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And I'm starting to freeze up because I'm suddenly

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sensing a different energy from

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him.

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She continued to smirk but didn't want

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to answer me. Up

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until this point, I couldn't have convinced

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myself that they wanted our valuables, but

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this voice made me understand that

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he wanted. Us.

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I'm bringing you three true horrifying

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tales that will frighten and

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disturb. So sit back

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and listen close as we dive

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into the horror We

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opened the show hearing from Reddit user's spirit

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of an Angie featuring voice

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work by Sarah Thomas, and

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we meet the police man.

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So my friend and I are underaged, a

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little buzzed from party hopping all night.

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We roll up to Wendy's and ditch the empty

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bottles of smeared off ice as we wait for

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our food at two AM in the drive thru.

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I had no idea that it was illegal to

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be out past a certain time if you are under eighteen,

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unsupervised, and it's past twelve

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PM in Arizona. I catch a

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text from a friend and she asks me to

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get her order and will meet us at this

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intersection and will eat with us. Okay,

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sounds true enough. I get to the intersection

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and there aren't any gas stations or grocery

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stores. Just some creepy office buildings

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and a dirt lot. I stupidly

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picked the dirt lot to wait for my friend who

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calls me and is like, Is that you

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with the cops behind you? And

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I was like, no. Only

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to discover that impact cops were

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behind me. Luckily, the

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car smelled like food and not booze and

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cigarettes. But the cop knew I was

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under the influence and had a large bottle

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of rum that had already been opened that tried

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desperately to hide under shit from my car

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before he knocked on my window. He's

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not stupid. This cop asks

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me and my friend for our parents phone numbers.

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My friend's mom gets a call to come pick her up

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and gets a verbal lashing from the cop about

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being underage past curfew and

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explains the citations so I already

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know what was coming. I,

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however, didn't have a voice mail set up

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on my new Nokia backbone and

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refused to give my parents house phone

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back when these were bill everywhere. I

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told him they simply didn't have one,

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only a cell number, and I put

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it to silent as he repeatedly called

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it. I tell him they were

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probably out with friends themselves, and

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the cop says, okay, explains

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the ticket to me. I think I'm going to

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get away, Scott Free. When he says he's

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going to follow me home. I

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made sure to go the speed limit and not make

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any errors, but I'm

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shitting myself right now. I parked

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my car in front of my house and my parents'

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cars are in the closed garage. Dark

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house. Yes. It

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looks like no one is home. The

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cop proceeded to park his car and

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says, hey, you could have broken

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the rules a little with getting home. I

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wasn't going to pull you over twice now.

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As he followed me to the front door. I

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unlock it and nervously said, thank

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you. But he instead

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of ringing the doorbell or doing their famous

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police officer knock follows

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me into my house and

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locks the door behind us. He's

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talking to me, making small conversation,

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checking out my living room. And I'm starting

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to freeze up because I'm suddenly sensing

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a different energy from him.

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He asks me where my bedroom is.

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He tells me to take him to it. I

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instead took him into my parents room

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and turned on the light. One hundred

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percent thankful to see my sleepy

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eyed parents shocked to see an

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armed grown man behind their young

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daughter. And he just lets out of breath

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and says in my ear.

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You lied to me sweetheart. And

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she goes back into police mode telling

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my parents that he found me out at an illegal

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time and that I'd need to pay a fine and

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attend a class. It was

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so embarrassing because I was eighteen

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by the time I had to take the class with bunch of

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twelve to fourteen year olds anyway. I

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never told anyone until now about

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the comments he made to me, but my dad

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did ask him why he was in our house.

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I told him didn't understand that either.

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He never read me any rights. He just

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followed me home. Before he

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left, he said, That's a nice

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house phone you have right there. Looks

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new and shiny, as the last

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thing he told me before letting me go. I

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can't help but think back to that night. I'm

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thinking about what would happen if I

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had had bad parents who weren't

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home or were out of town, etcetera.

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I know there are good cops out there. I

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personally know some. I go back and forth

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between being freaked out to,

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okay, maybe he was just being thorough.

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The comments are what stuck with me though,

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and that sinking gut feeling.

