6 MORE True Scary Stories About DARK FAMILY SECRETS

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  • @LetsReadPodcast
    @LetsReadPodcast  ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Dark Family Secrets | Vol 1
    ►th-cam.com/video/Z2yIIag5CLc/w-d-xo.html

    • @sunsuz98
      @sunsuz98 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Would love to see more of this. Rather than stalker/ home alone stories

    • @TASmith-ou3is
      @TASmith-ou3is ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@sunsuz98I would as well! These were absolutely spellbinding!!

    • @BarbraMarshall-pl4nx
      @BarbraMarshall-pl4nx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Let’s not losers

  • @It_wasnt_me_dude
    @It_wasnt_me_dude 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    My mother made multiple attempts on my life as a teen up till 41.
    The family has lied and denied everything, so at age 41, in 2010 i stopped association with any family members and disappeared.
    Im now 55 and living peacefully for the last 14 years.
    Youngest brother is the only normal one in the family.
    Brother between us plus my father are both narcissists.
    Mother is a bipolar psychopath.
    I'm high functioning autistic and no longer the scapegoat in the family.
    My mother even blamed me for crap that happened before I was even born.
    I now tell people i hatched from an egg, and have no family.

    • @TectorThe
      @TectorThe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@MariaRose_88What an incredibly stupid answer...

    • @It_wasnt_me_dude
      @It_wasnt_me_dude 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@TectorThe I've had people tell me that I need to say sorry for my abuse I've received from the family.
      People are twisted and nuts even thinking that way.
      I haven't seen any family since 2010 and never will again.

    • @TeeMeeBeeWee
      @TeeMeeBeeWee 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Do what you need to do. Surround yourself w ppl who support you & improve your life. Best wishes to you. 🌹

    • @Jbwynn14
      @Jbwynn14 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds truly awful, and I'm glad you've found some peace. I hope my husband will also one day, as he's got a mother similar to that, and she lives with us..ugh! We have to be watchful

    • @JoshuaVallejos-m7i
      @JoshuaVallejos-m7i 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@KhrisMoney808 I'm trying, but if you got advice you welcome to 🙏

  • @Genedide
    @Genedide ปีที่แล้ว +295

    I wanna hear more family stories. They’re WAY more intimate and horrifying.

    • @sugaroxo
      @sugaroxo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Agree!

    • @Valleygirl66
      @Valleygirl66 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      agreed@@sugaroxo

    • @natlienixon6063
      @natlienixon6063 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Big facts about that .....

    • @nainai1441
      @nainai1441 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I learned this. Their especially,, Mayne because broadly most relatable..so it hits

    • @Aconitum_napellus
      @Aconitum_napellus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I want you to eat cheese flavoured cheese.

  • @clownsnatch6939
    @clownsnatch6939 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    i recently found out my mother has a big sister with down syndrome who ended up being a child of SA by a priest in my grandma's reservation.Finding this out 24 years into my life feels surreal. I feel bad for my grandmother, she's always been a bitter hurt person. I now understand why.

    • @stephaniefoster970
      @stephaniefoster970 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I worked at an "asylum" for dev disabled people & it was wild to learn that siblings popped up after parents died ...apparently Dr's convinced parents to drop off their kids & forget about them & siblings would be clueless until parents died & the kids would find paperwork after parents died!!!

    • @sofiaxyz6205
      @sofiaxyz6205 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Where is ur aunt now?

    • @sofiaxyz6205
      @sofiaxyz6205 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@stephaniefoster970so they just sweep them under the rug&forget about them😢

  • @Jean-rg4sp
    @Jean-rg4sp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    *A disturbing dream woke me up at 4 a.m. and I clicked on my computer to get my mind to another place. I landed here and the stories kept me company. I am grateful but not yet in a better place as I look out at the dark wintry night through window panes covered in cold raindrops and my past flooding in to torment me.*

  • @WinterSoldier7207
    @WinterSoldier7207 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    The second story has me pondering whether 'Uncle Joe' really was the hero OP and their father thinks they are. Just on the surface, it seems like cope to go "wow that crazy guy threatening to end us took his own life instead, what a hero!"
    With the addition of the mother's contempt, it makes me wonder what she saw in uncle Joe while he was alive, when he's most likely a blind spot for his father.
    Perhap's OP is 100% accurate on this despite going off of secondary sources, but I'll still wonder if she ever noticed things about Uncle Joe that weren't blatantly incriminating or vile, but still gave her doubts about the image he put out for everyone else.
    An unexplainable vibe that only clicks into place when his note was disclosed to the family, and so the only way she can process the vibe plus the information is contempt.

