Listener Tales 78 | Morbid | Podcast | Forensic Files

your hair looks really good oh thank you hey weirdos I'm Ash and I'm Elena and the US yes Morad
[Music] thank you [Music] I feel like we should leave in the part where you said my hair looked really
good because that was a very nice moment I was gonna say it before I was gonna say it again I mean no I just like it it
should be before the episode starts like that should just be yeah that's how the
recording started let's let's keep it in let's keep it in keep it in take it out
do we burp before we started no we did I know you never know not in this one at least oh yeah you know oh did you burn
it leave it in leave it in mention it all rip also quick update uh in one of my last cases Jack Tupper I mentioned a
[ __ ] uh horse owner named Bill Frankl and one of them or he was a horse owner oh and he hired
Jack Tupper to be the trainer um and his name was Bill Frankl and one of our listeners said that that's
Bethany Frankel's late father I myself need to do some dig in to make sure that's true but it could be when you
said the name I almost was like any relation to Bethany when I wrote it I thought it but I was too involved in the
case that I forgot to go back and look at that little part we all thought it none of us said it but like
is that him you're like for real I think he's a very quick Google search that we
could do it's her dad that's her dad [ __ ] look at that he was called Bobby though so I'm like Bill Bobby I mean I
don't know people all kinds of things that's a wild little that's cray cray Tia that is correct well tibia wild
tidbit well sorry I just got lost in a headline I was like uh you were like Hey we're
doing something here all right so it's listener tails and you know what that means it's brought to you by you for you
from you and all about you yay we're loosey-goosey it's listener Tails listener Tails listener
I don't think has a theme it's just an episode with Crazy tales in it can I start yeah awesome my tale is called the
time I was accused of being an international spy for taking a picture of a mountain that looked like a butt
so that's why I wanted to start because they took a picture of mountain that looked like I already love this and it
does look like a butt they sent a photo all right it says hi Ash Elena and Deb Deb just wanted to start off by saying
how much I love the podcast I'm so glad that my co-worker recommended it to me because it's really kept me sane over
the past few weeks as I've been dealing with a severe concussion oh my gosh and I haven't been able to do pretty much
anything other than listen to podcasts listening to your episodes have kept me entertained and saved me from
overwhelming boredom so thank you you're welcome you're welcome I'm not sure if this story is something you'd want to
share on listener Tales it is but I figured you might get a kick out of it either way I attached a double space
puttifa and some pictures to this email I've also changed the names for privacy purposes thank you for reading
so this happened while I was on a language immersion internship program into a country uh nopa County nopa
Country a country I gotta go a country in East Africa I've changed all the names for privacy reasons stop laughing
on this particular day I had gone on a site visit to improve shut up it's not just me laughing my keys too I know
everybody's laughing not just me being mean nobody's mean to me all the time please Rescue Me
rescue her rescue me just harmonizing BRB articular day to a rural woman's banking Collective
with some employees of the non-profit I was interning with and a woman from the UN who funded the non-profit that's
pretty [ __ ] cool the day had already been longer than expected because we had to stop for
about an hour on the way to the village for a road to be built oh you know just gotta pause this road is being built now
I still have a lot of questions about the road being built because if it wasn't there in the first place why were
we going that way that's what I was gonna ask maybe it had been built then destroyed and they were rebuilding it I
don't know who knows we'll never know anyway we were running late because of the road situation and I was extremely
hungry because I hadn't eaten anything all day after the woman from the UN had Regal regaled regaled regaled me with
stories about getting typhoid from food she ate in a similar context oh that'll get you hungry that will make you not
want to eat anything ever I felt bad for not accepting the food from the generous
woman who offered it to me but I have already had enough stomach issues as it is and I really didn't feel like I could
take the risk I was also starting to get nervous because the sun was starting to
go down and I had been warned many times about the dangers of being out after dark ah so you can imagine my delight
when my co-worker pulled the car over for no apparent reason and pointed exactly excuse me excitedly out the
window saying look Anna what does that mountain look like being the annoyed wet blanket I was feeling like in that
moment I replied to no monotone a butt drama it looks like a butt butt do you want to take a picture I did
not I just wanted to get home before dark and eat something so I sat grumply in my seat as everyone else in the car
took pictures in hindsight the mountain really did look a lot like a butt and it
was pretty funny but I was not feeling it in that moment and it turns out that was probably a good thing for me oh man
my annoyance quickly turned to panic though when a man in a dirty t-shirt and cargo pants stuck his arm into the
driver's side window reached over to Juma and pulled our keys out of the ignition
the way my entire body would shut down just ceased to exist the fight-or-flight response that I am currently feeling
just thinking being in that position is outrageous right now gotta go naturally Juma who's in the driver's seat asked
the man what he was doing and demanded the keys back the man responded that he was a police officer doubt it and
couldn't give the keys back because we were a threat to National Security since we were taking pictures of the landscape
landscape close to the border and foreigners were in the car now this was clearly [ __ ] because the village we
had been at earlier was much closer to the border and we hadn't been taking a buttload of pictures there without issue
no pun intended I'm also not even sure he was a police officer since he didn't give us any form of ID and was
definitely not dressed like a police officer I wouldn't count on it yeah no I explained to him that I was not in fact
a spy but rather a student and offered multiple times to show him my passport and Visa he was uninterested after a few
minutes of back and forth he demanded that Juma get out of the car to quote unquote settle this I hate this I feel
like are we gonna have a cage match what the [ __ ] this is where I started to get
really worried I bet the police in this country did not have the best reputation
and while I knew he probably just wanted a bribe I was scared he might beat Juma
up if he didn't want to pay and Juma was a stubborn but not very large guy after
a few minutes of me craning my neck to try and see what was going on next to the car unsuccessfully the next thing I
knew Juma was getting back into the driver's seat and the police officer quote unquote was hopping into the back
seat of our car getting real cozy with my co-workers who were now sitting four people in the back row of seats
what we're all going to the police station to get this figured out he announced what
what no I was actually pretty shocked by this development because up to that point I was fully
convinced that he was not a police officer but rather a random guy trying to make a quick Buck to be honest me too
so this would also be shocking I'm still not convinced that he's not part of this guy's insistence Juma drove
the now very crowded car to the local police station where we went in one by one for questioning I began to feel very
glad that I did not take any pictures of butt Mountain because they demanded to see my camera roll and had the pleasure
and had the pleasure of seeing my progress pictures for my workout plan and a few shots of monkeys stealing