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Canadian Gal three, featuring

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voice work by Tanya Eby, and

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we get stuck in a bad situation.

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In my late teens and early twenties, I

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was friends with a girl named Lucy. She

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was a very lonely kind of girl whose parents

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were. Well, honestly, really

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shitty parents. Her mother was verbally

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abusive and her father really couldn't

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care less about anything. Because

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of the lack of love in her life, Lucy

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searched through dating sites for love and

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comfort from strange men. And

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she was not afraid of meeting them face to face

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even if they'd been chatting for only a few days.

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My friendship with Lucy was a strange one.

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I found her quite annoying sometimes, but

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I also felt awful for her

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because of her loneliness and lack of friends

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and love in her life. Sometimes

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I really didn't want to hang out with her.

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And some days, I would accept her offer to

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hang out. When it was just her

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and I together, She was normal and

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okay to be around, but also very

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appreciative of having someone giving

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her attention. We had a small group

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of friends, and she would try to get all

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of us together as often as possible. And

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honestly, the whole group together

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was really quite fun. When we were

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all together, Lucy was very hyper

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and you could just tell that she was happy

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to be around people who didn't insult

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her as her mother does. Suddenly,

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Lucy tells us she has a boyfriend. We

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were all surprised because we knew she

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met a lot of guys online. But

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we had never heard her say she was dating

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someone. A few days later,

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she sets up a day for our friend group to meet

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Trevor. None of us were looking

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forward to it. Because we thought he was

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going to be like all the others, a

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temporary boy toy. When

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we met him, we all felt awkward.

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He barely spoke a word. He wouldn't

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look directly at any of us at all.

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Lucy would try to be funny, but he

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would just give her dirty looks. Needless

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to say, We thought he was a weird

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one and could tell he didn't care much

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for her. As the days went on,

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Lucy kept telling me how much Trevor did

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not like me. This was weird

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because no one ever disliked me.

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I am always polite, respectful, and

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I smile a lot at everyone. But

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for some reason, he did not like me.

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She kept saying he thinks I am using

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Lucy for her money. Not

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sure how he thought that since I paid for everything

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for Lucy. To keep this piece of

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the story short, I think he was trying

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to find reasons to convince her to get rid of me.

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I got a terrible vibe from Trevor. He

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dressed like didn't care about life, He

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never smiled. He didn't shake our

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hands when first meeting us. He's stank

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of weed and really had an overall

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uncomfortable feeling about him. After

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months of Trevor trying to convince Lucy

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that I am a terrible friend and she should

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not hang out with me anymore, she

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started to do as he said. She would

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start to hide me from him. If she

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and I were together and he would call her on her

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phone, she would lie and say I wasn't

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there. If she was with the group

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of friends, he would have her swear

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I wasn't there. When he was going

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to be joining the group on an outing or just

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hanging out at her place, she would tell

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me I couldn't come. Lucy

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will do whatever a boyfriend says just

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to keep pleasing him so she doesn't lose

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them. Now, here's where

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it gets scary. Lucy calls me one

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day and says she wants me to come hang

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out at her place. I agreed. She

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came to pick me up. We went to our house

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and watched TV for a bit. We

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then decided since it's a nice day outside,

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we would take her two dogs for a walk to a nearby

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pocket park and would later return

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to the house to have lunch together. While

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at this park, she receives a phone call.

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Now, let me see that Lucy is not

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a private person what soever and

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has never ever walked away

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to answer a phone call until

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this day. She walked far

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enough away that she knew I would not be able

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to hear anything she said. This

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was suspicious to me, but not enough

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to question it. The call ends and

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she begins walking toward me. With a

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look on her faces if she is trying not

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to smile. She tells me,

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so I need to bring you home now. That

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was slightly confused as we had only

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been together for about an hour when

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we usually spend the entire day together

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And she would never want me to go home.

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She would even frequently beg me to sleep

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over to avoid being alone. I

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said, okay, and we walked to drop off

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her dogs at home, and we got into her

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car and off we went. About

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ten minutes into the car ride, I realized

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She isn't going in the direction of my house.

