6 True Scary Stories About Dark Family Secrets
Vložit
- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Today's episode delves into the eerie and mysterious tales hidden within family histories. In this spine-tingling compilation, viewers are taken on a journey through six unsettling narratives that unveil the shadowy secrets lurking beneath seemingly normal facades. From long-buried mysteries resurfacing to hidden connections that defy explanation, these unsettling stories will leave you on the edge of your seat, questioning the depths of darkness that can reside within even the closest of families. Brace yourself for a haunting exploration of secrets best left undiscovered, as each story unfolds with a sense of unease that lingers long after the video ends...
NEW HORROR VIDEOS EVERY MON, WED, & FRIDAY 7PM EST!
Listen on PODCAST! ►
Spotify -- spoti.fi/2o7wgnc
iTunes -- apple.co/2Mwumv6
Support me on PATREON for EARLY ACCESS!► / letsread
JOIN this channel to get access to MEMBERS ONLY perks:
/ @letsreadpodcast
FOLLOW ME ON ►
Instagram - @letsread.official
Twitter - @LetsReadCreepy
MERCH STORE►► shop.spreadshirt.com/LetsRead/
HAVE A STORY TO SUBMIT?►Reddit.com/r/LetsReadOfficial
♫ Music: Iron Cthulhu Apoc
• Video
Thumbnail: Robin Mikalsen
/ robin.mikalsen
►True Scary Stories Playlist - goo.gl/zbRPJ2
►Subscriber Stories Playlist - bit.ly/2K13woW
►Creepypasta Playlist - goo.gl/c6jQzI
►True Ghost Stories Playlist - bit.ly/2LudRzk
►Livestreams Playlist - bit.ly/2uNeeJU
🕓 TIME STAMPS:
1►00:00
2►06:12
3►15:51
4►23:05
5►32:01
6►38:28
DISCLAIMER: All stories within this video are provided with explicit permission from their respective authors. Thank you to all who participated in today's video!
#truescarystories #creepy #letsread - Zábava
Story 4???? “A young man’s life was ruined that night” Yeah your friend’s life was ruined years prior by his abuser, damn him for fighting back???
Right! I couldn't tell you how many fights my brother and I got into. He even through my head into the wall and I blacked out. We were best friends and worst enemies when we were younger. There wasn't abuse like the story, but we would both get heated and just fight. There were so many times we could have unintentionally hurt each other severely just fighting like kids do. Somebody shoving someone after years of abuse just sounds like it resulted in an unfortunate accident. Even if intentional to shove him down the stairs in the moment, I honestly can't imagine the intention was what resulted.
Casey deserved every bit of what he got.
I couldn't imagine cutting contact had this been one of my friends. I would have tried to help them cope with their guilt - because they shouldn't feel guilty about this at all.
@@sylverscale yes! If a friend of mine came to me and said “I fought back against my abuser and they got hurt” I would be telling them “they deserved it, you did what you had to” not “you have anger issues for not wanting to put up with your abuser”. There would not be any hesitation to support that friend because they’d been fighting that trauma for years!
As someone who has experienced childhood abuse, it destroys you. Years upon years of therapy, psychiatry, and any other way you use to heal still don’t erase all of the damage. Kyle was fighting back against the person who made his childhood a living hell, that childhood he can *never* get back. To have the gall to tell him he has “anger issues”, or to believe that his abuser’s life was “ruined”, shows a clear lack of understanding for what prolonged childhood trauma will do to a person.
When his abuser was out of his life, Kyle was finally happy, succeeding, he had power over his situation and could feel safe. When his abuser came back, that trauma came back, and he turned back into a scared child, but this time he could fight back. How dare you see your friend at his lowest and tell him he needs to fix himself. He’s likely been trying for years to do that. How can he fix anything when he has no support?
You knew his parents were absent and uncaring when he was a child, did you think they would support him now? You knew he struggled making friends because of his tendency to lash out, do you think he had many now? You might have been the only person he had. And now that he’s dead, you don’t even care how he died? Maybe it’s because deep down, you know it might have been partly your fault for leaving him to rot.
@@aspennie "How dare you see your friend at his lowest and tell him he needs to fix himself." - My favorite part of your comment.
I'm so pleased that the people in the comments agree about story 4.
OP lacks empathy, loyalty, and logic.
Their friend endured hospitalizing abuse at the hands of their brother for years -- but OP reduced it all down to "anger issues." As if he, out of nowhere, chose to push them down the stairs in a murderous rage.
he even says "fought back for the first time" against his abuser,,, he was scared :(
@@WaferTotsMy older brother was my Worse Nightmare, besides the Catholic Priest that SODOMIZED me for 8 year’s!! If it we’re today!! I’d KILL “EM” all with my Bare hands 🙌🏻 My older brother died 2004 A very painful Cancer! & the Priest all Dead 💀 too!!!!!!!! But yep unless one is Abused & Violated in every way, keep yo mouths SHUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And for crying 😢 out loud say & do something if you know someone is being the punch 🥊 bag for that abuser’s delight!!!! If ya don’t then you’re all BLATANT COWARDS!!!!!!!!!! SMH 🤦🏻♂️
Fr fr
If you think about it. It did say that his brother tripped from being drunk. So TECHNICALLY, he put himself in that state and the lil bro just assisted.
@@gboymachine9762 😱🤣😱🤣😱🤣😱
Story 4, why on earth would you abandon your most fond childhood friend and blame him for defending himself against prolonged abuse? Then go and tell his personal business including his childhood, the abuse he endured from his family, and his deepest secret to the world? Terrible and cowardly person.
A hundred times this.
Kyles story is devastating and this person not only cut him off, but also used Kyles, not his own, story for entertainment, while acting all "Holyer than thou". I hope this person reads the comments in here because damn, you suck.
