5 True Scary Stories about Human Predators

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[@Nick1994H]

Lmao. I kinda found my way back to this channel after a break but I used to do the same. Alcoholic for like 2 years. No more, just the occasional social beverage

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Glad to hear that. Took me years and actually dying to quit. Don't let that be your story

[@EricaYerrmomma]

I am also in recovery! I used to shoot fent to sleep. And do meth when I woke up. So glad we made it through! Alcoholism is no joke though. ❤

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I know people in your respective lives are so thankful you are all still in their lives. Have a happy & healthy long life, all of you ☺️

[@nickamer1295]

Agreed. This serves as a great alternative on the lonely nights traveling for work. Staying in the hotel enjoying these stories instead of drinking my paycheck away

[@tarabourgeois5807]

The story of Albert Fische sickens me, and I consume a lot of true crime content, but something about his debauchery makes me feel absolutely sick and unsettled.

[@positivechic1463]

He is absolutely horrible!! The first time I heard of him was in the Morbid podcast they did two segments very detail. Not sure if that’s a good thing.

[@simpleysims]

It was hard for everyone to listen to on his live stream last night.

[@Northside-um1ry]

Yea as soon as I heard the intro I said his name out loud as Joel did. I need a shower and an exorcism every time I hear about that DEMON! How he managed to never get mugged or stabbed in a bar fight makes me think he wasn't as crazy as we might think! Oviously he was insane but he kept it together enough I guess? He never confided in a "friend" or random stranger? He never pissed off the wrong person?IDK

[@BeesWaxMinder]

It should! I suppose that's the point, ultimately, of content like this video?

[@kriblar98]

Had to actually skip it

[@MrJcepeda]

Man, that last story got me so angry, but great narration, man. As much as it's hard for us to listen to these stories, sometimes I know it's equally hard for you to narrate. Thanks for your hard work

[@simpleysims]

Yeah it took him a while to complete his narration of this story last night in the live stream.

[@MrJcepeda]

@simpleysims i caught a little bit of it when he started, but I changed it as I like to just listen to the finished product. There are truly monsters in this world, and some of them walk amongst us

[@melindasteele6422]

Holy crap dude that last story was horrific. It’s absolutely disgusting how incredibly cruel and insane some people can be.

[@charlesdial7152]

We have some mean people in this world 💔💯.

[@PhilRuybal]

That Albert Fish story was literally the most disgusting story I've ever heard. And I've listened to you read stories for a while now! And even in any movie, I would have never seen or heard anything like that.

[@mynamessalma9351]

He is the absolute worst. Learned about him as a 13 year old who just got into true crime and couldn’t sleep for two nights I was so traumatized.

[@PhilRuybal]

@mynamessalma9351 I get it! It was in my mind all day long, and it was disturbing for sure! And I'm in my 30s and I've never heard of him! Not sure how

[@melissadwiggins]

You know it's the strangest thing of all? Fish's 6 children told authorities that he was a good dad and he never abused them. He did have them stick pins in him and spank him with a paddle, but he never abused them. I don't understand how someone can kill someone else's child, but then keep the life of their own so sacred.

[@qfffn]

Bruh I thought this was gonna be like human hunting humans typa predators 😦😦 I was not prepared

[@tsanchez04]

How you were able to narrate that last story is beyond me. You’re stronger than I’ll ever be. I couldn’t even listen to it all the way through

[@bigggguyyyy]

stories like these are my "favorites" if that's the right word. sometimes humans are scarier than any act of fiction...

[@brandongregori995]

Jesus man, that last story made me sick to my stomach. I couldn't make it all the way through. Next time I'll take the warning seriously and just skip it

[@T.O.P.]

Life is more frightening than fiction.

[@KathyRussow-p9e]

Oh so very true.

[@Mario_Azrael]

Definitely one of the most disturbing episodes of Let's Read EVER... especially the story of Albert Fish. I had read about Albert Fish, but this was one of the most detailed accounts about his depraved and monstrous murders. Please keep up the great work!

