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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Long: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing | January 23, 2020 | True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD story about playing for little to no people | dude with a guitar, not listening, restaurant, volume |
| Natasha Tylea: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing | January 23, 2020 | True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD story about being a female audio engineer | bias, caring, field festival, mics, poverty, rain, regrets |
| Aaron Henkin: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing | January 23, 2020 | True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD story about his band Destroyer 666 | mix-ups, punk rock, rock and roll, white power |
| Betsy Hague: Bah, Humbug! | December 8, 2021 | Reframing her husband’s past family trauma now that he had alzheimer’s | |
| Renee Samuels: Bah, Humbug! | December 8, 2021 | Regrets around having a white friend who was an unknowing racist | |
| Roberto Loiederman: Bah, Humbug! | December 8, 2021 | Relationship with young girl lead to him not realizing she was stealing from him | |
| Aaron Heinsman: Bah, Humbug! | December 8, 2021 | Trump making Christmas terrible | |
| Beth Frederick: Bah, Humbug! | December 8, 2021 | Getting a tree from a local school production for her family’s christmas | |
| Tom M: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | Spoken word Australian | |
| Lauren B: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | Went to Smith College, to a crazy party, selected a gentlemen for the evening, got drunk. Had to pee | |
| Davey L: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | Went to Boy Scout festival in England. A girl touched his knee, which allegedly gave him an 8th of an orgasim | |
| Jessica Henkin: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | Doing acid story | |
| Zach Rosen: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | ||
| Sophia Garber: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | ||
| David Ettlin: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | ||
| Evan Woodard: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | ||
| Laura Wexler: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | ||
| Aaron Curtis: Night Life | |||
| Gina: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | ||
| Josh Kohn: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | ||
| Tami Jacobs: Night Life | November 3, 2021 | ||
| Surrinder Ahluwalia: Didn’t See That Coming | October 21, 2021 | Thank you to our season partners: a young Indian man courts his future wife secretly then tricks her parents into letting him marry her | |
| Amelia Miller: Didn’t See That Coming | October 21, 2021 | Thank you to our season partners: a gal sees a guy in the grocery store. connects via Craigs List. jumps for joy…. until she realizes he’s a cheater! | |
| Arianne Rice: Didn’t See That Coming | October 21, 2021 | Thank you to our season partners: a young pastor feels out of her league when she’s called to support a set of grieving parents. | |
| Maneesha Ahluwalia: Didn’t See That Coming | October 21, 2021 | Thank you to our season partners: Volunteers were married, Embryos were adopted, and It all came back full circle, just the way it was meant to be | |
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy R Taff: Witness | February 11, 2021 | story about seeing a ghost | documentary, ghost hunter, paranormal, shadow people, ship | |
| Roy Taff: All Stars | May 16, 2024 | |||
| Roy Taff: Brush with Fame | March 21, 2024 | |||
| Roy Taff: Campfire Tales | June 9, 2008 | |||
| Roy Taff: Cool. Cruel. High School | June 5, 2010 | Story about going to Georgetown with his friend who ends up vomiting in the car from drinking too much | cars, drinking, highschool | |
| Roy Taff: Fright Night | October 20, 2014 | |||
| Roy Taff: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Roy Taff: The Show Must Go On! | May 22, 2017 | Improv at Dark Oddessey | ||
| Roy Taff: The Stoop Die Hard Holiday Show | December 6, 2016 | A Christmas gerbil causes a family affair. | Christmas, family dinners, holidays, pets | |
| Rufus Ellison: Moveable Feast | March 29, 2015 | |||
| Rupert Wond | February 20, 2026 | |||
| Rupert Wondolowski: Under One Roof | April 20, 2006 | Living with his female roommate turned girlfriend in early 80s punk Baltimore | 80s punk, counter culture, roommates, unrequited love | |
| Russ Margolis, MD: It’s Even MORE Complicated | April 16, 2016 | |||
| Russell Wattenburg: My Big Idea | April 9, 2012 | |||
| Ryan Cole: That’s Incredible! | October 20, 2014 | |||
| Ryan Cole: That’s Incredible! | October 20, 2014 | |||
| Ryan Cole: Under the Influence | October 10, 2011 | |||
| Ryan Heller: The One That Got Away | September 14, 2023 | |||
| Ryan K. Shields: The Stoop Popup at Warby Parker | May 2, 2016 | |||
| Ryan Shields: Coming Out Stories | September 24, 2015 | |||
| Ryan Shields: Illin’ | May 12, 2016 | Man jokes about fish bones, karma instantly responds. | bad luck, hospital, independence, karma, nature, Ocean City, splinters | |
| Ryan Shields: School Daze II | September 11, 2014 | |||
| Ryan Shields: Things that Scare Me! | June 24, 2014 | |||
| Ryan T. Shields: 21 Club | January 13, 2016 | A birthday curse is not broken when a man’s family dog runs out in the road and gets hit by a car in the midst of his suprise 21st birthday | birthdays, dogs, surprise party | |
| Ryan T. Shields: Fright Night | October 20, 2016 | |||
