15:39 When they come during the day, they want your things; when they come at night, they want you. Unless you're out of town and they know no one is there.
Angie's parents should be praised for having the faith that by showing their young daughter the safe room, that she would understand the importance of it! Possibly knowing there might be a kidnapping attempt or a revenge attempt on her life ...they werent going to lose their girl. And that babysitter was awesome in not just grabbing Angie and running somewhere they would've been found , but trusting Angie to take them to safety. That is a beautiful story...and a wonderful bond btwn you all. ❤💫 ty for sharing!
Been watching you as long as lazy masquerade, 8 years. You were there through the scariest parts of my life, thank you! When i got my internet taken away as a part of control: i downloaded as many as your videos i could, and thats all i had as entertainment for months.
The internet doesn't need to know everything. I've never understood why people do this. If it's to be proud of yourself you're searching in the wrong places. Congratulations?? Awkward.
Belgium here. The first story was phenomenal. I have to say...There's little need for me to have a panic room...But some of you Americans really do astonish me and here especially with your ingenuity and that bravery...I can only think it has to be engrained in the body or inherited from the earliest settlers who decided to face the unknown and took on that challenge to start a new life far away. Not denying everything they did was ok or morally right. That babysitter just reminded me that surely there are enough people to really be proud of.
@@conradsutton1456 well from what op said, she'd been told and coached h ow to handle it. sometimes when a kid has beent aught to do something they just...chill out and do it.
I find it even funnier because I only like 20ish minutes away from where story 3 takes place. I think Joel was trying to do a typical southen accent instead of a geordie one. Hearing "whyaye man" in a non geordie tickeled me a bit
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The 1st story is really neat. A little girl whose drilling from the parents really paid off in an actual emergency. Knowing exactly what to do & putting it in2 practice really can pay off when an emergency situation arises. Like what people do when a menacing hurricane makes it's way to ur location.....u head for the saferoom.
Because the babysitter didn't need to know about the safe room as long as the little girl did, teenagers have big mouths, they tell their friends everything, so word about the safe room would soon become public knowledge and the safe room would no longer be safe.
That'd be profoundly exposing. Only in the case you felt your own kid was incompetent--maybe had some disability or something, would you tell a freaking 17 year old about plan Z.
The cops should turn their sirens off as they're pulling up to a suspected home invasion. I mean you do want the element of surprise, yeah? Or the first cops show up with his siren off, but yet his back up comes in with sirens on that way when they run out, someone is there to catch them or intercept them.
I practically pull my hair out every time I'm watching or listening to stories where cops are coming with sirens on. I don't think I've ever heard or watched an account where they show up without sirens on, yet, sirens have never been on when I or someone else has called the police during domestic violence incidents... Or even when there was a drive by shooting on my street... I've wanted police to come with sirens on during domestic violence incidents, but you'd think if they got a call about an active home invasion, they would hurry to the location and approach with lights and sirens off to better catch the suspects in the act. I like your idea of backup coming with sirens on to kinda bait the suspects into the first officers arms... But... I'm convinced police aren't really here to protect and serve us... Protecting and serving someone or someones that's not the general public.. I actually had a cop tell me that anyone can threaten to kill you, but there isn't a crime until after the guns trigger is pulled but even after you've been shot the cops don't have to show up immediately and can choose to call for an ambulance instead of showing up themselves and as long as they called for an ambulance, they've fulfilled their duty... (That was the first call to the police I ever made as an adult and they sent an officer out to tell me that in person... 🤦🏻♀️I have zero faith in police and view them as a gang of corrupt criminals)
I think it’s some sort of law for cops needing to make themselves known. It does kinda suck for them to do it, but it’s much better than some teenage kid sneaking out of his house and happened to be in that area and they get shot or something because the cops thought it was one of the suspects from the burglary. Obviously that’s a very unlikely scenario, just trying to come up with something to make it make somewhat of sense. But yeah, pretty sure they can’t just come up inconspicuous no matter if it’s something this serious or not. Also, those criminals could be about to find the people in the house and do something horrible to them and if the cops don’t have the lights on to scare them before they get to them, they could still end up doing something bad. They may end up caught because of it, but at the expense of the people in the home being murdered. I’d much rather them come in with sirens and lights blaring and flashing and have the suspects run before they find me over them not knowing cops are there and having another 3-5 minutes before the cops get in there
I think it might be that the sirens usually make them quit doing what they were doing, so they don't catch them by suprise, which could lead to a shoot out or hostage situation or collateral damage.