[@Beeeer1996]

ObsoleteOddity has a youtube video about him that goes in great detail.

[@Lionesse-z41553]

Whoa. These were rough!

[@tarabourgeois5807]

Mondays and Thursdays my favorite nights of the week!

[@amandaadrienne837]

Thank you for the warning!!! That last story was the worst thing I've ever heard. Had to stop the video and watch something else. I will never understand why some people are not spared these atrocious horrors. Rest in absolute paradise those poor innocent victims, their family and friends.

[@Love_cake77]

Same. I took a few days break from listening

[@rob9609]

"Albert Fish was a real jerk." - Norm Macdonald

[@jsprechs7847]

Anyone else listen to these to fall asleep?

[@monicaumana5443]

I can’t go to sleep without it. It relaxes me and calms my anxiety

[@theyycallmelopez]

Every day 🥰

[@lashaed64]

Faithfully lol 😆

[@dennissibley3673]

I have been listening for 4 years I have heard every single story plus all the sister Stations .Every night for hrs hearing the crazy world and people and unexpected beasts that dwell in darkness. Keep up the Awesome work. A plus story telling

[@elizabetgiamani9960]

Saved it just for bed time!! Hahaha

[@sohanpanda]

You know it's really really bad when Joel gives a content warning

[@Justheretowatch321]

I love to fall asleep to these stories and I go back and fall asleep the next day with the parts I missed the night before ❤️

[@abdulqudz89]

this channel never disappoints.

[@BeyondtheShadows-8]

The grenade part caught me off guard, but the story about the man stalking in the rain was equally haunting. It’s a reminder of how fragile safety can be

[@mleighqs]

Your reading of old true crime stories are some of my favorite video's of your Joel :)

[@keanariley7764]

Started watching, or should I say, falling asleep to this channel not long ago and got gifted a membership! Made a crappy week a little better 😊

[@smokedoubt1262]

That last story put you to sleep? You’re a sick mf lmfao

[@keanariley7764]

@ I never make it past the second story but yeah I fall asleep watching murder shows too so I don’t disagree 🤷‍♀️

[@DaLump89]

You always make night shifts a lot more tolerable!

[@princessmandy1757]

Same situation here

[@jasonmathis6061]

Yeah that last story was pretty gruesome. As a father to 4 amazing kids it really hit me in the chest. Thank you for the warning before the story though.

[@gothdogs6300]

I read the Albert story some years ago. But with not as much detail as in your telling. Albert was indeed an evil unto himself. There have been other murderers and serial killers, each with their own depth of depravity. But Fish...he has his own corner of hell. If there is such a thing, of course.

[@ginaa7681]

I teared up and almost threw up with the Albert fish story. 😢

[@brandyyolidio4213]

I love the intro here, im not very young and this takes me back to an 80's show that doesn't exist, the sounds just take me somewhere else, I love it!

[@jrzjnz7573]

I remember first hearing Albert Fish mentioned in a list of the worst (probably about 23 years ago), and I got curious and went to research him. His story was so unbelievable that I kept thinking it was made up. Especially the photographs and letters.

[@caylaclanton6074]

That last one was absolutely brutal to listen to.. but I just can't seem to stop.

[@agrvz4169]

Thank you for the consistent upload Joel! 🫡🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@jcrider392]

Joel is the man. I know it wasn't here, but also listen to his podcast and just listening to one when Joel said "I was more nervous than a long- tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs", his delivery and timing was immaculate! I laughed for a good 5 min straight and was a very, very intense story. Hands down the best and truly think he's going to get a major offer when the right person hears one of the greatest in the world at his craft. Hope you read this Joel so you know what I'm sure many many others think as well.

