The Babysitting Job on Willow Lane

A broke nineteen-year-old takes a babysitting job on Willow Lane that pays far too well to turn down. The kid is quiet. The house is beautiful. And the parents have only one unusual rule: Don't go into the basement. If you hear anything down there, ignore it. Then something beneath the floor knocks three times. And the babysitter makes the mistake of answering. The Babysitting Job on Willow Lane* is the tenth episode of American Dreadline, a first-person anthology of original horror stories. One voice. One nightmare. One place you'll never see the same again. Follow American Dreadline wherever you listen, and leave a rating if the story got under your skin. New nightmares every week. Episode Artwork:** Photo by [Andreas Ebner](https://www.pexels.com/search/Andreas...) / Pexels. Sound Design Credit:** “[Windy Dark Background Atmo.wav](https://freesound.org/people/szegvari... by szegvari, sourced from Freesound.org. Licensed CC0. THUMBNAIL PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Thumbnail A | DON'T OPEN IT. Photo by [Alessandro Quarta](https://www.pexels.com/@alessandro-qu...) via Pexels. Thumbnail B | DON'T ANSWER HER. Photo by [Nagihan Gülmez](https://www.pexels.com/@nagihan-gulme...) via Pexels. Used under the [Pexels License](https://www.pexels.com/license/).