Story 2 remind me when my fake friends pressured me into taking an acid tab. I had a bad trip, literally I mentally died. They just left me in this small room and I heard them talking about just dropping me off somewhere and that "She took the tab on her own." I felt as if they were going to kill me. Never spoke to them again and I have trust issues now.
Thanks a lot for the timestamps. Many channels don't use it. It makes it really hard to listen to a long video in a few sittings. Especially when I'm lying down in bed.
Story 1 couldve been solved if the mom just LOCKED THE CAR DOORS. Y'know, like a responsible adult, or better yet, just take the kid inside, THEN locking the car doors.
Honestly I, too, was waiting for the OP to mention something about the doors being locked or unlocked, but nothing. Kind of made me wonder which part of why he would have to feel guilty about. 🤔
@@ayellowllama9602 not at all trying to excuse it, but if he was able to Hotwire a car that means this had to take place somewhere before the mid 90s. Sadly a lot of people were blinded at that time, believing they were safe and nothing bad could happen to them. Times were different. I wish the kid wasn’t blaming himself. But I could be wrong and they just happened to have an old car.
Your videos saved me when going through an extremely rough point in my life...and I think I've come full circle...life's been besting me lately and I've found myself circling the metaphorical drain again....look..just thank you Mr. J. Thank you for being the amazing narrative master you've become over time.
Same :) I started listening him to keep myself from thinking after being in a sexually abusive relationship that meant I was r*ped 3x. It’s been 4 years now and I’m actually doing somewhat well cause of his vids :)
You can't change the past..But you can change the future ♡ Peace starts with acceptance. Sending you love,prayers and peace..Wishing you the best in life. We are are own biggest obstacles unfortunately. But you can change that..Because you are the captain of this ship, called life.. ♡ ~ Love!
@@stoleneyez Stay positive. Believe in karma. It may take years but these idiots can't go through life doing what they do, without picking on the wrong person or getting back x3 what they give out. Love to you. From Carla (sorry I'm on my fellas phone, I didn't want you to think I was male. My fella would say the same though.) My thoughts are with you If you ever need an ear. I'm here.💗
These stories has helped me to be more aware of what people are capable of. People l know don't want to know or just afraid of what can happen in life. I feel this is why most people are caught off guard! Most feel if they stick their heads in the sand, bad things want happen to them. I'm not paranoid,but now l don't take any one for granted. Back in the 80s or 70s these things wouldn't happen. But things have changed!
Well thank you however definitely on the bitter side for sure basically vinegar bitter. However I learned what not to do now as a parent so atleast I was taught something out of it all. 🙏 💜🙏
@@thegodofpez awe thank you that is very nice of you to say. I do my best that's for sure we're not given any book for parenting but as I said I did learn what not to do for sure and that has worked out for me very well as my 3 kids are amazing 👏 wonderful people and I cannot ask for better kids they're all kind, considerate, loving, caring, understanding,patient and have hearts of gold 🤎 like I said I feel I have some great kids and I hope and pray I had a lot to do with that. 😊 thank you again hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your family and or friends and made some great memories. 💜🦃🍗🏈🍻🤗🙏💜
That story about the 6 year old nearly drowning in the deep end had me in tears laughing, not because I'm a jerk, but because that was me as a kid, and I relate bigtime, as my phobia of water makes me flash back to that time at Water World in the wave pool where I got dragged into the deep end, went under, kicked in the head by some toddler in a floaty donut, then blacked out and next thing I know I've been washed up like a beached whale, and noone noticed....
In regards to the baby on the bike story: I had one of those seats for my son (except it was in front of me) and he pointed to the park when we were almost home one day. I decided to stop there and parked my bike near a tree. One of the roots threw it off balance and it fell with my son in it. I tried to catch it by the handlebars but they twisted and it fell pretty hard. He cried, I panicked and soon it became clear he was in pain whenever he lifted his arm. I took him to the ER immediately afterwards and that physician sent us home saying he just had a scrape. Two days later I took him back to the ER where a doctor finally got him an X-ray and we found out he had a broken collarbone. Evidently that is one of the most common injuries for young children and heals extremely quickly. It had been 3 days when we got that diagnosis and it was already in the mend. I had to ace bandage his arm to his side for 2 weeks. I believe those seats should be banned. They’re dangerous. I bought a bike trailer off Craigslist later that week.