    • @MyPokeBox
      @MyPokeBox 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The stories aren't real

    • @sidneejade2563
      @sidneejade2563 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@MyPokeBox I know of one in the Ozarks, he tells in a different video, that is indeed real. That's just one in the mix of many.

  • @stevetrowbridge7425
    @stevetrowbridge7425 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Lol, story 1: “I wouldn’t call her ‘psycho’”
    “She was a psycho…”

    • @Thejbelow
      @Thejbelow 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      LOL yep

    • @Aconitum_napellus
      @Aconitum_napellus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She's an idiot.

    • @shawngibson7514
      @shawngibson7514 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Psychos are fun. God knows I’ve known plenty of them.

    • @katherinethegreat
      @katherinethegreat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Poor Grandma!😢Horribly misunderstood,suffering & abandoned; she finally lost it completely. So she got to die in prison whilst her kin continued to ignore their responsibilities to her!

    • @KitPeters-xj7nd
      @KitPeters-xj7nd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@katherinethegreatlol just lol

  • @josiegipson90
    @josiegipson90 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    Story 3. It doesn't sound like the uncle purposely wanted to hurt his wife. She hit him first and he pushed her back, its a reflex. Op said he doesn't know why but his uncle didn't finish her off after she fell. You think maybe it's because it truly was an accident...Then she spends years tormenting him until he terminates his life. Sounds like she wasn't some innocent victim.

    • @brocowsci
      @brocowsci ปีที่แล้ว +97

      No kidding, people love to assume they know and understand after hearing one side of a story..

    • @karlagonzalvez4703
      @karlagonzalvez4703 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Soooo true.

    • @yvettehopkins4400
      @yvettehopkins4400 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      I agree 100% Sounds like the wife was the abuser, both physically and mentally.

    • @thisisavivistanaccount7866
      @thisisavivistanaccount7866 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      you definitely hit the nail on the head. People often forget things aren’t black and white.

    • @_HimToo
      @_HimToo ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Right. Did they forget about the part where "she hit him so he shoved her back"?! It's not like he was attacking her.

  • @user-digitalfarmgirl
    @user-digitalfarmgirl ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Mt Nona told me: "I t is one thing to take secrets to the grave , but do not let those secrets take you to that grave." She was a wise woman..

    • @katherinethegreat
      @katherinethegreat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love this- gonna make it my own!❤🎉❤

  • @sir.spookeys.stories
    @sir.spookeys.stories ปีที่แล้ว +38

    My favourite story narrator helping me with my sleep as usual, haha! You inspired me to start narrating too! Love from England!

  • @imbored1179
    @imbored1179 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Story 4 was messed up in all ways but I don’t blame the dad. He had a horrible end which would have been fixed even a little bit if the older sister confronted him on it with the family. Sure it would have been bad then but it would have brought the family back together. But that’s just me. It’s a scary situation to chose between your family.

    • @manne1029
      @manne1029 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Same! It bothered me that she blamed her dad but the other option was his own family.

    • @Lazydana19
      @Lazydana19 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yes, I agree. I found it very naive that OP questioned whether his father would have been killed by those men. His aunt was playing with fire throughout her life unfortunately, I don’t think risking his entire family was worth it.

    • @KSwindellsMACHETEMAIDEN
      @KSwindellsMACHETEMAIDEN ปีที่แล้ว +24

      He just wanted his family safe, he was put in an impossible position

    • @TASmith-ou3is
      @TASmith-ou3is ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ​@@KSwindellsMACHETEMAIDENAbsolutely! The only one at fault here was the criminal aunt who dragged her family into her miserable problems.

    • @LancelotTheKing
      @LancelotTheKing ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Agreed. Op wasn't there. She didn't experience it first hand.