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So I questioned it. Where

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are we going? She smirked

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but didn't respond. I asked

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again laughing uncomfortably. Seriously,

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where are we going? She

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continued to smirk but didn't want to

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answer me. I started to realize

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she was heading in the direction of where her boyfriend

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left. Oh hell no.

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I asked one last time with anger in

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my voice Where are you taking

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me? Her only response was

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bone chilling to me. Trevor

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wants to talk to you. Nope.

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Nope. I

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wasn't having any of this. I

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insisted and demanded, she let me

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out of the car. But with her evil

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smirk and same response, She said

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it again. It's okay. He

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just wants to talk to you. I

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was furious at this point because

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this creepy guy who looks like he wants to kill

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someone who also despised me,

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wanted to talk to me. Why

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can't he talk to me on the phone?

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Why do I need to go to a sketchy apartment?

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She absolutely refused to

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let me out of the car. She had the doors

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locked. As if I wasn't able to unlock

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my passenger door. I waited

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until she reached a red light. I grabbed

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her wallet from the back seat. And took out

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her bus pass and bolted out of the car.

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I had no idea where I was or

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where the nearest bus stop was. But

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I was not about to let her crazy ass

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boyfriend do whatever he wanted to me.

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She yelled for me to get back into the car, but

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Of course, I ignored her. She

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sped off furiously. I

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immediately blocked her number on my phone.

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I removed her as my friend on social media

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and immediately warned the group of friends

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not to talk to her because she

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has gone nuts. I have

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not spoken to her since that very day,

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and she also lost the other five friends

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of the group as well. After

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this situation, Lucy, I

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hope you're truly lonely now.

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back to the horror.

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And finally, we close out the show hearing

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from Reddit user, Human Cake 7284,

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featuring voice work by Melissa Modena,

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and we check who at the door.

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This experience happened to my roommates and

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I in our second year of University. The

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city we went to school in was considered

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a very safe university town.

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The most we had heard of happening was drunk

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morons doing typical drunk moron

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things. This was also the first

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time that we were all really living on

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our own. First year residences are

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nice, but it's basically an extended

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summer camp rather than a typical living

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situation. The four of us girls

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lived in a nice townhouse that never once

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had a creepy vibe or weird neighbors

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in the months we had lived there. The only

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eerie part was that every weekend, we

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were the only people who stayed in the complex.

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All of our neighbors either went home

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or stayed elsewhere until returning Monday

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for classes. This was never something

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we had given a second thought to. Considering

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that was fairly normal for a uni town,

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especially because our complex was

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only made up of about four other

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townhouses. The complex was

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surrounded by walking trails and farm

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fields, which we loved. It was

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like our quiet spot away from the chaos

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of college kids. There were a few

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farm houses we could see from our backyard,

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but other than that, we were fairly secluded.

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The university was about a twenty minute

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bus ride away, which was never a big

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deal for any of us, especially because

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the rent was far cheaper here than

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in places that were within walking distance

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to campus. Being five foot

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six, I was the tallest by a considerable

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amount. I was also the only one out

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of the group who had been in a handful of

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scary situations. Due to

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this, I was the only one up to this

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point who would lock the doors, windows,

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and garage before leaving or going

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to bed. My roommates all grew up

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in small, very safe towns, so

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it was uncommon for them to lock doors

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back home. They were all so incredibly

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kind and trusting to everyone, never

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considering hidden bad intentions. The

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night in questions started very normally.

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We had planned on having a wine and movie

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night. This was kind of like a weekly

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tradition for us. We would pick out

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some stupid movie get takeout

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and get a little buzz after a long

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week of classes and work. At

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this point, it was early November. So

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we had been doing this for several months with

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no issues. By eight thirty

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ish, we had all settled on the couch in

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our living room and had started a comedy

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With it being November, it was already completely

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dark outside other than our porch

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light we could see from the small window at the

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very top of our door. None of

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us were tall enough to see anything out of

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that window anyway, so we relied entirely

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on our people. It took a great

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amount of effort for me to convince my roommates

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to check the people before opening

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the door. This was a talk we

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had after one roommate had opened the door

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for our neighbor's very drunk friend

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who threw up all over our main floor.