Let's Read; thank you for another great uplaod really appreciate your channel so thank you for all your hard work, dedication to us your fans. We just love you over here in The Bean (Boston) so keep on keeping on Thanks Lets Read you rock 🎸 👍
So happy for this upload 👍🏾. I got a bunch of days off. I have nothing to do. I really needed this. Thanks so much for working on the holiday I appreciate it. 🖤🤎
Just had to say I started listening to you in high school to help me fall asleep and I’ve never been able to stop. I’ve gotta be on year 5 or so now… love you Joel.. you have the voice of an angel
For some reason some of these stories made me think of the king of the hill episode where Bobby was being taught self defense. "THATS MY PURSE! I DONT KNOW YOU!"
the one with the dead cat: Oh no! I love kitties! My family's three year old cat is so sweet and playful, and our barn cat is very lovey, swatting playfully and rubbing her head
One of the best videos you’ve done, I think we all agree that things that happen in childhood that scare us then always scare us a little no matter how old we get. We all understand what it’s like to be terrified as kids. Make more. Videos with this topic!
Story 6: The savannah is a goddamn war zone. As much as people meme about how dangerous Australia is, that place is a petting zoo compared to Africa. There's no harsher ecosystem on the planet, and probably hasn't been since the t. rex went extinct. Elephants though, yeah, they don't need to hide from anything. Seen them impale a 1,500 pound buffalo and toss it in the air like a ragdoll. Seen them take 3,500 pound hippos and treat them like a cat does a mouse. I don't understand how it was a big deal to get away from him, though. While elephants, especially bulls, are behemoth powerhouses, they aren't exactly cheetahs. They have a top speed of 20 to 25 MPH (and that's a fast one, many will struggle to pull off 15). What vehicle can't beat that? A golf cart? Why was it *ever* a concern about being able to get away?
More great story choices and I appreciate that there have been a few tales lately that show the less casual, less "fun" side of recreational drugs -- especially when addicted adults expose you to stuff like that while you're very young.
Regarding story number 1 I only have to say that you can never blame a toddler for whatever situation that has any sort of legal impact. It's adults that should know better.
the first story just makes me mad. who leaves their young child in an unlocked car? i can understand leaving a child for 5 minutes because they're tired, but in an unlocked car???
@@lanabmc3519 there is always a risk of that one guy or gal that's just...off. and then you find out they like to touch the alter boys. that's how it happened in the first little town I moved to out of my parents. even the one in a million risk is too much for me.
@@minimm1754 but you’re probably American. So that’s unsurprising. Here kids play outside unsupervised from age four or five. Get themselves to and from school unsupervised. Highschool kids from age 11 or twelve get public transport into the bigger towns or cities themselves. It’s done here because it’s safer here
It was a very common thing to do what I was young, but that was a long time ago, in the early 70s. I've never done such a thing when my kids were young.
@lanabellemckenna3519 Yeah, I think I could have done it because I live in a remote area in Québec, Canada, but I didn't take any chances. Just in case. But my kids played outside all day during summer and only came back home when the street lights came on. I was glad not to live in a city. They knew everyone around. Your place seems nice too. I wish I could visit Scotland one day. I've lived in 4 different countries in my life. But I never had the chance to visit your country.
Love that last quote about a true 'Yorkshire' person . They are known in the U.K for being really frugal (tight) with their money. Hence she wouldn't let go of her handbag. I thought it was just a myth. But, no it's obviously true (ish). Loved these stories, please do more... A childs mind looks at things so differently, and these events shape our future self. I think everybody has a bad, rememberable experience whilst young, and in hindsight it wasn't so bad. As a child things little woes felt like the end of the world.
Weird how I can listen to absolute horror stories about humans, but I feel physically ill hearing a cat has been in an accident. NOPE. Finishing this video early then. Thanks for the content Joel, you're the best x
To the writer of story 6: If this country actually was racist your family wouldn't ever even have a chance to make it. We are one of the few that have done away with slavery but if you think it's so bad the exit is wide open. Bye.
Omg y the hell would that mom leave her child in the car! That is horrible! That makes me so sad for the kid..and that was not the little boys fault, what the parent can’t tell their kid to come in the store?! Great parenting
I got one. When I was like 4 or 5 (the late 80s) those blood pressure testing machines just came out in the drugs stores. When my mom and grammas back was turned, I stuck my arm in and pressed the green start button. Well the cuff started blowing up and since my arm was so small it didn’t trigged the stop function. I remember screaming as it constricted around my little arm. Hearing my distress, the pharmacist ran over and tried pulling my arm out and eventually pulled the plug to stop it. It took years for me to not internally scream even when a wrap around one was put on me at the docs. Still to this day I cringe when I pass one by in a CVS or Costco.