Safe room's are a thing, if i had the money we would have one in our house without doubt, there's actual a movie called Panic room, its pretty cool so it's def not a new idea.
The way it was told seemed unreal, agreed. Perhaps it's because they were keeping things vague and not using names and whatnot like you would normally hear.
I’m a nanny and that first story and ones like it are the reason I conceal carry. I always tell the parents and I’ve had some turn me away but most seem relieved. I’ve never had to use my firearm and I pray to God I never will.
I heard about Alice Springs recently and was astounded at how many people who lived there had not only experiences with getting robbed, but also straight up violent crime (getting threatened with machetes, getting attacked out of nowhere, etc). I’m American and I can’t think of many places here, if any, that match that level of random violence.
I agree, but props to the parents for teaching her how to handle the situation, it takes a lot of repetition and patience to teach a 9 year old child to overcome the fear long enough to remember the plan, let alone remembering the plan....
I get so excited getting in my car ready to drive and listen to this. I've done cross country drives multiple times especially over night driving with the majority of my drives with this guys videos on.
Just got back from a night hike to try to see the super blue moon, but the clouds covered everything. So happy to at least come home to some bedtime stories ❤
@@kristanricketts No 😭😭 and I missed the northern lights too. I didn’t hear about that until the day after. I went out again tonight to try to catch the last night of the super blue moon and again, clouds. I am a failed rare event hunter 😭 dishonor to my family
Or maybe it really did happen.. that movie insecure scenarios like that do and have happened and still happen, which is why people have panic/safe rooms. I’m not going to call someone I don’t know a liar just because there is a movie a little similar to their story.
Is something WRONG WITH ME??? I mean, how can a voice so smooth & melodious - reading frightening, horrific tales, no less - be so soothing??? You'd think that stories about a poor fella's body exploding from a hit & run, robberies, stabbings, hammer-wielding thugs & bouncers getting shot in the face (not even counting the home invasions & 'Safe Rooms'...) would leave me quivering with fear. But noooo. Instead, LR just keeps lulling me to sleep anyway. So, again, is something WRONG with me?? Well, if there is, I think I'm in very good company here!! 😅
The first one is horrifying. The girls were lucky the parents were thoughtful and built the safe room. Because being alone in the dark in a house you don't know, being cut out from the rest of the world, unable to escape the house and call for help, and there's four grown men breaking into the house? I can barely imagine the horror of the 17 year old upon seeing them and realising her situation. There wouldn't be any winning that situation without a safe room.
Wow, what sad stories and so much ego's involved. What makes a person that angry to take a person life ?. The answer, we will probably never know and the result is life changing for those involved. 😢 Why can't we, as a species live in Peace. 😢
Oh that first story was so disturbing. That little girl was so intelligent.
Sound like a great story to make a movie out of!
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I want to know how her parents make their income
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15:39 When they come during the day, they want your things; when they come at night, they want you. Unless you're out of town and they know no one is there.
And at night, if they want your things, they are more likely to be comfortable hurting or killing you.
The first story chilled me to the bones. It brought back memories of a home invasion my brother and I experienced when we were children.
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Angie's parents should be praised for having the faith that by showing their young daughter the safe room, that she would understand the importance of it!
Possibly knowing there might be a kidnapping attempt or a revenge attempt on her life ...they werent going to lose their girl.
And that babysitter was awesome in not just grabbing Angie and running somewhere they would've been found , but trusting Angie to take them to safety. That is a beautiful story...and a wonderful bond btwn you all. ❤💫 ty for sharing!
Been watching you as long as lazy masquerade, 8 years. You were there through the scariest parts of my life, thank you! When i got my internet taken away as a part of control: i downloaded as many as your videos i could, and thats all i had as entertainment for months.
Was it your parents that took your internet?
