I WAS ALMOST TAKEN | 15 True Scary REDDIT Stories

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🕓 TIME STAMPS:
1►00:00 Anonymous
2►02:41 fateandthefaithless
3►05:54 Confusionitus
4►09:55 GrapefruitParking848
5►12:21 Impressive_Sample711
6►14:18 Mickforhire
7►19:31 chaosis
8►24:02 brownmagicwoman
9►26:25 Affectionate-Row2397
10►29:37 emotionfeeldumb0
11►31:55 Anonymous
12►35:20 laleee3246
13►37:15 magkozak
14►38:45 Chrisfortin001
15►47:10 TboneXXIV
DISCLAIMER: All stories within this video are provided with explicit permission from their respective authors. Thank you to all who participated in today's video!
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[@MohidPvE]

I just wanna say timestamps add so much value and I’m so grateful, sometimes I fall asleep and wanna re watch a video but a lot of channels rarely put time stamps, so a 2 hour video I could’ve watched turns into maybe 20mins max since I won’t be able to find where I ended, or the next story, god bless time stamps 💜

[@disenchantedtear8219]

Yes I second this!!!

[@sickviking9892]

The last story made me say "It's morning wood" out loud in the middle of a full yet totally silent isle at work. So thanks XD

[@wardelliaenoch8936]

Long time ago there was a flasher in our town. My crazy co- worker was flashed by him. She just looked down at him and up to his grinning face. She said " I'm not impressed" then kept walking.

[@HexIsme]

She could've/should've pointed and laughed until he left!

[@g1rl_veteran]

HAAAAA That's awesome! Someone like that wants to invoke shock and even fear but when the "victim" thinks on her feet and burns the flasher... that's just great comedic timing!

[@LadyAstarionAncunin]

The liaison officer’s “joke” made me say “My God” aloud, and I usually never say that. It makes my skin crawl extra hard when it’s a cop preying on kids. I knew it was going to be a creeper cop story as soon as that construction paper was mentioned.

[@shaneaccented9682]

My face was utterly disgusted

[@lundyman321]

Qaqqa😊a😊

[@KPid10t]

I hate when I’m not asleep before those damn birds.

[@g1rl_veteran]

That's when you just relisten to an oldie from a few years ago and go off to sleep

[@KPid10t]

@@g1rl_veteran yup lol

[@samasonedderman]

I'll NEVER understand how people will pretend to make a call but don't take a picture of these creeps or their vehicle number plate and car. Even if they are driving off! My daughter was followed one night and called me. I told her to obviously turn and take a picture of the van from across the street from the van. They sped off! The kicker? She was only about 3 minutes from home. Please don't walk around with headphones in Especially if you are female! Report suspicious activity. It doesn't matter if you are not believed. You could be the reason some poor innocent is saved!

[@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942]

The kid in the second to last story is so lucky if I talked to my dad that way he woulda slapped me so hard I wouldn’t even remember what he asked me to do

[@justsayin1991]

Why the hell did the woman in the first story have to be catheterized at the hospital? And why the hell did she tell everyone?😂😂😂

[@doggieworld3652]

what the heck right? I was wondering the same thing and found that entire story very weird and somewhat annoying. Why was she strapped down..I mean, what does that even mean?

[@seanmalone4026]

The best narrator 💀 !! Big Fan . Hi from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@kingsleyshewchuk1519]

The bus stop story actually made me realize that i should aprrecitate my mom more since I only have limited time with her, and I really should value her and do what im told. I've run away twice before and realized how stupid and immature that was. Now that I'm 16, I am truly thankful for my mother even tho our lives have been hell.

[@OneBadAssMoMo]

Life was hard for my momma, sister and I, too. I understand..... yes, value her greatly......mine is gone now and I miss her horribly.

[@Thomas.3698]

You hang in there. Life is tough. Things will get better for you. Remember if you're under stress, or living in hell, so is your mom. Choose kindness for now.

[@Truestoryhighlights]

I just uploaded my first scary storytelling!

[@King_WhiteWolf]

I'm glad to hear you say this, and I'd like to take this opportunity to drive the point home a little further for you, as it's something I wish I had been told when I was younger. The younger in life that you can begin to integrate this lesson into your heart, the better. I'm 34 in just a few days, and my dad passed away when I was 15. I do not make a habit of dwelling on things outside of my control, because life is far too short for that, but there are two things that I am fairly certain I will never stop lamenting; not having the privilege of more time with my dad, and not fully appreciating what time I did have with him. I hadn't yet come to grips with just how fleeting and fragile life really is, and so it simply wasn't possible for me to have understood back then just how much I would eventually come to regret not taking full advantage of that time. My point is just that I think it's really, really important that you try your best to hold tight to that feeling of heightened appreciation for your mom, and to act in accordance with it. Try your damnedest in this life to treat every single moment that you are afforded with your loved ones as if it is the last you'll ever have them. Because the stone-cold, sober truth is that every day _could be_ the last.

