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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Alicia Gabriel: 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: Funny story about finding out highschool boyfriend was gay | coming out, dating |
| Roy Taff: 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: Story about going to Georgetown with his friend who ends up vomiting in the car from drinking too much | cars, drinking, highschool |
| Alex Hewett: 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 cheerleader who has a mother with a mental illness | cheerleaders, mental illness |
| Greg Koren: 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: Weepy weird story about a high school boy who sets up a double date for prom with his future wife | amusement park, high school sweethearts, prom |
| Bill Griffiths: 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: Highschool teacher for a group of hard students (not a great story) | high school, teacher, tough students |
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Brian Weitzner: And Then I Got High | April 22, 2015 | |||
| Brian Wendell Morton: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | |||
| Brianne Latrice | February 20, 2026 | |||
| Bridget Cavaiola: Holidays from Hell | December 7, 2006 | Story about always wanting to play Mary in the Nativity play | Barbie, Cabbage Patch kid, Catholics, Christmas, family, little sister, Nativity | |
| Bridget Cavaiola: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Bridget Cavaiola: Oh, Baltimore | July 19, 2014 | |||
| Bridget Cavaiola: School Daze II | September 11, 2014 | |||
| Bridget Cavaiola: The Stoop Popup at Warby Parker | May 2, 2016 | |||
| Bridget: Fight Club | October 10, 2016 | |||
| Brittany Gardner: Bridging the Gap | March 9, 2022 | finding her voice in the pandemic | ||
| Brittany Roger: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | |||
| Brittney Renettan: Keep Calm and ____! | February 23, 2018 | A girl growing up in a basketball family gets a brain injury and can’t fulfill her dream of playing in college. So she becomes a basketball manager at UMD | athletics, basketball, injury | |
| Brooke Johnson: Culture Shock | April 25, 2011 | |||
| Brooke Savage: Coming Out Stories | September 24, 2015 | |||
| Brooke Thomas: Parenthood | February 4, 2013 | A women who has always known she wanted a big family talks about convincing her husband to keep on having children until their family was complete | children | |
| Brooks Long: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing | January 23, 2020 | story about playing for little to no people | dude with a guitar, not listening, restaurant, volume | |
| Brooks Long: Not Throwing Away My Shot | January 19, 2017 | Baltimore HS senior failing his a science class ends up passing his final with flying colors. | Baltimore, high school, math, testing | |
| Bruce Goldfarb: It’s a Mystery | October 28, 2013 | |||
| Bruce Goldfarb: The Twilight Zone | June 18, 2013 | |||
