[Listener Tales: Holiday Edition – Unhinged Neighbors, Out-of-Body Experiences, and Eerie Encounters]-[Listener Tales 105: Krampus Edition!]

Morbid · B2 · 2025-12-18

📋 Summary

The Unhinged Saga of "Steve" and the Alabama SWAT Standoff

In a tale that defines "chaotic energy with a side of felony," a listener named Andrea recounts her years living next to a neighbor aptly named Steve in Mobile, Alabama. Steve’s behavior escalated from minor annoyances—like stuffing his trash into neighbors' cans—to "truly unhinged" criminal acts. He was a regular "DIY-er" of illegal activities, including rigging a rain barrel to his kitchen and, most audaciously, hooking a hose from a fire hydrant to his pool. The situation reached a breaking point during the 2021 holiday season. Following a series of "janky murder trailers" appearing in his driveway and a history of erratic behavior, a full-scale SWAT standoff unfolded in the cul-de-sac. It was revealed that Steve had been towing a friend's car with a rope that snapped, causing a crash that seriously injured a family of five, after which he fled the scene. The hosts aptly conclude that while Steve was "very cursed," his actions were undeniably "felonious."

The "Out-of-Body" New Year’s Eve

A listener named Nicole shares a harrowing experience from New Year’s Eve 2001, involving magic mushrooms and a potential brush with death. While attempting to trip with friends in her father’s basement, Nicole experienced a terrifying shift where the room seemed to shrink, followed by a total blackout. She recounts an "out-of-body experience" where she felt she was floating near the ceiling, looking down at her friends as they panicked over her unconscious body. While she initially viewed this as a funny anecdote about a bad reaction, a conversation with her father years later shifted her perspective: he suggested she might have been "checking out" (dying) before "plummeting back to earth." The hosts reflect on the severity of the incident, noting that it serves as a chilling reminder of the unpredictability of substances.

The Ghostly Visitor: Anya of the Woods

In a story that challenges a listener's skepticism regarding the paranormal, a hiker recounts an encounter in the remote mountains of Colorado. While camping, the narrator and her husband were approached by a barefoot woman named Anya, who appeared out of nowhere without gear or supplies. Anya’s presence was deeply unsettling; she had "the blackest black" eyes and spoke in riddles, claiming, "If I told you, it wouldn't make any sense." After sitting by their fire and expressing a "deathly fear of the dark," Anya vanished as silently as she arrived. Despite the narrator’s search the following morning, there were no footprints or signs of a campsite, leading the couple to believe they encountered a "malicious spirit" trapped between realms.

The "Warm and Inviting" Holiday Lights

Finally, a listener named Peyton describes a terrifying home invasion attempt in the Pacific Northwest. Five days before Christmas, at 9:00 PM, a blood-covered, shirtless man knocked on her door. He claimed he had been in a fight with his wife and just needed a place to wait for the police. When asked why he chose their house, he replied that their holiday lights looked "warm and inviting." Fortunately, Peyton’s husband, a Green Beret, immediately identified the man’s "lying piece of shit" demeanor. It was later revealed that the man had actually been the aggressor in a domestic dispute and was attempting to frame himself as a victim. The encounter serves as a cautionary tale: while holiday lights are festive, they can also attract the wrong kind of attention, prompting the couple to upgrade to a "Fort Knox" security system.

🎯Key Sentences

I'm in my Krampus vibe.

That's a wild ass sentence.

Steve was a vibe.

It's going to be hard to get out of that.

That could be seen in so many lights.

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📝Key Phrases

buckle up

hold on to your butts

keep tabs

eyesore

piece de resistance

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📖 Transcript

Hey weirdos, i'm krampus one and i'm krampus actually number one.

Wow, i was like two and this is morbid.

So This is Morbid.

Listener Tales, Holiday Edition.

What Krampus kinda once said.

What does she think this is?

He's... he's a diy-er i suppose yeah he's he's going for it that's crazy so there's that he said it's fine i'll do it myself i guess fine yeah just casually committing felonies like he was brushing his teeth he ended up rigging a rain barrel on the side of his house to run into his kitchen it was an eyesore but do what you have to do i guess industrious and then the piece de resistance i was really going for that i like that I left for a gym run and saw a hose running from the fire hydrant to wait for it, his pool.

What if you were ch- sensible sensible sensible what if you were checking out but then turned around and came back that's kind of what i was thinking like were you dying yeah i was stunned for a minute my own dad was alluding to the fact that i may have been dying and then for whatever reason didn't head towards the bright white light but instead plummeted back to earth you guys crazy decision i had never thought about it like that before and i gotta tell you it scared the living shit out of me Those two sentences changed my whole perspective on that experience.

What the fuck? who is this barefoot bitch i like barefoot barefoot bitch tm i like that so we were asking questions and the following is my recollection of possibly the strangest conversation i've ever been i've ever been a part of nicholas says neat me so what's your name her anya you're right uh josh where are you from anya i lived in rico for quite some time now me It is a struggle.

Even though you haven't known of my existence until now, I pretty much exclusively listen to you guys because something about the pitch of your voices, mixed with the true crime stories and the totally relatable, slightly explicit banter, is the only thing that can hold the focus of my anxiety-ridden ADD mind.

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