[@kingsleyshewchuk1519]

@@Thomas.3698 thanks bro 🙃

[@daviddelarosajr1758]

Awesome long day at work. Now time to relax and listen 🎧 thank you Joel 😎😎

[@katekinder]

Is this a repeat as I feel like i’ve heard all these before?

[@tinapuddin9923]

I was almost taken by a serial killer in Ormond Beach back in the 80s I think I was nine and my older cousin I was with was probably 12 or 13. This is all what has been told to me I don't remember any of this but my family that was there says it happened. Apparently I was walking out of the skating rink with a man when my cousin came over and got me she took me to an adult for them to watch me while she and a few guys went to see if they could find him but he was long gone. A few weeks pass and we all were at my aunt's house in Ormond Beach and they have the news on all of a sudden they put the man's face on TV who turned out to be Gerald Stano the adults said i looked up at the tv and said that was the man with the puppies. So idk if it was him or not because i have no memory of any of this what I do know is that my cousin potentially saved my life that night and my parents never let me go back to that skating rink unless there was an adult with us.

[@jacobbowling263]

Joel you are without a doubt the greatest narrator alive today.

[@Enlxxrged]

Yess

[@HeyIwasaValedictorian]

Arguable

[@dirtyfiendswithneedles3111]

Too many recurring stories tbh

[@biskitt1000]

I agree, some of these stories are also super mundane happenings that the submitter embellishes for dramatic effect, but Joel is an amazing narrator despite that. I’d never listen to these stories if it wasn’t for his soothing voice and it has helped me alot with my insomnia. A good narrator can make bad stories worth listening haha​@@dirtyfiendswithneedles3111

[@CalvinCandieMO]

LETS GO LETS READ WOOO. I LOVE YOU JOEL, PS DID YOU GET THE MONEY I SENT YOU?? JOEL THE GOAT

[@nathanwoodham8751]

story 12... So an old lady hurt herself and asked you to get her live-in doctor to help her? How is doing a good deed creepy? Am I missing something?

[@Iuxinterior]

good ol “old people scary” trope

[@shea5542]

It’s just really weird and it could’ve been a trap. Injured and women and children are used as traps. You go to “help” them and you don’t realize there’s a bunch of guys waiting for you

[@KatalinaGiia]

I know 🤦

[@Truestoryhighlights]

I just uploaded my first scary storytelling!

[@issygrace477]

I was sitting down to so homework and immediately went “ITS WEDNESDAY! LETS READ”

[@Izzy-rh7br]

Story 14 doesn't make sense...how did they know that he was sitting at the bus stop?

[@mvc861]

The author of the story explained more in a reply down here. Look under the comment of Christina Velazquez.

[@Nklecz1980]

Dudes copping a massive feel in that picture

[@BarnabyJones07]

Been here since 2017, glad to see you've made it to one million subs, congrats 👏

[@Enlxxrged]

2018 for ne

[@iamjustamomdoingthebestica6999]

Was the thumbnail pic done by AI? I mean look at how many fingers that dude has😂

[@joshthompson1956]

And coping a feel

[@shroomyk]

AI loves fingers a little too much. Reminds me of drawings by "Chris (Simpson's Artist)".

[@grigger7000]

Was thinking the same thing lol definitely Ai

[@sumakeertanayerraguntla8188]

Should be more like where his fingers are

[@GalinaEv]

was looking at comments for confirmation

[@lynn4488]

Another late night with ur smooth buttery voice

[@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942]

In the eighth story I thought the guy was trying to get the person to pull over because he saw someone in the backseat but he didn’t want to say that so he lied about the flat tire I’ve heard of a story like that before

[@shea5542]

But also it’s a ploy too where they say you have a flat just so you stop the car and then they hurt you

[@g1rl_veteran]

@@shea5542 I've heard of both of those stories, unfortunately it was the fake flat tire one that actually happened to a poor young woman. She got out to look and when she was bent over looking at the tire the man beat her in the head with a tire iron, drug her into his car, took her somewhere, assaulted her and killed her. The cops found her car still running with the door slighly open and blood on the ground where the man attacked her with a drag mark showing them she was dragged to another car. The trail went cold until her body was found. Thanks to some dna under her nails and carpet fibers on her clothes from the killer's car they were eventually able to catch, try, and convict him.

[@jshaw4757]

The story with the tapping sound was the scariest story ive ever heard...somebody heard some tapping noises..the end...scary stuff..

[@g1rl_veteran]

IKR lol, don't forget the scariest part, her internship was extended.... BOO!!!