@@aeslinn this channel!! Joel- you have some more historic mystery fans! And I know we are not the only two! Aeslinn noel: lmk if you find one. Be Busta and Mr Nightmare are the ish but Be Busta got me waking up screaming from sleep sometimes 😂 and Mr. Nightmare is more for 15 min videos amateurs. Joel LETS READ has got his whole channel set up on point. From uploading 3x a week to collabs ect.
😂😂😂😂 very funny childhood stories. Spent most of childhood in Africa & i remember my mom telling us the same thing in a bid to stop us from jumping & possibly hurting ourselves in the bathtub or cracking it , she told us there was crocodile that lived underneath it ... it so terrified me that I never opened that little door on the side of the bathtub- which is technically only opened for maintenance work but I was convinced there was a giant crocodile living underneath the bathtub. 😂😂
I know the views may not be zooming etc but us whom watch u appreciate your narrations/voice/hard work extremely. I know you have your own issues so thanks for taking the time for us your presence means a lot
The mom in the first story should totally feel guilty about nearly losing her child to the skin-head hot-wiring her car, in addition to the teller feeling guilty. My own mother feels guilty for all the wrong reasons in most situations, thanks to her chronic uncontrollable anxiety; among other things I resent her for, I resent her for passing that on to me, in addition to chronic depression, migraines, trust issues, and lack of "normal person" passing skills. It's her genes that have prevented me from having a normal adult life and trap me in a loop of self-hatred on a regular basis.
I lost my mum when she was 42. I was 17. This made me an orphan. I had to leave the country I lived in and go and live with my Nan. You are just being petty and expect everyone to say ahh poor you. Depending on the where and when of the story leaving your car unlocked may be normal practice.
@@SpaceCadet2569 in my personal opinion i think op here is partially justified in their resentment for their mother. i have mental health issues and one of the things keeping me from having children is the possibility of passing on my disorders and subjecting my offspring to life long issues. also, i find it quite ironic that you’re saying op is pulling a pity party but you had to mention being orphaned yourself…maybe keep your negativity to yourself in the future ♡
Remember she didn't want to pass this stuff on to you. Also Im sure my mom has panic disorder like I do but can't admit it. I certainly am dealing with it .
The elephant one had me cackling. Sorry to the OP, I know it was terrifying, but the mental imagery in my head is downright cartoonish and that it was soundtracked by that song... Perfection for the absurdity and the terror. Cuz I would not want to be on a bull elephants sh*t list. But the song. 😂 Hole kid, jfc. New fear unlocked. In a deep hole full of brambles AND ants AND a broken ankle? Hell no! RIP Mike. That was an awful way to die.
My creepy experience (not really scary but kinda strange)- I was like 8 on vacation in Florida and I woke up from a nightmare around 4:00 am, rolled over, and saw a tall, dark shadow figure with red eyes and a grin full of sharp white teeth. It was over in a second but still was terrifying for an 8 year old.
These are wonderful stories from childhood. What a wonderful idea!! I love your narrating and I love your voice and I appreciate all your stories that you read to me almost daily. Thank you so much from North Carolina!! 🎉❤
my brother, when he was like 6, decided it was a good idea to jump into the deep end (8 feet) at our cousins pool, he couldnt swim yet and still had floaties, according to him, the marshmallows he was eating and holding was suppose to make him float....luckily my uncle saw him jump in...
This is not scary at all but the swimming one reminded me of trying to impress people at school with my swimming. You had to swim a width of the shallow end so they could assess your skill level (whether you’d be doing the session in the shallow or deep end) and I’d had lessons and was decent so I thought I’d be all cool and do the entire width without taking a breath to show how quick I could do it. Well this backfired as they decided I didn’t know how to breathe properly so I got put with all the people that couldn’t swim in the shallow end and had to watch all the fun stuff like swimming down for the bricks from afar, still stings that one.