That story pissed me off because he abandoned his friend
He sounds like one of those people who will take way more from a friendship than he will give back into it
AND then, he told us how he wishes he could have said goodbye after abandoning his friend.🙄
“He ruined a young man’s life and I don’t wish that on anyone” like bro wtf was Kyle’s brother not ruining Kyle’s life??? Like why was dude more sympathetic to the abusive brother
Story 5: my dude, you have to tell her. If it destroys your relationship that is just another part of your penance for completely taking away two innocent lives who you placed below your drinking. She has a right to know and make an informed decision on who she is marrying and who she has children with. Imagine your kid is in school and a classmate finds out what you did and you wife has to deal with both a very upset child and finding out your secret.
Agreed! You have got to tell her!
Yep. He will just have to suck up whatever happens. This is the path he has dug for himself. As a woman I would absolutely want to know this.
🙏 amen
It’s the past. A hard sad fucked up past, but I know u still ask god for forgiveness every fu….. Now is time to ask ur wife the same❤
He says he joined a church and he truly believes then he should know that honesty is important. She needs to know. The foundation of theirs is not solid.
Story 4 is sickening on the posters part.
Watches their friend suffer through abuse that at time leaves him hospitalized, friend finally fights back and defends himself, attacker -who is drunk- falls down the stairs and ends up a cripple, somehow it's the defenders fault? Defender has anger issues?! Defender is blamed?!
I wouldn't be suprised if Kyle ended up killing himself given how supportive and helpful his family and friends had been.
Absolutely! No one ever supported him - I feel so bad for him 😢
I think he confessed to OP in the hopes that he would understand the reason behind what happened, that it was not premeditated, the aggressor was drunk, started the fight, and during the fight lost his balance and fell. Kyle needed someone to share that with and someone to support him. He was hoping OP would be that person, knowing all that he had been through and his family's history of abusing him and failing to protect him. He needed a good friend and that friend let him down. My heart goes out to Kyle and I pray that he is resting in Paradise now, finally surrounded by the love he never received in life.
yes, that was quite messed up and sad.
story 4 is a great example of someone who grew up in such a sheltered, white-picket fence life that they've never had to endure anything themselves and only sense of justice is whatever their pig lord lawmakers decide is law at the time. aka bootlickers. i feel so bad for his friend, he deserves so much support
I think you need help lol, how did piglord law makers and bootlickers fit into the story? Vent much? 😂
Just some neat facts I want to share. Convicted pedophiles' home addresses and vehicle info is all on the sex offender registry website and America is one of the few nations that gives you the God given right to own and carry a firearm, some states don't even require you to register them with the government. Be aware of your local laws and practice good firearm safety.
Absolutely agree.
What is a pig lord?
@@ijustchangedmyname7794 monopoly CEOs, corrupt politicans, billionaires. the people who control the entire economy and everything that follows...
Story 4: your friend is abused for years and as an adult you find out he defended himself against his abuser so your answer is to abandon him when he clearly needed help? 🤨 Great friend you are
Yeah, really. Who needs friends like that?
@@richardmartinez5032 with friends like that, who needs enemies? 😅
@@richardmartinez5032I agree Totally!!!
COWARD is what he is, to Abandon his friend (Now Dead 💀) SMH 🤦🏻♂️
@@RachelOnAWhimSo True!!
Story 4: Casey deserved it. It was self defense and anyone reacting with horror at Kyle's actions is disgusting. If dude was really Kyle's friend he would have told him he did the right thing. I WOULD wish that kind of hell to anyone who is an abuser. "Anger issues", hell. I despise people who think it's wrong to fight back against violence with violence. Casey got exactly what he deserved. He was made as helpless as he made his victim feel for so many years.
He had anger issues when he picked fights with other kids. But Casey? Deserved. No ounce of sympathy for him or the parents.
Too bad Kyle wasn't relieved and finally free but felt guilty. He shouldn't have.
@@sylverscale he was being abused. The school should have investigated and his parents should have stepped in. His "anger issues" are a symptom. Every single adult in that child's life failed him.
Cassy got 100 percent what he deserved. After many years of Cassy making Kyles life hell day in day out. Kyle had to walk on eggshells in his own home. I don't fill Kyle had anger issues at all. If the parents would of did something this might of never happened. If Kyle wouldn't of pushed Cassy then Kyle might of been the one laying at the bottom of the stairs
Even if Kyle didn't push him on purpose, Casey indeed ended up getting what he deserved. If only all abusers got that kind of karma!
@@sylverscalethe picking of fights is a direct result of the abuse at home. He’s acting out because he has so much anger because of the abuse and nothing being done about it. His anger “issue” disappeared after the abuser left proves this
Story 4: anger issues??? He was ABUSED, his abuser came back, like what??
Right! Also it sounds like it was self defense
Yea OP is a bit of a wanker if you ask me..
Exactly! That guy had been fucking abused since childhood and his friend pushes him away for fighting back against the abuse
Exactly what I was thinking!! I was sure I must have heard it wrong? Poor guy. Victimized all over again🥺
So betraying and cruel to do that to your so called “most fond childhood friend.”
Okay, dear person in story 3, you have no right to be mad at your mom for not telling you about her being raped as a child. You're not entitled to her pain.
Yea like u really can’t understand y she wouldn’t ever wanna talk about it or let u know about it. But I just don’t understand y she never saw her twin brother again.
Well said … thts traumatic to talk about being raped by your dad and your mom didn’t help and your uncle did the right thing
I was so mad that this person had the nerve to be mad at their mom. I'm sure it wasn't something she wanted to remember let alone talk about.
THANK YOUU
I can understand being shocked, maybe upset she didn’t tell you for a quick minute, but to act the way OP did is pretty awful. It makes sense why she didn’t tell him (and not just because of his reaction), he’s still a kid!