[@melindarobbins9572]

Thank you for all the hard work you do. I love your voice don't to many have the right voice to do this job you are so relaxing. Keep up the good work and God bless you from Asheboro NC

[@robynsmith4164]

In the third story, if that was me with a group of friends, I would have either called the cops right then or went and made a police report as soon as we all left. Can you imagine taking a walk alone or maybe with a significant other and have a guy with a cattle prod pop out of the woods while making it go off?! I know how strong a taser can be and I’m guessing a cattle prod would have a MUCH stronger electrical current! Yikes! I’m so proud to be a Texan, where MANY of us carry a 🔫, in the open or concealed! I have my LTC (License To Carry) but Texas changed its gun laws recently and anyone can carry concealed or not. My S&W 9mm will win over a cattle prod every single time, I promise!

[@Libertybaynurse]

Thank you, Joel! Goodnight everyone!

[@blondieeyz]

When you live in Arizona and spend a long time waiting for the release time only to find out it’s been out an hour😅

[@bintagram]

“24 seconds ago” - now I can have a perfect night, thanks Joel 🫶🏾

[@gavinmccleskey3363]

So is Joel this narrators name

[@bintagram]

@@gavinmccleskey3363it is!

[@hey1mtay]

“What would you do if you woke up and your butt was hurting” lmaooooo

[@childkickerrr]

hey Joel, pretty cool that you included the bus stop story again

[@pablotavera7464]

It's one of my faves....yes, i said faves. Waited years to run into it again. Gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it.

[@childkickerrr]

@@pablotavera7464 fr its a pretty good story

[@g1rl_veteran]

That one is chilling

[@rize241]

I don't think u remember but u have already narrated the first one in another video and also the 14th one. I never forget your narrations.

[@kathryncumberland]

How does a tap "run out of water?" The water is coming either from the city or a well. Is this a thing in other countries maybe? I'm very curious...

[@shroomyk]

The only thing that it could be is maybe if they have to pay for water and only get so much? It does sound super weird.

[@jamielodhi5104]

When I lived in Saudi Arabia we would have water delivered for tap use. In apartment buildings it was usually building wide, so if one unit was out they all would be out.

[@kathryncumberland]

@@jamielodhi5104 Thank you for sharing that! I was dying to know. (I'm a dork.)

[@friedmayonnaise6100]

Love you Joel. Keep up the great content.

[@bluegreenglue6565]

First story: I'll see your "let's not meet again" and raise you a "please die horribly..." Anyone who tries it once is going to do it again. : (

[@szafiiix]

Perfect timing. I was literally looking for something that I could listen to fall asleep 😊

[@1987tase]

Congratulations on 1 million 🎉 many more to come

[@FisherOfMen705]

Bus stop bench story sent shivers down my spine

[@NativeIrish45]

Sigh...lol I wish there was wood in my bed 😂😂😂

[@Hailz85]

Yes Joel, love your voice at nighttime!

[@inof7]

Woohooo🎉 congrats on 1M ❤

[@karentibbs291]

Always enjoy listening when I relax after work to ❤

[@Calebgoblin]

Not to be devil's advocate but maybe that guy in story 2 was just panicking and trying to get somewhere ASAP. Like, to help someone or something. There really doesn't seem to be any hard evidence to the contrary and him getting tf out of there with zero effort to actually get the op just seems odd

[@HeyIwasaValedictorian]

Story #2: standing in a wood behind work, got hardcore "watched" vibes... i was being observed via small gap between 2 trees by a dog! 😂😂😂 it was initially v disconcerting tho lol

[@g1rl_veteran]

If Joel narrated it I'd listen to it!

[@DiaryOfALesbianGamer]

Wooooo love your voice bro. Keep it up!

[@cmalone4838]

Happy Wednesday joel! Hope you’re doing great

[@cherylmoore3349]

Great story's

[@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942]

If an adult man over 30 is talking to a girl and she says I’m a minor that should be the end of the conversation right there, but if he says something like that’s ok get in the truck there isn’t a bigger red flag and u should get away as fast as possible.

[@EmpressofChrist]

Thank u for uploading

[@ericbumbles4145]

Story 2 narrowly avoided a serial killer, I am certain of that. Those fuckers will find you anywhere. He may very well have followed her into the park after spotting her driving. Too bad she didn't get the plate number. I just have visions of Gary Ridgeway or the Robert Hanson.

[@jessicawilliams3849]

The guy in the second to last story must have such an easy privileged life for taking out the trash to be the thing that made them want to run away lmao. That’s one of the easiest chores to do cause it’s so quick

[@HayEv52]

Love unwinding to Let’s Read…so soothing!!! Thank you Joel🙏🏽

[@melissadwiggins]

A new take on the term "morning wood". *Ba-dum-tttttt*🥁 😁😁😁 I'll see myself out...

