The Stoop Story Archive contains the true, personal tales shared by thousands of everyday people on our stages since 2006. We’re proud of this amazing collection and invite you to listen, browse by topic or storyteller, check out past shows — and share, share, share.
Archive
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Pojda : War Stories | November 15, 2010 | Stories of skirmishes, battles, victories and defeats Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true personal tales of fights waged, won and lost. Music from “2econd N8ture”. | |
| Paulo Gregory Harris: War Stories | November 15, 2010 | Stories of skirmishes, battles, victories and defeats Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true personal tales of fights waged, won and lost. Music from “2econd N8ture”. | |
| David Schwartz: War Stories | November 15, 2010 | Stories of skirmishes, battles, victories and defeats Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true personal tales of fights waged, won and lost. Music from “2econd N8ture”. | |
| David Ross: War Stories | November 15, 2010 | Stories of skirmishes, battles, victories and defeats Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true personal tales of fights waged, won and lost. Music from “2econd N8ture”. | |
| Netta Gurari: War Stories | February 22, 2010 | Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell how race has colored, shaped, and affected their lives. In partnership with Open Society Institute–Baltimore. | |
| Patchen Mortimer: War Stories | November 15, 2010 | Stories of skirmishes, battles, victories and defeats Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true personal tales of fights waged, won and lost. Music from “2econd N8ture”. | |
| Barbara Wilgus: Haunted | October 18, 2010 | Stories of ghosts, regrets, and things from the past that won’t stay in the past | |
| Congressman Elijah Cummings: Haunted | October 18, 2010 | Stories of ghosts, regrets, and things from the past that won’t stay in the past | |
| Meshelle: Haunted | October 18, 2010 | Stories of ghosts, regrets, and things from the past that won’t stay in the past | |
| Charisse Nichols: Haunted | October 18, 2010 | Stories of ghosts, regrets, and things from the past that won’t stay in the past | |
| Dana Moore: Haunted | October 18, 2010 | Stories of ghosts, regrets, and things from the past that won’t stay in the past Man who makes a career in horror due to having an agoraphobic mother who lost a young child (his brother) to hemophilia. | agoraphobia, hemophilia, horror |
| Diane Coraggio: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Prank resulted in going home early and finding out her mother was having an affair | Athlete, divorce, high school, pranks, sports |
| Patrick Gilbert: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: | |
| Steve Walker: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Friend with cool car that they lit on fire who then locks eyes with a pretty girl and accidently pours the milkshake in his lap | cars, embarrassing moments, milkshakes |
| Jessica Hartman: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Geeky band girls who befriends bad boy who loved her best friend | bad boys, marching band |
| Hope Harris: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Audience story about marrying band director who was 29 years older than her | marching band, marrying teacher, older men |
| Betsy Boyd: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: high school religious camp | camp, Jesus, religion, southern |
| Bradford Pearson: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Prank in highschool to put 2002 in weedkiller and gasoline on their football field, causing an enormous fire | grass, high school, pranks |
| BR McDonald: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: short story about getting a perm to play Curly in high school play | actor, drama club, high school, perm, Three Stooges |
| Amy Sampson: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: avoid the noid story about her mother | Domino's, high school, mother, Noid, sports |
| Richard Meltzer: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Lab school admin who was a bad student | 50s, high school, rebel, youth |
| Heath Harrison: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Bee in soda can | bees, high school, soda, water boy |
| Jennifer Downs: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Bryn Mawr student who invites the Black Panthers to speak at her school | Black Panthers, Bryn Mawr, high school |
| Murph McManus: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Grumpy male teacher who asks Murph to dance while they’re both chaperoning | dancing, teachers |
| Rob Schoeberlein: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | The Stoop Summer Live Radio Show The Stoop radio players and storytellers of all kinds take the stage for three live radio show performances about that most curious of institutions: Geeky guy whose dad’s work friend forced his daughter to be the geek’s prom date | bellbottoms, prom |
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR McDonald: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Bradford Pearson: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | Prank in highschool to put 2002 in weedkiller and gasoline on their football field, causing an enormous fire | grass, high school, pranks | |
| Bradford Pearson: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Brandy Klein: Unmasked | March 10, 2021 | Story about having to say goodbye to her father over Facetime on Christmas Day, as he died of COVID | covid, death, facetime, father, hospital, mask, phone | |
| Brandy Tomhave: Beginnings and Endings | October 7, 2015 | |||
| Brenda Wolf Smith: School Daze I | September 28, 2006 | Grew up in a residencial school in PA for special needs kids. | Downs Syndrome, PA, residencial, special needs | |
| Brendan Greeley: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Brent Halliburton: Money Changes Everything | November 10, 2008 | Story about starting an internet company in college and making a bad deal when selling the company. | ||
| Breon Gilleran : O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Breon Gilleran: Creation Stories | April 19, 2010 | |||
| Bret Jaspers: Rock Bottoms and Tip Tops | April 9, 2013 | While driving in Ohio, he gets pulled over. He’d been smoking a lot of weed so he was was freaking out but he got off | ||
| Brett Felter: See Beyond Disability Narrative | March 15, 2024 | |||
| Brian Balazs: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Brian Flanagan: Scary Stories | October 27, 2006 | Firefighter who has fear getting up to a burning building, before he even gets to the people he has to rescue | burning, fear, fire, heavy suit, highrise, ladder, poverty | |
| Brian Flynn: First Times | May 14, 2013 | |||
| Brian Gilbert: Postcards from the Stoop | June 8, 2012 | |||
| Brian Higginson: Creation Stories | April 19, 2010 | Annually participates in novel writing contest. British. Kind of Ted Talk-ish. | ||
| Brian Higginson: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Brian Joller: The Twilight Zone | June 18, 2013 | |||
| Brian Jolles: Neighbors | September 27, 2024 | Brian Jolles | ||
| Brian Jolles: Real Life Rom-Coms | February 7, 2022 | proposal story | ||
| Brian Ray: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Brian Vaeth: The Stoop Mayoral Show | April 13, 2016 | |||
| Brian Volck: On Purpose | June 20, 2019 | story about being a physician on a native american reservation | dirt road, divide, doctor, Native American, poverty, unite, wedding | |
| Brian W: Things that Scare Me! | June 24, 2014 | |||
Alex Wykowski: Out of Stigma’s Shadow
Story Date: May 21, 2019
story about post partum depression...Read More
