The Dark Side of the Upper West Side: A Tour

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ธ.ค. 2024

ความคิดเห็น • 147

  • @conniedelio
    @conniedelio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I’m alive today because, in 1984, I was roaming around the Upper West Side blasting “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” in my Walkman. Great episode, Tom.

  • @foreignparticle1320
    @foreignparticle1320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the colour grading (or whatever camera you use) on this vid. Extremely pleasant.
    Plus the usual Delgado awesomeness, which goes without saying.

  • @mikedrown2721
    @mikedrown2721 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I'm watching this 2 year old video again. Thanks Tom!

  • @katiev5213
    @katiev5213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is great stuff! True crime, movie reviews and comedy, what more could we want! Lots of love from Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

  • @LuciePohl1
    @LuciePohl1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I only get scared on days where Tom doesn't post a new SICK video!

    • @MikeP2055
      @MikeP2055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Prior to yesterday, it had been a while. I was terrified, Lucie, TERRIFIED.

  • @jamesthedog7783
    @jamesthedog7783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome surprise, just loaded a bowl and this video popped up! Good job Tom and Eric!

    • @davidmoser3535
      @davidmoser3535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pass the bowl James, and dont be late

  • @edholohan
    @edholohan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video! I lived in that neighborhood for years, and didn't know those stories. Thanks!

  • @steini6771
    @steini6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best photography EVER! Eric, you are a natural -

    • @taylorg1585
      @taylorg1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The videos really have gotten so much better since Eric came on board.

  • @mikedrown2721
    @mikedrown2721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thumbs up Tom.... thanks for posting 👍😊

  • @FionaEm
    @FionaEm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way you struggle to end these videos cracks me up every time. I say that with love 😂 Cheers from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 😊

  • @sgtleobella
    @sgtleobella 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Moral of the first story: never trust dudes whose first name is John and middle name is Wayne. Happy Halloween, Tom and Eric.

    • @CSDonohue11
      @CSDonohue11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about first name Wayne
      and middle name John ?

    • @justinhearst
      @justinhearst 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      last name Wayne works as well on people to not trust.

  • @philipkhatana4227
    @philipkhatana4227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video and channel! The hard work put in is appreciated.

  • @tschamp2020
    @tschamp2020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    very underrated channel. i always get a laugh. keep it up.

  • @sniper_shot_photography
    @sniper_shot_photography 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The shot for the Carolyn Eisenberg segment was gorgeous. Great composition and that back-lit contrast was great. Beautiful colors and textures as well.

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Eric's a master.

    • @sniper_shot_photography
      @sniper_shot_photography 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @tomdnyc I just now saw this thanks to TH-cam horrible notification system.

  • @theadventureparent
    @theadventureparent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Nice to see another long time new yorker. My dad was nypd in the 70s and he liked to give me tours of nyc. He’d show me all the spots he’d pulled bodies out of. And over there is where I grabbed a junkie. That’s living w a detective from the 70s.

    • @MikeP2055
      @MikeP2055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Being an NYPD Detective in the '70s must have been wild. The '80s maybe even wilder. Yeesh!

    • @vincentgoupil180
      @vincentgoupil180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Friend had a job with the Sanitation Department. After each deep freeze he would follow a garbage truck going thru the Bowery with a flat-nosed shovel scooping up dead bodies from the previous night's freeze.

  • @elankhamanicastillo
    @elankhamanicastillo ปีที่แล้ว

    ever since i’ve moved to NYC, i fell in love with watching your videos! they’re so interesting

  • @Thomas116-m2n
    @Thomas116-m2n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Emerald Inn used to be one of Roseann's hangouts as it's directly across the street. In the movie, a young Tom Berenger played the John Wayne Wilson character and Richard Gere played a love interest. Levar Burton was in the movie, also, as a brother to one of Roseann's students.

  • @eugenedimitrov
    @eugenedimitrov 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! So awesome video and stories as well!You are badass!!!