stuff from trash cans the rest of my co-workers frantically tried to delete their butt Mountain pictures before
their interrogation much to my chagrin the woman from the UN decided to use this moment to take a moral stance and
refused to show them her phone because of diplomatic immunity wow being that my main goal was getting home before dark
and getting something to eat I tried to convince her to Just Let It Go and show them her phone she had already deleted
the pictures of buck mountains so I didn't get the big deal because she didn't speak the local language and the
police officer didn't really speak English I got the pleasure of being her interpreter the police officer
repeatedly demanded to know if she thought he would steal her phone and insisted that he had no reason to
because he had his own iPhone he's like [ __ ] I have my own phone he's like I don't need your [ __ ] phone he also
clearly did not know much or care about the UN or the idea of diplomatic immunity the whole situation was just
ridiculous to me and I had no interest in being in the uh and being the middleman but there I was in total we
were probably at the police station for about three hours before the quote-unquote supervisor again I have no
idea if any of these people were actually police officers but I think the police we were at was a police station
unclear oh what I'm so confused came to see what was going on this supervisor did have a healthy respect or fear of
the UN and when the U.N woman told him she needed his name and badge number to report to the UN why she was checking in
late he insisted that we leave as soon as possible with a deluge of apologies wow unfortunately I did not make it back
before dark but did get home safe despite having to jump into some under brush filled with rats to avoid getting
hit by a car there were no street lights on my road so cars generally couldn't see
pedestrians after dark at this point I still have a lot of questions about what happened that day
but I'm just happy to be able to look at look back at the story and laugh thanks
for reading if you made it this far and keep it weird but not so weird that you pretend to be a police officer and still
non-profit workers keys and drag them to a maybe police station for hours when they're really just tired and hungry for
obvious reasons I can't attach any attach any pictures of butt Mountain but I've attached some pictures of the road
being built here I I have no idea how to react to that one that's funny because I thought the
picture that you did attach looked like a butt I was gonna say I didn't see the butt Mountain so I was I thought I was
just missing it yeah it's not a mountain really now that I look at it it's just a
tree and some some brush wow but now I really want to see what a wild story that's insane
truly a wild story wow dang Anna imagine that's not your real name I know that don't worry we're not using real names
but never but dang I just like that butt Mountain was the thing that almost got you guys
you know that's not what I meant to say [Laughter] oh man all right well I'm gonna move on to
listener tale my husband was kidnapped as an infant by child traffickers what what
oh let's see what this is about it says thank you so much for the opportunity Deb hey dab dub shut up hello weirdos
first of all my husband is alive and well and was unharmed in his kidnapping good I put the subject line as a
question because his this was my reaction when my mother-in-law told me the story you can call me by my by a
name I have always loved for a little girl Siggy short for a Norwegian named Sigrid oh I like that I was originally
planning on using my real name and coming up with an attempted witty and humorous introduction considering my
name is androgynous and is often mistaken for a man's I am not a man and unfortunately have the postpartum bodily
scarring to prove it however for the purposes of the story and to bend to the will of my catastrophe I can never say
that word kind of catastrophizing there you go right anxiety sounds good I'll be
using aliases that's totally fine with us a few things before we get into it number one I feel I should be shunned
from the podcast Universe for not having heard of your show prior to my book club
picking the butcher in the Wren from the month of October last year hey that's awesome Elena your novel was amazing and
I loved every bit of that book Thank you in my defense I tend to stay within my comfort zone when it comes to books
podcasts and movies and my particular podcast love is True Crime but one story Seasons such as up and vanished and
cereal really however yeah however that has all changed now because I cannot stop listening to your podcast thank you
shout out to my fellow morbid weirdo listeners Lauren Aaron Andrea and Katie they all gave me permission to use their
real names hell yeah you guys hell yeah yeah number two since listening to the show I've literally laughed out loud
hearing Ash's unique vernacular term including terms such as mans McGee and and God indulged congrats by the way
also being that I am a six in this I'm a sixth generation Appalachian or Appalachian okay Appalachian Mountain
woman I can confirm you just told me how it's pronounced it's pronounced Appalachian thank you I will hold hold
on to that now I firmly believe that anytime Appalachian is mispronounced an ancestor of mine rolls over in their
grave saying bless their heart dripping an old southern lady condescension so for the sake of my gone but not
forgotten family members with cool last names like icy and Zeta oh hell yeah just say it correctly folks Appalachian
Appalachian it feels right it feels better finally this story is not mine to tell I take pride in sharing it because
my husband was kidnapped is a great addition to two truths and a lie but ultimately the only morbid worthy
happenings in my life have involved in my father in a ski mask trying to scare me in a local criminal trying to escape
the law by entering my house those are pretty good I feel like a second one in particular and though both experiences
were equally traumatizing this story is much more entertaining and just freaking
insane I myself even found it hard to believe when I first heard it but it's as true as a dog's love for its human I
do have a few what I've called Siggy side notes scattered throughout the story to clarify things or to add
interesting to tidbits those are from me but the bulk of the stories from my mother-in-law's perspective so without
further Ado here is my mother-in-law Drew's story of her five-month-old baby T kidnapped in Hawaii oh my God she
chose the name and it made me laugh considering the podcast we are submitting this to hey Ash's fiance it
is long so if it doesn't get played on the podcast I completely understand but I felt y'all would appreciate the read
given the story I've attached the double space putipa another term I'm now obsessed with for your viewing ease as
well as the newspaper article about the story so you know it's real and some picture of my mother-in-law my
husband and I and my own little guy for reference oh my God the most beautiful child adorable so beautiful by the way
Ash she is a Libra and I'm a Virgo okay oh we got there we go we got a Libra in here oh one more side note my dad has
some creepy stories like my Aunt waking up in a cemetery across the street from their house as a kid and my nana
pronounced Nana being about temporarily paralyzed by other worldly beings so if you'd like me to share those let me know
please do we would like that keep on keeping it weird my gals Ziggy oh your family's so beautiful truly a gorgeous
family oh my God you're a little bit all right many of us have had moments in life that we can look back on and
realize how extremely Brave and lucky we are for having gotten through them for me the kidnapping of my child was such
an event I'm already I just got full chills down my body my body warmed I remember the day clearly October 10th
1989 my son was just one day shy of five months and was very much still an infant
we had just relocated to Waki Waikiki thank you from Cupertino California we had been living with my mom in my