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Not long after ordering our takeout, we

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heard banging on our front door. Jess

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made a joke about how the delivery guy must

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have taken a helicopter to get here this quickly,

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especially considering the place we ordered

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from was very close to campus. It

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was not a typical delivery guy's

16:46

knock either, but between

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the few glasses of wine and carefree

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attitude of the night, We didn't really

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pay it too much mind. It was

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my roommates turn to pay this week.

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I'll call her Megg for the sake of the story.

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Out of the group, she is the smallest

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barely five foot. She's also

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the most trusting person I think I have

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ever met. She ran up

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to her room to grab her wallet. This took

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almost thirty seconds. During

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this time, the banging continued

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and was getting more aggressive. I

17:17

figured maybe it was cold or he had

17:19

other shit to do, so we yelled up

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to get her to hurry. The banging

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continued to get harder and harder.

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And I started to feel a bit

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uneasy. When she came back down,

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I told her to check the peephole before

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opening it as she was usually the one

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to just open up. She got to

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the door and looked at the people.

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She could barely reach it on a good day,

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so when she said she couldn't see anything, my

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other roommate and I got up to help.

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My second roommate, I'll call her Jess,

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is a very funny person. There

17:51

are very few things that she would not turn

17:53

into a joke. Jess got to the door

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before I did and looked out the peephole.

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The person on the other side was still

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banging away. When she turned

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to look at me, I knew something was

18:04

wrong. She looked incredibly

18:07

confused A look I had rarely

18:09

seen from her as she was very clever.

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Within a second, she had gone back in

18:14

for another look. This time,

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her face was not confused. She

18:19

looked afraid. This

18:21

made my stomach not up. She

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is a horror movie fanatic and

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she doesn't scare easily. I

18:28

think someone's covering the people. She

18:30

whispered shouted at us. This

18:32

time, I looked out of the people seeing

18:34

that, yep, something was covering

18:36

the people. We could still see

18:39

the porch lights shining through the window at

18:41

the top. So we knew it was not a

18:43

case of it being too dark to be able to

18:45

see what was going on. By now,

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our other roommate whom I'll call Anne,

18:49

had walked down the hall trying to find

18:51

out what was going on. She was

18:54

easily the drunkest of the four of us.

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Even sober though, she seemed to think

18:58

she was invincible. What is

19:00

your problem open the door? The poor dude

19:02

has his hands full? Was Anne's

19:04

wise idea? Jess and I

19:06

explained what was going on. At this

19:08

point, Meg, Jess and I

19:10

had a gut feeling that something

19:12

was wrong. That is when

19:15

Jess asked Meg to check the website

19:17

she had ordered our food on. Meg

19:20

had not placed the order. Between

19:22

the wine and the silliness of the earlier

19:24

night, she had selected our food

19:26

but did not finish the last step.

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The banging continued as our situation

19:32

started to sink in. Anne still

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did not seem to grasp what was happening

19:36

and tried to unlock the door. Stop.

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I snapped at her. Immediately, I

19:42

knew it was too loud. For the

19:44

first time, the person on the other

19:46

side of the door Spoke. This

19:48

is the police open the door now. We

19:50

have a few questions to ask you. A

19:53

man's voice practically growled back

19:55

at us. This sobered

19:57

me up right away. I looked over at

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Meg who was already welling up than

20:01

at Jess who had gone completely pale.

20:04

At this point, Anne also realized

20:07

something was not right and froze,

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which is the least Anne thing she could have

20:11

done. The banging was getting

20:14

increasingly harder. To the point

20:16

we could physically see the door breathe

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with each hit, MEG took

20:20

Anne upstairs trying to calm each other

20:23

down and check if there was a police car

20:25

parked outside and make sure our windows

20:27

were locked. Though it was hard to

20:29

do, it was possible to get onto

20:31

part of our roof that made it possible to

20:33

get to Anne's window. We

20:35

heard a window slam immediately knowing

20:38

that it had been Anne's window. Being

20:40

a bit of a thrill seeker, Anne had taken

20:42

out her window screen in order to sit on

20:44

the roof. For some reason,

20:46

this made what was happening very

20:49

real. Show me your badge,

20:51

then we'll open the door. I yelled back.