The story of the boy with the ruptured bowel bowel, that's actually an extremely dangerous thing. I worked in nursing home with the woman who had no real understanding of what was going on around her and her body movements are extremely stiff although she would get up and move around and do all kinds of stuff she was almost like a zombie, not the kind of movie but the real life kind with severe brain damage. One day I was talking to her husband who is a dentist and he told me what happened to her. I knew that she had a colostomy bag because of a ruptured bowel but he told me that it happened several years ago and she started having problems moving and then her brain started having problems and he didn't know what was going on but when he would try to help her get showers she would be fighting him and she he couldn't understand what was going on. By the time he finally got her medical help and they found out what was going on her insides were filled with feces and it gave her severe body and brain damage. Basically fecal matter is a poison to the body that is why the body is trying to get rid of it it takes all the garbage and flushes it out of your body. To have it go back into the body is extremely poisonous and because of the long-term problem that wasn't found until it was too late she was never the same.
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Excuse me, excuse me but did you have to do that to SpongeBob?, this is Patrick and I'm 63 years old and he is still my best friend lol
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Reading these comments just make me smile knowing that someone like Joel can bring warmth into ppls lives by storytelling. What a persona👍
I know right! can’t sleep without this guy
I'm a little hot now. Joel, may I please have some cold
Story 2 remind me when my fake friends pressured me into taking an acid tab. I had a bad trip, literally I mentally died. They just left me in this small room and I heard them talking about just dropping me off somewhere and that "She took the tab on her own." I felt as if they were going to kill me. Never spoke to them again and I have trust issues now.
They'll get there comeuppance x
Good riddance to them, I say.
Some friends. Sadly many people you think are friends don't give a deal about you. Good you learned from that.
Take acid again but this time focus on your issues that you got from the first trip. Undo the trauma.
@@Grazzmazzium are you crazy. No. Drugs are bad mkay?
Thanks a lot for the timestamps. Many channels don't use it. It makes it really hard to listen to a long video in a few sittings. Especially when I'm lying down in bed.
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Story 1 couldve been solved if the mom just LOCKED THE CAR DOORS. Y'know, like a responsible adult, or better yet, just take the kid inside, THEN locking the car doors.
Exactly!! How absolutely irresponsible… that mom SHOULD feel guilty. It could have been avoided.. 🤦🏼♀️
Honestly I, too, was waiting for the OP to mention something about the doors being locked or unlocked, but nothing. Kind of made me wonder which part of why he would have to feel guilty about. 🤔
Ikr?? It is insane to me how many stories of this sort involve parents leaving their kids alone in the car... why would you ever do that??
@@ayellowllama9602 not at all trying to excuse it, but if he was able to Hotwire a car that means this had to take place somewhere before the mid 90s. Sadly a lot of people were blinded at that time, believing they were safe and nothing bad could happen to them. Times were different. I wish the kid wasn’t blaming himself. But I could be wrong and they just happened to have an old car.
@@jayceratops. hmm you could be right I certainly hope so actually
Literally listen to this guy every night for bedtime. Such a relaxing voice 😁
i listen to him whole falling asleep 😭
Me too!
I don't know why, but I think it's cute that the child was afraid his mother would be stolen and put on the black market of mothers.
Your videos saved me when going through an extremely rough point in my life...and I think I've come full circle...life's been besting me lately and I've found myself circling the metaphorical drain again....look..just thank you Mr. J. Thank you for being the amazing narrative master you've become over time.
Wish I could come out of the extremely rough point..but these stories definitely help
Same :)
I started listening him to keep myself from thinking after being in a sexually abusive relationship that meant I was r*ped 3x. It’s been 4 years now and I’m actually doing somewhat well cause of his vids :)
Same here. He's definitely a great distraction and if you ever listen live. He's funny as hell! Wishing you the best. I fight my demons everyday.
You can't change the past..But you can change the future ♡ Peace starts with acceptance. Sending you love,prayers and peace..Wishing you the best in life. We are are own biggest obstacles unfortunately. But you can change that..Because you are the captain of this ship, called life.. ♡ ~ Love!
@@stoleneyez Stay positive. Believe in karma. It may take years but these idiots can't go through life doing what they do, without picking on the wrong person or getting back x3 what they give out.
Love to you. From Carla (sorry I'm on my fellas phone, I didn't want you to think I was male.
My fella would say the same though.)
My thoughts are with you If you ever need an ear. I'm here.💗
Mama in the first story should have locked the car doors before she left.
That's how your kids get cooked alive in your car
@@Slickusso 🤦🏻♀️ the doors unlock from the inside.
