This is the story of the second reason I no longer enjoy being in the woods.

(My mom submitted her own version of this story from her perspective.)

This happened 20 years ago, but I think about it all the time. I was in my early twenties and living in London on a study-abroad year. For spring break I wanted to go on a walking tour of the Lake’s District and stumble around in Wordsworth’s footsteps, but there was a hoof and mouth outbreak and all the trails were…

Long time listener, first time caller… hope someone sees this, I thought it was pretty creepy at the time.

I couldn’t find where the cut off date was so fingers crossed I’m not too late! CW for suicide, harm to animals, and mention of CSA.

I bought a really dilapidated, foreclosed farmhouse-turned Duplex in Salt Lake City right out of college in 2009. It immediately required a ton of work before my boyfriend and I could even move in. The vibes were creepy and anyone who entered the house knew it. In those first days we would stay up late painting and…

After deciding against living with my younger friend and choosing to live alone, I found a very quiet, very chill apartment complex where another friend had lived. This one-bedroom apartment had a sliding glass door out onto an untrustworthy balcony that I made no attempt to use and it overlooked a tree-filled…

We bought our new house right at the outset of COVID, so we were able to get the ”panic” price, and got our old house listed just as the market was getting into its “Oh, nevermind” phase. The new place is only about two miles from the old, so while we were waiting for the closing date, we rode our bikes over just to…

I grew up in a wooded area — my parents still live there. And something that happened this past December put a creepy spin on a thing that happened when I was a kid.

Back in 2015 while in grad school I moved into an apartment with a friend of a friend named Rachel. Being that this is San Diego and not many apartment buildings are *that* old, this one was built in the 20s, and was propped up over a deep canyon. My room was located in the back of the apartment, on the canyon side,…

I’ve got a story about how apartment hunting can so quickly turn into apartment HAUNTING. Muahahahaha. Seriously though, this was terrifying. It happened about ten years ago and I’m still feeling a little shaky just thinking about it.

It was probably a mistake to put my manic pixie dream girl friend in charge of…

I’m much too late for anyone to see this. But I’m posting because this literally happened to me LAST NIGHT: 10-10-21.

This happened when I was living in Chicago in 2015 in a three floor walk up apartment building. Only 3 units that shared the stairwell - mine being the middle. One night I was in a hurry to meet friends for a night out. Around 4am, my boyfriend and I came home very drunk to my apartment door wide open. We went through…

This isn’t my own story, but my dad’s - and my dad isn’t a liar. He’s experienced a lot of wild things taking odd jobs out on the road throughout his twenties, but this story happened right in my Indiana hometown when my mom was pregnant with my older sister. We lived in the country, and there was a hairpin turn on…

So, I went to college in a southern town, but I’m not Southern. When, I first lived there a man was arrest for killing several women. He was dubbed the garden city killer since the town was called the garden city. I saw his name in the paper, but not his picture.

Trigger warning: Bullying

A few years ago my daughter’s brownie troop spent the night at the Natural Science museum in our city. It was an amazing opportunity for them to see some of the exhibits after the museum closed and take part in a bunch of girls in stem activities. Each group was assigned a different exhibit to sleep in. At the end of…

The Eyes

I love reading these every year, but I’m always too late to post. Hope I can sneak this one in!

It was winter of 2006 and I had just moved to San Francisco from the Pacific Northwest to attend college. It was my first time living away from my family, so I shared a one-bedroom apartment with my high school best friend. We were living off campus in an apartment building in Nob Hill. My first semester of college…