[@j.p.4541]

I loved the Tom Cruise/cult reference. At first I thought you were talking about Scientology, lol

[@HidingInPlainSight1986]

Love your stories always and forever ❤

[@wrgaming9286]

Love you let's read always top tier stories :) thanks

[@emilylavelle7636]

❤❤❤awesome thanks Joel u rocks as always 8 yr fan here

[@mckaylasmadhouse1740]

Yayyyy I’ve never been this early! Just in time for my nightly clean

[@scapegoat7320]

04:50am...Almost time to get up and start the day🇿🇦

[@zeldak718]

Thank you for the warning!! 🙏🏼 I really appreciated it! Please do this more often, there have been times I’ve had to turn off your videos because I was truly disturbed. This time I clicked off as soon as I heard the warning. Great video nonetheless! 💕

[@MO77U]

The old intro song is back, I'm so happy even before listening to any of the stories. Wish we got a full version of it.

[@ktorgs]

Much love Joel!

[@Obsessive2345]

Hey dude I was just thinking, what if you did scary stories from Amazon drivers ?

[@bilbus3]

That’s a great idea!

[@Bimfirestarter]

I'm Readyyy!!!

[@Tarabull7353]

Ahhhh! Just in time for me to crawl in bed. Bedtime! Let's Read! Thanks Joel! 💚

[@tom.captures]

Hi

[@tom.captures]

@tarabull7353 hi

[@Tarabull7353]

@tom.captures Hi

[@Wizard-of-geekland]

I love the Long stories they are so Much better and more interesting

[@spaceycowboyyy]

you are my favorite I appreciate you so much for uploading 🤙🏽

[@elipz6405]

Love this theme, thank you for helping me relax with that beautiful voice of yours and very interesting storytelling. Eight years ago you were my very first scary storyteller, since then I’ve listened to other narrators, you are still my favorite❤. I am also a fan of Mortis, I like his accent.

[@MyAccount-pz9be]

As soon as a heard him warn us that that some may find the next story too disturbing I immediately Turned Up The Volume 😉

[@Taakabron211]

As soon as you mentioned Albert Fish i already knew the story because i read a book on him in high school, nonetheless your delivery on the story was superb.

[@terrortracy666]

You make my sleep so much better!

[@kjbutler213]

There's nothing like some soothing scary podcasts from the best horror narrators including lets read to lull you to sleep quickly and make sure you forget you have to be up in 5 hours for school/work 😅✌️

[@AngelofDarkness1978]

Thanks Joel I needed this tonight 😊🫡🇦🇺

[@Thorazinedreams3]

There’s just a right way to read things. Idk how to really elaborate on that, but you do it, and it’s in the right way. “God. Damn. HAND GRENADE.” Like Buttah.

[@kymharty4802]

Thank you for your diligence for amazing stories my friend be blessed

[@bigv6724]

I love listening to the yap and chat the next day at work cause I'm already asleep when you're live. The last story...... gives me the shivers and completely forgot about that story hidden in the lock box in the dark corner of forgotten.

[@BunnieSmalls]

How have you listened to the last story when he posted 28 minutes ago, your comment is 10 minutes ago, and the video is 54 minutes long? 🤔

[@bigv6724]

@BunnieSmalls he goes on a live read called yap and chat. I think it's every Sunday and Wednesday? Roughly 2 or 3 hours long. He's really cool and interactive with chat on a more personal casual chat level. Then he'll read for a bit and check chat what they're saying and sometimes gets distracted from reading lol talks about his cat cause chat always wants to know. So ya, check those out sometime. So ya, I heard the last story roughly 12 hours ago!

[@BunnieSmalls]

@@bigv6724 ah! I’m always busy so I don’t think I’ve really tuned into those, but thanks!

[@bigv6724]

@BunnieSmalls oh ya, working a 10,11 hour day i love listening to those long podcasts of stories.

[@KikhSaevenskog]

Big love and thank you from a Swede in Greece, you are so relaxing to listen to!