@@katiechisholm bruh
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@@Slickusso then idk maybe like don’t leave your kids in cars🥴
These stories has helped me to be more aware of what people are capable of. People l know don't want to know or just afraid of what can happen in life. I feel this is why most people are caught off guard! Most feel if they stick their heads in the sand, bad things want happen to them. I'm not paranoid,but now l don't take any one for granted. Back in the 80s or 70s these things wouldn't happen. But things have changed!
It's not that they didn't happen it's just that we hear about it more now with the Internet
The “Alligator in the sewer” story turned out better than I thought.
"Underground mothers market" Is such a wholesome kid way of thinking about a real and awful thing.
Childhood memories can be bittersweet. Hope most of yours are more sweet than bitter! 🤞💜
Most of my childhood memories are pretty bitter but hey it can only get better from here :)
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Well thank you however definitely on the bitter side for sure basically vinegar bitter. However I learned what not to do now as a parent so atleast I was taught something out of it all. 🙏 💜🙏
@@ginaperez8139 You sound like an amazing parent! 💜
@@thegodofpez awe thank you that is very nice of you to say. I do my best that's for sure we're not given any book for parenting but as I said I did learn what not to do for sure and that has worked out for me very well as my 3 kids are amazing 👏 wonderful people and I cannot ask for better kids they're all kind, considerate, loving, caring, understanding,patient and have hearts of gold 🤎 like I said I feel I have some great kids and I hope and pray I had a lot to do with that. 😊 thank you again hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your family and or friends and made some great memories. 💜🦃🍗🏈🍻🤗🙏💜
I'm loving this video already. Thanks Joel. Love from South Africa 💜
Your vids are really helpful to me. I love listening when im sad, scared, bored and just doing stuff
That story about the 6 year old nearly drowning in the deep end had me in tears laughing, not because I'm a jerk, but because that was me as a kid, and I relate bigtime, as my phobia of water makes me flash back to that time at Water World in the wave pool where I got dragged into the deep end, went under, kicked in the head by some toddler in a floaty donut, then blacked out and next thing I know I've been washed up like a beached whale, and noone noticed....
I laughed after reading this, I'm sorry! But the way you described it. 🤣😂
That’s horrifying. 😥
story 6: if you were 11 in 2012, you’re gen z. not a millennial
Dear god.....
Exactly. I’m a millennial. I’d been married seven years with kids in 2012.
In regards to the baby on the bike story: I had one of those seats for my son (except it was in front of me) and he pointed to the park when we were almost home one day. I decided to stop there and parked my bike near a tree. One of the roots threw it off balance and it fell with my son in it. I tried to catch it by the handlebars but they twisted and it fell pretty hard. He cried, I panicked and soon it became clear he was in pain whenever he lifted his arm. I took him to the ER immediately afterwards and that physician sent us home saying he just had a scrape. Two days later I took him back to the ER where a doctor finally got him an X-ray and we found out he had a broken collarbone. Evidently that is one of the most common injuries for young children and heals extremely quickly. It had been 3 days when we got that diagnosis and it was already in the mend. I had to ace bandage his arm to his side for 2 weeks.
I believe those seats should be banned. They’re dangerous. I bought a bike trailer off Craigslist later that week.
Thank you for sharing this tale/info and I'm glad you were smarter and more aware than a "doctor".
Sweet dreams buttersocks, hope you all had a good thanksgiving 💋♥️
Let's Read; thank you for another great uplaod really appreciate your channel so thank you for all your hard work, dedication to us your fans. We just love you over here in The Bean (Boston) so keep on keeping on Thanks Lets Read you rock 🎸 👍
So happy for this upload 👍🏾. I got a bunch of days off. I have nothing to do. I really needed this. Thanks so much for working on the holiday I appreciate it. 🖤🤎
Just had to say I started listening to you in high school to help me fall asleep and I’ve never been able to stop. I’ve gotta be on year 5 or so now… love you Joel.. you have the voice of an angel
Damn, that 48 minutes flew by! Time flies when you're having fun, I guess. Great collection of stories!
Story 2: why, _why_ do you keep saying “ciggy?” It’s making me cringe so bad
prob because he’s reading a story someone else wrote?
@@michaelschierle5757 obviously I was referring to the person who wrote the story, not him.
It's an English thing. Lots of people here use that term.
Its better than the other term that starts with f.
Ciggy stardust
I am so tired but I tried my best to stay up just for this video. ❤️
For some reason some of these stories made me think of the king of the hill episode where Bobby was being taught self defense.
"THATS MY PURSE! I DONT KNOW YOU!"