@@Grizzlybear0908 bad group home workers. Couldn't do anything right. Constant punishment
@@9sunsjuddleponk:( I lived in a abusive home growing up and letsread was the only way I could sleep and feel a little less alone
The internet doesn't need to know everything. I've never understood why people do this. If it's to be proud of yourself you're searching in the wrong places. Congratulations?? Awkward.
Well look at u. A wrd little support group. Ok but not on here plz. Geezuz.
Thanks!
Note to self: if a shirtless hammerman is chugging milk at a random gas station-just let him be.
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The Angie/babysitter story was honestly the best story I've heard on this channel; the writer was amazing
perfect timing! I was looking for something spooky but relaxing!
Belgium here. The first story was phenomenal. I have to say...There's little need for me to have a panic room...But some of you Americans really do astonish me and here especially with your ingenuity and that bravery...I can only think it has to be engrained in the body or inherited from the earliest settlers who decided to face the unknown and took on that challenge to start a new life far away. Not denying everything they did was ok or morally right. That babysitter just reminded me that surely there are enough people to really be proud of.
that little girl in hte first story was hella smart.
Kinda sad she was so calm. Like it happened before.
@@conradsutton1456 well from what op said, she'd been told and coached h ow to handle it. sometimes when a kid has beent aught to do something they just...chill out and do it.
18 years in childcare, and this is my biggest fear that girl blew my mind. I thought that’s why I was going somewhere else. My favorite story by far.
@@graceful_enigma I get that. if i were her parents i'd be both relieved and *so proud* of her.
Made up story
Perfect timing yet again! Sweet dreams everyone ❤ sending spooky healing vibes your way
The English accent attempt is killing me lol
Haha
I was only half listening and didn't realise that was supposed to be English accent until I saw this comment 😂
I find it even funnier because I only like 20ish minutes away from where story 3 takes place. I think Joel was trying to do a typical southen accent instead of a geordie one. Hearing "whyaye man" in a non geordie tickeled me a bit
Oi bruv, you gotta loicense for that accent?
@@jakereynolds8897 Lol that’s what I found funny too although even as a southerner I still had a hard time understanding 😂
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Loved the first story ❤. Bet she becomes a great mom! These came out great ❤
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The 1st story is really neat. A little girl whose drilling from the parents really paid off in an actual emergency. Knowing exactly what to do & putting it in2 practice really can pay off when an emergency situation arises. Like what people do when a menacing hurricane makes it's way to ur location.....u head for the saferoom.
Almost 10 pm in London, I can't sleep and decided to clean my kitchen while listening to Let's Read...love it!
Love listening to scary stories about the middle of the night.. in the middle of the night
Damn. If story 1 is real, can't believe the parents didn't tell their babysitter about the nice af safe room in case of an emergency.
Because the babysitter didn't need to know about the safe room as long as the little girl did, teenagers have big mouths, they tell their friends everything, so word about the safe room would soon become public knowledge and the safe room would no longer be safe.
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Exactly.
Now I want a safe room😅
@@crystallaws7050 everyone does these days lol
That'd be profoundly exposing. Only in the case you felt your own kid was incompetent--maybe had some disability or something, would you tell a freaking 17 year old about plan Z.
I've been on this channel for probably 6 years now and this dude is amazing and I look forward to listening
Been loving these, listen to a lot now. Best story narration on TH-cam 👍
Battling a late night migraine. I have no doubt this will help me fall asleep. Grateful for tonight's read!
Feel well soon! I’m used to migraines so I know the feeling. Try dipping your feet in warm water, sometimes it helps.