20:54

Instead of a response, it sounded

20:56

like the guy started to kick the

20:58

door. I told just to call the

21:00

police and ask if they had an officer dispatch

21:03

to our address. Jess was

21:05

shaking so badly at this point that it

21:07

was hard for her to dial. Now

21:09

Megg had come back down the stairs, sharing

21:11

that there was no police car parked outside

21:14

and trailed behind her standing

21:16

on the stair landing trying to get a good

21:18

look outside the window at the top of the door.

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At that moment, My blood

21:23

ran cold remembering that

21:26

the man at the door had said we

21:28

and not I. Jess

21:31

had just come to the same realization. She

21:34

sprinted to our back door a large

21:36

sliding glass door, which she double checked

21:38

that it was locked. Thankfully, it

21:40

happened. She drew the curtains

21:42

as well trying to minimize the chance

21:44

of them seeing in. Within a

21:46

minute, the knocking started at our

21:48

back door as well. Thank god

21:50

she had closed the curtains because the idea

21:53

of seeing whoever was doing that

21:55

still gives me chills. Uncover

21:58

the peephole and show me your badge. I

22:00

yelled again trying to sound as intimidating

22:03

as a young college girl could. We

22:05

were met. With silence which

22:07

was so much worse than

22:09

the banging. What is your badge

22:11

number, at least, prove to us that you are the

22:13

police? I screamed trying to

22:16

keep my voice from breaking. The

22:18

only response I got back was

22:20

a gravely. I can't do that.

22:23

Jess, had handed her phone off to Meg

22:26

who was sobbing now, trying

22:28

to speak to the dispatcher. The

22:30

banging now coming from both sides

22:32

of the house must have been hurt by the operator.

22:35

Is there someone trying to break in? She

22:37

asked Meg obviously being unable

22:39

to understand her. MEG frantically

22:42

asked if police had been sent to our house.

22:44

The answer we all knew by now

22:47

was no. Meg babble

22:49

that at least who men tried to get us to

22:51

unlock the door by impersonating a police

22:53

officer. Try to stay

22:56

on the phone with me. Police are on

22:58

their way. To your address.

23:00

The operator told Meg, how long

23:02

was he pee? Meg asked back.

23:05

No

23:05

more than ten minutes. She responded.

23:08

That made mec cry harder realizing

23:11

just how long ten minutes

23:14

really is. The door

23:16

was being hit so hard I worried

23:18

it would break. Jess ran

23:20

back toward our back door, making me worry

23:22

that our kitchen window had been open,

23:25

trying to think I put a share under

23:27

the doorknob and sat down hoping the

23:29

door would hold. Jess came

23:31

back to the front door holding a kitchen

23:33

knife and a fire extinguisher. Which

23:35

were the only things we had to protect

23:37

ourselves with in case they got in.

23:40

Anne, now sitting on the landing, flinched

23:43

with each hit. Anne was

23:45

farmed tough and had no issue dealing

23:47

with animals three times her size.

23:49

What was happening now though was entirely

23:52

different. We had nothing to

23:55

really her whoever wanted in, no

23:57

prods, and no backup until the

23:59

real police showed up, not

24:01

like what she was used to. She grew

24:03

up having families, her neighbors, her whole

24:05

life. If anything were happening,

24:07

her uncles and grandfather were at her

24:09

front door in a minute flat. And

24:12

I'm invincible attitude was

24:14

long gone. She was now

24:16

as scared as the rest of us, only

24:18

having some wood and glass keeping

24:20

these men out. Each

24:22

hit to the back door made me expect

24:25

whoever was there to break

24:27

through the glass. Open the

24:29

fucking door. The man yelled at us,

24:31

not caring if we thought they were police anymore.

