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That last story was INTENSE. Once that kid told his mom you pushed him into the street, I woulda been outta there for good. And I can't BELEIEVE you LENT HER MONEY!!! You and I are very different people.
I would never, ever, EVER let a person treat my children like that Rachel did! I love my husband more than I can put into words, but if he did even one of those things to my child, we'd be in divorce court by week's end.
Then you’re a good mother. My parents r probably the most happily married ppl I have ever seen out of any couple whether it be in real life, in movies or tv shows I’ve never seen 2 ppl love and support each other more. Yet my mother always said even though she loves and would kill or die for my father her kids always come first and obviously he never would but if my father ever abused us she would take us and leave immediately without a second thought because that’s what being a parent is.
I absolutely agree. I dont believe that his father had no idea what was happening at all. I am also surprised that his mother supposedly never saw any bruising or injuries to him all those years if his stepmother was constantly punching him in the face repeatedly and beating him all over. I think less of her as well that she did not bother to press charges against the stepmother once she found out what was going on.
I am not married but I share your opinion. I am a single parent and choose not to date because I trust no one. My kids come first, no questions about it.
I would LOVE a video game-like counter that tells us how many times we've narrowly avoided death like the clove cigarette guy. Stories like that are CRAZY.
I have a lot of questions about the Rachael story; If this crazy b*tch was repeatedly punching and slapping a child in the face, why didn't anyone report or see marks or bruises? The father, mother, or school staff didn't see any signs of abuse? Then there's the incident when she drags Op away by the arm and screams and punches them with the family there, nobody said anything? Also once the mother did find out, why wouldn't she press charges? Personally if it were me, the woman wouldn't be breathing, and then Op continued to see them on and off until they got divorced? How could Op ever fogive the dad after all that? Idk, I just don't understand a lot of this story lol
The one with the satanic ritual site and creepy men chasing the teens was straight out of a horror movie. And that poor boy who watched his grandma stab herself - how traumatic. The manipulative woman who abused that guy was pure evil. Stories like these make me wary of exploring abandoned places alone and opening up to unstable people. Super creepy stuff!
Yes, I thought the same thing once chains and whips were read. The only difference is the original author at least went with their gut, saw the potental red flags and did their own personal investigation on the guy to get answers on his past. Anastasia Steele was too ignorant and naive to think this is really suspicious.
Yep I think most of it is a work of fiction, calling his a psychopath serial.. erm cannot call someone serial when they haven’t killed multiple ppl with patterns and sometimes trophies taken and it not be a mass or spree killing.. sounds more like a narcissist she described, he could be a sociopath but he’d need to be diagnosed
Congrats on 1M subs Joel, very well deserved as the undisputed King of narration. I’ve actually run out of episodes on Spotify inside of 8 months because I listen to them at work so much. My shifts are 12hrs long, but thanks to you they fly right by. You’re the man, you keep reading, I’ll keep listening, cheers brotha 🍻🍻
The story about the kid who had to deal with the step mom Rachel just broke my heart. I had to deal with something similar, and every time I hear stories of people abusing children so severely for the smallest things, especially if they're not even responsible for what happened. It's so sad that the OP didn't feel like they could go to their mother with what was going on. I'm sure the family they had would have done something to help. Unfortunately though, a lot of abused people, especially children, don't think they can ask for help because their abuser's influence is so overpowering to their need to get help. I hope the OP in that story can recover.
Story 9 at the 58 min mark got me. It seemed to start out so mild. My perception: "I'm a big fan and thought I would share my little story. Little boy, meat grinder, grandma with a knife to the chest!" Im over here like "god damn, coming in hot with that story." It was a good one, completely unexpected.
That story was awful. Good, but wow, I can't imagine the trauma that's still affecting that little boy to this day. I really hope he realizes none of that was his fault.
Bedtime stories sorted for tonight! Love your channel Joel, you are an awesome narrator who has an awesome community! I look up to you and hope to be a half decent narrator myself one day!
My last day at my current job was today to take care of my mental health and this is a good way to help me relax / decompress my brain to think about my plan of action 😌
Give yourself 3-5 days to just focus on nothing. Relax unwinded go for walks, gym etc. after that it’s game time, it time to come up with a plan. Enjoy that quite time trust me I’ve been there and the beach was my happy place
Wishing you the best in your future! I admire that you're leaving a job to focus on your mental health. I'm thinking of doing the same exact thing but want to make sure I have something lined up, but a break a very much needed so I can start healing ✌🏽
What the hell is up with the 5th story? What kind of lunatic decides to go someone's house to assault them for something as mundane as an online discussion? The poster even has the courage to talk all proud of what she did even though she almost got kidnapped
The story about the abusive stepmother is astonishing!! How could their family just turn a blind eye!! I'm sorry, but that is pathetic! I really hope they have nothing to do with them!