  • @Xavier_Breaking_Bad
    @Xavier_Breaking_Bad ปีที่แล้ว +29

    That Uncle Joe story is nuts and so sad at the same time

    • @SunDeb-i5h
      @SunDeb-i5h 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If it were my story i would add a twist where the brother found out and killed the crazy Joe before he could carry his evil plan out

  • @gregoryalves5436
    @gregoryalves5436 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    these are my favorite. please do another confessions video those were the absolute best and ive been wayching true scary stories for litterally 8 years

  • @osirism8161
    @osirism8161 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I really enjoy your content! I just got my husband hooked to your podcast. He has to work out of state so does a lot of driving. It now gives us something to talk about while he’s gone.

  • @BabyDollAlison2112
    @BabyDollAlison2112 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    That last story was probably a sad example of postpartem depression. How heartbreaking. 💔

    • @alicelongtin1629
      @alicelongtin1629 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was just thinking that. PostPartum Psychosis sounds more like it. Being locked away for years and years. I imagine OP's birth and care was heavily monitored by their father until the 4th trimester hormones were over. I can't imagine how traumatized the mom is, so hard.

    • @ladyvalkyrie7373
      @ladyvalkyrie7373 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      My thoughts exactly. And tbh the mother owes no explanation to the son in my opinion. He should be able to figure out on his own his mother obviously suffered at the hands of mental health.

    • @zulikkowalski3547
      @zulikkowalski3547 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@ladyvalkyrie7373 Agree, he doesn't care if he causes his mother more mental distress - jus as long as his curiosity is satiated.

    • @BethSloan-u9r
      @BethSloan-u9r 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It reminded me of Andrea Yates. I know it's not her, but it reminds me of it with it being drowning and being told not to have more kids.

    • @victoriamcdougall1879
      @victoriamcdougall1879 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The husband forgave his wife and had another baby. I think that says it all. So terrifying and so bloody sad.

  • @TASmith-ou3is
    @TASmith-ou3is ปีที่แล้ว +22

    These stories were some of the very Best (albeit sad) that I've heard on any TH-cam channel. I was locked into every story.
    Excellent choice of material & excellent narration. Bravo!

  • @DSM598
    @DSM598 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    My mom told me when I was 18 years old that my dad wasnt my dad. She told me her first boyfriend, the love of her life, was my real dad. She never told my "other dad" about it because my grandma prevented her from marrying the other guy because they didnt like him. My "other dad" was so excited when my mom told him she was pregnant that he proposed to her right away and decided to get married. My mom couldnt break his heart after such reaction. She kept this secret from everyone until she told me one day while watching tv, ironically we were watching a tv show about family secrets. She took that as a sign. I almost fainted, i couldnt believe it. I never told my "other dad" whom i consider my one and only dad because that would hurt him so much, so now, my mom and I carry this secret.

    • @IAmGodHimself777
      @IAmGodHimself777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Did she cheat or just hide the fact that she was already pregnant?

    • @heavymetalredneck7973
      @heavymetalredneck7973 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@IAmGodHimself777she was still riding 2 different guy's and chose the "good guy" to raise the baby because the other guy would've laughed at her as he told her to kick rocks 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Girl_with_a_Subie_WRX
      @Girl_with_a_Subie_WRX 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heavymetalredneck7973bro, you are so amusing.

    • @shareefsteele4486
      @shareefsteele4486 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@heavymetalredneck7973 no wonder women freak out when a guy wants a paternity test lol.
      It's banned in France 🤣

    • @heavymetalredneck7973
      @heavymetalredneck7973 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Girl_with_a_Subie_WRX it's true

  • @Jdavismoranti
    @Jdavismoranti ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wow I was hooked to each story! I had to listen to this episode twice. Please make a series out of this! ❤

  • @jacobbowling263
    @jacobbowling263 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Joel you do awesome work, your narrations are amazing bottom line is this Joel you are one of the most talented and awesome narrators alive today.

  • @jb26
    @jb26 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not only does your does your voice soothe the most restless of souls.. but your stories chill me to the core.. forever jb

  • @VlogsByJoli
    @VlogsByJoli ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This was so good!! Very interesting and crazy I loved all these stories. Please do more confession type stories in the future!!