unhinged stepfather and wanted a new living environment for the health and safety of my son and I I was a radio DJ
by trade and had decided to go to Hawaii to work for my friend who was a new program director at kpoi honolulu's rock
station a few weeks prior to this incident I had managed to secure a small studio apartment in Waikiki for tea and
myself I recall being shocked at the extremely high cost of rent I was on the hunt for a babysitter so that I could
work in the evening hours my general shift was going to be from about 10 pm to 2 A.M after failed attempts at
finding care through the people I had met and after scouring the newspaper ads without success I decided to place an ad
myself several people responded to the ad and in Hawaii a lot of ladies take on Child
Care from their homes surely I'd be able to spot someone who was not a legitimate
caretaker right this area is known for being very welcoming and family oriented one person in particular responded and
left multiple messages I was going through a few others and had not called her back yet however she called me again
sounding almost pushy about the job I should have seen that as a red flag as none of the other applicants had that
same approach but I really needed to find a sitter and I honestly didn't think much of it I finally spoke with
her and we talked for about 30 minutes she sounded nice she had kids of her own she was a retired nurse etc etc all the
normal sounding stuff so we set up a time to meet in person this initial contact was right around the time of my
birthday October 7th so it's easy to recall the events in the timeline I remember going into her apartment which
was very close to my own it was a tall high-rise building sitting in the alawi canal in the middle of Waikiki this is
important to the story as being familiar with this building was one of the main factors in knowing what happened to tea
since it was close to my birthday we agreed that we agreed that this woman who we would call Stella for the purpose
of the story would try out an hour or two with my son and see if it was a good fit for us all I was super
overprotective of him being that I was a 25 year old single mother living 2400 miles from home holy cow therefore I
always had anxiety when anyone else watched him aside from my mother I'm that way anyways so don't worry I
decided it's me I decided to go out for a few hours to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino it had
recently opened it was supposed to be an amazing experience we decided on a date
and time and I really looked forward to a few hours on my own when I arrived at our apartment the initial time Stella
watched tea she was wearing a house dress was about my height of five eight was thin with bleach blonde hair and
wore wire rimmed glasses she literally looked like a younger Grandma type and appeared to stay home most of the time
that night for me was that might for me was everything I wanted it to be and the
check-in calls with Stella went equally as well with her giving me frequent up updates on how tea was doing I felt very
excited to be moving on with my life and away from living with my abusive stepfather after a few hours of dinner
and drinks I called the cab and headed back to the apartment complex when I got back to her 21st floor apartment Stella
quickly opened the door and invited me in the baby was sleeping soundly in a bed we had made on the floor and he
looked peaceful and happy we talked about how she was feeling how I was feeling and confirmed that we both
wanted to do this again in the future I scooped the baby up went down to the awaiting cab and back to our new
apartment Stella and I continued to talk on the phone in the coming days and she always
asked how tea was doing and what he was up to on any given day nothing seemed out of the ordinary conversations were
normal she listened to my request and she seemed like a genuinely nice person I never once felt any weird Vibes or
feelings when we spoke isn't that so scary that's terrifying some people just don't give off the vibe that they're a
[ __ ] monster the next opportunity for her to watch him was on the night of October 10th I had to go to the radio
station to train before I could go on air so I was scheduled to be there in the early evening late afternoon for
this purpose I thought it would be a great time for Stella to watch the baby again and do another trial run before I
had to work full time as I had done this as I had done before I bundled the baby up filled his large
diaper bag with all the things he could possibly need and caught a taxi back to Stella's apartment everything once again
seemed normal when we arrived and she answered the door inviting us in however it distinctly remember two things one
she was wearing a house dress like before but this time she had regular clothes laying out on her bed which I
could see from the living room that struck me as a little odd but I said nothing
two she had placed two very large suitcases directly adjacent to the front door those suitcases had not been
present in the during the previous visit I asked her about them and she said she
was taking them downstairs in the morning to her storage unit in the garage this didn't seem unusual as many
of these buildings had Subterranean parking with private storage units for tenants items for an additional fee the
baby was sleepy so after sticking around for a few minutes chatting I handed him
over to get ready to leave I recall saying something like you don't have plans to go anywhere right and she
laughed as though the idea was Preposterous she was drinking a Coca-Cola from a glass with ice and I
watched her Swig and refill it several times while I sat there I stood up to leave and as I left I
remembered that the lobby of her building had a large Bank of phones I'd be meaning to call my best friend bill
for several days and had not gotten around to it so I decided I would use the phone in the lobby to update him on
my new job and our life in Hawaii before going to work this proved to be a very critical decision in all of this because
had I not stopped to call him in the lobby Stella would have likely gotten away with kidnapping my five-month-old
oh I just got full chills all over again I walked to the bank of phones that is some like Mama
power in there that you were just like you know what I'm gonna stop right now yeah I'm not gonna wait till I get to
the station I'm not gonna I'm gonna stop right now I walked to the bank of phones and
remember getting him on the line immediately sounded relieved to hear from me and was asking all about the
baby I told them about the job and the new apartment that I was excited about finding a babysitter and that I was in a
really decent place mentally the phones were situated in the lobby so that when you use them your back was turned away
from the front door therefore if anyone were to exit the building and walk by you you would most likely not see them
just before bill and I said goodbye he said please take care of tea and if I were you I would go back up there one
more time to check on him what [ __ ] bill why would you say that too like that's kind of you wouldn't think your
friend would just say that he's just like you know what you just got a feeling this was the best piece of
advice I've ever received I hung up the phone and jumped in the elevator heading
back upstairs to sell his apartment I remember walking up to the door I had just left 15 minutes earlier and seeing
that it was slightly a jar it caught me off guard and I pushed on it immediately
calling out her name no one answered I ventured further into the apartment and realize Stella's house stress was thrown
on the bed the clothes she had laid out earlier were gone the lights were off the TV was off and more importantly my
son Stella in those two suitcases had vanished oh my God my heart just dropped for you truly I began to freak out and I
could literally feel the fear and adrenaline pumping so hard in my heart this could not be happening I must have
been seeing things wrong she had to be here where was my baby my thoughts were racing and I started hyperventilating I
was completely overwhelmed my first thought was that perhaps she had just gone to take the garbage out they had a