[@Radishboy]

I like never comment but I’m a massive fan. But Everytime I hear @lets read say “when I was x age girl” it makes me chuckle lol

[@mleighqs]

Great vid Joel.

[@Relaxwithnomes]

You never cease to amaze ❤️🇬🇧❤️🇬🇧

[@park3965]

Congratulations 🎊 on 1 million

[@susandelk1008]

I Love listening to you stories. I like your voice

[@baryafe]

Thank you😍

[@ytuser12178]

Congrats for achieving 1M subscribers Joel

[@naminied6924]

I listen to this while im working its the best! 3

[@Dmitrikrotchlikmyov]

I love the rain sounds. My bladder not so much.

[@melindarobbins9572]

What rain sounds can I not here hell is my hearing gone every thing go's when you turn 59

[@69gawjus]

Aww my month is up😢Never mind still got Patreon early Access 👌Thanks Joel and the Buttersock fam❤just gonna listen to your soothing voice and fab stories ☺️ xx

[@QuaxxChixx]

Thank you Joel!

[@Riclmnopp]

Looks like AI did the thumbnail art. Why can’t they get the hands and fingers right?

[@g1rl_veteran]

It's "dead" week this week (super fitting) and finals are next week. My brain is fried so it's time for some Let's Read. Thank God for my broham, Joel!!!

[@ujika8164]

My heart hurts for the woman who was broken by her husband( 1st story). Emotional affairs are much more devastating.

[@HexIsme]

It's unrealistic to expect someone to only ever experience emotional closeness with their partner. As long as nothing got physical and they were still respectful of their official relationship, I don't see a problem.

[@thelaziestninja86]

​@Jaded and Empty it honestly sounded more like she needed an excuse for her alcoholism.

[@thecatatemyhomework]

If I felt a lump under my sheet, I immediately would think it's one of my three cats.

[@elitetrainingnetwork]

Guy got scared of a bug zapper .. thought it was a psycho with a taser .. haha

[@mel_DeLux]

Yes brilliant timing

[@elchewbacco]

Oh no that man is in a rush to get home! Spooky!

[@kaydaddy02]

1 mill letssss goooo

[@ashleybrown1666]

Yay! Joels Sweet voice!

[@jenny6609]

1M LETS GOOOOOOOO

[@MamaB23]

Ah yes Time to lull into beautiful nightmares 😴 cheers Joel

[@spellboundedits7216]

Love you Man you always help me fall asleep on school nights I always sleep amazing when listening to your stories bro keep it up brother❤❤

[@Enlxxrged]

He’s the best

[@jamesandrews8391]

Joel you are the best let's read narrator

[@blingingbri]

Yay!🎉

[@childkickerrr]

boutta listen to these while i cook

[@seanjenkins5505]

I love installing bedding. I have to use a quarter inch socket

[@fredneedle123]

Multiple shots is the way to break yourself. I know that feeling. X

[@zachanderson3340]

14:14 legit gave me a chill..

[@RockerRed]

52:08 😂😄😃😀 Love you KZbinJoel!💙💗💙

[@RockerRed]

👍🤘😝

[@Rainbowofthefallen]

Just commenting for the algorithm 💛💚

[@emmalieshae3938]

Are the trees sending me a message lmfao 😭😭😭

[@shea5542]

I heard of this thing where criminals put baby baskets by the side of the road to look like an abandoned baby so when you stop to check it out, they grab you and drag you off the side into the bushes

[@twofoots5955]

The thumbnail is.... something else.

[@slazzz5518]

That guy in the picture has fingers for days! 😂

[@ericbumbles4145]

Story 15, that wood piece came from him "sawing logs" all night.🤣 Pathetic I know, but If I didn't someone else wood!

[@kaitlynprater8923]

sweet dreams everyone 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@kimschrupp2712]

Can't find the bell am I subscribed

[@lucyrush6548]

The first story, I'd have got a divorce right away, if she felt the need to drink and poor thing almost got taken, if her husband had not done that with his ex she would have not been out trying to cope. I hope she leaves him

[@mvc861]

I had the same thought.

[@Rainy..Day.]

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@Gunz2quik]

Been waking up with wood in my bed since I was 12!

[@sissyalesch2768]

Confusionitus?!?!😂😂😂😂

[@TheDutchDutchess373]

❤❤❤

[@STRcircaFKR]

That man has too many fingers

[@ellesandralady8596]

❤❤❤❤

[@sisterswiftie]

Idk how old the gent in the last story is, or how long he's been married but I'm wondering if he forgot his 5 year anniversary 😳 that's some wife jokes I would do as punishment 😂

[@sunny-bl6cy]

For the last story with the piece of wood on the bed… it could have been one of his 5 pets

[@susans5296]

❤