At least the mother took the kids away from her! I can't believe that father stayed married to that witch for so many years after abusing his children!
@UTFR67 Are you serious? Soooo all the children that were abused to death by their parents are faking it? Remember, just because someone sees something does not mean that they are going to speak up.
@@devinsims8027 I did not say that. I’ve seen plenty of these like that hispanic boy who was abused to death by his mom and stepdad. However this one just seems unlikely, and many of these are fake.
I was wondering how many stories submitted actually get read. I submitted a very personal story of mine, and I think I’d be cool to hear it be shared here. I also want to support this channel as much as I can.
Hi from South Africa. I absolutely love your channel. Your voice is so soothing. I listen to your channel on my way to work and back. At night when i can't sleep and any other chance i get, cooking, cleaning, etc. Keep up the awesome content 😊
I had an experience very similar to story #7 a few years ago. I stopped at a gas station to pick up some snacks and drinks before going to work, when the cashier asked if I wanted a fresh cookie. I hesitated and thought about it for a few seconds, before deciding to buy it. A few minutes later as I was driving to work, I was approaching a green light - that had been green for several seconds as I came up to it. Right around 3 or 4 seconds before I went through the intersection, a truck blew through the red light on the crossing road. They weren't speeding (at least not much), but I very well could have avoided a nasty T-bone. Moral of the story: even if you don't buy the cookie, at least consider it for a moment.
24:40 Us Maintenance Men have all residents keys or even a key that opens everything. But in order for us to just come in we knock a few times and yell "Maintenance" If nobody is home we slowly open the door and yell "Maintenance" a few times just so nobody gets spooked. We also have these little green tags we put on the doors to let the resident know there is somebody in there. You can use them if you want or whenever a resident comes in you can say "Maintenance is here" you never just let them come in and expect you there. Only if you have permission to enter should a resident expect Maintenance to be there on that day.
Your intros take me back....the movie rental place, the smell of popcorn there, dark red carpet, little me making my way to the horror section and the bright red curtain my dad disappeared behind 😂😂😂
I call absolute bullshit on the story about the girl who claims she antagonized some girl on an app and then drove to another city to go "beat her up" and then subsequently got "kidnapped" and thrown in to the trunk of his car, dragged by her hair into a creepy house, thrown into a back room and then suddenly the police burst into the place arresting him, rescuing her and reuniting her with her sister who had followed them there in her own car and called the cops. Ridiculous.
@@Onora619Factual? Do you mean fictional? Or am I missing sarcasm? 😅 I can't tell anymore lately 😅 But if you meant fictional, then yeah, I agree. Even though I know most are fake stories, they're still entertaining.
Ur content is always straight 🔥 🔥 U definitely are very impressive! I can always count on u to post the most amazing crazy stories… keep up the phenomenal work!! 💙💙💙💙
That woman Maria was a total psycho! That dude really needs a common sense check to stay in contact with someone like that for so long!! I'd sleep in my car before her place!!
Hi there! I work at a place called Cordia. Actually at work right now, the building I work in is actually one of the remodeled buildings from the old Traverse City state hospital/ward! I just thought it was SUCH a coincidence that I happen to be working in the very building that the first story is about. Lol 😅 I have worked here for almost a year and i get creepy/ominous feelings sometimes when I’m alone in a certain section but It’s actually quite a beautiful and peaceful area for as much history it holds. 😊 Stay safe y’all, I’m a big fan!
Hahaaaaa I very briefly worked at cordia as a brightstar caregiver. The people I worked with were insanely mean and rich and liked to show it off. I only worked 2 shifts with those living nightmares 🎉😂
@@ytgytgy totally feel that. Most are pretty mean and ungrateful here. It sucks. I hate my job and feel trapped. It’s my own living hell honestly. I know it could be worse though.
I was dozing off when listening to the live stream and just heard so many comments about the boring bad story and now I’m looking forward to listening to it 😂
That one girls so naive especially after running away from the maintenance man. How does she not know that he's the one that tried breaking into her apartment?
She pissed me off, didn’t even report the so called “maintenance man” to the landlord after the situation happened. Legitimately annoyed the hell out of me.
@@chikari123 right not only did she leave herself at risk but she leaves other women at risk. From the moment she ran from him and felt like he had an evil look in his eye she should have reported him to the landlord, then once he was at her door trying to get in she should have taken action. Hell she should have taken action as soon as she heard glass breaking! Who hears that and then doesn't go check to see what happened?
You never really know how you will react in a life or death situations until you are in one. I used to think I would be much more bad ass until I first experienced a life or death moment. 😅 Your body just reacts
Yo thank you for uploading this bro I love to go urban exploring & I just finished all your urbex themed videos so for you to upload another right as I chill for the night is dope
Some of the buildings that made up the Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital have been demolished while the others were re-developed into The Village at Grand Traverse Commons
BIG appreciation for Joel's staunchly cheese-free female narrations. HUGE appreciation for all ten stories being completely respectful towards mental health issues. I think it's a first anywhere on YT's story narration channels.