Worked all day after school, work at 8 am all day tmr. Perfect video to settle down to play some games and go to bed, thanks Joel
I love that demon like spongebob...😂😂.. thanx Joel!..👊👊💞💞
I finish off every video when i get out the shower n dry my hair..
the one with the dead cat: Oh no! I love kitties! My family's three year old cat is so sweet and playful, and our barn cat is very lovey, swatting playfully and rubbing her head
“The underground mother’s market” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
One of the best videos you’ve done, I think we all agree that things that happen in childhood that scare us then always scare us a little no matter how old we get. We all understand what it’s like to be terrified as kids. Make more. Videos with this topic!
Who else eating leftover Thanksgiving food while watching this?
I really liked this topic. I have some horrifying childhood stories of my own...
Story 6: The savannah is a goddamn war zone. As much as people meme about how dangerous Australia is, that place is a petting zoo compared to Africa. There's no harsher ecosystem on the planet, and probably hasn't been since the t. rex went extinct. Elephants though, yeah, they don't need to hide from anything. Seen them impale a 1,500 pound buffalo and toss it in the air like a ragdoll. Seen them take 3,500 pound hippos and treat them like a cat does a mouse. I don't understand how it was a big deal to get away from him, though. While elephants, especially bulls, are behemoth powerhouses, they aren't exactly cheetahs. They have a top speed of 20 to 25 MPH (and that's a fast one, many will struggle to pull off 15). What vehicle can't beat that? A golf cart? Why was it *ever* a concern about being able to get away?
Best day ever when Let’s Read Notification pops up on my phone screen 🥰
The first story was probably a scarier encounter for Caillou than the little kid.
I hope everyone is well xx
Story 11: I’ve seen a patient vomit feces from such a bad bowel blockage. Poor patient. Ugh
These were awesome, I thought they might be mostly paranormal stories, but was pleasantly surprised!
The voice...velvet smooth...the spongebob....wonerdfully creepy
More great story choices and I appreciate that there have been a few tales lately that show the less casual, less "fun" side of recreational drugs -- especially when addicted adults expose you to stuff like that while you're very young.
Regarding story number 1 I only have to say that you can never blame a toddler for whatever situation that has any sort of legal impact. It's adults that should know better.
the first story just makes me mad. who leaves their young child in an unlocked car? i can understand leaving a child for 5 minutes because they're tired, but in an unlocked car???
Me. But when you live in a tiny village community in north east Scotland it’s not a problem.
@@lanabmc3519 there is always a risk of that one guy or gal that's just...off. and then you find out they like to touch the alter boys. that's how it happened in the first little town I moved to out of my parents. even the one in a million risk is too much for me.
@@minimm1754 but you’re probably American. So that’s unsurprising. Here kids play outside unsupervised from age four or five. Get themselves to and from school unsupervised. Highschool kids from age 11 or twelve get public transport into the bigger towns or cities themselves. It’s done here because it’s safer here
It was a very common thing to do what I was young, but that was a long time ago, in the early 70s. I've never done such a thing when my kids were young.
@lanabellemckenna3519 Yeah, I think I could have done it because I live in a remote area in Québec, Canada, but I didn't take any chances. Just in case. But my kids played outside all day during summer and only came back home when the street lights came on. I was glad not to live in a city. They knew everyone around.
Your place seems nice too. I wish I could visit Scotland one day. I've lived in 4 different countries in my life. But I never had the chance to visit your country.
BOOOOOM! There it is haha thanks always bro 🙏🔥
Evil sponge bob looks like a monster made out of burnt grilled cheese.
Love that last quote about a true 'Yorkshire' person .
They are known in the U.K for being really frugal (tight) with their money. Hence she wouldn't let go of her handbag.
I thought it was just a myth. But, no it's obviously true (ish).
Loved these stories, please do more...
A childs mind looks at things so differently, and these events shape our future self.
I think everybody has a bad, rememberable experience whilst young, and in hindsight it wasn't so bad.
As a child things little woes felt like the end of the world.
He wasn't in danger, car windows can't cut your fingers off, much less your head.
Listening to this at work at night makes me jump when a coworker comes out of nowhere😂
These stories are better than the stories of the boogie man. Love you Joel and hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving baby bro!!💜💜✨✨🥰🥰😘😘😁😁🦃🦃
thanks for posting! love your content
Okay... That poop story was horrific. My jaw was on the floor the entire time 😨
Like why do it to yourself right 😂
dont mind me.. juss listening to this while i lay down for a small cat nap lol
Omg I just saw a comment of yours, never knew you were a fan of Rick the stick, aka Sticky Ricky, aka Ricky Del Hagen too! cool to find out
Man, the thumbnail for this vid really set the mood Lets Read! :)
"Lock your dang doors people!" -John Corriea of ASP
That mutant spongebob is trying to ruin my day...