I don’t think I’ve ever been so upset at a submitter as I was when I heard story #4. Glad I’m not the only one who feels strongly about it! What a terrible, terrible “friend.”
Story 4 OP is a self righteous duchebag, and I wouldn't be surprised if his rejection of Kyle sharing his darkest secret with the person he thought was his best friend might have led to his early death. After being abused and neglected by all family in your life, then finally getting the courage to open up to the only other person he felt would understand, it would be heartbreaking.
woul be life shattering. to feel like you have no one to turn to..
I'm convinced that losing his best Friend sent him down a Spiral
*Douchebag. As a certified douchebag myself, I take umbrage with the misspelling of such an illustrious title.
I'm fuming about that piece of sh.. "friend & forever brother" of story #4. How can people be so lacking of even a shred of empathy and still so self-righteous? Wanna punch that guy so bad. Awesome vid Mr. Joel as always!
I feel the same way get help with your anger before you kill someone really but when he was getting the crap kicked out of him on a daily I guess that was his fault too smh terrible writing in all of these stories
OP is an abuser, too, and has to defend his fellow monsters. That’s the only explanation I can take away for his extreme cruelty. And it can’t even be argued that he emotionally abused Kyle 1. With his reaction when Kyle reached out and 2. Posting Kyle’s very private story online.
Story 4 was horrible, The abuse victim, accidentally hurt his abuser fighting back and trusted his friend enough to tell him about the fight and the guy cut him off, what a terrible friend.
Imagine believing self-defense is somehow worse than abuse of any kind. Kyle's life was a nightmare, no one helped him and so he was forced to do it himself.
The OP of story four failed his friend. Everyone in that poor man's life failed him.
Story 3 gave me way too many emotions. The moms brother is so amazing for protecting her even from their own father. Her son tho.... oh man. That made me livid. Why on earth would you be mad that she didn't want to share such a traumatic experience. I'm sure she would have when she was ready. That just really hit me wrong. Also why would the brother get a life charge for taking out a person that raped his sister. This world is f'ing sick and warped
I'm hoping it's fake because...what project would need that information?
Like my best guess is OP needed to know Maternal Grandfather's death and maybe where Maternal Uncle was but how would Mom not have a cover story already after so many years?
@@mousepariah3884 I hope it is a story made by some edgelord.
Even though some p*dos make their own families just to fulfill their fucked up fantasies with ease.
Story #5 to the alcoholic if you are reading.
You have already experienced a failed marriage. You need to ask yourself if you want another one. If she finds out later that you have been hiding something this big since before you were married, she may not just be mad about the incident. She will probably start questioning what else you are hiding if you can keep something that big to yourself. She might even feel like you intentionally trapped her in the marriage before the truth came out. Now the seeds of distrust are sown.
Also, if you are writing this story, i imagine there is a tinge of guilt for not telling her. Can you deal with that for the rest of your life?
From a logical standpoint, at 37, you have worked hard to get where you are. The older you get, and more assets you acquire, marriage can be more dangerous depending on the spread in income and assets. You are getting ready to most likely spend way too much money on a wedding. Have you figured out how the marriage will affect your business, because if you split, she could have rights to it. Also, the more assets involved, the more expensive divorces get. It seems like a divorce costs more than getting married these days.
So, if she leaves you now, your heart hurts.
If she leaves you later, your heart hurts, and you could lose everything you have worked for due to all the expenses related to the wedding, divorce, splitting of assets, and risk to your business.
My opinion, she loves you for the person you are today. It is possible she will cope with the person you were because that is not the person she knows. However, if she can't handle your past, then it is better to figure that out now before risking everything you have worked for. You can probably deal with losing her, but can you deal with losing her and the life you created?
Amen
Agreed be honest with her
Agree
Totally agree.
Agreed! It would be torture to put yourself through a secret like that and it’s something you’d constantly have to remember to hide from her.
In a sense I believe it’s your subconscious guilt not allowing you to be honest with her in order to constantly be reminding yourself of the guilt and pain of what you did, and though it is horrible but you’ve paid your dues.. now you just have to forgive yourself.
I know it’s cliché, but If she truly loves you, she’ll understand and she’ll accept that part of you.
Set yourself free, and tell her ❤
And this way if you tell her before you guys get married, she has the choice to stay or go without things getting too messy.
If you really hate your mom for not telling you she was raped and abused just because you didn’t have all of the information you wanted you need help 🤷🏻♀️
It's got me fkng livid. I keep going back editing my comment the more I think about it.
he did say it was his selfish side so he knows its a strange feeling. trust me this type of talk can cause horrible feelings to arise out of nowhere, especially as a teenager and when its someone you hold near. As long as he kept his negative feelings to himself and understands why anyone would keep the story to themselves its fine.
Story four is unfortunate, parents that did not intervene or prevent Kyle’s abuse. Kyle was a victim through and through and his parents should have been around more to protect him. The author of story four is such a gaslighter. Telling his “brother” to get help with his anger is so incredibly sad. Then to make it out like he was the one that missed out when he cut Kyle out of his life is insane.
yes absolutely!! "Your my brother, but lets never talk again" I am sure that hurt as much as his own brothers beating. Kyle was just defending himself from a bully who had actually put him into the hospital several times, and made his life a living hell. Then when he said " I just wish I got to say goodbye" I actually yelled at the screen "well if you had been the friend, he thought you were, maybe he wouldn't be dead now"
He didnt really care about Kyle, it sounds like nobody did. He only cared about how that experience, affected him. Like so many people do when you decide to confide something personal
Most humans are such a disappointment. But there are a few of us out there, that do care, and would have stayed friends with Kyle, and helped him get through what happened.