As someone who is both into the occult and also FROM Traverse City: The first story had me actually laughing out loud. The "Welcome" that wasn't friendly was probably the two dudes being super confused that anyone found their circle, they were almost certainly not 'satanists', and they were probably trying to stop the kids from leaving just to explain the situation so they could finish up before the kids alerted the guards. Most occultists I've met in my life are FAR more friendly than religious folks, especially Catholics. Also the bird was *probably* not killed by them and was instead found, but that one's possible.
Another former tc person here, I worked at "cordia" for a bit at the psych campus. No cool stories, just awful hyper rich snobby ppl that I took care of briefly who lived there.
I was thinking similarly. I think alot if people who see circles with candles pentagram or not think the worst. They didn't mention possible due to not knowing which way the bird was laying inside the center of the star. Top point up or down usually indicates good intentions vs bad. Also the color or candles and scent of them or incense can be representative of their intentions. I didn't think immediately they harmed the bird but were doing a ritual or prayer ceremony for it's passing.
Listened 9:35am 23/9/23🇬🇧 I still adore hearing the birds at the end, its a sign of a new fresh day. I must buy an official licenced 2TB WD_Black SSD Memory stick for my PS5 before the end of next month.
These stories help me sleep, because they remind me that even idiots and cowards can survive horrifying ordeals. Third story drove me crazy. Maintenance dude breaks into her apartment and then chases her and she's like, "who knocked at my door????" Jesus christ
What's going on bro I just want to say to the Man in The Last Story I was you bro man talking about I want to say almost 11 years ago it's not your fault she took advantage of you to use you and she played with your heart. Don't blame yourself. It's a hard recovery. Understand this man you're better than that don't let yourself ever ever go into that type of mindset or life ever brother never ever let anybody like that take advantage of you man you are way better than that but I know your pain I got nothing but love for you man stay strong stay blessed and keep your head up brother and keep moving peace and love to you. Also let's read you are awesome brother I love you story also love you chilling out man keep up the good work nothing but love to you brother peace.
I could tell that Maria had borderline long before the end of that final story. No idea how her original clinicians missed it when she first got care in the story - childhood history of abuse, fragile, emotional instability, stormy relationships, etc, etc
The girl that got kidnapped straight up asked for it 💀 are you kidding me?? She drove an hour and a half just to fight a random girl and thought nothing would happen?
Hey Joel! These were great stories!!! Some were creepy, some were kinda scary and I enjoyed them all!!! Most of all I enjoyed listening to your soothing voice and excellent narration 💙💙 Thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication!!! You are amazing and I greatly appreciate you 💙💙 May God bless you 🙏❤️🙏 Much love ❤
Depending on what time of the year story one was told if there was a salt circle where the bird was they could have been preforming a ritual for the bird man it’s said if you summon him under a full moon he will grant you one wish but you must speak fast and you must not open your eyes when speaking to him great story
0:20 Bro did ONE google search and declared himself a specialist on the matter ☠️ The size and nature of an asylum depends on where and when it was built. Just because asylums were generally being shut down during a certain time doesn't mean EVERY asylum got shut down at that time.
I’m the caretaker of an abandoned state hospital. Yes, I’ve had experiences but nothing is as scary as the living. I’ve spent time there alone at night and I’m a woman. The main building is wide open and the most popular. People talk about demons there and it’s the funniest thing. People are just afraid because it’s dark, empty beds, and decaying walls.
Damn that's hella crazy, u got some big Bazongas for doing that at night especially being a woman with crazies walking around outta no where. How do u care for the place since it's abandoned and falling apart especially with the walls?
Story 10 started off sounding fake , but the longer it went The more the girlfriend started to sound like my brother-in-law's psychotic EX and it became so much more realistic.
The 17 yr old girl had no business living alone. She was way too naive. I won't say too young because many of us are/were capable of living alone at that age. Many of us were latch key kids and had enough understanding of how the world works to be able to take care of ourselves. Her confusion of how the maintenance man gained access to her apartment, how does one not know maintenance has full access to apartments? How did she think things would be fixed? She seemed pretty confused about work hours as well. No, maintenance doesn't work in the middle of the night. Possibly if an emergency arises because they're typically on call but work regular hours otherwise. She didn't inform the police of his behavior either or go to management after any of the incidents. Being shy or introverted or any of that is no excuse for putting yourself in danger. Or even thinking the problem will just go away. That's all signs of being incapable of living alone. This story is kinda absurd to the point it seems fishy but my first apartment experience was similar with maintenance. I would come home and there would be cigarette ashes everywhere and cigarette odor, we didn't smoke. My furniture would be rearranged. Vertical would be out of whack and twisted. Every time I called to report it to the office I was told it wasn't their maintenance. Their maintenance didn't smoke. That was bullshit because the one would always wear his cigarettes and cigarillos behind his ear. So yeah, I get it. But I still think she wasn't ready to live alone.