Weird how I can listen to absolute horror stories about humans, but I feel physically ill hearing a cat has been in an accident. NOPE. Finishing this video early then.
Thanks for the content Joel, you're the best x
I’m the same way. What story is it so I can avoid it?
@@SoCalRegisteredNurse the last one 😘
Mmm. It doesn't matter to me
To the writer of story 6: If this country actually was racist your family wouldn't ever even have a chance to make it. We are one of the few that have done away with slavery but if you think it's so bad the exit is wide open. Bye.
Story 1 he didn't almost get kidnapped, he just was in the car unknowingly to the car thief lol
In my head it was like "suffer a little discomfort or get eaten ass first by a sewer croc"
Ooo friday night blunts and scary stories! Yasss ☺😂
Blunts heck no stop doing those no if’s ands or buts there are better things like music or such to replace it
💨I feel ya 😂😂👍
Omg y the hell would that mom leave her child in the car! That is horrible! That makes me so sad for the kid..and that was not the little boys fault, what the parent can’t tell their kid to come in the store?! Great parenting
I'm on time for once
Nellie the Elephant is a 1950's English Children's Song, NOT a nursery rhyme... 😎✌🏼
Sponge bob? Noooooo
My Friday nights can only be better if I watch LR's videos.
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Yay!!! A new vid. I am also loving the artwork on this dude! Keep it up! 🏴 x
Pleasure to listen to this on my birthday today, thank you Lets Read
Fear only a mother could feel? Any parent would feel that fear wtf
Ur voice sounds soo much deeper. I love ur videos no matter what, so TY!💕💪🏻🔥
Oh really? Interesting 🤔
Seems I’m the only one who noticed. Maybe it’s just me🤷🏻♀️I like it tho🤘🏻
I was thinking the burning thing would be a corpse then I was releaved that it was just a car then there is a body in it.
There's nothing wrong or weird about being afraid of dogs.
@Jaded Southerner thank you 🥺
Many people are afraid of dogs. Often, because their parents were also afraid of them.
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The first story made me laugh omg
Steal a car get one child free
Posted 16 mins ago I’m early
Love you Lets Read Always Entertaining❤
Right on time as always!! You’re the best, keep up the good work 🥰
I got one. When I was like 4 or 5 (the late 80s) those blood pressure testing machines just came out in the drugs stores. When my mom and grammas back was turned, I stuck my arm in and pressed the green start button. Well the cuff started blowing up and since my arm was so small it didn’t trigged the stop function. I remember screaming as it constricted around my little arm. Hearing my distress, the pharmacist ran over and tried pulling my arm out and eventually pulled the plug to stop it. It took years for me to not internally scream even when a wrap around one was put on me at the docs. Still to this day I cringe when I pass one by in a CVS or Costco.
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My second favorite “Genre”! My first fave is more historic unsolved mysteries!! ~ even if you mix more stories in to your regular plan’
ooo do you have any recommended channels or podcasts in the historic mysteries genre? :”-)
@@aeslinn this channel!! Joel- you have some more historic mystery fans! And I know we are not the only two! Aeslinn noel: lmk if you find one. Be Busta and Mr Nightmare are the ish but Be Busta got me waking up screaming from sleep sometimes 😂 and Mr. Nightmare is more for 15 min videos amateurs. Joel LETS READ has got his whole channel set up on point. From uploading 3x a week to collabs ect.
The “be eaten a$$ first by a sewer croc” sent me.
😂😂😂😂 very funny childhood stories. Spent most of childhood in Africa & i remember my mom telling us the same thing in a bid to stop us from jumping & possibly hurting ourselves in the bathtub or cracking it , she told us there was crocodile that lived underneath it ... it so terrified me that I never opened that little door on the side of the bathtub- which is technically only opened for maintenance work but I was convinced there was a giant crocodile living underneath the bathtub. 😂😂
I know the views may not be zooming etc but us whom watch u appreciate your narrations/voice/hard work extremely. I know you have your own issues so thanks for taking the time for us your presence means a lot
Putting the kids to bed. Great timing ☺❤
The mom in the first story should totally feel guilty about nearly losing her child to the skin-head hot-wiring her car, in addition to the teller feeling guilty. My own mother feels guilty for all the wrong reasons in most situations, thanks to her chronic uncontrollable anxiety; among other things I resent her for, I resent her for passing that on to me, in addition to chronic depression, migraines, trust issues, and lack of "normal person" passing skills. It's her genes that have prevented me from having a normal adult life and trap me in a loop of self-hatred on a regular basis.