He killed a 22 year old woman and her 19 month old child, and was released in only six years! That's ridiculous! !!!!!
I hope his fiance leaves him
@@iamimperfectionperfected4 that's a very nasty thing to wish upon someone
To the 'friend' in story 4: I hope your conscience ( if you've got one ) rips you to pieces for years.
Rest in peace Kyle. Casey was clearly a POS who karma caught up with one drunken night on a staircase.
Story 4 & 3. No loyalty in people anymore... That was your best mate, even if he did it out of spite I don't think it would matter. Where is your loyalty? That other kid to, the one who talked all that bs about protecting his family. Found out something truly horrible happened to his mom and that she's a beast to move on and succeed. Well he can't even talk to her now and doesn't care if he graduates!!!! Wtf? No loyalty in people man.
Well story 3 is still fresh; the guy just found out and is reeling with the emotions of it when he saw family, the people he comes from, meaning the grandfather as well, as the most important thing for his whole life. So to find out what some members of his family were, especially it being the patriarch of the family and him valuing standing up as the man of the house, is going to be upsetting. It is odd that he mentioned not talking to her though, hopefully it’s a short-term thing.
Also, he’s been doing what he can to support his family since he was five, and he’s still a kid. It’s hardly bs; he shouldn’t have been put in the position of being an adult in the first place.
@@bjaxstriker5245that’s not the point lol, why is he mad at his mom for not sharing that horrific story sooner? It’s not something a child should hear until they are far older, and at no point in his life I’m sure was there a good reason for her to tell him this story. I understand he’s still a kid but he’s being an asshole
@@aidanesquivel3752 It’s my point. The level of indignation at the kid’s response doesn’t take into account the things I mentioned-this story is the kid dumping out all this stuff that’s he’s been obsessing over. Think of a time when you went through something upsetting and the state you would’ve been in during it, or of how we think when we’re teens. We don’t have perfect responses to things as human beings. If I’m remembering the other story right, I think the guy in that one is way worse.
The kid even says it’s selfish, and he is trying not to be mad since he knows it’s not his mom’s fault.
Thank god everybody got the same rage for story 4😭 wish I would’ve been there live
Story 3: Assuming this story is true, I'm so gutted for you and your mother. Don't ghost her after everything she's gone through; it will break her. If you want to know what to say to her, tell her how proud you are of her for standing up for herself, and for having the courage to tell you the truth. It seems to me the woman is forged from courage and I'm sure she's never heard those words before. It's the greatest gift you could give her and if you don't mean it now you will surely mean it as you get older as family is so important to you. In case you haven't heard it lately, I am proud of you as well. I don't know anyone who would have done what you did for your sister's funeral.
As far as your project goes, pull the teacher aside and tell them (some of) the truth: Tell them you can't complete the assignment because some very traumatic things happened to your family and there's no way it will be healthy for you going down that path. You don't have to tell them *what* happened unless you want to. Then ask them if there's anything you may be able to do instead, such as the family tree of a historical person (the more recent the easier). Maybe someone local.
If you speak half as well as you write you'll be just fine communicating either situation. In my experience people always seem to behave better than I give them credit for while I'm catastrophizing in my head. With the exception of my psychotic grandmother, but I digress.
I'm so sorry you have to deal with all this at such a young age. I had some similar experiences and I wish every day I would have been more open about things. If I'd have talked to anyone at all I might not have gotten so messed up as an adult -- but you still have a chance at a good life. These are your defining moments. As we both know, sometimes you only get one shot at doing or saying a thing before all your chances are abruptly taken from you. I wish you all the best and I'll keep you in my thoughts.💜
Brilliantly said!
I hope he sees the story I shared.
For the alcoholic guy that killed 2 people. Tell her. Your going to be married and something like this is no small secret. If she loves you she might be very angry for a long time but she will stay. If she doesn’t want to accept it then she will leave and that is her right even if it hurts you. It’s much better to find out from you instead of finding out on her own
I agree
Agree
Damn what a plot twist.. OP from story 4 is the real villain and doesn’t even know it. Self preservation turned him into a weak coward. Those types of people are the ones who do real emotional damage
damn straight
OP is a shitty friend, but those awful parents are just the cherry on top
For the last story, I hope the first deceased husband’s loved ones are assisting you with your research. If his death wasn’t an accident, then he and his family also deserve justice.
Story 1 got me. Just the other day my little one & I were at Walmart and I got that weird feeling that someone was looking at us. I looked around and found it; there is this older guy watching me and my son. Usually I smile and nod but there was something about his gaze that made me get incredibly defensive in a millisecond so I just stared back at him. He looked down and I stared at him until we reached another aisle. Some might say that was rude but better rude than someone thinking I'm an easy target.
I looked it up and there's nothing similar to it. I smell a fake.
Not rude at all. If anything that man was being incredibly rude by staring like that.
You stared him down, and he pretty much called up your inner Mama Grizzly. And he saw it. Good job Momma Bear
@@anastasiachaliman4234I think most of these stories are fake.
I was abducted when 4, it didn't last long, they couldn't stand my screaming so the aliens dropped me back off at home !