  • @landocalrisian2014
    @landocalrisian2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude! You crack me all the way up. Goofy as hell 😂😂😂

  • @stacecadet1896
    @stacecadet1896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Happy Halloween!!!🎃 I ❤ NY!!! Thank you Tom and all your awesome camera people!! Your videos are great!💯

  • @rakekniven96
    @rakekniven96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome lighting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

  • @paulpuckerinGM
    @paulpuckerinGM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video more of this type of content, please.

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lmao! Those graphics! Especially the Diame Keaton ones! 🤣

  • @JB-hl1qx
    @JB-hl1qx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dark side tours are the BEST!!

  • @andrenewcomb3708
    @andrenewcomb3708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The building dancers are the same as the Valkyries dancing on the keyboard. It's all about the music. Love, Andy.

  • @armandobarbarek
    @armandobarbarek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Happy Halloween, Tom!!

  • @paulmcdonough1093
    @paulmcdonough1093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great vid as usual tom

  • @rossmiles7169
    @rossmiles7169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You and Eric CRACK me up

  • @Camionrouge
    @Camionrouge ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best videos ever !!!

  • @juanitaflores8359
    @juanitaflores8359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep up the good work. Good morning from Arizona.

  • @eltronics
    @eltronics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thought I recognized that first story. It was a decent movie back in the 70's. But now I know it was based on a true story, it was even better. Very interesting stories throughout. Yet living in NYC, you are never short of true crime stories. That's the sad part. Keep it up Tom and Eric the Vegan (his Norse name).

  • @Odin029
    @Odin029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm certain that Tom will get a drawing room one day... and a parlor, and a salon

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “A real hack story.” lol. 😂. Too funny.

  • @hannahpchism
    @hannahpchism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Also, fantastic videos. I’m a big history/walking tour/acting buff myself and the fact that you’re putting this out there for free is amazing! It’s also a great way to show people the city that’s not just tourism! My dad and brother are coming up in December, and it’s my brother’s first time in NYC. I’ve binged watched all your videos in preparation. I think one of the best things is that I can show them your channel and they can see parts of New York that they probably won’t have time to do with the first time NYC bucket list. For example they probably won’t want to go to Central Park in late Dec so I sent them your videos to do their homework.

  • @darealberrygarcia
    @darealberrygarcia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A special Halloween 🎃 drop

  • @hereforit2347
    @hereforit2347 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know the Roseanne Quinn story. I saw “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” at the movies in late 1977 when I was 13 years old. I went to see
    It by myself. For some reason, our neighborhood theatre in Culver City, CA, the Culver Theatre, since renamed the Kirk Douglas Theatre, always let us kids in to see R-rated flicks with no questions. We would walk up there and see whatever we wanted. We saw Jaws there, Saturday Night Fever, Ode to Billy Joe, Up in Smoke, you name it.
    The Culver (built in 1946) was one of those beautiful old theaters with a freestanding ticket booth out front, a stage with colored light bulbs running across it, velvet seats, and velvet curtains that opened and closed across the screen.

  • @naydenlover
    @naydenlover 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did not know any of those stories very educational and love this

  • @johansjournal
    @johansjournal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I only get scared on days where Tom doesn't post a new awesome video!

  • @LordsChamber
    @LordsChamber ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy stories....told very well!

  • @hannahpchism
    @hannahpchism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I should’ve thought of this a month earlier- but can you do a graveyard tour? I’m thinking Green-wood, but you probably know of others too!

  • @eugenedimitrov
    @eugenedimitrov 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy Halloween !!!

  • @shedontanks
    @shedontanks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just looked up Craig Crimmins and he's still in prison. Been denied parole every time he's applied since 2000.

  • @saskiapanter
    @saskiapanter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol, your scary faces, hilarious 😂

  • @baxtermaxtor
    @baxtermaxtor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tom just down the street from me...bone chilling🎃

    • @MikeP2055
      @MikeP2055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lock your doors and call the cops, asap!

  • @jorgegomessilva7915
    @jorgegomessilva7915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw Looking for Mr Goodbar on portuguese television in the mid 80s and remember it to this day. I saw it again recently, it transports you to a more dangerous and gray NYC. There's a book called Closing Time, by Lacey Fosburgh, with a journalistic view of the case, that tells the life story of these two people since their childhood.