separate garbage room in these buildings requiring you to walk down the hall to throw your trash away I ran as fast as I
could down the hall shrieking her name because I was just so scared where had this lady gone with my baby oh my God I
jumped back on the elevator thinking I would ride down to the security desk to the lobby and ask them if they'd seen
her or the baby when I approached the desk I asked the two men sitting there if they had seen Stella come down the
elevator or leave the building in any way they both nodded their heads and pointed to the door I asked did she
leave they both nodded again and one said she was carrying a baby and almost slipped on the floor nearly dropping him
on her way out of the building I could not believe what I was hearing why why did she leave I asked the
officer at the desk to call 9-1-1 and report a missing child I talked to the police and gave them a brief account of
what happened all in between sobbing and hyperventilating the police assured me they were on their way after I hung up
with the police I asked the security people to begin calling all taxi services in the area so they could
determine which taxi may had possibly picked her up they called at least six or seven cab companies and each time
they were told that no one had anyone that sounded like Stella or a baby in their car
by the time I had by this time I had gone out to the front lawn in front of the apartment building and was sitting
on the grass bawling my eyes out I've been through so much bringing this baby into the world alone just a few months
before and thought after everything we've been through this is how it's going to end oh my God before long
several police vehicles pulled up I recall there being a large police presence with an ambulance in tow as
well it was during this period that I kept trying to figure out a way to make it back into the apartment building and
up to the very top to jump off the roof I know it sounds scary but I really thought that if my baby was gone that I
really did not want to be on this Earth anymore the police asked me questions mountains of questions how did I meet
Stella what did she do for work what does she look like what phone numbers did I have for her how many times did
you watch them before today and on and on I was completely overwhelmed and to this day have never cried so hard in my
life after sitting outside with the police I could hear the radio traffic on their police scanners as the situation
progressed I couldn't understand everything as they were using codes but evidently they were
pursuing some leads in the case and we were on stem we were to stand by I cannot recall exactly how long we sat
there waiting for any type of news but it seemed like two hours at least probably more I remember one of the
officers a large Samoan man sitting next to me on the grass reassuring me everything would turn out okay I really
didn't believe him but I kept nodding my head just then an officer on the radio said the words my entire body had been
aching to hear we got him we got him we found the missing baby oh my God my whole body literally
just gonna say chill like I have Goosebumps on my legs right now everyone around me cheered in high-fived we were
all so excited and this was but this was still very much a police investigation even though they had somehow managed to
find Tim and Stella things still needed to be sorted out and the pla the place to do that was the police station I was
in a squad car and driven downtown to the Honolulu Police Department it was a low slung building on a side street with
yet another Subterranean parking structure beneath it I was led into a fairly large room that was dark inside
with Windows covered by dark drapes I was asked to sit at a large rectangular table in the center of the room with a
very large reel-to-reel tape recorder in the center it was the classic we just need to ask you a few questions Mantra
being said to me I agreed but kept asking where my son was and when I would be able to see him
they asked me numerous questions over and over again framing it in different ways why did I give my child Stella to
Stella wasn't it true that I know wasn't it true that I no longer wanted him oh my God so she must have said she like
sold her yup had I called to check on him while I was gone either tonight or on the previous occasion she had watched
him I simply tried to calm myself down and answer all their questions clearly and honestly honestly to the best of my
ability I understood they had a job to do but it was an interrogation style interview I felt confident in my heart
that everything would work out and that I would be getting my baby back soon suddenly there was a commotion at the
door of the interview room and we learned that they had arrested Stella and we're bringing her downstairs to the
jail they wanted me to go down there and see if I could identify her I recall feeling so much anger that she
had done this and was really looking forward to seeing her face to face as the patrol car rolled in I could clearly
see a set of legs kicking at the glass of the rear door of the squad car no face no torso just legs that's so creepy
when the car came to a stop an officer got out and walked around to let Stella out of the car they grabbed her by each
arm and walked in my direction immediately her eyes met mine and she began cursing at me saying I had given
her my baby that I was a liar and that she was taking care of him because I wasn't and so much other other [ __ ]
she is Disturbed I screamed back and I think I called her every name in the book I was feeling homicidal at that
point and really did not care about anything else aside from getting to her the police had repeatedly had to
repeatedly hold me back as she passed by and went into the jail by this time it was dark outside and the officers
escorted me back inside the building to wait they informed me that he had been taken
to the hospital as a precaution to be checked out for any injuries or sign of abuse from Stella I remember sitting in
that police station for another four or five hours oh my God it felt surreal and
very out of body I had a hard time thinking about what had just happened because I was in shock and I was not
responding to things as I usually would have after about five hours an officer came
to get me to walk into a different area of the police department when I rounded the corner I saw tea wrapped in a sheet
with nothing on but a diaper he saw me and started crying I walked over grabbed him and gave him my biggest longest hug
I could imagine he immediately relaxed and he appeared to be very tired I asked the police if I could leave and
go home and they said yes they stated Stella would be in jail for a while as they were charging her with Colonial
combined the two felony custodial interference in the first degree a major felony there were additional charges as
well but that was the main charge I was contacted the next day by police and they told me the story of how she was
caught I was chomping at the bit to learn the story of her capture and her motive for kidnapping my child yeah
according to police she had gotten into the cab with the baby she had directed the cab driver to drive her to downtown
Honolulu to Bishop Street the taxi driver immediately felt weird vibes from her as she was too old to have such a
young baby she was on who was only clothed in a diaper and a sheet he asked who or whose baby he was how
old he was and whatever information he could glean from her while this guy's like great seriously she told him she
was caring for a friend's child because the Mom needed a break and could no longer care for him her response to his
questions and her vague answers really grabbed his attention good for this guy while the taxi driver was driving to the
destination he told her he needed to make a stop for gas she agreed and he pulled over to a gas station when he got
out he called into the taxi stand explaining that he was driving an older lady with a baby and that he was
concerned for the baby's welfare wow it was then that the taxi company realized this realized their driver was driving
around with the missing child everyone was looking for the driver was instructed to act normally and take