I lost my mum when she was 42. I was 17. This made me an orphan. I had to leave the country I lived in and go and live with my Nan. You are just being petty and expect everyone to say ahh poor you.
Depending on the where and when of the story leaving your car unlocked may be normal practice.
@@SpaceCadet2569 in my personal opinion i think op here is partially justified in their resentment for their mother.
i have mental health issues and one of the things keeping me from having children is the possibility of passing on my disorders and subjecting my offspring to life long issues.
also, i find it quite ironic that you’re saying op is pulling a pity party but you had to mention being orphaned yourself…maybe keep your negativity to yourself in the future ♡
Remember she didn't want to pass this stuff on to you. Also Im sure my mom has panic disorder like I do but can't admit it. I certainly am dealing with it .
As a Croatian it was fun listening to a story from there
Very scary and innovative. Love your work Lets read!
Story 11 had me cracking up lol
A lot of Let's Read's videos are the source of my interest in mortality and existentialism. Kinda strange honestly
Moral of all of the stories: Protect your Kids 👨👦👨👧👦👨👧👨👦👦❤️🧒🏽👧🏼🧒🏼🧒🏻👧🏽👦🏽
That thumbnail O.o
The elephant one had me cackling. Sorry to the OP, I know it was terrifying, but the mental imagery in my head is downright cartoonish and that it was soundtracked by that song... Perfection for the absurdity and the terror. Cuz I would not want to be on a bull elephants sh*t list. But the song. 😂
Hole kid, jfc. New fear unlocked. In a deep hole full of brambles AND ants AND a broken ankle? Hell no!
RIP Mike. That was an awful way to die.
These videos are incredible in quality. Thank you!
My creepy experience (not really scary but kinda strange)- I was like 8 on vacation in Florida and I woke up from a nightmare around 4:00 am, rolled over, and saw a tall, dark shadow figure with red eyes and a grin full of sharp white teeth. It was over in a second but still was terrifying for an 8 year old.
These are wonderful stories from childhood. What a wonderful idea!! I love your narrating and I love your voice and I appreciate all your stories that you read to me almost daily. Thank you so much from North Carolina!! 🎉❤
my brother, when he was like 6, decided it was a good idea to jump into the deep end (8 feet) at our cousins pool, he couldnt swim yet and still had floaties, according to him, the marshmallows he was eating and holding was suppose to make him float....luckily my uncle saw him jump in...
My father taught me to swim that way, and it worked. I was 4 or 5 years old.
off topic but just found ouut mayonaise is NOT a salty smelling lubebricant. noted. duly noted.
This is not scary at all but the swimming one reminded me of trying to impress people at school with my swimming. You had to swim a width of the shallow end so they could assess your skill level (whether you’d be doing the session in the shallow or deep end) and I’d had lessons and was decent so I thought I’d be all cool and do the entire width without taking a breath to show how quick I could do it. Well this backfired as they decided I didn’t know how to breathe properly so I got put with all the people that couldn’t swim in the shallow end and had to watch all the fun stuff like swimming down for the bricks from afar, still stings that one.
The story of the boy with the ruptured bowel bowel, that's actually an extremely dangerous thing. I worked in nursing home with the woman who had no real understanding of what was going on around her and her body movements are extremely stiff although she would get up and move around and do all kinds of stuff she was almost like a zombie, not the kind of movie but the real life kind with severe brain damage. One day I was talking to her husband who is a dentist and he told me what happened to her. I knew that she had a colostomy bag because of a ruptured bowel but he told me that it happened several years ago and she started having problems moving and then her brain started having problems and he didn't know what was going on but when he would try to help her get showers she would be fighting him and she he couldn't understand what was going on. By the time he finally got her medical help and they found out what was going on her insides were filled with feces and it gave her severe body and brain damage. Basically fecal matter is a poison to the body that is why the body is trying to get rid of it it takes all the garbage and flushes it out of your body. To have it go back into the body is extremely poisonous and because of the long-term problem that wasn't found until it was too late she was never the same.