Cauldron Convos - a Somewhat Funny Paranormal Mysteries & Science Fiction Podcast · Kayla Cauldron

VERY Sad & somewhat Supernatural Creepypasta: The Bridge Outside My Bedroom Window

September 20, 2023·24 min·2 clips

Toby walks across the bridge into outer space and plays a board game with a mysterious old man.

This episode features host Kayla reading the creepypasta story "The Bridge Outside My Bedroom Window" by William Rain. The narrative is presented as a series of diary entries from a young boy named Toby, beginning in 1990. Toby lives with his father, who is grieving the loss of Toby's mother. Toby documents a mysterious wooden bridge that periodically appears outside his bedroom window, leading into a starry void. He suffers from epilepsy, a compromised immune system, and later leukemia. Toby eventually braves the bridge, meeting a kind, bearded old man who challenges him to board games like Hungry Hungry Hippos and Monopoly. After one journey, Toby returns to find six months have passed and he was in a coma. His father marries a nurse named Mandy, and the family moves due to Toby's declining health. On a later visit, the old man uses a magical table to let Toby briefly speak with his deceased mother. Toby's final entry on December 26, 1993, describes his mother waiting for him on the bridge. The story then shifts to Toby's father, decades later, writing from a hospital bed where he is dying of cancer. He now sees the bridge outside his own window, with three figures—including his son and two wives—approaching. A surprising twist is the story's pivot from a child's supernatural mystery to a meditation on grief and terminal illness from an adult's perspective. The bridge transforms from a frightening anomaly into a comforting conduit to lost loved ones. The narrative suggests Toby's physical journeys may have been astral projections coinciding with his medical crises. Kayla's reaction after reading is one of stunned sadness, as she expected a creepy tale but found a heavy emotional story. The tone is primarily a somber, first-person narrative read in a conversational style by the host. The style blends a child's innocent diary with a poignant, supernatural family drama. Listeners who enjoy emotionally charged paranormal fiction and bittersweet stories about family and loss would appreciate this episode. Those seeking traditional horror or lighthearted creepy pasta should likely skip it.

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A bridge story that starts eerie, turns heavy, and keeps its human voice.

Cauldron Convos keeps The Bridge Outside My Bedroom Window tight and uneasy, beginning with a child's diary, a bridge that appears outside the bedroom window, and an old man who turns each visit into a stranger game.

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Press play for a bridge-side creepypasta that turns into a hospital-room heartbreaker.

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