30 Crazy Next-Door Tales That Make It Impossible To Love Thy Neighbor

Dialing for Drama

An old woman next door took neighborhood watch to another level. She saw a criminal in me and didn’t stop at local complaints. First, it was the FBI receiving her calls in an urgent voice, reporting me for crimes I never committed. But that wasn’t enough.

She also dialed Crimestoppers, convinced I was the subject of their next big case. Sitting in my living room, I could only wonder what grand tale she spun about the quiet person living next door. Her persistence turned my ordinary life into an episode of a crime show, with me cast as the unwitting villain.

Next: Nightly screams and a fire.

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