“‘This is your last night, b.’
This was the last of many messages my stalker left that day.”
Warning: This post contains topics of abuse.
Here are 13 timesthe people from Quora received messages they never expected…
1.
“I am a police officers wife.
I do not dwell on what COULD happen to him, but I KNOW.
I began shaking when I listened to it, and frantic fear tears filled my eyes.
The voicemail said, ‘Wife of police officer XXXX, there has been an accident.
Call back immediately.’
An ambulance siren sounded in the background of the voicemail.
I could barely hold my phone; I was trembling.
I asked what had happened.
There was the longest moment of silence I have ever experienced.
You need more protection….more insurance in case something bad really DOES happen.'
This was a sales pitch?!
“Hey guys, it’s Heather.
Her car had been T-boned by a large truck, and she had been killed instantly.”
“‘Hi, Mom.
That was the message my 14-year-old son left on my machine.
His father had overdosed sometime in the night.
My son woke up to him dead in his recliner.
I was 1,000 miles away in Colorado.
I threw some clothes in the truck, and my husband and I took off for Houston.
We drove nonstop all night.
I didn’t know where my son lived because my ex had hidden him from me for 10 years.
His death was the beginning of a new life for my son.
He grew and blossomed in Colorado.
No one missed my abusive, drug-addicted ex.”
“It was my alcoholic 71-year-old younger brother.
Hed wrestled with alcoholism his whole adult life.
My wife and I were pretty much the last friends.
He called one night and asked if I was there on the voicemail.
I didnt pick up because he was obviously drunk, and I didnt feel like dealing with his issues.
Then, in the middle of the night, I got a call from the hospital.
It had rained, and he slipped and fell, hitting his head on the curb.
He laid there for hours before some passer-by called the cops.
By then the swelling had basically strangled his brain.
Would picking up the phone have saved his life?
Maybe, maybe not.
Ill never know, and no one else will either.”
“My ex-boyfriend left one on my phone one time.
He called me a ‘dirty effing whore’ and loads of other insults.
I recognized the background noise and knew where he was.
I walked into the bar in question.
Pressed play on the voicemail, put the phone on speaker, and let the whole room listen.
I didn’t get another voicemail ever.”
“My mother-in-law was in assisted living, and her mind was deteriorating.
After several escape attempts, she was transferred to a nursing home.
Shortly after, COVID hit, and the nursing homes went on lockdown.
There she sat, staring off into oblivion with no awareness of the family that so loved her.
Were back together again.’
That was the last message we ever heard from her, and she died shortly after.”
“‘This is your last night, bitch.’
This was the last of many messages my stalker left that day.
He was obsessed with me and didnt take it well when I ended things.
The police had been to my house many times and knew about the situation.
Thankfully, my kids were with their father that evening.
A brave friend came home with me.
I’m using a construction workers phone, and he needs it back soon.
I need you to pick me up.
I’m a block away from school, and my nose won’t stop bleeding.
kindly, kindly, kindly call this number back…'”
9.
“‘Ray, I cant remember which hotel we booked in Prague.
But I know you have it under control.
What time are you coming to pick me up?’
It was my boss, Andre.
There had been many calls like this over the 15 years we managed events together.
But, this time Andre was close to death after a six-year battle with cancer.
His funeral was six weeks later.
She just called to say hello.
At first, it made me sad and depressed to hear her voice after her death.
In time, it did not make me sad to listen to it.
Instead, it made me feel happy.
A voice has more realness than a picture.
It made me feel like she was still alive.”
‘Hello, this is XYZ funeral home.
Your stepfather has a pre-need contract, so well start on the arrangements.’
No one had even called me to tell me hed passed yet.”
“A man left a message on my voicemail claiming that I had stolen his wife years ago.
He threatened my life in the message.
He said he was coming to kill me.
I waited outside all day.
Nobody ever showed up.”
‘I hate these goddamn machines.
Your fathers dead.’
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Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