Yea that’s the first of many things I thought was weird about this story that a 17 year old girl was living alone. Then the fact that the maintenance guy was in her bedroom… what could he be working on in their. My guess is that he was waiting for her to come home alone and ambush her and most likely S.A. her (not sure if I’m allowed to actually say it for some reason) but when he heard her bf the fact that a man was there scared him off and neither of them thought it was odd he just ran out without “fixing” whatever he was working on. And then he basically chased her to her door, he’s obviously targeting her for something and the fact that she didn’t report any of it is just gonna embolden him to keep trying until he succeeds with whatever he has planned for her. And yea I’m pretty maintenance ppl have keys that allow them access to every apartment in whatever building they’re working in. A lot of jobs have background checks and psych evaluations but I think maintenance men should definitely be vetted like that as well because you’re not only giving them complete access to anyone and everyone in the building but they know who lives where, who’s alone and when they’re home or not so if there’s no vetting process sexual predators can get these jobs and have way too easy access to vulnerable ppl where they should be safest, in their own homes.
I'm pretty sure the renter needs to be made aware when work is going to be done and someone will be entering their living space so that is definitely sketchy! Also some people don't have a choice and have to move out on their own young. Unfortunately what comes with that is being tossed in the world not "fully knowing how to swim" or what comes with being on your own. She stated that she would have handled that situation completely different now that she is older.
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It’s not loading for me either 😢
Me either:(
Not working for me either 😢
It's working fine here in Rochdale
My day couldn’t have gotten any better. Thank you Joel you’re the most electrifying you tube narrator!!
That last story was INTENSE. Once that kid told his mom you pushed him into the street, I woulda been outta there for good.
And I can't BELEIEVE you LENT HER MONEY!!! You and I are very different people.
I would never, ever, EVER let a person treat my children like that Rachel did! I love my husband more than I can put into words, but if he did even one of those things to my child, we'd be in divorce court by week's end.
Then you’re a good mother. My parents r probably the most happily married ppl I have ever seen out of any couple whether it be in real life, in movies or tv shows I’ve never seen 2 ppl love and support each other more. Yet my mother always said even though she loves and would kill or die for my father her kids always come first and obviously he never would but if my father ever abused us she would take us and leave immediately without a second thought because that’s what being a parent is.
AMEN sistah
I absolutely agree. I dont believe that his father had no idea what was happening at all. I am also surprised that his mother supposedly never saw any bruising or injuries to him all those years if his stepmother was constantly punching him in the face repeatedly and beating him all over. I think less of her as well that she did not bother to press charges against the stepmother once she found out what was going on.
I am not married but I share your opinion. I am a single parent and choose not to date because I trust no one. My kids come first, no questions about it.
Yeah same here.
My mom did that stuff to me, and I'd go to prison before I let that happen to my daughter.
I would LOVE a video game-like counter that tells us how many times we've narrowly avoided death like the clove cigarette guy. Stories like that are CRAZY.
I think k having the counter would make me more nervous and prone to near death clumsiness xD
As a father, the worst thing that my child could ever call me is their 'biological father'. I would rather they pretended I was dead.
Well, a great start is don't abandon or abuse them, I suppose. That seems to be a big factor in why anyone even uses that phrase
I have a lot of questions about the Rachael story; If this crazy b*tch was repeatedly punching and slapping a child in the face, why didn't anyone report or see marks or bruises? The father, mother, or school staff didn't see any signs of abuse? Then there's the incident when she drags Op away by the arm and screams and punches them with the family there, nobody said anything? Also once the mother did find out, why wouldn't she press charges? Personally if it were me, the woman wouldn't be breathing, and then Op continued to see them on and off until they got divorced? How could Op ever fogive the dad after all that? Idk, I just don't understand a lot of this story lol
You’re not alone lmao. I also don’t understand quite a bit.
@@zombiesquash Ok good lol
Cause it's a bull$hit made up story
The whole tale sounds like a child's fantasy combined with a conceptual checklist of beats they think should be included to build plausibility.
@@genghispecan Lol yeah
The one with the satanic ritual site and creepy men chasing the teens was straight out of a horror movie. And that poor boy who watched his grandma stab herself - how traumatic. The manipulative woman who abused that guy was pure evil. Stories like these make me wary of exploring abandoned places alone and opening up to unstable people. Super creepy stuff!
Is it? That's a common occurrence in Europe though.
The second story is straight out of 50 shades of gray
Yes, I thought the same thing once chains and whips were read. The only difference is the original author at least went with their gut, saw the potental red flags and did their own personal investigation on the guy to get answers on his past. Anastasia Steele was too ignorant and naive to think this is really suspicious.