[@SamanthaWise-s2w]

Random but I love when there’s a write-in that begins with “English is my second language so please excuse me” followed by the most American English expressions you’ve ever heard 😂

[@erikaLS305]

Goodnight Joel and L.R. fam❤❤

[@queenofscots839]

Love the ole intro… nostalgia 💋

[@MaxfieldSillyHouse]

Whew that last story was INTENSE

[@TribbleClef-ii6lf]

I can’t sleep without Joel’s Let’sRead channel and Mr. Ballin’s channel. It’s like audio inducing tranquility. I know everyone fawns for them saying the same thing but for me it’s like I won’t fawn around but I do hope Joel is blessed himself the way I and million others are. In all seriousness I think Joel is a good man. And deserves success abundantly!

[@janetguy2177]

OMG! That last story. The way those poor victims suffered is just sickening. 😔💔

[@mariamdimitrov193]

Listening to this while at work, just makes me work faster 😂

[@gregrobertson5576]

Hell Yeah. This channel never disappoints.

[@KathyRussow-p9e]

I so agree.

[@here4funyadig]

8 minutes ago ! Sweet ! Happy Thursday evening Joel 😊

[@MushroomHedgehog]

As soon as you said the lawyer didn’t want to reveal those letters, I knew who this was about. Good idea to include that warning.

[@zusegodofwar2350]

You can literally hear Joel catch his breath at the end of the final story 😢my god, the depravity of that monster left my stomach in knots. Thank you for the upload ❤

[@tammyboki5223]

Thank you ❤😊!!

[@martinayates9427]

Got a bad tummy due to a chest infection this is helping to keep it off my mind

[@fairladykd6734]

Eerie but fascinating

[@georginageorge9928]

Joel, thank you again for delivering some of us boredom😂❤❤

[@falkonladi8]

This is such a frightening example of what can happen to children to cause them to become violent monsters!!

[@TaraBaby26c4u2]

Excellent warning stories, be safe everyone

[@shadyamaru3310]

Eating Ice cream Summer here New Zealand 🤠🌞

[@pvcvalley]

funfact, albert fischer was the cousin of the esteemed albert einstein.

[@Zombiewalking22]

Happy Halloween 🤣🤣🤣

[@madambluewave]

Wow. Hearing stories like this, gives me hope, because it makes me realize that we have come a lot farther than we think as a species lol

[@cDayz]

👏Joel u out did ur self with that last story about Albert Fische.👏The detail was off the🪝. I'd fallen😴during that story in the livestream. It'll be interesting to hear what ur thoughts were about it & seeing the stream feed comments.😂 Listened Sun 2:55am 12/1/25/🇬🇧

[@ankaisdead]

i became obsessed with your channel dude. you’re helping my insomnia in the hospital and home too of course. Thank you for your hard work🔥

[@Love_cake77]

Listening to AF's story, I've never wanted a story to end faster.

[@ouijaloveletters]

I did a presentation on Fish. I traumatized a class of college students. If you'd like me to post٫ there's a song about him. It's by a Vocaloid.

[@ouijaloveletters]

There's also a picture of his pelvis with the needles. It's...freaky.

[@chancefleming9926]

Uh no fucking thank you

[@amemooress6291]

​@@ouijalovelettersthat image lives rent free in my brain

[@Pinkypie2003]

You seem so happy about that

[@ouijaloveletters]

@ Not the fact that he was a disgusting person٫ no.

[@weave_of_k]

Let’s go Let’s Read

[@Horror_Darkness]

I love this channel

[@TimeSkipChapters]

⏱️ Timestamps by TimeSkip ⏱️ 00:00:00 - Introduction to the Story 00:01:05 - Tracking the Fugitive 00:02:34 - Tension Builds with Principal 00:05:08 - The Shocking Twist 00:06:11 - The Fugitive's Next Move 00:07:28 - The Scary Manipulator 00:09:00 - The Chilling Murder Story 00:14:48 - The Disturbing Encounter 00:17:15 - The Predator's Warning 00:20:03 - Albert's Troubled Childhood 00:21:28 - Albert's Disturbing Adaptations 00:22:35 - Teenage Years of Depravity 00:23:50 - Move to New York City 00:24:51 - Post-Prison Transformation 00:29:23 - First Intent to Kill 00:30:34 - The Implements of Hell 00:33:54 - The Murder of Gracie Bud 00:37:53 - Chilling Letter to Gracie's Family 00:40:06 - CBA and Albert Fish's Arrest 00:41:27 - Fish's Confession to Gracie Bud Murder 00:43:28 - Witness Accounts and Media Coverage 00:44:28 - Billy Gaffney's Disappearance 00:47:12 - Fish's Disturbing Letter to His Attorney 00:50:03 - Trial and Insanity Defense 00:52:31 - Execution of Albert Fish