Stella to wherever she wanted to go but to stay with her to find out her actual destination they pulled in front of a
large high-rise in downtown Honolulu since she had full two full suitcases and a baby the taxi driver brilliantly
offered to help her take her luggage upstairs smart so he would be able to see the apartment she was entering and
provide valuable information to the police when he got to the apartment with her he saw an older man and the baby was
taken into another room oh the driver immediately contacted police with all the information he had on Stella
including her exact location they waited several minutes for other officers to arrive before going upstairs to confront
Stella and her apparent boyfriend who is part of the entire plan when they knocked no one answered at first I'm
certain they were wondering who could be at the door after several tries they opened the door and were confronted by
the police at first Stella denied knowing anything about a baby and denied knowing me like they're not going to
find the baby in the apartment girlfriend yeah the police asked to come and talk or to come in and talk and go
over the information that they had with Stella while they were in the apartment they heard a baby crying and immediately
knew the gig was up one of the officers walked to a closed back bedroom door and opened it opened
it up inside they found tea laying in a sheet and nothing more than a diaper no bottles no diaper bag nothing I'm not
sure what happened to the diaper bag I left with her but it was gone what both she and her boyfriend were handcuffed
and searched it was during this time that the police discovered passports other identification and over thirty
thousand dollars in cash what the [ __ ] it was clear that something nefarious was going on and both parties were
immediately arrested and taken into custody this is so bizarre the key to this whole story was the taxi driver if
he had not been alert and aware when talking to Stella he would have never stopped and called in to report what he
was dealing with in the taxi since it was already a major response by the police and looking for a baby and we
knew Stella was in a cab at some point the driver's call was the one we were all waiting for I was able to get my
baby back at the police station so T and I went home to our new apartment and called my father who was an experienced
police officer for the Sacramento Police Department and explained what happened Siggy side note my husband's Grandpa was
not only a Sacramento PD officer but one who had worked the Golden State killer case and retired as a captain a real
badass are you guys trying to kill me out here like what the story is like just the Twist and Turn seriously all of
it was very hard to believe and he asked me many questions and for many details after speaking he decided the best thing
for me was to gather my stuff and hop on the next available plane back to the mainland I must say it was very
disappointing as I had high hopes for my time with tea in our new state but ultimately our Island time had run its
course and wasn't meant to be I do not blame you we flew back to Sacramento not Cupertino there was no way I was going
to put myself and my child back into that unhealthy situation my father was very very well connected and was able to
find an apartment for me within a few days he helped us furnish it and I began looking for work we were contacted by
the Honolulu District Attorney's Office letting us know a victim slash witness kokua Services I'm not positive that
sounds right though who could assist me with the resources as I may need as well
as to help me through the criminal justice system in Hawaii they also told me that it might take some time for the
case to go to trial and that Stella had been released on bail with restrictions the [ __ ] she was not allowed to leave
the state for any reason and she had to check in regularly with the probation officer to stay free until trial she
agreed to this it took approximately two years for the case to wind its way through the court system and I was
surprised when I see the call that we had a trial date The Advocate told me they would be
needing me to travel back to Hawaii to be a witness for the prosecution oh man I was excited that I might see some
justice for it have been the scariest harrowing and most traumatizing event in my life it was a warm summer day as I
flew out to Hawaii to attend the trial my mom stayed behind to take care of tea as I had no intention of ever having him
step foot in Hawaii again immediately upon arrival I was called down to the victim witness offices there I met with
both both prosecutors and their staff I was asked to repeat the story of what happened from my purse perspective and
they held me to recall certain parts of their kidnapping my mind was unsteady as
I felt I had mentally blocked out much of the incident it was not something I wanted to talk or think about but I did
my best in recalling the events for about three days we met every day and went over the questions they were going
to ask me it made certain I responded truthfully but with an emphasis on certain things that had happened it was
like going to school the biggest pointer they gave me was to look directly at the
jury when answering and to express any emotions I might be having after recalling the events of that day the
following day was the start of the trial I remember walking into the courtroom and the entire jury box was full of
jurors it was strange seeing Stella sitting at the defense table as I had not seen her a long time
I was placed on the witness stand and my testimony began it soon came to feel like I not the offended the defendant
was on trial it's not how often that happens the defense attorney painted a picture
of me that said I was a bad mom and had let Stella take the baby because I wanted to go out and party meanwhile you
were going to your job he also stressed that I'd willingly given tea to Stella and that the only thing she was guilty
of of was being concerned for the welfare of my child what was the 30 000 in cash about that yeah once it came
time and why was it that when you came to then the police came to the door and asked for the baby they said there was
no baby in the apartment exactly once it came time for the prosecution to question me immediately began crying on
the stand it was super emotional recalling the events one by one and having to explain my thoughts and my
actions at every step I made it clear that in no way had I given my baby to Stella or Stella or anyone and that she
never had permission to leave the apartment at any time with my child I ended up being on the witness stand for
three days I gave honest testimony and told the facts as I remembered them on the third day I was released as a
witness and sent back to my hotel to wait the next step I felt completely spent and cried several more times for
calling the events that I tried to push down for so long I was never allowed in the courtroom While others testified so
I had no idea what about what other other things had been said other than my own testimony on day four
we were told the verdict had been reached Siggy side note I became a Susie sleuth as my mother-in-law calls it and
I ended up finding the basic docket information on the case hell yeah Jerry debated for less than two hours this
spineless bottom feeder was done hell yeah I was asked if I wanted to return to the
courthouse and I declined as I was scared and nervous and just wanted it to be over so I could get back to
California and my baby the verdict came in that afternoon and Stella and her boyfriend were found guilty on all
accounts against them good her boyfriend was convicted of lesser charges because
his involvement had been significantly less than Stella now remember she was out on bail waiting for the trial so her
attorney asked that she'd be allowed to remain on bail until sentencing like she's a literal kidnapper the judge
agreed against the protestation of the prosecution they set a sentencing date for about two months away to allow
Stella to prepare for prison I don't know about that I left Hawaii and flew back home and I continued my life in
Sacramento and was working and going to school tea was two and a half by this time and the only cons and his only