Yep I think most of it is a work of fiction, calling his a psychopath serial.. erm cannot call someone serial when they haven’t killed multiple ppl with patterns and sometimes trophies taken and it not be a mass or spree killing.. sounds more like a narcissist she described, he could be a sociopath but he’d need to be diagnosed
More like Danny Masterson IRL
Story 2 is 50 Shades of Grey - with a few changes in details.
That’s what I was thinking too
Yep
That story is very hard to believe. He got community service for attempted murder?
@@thecatatemyhomeworkyou don’t know the justice system very well if you think that’s far fetched, unfortunately.
😂😂
Joel, you are an amazing narrator and you rock.
So did we just hear the storylines of 50 shades of grey and Gerald’s game?
that Rachel story hits way close to home thankfully my step mom died a few years ago cancer i still celebrate from time to time
Congrats on 1M subs Joel, very well deserved as the undisputed King of narration. I’ve actually run out of episodes on Spotify inside of 8 months because I listen to them at work so much. My shifts are 12hrs long, but thanks to you they fly right by. You’re the man, you keep reading, I’ll keep listening, cheers brotha 🍻🍻
The story about the kid who had to deal with the step mom Rachel just broke my heart. I had to deal with something similar, and every time I hear stories of people abusing children so severely for the smallest things, especially if they're not even responsible for what happened.
It's so sad that the OP didn't feel like they could go to their mother with what was going on. I'm sure the family they had would have done something to help.
Unfortunately though, a lot of abused people, especially children, don't think they can ask for help because their abuser's influence is so overpowering to their need to get help. I hope the OP in that story can recover.
Story 5😂 driving a whole hour to fight someone you had an argument with online is wild af
That Rachel was punching the kid in the face and NO ONE noticed??
I was wondering the same thing?
That's because it's a fake story
Story 9 at the 58 min mark got me. It seemed to start out so mild.
My perception:
"I'm a big fan and thought I would share my little story. Little boy, meat grinder, grandma with a knife to the chest!"
Im over here like "god damn, coming in hot with that story."
It was a good one, completely unexpected.
That story was awful. Good, but wow, I can't imagine the trauma that's still affecting that little boy to this day. I really hope he realizes none of that was his fault.
Good God, story 9 was sad 😢😮
Bedtime stories sorted for tonight! Love your channel Joel, you are an awesome narrator who has an awesome community! I look up to you and hope to be a half decent narrator myself one day!
Just subbed to you. Again. I subbed last week and I looked and I was unsubbed 🤦♀️ It happens. Ur great and you’ll get better!!! 😊❤
#5 is basically bragging about being a bad person and realizing why it's a bad idea to taunt people. They may be a monster.
Love listening to these stories while at work. Makes my day fly. Keep up the good work. Appreciate it. Love the long stories.
My last day at my current job was today to take care of my mental health and this is a good way to help me relax / decompress my brain to think about my plan of action 😌
Give yourself 3-5 days to just focus on nothing. Relax unwinded go for walks, gym etc. after that it’s game time, it time to come up with a plan. Enjoy that quite time trust me I’ve been there and the beach was my happy place
Wishing you the best in your future! I admire that you're leaving a job to focus on your mental health. I'm thinking of doing the same exact thing but want to make sure I have something lined up, but a break a very much needed so I can start healing ✌🏽
What the hell is up with the 5th story? What kind of lunatic decides to go someone's house to assault them for something as mundane as an online discussion? The poster even has the courage to talk all proud of what she did even though she almost got kidnapped
WHOA! Joel gotta MILLION subscribers! 🎉🎉 Congratulations Sir!
I know you probably hear this a lot. I have a mentally stressful job, every night I listen I listen to you. It helps me relax and fall asleep.
Until the awful commercials come blaring through and totally ruin it.
Hey Joel, can’t wait to hear these stories. I was at the live last night.
The story about the abusive stepmother is astonishing!! How could their family just turn a blind eye!! I'm sorry, but that is pathetic! I really hope they have nothing to do with them!
At least the mother took the kids away from her! I can't believe that father stayed married to that witch for so many years after abusing his children!
@@dinarusso3320 I know!!
It’s gotta be fake. No way no one ever noticed any bruising
@UTFR67 Are you serious? Soooo all the children that were abused to death by their parents are faking it? Remember, just because someone sees something does not mean that they are going to speak up.
@@devinsims8027 I did not say that. I’ve seen plenty of these like that hispanic boy who was abused to death by his mom and stepdad. However this one just seems unlikely, and many of these are fake.
I was wondering how many stories submitted actually get read. I submitted a very personal story of mine, and I think I’d be cool to hear it be shared here. I also want to support this channel as much as I can.
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Hi from South Africa. I absolutely love your channel. Your voice is so soothing. I listen to your channel on my way to work and back. At night when i can't sleep and any other chance i get, cooking, cleaning, etc. Keep up the awesome content 😊
I had an experience very similar to story #7 a few years ago.