[@rufus4cmbt437]

Lucky me that you post on my birthday (today) so I can sleep soundly for once!

[@roddy2body]

Happy birthday

[@mademoisellenseven]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@TaylorHochkievich]

I am at 11:30 rn and boy does this seem like what I'm trying to cope with. My neighbor was murdered and the woman who stabbed her lived my building too. I called at 5:30 that day but it'll say I called by 5:35. "Murder at 250 furby" early December. I'm still talking to people who are also coming with her death, her boyfriend who was putting pressure on her stab wound that night and who got my dogs attention to make me call the ambulance for her. She was such a sweet young woman. I looked at her as a family member due to how nice she was to me an how I was told family is supposed to be. I'm in contact with brianas mother and it's so hard to comprehend still after losing my mother in 2023. February 23rd.

[@TaylorHochkievich]

Winnipeg Manitoba. This young woman had such a bright smile. My dogs loved her and would drag me just to say hi to her. They wouldn't do this unless it was my woman or kids. So there other family or part of there pack. My dogs know people who loves animals and she was one. She alwayscleaned by my door all the time because the caretaker stopped due to drug addicts always sleeping by here when i was out of town working, she would always clean up their dirty needles, broken crackpipes/methpipes. I don't belive in God but God bless her soul and I hope my mother's keeping you company on your walk G💯😕😔 you have been the best Neighbor I've ever had since I got my own place at 18 years old an I turned 22 as of july 31.

[@caitcasali3207]

Wow! I'm so sorry to hear that! Seems like you are dealing w a lot right now! I hope you are able to find peace

[@TaylorHochkievich]

Rest in peace breanna George. You were the best neighbor I have ever had, an probably will have. I hope my old dog up in heaven in standing by your side because you deserve it for being such a loving a respectful young woman. No one deserves to die and I wish I could've done more that night that just call the ambulance😔😔😔😔 it keeps playing in my head the entire situation. Seeing you so fill of life, then being the one who called for you while you were practically Grey. I'm crying just reliving it threw these shitty memories.

[@TaylorHochkievich]

@@caitcasali3207 lol I hope so too, but seems how I don't believe in Jesus the only hope I have is believing in myself to do better for my kids and all my dogs, cats etc. It sucks being a man but it's what I was born as an will stay as no matter the repercussions🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@packman1]

That guy Albert Fitch was a real jerk!

[@marshallleevalentine]

That last story the jury was like, “yeah, he’s insane, but we should end him anyways”

[@sayUlumme79]

Yayyy❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@vanetruescarystories]

The story of Albert Fish is the stuff of nightmares. HIs depravity is hideous

[@HumboldtHoney22]

Great finale!! 🎉

[@mskjsbeauty]

Heyyyy tuning in from MS!

[@bobone866]

Sorry couldn't learn to this. Love the channel

[@TerrorOfTeacup]

And after Albert gut wrenching story i want to ask everyone .. how the hell do ya'll sleep to these things soundly? I will never understand ya'll.

[@harshashekhawat6403]

Its morning here in India, but you posted so🤷‍♀️

[@bittern56]

Great stories

[@cassandra6227]

S1: This is how psychopaths can operate. Charming, persuasive, people readers, chameleon-like, fantastic actors, and interspecies predators.

[@swamphawk6227]

15:33 is where I stopped

[@whiteraven90]

Well... what the fork, that last one was something. That's an understatement, but I got nothing better right now

[@paulprice2285]

Joel that was some history lesson wow one not to forget in a hurry