  • @sunsuz98
    @sunsuz98 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Story 1- If you don’t talk to people when they are thriving don’t darken their door step when they’re dying. That’s my motto.

    • @Amdusiias
      @Amdusiias ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I don't think trying to set up a murder can be called "thriving"

    • @diegopepsko1512
      @diegopepsko1512 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      How does your motto relate to the first story? The grandmother was dying. But also was the one not “thriving”. She was abusive and was setting up a murder.

    • @ImaKhunt007
      @ImaKhunt007 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thriving...in jail??? Mind sharing your IQ?, I'm kinda curious now.

    • @avamasquerade
      @avamasquerade ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't know about the story, but that lil Freudian slip right there indicates it's probably best you just keep yourself in the woodwork either which way.

    • @RoxanneStine-eg8kr
      @RoxanneStine-eg8kr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It means let them be when they are dying since the person wasn't a part of their life when they were living

  • @The1adventurebound
    @The1adventurebound ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow! These were exceptionally good stories. Well done!

  • @0hmylanta
    @0hmylanta ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Happy birthday to me 🎉 thanks for another amazing upload Joel! Happy new years everyone

    • @Cecebae22
      @Cecebae22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Happy birthday!

    • @0hmylanta
      @0hmylanta ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Cecebae22 thank you!!!

  • @voodookween6664
    @voodookween6664 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have been subscribe to your channel for a long time, and I have pretty much watched every story you have done, this has to be my absolute favorite and please do this one again because. Every single story was like a page turner.

  • @KSwindellsMACHETEMAIDEN
    @KSwindellsMACHETEMAIDEN ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Story 5 was horrific, at least that monster raised a good, generous child

    • @noriko6382
      @noriko6382 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That piece of trash should raised a human somehow

    • @TheAsentra
      @TheAsentra 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You’re talking about people who survived the war and lived through horrifying experiences which left them utterly broken, none of the other countries during World War II had to go through what Poland experienced from the hands of German Nazi’s. We were then left to the “mercy” of Russians who further did unthinkable things to us for years and years. This kind of trauma was then passed on to the next few generations in a form of abuse and domestic violence which decades later only gave us a shread of idea of what war and the aftermath of it did to these people. It’s easy to judge from the comfort of a normal life without having to confront any of the horrors these people, and I mean all of them, were exposed to.

    • @bombomos
      @bombomos 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@TheAsentrastill. I've never heard of a child/teen killing women and child with rocks. Not in self defense, but just because everyone else around you is doing it too

  • @horrorovercoffee
    @horrorovercoffee ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Let’s go! Let’s Read is a huge inspiration for sure ☕️

  • @FloridaMan0561
    @FloridaMan0561 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hell yeah, let’s go! LR is one of the best channels from this genre!

  • @susanhowe163
    @susanhowe163 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    IT'S SUCH A GOOD THING TO HEAR A STORY WITHOUT AN AWFUL ORCHESTRA OVERPOWERING THE PERSON TELLING THE STORY. THANK YOU SO MUCH 💓

  • @ancientmariner6042
    @ancientmariner6042 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Story 5 is about "the Kielce pogrom" there is a Wikipedia about it.

    • @zulikkowalski3547
      @zulikkowalski3547 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I don't think it actually happed to the OP - I think he just made up a story after reading the Wikapedia. I don't think he could have followed that elaborate tale with the father whispering in Polish, if he hadn't heard his father talking Polish since he was a little kid

    • @Digitt6
      @Digitt6 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@zulikkowalski3547 the main giveaway to me is that the father somehow knew that the boy wasn't killed and that they townspeople said he was. like how would the father know that? its much more likely the truth was uncovered by talking to multiple witnesses of the pogrom than from the father knowing that all on his own

    • @CantoniaCustoms
      @CantoniaCustoms 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not to mention the guy speaks so highly of the Russian backed government in poland lmao

  • @dylanbayless6480
    @dylanbayless6480 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love this channels content. Very consistent, thank you!

  • @fairypixieprincess9909
    @fairypixieprincess9909 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi Joel!! Thank you for providing the best content!!

  • @jazz9153
    @jazz9153 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    You're my favorite horror reading channel. Thank you for the excellent stories!