I stopped at a gas station to pick up some snacks and drinks before going to work, when the cashier asked if I wanted a fresh cookie. I hesitated and thought about it for a few seconds, before deciding to buy it. A few minutes later as I was driving to work, I was approaching a green light - that had been green for several seconds as I came up to it. Right around 3 or 4 seconds before I went through the intersection, a truck blew through the red light on the crossing road. They weren't speeding (at least not much), but I very well could have avoided a nasty T-bone.
Moral of the story: even if you don't buy the cookie, at least consider it for a moment.
Thank you. Listen to you on my commute everyday.
Once again an awesome video!!
Just going to bed! Perfect timing 🎉❤ Thanks, Joel
24:40 Us Maintenance Men have all residents keys or even a key that opens everything. But in order for us to just come in we knock a few times and yell "Maintenance" If nobody is home we slowly open the door and yell "Maintenance" a few times just so nobody gets spooked. We also have these little green tags we put on the doors to let the resident know there is somebody in there. You can use them if you want or whenever a resident comes in you can say "Maintenance is here" you never just let them come in and expect you there. Only if you have permission to enter should a resident expect Maintenance to be there on that day.
Your intros take me back....the movie rental place, the smell of popcorn there, dark red carpet, little me making my way to the horror section and the bright red curtain my dad disappeared behind 😂😂😂
Loved the live stream yesterday it was so entertaining!!
This channel is simply SPECTACULAR!
The clove cigarette story gave me CHILLS!
I can't get enough. Thanks Love for another awesome video. Ur the best!
much love
I call absolute bullshit on the story about the girl who claims she antagonized some girl on an app and then drove to another city to go "beat her up" and then subsequently got "kidnapped" and thrown in to the trunk of his car, dragged by her hair into a creepy house, thrown into a back room and then suddenly the police burst into the place arresting him, rescuing her and reuniting her with her sister who had followed them there in her own car and called the cops. Ridiculous.
Yep! That’s fake as heck, and anybody who believed it needs to wear a helmet at all times to protect what little grey matter they seemingly possess.
Same.
Ikr
The whole "beat her up" part did kinda threw me off and made me scratch my head.
@@Onora619Factual? Do you mean fictional? Or am I missing sarcasm? 😅 I can't tell anymore lately 😅 But if you meant fictional, then yeah, I agree. Even though I know most are fake stories, they're still entertaining.
Thank you for the upload
Today I’ll be packing for a trip so love listening in the background
Between Milwaukee and Chi town is kenosha. A lot of beef from both sides hits our city. It's disappointing.
Yeah well the story was BS
I grew up in waukesha country. I miss those days. I didn't know things from chiraq and Milwaukee would bleed into Kenosha.
Looking forward to this! Thanks Joel!!!
Was having trouble but not now. Thank you Joel for everything that you do ❤❤
Im gonna loose my mind listening to these bussin stowies 🤯🧠
lose your mind? Really?
Ur content is always straight 🔥 🔥 U definitely are very impressive! I can always count on u to post the most amazing crazy stories… keep up the phenomenal work!! 💙💙💙💙
That woman Maria was a total psycho! That dude really needs a common sense check to stay in contact with someone like that for so long!! I'd sleep in my car before her place!!
Hi there! I work at a place called Cordia. Actually at work right now, the building I work in is actually one of the remodeled buildings from the old Traverse City state hospital/ward! I just thought it was SUCH a coincidence that I happen to be working in the very building that the first story is about. Lol 😅
I have worked here for almost a year and i get creepy/ominous feelings sometimes when I’m alone in a certain section but It’s actually quite a beautiful and peaceful area for as much history it holds. 😊
Stay safe y’all, I’m a big fan!
Hahaaaaa I very briefly worked at cordia as a brightstar caregiver. The people I worked with were insanely mean and rich and liked to show it off. I only worked 2 shifts with those living nightmares 🎉😂
@@ytgytgy totally feel that. Most are pretty mean and ungrateful here. It sucks. I hate my job and feel trapped. It’s my own living hell honestly. I know it could be worse though.
I was dozing off when listening to the live stream and just heard so many comments about the boring bad story and now I’m looking forward to listening to it 😂
That one girls so naive especially after running away from the maintenance man. How does she not know that he's the one that tried breaking into her apartment?
She pissed me off, didn’t even report the so called “maintenance man” to the landlord after the situation happened. Legitimately annoyed the hell out of me.
@@chikari123 right not only did she leave herself at risk but she leaves other women at risk. From the moment she ran from him and felt like he had an evil look in his eye she should have reported him to the landlord, then once he was at her door trying to get in she should have taken action. Hell she should have taken action as soon as she heard glass breaking! Who hears that and then doesn't go check to see what happened?