When my son was little, he was a hider. He absolutely loved watching us to see when our focus was off of him for a minute and then he would hide under clothing racks and stay utterly silent until we found him. The second time this happened, I had enough and bought one of those child harnesses with a tether attached so you could hang on to your child. I couldn’t even shop without watching him like a hawk to be sure that he didn’t dart underneath something when my attention was on looking for our household necessities in the store. I can’t describe the level of disgust that some women looked at me with for “putting my child on a leash”. He couldn’t sit in the cart as the cart was loaded with groceries etc and his legs were now too long to fit in the child seat part. And because he had ADHD (diagnosed by a physician and confirmed by a second opinion), he wasn’t the easiest to control when out of our home environment. To me, the harness wasn’t a leash, it was a lifeline. I knew he was safe and accounted for. Fast forward a few years and someone that we know took their child to a carnival. They were standing within easy distance to their daughter who was at the back of a line to get a lemonade drink when a man tried to grab her and steal her as they watched in horror and reacted swiftly. He ran away, but that’s how easy it is to have this happen to you. This wasn’t some big scary city, either, but a small town. It can happen anywhere. The little girl was safe, but shook up. It just reaffirms to me that I did the right thing by harnessing my child in stores until he was at a more mature teachable age of understanding.
Who cares how they looked at you - you did the right thing.
Bro Kyle deserved such a better friend than the POS that just sat back and watched him get abused, and then had the nerve to cut all contact with him when he finds out he fought back…
It honestly sounds like dude had been looking for a reason to cut Kyle off and justified it with his “anger issues” like what???
Story #4's OP is the definition of an unreliable friend.
Story 5 - Tell her. It’s clear you are overcome with remorse and understand how stupid it was and how tragic every underlying circumstance was also. No past is pretty and if you’re honest with your partner about exactly the nature and severity of your problem, how that night happened and how you swore and followed through on your promise never to drink again; then she’ll at least be grateful for your honesty. If she knows about your drinking problems thus far and still loves you and wants to get married, she’s not stupid and accepted the issues this far. If you lie, you’re betraying her and that trust. Your conscience will eat you alive and your relationship will be a lie. It won’t be easy at all. All I can say is be honest. Tell the truth; brutally. And if she truly loves you; that will be enough. I hope it works out for you and I’m proud of what you’ve accomplished after hitting definite rock bottom ❤️
Couldn't agree more!! 👏 Telling the truth and being honest is the hardest, bravest thing. The truth will indeed set you free! Learned that from experience! 🙌
Story 5: Dude, TELL HER. Honesty--you shouldn't be married if you don't have mutual honesty in your relationship. Your guilt if you dont tell her will *make you feel like a hypocrite at the AA meetings. Plus your guilt might get so bad it could make you relapse. Also, your secret will negatively affect your marriage, and if she ends up finding out from somebody else, she may feel so hurt & betrayed, she'll leave you.
Story 5, the alcoholic. You MUST tell her before you get married. Be completely honest about everything at all times because keeping a secret about a horrific event will tear you up inside and you'll probably lose her too.
Listening to his story I was thinking, "how did my story get on here?" It WAS my story up until the crash that killed the mother and her child. Thankfully my drinking never killed anyone but could easily have happened. Last month, July 27th, marked 26 years of sobriety. Long story short, I had 10 DUI's in 20 years. My highest BAC was .42, the judge said I should have died. That was only my 5th DUI, I woke up in the ditch with a stop sign lying on the hood of my 74 Chevelle. I don't recall how many of those DUI's resulted in my car being fitted with an ignition interlock device, which I outsmarted with an air tank and a sock. The last DUI I was on my third attempt at driving home from town, I live on a farm 4 miles out. 3 AM, the city cop busted me 2 miles from town on our coast to coast US highway. I stopped in my lane, he opened my door and I fell onto the highway. I looked up and recognized him and said with my wrists touching and arms extended, "Stan, I'm drunk, take me to jail". Uncuffed, I rode in the front seat and we talked. I said, "that's it, I'm going to quit before I kill someone". BAC was .36. Second offense in a 12 year period, judge sentenced me to 15 days in jail and immediately after, 28 days in a treatment facility. Treatment in southern Minnesota was a spiritual facility. It was tough but it literally saved my life. After a year without my license I went to the county courthouse to get it back. While there, I tracked down the prosecutor. With tears flowing I thanked him for sending me to treatment, on the county's dime. He said of the dozens he's had sent to treatment, I was the only one to thank him. Not a drop nor a desire to drink since.
You are a strong person. I am glad you had a strong sobering moment and went to get treatment. I am happy you thanked him. Just shows that you are genuinely trying to be better. Keep up the good work. And may you live a long, happy life❤
@@ujika8164how is he strong being addicted to anything is weakness. Everyone has a son story as to why they use. Now never being an addict is being strong.
Good to know I’m not the only one who has zero empathy for Casey in story 4. He was an evil person and Kyle brought karma onto him. Kyle had every right to finally defend himself. I can’t imagine how hard it had to be for him to hear is “best friend” reduce it to “anger issues” and no longer contact him. He did what had to be done and was abandoned for it by yet another person who’s supposed to love him. Talk about “brotherhood!” But you abandoned your abused friend?? Awful!
What the hell was that guy in story 4 talking about? Seriously he told his friend to get help with his anger issues? He was abused for years by his older brother. Seems to me he got what was coming his way but that’s my opinion. The author is a piece of crap. He left his friend and acted like he was wrong. He wasn’t.
Story 4 ‘friend’ is the absolute worst.
Bro SELF DEFENDED, for once, his drunk, loser, forever-abuser fell.
Good!!!! ✌🏼 😊
If she really loves you,she.ll stay.dont keep a secret like that.Hopfully she won't ditch ya like the other story when things get tough.🙏✌️
About story 4, geez, I'd totally understand Kyle even if he pushed his brother down the stairs on purpose. I know I would. OP is a shitty friend.
Yesssss
I agree. I wouldn't be able to say it's the right thing to do, but I definitely wouldn't be able to blame the Kyle's even if he did plan it.
Let’s Read has the most soothing voice of all the narrators 🖤
Fax machine
Let’s Read has an amazing soothing voice I agree.
AND he's the coolest fella that I know, that doesn't know me!
We appreciate The Joel!
@@ApacheMustache I agree Joel is a really cool guy and he’s very chill.
