 😳🦑🤯⚘️🙋‍♀️

I love how you actually show yourself telling the story at the start. Makes it that much better.

Just sometimes. Can't these stories end with someone rushing in and killing all the supernatural?

Thank you so much for continuing to put out such amazing content. I found your channel months ago and was hooked. I went back and watched every video on your channel. You are an amazing narrator and truly bring each story to life. I love the new Lighthouse Horror universe you are building and look forward to every new entry. Thank you for sharing your engaging and masterful storytelling with all of us. Looking forward to all the stories to come.

babe wake up new light house horror, i think this is that story for another time he was talkin ab

This needs to be a movie... great narration, the entire story was absorbing...

Good gracious, that was excellent Light. Thank you so much and you have a great weekend and everyone else as well.

Wow, awesomely twisted!!!! Great narration!

Good one love the audio quality. Fan for years

Rules to surviving Walmart 1. If a manager says something to you whispering you can see me can save your life 2. If the coke man shows up before 3am throw bread at him 3. If a man named Matt claiming to be the store manager walks toward yell not today Satan he'll leave you alone 4. Never fall asleep before 2 am you'll wake up in a alternative universe 5. Crack heads are the guardians against evil

@defeatSpace

15 күн бұрын

Matt 😂

@mohammadsafian9824

15 күн бұрын

Crazy

Always very entertaining, Thank You !!!🔥💯

I love all his rules stories

I had goosebumps!!! This was fantastic

I kind of want to know what they did at the end... like did they rip him apart? eat him? did I miss something .__.

@stephaniereynolds361

14 күн бұрын

Been wondering the same thing. Here I am in comments trying to figure it out and still nothing 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

@amayaokazaki3407

14 күн бұрын

@@stephaniereynolds361 I am kind of assuming by the 'hands on him' thing that they were like... ripping him apart? but the whole 'screams for hours' thing makes me thing it was idk maybe like eating him slowly?

@stephaniereynolds361

14 күн бұрын

That’s what I was thinking but how do u rip someone apart w just ur hands … even w multiple ppl trying? Not only that but what was the point of making him drink the oil and what part did it play, if any? And how was he screaming for hours? Shouldn’t he have eventually passed out from the pain and died? Idk … it’s silly all the time I put into figuring these things out when it’s fake anyway and could never be real. But I try making it make sense and needing all the details 😂😂😂

this would make an incredible horror movie bc of how vague it is yknow

Just keep on uploading Strange rules story Im in love with it that too with your narration. Amazing vid as always

We do this -for oil- to stop the monsters

Gotta love a new lighthouse upload :)

Thanks for the amazing story! Really glad I didn't hear this one 20 years ago when my husband was working out there! Much love from SW Louisiana ❤!

It's definitely a truly awesome story. Kept me on the seat of my chair. With the rules you have to follow, I'd be freaky scared to death.

I love ending my day and awaiting my sandman reservation to your content. I've been thinking about becoming a narrator myself. Keep producing paramount work!

As always great show, enjoy your weekend. Thank you.

I love rules stories!! Thank you, Stephen! ❤

Love the spooky stories, I'm working my way through the list of videos

Oh thatbwas creepy! Your Rule Stories have become some of my favorites ❤ Thank you Stephen!!

Gotta unlock that red crate and get ready for the heavy scientists

Outstanding thanks Stephen

So there is a bit of connections, and some possible aspects to what and why the rules are as they are. Rules of Survival: 1) Always keep the Silver Pin, with a depiction of what I presume is a Kraken attacking/eating a whale. Note he states: It makes it so *they* know you are part of the crew, *they* can't take you before your time. This is heavily implies that there is something, that will take, and kill crew members without the pins. 2) Never open, walk in, or even touch the single Red Door. Take note, that Joe who went in there, and after some time, it started to leak oil. 3) Don't look at or into the eastern ocean after sunset. Description of what he saw, was likely the thing that produces the oil, raising up out of the water. 4) Do not speak unless spoken too, at/in the drill room. This is likely, to make sure the Kraken, doesn't hear you, and well hone in on you and make you a snack. 5) No red meat on Wednesdays. Most likely, the Chefs feeding whatever else is on the rig, so they don't get hunted. 6) Always respond to the bell when it rings 3 times. As they head into a Safe Room, this is very obvious, whatever is outside, is hungry, and is searching for food. 7) Everyone joins the Raffle. With what/how one of the managers reacted before, when it came to this rule, fear, means it is something they have to do. This is likely a way to bind whatever lives there in place. As it becomes like a binding peace offering every 3 months. --- There is many things the Raffle can be, it can also be what becomes the red meat later. And the description of everyone being quite anxious, and sad, knowing fully, they have to either tear a human apart, or ritualistic cannibalism to keep whatever else is on the rig at bay. It as said can mean a lot of things. The chefs can also be the things as the "they". We don't really get to know more than them being chefs.

Why don't I ever see anything crazy like this?!

I actually worked on Oil Rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as a service technician. I’d take boats offshore or helicopters That was a time of adventure and a lot of stress 😂and a lot of times: extreme boredom !

These list of rules stories, have become my favourite thing. And will go down my life as one of those things I was obsessed with.

Your voice made this story so compelling. Many thanks to the author and you !!!!!

Just what I need to sleep well. Thank you!

I miss grocery store horror stories….maybe a few thrift store ones? Some libraries maybe….another hospital? like that’s where I spend the majority of my life now in these four spaces and it’s super comfy.

@pakde8002

15 күн бұрын

The hospital ward for supernatural beings when the contagion of werewolf worms broke out was really good. Unfortunately I don't know how it ends even though I've started the video several times because I always fall asleep.😂

Excellent story I really enjoyed it, keep them coming you're my favorite

What an amazing story and perfectly narrated

Yay! New light house video!! Let’s get it! Will someone be added to the lighthouse tonight? Let’s see

That was a great story. Thanks for sharing 🙂👍💖💖💖

Very well written and narrated. I knew what was coming pretty early on but I didn't care, this was a great ride! One of these needs to become a series. Tales from the Kraken

"This oil rig... has a dark secret..." Do you mean the oil?

That was lovely. Thanks

Now THIS is a Fuggin oil rig story jack. LOVED it man keep these sea monster/ocean anomaly edits coming brother!!!