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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 Title	Story Date	Story Description	Story Tags
Susan Filson – Audience Storyteller: Things that Scare Me!	June 24, 2014
Skip Case: Things that Scare Me!	June 24, 2014
Ryan Shields: Things that Scare Me!	June 24, 2014
Mary Klopcic: Things that Scare Me!	June 24, 2014
Jim Karantonis: Things that Scare Me!	June 24, 2014
David Kessler: Things that Scare Me!	June 24, 2014
Dale : Things that Scare Me!	June 24, 2014
Brian W: Things that Scare Me!	June 24, 2014
Virginia Knowlton : Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in
Shodekeh: Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in
Molly O’Donnell : Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in
Michael Ziccardi: Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in Cross country team finds a shark carcass, runs with it over their heads through town and drops it off in the girls’ locker room	pranks
Lionel Foster: Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in
Kevin Van Valkenburg: Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in
Josh Fruhlinger: Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in
Joe Challmes: Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in
Dave Zang: Good Sport	June 11, 2014	Stories about winning, losing, and everything in between Storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in
Rosalie Eck: Hair!	April 24, 2014	a girl tells about her autistic brother’s hair fascination
Patty Archuletta: Hair!	April 24, 2014	a girl shaves her armpits for a job interview
Meg Adams: Hair!	April 24, 2014	being a victim of her older sister’s desire to “play with her hair”
Mark Bilezikjian: Hair!	April 24, 2014	Armenian hair experiences — too standup-y
Lauren Jackson: Hair!	April 24, 2014	a girl inherits a penchant for bad haircuts from her mother.
Krista Ragaini: Hair!	April 24, 2014
Judy Irvine: Hair!	April 24, 2014	when she turned 25, her parents rented a bar for to have a party. 40 people came and there were 2 kegs. she gets very drunk, spent night in hotel,
Joe Awamtong: Hair!	April 24, 2014	A guy with a Cameroon dad and Wisconsin mom dreaded haircuts when he was a kid and refused to get them. Grew a big Afro. Had to cut it to

Story Title	Story Date	Story Keywords
Diane Finlayson: (Re)Creation Stories	June 7, 2007
Diane Finlayson: (Re)Creation Stories	June 7, 2007	Story about her experience with alcohol and drugs	college, drama, drinking, drugs, Minnesota, theater, yoga
Diane Macklin: Cool. Cruel. High School	June 5, 2010	Prank resulted in going home early and finding out her mother was having an affair	high school
Dion: Stories of Strength	October 10, 2019	story about overcoming childhood abuse and trauma	addiction, college, drug addicted, foster, NICU, premie, resisliency, reunification
Dolly Michira: Balancing Act	March 1, 2023
Dominic: Over It	January 10, 2024	Story about an akward hook up/one night stand
Don Palmer: Bah, Humbug!	December 8, 2021	Relationship with young girl lead to him not realizing she was stealing from him
Don Palmer: Culture Shock	April 25, 2011	A man recounts his expereince on a nude beach	beaches, funny, nudity
Don Palmer: Dating Stories	February 19, 2013	A man tells a story about his new york romance that blossomed out of a raunchy business transaction.	arts, love, New York
Don Palmer: Hair!	April 24, 2014	start at :30 I don’t like people touching my hair. But he ends up having sex with a woman who touches his hair.
Don Palmer: Mistaken Identity	July 18, 2024
Don Palmer: The Stoop Says “I do!”	June 9, 2011	Quick tid bit about a man and his expererience with lobe-married on april 1st	love
Don Palmer: The Stoop Seven Deadly Sins Show	February 6, 2012	A man recalls his expereince being the only black boy in his school and how his parents balanced their fight for equality with the comfort of their son	civil rights
Don Pollack: O Little Town of Baltimore	December 20, 2010
Donna DeLorenzo: Campfire Tales	June 9, 2008	Story about holding onto the Ring, the bad luck it may bring, and her brief story of traveling in a hippie van.
Doray Sitko: My Big Idea	April 9, 2012
Doreen Bolger: Holidrama! Part Deux	December 15, 2014
Dori: Stand Up for Mental Wellness	June 13, 2023
Dorian Gray: O Little Town of Baltimore	December 20, 2010
Dorian Gray: War Stories	November 15, 2010
Doug Donovan: 21 Club	January 13, 2016
Doug Donovan: Kitchen Confidential
Doug Donovan: The Stoop Says “I do!”	June 9, 2011	A couple wants to get married in the catholic church but has to take a compatibility test in order to do so	catholic, compatibility, marriage
Doug Hayes: O Little Town of Baltimore	December 20, 2010
Doug Kington: Accidents!	January 23, 2014