The survival instincts of some of these MC’s is just running on 0
You never really know how you will react in a life or death situations until you are in one. I used to think I would be much more bad ass until I first experienced a life or death moment. 😅
Your body just reacts
@@CathrynAnn98 fair enough, however if ur maintenance man is stalking and trying to break down your door, tell the damn police 😭
The intro music reminds me a lot of the PS1 music when you turned it on. Nostalgic!
Yo thank you for uploading this bro I love to go urban exploring & I just finished all your urbex themed videos so for you to upload another right as I chill for the night is dope
Some of the buildings that made up the Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital have been demolished while the others were re-developed into The Village at Grand Traverse Commons
BIG appreciation for Joel's staunchly cheese-free female narrations.
HUGE appreciation for all ten stories being completely respectful towards mental health issues. I think it's a first anywhere on YT's story narration channels.
Yay! It’s working for me now! Cheers Joel!
Cool the Haunted Asylum Hospital reminds me of the horror movies I seen about them.
I absoultely love your channel, Joel. You arean amazing narrator and always have amazing content!
Awesome stories today Joel!!!!
Dang I was wondering when a Traverse City story would pop up on here. The abandoned hospitals are a pretty neat place to check out if you can get in.
Here for your stories,
Staying for your voice.
🩷💜 Thank-you Joel. I love your channel!
It’s so great listening to the polished compilations after watching your fun live streams remembering the goofy moments 💀
I was thinking the same. Especially this one haha it was a rough one at times haha
As someone who is both into the occult and also FROM Traverse City: The first story had me actually laughing out loud. The "Welcome" that wasn't friendly was probably the two dudes being super confused that anyone found their circle, they were almost certainly not 'satanists', and they were probably trying to stop the kids from leaving just to explain the situation so they could finish up before the kids alerted the guards. Most occultists I've met in my life are FAR more friendly than religious folks, especially Catholics.
Also the bird was *probably* not killed by them and was instead found, but that one's possible.
Awe man that makes me sad, super nice friendly Scottish Catholic here, you've just not met the awesome cool Catholics like me 😁
It’s always fun to see locals from TC on Let’s Read’s channel.
Another former tc person here, I worked at "cordia" for a bit at the psych campus. No cool stories, just awful hyper rich snobby ppl that I took care of briefly who lived there.
I pray that you find Jesus Christ we are in the end of days. GOD is waiting for all to be saved.
I was thinking similarly. I think alot if people who see circles with candles pentagram or not think the worst. They didn't mention possible due to not knowing which way the bird was laying inside the center of the star. Top point up or down usually indicates good intentions vs bad. Also the color or candles and scent of them or incense can be representative of their intentions. I didn't think immediately they harmed the bird but were doing a ritual or prayer ceremony for it's passing.
Thank you, now i can finally get some sleep😎
Listened 9:35am 23/9/23🇬🇧
I still adore hearing the birds at the end, its a sign of a new fresh day.
I must buy an official licenced 2TB WD_Black SSD Memory stick for my PS5 before the end of next month.
Really enjoyed this ep a great mixture ❤
Man, these vids have been getting me by for real
The best way to escape reality, legally. Thank you for all that you do!!
These stories help me sleep, because they remind me that even idiots and cowards can survive horrifying ordeals. Third story drove me crazy. Maintenance dude breaks into her apartment and then chases her and she's like, "who knocked at my door????" Jesus christ
Thank you Joel
Thanks Joel, you’re awesome👏
Thank you ❤
happy Let’s Read uploads day (Wednesday) ❤️
What's going on bro I just want to say to the Man in The Last Story I was you bro man talking about I want to say almost 11 years ago it's not your fault she took advantage of you to use you and she played with your heart. Don't blame yourself. It's a hard recovery. Understand this man you're better than that don't let yourself ever ever go into that type of mindset or life ever brother never ever let anybody like that take advantage of you man you are way better than that but I know your pain I got nothing but love for you man stay strong stay blessed and keep your head up brother and keep moving peace and love to you. Also let's read you are awesome brother I love you story also love you chilling out man keep up the good work nothing but love to you brother peace.
The guy in story 7 sounds like the least interesting person out there. Clove cigarettes? Scary speeding car? Bros gotta get out more
I could tell that Maria had borderline long before the end of that final story. No idea how her original clinicians missed it when she first got care in the story - childhood history of abuse, fragile, emotional instability, stormy relationships, etc, etc
Great storeys, thank you
As someone who had to watch her own father mentally fall apart and turn into a crazy man, this one hurt.
The girl that got kidnapped straight up asked for it 💀 are you kidding me?? She drove an hour and a half just to fight a random girl and thought nothing would happen?