  • @abdulqudz89
    @abdulqudz89 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    joel never disappoints with the content provided.

  • @_HimToo
    @_HimToo ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "She pretended to let bygones be bygones but was bent on revenge"... Revenge for what? She hit him & he pushed her away. It's called self defense. She was the one at fault, not him. You don't put ur hands on someone if ur not ok with getting hit back 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @haisamrahman9980
    @haisamrahman9980 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was just going to bed thank god I refreshed 😢❤

  • @ViktoriaEvans
    @ViktoriaEvans ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your family secret videos are some of my favorites!

  • @ggiacoletto3267
    @ggiacoletto3267 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please keep these coming! Love this topic!❤

  • @astardustparade
    @astardustparade ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These were good! Please make more videos with stories like these.

  • @jennifervalentin9019
    @jennifervalentin9019 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sooo excited to hear this one !

  • @donney-
    @donney- ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Right before bedtime! THANK YOU Let's Read!

  • @Flamsterette
    @Flamsterette ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the upload!

  • @cheyennecordery9456
    @cheyennecordery9456 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    aye can’t wait to watch this one also love u so much

  • @DeniAngelica2402
    @DeniAngelica2402 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my top favorite videos you’ve created! More
    Please 🙏🏻

  • @alyasfukename3355
    @alyasfukename3355 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This first one sounds true. There was an older lady caught for the same crimes on a fake murder for hire site that started as a joke site but got legitimate requests through the years

    • @robinmcinarnay7827
      @robinmcinarnay7827 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about that one guy who was desperate for money, it might have been during the pandemic but I can’t remember, anyway he posted on Craigslist or some forum offering up his yard as a disposal site “NQA-no crime, ‘natural’ deaths only” or something like that?!! There’s that TX mom who tried to literally take out daughter’s cheerleading competitor or her mother to make her too depressed to win. She took a plea agreement of 10yrs after receiving an initial 14yrs, homegirl walked out after serving 6 months of that 10yrs to serve the rest on probation or whatever!?!

    • @alyasfukename3355
      @alyasfukename3355 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@robinmcinarnay7827 I hadn't heard of that second one but that first one the dude didn't even get charged right? He technically didn't break any law

    • @johnclaybaugh9536
      @johnclaybaugh9536 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, any of them might be true or fake. We may never know.

    • @oisinlynch8427
      @oisinlynch8427 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alyasfukename3355if that’s the case it’s a good thing that old lady never heard of the deep web

  • @tonij9089
    @tonij9089 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The best creepy pasta narrator in the business. I know all the greats and Joel totally slays! What up Joel!!!!!

    • @thewolfpenguin
      @thewolfpenguin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not creepy pasta though....it's true stories

  • @nerrissarichards
    @nerrissarichards 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    That sister is ridiculous! You want a father that’s supposed to protect his family to give up six people in the house, rather than the sister who was selfish and only thought of herself, who went out then got herself into serious trouble on her own?!

  • @frederic450
    @frederic450 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing work Joel

  • @CeeJay366
    @CeeJay366 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Was anyone else picturing the possible cast for that Gramma Hires a Hitman movie? 🤔
    Thank-you Joel! 💜

    • @jamesknapp64
      @jamesknapp64 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was doing some for the Uncle who off'd himself with the movie having him being possessed by the devil.

  • @raspdere
    @raspdere 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how in story three, the author claims, "it wasn't an accident," then goes on to describe the epitome of what an accident is.

  • @LilJollyJoker
    @LilJollyJoker ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Story #4 was crazy!

  • @cheesybread1995
    @cheesybread1995 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for your hard work. I sleep so much better since finding your channel.

  • @sidneejade2563
    @sidneejade2563 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The uncle Joe story really got to me. When he said "rest in peace uncle Joe" I started bawling my eyes out
    I haven't even made it past that part yet 😅 I think it's the 2nd story. Around 15/16 minutes in

  • @sidneydehaan7594
    @sidneydehaan7594 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s always a sad time when those birds start to chirp. Love your channel so much!!

  • @jenntravelz5249
    @jenntravelz5249 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Op
    Greatly appreciate all you do!

