Archive

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.

Story TitleStory DateStory DescriptionStory Tags
Steven Farber: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Melody Simmons: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Marshai Allen: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Liz McAlister: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Josh Riley: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Jo Kellum: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Dr. Marc Maurer: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Deray McKesson: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Bobbi MacDonald: Oh, pioneers!
February 9, 2015
Stories about trail-blazers, hell-raisers, and folks at the forefront. Got a story on this theme? Email us at info@stoopstorytelling.com.
Tim Devlin: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Story about playing bingo with his neighbors in a penthouse apt. building
Tavish Forsyth: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Story about his neighbor getting stopped by the cops and saying “you’ll never get me coppers!”
Ryan T. Shields: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Trying to help a woman with a walker out of a pool, he accidently grabs her breast
breasts, crimes, embarassing, Florida, pool, sex offenders, walker
Rebecca Lewis: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Story about being in jail twice before she turned 21, even though she was a debutante. There was a wedding her first day in jail.
not likeable
Michael Sanow: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Older man. Story about living next to Catholic neighbors in Rochester, NY. While he was a newspaper boy he was attacked by their dog, Heidi.
Melissa Ivester: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Meandering story about being a neglected child in a christian house
Matt Manning: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
While living in farmhouse a bat landed on his back while sleeping
Kim Le: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
While living in South Korea, she experienced issues with the trash collection schedule
Kevin Kacin: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
While moving into his new house he gets approached by a thug who needs to be driven to the hospital because he knocked out the biggest drug dealer in CT
J. Gavin Heck: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Cannot figure out what he is saying
Eric Leikus: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Story about living in Upper Fells Point. Neighbor dies and his family leaves all of his belongings on the street. One of the items is a board which was a
collage, Fells Point, lamination, mosaic, porn, pre-internet
DC Buster: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Playing cowboys and Indians as a kid in the neighborhood
Cowboys, guns, Indians, theme music
Dave Reichley: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Rents a house on a family farm. The kids come to him to help birth a cow.
birth, cow, farm, hooves, in over head, rope, rural
Ari Jacobson: Neighbors
January 8, 2015
Join us for an all-audience show about the joys, challenges, and just plain weirdness of living near other people. Alex McSay
Dressed as a red Teletubbie for Halloween college party. Went into an alley to pee. Police car came up to him. Cop made him go into his house to prove
alley, college, cops, Halloween, handcuffs, lease, pee, Teletubbie
Nancy Murray: Holidrama! Part Deux
December 15, 2014
Part Deux
Mark Illuminate: Holidrama! Part Deux
December 15, 2014
Part Deux
Story TitleStory DateStory DescriptionStory Keywords
Darren Goins (RIP): O Little Town of Baltimore December 20, 2010
Darren Goins (RIP): What Makes Your Smile July 1, 2010
Darryl: TransportationBike advocacy
Daryl Clagett: CRUSHES July 23, 2014
Dave Hightoner: Stoop at Loyola March 1, 2017Lighting dry grass on fire with sparklers
Dave Hightower: Catastrophe! November 6, 2019story about breaking down and using AAA strategically with friendsAAA, breakdown, eggs, ex girlfriends, road trip
Dave Hightower: Into the Wild May 30, 2018Story about walking naked with his friends in the woods at nightdark, duck sex, holding hands, naked, night, walking, weed, woods
Dave Manogian: Hair! April 24, 2014Armenian dude with vignettes about hair. Standup-y
Dave Minges: Cool. Cruel. High School June 5, 2010Prank resulted in going home early and finding out her mother was having an affairhigh school
Dave Mingus: O Little Town of Baltimore December 20, 2010
Dave Reichley: My Secret Weapon November 8, 2012
Dave Reichley: Neighbors January 8, 2015Rents a house on a family farm. The kids come to him to help birth a cow.birth, cow, farm, hooves, in over head, rope, rural
Dave Reichley: Office Space November 13, 2014
Dave Wurzel: What I Did for Love February 15, 2007Story about a father’s true love for his daughter.divorce, fathers and daughters, roman numerals, sacrifice
Dave Zang: Good Sport June 11, 2014
Davey L: Night Life November 3, 2021Went to Boy Scout festival in England. A girl touched his knee, which allegedly gave him an 8th of an orgasim
David Alima: Workin’ It May 3, 2018A man gets a job after college in a Kung Fu movie store and kills a rat to please his boss9/11, ice cream, job, killing, Kung Fu, movies, patience, Rat, samari sword
David Chamberlin: Under the Influence October 10, 2011
David Cohen: Lies! March 12, 2015Bad story about how his child lied about changing her contacts
David Cohen: Summer Camp Stories March 10, 2016Went to boyscout camp and didn’t poop for 10 days to avoid the outhouse
David Ettin: My Big Idea April 9, 2012open marriage
David Ettlin December 11, 2025
David Ettlin: Funny AF April 12, 2023
David Ettlin: Guilty November 21, 2013
David Ettlin: Holidays from Hell, Part Deux December 10, 2007funny story, actually. being Jewish during Christma