A Voice on My CB Counted Down the Miles to Where He Was Waiting

CB radio handset glowing in a dark truck cab on an empty desert interstate, trucker scary stories

I’ve driven a truck for twenty-six years, and I’ve heard a lot of trucker scary stories at a lot of truck stop counters. Most of them are made up. This one isn’t. Somebody on my CB radio counted down the mile markers to where he was waiting for me. Most scary stories from truck drivers … Read more

The Payphone at the Rest Stop Rang, and It Was for Me

Old payphone on a brick wall at a rainy highway rest area at night, rest stop horror story

I didn’t know payphones still rang until the one at a rest area in southern Oregon rang right as I walked past it. That’s how my rest stop horror story starts. A man’s voice on the other end said, “You’re the white Civic. Don’t go back to your car yet.” It sounds like a scary … Read more

Dana, Shower 6 Is Ready

Dim truck stop shower hallway at night with a numbered door 6 left slightly open, truck stop horror story

This truck stop horror story happened during a wind closure on I-80 in Wyoming, when the speaker in the drivers’ lounge called my first name for a shower I never booked. I thought it was a mix-up until the third call came from somewhere it shouldn’t have. I’ve been called just about everything over a … Read more