  • @HorrorGhostStory2206
    @HorrorGhostStory2206 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hope everyone has a relaxing weekend

  • @uzibah4889
    @uzibah4889 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really enjoying these stories, they are reminding me of things from my life.

  • @MalkavDraconic
    @MalkavDraconic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh damn! The family secrets ones seem to hit hard!

  • @swtchx209
    @swtchx209 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great stories last night! Such a great time! TY Joel! 🤘🏻

  • @miss.conduct8083
    @miss.conduct8083 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These were a great number of stories!!

  • @nycsocal1
    @nycsocal1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The first person narration is great. Nicely done.

  • @dansweda712
    @dansweda712 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    True or not, great stories, new sub for a week now, with the very large selection of past content, this channel and a couple more with fit nicely into ever gap of empty space right in between MrBallen episodes

    • @FloridaMan0561
      @FloridaMan0561 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s the best part of subscribing to a channel,you get to binge all their past content!

  • @KJKFORYOU
    @KJKFORYOU 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just found your channel. Love it perfect for bedtime. Subscribed

  • @vanessadiaz7539
    @vanessadiaz7539 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow the first one just brought up old memories. My sister-in-law hired a hit man to kill my brother. So she could be with my sister's husband, at the time. It tore our family apart. The worst part of it all, my brother stayed with her. Fast forward 30 years and we still don't get together as a family. She ruined everything and my children grew up without cousins.

  • @beccadellinger1102
    @beccadellinger1102 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love every narration that you do but I love dark family secrets

  • @cindycleveland8737
    @cindycleveland8737 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love your live stream. I wish you could stream earlier. I only get to listen until 1.

  • @breegeryce9723
    @breegeryce9723 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your story's 🎉🎉

  • @kateykat3729
    @kateykat3729 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The bail amount was given when the grandma first got arrested and the lawyer called her daughter to let her know and she asked how much to bail her out of jail. At that juncture, she realizes that her mum must’ve done something heinous to have such a high bail and awaits trial/sentencing in jail. This is when she ceased contact with her mum and didn’t hear about her again until years later when she’s dying in prison.

  • @SLClark-g5s
    @SLClark-g5s 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These were excellent stories. Hope you do more.

  • @kimberlycreighton1299
    @kimberlycreighton1299 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your voice so calming 😊

  • @randibgood
    @randibgood ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Story 2: When OP's dad found Uncle Joe, 40 years ago, phones in cars were VERY uncommon. Makes the story not so believable.

    • @oisinlynch8427
      @oisinlynch8427 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Could be a house phone and considering it 2023 when this video came out it could have been the early 80s

    • @randibgood
      @randibgood 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@oisinlynch8427
      The writer specifically stated that their dad went out to the car and called the police.
      My point is that in the EARLY 80s, VERY few people had a mobile device of any kind.

    • @DebiRumsey
      @DebiRumsey 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There were phones in some cars 40 years ago. The fees to use it were astronomical though lol. And they were actually attached to the car with a curly cord, like a house phone but thinner. You couldn’t take it out of the car because the cord wasn’t long enough. It was located in the console, between the driver and passenger seats. And only came in prestigious cars like Lincoln Continental and Cadillacs.

    • @randibgood
      @randibgood 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DebiRumsey
      Precisely why I said "VERY uncommon."

  • @Roberta-j5c
    @Roberta-j5c ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your nightly stories. By the way.. Happy birthday.

  • @djpempek
    @djpempek ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you Joel.

  • @kenrose2523
    @kenrose2523 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    34:02 Why didn't they just call the police?
    The family seemed like a bunch of cowards.

    • @hayasheeeesh
      @hayasheeeesh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean even if they did, the supposed men are right there down the street, and the cops take like five minutes at the best of times to show up to these things. And there's no way to call the police discreetly while chatting up the guy threatening your family.

    • @kenrose2523
      @kenrose2523 ปีที่แล้ว

      @hayasheeeesh Well, good points, however, I'm from a stand-your-ground state in the US and the gun laws here tend to be a little much relaxed. Safe to say, it would go pretty bad for that gentleman if tried that nonsense here.

  • @jamiethomas5184
    @jamiethomas5184 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Happy new year bro🎉 fellow pennsylvanian here. Thanks for the wonderful work. My fav narrator hands down!!