concern was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the story does not end here though I was
contacted by the prosecutor's office about two months after the trial and told that stuff
and told that Stella had jumped bail and was on the run she had somehow managed to get off the island and was on into an
unknown destination the way my stomach is a nulled for you the prosecutor assured me that t and I were safe and
they had hard leads indicating that she'd escaped to England how the [ __ ] did she get to England they had Interpol
and the Scotland yards searching down leads trying to locate her to bring her back to the United States for sentencing
as a bench warrant had been ordered by the judge in the case several more months went by and they continued to
search for her I was not in the loop in any of this and just assumed they would find her and bring her back after a few
more months had passed I called down to the victim Witness Program to inquire inquire about the sentencing status I
really did want to know the outcome of everything it was during this call that I learned from The Advocate that Stella
had been located but when they arrived to arrest her at a location in London she was found dead strangled to death
wow womp I was shocked and felt so many emotions about this I was not given all the details of what happened only that
she had been found dead by someone else it was a sad and scary conclusion to a case that would Eclipse my life for
several years for my recollection I was told that she had intended on selling my
baby she had been found with a passport 30k in cash and plane tickets upon her arrest it was clear this was a
trafficking case and she had no intention of keeping tea but was using him as a pawn to make money that's so
scary I have often wondered if she had done this stent that's what I wondered to any other people to take full
advantage of a young single mom living in a different state than her family with little money and resources and
literally kidnap her baby to try to sell him was the stuff of Television dramas and crime shows I will never forget the
look on my baby boy's face when they turned him back over to me from the hospital he was so scared I remember
that his photo was taken before we left the police station and he was turned into a news story in the Honolulu star
Advertiser oh my God Ziggy side note my mother-in-law says that she remember seeing a front page news story with T's
picture on it however neither of us were able to locate it when we searched online I found the Articles pertaining
to T's kidnapping but most were both were small little Snippets in the crime section of the main Honolulu newspapers
I've attached them to my email and FYI they report that Stella was Drew's roommate which was solely untrue the
[ __ ] they did not interview Drew for the story for reasons unknown to her so some
of the details are reported in an error nice my my true thanks and gratefulness go out to the Honolulu Police Department
for finding tea so quickly and for really pursuing a case against Stella I'm just so thankful they believe me I
also want to thank the honolulu's prosecutor's office for getting the conviction in court and for taking such
good care of me through the process T is now 33 years old happily married with a
toddler son I often think of this experience and cannot fathom my life if he was not found and brought back to me
oh I'm like gonna cry I know it is sad that all too many cases like mine do not conclude with positive results I'm a
very lucky girl and I thank God every day for getting me through this experience going on to live a happy
successful life and for making me a Grammy to the sweetest little boy on the planet ruined me holy hell what a
[ __ ] story holy [ __ ] I am without words it's crazy that we're just like looking at a picture of tea 33
and happy and he's a little boy at the center of this story my I'm like I'm feel tearing up here can you imagine
being his wife there's no way like I ever like I would have never known you we wouldn't have our baby
here oh baby I know like this little baby I know their baby is so perfect oh I just want to Smosh you baby but you
guys are so beautiful together in your mother-in-law is so beautiful and it's just like holy [ __ ]
that is on another level thank you for thank your mother-in-law Drew for writing that down that was
incredibly what an incredibly told story holy [ __ ] and thank you for sharing it
with us and thank goodness T is here and that's awesome and you guys are beautiful and I'm just
my whole body is like on fight or flight mode right now I'm just so stressed out
for your mother-in-law that is one of the craziest tales that we've ever gotten it's so scary that you have to be
worried about that stuff it is and it's sad that you can't trust someone to babysit your child like and it's even
worse than a lot of people because it takes a village absolutely you know and it's really I always feel really
fortunate that I have so many people around me that I trust and that I you know my kids are comfortable with and
that are willing to help and able to help and a lot of people don't have that no especially single mothers oh we think
about it constantly like John and I are constantly like how do people do this without their Village near them
seriously and I should say single fathers too yeah crazy wow thank you for that I feel like we need something
haunted after that yeah bring me a haunted [ __ ] all right thank you thank you for sharing that yeah that was
incredible all right we've got listener tail does a demon come with everyone's College tuition or just mine I'm
obsessed it says hello beautiful spooky listeners my name is Addison yes you can
use my name of course I have to start my listener tail off by saying how amazing
and inspiring y'all are thank you you all have such an amazing bond with each other and never fail to brighten my day
enough with all this mushy stuff though let's go down to the nitty gritty of the
scariest [ __ ] night of my life that I still think about to this day so hang on
to your tits it's going to be a wild ride remix so I'm from Greensville South Carolina
and attended college at the good old University of Southern Carolina I remember pulling up to my assigned dorm
building with my dad's car packed to the brim of an assertive absurd amount of unnecessary dwarf stuff that I plan to
decorate my room with but hey a girl can't have too much Decor am I right no you are right you are absolutely right a
short commute to the um no no on the short commute from Greenville to Columbia I was picturing my dorm to be
super cute and homey but boy I was wrong I stepped one foot into that apartment style dorm and took one look around
thinking to myself that there is no amount of Home Decor in the world to fix this place up I mean the place literally
looked like Satan himself lived in that very dorm was it goth maybe my roommate Elena maybe Alaska came in after me and
we looked at each other as if we were thinking the same thing what the actual [ __ ] my dad of course started to do the
typical dad inspection of the apartment and my mom kept assuring me and Elena that the place wasn't that bad mom be
[ __ ] for real we hugged our parents goodbye and started to make our little hell hole our own and the first few
months there were very little strange things that would occur cabinet doors would be open when we knew we'd left
them shut and the TV would turn on in the middle of the night by itself these little things didn't particularly scare
us because we just thought we were carelessly leaving cabinet doors open or leaving lights on Valen a few months
later we both found ourselves a boyfriend they are now our piece of [ __ ] exes and I digress oh [ __ ] I'm sorry we
both started to basically spend every night with our boyfriends because the apartment was just flat out eerie and
scary to be in I always felt like I was being watched and I had the feeling we weren't alone in that nasty ass storm as
the holidays rolled around everyone started to pack up and head home for Chris Christmas break including our
boyfriends so we had to tough it out and stay a few nights in the hell hole I had