Story 3, really thought the "distant cousin" was gonna turn out to be the mom's kid
I was thinking the same! Then(thankfully not the case), because of his inner turmoil, I had the thought maybe his late sister/he was a product of the assault.
I assumed that as well. And if that were the case, then the boy would have every reason to feel anger at his mother for not telling him. But he was not a product of, nor had anything to do regarding the incident
The first story is really messed up but the most messed up part of that story is what it must have done to the poor little girl. I think she was 10 when she was returned to her real family and she was abducted when she was 4 so not only did she spend more than half her life with her abductors but out of the 4 years that she spent with her actual parents I’m sure she probably barely remembers any of it except maybe the last year. So I would imagine that for her it must have seemed like one day the police just showed up and took her from her parents and told her that she’s gonna be living with these ppl now and that they’re her real parents. That must have messed her up so bad and I’m sure it must have been really hard and took awhile for her to accept that fact and get used to her new life.
For the Alcoholic guy, I would tell her. You don't want to start a marriage with a secret like that. She may stay or she may leave however if you don't tell her and she finds out on her own the chances of her leaving are greater.
First story is bizarre. Bet the real mother was joyous to have her daughter back.
Story #4 was irritating as hell. OP has the common sense of a crayon. Story #5 mans killed a young mother and her baby and said "9 years of jail time is more than fair" back to back clown OPs 🤡
Story 6: I hope he and his family can find peace. Guarantee she's one of those "marry the lonely type and kill them for their insurance money etc" types.
Sounds like she’s pretty good at it. I wonder how she killed each of them. First made to look like a car accident and second suicided without being an idiot like she sounds like and making it obvious to police.
how can you say you hate your mom for not telling you how she was sexually assaulted? op in story 3 needs to get help cause wtf
This is a keeper. There’s something about hearing other people’s story of abuse and surviving through. If they can do it, so can I. Love to any and all survivors of toxic families and abuse
Same here. Been brutally abused and neglected as a child from a third country. My adoptive parents found cigarette burns all over my back. Scars. I have had a very very deep traumatic beginning of life.... here I am... by the Grace of God. I am married with 2 boys, living a big house, paying off my car, being a wife and mom. Miracles do happen. Take it day by day. You are so loved and so worth the healing!! Love you my friend! ❤️❤️❤️
@@mariaphares4783 Love you, too, and God bless. I’m sorry to hear of your experience, but you survived!!! ♥️♥️♥️ Te amo por tu fuerza y coraje
Be well 🙏
Story 4:
Shame on the OP. What a total jerk…
May Kyle have peace now…. Living nothing but a life of torment and false friends who abandoned him. Poor guy did his best but never stood a chance. Heartbreaking.
PS: yeah makes total sense that OP really wouldn’t care enough to ask how or why his friend is gone. He’d rather stay in his own little cushy world than ask genuine questions of concern. His severe lack of empathy and holier-than-thou for his attitude toward his friend is ASTOUNDING, through and through.
Story 3: I understand that everyone is different and handles situations differently, but I can’t see how a son could be angry with his mother because she was abused by her father. When things like that happen, the victim typically doesn’t broadcast it, so never telling her son about his grandfathers actions would be normal. To be so protective over his family, he seems to have dropped the ball on being there for mom in this case. And kudos to the uncle / twin brother for taking action.
I’m confused by #3, does OP not have any empathy or understanding
the guy from story 3 complaining about his mom being abused and actually going so far to have the audacity to be mad at her about is a pretty disgusting son. How narssistic and delusional can you be to not only recognize that you are in the wrong here, but to then shrug it off and go on this self important tirade at the beginning about how important family is. What an unacceptable and inappropriate response.
The Alcoholic needs to tell his fiance the TRUTH before they get married, or Not marry her. Does she even know he went to jail and for what? Otherwise she'll likely find out and leave him regardless--at least give her a Choice!
Story 5.. Dude you killed a young mother and a baby..A BABY! And the whole story is me this, me that, me, me, me. Literally all about you and your feelings and what's going to happen to you.. barely a blurb about murdering a mom and her baby. You dont mind talking about your alcoholism, but you sure do keep the reason of your sobriety a secret. And your future wife doesn't know and you don't know if you should tell her? Sounds to me like you're in denial and have not taken full responsibility for your actions. 6 yr prison sentence for a 3rd DUI ending in the deaths of a mom and a baby is not justice either.
I agree with you there was no justice at all by only serving 6 years. He deserved more than 25 years in prison for killing a young mother and her baby. He is selfish and only concerned about his new bride's reaction to his secret. If his wife left him for being an alcoholic his fiancee will too once he confesses the lives he took for driving intoxicated. Please stop thinking only about yourself and start thinking about the lives you took and put yourself on the other side of the spectrum. I hope you are truly remorseful because karma always comes back to get you, if you are not.
@@lydiaascencio3971 exactly. He spoke a great deal about completing rehab while he was in prison. I seriously doubt he paid any attention. The core of any "AA" "NA" program is the 12 steps. I don't know what all the different steps are but the first is admitting you have a problem and another is making amends. You can fully accept responsibility if you're keeping the deaths a secret. I honestly don't feel like he's been rehabilitated. I feel sorry for his fiance, he should've told her this secret once they became serious with each other. Their whole relationship is based on secrets and lies.
@@josiegipson90 I totally agree with you. We also have to watch out for bad drivers who don't need to be intoxicated but careless. Tip: Don't go on a green light right away, wait a few seconds because there's always an idiot who runs the red light, as I saw two bad accidents last week in my city caused by young adults, as I saw one with my own eyes when this kid ran a red light after it turned green for us, and hit two cars, lost control and hit two more.
