Strictly Stalking

Fiona was stalked for nearly a decade by a man who created a fantasy world about her online. While working at a local restaurant, Fiona served a customer who's constant stare made her uncomfortable. She noticed him frequently pass by the windows of the restaurant to see if she was there. They lived in the same neighborhood and shared some of the same friends, but he started turning up at the neigh...

Zoe Dronfield was almost murdered by her stalker. **WARNING: The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.** After she ended their relationship, her ex started calling hundreds of times a day, threatening suicide, and showing up at her house. Zoe repeatedly reported her stalker and at one point, two male o...

Abby Furness is being stalked by one of her OnlyFans subscribers. On Abby's twenty-first birthday a stranger showed up at her door with a card and champagne, asking for a selfie and a hug. She realized later that he was one of her OnlyFans members and he had purchased her address online. He started showing up to her live dance performances, followed her at the beach, and even boarded a flight to f...

Linda moved over a thousand miles away to escape her stalker. Linda met a charming man at a local restaurant and they began dating shortly after. The first time she invited him to her house, he told he didn't need the address because he already knew it. At first she thought it was sweet that he brought her flowers and gifts at work, but later learned it was his way to keep tabs on her. He became p...

Claire Guentz was stalked by a fellow student while attending college. During the first few weeks of her freshman year, Claire was approached by a guy who told her he had a crush on her. She told him she wasn't interested, but he texted her incessantly, invited her to hangout, and told her he didn't know what he'd do if they weren't together. When she didn't respond, he started waiting outside her...

June was stalked by her former babysitter who used drugs and alcohol to manipulate her. When June was a child her parents hired the daughter of a close family friend to babysit her and her brothers. A few years later June's family moved to the midwest and their babysitter stayed in touch through phone calls and the occasional visit.  After High School June moved back to California for college and...

Lori Morrison is a true crime podcast host who has experienced stalking and is now working as a private investigator to help others. While attending high school Lori received calls from a classmate who was pretending to be another student. They eventually decided to meet, but her classmate didn't show. Weeks later Lori found out the person behind the calls was a student with very violent tendencie...

Norma Buster is a victims rights advocate who turned her own stalking experience into a fight for stalking survivors. While attending college, Norma broke up with her boyfriend of two years. He told her that she was making a mistake, then began sending her cryptic and manipulative messages lying about being physically attacked, and deaths in his family. After she cut off contact with him he told f...

After entering the gaming community, Sarvas was approached by the wife of a friend he met through the game. She immediately began taking an obsessive interest in his life. When Sarvas realized she had a bad temper and dramatic behavior, he messaged her that he no longer wanted contact with her.  Soon after, Sarvas caught her driving by his house at all hours of the night, posting videos of his nei...

Talia was stalked by a violent man experiencing homelessness.   After moving into her Venice Beach apartment, Talia encountered a man living in the alley outside her building who began threatening her.   He blasted loud music from the alleyway, yelling and screaming hateful things at all hours.   Talia armed herself with pepper spray and a taser before getting support from police with an Emergency...

Kelli was stalked by a man she met on a dating app. She matched with a guy and after they connected over social media he asked her out. They hit it off and began hanging out every night. He was nice and respectful at first, but then began checking her phone, and spying on her social media accounts. After Kelli told him she wasn't interested in a relationship he became unstable, telling her he miss...

Heidi was stalked by a man hiding in her attic. After moving into a new apartment, Heidi noticed her underwear gradually started to go missing. Then while walking her dog, her cell phone disappeared from her apartment and her Facebook was hacked. She initially brushed things off...but then received phone calls from a blocked number with the caller heavy breathing into the phone. Finally, she went...

**The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains graphic depictions of sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.** Emily was stalked by her famous ex-girlfriend. At a friend's suggestion, Emily agreed to a blind date with a popular local entertainer who traveled the country.  The relationship escalated quickly and before long, the woman who would become Emily's stalker showed up to Emil...

Bridget Fitzpatrick was stalked by a psychotic neighbor. While working for the Police Department, Bridget helped a man start several neighborhood watches in their shared neighborhood. When this man found out she was recently separated from her husband he started calling her, asked her out, and sent her flowers. Bridget made it clear that she wasn't interested and wanted to keep their relationship...

**The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains topics including suicide. Listener discretion is advised.** Jules was stalked by an ex-boyfriend who had a long history of stalking other women. Jules met an attractive, intelligent, and well traveled man who she was immediately drawn to while online dating.  After a passionate weekend together, he moved in with her. Over the next couple days J...

Lucy is a police officer who was stalked by a fellow police officer - her ex-husband. Lucy began dating a handsome senior law enforcement officer and became engaged only one month into their relationship.   After the two got married, Lucy discovered her then-husband routinely making aggressive calls to her male colleagues to interrogate them about their relationship with her. During their marriage...

**The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains topics including sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.** Una Ring was stalked by a former coworker. Her stalker lured her to his new workplace, where he locked her in a conference room and pinned her arms down, trying to kiss her multiple times. The next day he began texting her and when she didn't reply he told her was going to stop...

James met a woman while nightclubbing with friends in Las Vegas. After a brief weekend together she bombarded him with abusive text messages including threats that she would "get him" and that he should kill himself. He blocked her number and she started targeting his friends, co-workers, and eventually his new girlfriend. When she attempted extortion, the FBI got involved.  James opens up about h...

**The following episode of Strictly Stalking contains topics including sexual abuse of minors. Listener discretion is advised.** Heather was stalked by a predatory coworker. She ignored her coworker's advances when he began leaving her notes asking her out. Soon after, Heather's wallet went missing from her break room locker, her bank account was depleted, and credit cards and loans were being ope...

During an audition, Grace had a brief encounter with an assistant casting director who later approached her about hosting a TV show. Before a deal was in place she insisted on meeting with Grace on a regular basis, but when Grace's manager started to question inconsistencies and the lack of funding for the project the producer got rude and pushy. Grace not only discovered that this person had crea...

After quitting her job and moving to a new town, Skylar began receiving a series of anonymous emails. The e-mails became vulgar and explicit, asking her to hook up and describing the fantasy of breaking into her house and raping her. When Skylar didn't reply the sender made threats claiming they would get what they wanted and take their own pics of her moaning and screaming - but that she "probabl...

When Amber asked her boyfriend for space he accused her of cheating and became manipulative and angry. During the relationship he prevented her from leaving her house, verbally abused her, threw a coffee pot at her, threatened suicide, and even jumped out of her moving car. He was diagnosed with a personality disorder and Amber petitioned for his hospitalization but instead, he called 911 on her c...

Tam was stalked by a man who's been serial stalking and abusing women since he was seventeen. After Tam began dating a guy she met on Tinder, he slowly revealed details of his violent past. He explained they were mistakes of his youth so Tam gave him the benefit of the doubt...until he became violent and their relationship turned toxic. After she left him, he called and texted hundreds of times, t...

**The following episode of Strictly Stalking deals with topics including homicide and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.** While working at a mall bookstore Ena accepted a lunch date with a persistent customer.  After declining his request for a second date he continued to show up at the store, asked for her home address, and brought a camera to snap a photo of her to have while away in the...

Wendy is being cyberstalked by a woman who's made a hobby out of harassing her. While working as a publicist, Wendy took up entertainment blogging and soon started receiving messages from someone she believed to be a fan of her blog. After learning this "fan" had also been stalking the famous friends she wrote about in her blog, Wendy blocked her. That's when the relentless campaign of stalking an...