phobia – Open Diary

A dark umbra of dread seemingly hangs over it…

Schrecken13

4 weeks ago

I've done some more thinking on what my client said yesterday, the story he told me about being struck with terror on a dark night's drive many years ago. A drive that left him permanently bound by the fear of certain elevated stretches of road for the remainder of his life. That late night drive...

Being forced to face my fear

Schrecken13

4 weeks ago

Then came a day when it all changed. I was in my mid-20's when another friend of my mom's invited the two of us to join her and her family at a local amusement park. The company she worked for at the time had their company picnic there, and she could bring several guests. I…

Warning signs

Schrecken13

August 14, 2024

As we were traveling home there was one strange thing I noticed that I didn't see on the way to Wildwood. I was preparing to film our drive over of the Delaware Memorial Bridge when I noticed a sign along the side of the road. The sign wasn't very big, nor brightly colored, and it…

Deception and false promises

Schrecken13

August 8, 2024

Most all of the domestic and local monsters I've come up against in my lifetime have one thing in common. Precious few of them ever posed any real mortal threat to me, or to anyone else. The fear and dread I felt was most all in my own mind. I suppose that tree might have…

Heightening the fear

Schrecken13

August 3, 2024

Earlier this evening as I was reading over some news stories, I came across something quite shocking, at least to me. The word on the street thus far, so to speak, has been that the new Key Bridge will be slightly taller than the old one. But oh no, it seems a little bit just…

It was always a sinister structure

Schrecken13

July 20, 2024

When I drove across the bridge two years ago, I was somehow able to force that dark imagery out of my mind. I was even able to briefly enjoy the scenery and the warm sunny afternoon as I made the transit across and back. But then, in March of this year came the terrible event…

Nightmare drive

Schrecken13

July 19, 2024

Bridges never scared me, not even the infamous and much feared Chesapeake Bay Bridge which I had crossed many times riding with my parents as a child. But this time the situation was different. I was totally alone and feeling the growing anxiety of possibly being – or getting - lost. And I could ...

You wanna see something really scary?

Schrecken13

July 19, 2024

In my childhood I met some monsters right in my own neighborhood, and as I grew older and ventured out I discovered there were bigger and nastier ones beyond my usual stomping grounds. Some I sought out on purpose, but there was one in particular that I eventually found myself very reluctantly fa...