Hey Joel! These were great stories!!! Some were creepy, some were kinda scary and I enjoyed them all!!! Most of all I enjoyed listening to your soothing voice and excellent narration 💙💙
Thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication!!! You are amazing and I greatly appreciate you 💙💙
May God bless you 🙏❤️🙏
Much love ❤
It's playing now ,I will be able to listen Tonight,thank you
You are an truly amazing storyteller ❤thank you for all the great stories 🌞🥰🥱😊
Depending on what time of the year story one was told if there was a salt circle where the bird was they could have been preforming a ritual for the bird man it’s said if you summon him under a full moon he will grant you one wish but you must speak fast and you must not open your eyes when speaking to him great story
Awsome stuff
The intro with the pyramid, why do I feel like I've seen/heard that before?🤔
0:20 Bro did ONE google search and declared himself a specialist on the matter ☠️ The size and nature of an asylum depends on where and when it was built. Just because asylums were generally being shut down during a certain time doesn't mean EVERY asylum got shut down at that time.
Ive been around that psych hospital in TC, got some pics inside it too. shits pretty sick
me n my homies usually smoke weed in one of those buildings too☠️ incense thing’s kinda funny
Love you UA-cam Joel!❤🤍💙
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The streets are the psychiatric hospitals now. Yea, America 😢.
13:38 "This is what I like!" 😂💀
I’m the caretaker of an abandoned state hospital. Yes, I’ve had experiences but nothing is as scary as the living. I’ve spent time there alone at night and I’m a woman. The main building is wide open and the most popular. People talk about demons there and it’s the funniest thing. People are just afraid because it’s dark, empty beds, and decaying walls.
Damn that's hella crazy, u got some big Bazongas for doing that at night especially being a woman with crazies walking around outta no where.
How do u care for the place since it's abandoned and falling apart especially with the walls?
Story 10 started off sounding fake , but the longer it went The more the girlfriend started to sound like my brother-in-law's psychotic EX and it became so much more realistic.
The 17 yr old girl had no business living alone. She was way too naive. I won't say too young because many of us are/were capable of living alone at that age. Many of us were latch key kids and had enough understanding of how the world works to be able to take care of ourselves. Her confusion of how the maintenance man gained access to her apartment, how does one not know maintenance has full access to apartments? How did she think things would be fixed? She seemed pretty confused about work hours as well. No, maintenance doesn't work in the middle of the night. Possibly if an emergency arises because they're typically on call but work regular hours otherwise. She didn't inform the police of his behavior either or go to management after any of the incidents. Being shy or introverted or any of that is no excuse for putting yourself in danger. Or even thinking the problem will just go away. That's all signs of being incapable of living alone. This story is kinda absurd to the point it seems fishy but my first apartment experience was similar with maintenance. I would come home and there would be cigarette ashes everywhere and cigarette odor, we didn't smoke. My furniture would be rearranged. Vertical would be out of whack and twisted. Every time I called to report it to the office I was told it wasn't their maintenance. Their maintenance didn't smoke. That was bullshit because the one would always wear his cigarettes and cigarillos behind his ear. So yeah, I get it. But I still think she wasn't ready to live alone.
Yea that’s the first of many things I thought was weird about this story that a 17 year old girl was living alone. Then the fact that the maintenance guy was in her bedroom… what could he be working on in their. My guess is that he was waiting for her to come home alone and ambush her and most likely S.A. her (not sure if I’m allowed to actually say it for some reason) but when he heard her bf the fact that a man was there scared him off and neither of them thought it was odd he just ran out without “fixing” whatever he was working on. And then he basically chased her to her door, he’s obviously targeting her for something and the fact that she didn’t report any of it is just gonna embolden him to keep trying until he succeeds with whatever he has planned for her. And yea I’m pretty maintenance ppl have keys that allow them access to every apartment in whatever building they’re working in. A lot of jobs have background checks and psych evaluations but I think maintenance men should definitely be vetted like that as well because you’re not only giving them complete access to anyone and everyone in the building but they know who lives where, who’s alone and when they’re home or not so if there’s no vetting process sexual predators can get these jobs and have way too easy access to vulnerable ppl where they should be safest, in their own homes.
I'm pretty sure the renter needs to be made aware when work is going to be done and someone will be entering their living space so that is definitely sketchy!
Also some people don't have a choice and have to move out on their own young.
Unfortunately what comes with that is being tossed in the world not "fully knowing how to swim" or what comes with being on your own.
She stated that she would have handled that situation completely different now that she is older.
Story 3. Only 3 of the 10+ (?) maintenance men in my apartment complex did not give me the creeps over the years. 😩😩
LET'S GO!!! 🤩🥳😊💪👍
Hey there Joel!
What would be worse, an abandoned psych hospital, or one that’s entirely full?
Really? Have you actually ever been to one? You're safer with them in a psych ward than the people outside. Just sayin'
Abonded
And the answer would have to go to the mother inlaws cooking
… You have really weird views on mentally ill and disabled people
Aw man
They need to bring back these hospitals. There are so many crazies now they would be overflowing with people!!