@@lydiaascencio3971 totally. Driving scares me to death. I'm 40 yrs old and have never had a driver's license. Every time I get behind the wheel to learn I have a panic attack. It's always scared me. What gets me is no texting and driving laws, but all the new vehicles basically have an ipad on the dash. Some of these have huge screens. So how is that any safer? There's no push button radios, it's all controlled by a huge navigation screens. Even domino's pizza has a commercial about ordering pizza from your car from your navigation screen. Yea, I know you have to park first. But still, how is having all that stuff available not a distraction? It's crazy. I barely handle even riding in a car.
@@josiegipson90 I know, we live in a crazy world of new technology. I enjoyed the 80s with no cell phones, no social media, and we could actually enjoy so many outdoor games unlike all these kids who became zombies on their iPad, phone, video games and social media.🤣
Let's Read, Joel Congrats on 1 million! 🤗 You are a Great Narrator and someone we can count on! Love these family secrets! Thanks and Peace! ✝️💜☮️👀
To the alcoholic: tell her. If she doesn't take it well, then that's your karma for murdering two innocent people
I hope she leaves his POS ass
Story 4 is basically my mom's line of thinking when I was getting bullied and I fought back. basically taking every other person's side but my own. So I always give her a mental side eye every time she talks about "helping me out of trouble"
Drinking and drinking can kill a friendship! Friends don't let friends drive drunk! If you're not upfront about how you killed a 19 y.o. and her baby you deserve to have your 2nd wife leave you! Unacceptable that you're a coward!
I’m sorry but story 5 - that man who killed a mother and infant should be incarcerated for life. Why does he keep getting second chances? What about the baby and mother? They were totally innocent and they paid with their lives for his stupidity, selfishness and gross disregard for the safety and lives of others. If you want to be a drunk fine. But don’t drive and take the lives of others in your hands! Where is the justice for the people he killed. Justice system is a joke.
I’m torn-I’m a mom of an 11-month old daughter and this made me so sad- and while I believe punishment should be severe after something like this, the ultimate goal of sending someone off to a corrections facility is to reform them for society if at all possible. Sounds like the guy is extremely ashamed, repentant and sober now, and from that perspective I don’t think it makes sense for taxpayers to pay for him to spend the rest of his life to live in prison, that spot should go to a criminal that shows behavior that has a higher chance of being a repeat offender.
@@RachelOnAWhim I respect your position but don’t agree. I don’t believe he is totally rehabilitated because he has an addiction that will be life long and there is no guarantee he won’t fall back into addiction and reckless behavior and repeat his action of going behind the wheel again and killing more innocent people. His sentence was far too lenient and short. It sends a message to others that you can kill people driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs and get out in a few years. It’s not fair to the families of those killed nor is it justice for that precious baby and mother who won’t get a second change at life. If he’s repentant that’s good but doesn’t change the reality of what he’s done.
@@RachelOnAWhim
"I don’t think it makes sense for taxpayers to pay for him to spend the rest of his life to live in prison"
You're right, electric chair it is then.
I mean death penalty should have been an option a life for a life. He killed two innocent people
That Kyle story was hard-core. 😢
Guy who had a question if you tell your fiance your past. We can go through all of the scenarios and drive yourself crazy. For me, though you love someone very much, would you rather her find out 10 years into a marriage where she may feel like she knows you well or she could freak out and leave. Every scenario has a positive and negative. The only positive of telling her now is if it does not go well and she leaves, it was not 15 years from now.
Guy who is needing advice. You should tell your Fiancé. Starting off a Marriage with secrets is very bad. It’ll be like being in your own private prison. 😢 42:43
The 5th story, tell her. If you don't and if she finds out from someone else, she'll more than likely be angry, so tell her. She'll probably be upset and shocked but it will just be worse if you don't tell her. And the last story, it's actually kind of obvious that Laura did kill OP's father. She wanted to be with the millionaire, so what she had to do was get her soon to be ex out of the picture and to make sure that the divorce papers were never filed so she can get everything. She probably had this all planned out in the beginning when they met in that grieving group. What a sick, sick, woman. I hope she gets what's coming to her.
Joel, I’ve been listening to your channel for a LONG time now (your videos seriously kept me sane during the early pandemic months), and this is easily the most compelling batch of stories I’ve ever heard on this channel. Just pure raw emotional human drama and pathos. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Thank you for this.
op 4 should be happy to hear that kyle only crippled his brother considering throughout that whole story i was anticipating to hear that kyle got revenge via killing his whole family not maim only his brother. while i am not defending what kyle did, op should realize that what his friend could have done and what i am surprised kyle didn't do was a lot lot darker than what actually happened considering all the torture his friend endured
Of course Kyle did it!! He'd been abused for years and was finally able to defend himself. Some friend OP is for abandoning Kyle when he clearly needed help. Casey was a terrible person. If anyone deserved to be pushed down the stairs, it was him.
Seems like a lot of people failed Kyle, primarily the parents. They were not loving parents if they did not provide any structure for their boys, virtue has to be built. That older brother who was abusive should have been stopped and the friend should have reported it. I know he was just a kid. Sadly, we often make out own crosses and I think it was only a matter of time for Casey to get his come upping.
Story 3: what a narcissistic POS to take someone else's trauma and make it all about them. Shame.
Story 4: what a sh*tty person to pretend abuse doesn't have consequences. He should have totally been like I Understand Bro, let's have another beer.
Story 5: If this is even remotely true, ya met your future wife in Church, yea? Come on, you tell the truth and pray for grace and understanding.
it's always a good day when Joel posts a video
For story 5 i think the guy should tell his fiance. She loves the person he's today and accepting him even after knowing his past depends on the type of person she think he is now. As long as i think op is putting efforts in never ever repeating his mistakes he's a good person and accept whatever his fiance decides.