to stay an extra few days because I had a job at a stupid ass pizza place and was scheduled to work for the rest of
the week I made Elena stay with me that whole week because I would rather sleep on a park bench than sleep alone in that
piece of [ __ ] apartment I like that I'm part of this I do too I feel good being
part of this with you I like it a lot she begrudgingly agreed but broke the news to me that she was leaving a day
early [ __ ] her I'm just kidding but still she gave me a hug grabbed her things and walked out the door I wanted
to break down crying but it's only one night alone how bad can it be luckily I had to work a double shift that day so I
wasn't in the apartment most of the day I got back around 10 pm that night and made myself some dinner sat on the couch
to watch my comfort show hell yeah Rick and Morty as I was eating my canned soup dinner
and goldfish that sounds awesome we call it girl dinner I heard what it sounded like a cabinet door opening in the
kitchen the place was old as dirt so literally everything creaked and made noises I've seen way too many horror
films in my life to get up and vestigate so I quickly ran to our room and locked
the door the apartment is set up where me and Elena share a big room with two twin
beds and the bedroom door has a big latch lock that you could not get into without a key that me and Elena tied
around our wrists I got in bed and listened out for any more noises and didn't hear anything so I basically
gaslit myself into thinking that I was being absolutely ridiculous and there was nothing there we've all done that
yeah I turned the lights off and got into bed my bad thoughts went away quickly as I lost as I got lost
scrolling through Instagram which was part of my nightly routine about 30 minutes passed by when I heard the
[ __ ] latch lock on my bedroom door unlock itself oh that's horrible I was frozen in fear and laid in my bed
paralyzed staring at my bedroom door we had blackout curtains in our room so the
room was literally pitch black except the light coming from my phone that barely illuminated the room
the door slowly started to Creak open and I shot under my covers because I wanted to become invisible to whatever
was on the other side of that door I started to cry and even pissed myself a little I'm such a [ __ ] I feel you I
would have done the same thing I knew for a fact that I locked the front door to my apartment and the door to my
bedroom door and the only key to get in was literally still tied around my wrist
all I could hear was heavy breathing and a slow shuffle like someone was dragging
their feet coming into the room oh I literally mustered up or excuse me I finally mustered up the courage to call
out Elena no answer Elena's like it's not me though it wasn't me the breathing and the shuffling got louder and louder
there was absolutely no way in hell that I was going to look at what or who entered my room I could hear things
being thrown around on the floor and I knew that it was the pillows being tossed on the ground from Elena's bed
then I heard the creaking from her bed as if someone was getting in bed to go to sleep what the [ __ ] the breathing
continued and I just sat there and Silent cried I am a religious person so I silently repeated The Lord's Prayer
over and over again until somehow I fell asleep I can't believe you fell asleep just holy [ __ ] there's a literal Damon
and the other room you're just like nighty night I woke up in the morning and looked over at Elena's bed and what
the [ __ ] do I see all of the pillows were on the ground and the comforter looked as if someone had slept on top of
it chills flooded my body because I watched Elena flawlessly make her bed before she left I went to check the
front door which was still locked I called my mom crying and told her what happened and without hesitation she said
Madison we need to bless that apartment and get that thing the [ __ ] out of there
I told her that I was just going to come home for now because I could not spend another minute in that place alone I
called Elena to tell her what happened and she completely believed me and apologized for not staying with me
apology not accepted [ __ ] I don't blame you Elena's like God damn it after we came back from our month break we walked
into the apartment to find all the cabinet and closet doors open even our refrigerator hate that we dropped our
stuff in the doorway and ran out of there I called my mom and I told her that we will not be staying another
night there and my mom said yes you are we are paying good money for you to be there thanks Mom for the guilt trip but
[ __ ] no I love that she's like we're gonna bless that place and then she's like you're gonna stay the [ __ ] in there
we paid your tuition we had a deposit on that place that we won't get back stay with that Damon damn my angel of a mom
drove up to Columbia that day and made me and Elena walked uh walked to the room with her as she walked through the
room with her Shield get out of this house you are not well welcome here and read scriptures from the Bible I'll tell
you what the people on our floor probably thought we were crazy as hell but [ __ ] it my mom took us to lunch and
dropped us back I love that she was like you guys want to get some let's go to Applebee's and dropped us
back off when we walked in the place it felt lighter and not as Eerie thank the lord we didn't have any more activity
since that day but we quickly learned from other students who resided in the building had quickly learned from
students who resided in the building had strange things going on in their rooms too move out day did not come soon
enough but we survived me and Elena continued to be roommates all throughout college and are still sisters to this
day it was beautiful as for the building that [ __ ] got torn down this year as it should thank you so much for
listening to my tail it literally gave me chills to write this five years later as it is still the scariest thing that
has ever happened to me I love you both and I hope you have the best day much love Addison oh Addison Addison that was
terrific I hope you have the best day and thank goodness you were out of that [ __ ] dorm for real because holy hell
no pun intended maybe a little pun intended a lot of the girl a lot of the girl that
was intended wow Addison's that was a lot uh should we do one more all right let's do listen or tell of a haunted
Airbnb told by an East coaster playing the character of a wit of the midwesterner obsessed damn sorry if I'm
like slipping over my words I had like a dental procedure done yesterday and you
know it [ __ ] happens you better get it together sorry uh hey Ash and Elena I Finally Found the courage to write in my
listener tale so I hope it makes it onto the Pod it did as the phrase goes I've attached to double space podifa and some
pictures as well for your enjoyment I look forward to more morbid episodes Yours Truly Chelsea the New Yorker who
ended up in Wisconsin by way of Oregon also I know Massachusetts pretty well and was never a fan of mass holes but
somehow you two make me want to visit more the bklyn Italian in me makes it hard to like Boston though you don't
like Boston because you know what we'll forgive you you have a really cute cat Airbnb host
that was a ghost and you know what that rhymed it does so there we go it says hey Ash and Elena I'm Chelsea you can
use my name because I'm a 37 year old Aquarius with Leo Rising who still thinks they're 27. I love it so I love
me some recognition flips hair I recently discovered morbid in May of 2022 but thankfully my life is
uneventful so I was able to catch up to the present day pretty quickly I first started listening to you when I had a
month off from work so I was painting my home and doing odd jobs around my house
now every time I'm in a certain room or staring at my porch I think I painted that to BTK or the exterior door frames
I painted that to John Wayne Gacy so you're forever stuck in my home in Brighton now I'll never forget painting
my kitchen to Albert Fish and laughing my ass off at the two of you trying to explain why they used to why they what
why they used to use the Boy Scouts and the fact that no matter what there's always an issue with managing paperwork
