Episode 89: Reddit's Darkest Confessions
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What is the intro and premise of Episode 89?
A few years back, I was in the middle of what was supposed to be a pretty exciting road trip. I was in the process of moving from San Diego all the way up to Vancouver to live with a friend. So I had packed up just about everything I owned in the back of my pickup truck. and started making the drive north. Now, I wasn't in any type of huge rush, so I planned to make a few stops along the way. Visit some people that I don't normally get to see, and break up the trip instead of trying to knock it all out in one exhausting drive. One of these plans stops was at my ex-girlfriend's place. Despite the fact that we'd broken up, we'd stayed on pretty good terms. She offered to let me crash there for the night, which saved me from paying for a hotel.
And we spent the evening catching up before calling it a night. No funny business if anybody out there's wondering. So the next morning she has class and she left the house before I did. On our way out the door, she reminded me to lock it when I left. It was one of those locks where you can flip it into the locked position while the door is open. Walk outside, pull the door shut behind you, and it stays locked. Simple enough. Well, after she left, I took my sweet time getting ready.
How does the first Reddit confession about a road‑trip gone wrong unfold?
I wasn't exactly racing to get back out on the road. I repacked my overnight bag, grabbed some breakfast that I picked up the day before, and made sure that I hadn't left anything sitting around. Eventually, I head out to my truck. I make my way out the front door. Locking it exactly the way she told me to. I make my way back down towards the end of the cul-de-sac where my truck is parked. I pop open the door, throw my bag in, climb into the driver's seat. And then I reach for my phone to plug it into the charger. Only to realize then that My phone wasn't in my pocket. I start slapping at the sides of my pants, my jacket, looking for that familiar feeling brick shape. But my stomach drops when I realize I don't have my phone on me.
Now my phone is mission critical to this entire trip. It's how I navigated, it's how I listened to music and killed time. It was my itinerary, my reservations, my memory. I needed it to get to Vancouver, and more importantly, I needed it so I could actually get in touch with my friend once I arrived. I didn't have his number memorized. I mean, who even memorizes phone numbers anymore? So my entire plan depended on that phone. I hop back out of the truck, make the walk back down the cul-de-sac, into my ex's front door. I try to jiggle the handle. Block. I check under the mat and a few rocks nearby looking for a spare key. Nothing. I stood there for a minute trying to convince myself that maybe there's a reality where my phone was just in my truck somewhere.
Under a mat or in the console, but I knew that wasn't real. So that's when my brain comes up with this plan that feels like it's pulled from desperation. I was going to have to break into my ex-girlfriend's house. I mean, it was kind of my only option. Her school was thirty minutes away and I wasn't gonna call and ask her to come back just to let me in. So this decision felt logical. I wasn't gonna take anything that wasn't mine, and I wasn't there to hurt anyone. I was just trying to get the phone from the house that I'd slept in a few hours earlier. So I walked around the outside looking for an easy way in. Now, the place was part of a row of nearly identical townhomes, and I didn't realize when I pulled up the night before, but every unit looked nearly the same.
The only windows that seemed remotely accessible were around the back of the building. But even those were part of the second story. I wasn't going to be tall enough to reach them. I looked around for a chair or for something to climb on. Nope. A ladder? That would have been too easy. Momentarily defeated, I find myself looking back down the way at my truck. It added camper shell over the bed, which basically turned the whole thing into one giant step stool. I remember thinking this is a really good idea. Well I was in the middle of executing a really dumb idea.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the intro and premise of Episode 89?
0:17–1:24
2
How does the first Reddit confession about a road‑trip gone wrong unfold?
1:24–8:14
3
What happens when the narrator loses his phone and decides to break into the wrong house?
8:14–13:38
4
How does the accidental burglary reveal the dangers of identical townhomes?
13:38–21:14
5
What are the consequences after the narrator finally retrieves his phone?
21:14–26:12