The cops should turn their sirens off as they're pulling up to a suspected home invasion. I mean you do want the element of surprise, yeah? Or the first cops show up with his siren off, but yet his back up comes in with sirens on that way when they run out, someone is there to catch them or intercept them.
i think in some cases, cops roll up with no sirens, but not sure about back then
I practically pull my hair out every time I'm watching or listening to stories where cops are coming with sirens on. I don't think I've ever heard or watched an account where they show up without sirens on, yet, sirens have never been on when I or someone else has called the police during domestic violence incidents... Or even when there was a drive by shooting on my street... I've wanted police to come with sirens on during domestic violence incidents, but you'd think if they got a call about an active home invasion, they would hurry to the location and approach with lights and sirens off to better catch the suspects in the act. I like your idea of backup coming with sirens on to kinda bait the suspects into the first officers arms... But... I'm convinced police aren't really here to protect and serve us... Protecting and serving someone or someones that's not the general public.. I actually had a cop tell me that anyone can threaten to kill you, but there isn't a crime until after the guns trigger is pulled but even after you've been shot the cops don't have to show up immediately and can choose to call for an ambulance instead of showing up themselves and as long as they called for an ambulance, they've fulfilled their duty... (That was the first call to the police I ever made as an adult and they sent an officer out to tell me that in person... 🤦🏻♀️I have zero faith in police and view them as a gang of corrupt criminals)
I think it’s some sort of law for cops needing to make themselves known. It does kinda suck for them to do it, but it’s much better than some teenage kid sneaking out of his house and happened to be in that area and they get shot or something because the cops thought it was one of the suspects from the burglary. Obviously that’s a very unlikely scenario, just trying to come up with something to make it make somewhat of sense. But yeah, pretty sure they can’t just come up inconspicuous no matter if it’s something this serious or not.
Also, those criminals could be about to find the people in the house and do something horrible to them and if the cops don’t have the lights on to scare them before they get to them, they could still end up doing something bad. They may end up caught because of it, but at the expense of the people in the home being murdered. I’d much rather them come in with sirens and lights blaring and flashing and have the suspects run before they find me over them not knowing cops are there and having another 3-5 minutes before the cops get in there
I think it might be that the sirens usually make them quit doing what they were doing, so they don't catch them by suprise, which could lead to a shoot out or hostage situation or collateral damage.
In real life that's what they do, but the people who make up these stories don't know that.
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I get so drawn into your narrations that i rarely become skeptical, however the attempted kidnapping was just too perfect.
Safe room's are a thing, if i had the money we would have one in our house without doubt, there's actual a movie called Panic room, its pretty cool so it's def not a new idea.
@@heavymetalredneck7973 It would make more sense if it was a underground room like a bunker or something
The way it was told seemed unreal, agreed. Perhaps it's because they were keeping things vague and not using names and whatnot like you would normally hear.
I’m a nanny and that first story and ones like it are the reason I conceal carry. I always tell the parents and I’ve had some turn me away but most seem relieved. I’ve never had to use my firearm and I pray to God I never will.
The hammer man got hammered but the truth is Alice is a pretty hectic town. Curfews and grog bans are still common place.
I heard about Alice Springs recently and was astounded at how many people who lived there had not only experiences with getting robbed, but also straight up violent crime (getting threatened with machetes, getting attacked out of nowhere, etc). I’m American and I can’t think of many places here, if any, that match that level of random violence.
@@Lazydana19 I've heard of plenty of American places that have that kind of violence except yanks have guns.
@@Lazydana19Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New Castle, and Oakland just to name a few.
@@Lazydana19 I wish I had your innocent perspective of America
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That intro man. It does something crazy to my feelings, every time 😂 and I love it.
Ahhh joel's voice never fails to calm me down. Love you bro!! Been here listening since 2015
We have been blessed with fewer longer stories! Thank you!!
These are some of the darkest and best stories yet.. Thank you all so much.!
Angie was a boss
I agree, but props to the parents for teaching her how to handle the situation, it takes a lot of repetition and patience to teach a 9 year old child to overcome the fear long enough to remember the plan, let alone remembering the plan....
Awesome stories! Thanks for all your back breaking labor making these videos. We all appreciate it so much!
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It came in my town we had a badddd storm and as I was listening to this a tree fell in my backyard and the height of the story
I live by the first story!!!! Long Island!!!
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Had a crap day at work, so happy for this right now
I’m still in the middle of the video but WOW the first story was sooo good! Creepy and well written. And just a wild true story. Loved it ❤
I get so excited getting in my car ready to drive and listen to this. I've done cross country drives multiple times especially over night driving with the majority of my drives with this guys videos on.
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Those were all outstanding. Bravo!