  • @CashMoneyMoore
    @CashMoneyMoore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm genuinely terrified

  • @Jpkjr52
    @Jpkjr52 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks again John in Chicago

  • @wendym5137
    @wendym5137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so good

  • @zackmorris25
    @zackmorris25 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tomas "John Wayne" Delgadooooooo for the WIN!! LoL

  • @SusannahPerri
    @SusannahPerri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I ever move to New York I’m going to run the address by you, Tom, to make sure it doesn’t have a gruesome history! OMG “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” was a dark and depressing movie!

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If it's an old building, it probably does.

  • @shamrockit5136
    @shamrockit5136 ปีที่แล้ว

    I acctully just breifly vacumed my recoding sudio during this episode. 🤣

  • @skipprice4376
    @skipprice4376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nicely done ✔

  • @evancortez2
    @evancortez2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    probably the most famous murder in the upper west side was of a famous musician who was shot to death as he was entering his apartment building at the corner of 72nd street and central park west

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah some guy that used to be in a bug band.

    • @BAMMBAMMNYC
      @BAMMBAMMNYC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🪲 👀👍🏼

    • @shedontanks
      @shedontanks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you have any more details on that?

  • @farapipsqueek636
    @farapipsqueek636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There used to be a sign at Macy's saying that one of its owners had died on the Titanic

  • @MilesBellas
    @MilesBellas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    John Wayne, former actor and Sacheen Littlefeather wrestler, was really named Marion. True fact!

  • @ShakespeareCafe
    @ShakespeareCafe ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy that the mugshot depicted the killer’s friend. That’s some film noir twist

  • @markru2
    @markru2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yes it was quite sufficiently dark I most certainly agree with Eric😘

  • @totoroutes5389
    @totoroutes5389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍 For the next walk videos: The historical links to the movie "gangs of new york," and the neighborhoods it portrays.

  • @Ptnlulu
    @Ptnlulu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I stumbled across your videos the other day. Very entertaining, impressive knowledge. And I now have a big crush 😍 I’m close by…in CT. 😬 But don’t hold that against me.

  • @andrewfischer8564
    @andrewfischer8564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i saw the alarm open for the pretenders at radio city music hall probably about that time

    • @MikeP2055
      @MikeP2055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's an awesome piece of NYC history! Very cool.

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Niiiiice.

  • @dylanisco0l
    @dylanisco0l 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the person who filmed this (eric) should get a raise

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, you're right... check out the Patreon, and I'll make sure he gets it - www.patreon.com/tomdnyc

    • @dylanisco0l
      @dylanisco0l 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomdnyc1 maybe i will, Tom!

  • @stephenenders2066
    @stephenenders2066 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I clicked like because although I was having it on in the background And doing stain glass I still love you dude.
    I tried to find the song about the actress that was killed because I wanted to hear how bad it was .
    Probably for the best I couldn't find it. I just remembered alarm something and googled the description of what happened.
    My best friend was from Brooklyn and he died last year and won't turn these videos off even if I am busy because it reminds me of him.
    So thanks for keeping my dude Alive. He talked about new york city. Grateful dead more than any other subject.
    And inam Lebanese and he was jewish and we would rock back and forth watching television together and i would put your vids on so he could see what It looked like now.
    I think anyone with a really good memory and awkward energy that fixates. Is likely autistic spectrum range lol
    In a good way. Like more capable less stable beautiful freaks we are ❤
    I can spot another sailor from a far Tom. 👽😘 keep doing what you are doing. You are funny. Knowledgeable and have genuine atmosphere
    I recommend getting even more weird. You don't mask much. But get weird with it.
    You are talented. You will find your flow. I remember you were in law school too
    Society is kinda collapsing. Everything is backwards. Weird history facts have always been a love of mine. I love paranormal and esoteric pre roman Knowledge
    There are repeated stories of these weird beings we thought were gods and demons in middle east and spots globally. Before roman times. And rome via Vatican ended up cleaning up the information. Us gov too. Real life 1984.
    Top institutions and industry are oddly doing the opposite of their intended. Or assumed intent.
    And the veil is being slowly lifted not to spook us. Haim eshed mentioned this a couple years ago and everyone laughed. But he was telling the truth.
    David grusch saying the same thing different approach.
    Things will get better. But it's gonna get really weird first.
    You are already pretty weird so you will be fine. Keep being awesome bud..love and understanding ✴️✌️