24:34

Then it got very quiet

24:36

again which made me

24:39

wanna throw up. The only

24:41

thing worse than what was happening was

24:43

not knowing where the men were. The

24:46

idea of both men moving

24:48

to the back door made me absolutely

24:51

terrified if they really

24:53

wanted to. It would be very little

24:55

effort to smash through the plate

24:57

glass. Instead, the

24:59

knocking at the back door had

25:01

completely ceased. Within

25:04

seconds of that, the front door

25:06

started being hit again, trying

25:09

to wrap my mind around why they would

25:11

leave the easiest entry for

25:13

heavy wood. I realized the

25:15

back door was visible to the main

25:17

road. Whether they had seen a

25:19

car or heard us talking to the police,

25:22

they were smart enough to not want to

25:24

be seen by anyone. Jess

25:26

then said something that I had not thought

25:28

of, I don't think they want to rob

25:30

us there are so many houses that are

25:33

empty. Why would they come to the only

25:35

house with the lights on? She hissed.

25:38

My whole body went

25:40

cold. I did not have an

25:42

answer. All I could say was,

25:45

fuck, you're right. Meg

25:47

clearly felt the same because at this point

25:49

she was practically hyperventilating. The

25:52

three of us stayed quiet for a minute,

25:54

awful scenarios running through our

25:56

heads. Anne moved back up

25:59

the last few steps and out of sight of

26:01

us. The operator who we

26:03

had forgotten was on speaker spoke,

26:05

which practically made me jump out of my

26:07

skin. She must have felt how terrified

26:10

we were and tried to calm us down.

26:13

Are two minutes away. They have their sirens

26:16

turned off and the lights are on.

26:18

You should be able to see them very

26:20

soon. Stay on the phone with me

26:22

so I can confirmed when you're outside for

26:24

you.

26:25

She said, the men outside were

26:27

starting to seem desperate. The

26:29

sound of glass shattering had me

26:31

turning to the back door fully expecting

26:33

to go into offense, but the door

26:35

was still intact. Instead,

26:38

our porch light the only light

26:40

illuminating our dark street went

26:43

out, which put two and

26:45

two together for me, understanding

26:47

that they had destroyed the only

26:50

way we would have been able to identify whoever

26:52

was on the other side. Fuck

26:54

your little hoarse. A voice we

26:56

hadn't heard before. Whoever was at

26:59

the back door spat. This

27:01

was worse than the initial speaker.

27:04

It was full of so much hate

27:06

and venom that it scared me more

27:09

than the banging. He was so

27:11

calm. Intent on whatever

27:13

his goal was. It didn't feel

27:15

like how the first man had sounded. Up

27:18

until this point, I couldn't have convinced

27:20

myself that they wanted our valuables, but

27:22

this voice made me understand that

27:25

he wanted us. To

27:28

this day, I've never heard of waste

27:30

come close to that level of

27:32

malice. It sounded like he wanted

27:34

to inflict serious harm on

27:36

us And if he had gained entry,

27:39

I know he would have. Somehow,

27:42

I wanted the first man to speak again

27:44

instead of whichever sick bastard

27:46

had just spoken. I looked

27:49

at Meg. I know how terrified

27:51

I must have looked. Until now,

27:53

I may have done a half decent job

27:55

at hiding how scared I was, but that

27:57

voice ruined my ability

27:59

to stay stone faced. Meg

28:01

looked like a scared little girl, and

28:04

that made me panic. If

28:06

they got in, there is nothing I would

28:08

be able to do to stop them,

28:10

not for me, and not for my

28:12

friends. We would have been at the

28:14

mercy of the monster outside. Jess

28:17

had practically stopped breathing. It

28:19

was like the oxygen had been sucked

28:21

out of the air. It was so

28:24

quiet. It sounded like a

28:26

gunshot when our mailbox opened.

28:28

Anne ran back down the stairs.

28:31

I see the sirens. They're coming down the main

28:33

road now. She whispered hoping not

28:35

to have the men here. The same

28:37

man spoke again one more time,

28:40

so slowly that I almost thought he

28:42

was done after each word. In

28:44

that same awful, calm

28:46

voice, he read out a letter

28:49

addressed to the four of us. Our

28:51

neighbor must have put it in today.

28:54

She had planned a potluck for the

28:56

next week. None of us thought to

28:58

check the mailbox after we had talked

29:00

to her in the driveway this morning. Just

29:03

Meg, M0P.

29:07

Those are nice names. I'll

29:09

be back soon, girls. Then

29:12

we'll have some fun. I

29:14

felt tears rolling down

29:16

my face. hadn't realized

29:19

I had started crying, but

29:21

I knew he meant what he had said.