Thank you for the stories. 😊
Love your stories brother. Thanks for being consistent and always on point.
I'm glad Let's Read is still making videos, wow.
18:10 holy sh!t this story was crazy! How terrifying! Thank god that the parents thought to teach their daughter about the safe room!
Just on time for the start of my 12 hr night shift.😊
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Just got back from a night hike to try to see the super blue moon, but the clouds covered everything. So happy to at least come home to some bedtime stories ❤
Did you see the metor display the other day?
@@kristanricketts No 😭😭 and I missed the northern lights too. I didn’t hear about that until the day after. I went out again tonight to try to catch the last night of the super blue moon and again, clouds. I am a failed rare event hunter 😭 dishonor to my family
First story was the best so far!
Thank You Joel! Another great one! ❤
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Great stories 👍, chilled me right down
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This is going to be awesome to listen to on my way to my overnight shift
joel never disappoints.
That first story... Wow... What an impressive kid
Awesome ride on time for bed thank you ❤
I absolutely adore your voice. So I do appreciate your hard work
I'm near Newcastle Uk, good story
Great stories!
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Bro the secret room from the 1st story sounded so cool. I’d love to have one of those just for the fun of it haha😂
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the last one was so sad :((
The first story has such a when a stranger calls movie vibes
Gee, I wonder why? Maybe because the Karen who wrote it probably wasn't even writing from personal experience....
Panic room
Or maybe it really did happen.. that movie insecure scenarios like that do and have happened and still happen, which is why people have panic/safe rooms. I’m not going to call someone I don’t know a liar just because there is a movie a little similar to their story.
My brain could not get pass that first story. 3rd floor had a staircase going downwards. Like... How was that safe room built? 😄
We have a hidden panic room in our place. You never know what's going to happen in life
The Newcastle accent was criminal😂 all jokes aside love your vids
My dog just dies you always upload at the best times
I'm very sorry for your loss. ❤
Take all the time you need to heal.
I'm sorry 😞
So sorry for your loss. That is very sad😢
What’s crazy is I live & work very close to East Hampton. Generally speaking it’s a relatively quiet safe clean area with a strong police presence.
“How may I take your call?” 😂 Straight up, please.
1st story was excellent 👍
Story 1 how the hell did they not catch these guys?
These were very interesting and messed up situations. Thanks for the vid Joel :)
Lets read please bring stories of cults. One of my favourite topic 😎
My favorite stories!
It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here!!!
Angie’s parents did the right thing teaching her how to get to the safe room! Thank goodness!
Those towns in the first story are familiar. That hits different.
My favorite voice!
Is something WRONG WITH ME??? I mean, how can a voice so smooth & melodious - reading frightening, horrific tales, no less - be so soothing??? You'd think that stories about a poor fella's body exploding from a hit & run, robberies, stabbings, hammer-wielding thugs & bouncers getting shot in the face (not even counting the home invasions & 'Safe Rooms'...) would leave me quivering with fear. But noooo. Instead, LR just keeps lulling me to sleep anyway.
So, again, is something WRONG with me??
Well, if there is, I think I'm in very good company here!! 😅
Well I loved these! Damn gotta watch where your hanging out! Thanks
Was a bit shocked to hear bouncers from Newcastle speaking like the cast of Marry Poppins.
Love the stories though, more paranormal please.
I imagined the image of a man drinking milk and stopping bleeding. It was so scary, guys.
Which story is it?
Australia is full of dregs like that.
Not 'The Lucky Country ' any more. 😢
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“And that’s when I met my first wife” had me rolling after such a sad story
Love the Newcastle representation
The first one is horrifying. The girls were lucky the parents were thoughtful and built the safe room. Because being alone in the dark in a house you don't know, being cut out from the rest of the world, unable to escape the house and call for help, and there's four grown men breaking into the house? I can barely imagine the horror of the 17 year old upon seeing them and realising her situation. There wouldn't be any winning that situation without a safe room.
the english and aussie accents are sending me 😭😭😭
Wow, what sad stories and so much ego's involved. What makes a person that angry to take a person life ?. The answer, we will probably never know and the result is life changing for those involved. 😢 Why can't we, as a species live in Peace. 😢
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