  • @kevinb9327
    @kevinb9327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Tom! Can you "do" a vid from Rikers Island, or the Manhattan jail? 😁

  • @walkerharnden17
    @walkerharnden17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He was right the shots were good in this one!

  • @dustykay1714
    @dustykay1714 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay. I didnt expect much. But you and Eric know what youre doing. This was a very entertaining video. If you knew who I was then maybe you'd be impressed that I'm impressed with you. Or maybe not.

  • @joshperkins459
    @joshperkins459 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you get to the pod you got to patreonate?

  • @universalenlovencode6811
    @universalenlovencode6811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you. 👍🗝👍

  • @michellemckinneybarnett7230
    @michellemckinneybarnett7230 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay, I just listened to Caroline Isenberg by The Alarm - it’s actually not a bad song! So - other than that, I loved this video. Subscribed and Patreon’d.

  • @rondj3495
    @rondj3495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    14:38 Stunt Crew
    vs
    14:42 Legend(Film Superstar)

  • @samuraikaoss1455
    @samuraikaoss1455 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I went to the Warped tour a year before it ended just to see Mike Peters from the Alarm. One of my favorite bands. What was on that Lou Reed sign?

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy Halloween 🎃 we only went to Lincoln Center at Christmas 🎄 for the Nutcracker.

  • @taylorg1585
    @taylorg1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun fact; Texans might actually have heard of The Alarm because they get name checked in Ray Wylie Hubbard's Snake Farm -
    "Ramona likes her malt liquor and a band from Wales that's called The Alarm.
    She said she cried when they broke up, she still plays their records at the Snake Farm."

  • @ReachTim
    @ReachTim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello. What is the location at the very end of your video? I recently moved to near CPW in the 90s and I have not been to the Riverside area and I'd like to know best places to walk there, etc. Thanks for the fun and spooky video!

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice area - we were in Riverside Park near 105th. Great park.

    • @ReachTim
      @ReachTim 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomdnyc1 Thank you! I will definitely check out the area. We are enjoying the UWS neighborhood.

  • @eugenedimitrov
    @eugenedimitrov 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey ,Tom and Eric! What's up,guys?

  • @joshperkins459
    @joshperkins459 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this guy

  • @maddominican879
    @maddominican879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tom is the man🎃😂🎃😂🎃😂

  • @CatOuellette
    @CatOuellette 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ooo. Do you have a NY famous movie and TV location youtube?

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be a massive video - maybe one day. I do have a Ghostbusters and a Home Alone video locations though... those count!

    • @CatOuellette
      @CatOuellette 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tomdnyc1 Oooh. Will check them out. Yes! Those absolutely count. And these movies would be kinda cool? :)))) Uncut Gems, Birdman, Black Swan, Spiderman, Eyes Wide Shut, Goodfellas, The Godfather, Saturday Night Fever, Coming To America, Scrooged, Carlito's Way,

  • @SW-wf3gy
    @SW-wf3gy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    great! hello from Hong Kong

  • @andrasszerencses
    @andrasszerencses 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is why we all should invest into coke lol. Awesome video, really good stuff

  • @thecrowfliescrooked
    @thecrowfliescrooked 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so was it open season on gals back then or what?

  • @chiggins4399
    @chiggins4399 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looking for Mr. Goodbar!

  • @seamus6149
    @seamus6149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't worry about those three alarm fans Tom.

  • @vincentgoupil180
    @vincentgoupil180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Waz' with the filming of pigeon butts ?
    They're DURTY FILTHY BOIDS !
    Try filming an incoming train from under an elevated station. You'll be cleaning bird poop off yourself and your lens from the aerial schist bombardment for hours while the enamel of your teeth is being corroded from drinking coke.
    Pro Tip: Use coke, no pepsi, for removing hardened bird droppings on the lens.