truly Boy Scouts doing police work who knew cops dropping the ball who knew who knew for the last few months I've been
wanting to write in because I have little moments in my 100 year old Bungalow with my old man ghost who
watches me when I've had too much to drink or with the old polish lady who insists on playing with Ivan my cat
after 2AM I'm obsessed with you I'm obsessed with all of that and Ivan I love that name yeah if you yell at her
that it's bedtime she stops but this one is about my Airbnb experience in Grand Rapids please give us the other ones too
later please do I live in Milwaukee please note I was not born in Wisconsin or Wisconsin I am a New Yorker Brooklyn
bread badass I would just want to clarify I live here because it's cheap also now I understand why you don't like
Boston it makes sense you honestly think the dive this timepiece lesbian would live here at a free will and not
inflation to it most every Halloween weekend I drive over to Michigan for Saugatuck
Douglas adult-only Halloween parade it's a must for your bucket list if you love
The Arts the gays and damn fun weekend I do that sounds amazing I love all of those I always try to get one night in
Grand Rapids since it's a little less than an hour drive from the parade this one weekend I booked an Airbnb instead
of my usual bougie Marriott Suite this house was built in the 1800s so it was freezing even though the heat was on and
it was overall Creek it was overall creaky and creepy but so adorable I got in didn't unpacked threw my food in the
fridge and went out exploring when I came home to cook and unwind I opened the fridge and found my chicken breasts
wrapped in very nice Linens that had chickens embroidered on them like they were hand sewn what I stood there
confused and triple checked my brain that I didn't do that I drank a lot at this time and smoked a lot too I could
have done it but I know I didn't why would I cover my breasts I ignored it made dinner and went to the
living room where I proceeded to pass out however many hours later I woke up freezing so I got up to hit the bedroom
and I passed the bathroom where I noticed all the bathroom products were on the floor like someone went in and
had a hissy fit over the fact that Tresemme was the shampoo provided it was me I knew that I didn't I knew that I
didn't do that so I took note and headed into the bedroom I love that you're just
like I didn't do that in the bedroom my stuff was neatly placed at the foot of the bed and one side of the comforters
was folded down as a way of inviting me into bed what the [ __ ] I also knew I didn't neatly Place anything and the bed
originally did not look like this so now I'm spooked and I creep into bed totally
wigged out of my brain thinking is my Airbnb host a ghost yes and as I'm laying there trying to fall asleep
trying not to wig out I hear pacing in the kitchen as if someone is preparing a meal pots moving someone walking around
the island the fridge opening opening so suffice to say I did not fall asleep I also did not go out and investigate no
[ __ ] that it can't be a mean ghost if they're trying to meal prep right I don't think so my ex-girlfriend joined
me the next day because that's what lesbians do we break up and then take a mini vacay together just to make sure we
know the reasons why we broke up wow if that's not the truth I love you I told her about my exhaustion and experience
but she doesn't believe in that stuff and said I was drunk well guess who heard the meal purping after 2 A.M who's
the drunk now still me at this time the morning of checkout I messaged the host and simply said your place is
haunted to which she simply says hey by the way you're feeling so haunted to which she simply said yes we know and
she's very nice which I simply said yes she felt motherly to me trying to take care of me I rated her five stars she
rated me five stars and I left that's incredible I live in a spooky house but I'm very
cordial with my ghosts they do nice things for me like fix my lights or play with Ivan that's awesome I'm also an
Airbnb host and I've only been told some folks hear footsteps my medium yes I have a medium came to my home and told
me all about the folks who live with me and how they watch me when I renovate bait and paint and they love Ivan
sometimes Ivan and I hear walking around downstairs or we smell cologne but meh it's just the ghosts but that Airbnb
stay was perhaps the creepiest experience I've had I'm sure the tequila did not help the situation it sure does
if you're ever in Milwaukee and need an Airbnb in a classic 1920s Bungalow look me up if you end up going to Saugatuck I
hope that's how you say it I'm gonna think it is for the dope ass Halloween parade make time for Grand Rapids the
old houses are off the charts there Google Heritage Hill and thank you if you ended up reading this on the Pod I
told my homies if you did I would make them listen to it daily for a month straight because again Aquarius Leo
flips hair well homies get ready attaches a picture of Ivan and a picture of the front of my home that Zillow took
clearly during the month of October because I had it all decorated peeped that handmade life-size Michael Myers oh
handmade I gotta see it out of all the things I've accomplished in my life this is in the top three let me see it let me
see it right now let me see this let me see this oh my God look at that holy [ __ ] I did I didn't spot it at first but
then I did damn that's terrifying you should put that in the top three also Ivan is beautiful I love Ivan and I love
it all great you are beautiful you are you are a dime piece lesbian a dime piece lesbian correctly described
yourself I'm obsessed with this entire story Chelsea that was this amazing story also I like the color of your
bathroom good call I just love that your ghosts take care of you and play with your cat I know it's nice that's awesome
I really like that sometimes you're tired and like you love your cat but you don't want to play with them and you
wish somebody else would one I like that your medium came and confirmed that was
just like you know what they like you and they're gonna take care of you and play with your cat yeah I also like like
that you have a medium I know that's fine that I just have I would also love that let's look into that I feel like
that happen let's get a [ __ ] medium Chelsea that was great Chelsea seggy [ __ ] who else did we read from I
don't know if we were supposed to say the first person's name nope okay and Addison yep yep you're all [ __ ]
fantastic he killed it I love it that was a fun one that was a good one we needed those haunting ones to like you
know be this the bread yeah those last two were the fun ones and all of them were not from no the
that yeah crazy whoa well I guess it's time for me to go now so we hope you keep listening keep
sending those listen to tales and we hope that you keep it weird but that's so weird that you live in a haunted
house or you try to steal Somebody's Baby or you haunt a [ __ ] dorm room because that's really terrifying and I
mean I think you should keep it so weird that you're a mountain that looks like a
butt definitely be that weird yay [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] [Music]
[Music] thank you foreign [Music]

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Brief Summary

Listener tales include a near kidnapping, a haunted dorm, and a spooky Airbnb encounter.

Key points

Listener Tales: Butt Mountain. A hilarious tale about a mountain that looks like a butt and a police encounter.
Kidnapping Story. A listener shares a shocking story about her husband's kidnapping as an infant.
The Night of October 10th. A seemingly normal babysitting opportunity turns into a nightmare as the protagonist fears for her child's safety.
The Critical Decision. A phone call in the lobby proves to be a life-saving choice, preventing a potential kidnapping.
The Discovery. Returning to Stella's apartment reveals a shocking scene that sends the protagonist into a panic.
The Arrest. The police manage to apprehend Stella, but the protagonist is left grappling with her emotions.

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