29:23

I tried to pull my mind out of the

29:25

dark pit that that sentence had sent

29:28

it to, waiting, praying

29:30

that the police had apprised them

29:32

hoping they would not get the chance

29:35

to come back. The silence

29:38

continue None of us

29:40

dared to speak, worried that

29:42

we would not hear if they moved

29:44

to another point of entry. Instead,

29:47

the silence per assisted for what

29:49

felt like a lifetime. The

29:52

operator was the first one to speak again,

29:55

telling us that the police are out front

29:58

She told us to stay in the house until the

30:00

police knocked on the door. The

30:02

kind woman stayed on the phone with us

30:04

for several more minutes. While the police

30:06

searched around the area. Finally,

30:09

the real police showed their badge

30:11

to the peephole before even knocking

30:13

to try not to scare us. The

30:15

operator told us that we had done well

30:17

and that we were in good hands now.

30:20

We opened the door to be met by two

30:22

kind looking older police officers

30:24

who we let in. Glass shards

30:27

covered our front stoop from our porch light.

30:29

It looked like it had been ripped out of the

30:31

wall and smashed onto the concrete

30:34

below. There were several police

30:36

cars out front of our previously quiet

30:39

home. The headlights on all of

30:41

the cars were shining down the street

30:43

towards the walking trail. We

30:45

spoke to the officers who took a report

30:47

from us. They asked us to describe

30:50

the night's events in detail. They

30:52

asked us if we saw them at all, and

30:54

we explained how the people had been covered

30:56

and the light had been smashed before moving

30:59

away from the door. The officers

31:01

advised us to speak to our landlord about,

31:03

at the very least, security cameras.

31:06

The older officer then closed the

31:08

pad he had been riding in and looked

31:10

up at us. He then spoke a

31:12

phrase that made me understand how

31:14

much danger we had been in.

31:17

Look, if any of you were my daughters, I

31:19

would have wanted the officer to tell her.

31:21

If you can get out of your lease, do

31:23

it. THEY KNOW WHERE YOU ALL LIVE

31:25

AND THEY ALSO KNOW THE RESPONSE TIME

31:27

FOR US, ESPECIALLY AFTER TELLING

31:29

YOU ALL THAT HE WOULD BE BACK. After

31:32

that, they asked if we had heard a vehicle.

31:34

That was something I had not considered. We

31:37

did not hear any type of motor until

31:39

the police were there. Even when

31:41

Meghan Anne had gone to look for a police

31:44

car, they saw no cars on the

31:46

street at all. So likely

31:48

that meant that they had come from the walking path

31:50

which would explain how they left without

31:53

passing the police on their way back to the

31:55

main road. The older officer

31:57

of the two had a look that told me he

31:59

had an idea of what was going on.

32:01

He looked sad, which was worse

32:03

than if he had looked scared. I

32:05

knew he had seen the situation end.

32:08

Far worse in the past. We

32:11

pushed for an explanation, but were only

32:13

told that this had been an issue years ago,

32:16

but did not elaborate past that point.

32:18

The officers stood up, exchanged

32:21

a glance that I did not know how to

32:23

read, and then spoke again.

32:25

We will have a cruiser parked in the driveway

32:27

as well as a plain car around the back.

32:30

They will not have a chance to try

32:32

again. They did not catch

32:34

the men in the two more weeks we lived

32:36

there. We had a few creepy

32:38

things, but nothing close to this.

32:41

The reality was they had not

32:43

been caught and they could come

32:45

back anytime. After

32:47

this night, we spoke to our landlady

32:49

who was incredible. She owned

32:52

several properties around the city, and when

32:54

we explained what had happened, she let

32:56

us move to an apartment closer to campus.

32:59

She told us that our safety is

33:01

more important than making a few hundred

33:03

dollars. She even left the house

33:05

empty for many months in order to

33:07

make sure cameras, better locks,

33:09

and a reinforced back door. Thankfully,

33:13

they did not come back, and we were

33:15

able to enjoy our new apartment without

33:17

worrying. This is still so

33:19

scary to me because of that voice.

33:22

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33:24

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33:26

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