Digest

This podcast delves into a collection of personal experiences that highlight the unsettling nature of encountering individuals with unpredictable behavior. The narrator recounts a series of incidents, each involving a different person who exhibited concerning actions. The first story begins with a national holiday outing where the narrator and her boyfriend encounter a blood-covered man who appears injured. They take him to the hospital, but he falls into a coma, leading to a homicide investigation. Another incident involves a woman knocking on the narrator's door, claiming to hear a child screaming and an older man yelling inside. Despite the narrator's attempts to reason with her, the woman insists on entering the house. The police are called and determine that the woman was experiencing hallucinations due to drug use. The narrator also shares an experience of being followed by a man on a dark street in Denver. He makes inappropriate comments, but she manages to scare him off by pretending to be on the phone with her father. In another story, the narrator and her girlfriend are walking on a rural road near a wedding venue when they notice two hooded figures following them. They turn around, and the figures continue to follow them until they reach the estate. The podcast also explores a past relationship with a high school boyfriend who became increasingly possessive and obsessive. He made inappropriate comments, called her constantly, and followed her around school. The principal eventually intervened and gave the stalker an ultimatum to stop contacting the narrator or face consequences. The final story involves the narrator's father's relationship with a woman named Rachel who became a stalker after their breakup. Rachel harassed her father, threatened her and her sister, and even falsely accused him of child molestation. She was eventually arrested and sentenced for aggravated arson after setting her own apartment on fire. The podcast concludes with the narrator's experience living with a former coworker named Marcella who had a history of schizophrenia. Marcella's behavior became increasingly erratic, and the narrator eventually discovered that she had been lying about a previous incident involving a break-in and a knife.

Outlines

00:00:40

Encounters with the Unpredictable

This episode explores a series of unsettling encounters with individuals exhibiting erratic and potentially dangerous behavior, ranging from a blood-covered man to a stalker who falsely accused her father of child molestation.

00:05:13

Hallucinations and False Accusations

The narrator recounts an incident where a woman knocked on her door claiming to hear a child screaming and an older man yelling inside. The woman insisted on entering the house, but the narrator called the police who determined she was experiencing hallucinations due to drug use.

00:09:15

A Stalker on a Dark Street

The narrator describes a solo trip to Denver where she encountered a man who followed her on a dark street while making inappropriate comments. She pretended to be on the phone with her dad to scare him off.

00:13:01

Hooded Figures on a Rural Road

The narrator and her girlfriend were walking on a rural road near a wedding venue when they noticed two hooded figures following them. They turned around and the figures continued to follow them until they reached the estate.

00:17:02

A High School Stalker

The narrator recounts a relationship with a high school boyfriend who became increasingly possessive and obsessive. He made inappropriate comments, called her constantly, and followed her around school.

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Q&A

• What happened to the man who was covered in blood that the narrator and her boyfriend found?

  The man fell into a coma shortly after arriving at the hospital, and the police launched a homicide investigation.

• What was the woman's explanation for knocking on the narrator's door and claiming a child was being held hostage?

  The police determined that the woman was experiencing hallucinations due to methamphetamine use.

• What happened to the man who followed the narrator on the dark street?

  The man disappeared after the narrator pretended to be on the phone with her dad.

• What happened to the two hooded figures who followed the narrator and her girlfriend?

  The figures continued to follow them until they reached the estate, but nothing else happened.

• What happened to the narrator's high school boyfriend after he became a stalker?

  The principal eventually intervened and gave David and his brother an ultimatum: they were not to contact the narrator or her boyfriend or they would not graduate.

• What happened to Rachel, the woman who stalked the narrator's father?

  Rachel was eventually arrested and sentenced for aggravated arson after she set her own apartment on fire.

• What happened to Marcella, the narrator's roommate?

  Marcella was eventually arrested and sentenced for aggravated arson after she set her own apartment on fire.

Show Notes