  • @hubbachubba1
    @hubbachubba1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The story about the Polish Dad is a powerful testament to the power of a lie. One lie can do so much damage. And a false accusation can destroy a life, or many lives. Although I’m not religious, I understand why one off the 10 commandments is not to bear false witness. A forensic anthropologist once said that the most decomposed corpse is preferable to the odiousness of deceit & lies.

  • @skhan7994
    @skhan7994 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The last story, with the wife having drowned her kiddos, that man mustve truly loved her to stick by her side and eventually deciding to have another child.

  • @LAVirgo67
    @LAVirgo67 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Family secrets are the best!

  • @cramp4221
    @cramp4221 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Story #3,
    That uncle definitely plotted to kill his wife their entire marriage. He probably planned to push her, and he double unalived the both of them. Maybe she was naive and believed him due to gaslighting. Happens

  • @Digitt6
    @Digitt6 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would love to know what the grandma in the first story did to her daughter (well i dont mean i'd love it lol, it'd be horrifying to hear, but im intrigued)

  • @kylemiller8783
    @kylemiller8783 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My family is harboring many deep, dark secrets and sadly the only ones who would know anything have passed away. I do know this though: my great-grandfather on my dad's side up and left his family out of the blue one day, never to be see or heard from again, and both of my grandfathers had extra-marital affairs which means there's a chance my parents have siblings they'll never know about. Also apparently Emily Dickinson was a distant relative of mine.

  • @latrishabledsoe7766
    @latrishabledsoe7766 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These were really good stories

  • @lisalittke4674
    @lisalittke4674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stories! I shared them.

  • @Mewse1203
    @Mewse1203 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We need more of these stories!

  • @christinedowie2859
    @christinedowie2859 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sir I agree with you your father sacrificed all for his children. May God hold him in the palm of his hand to comfort him now. X

  • @TattooedPink
    @TattooedPink 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cheers 😊 love your intro music

  • @asrmreview2226
    @asrmreview2226 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    While watching these I always wonder WHO ACTUALLY REACTS THAT WAY😭

  • @haruhiramedies4174
    @haruhiramedies4174 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The loooooooord has blessssssed usssssss

  • @michelepruitt3145
    @michelepruitt3145 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! That last Story trumped them all! 😪 To that person, your Mother was Mentally I'll and by God's Grace she got better and raised you Good. You will see your brother and sister someday Sweetie! 🙏

  • @saloz9483
    @saloz9483 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Poland father story would blow my mind if it was my father. I would be beyond crushed and disappointed in him.

  • @Babyclownn
    @Babyclownn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yeah, not sure if not doing something awful qualifies as being a hero. That’s like saying instead of robbing a bank I instead worked overtime for some extra cash, thus preventing a bank robbery.

  • @dellrowe95
    @dellrowe95 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this, more family stories.

  • @annohalloran6020
    @annohalloran6020 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Joel

  • @zulikkowalski3547
    @zulikkowalski3547 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The last person is a selfish ass - oh boo hoo my therapy isn't good enough, I need to drag painful memories out of my parents, who gave me a good life and are barely holding on to sanity, so I can heal

  • @johnvillafranca6188
    @johnvillafranca6188 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those stories were fantastic.

  • @traviss345
    @traviss345 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    All of these stories are great! Thanks for your hard work!

  • @RockerRed
    @RockerRed ปีที่แล้ว +1

    51:01 Love you TH-camJoel! 👍🤘Thank you! Thank you! 💚🦋💚

  • @JennyKonrath
    @JennyKonrath 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In the last couple years..I found out a DARK family secret.😢
    I also figured out my own mother was a real life HERO.
    Unfortunately it all came out to me AFTER she passed.
    I always thought she was a bit weak,She ended up being one of the strongest women ever.
    I'm SO PROUD to be your daughter Ma❤ 😎

  • @lilianacruz735
    @lilianacruz735 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The story where the dad gave up his sister to save his family. His kids suck. Of course he would rather give up his sister than his family tf?!

  • @hannahstenstrom4028
    @hannahstenstrom4028 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The last story was so sad. So many questions.