Kid In story 3 is a little trooper his family are lucky to have him
As for the last story could 100% relate to it, sans the mother cancer death. BUT my dad's second wife has a mysterious widower story of her own, and then my father's passing, heart attack supposedly, but I think she might have been behind it, advising him to take his new heart medicine before a flight to see his grand kids in Texas, since the next morning he woke up did his usual routine and my sister found his bloated corpse beside the toilet he fell off of. You're not supposed to take BP medicine before a flight since it can cause problems and even death. Something she would know as a Doctorate in Psychology, and having been a on-call hospital psychologist for most of her life.
For this type of cases as a last resort, keep investigating them, wait until they marry again, these psychopaths have patterns, you might get them on the next one.
Tell your fiancé. Don’t start your life together by being a coward. She needs to know so she can decide if this is something she can live with. Be prepared for the worst and hope for the best.
Story 4: Anger issues??? More like self-defense from an active abuser. This is why I dislike some people who are “looking in from the outside “. You did him no favors. You ended up telling his secret and you abandoned him when he needed you the most. Some “friend”…
How does one acquire a voice like this? Silky and smoothe. Thankyou for helping me get sleep Mr.! 😁 happy 9 years (ik I'm late lol)
This is the earliest I’ve been! Love your content!
I am so grateful that I found you Joel, your stories are a big part of my daily bedtime routine. I literally can't fall asleep without your voice in the background. There's something very rare about your storytelling abilities & you're just incredibly comforting to listen to. Let's Read never fails to calms me down, so thank you for that & also for the daily uploads! Always high quality & the amount of content you upload is astonishing. I can only imagine that it's a lot of work & effort that goes into what you do, I can tell just by listening 😊 thank you again, you're the freaking best!
I listen to these stories, both on this channel and many others, while I'm at my desk working during the day. I have listened to probably hundreds of stories at this point. Never have I had such a strong reaction to any story as I had to Story 4. What a gut-wrenching story with a sad and infuriating ending. If it was fiction, I'd be mad at the author for writing such a horrible ending. That this is true makes it all the worse.
Story 4 is sad! I really wish the guy didn’t die! He suffered and then still died💔
Hello Buttersock Cult!
Third night of work but no scanning paperwork to do! I get to listen to Let's Read in peace... sort of as we do have a full ER plus four urgent care rooms. Oh well. Glad to be here!
HUGE SHOUT OUT TO YOU LAZY!! One of the only youtubers that do different stories. Everyone just copies the same stories over and over. You always have ones not heard before that are so good. Thank you!!
Thanks for the upload!
Damn these stories got me shook! 🤯
Great stories Joel! As usual sir😊❤
Loved this one!
Yo! This is going to be good 👍 Also, happy Wednesday Joel!
Story 3: I want to take a second to applaud the mom’s brother for his actions. I would’ve done the exact same thing. My only complaint is that he wasn’t able to do the same to their mom. I don’t care what the law says, that man is a hero 🫡
I was pretty disgusted that the mom would take the abuser husband's side too, sadly I think it happens often. I wonder if her mom was abused as well and that is why she reacted that way when her daughter told her. She maybe didn't want to live with the reality she had married a man like her own abusive father. I hope the Twin brother got a light sentence.
Kyle did nothing wrong. A person can only be pushed so far before they snap. Personally, if my friend lived through that hellish abuse and confided in the details of what happened, we would’ve stayed friends. But maybe that is just me 🤷🏽♀️
You have a wonderful voice for telling stories my friend!
Ty so much Joel! This channel is what I look forward to every day!!
Story 5: You should of gotten life in prison with no chance of early release
Yes!
Joel you are an amazing narrator and you are awesome.
I gotta start tuning in for the live reads again
Story 5: I am also a recovering alcoholic. It too destroyed my previous relationship. I never got a DUI, and I never got in any wrecks during the decade I abused alcohol, but I definitely drove drunk. I am not proud to admit it, but it is part of my life. You killed two people and I think that’s awful, but as someone who has struggled in your shoes, I understand the selfishness, the confidence you have in yourself. If you ever read this, I am proud of you for recovering and making amends in your own life regardless of what you did. Accepting your mistakes and taking steps to rectify them is rare to see and that’s something to be proud of. I know you feel guilt because I do and I just have been there. But you have to tell her. It might cost you the relationship, but you have to tell her because if she does find out herself, it will still cost you the relationship and it will cause additional guilt. I truly hope you have figured this situation out. You obviously felt remorseful for what you did and took steps from that day forward to make a positive change in your life to fix. You have to tell her man.
The story with the dad that committed suicide supposedly and the woman Laura it's going to be hard to prove it's her and not the boyfriend.... It would have to be without a doubt
At 8:09 I swear I can hear a cat meowing in the background 😅
That’s Purrdeep
These help me sleep so much!! Thank you 💙🦋
Story 6
I’m studying in uni for forensic investigation/detective and that she became a widowed twice due to “accidents” during divorced it’s like an MO and she knew he was gonna die and he looked happy before the development of finding out she was cheating and why she moved the affair partner in and I also think he had a hand in the deaths of hers husbands and she did it for the life insurance money and for op father the house.
Edit Also wanted to mention there are cases where killers make something look like a what the father died from and the way the officers just shut the case is wrong
You can NEVER say the wrong thing to the right person. Why hide things, it always comes out.
In the words of Stephen King, “in the end, we all get caught.”
Didn't work out that well for Kyle in story number 4...
joel ur voice is AMAZING i love ur channel
Awesome Stories !!!
Damn, these were fantastic stories. Love your podcasts.
Story 5- Before the drama even started, I was thinking about how many widowers I know get married like months after their wives die. It’s like they are really susceptible to rebound when they are grieving.