  • @acep7079
    @acep7079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Deep forest is in currently 😄🤣 in...

  • @melvynisidro9198
    @melvynisidro9198 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice to meet you at JFK!

  • @mamiebobb4173
    @mamiebobb4173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The real question here is "how did that pigeon lose his leg....and who tied those bindings around his one remaining leg?" I have a feeling that these questions could probably be answered by commenter Jesse. That might be a true modern day horror story!!! (well, it would be if you were a pigeon).

  • @roccosims
    @roccosims 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    20 years?? Travesty of Justice

  • @robyndavis3043
    @robyndavis3043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should give “haunted NYC tours”

  • @LSK1
    @LSK1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No sick plugs?

    • @MikeP2055
      @MikeP2055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There was one! Upper West Side tour.

  • @SHANECatLovinActivistHistorian
    @SHANECatLovinActivistHistorian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have story of new york city where i was supposed to die there before i was born, but didnt

  • @glenbearh9109
    @glenbearh9109 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I knew the guy who killed her. He was from my block. His mother was very nice and never understood how he blew it all. We lived in a lower to middle class area and this guy gets a job that anyone would fight for (union with good wages) and blows it all because he was spurned? I did not know well but knew him. I felt so bad for his mom.

  • @letsseewhatelse6086
    @letsseewhatelse6086 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Siiiiiick!

  • @geoffreyselvage1673
    @geoffreyselvage1673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video left me so afraid.

  • @jessedylan6162
    @jessedylan6162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting stories. Thanks for sharing.
    What really got me disturbed were the two stills of a disgusting pigeon, which i find nauseating to look at. They are the most vile creatures, flying rats, i call them. Please refrain from taking videos of them except on Halloween . Yuuukk!

    • @vincentgoupil180
      @vincentgoupil180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now that has been said (which I agree with) Eric da Coke head will be shooting more pigeon butts.
      Artsy, yeah not

    • @jessedylan6162
      @jessedylan6162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vincentgoupil180 Disgusting shots.

  • @whyYoustalking
    @whyYoustalking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One thing that will always stick with me for my entire life was when my sociology teacher explained in great detail how midtown is considered midtown because when the train system was first being implemented there was nothing but projects and farm land above 100th Street.. so because of the farmland and projects they didn't consider that the city or the town.. so therefore midtown is considered midtown and then that started the redlining as time progressed

  • @milankamalinic6625
    @milankamalinic6625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billy Shakes

  • @larrypicard8802
    @larrypicard8802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So is Eric cuter?🤣

  • @dorikragh1939
    @dorikragh1939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Actually I was cleaning the bathroom.

  • @zackmorris25
    @zackmorris25 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crimmins....LoL

  • @dissidentfairy4264
    @dissidentfairy4264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You can't resist the sliders can you! Lol Horrific stories but very interesting nonetheless. Sounds like the 70s and 80s were dangerous times for women back then.

    • @Bachconcertos
      @Bachconcertos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dangerous today too.

    • @dissidentfairy4264
      @dissidentfairy4264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Bachconcertos That's what I hear on the news. I lived in NYC for five years but it was just a few years ago. It didn't seem that bad back then. The worst thing that happened to me was on White Plains Road in the Bronx. A guy ran toward me with a bandana wrapped gun pointed straight at me but fortunately he kept on going. lol I worked in interior design at the time before becoming an artist so I had to travel around the city. One of the design outlets was located in the area I just mentioned. When I went there I would often leave after dark and I had to walk back to catch the train into the city. It was dark and sometimes there was snow and it was a really desolate stretch. Fortunately, I never met up with a perpetrator of any kind because if I had, my screams would have gone unheard ( not that anyone would have come to my rescue) due to the noise of the trains overhead. Looking back on it I took a bit of a chance. I didn't hang out at clubs or bars or stay out late at night. So that might explain some of my good fortune too:-)