The Compulsive Storyteller with Gregg LeFevre

Our last episode in our Summer Rewind is a collection of 3 short little stories from the streets of New York that we aired last season. First up, I unwittingly give a family from Kansas a hair raising New York experience they won't soon forget. Next is a short and sweet tale of a bad parking job by a BMW owner and its inevitable result. Finally, a sad tale of tragedy and its midnight memorializati...

This week on our Summer Rewind we dig into the TCS archives to bring you "The Man of the House", which takes us back to my 12th year, when my best friend Larry Jennings and I decide to spend our summer building a tree fort. When the DIY construction gets deemed an eyesore by the neighboring adults, our summer fun ends in disaster and foreshadows much bigger disasters on the horizon. The Compulsive...

This week we start our Summer Rewind where we dig up my favorite episodes from past seasons. For our first installment we’re revisiting "Magna Cum Laude" which takes us back to the University, where I'm engaged in an epic battle with a mean spirited administrator who attempts to both sabotage my future marriage and deny my graduating with honors. It's touch and go as to who prevails. The Compulsiv...

In this week's Episode entitled "Tiffany & Co." I get shown around the storied gentlemen's clubs of Boston. These are the kind of Gentlemen's Clubs that began in London at the height of the British Empire, not the American strip clubs known by the same name. Will my newfound connections move me up in the world or will I blow it all? The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short perso...

This week’s episode is entitled Bad Cop: Tactical Patrol. It is the last of a 4-part series about cops, specifically my altercations with bad cops, corrupt cops and dumb cops over the years. In "Tactical Patrol" I get physically abused by four undercover cops from the NYPD's Tactical Patrol Force, while they take down a seemingly innocent black man. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series o...

This week’s Episode 50 is entitled Bad Cop: Paper Trail. It is the third of a 4-part series about cops, specifically my altercations with bad cops, corrupt cops and dumb cops over the years. In "Paper Trail"  my wife and I are headed for a vacation on Prince Edward Island in Canada when we become the victims of a shakedown by a rural cop preying on out-of-towners. The Compulsive Storyteller P...

This week’s Episode 49 is entitled Bad Cop: Nocturne. It is the second of a 4-part series about cops, specifically my altercations with bad cops, corrupt cops and dumb cops over the years. In "Nocturne", when we are teenagers, my friend and I set up a booth selling DIY spinner art in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Shortly thereafter we get harassed by some local cops looking for a bribe. When we don’t pa...

This week’s episode is the first of a 4-part series about cops, specifically my altercations with bad cops, corrupt cops and dumb cops over the years. Part one is “Yellow Light” where I fight in court with an officer who has falsely accused me of several crimes. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre....

This week's episode of The Compulsive Storyteller is entitled, "The Noose". It's about the man's noose - the necktie! My deep disdain for this article of clothing started at an early age, but teaching in the South Bronx gave me a new perspective. Sometimes a necktie can be more than just a noose. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less wr...

This week's episode, entitled "Escondido", takes place in the 80's in Mexico. Puerto Escondido was just a sleepy little fishing village when my girlfriend and I headed there on vacation. We soon found out the laid back lifestyle hid some dangerous characters, and we quickly got ourselves in way too deep. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less...

This week I'm trying something new with"Four Micro Stories", each about 2 minutes long. One entitled “That’s my Joke”, is about a joke I tell an actor friend that ends up in a feature film he's making. Another called “Albert the Alligator” explains why alligators ended up in the sewers of NYC.  “The Errant Umbrella'' shares the comic tale of a cheap umbrella. The last one, “Tossing the B...

This week's episode takes us back to my university days in Boston, where I go completely off the tracks and decide to steal a Rembrandt. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms. Want even more from The Compulsive Storytel...

This week's episode, entitled "Loose Change" is a short musing on fatherhood, told in a new way - from the eyes of another. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at the @TheCompulsiveStoryteller and visit our website at  thecompulsivestoryteller.com

Tody we present "Red Tail - Part 2," the continuation of the story where I make friends with a new resident of my building, a red-tailed hawk. Like all new relationships, it takes a little time for us to get to know each other, but eventually, a bond develops and we share some joys and sorrows.  The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less wri...

In this week's episode entitled “Red-tail" I make friends with a new resident of my building, a red-tailed hawk. Like all new relationships, it takes a little time for us to get to know each other, but eventually, a bond develops and we share some joys and sorrows. This is part one of a two part story. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less w...

In this week's episode, entitled "DaVinci's Man", I ignore my gut feelings and make a deal with the devil to create a new art installation based on DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man, which leads me down a dark corporate rabbit hole. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at the @TheCompulsiveStoryteller and vi...

This week's episode entitled “Love is a Bitch”, has me stepping outside of my Manhattan art studio,  where I meet a beautiful new friend. Could this turn into something? Possibly, but nothing is more unpredictable than love. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at the @TheCompulsiveStoryteller...

On this week's episode we take a trip to the famous Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. My then wife and I are on our honeymoon, speeding around this perfectly flat smooth salt dessert in our Volkswagen Beetle. What could possibly go wrong? The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at the @TheCompulsive...

In this week's episode, entitled Zen Tracker we head out on a wilderness tracking expedition led by a very weird teacher. After a day in the woods the class is left wondering if this guy is more interested in abusing his students than he is in teaching them. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at...

This week's episode, entitled "Dysfunctional Family Fun" takes us on my highly dysfunctional family’s last weekend camping trip together. On our ill-fated boat trip to an island in Lake George, we encounter almost every mishap and disaster known to man. Some high comedy, others dark tragedy. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, nar...

In this week's episode, entitled Divers and Dealers , I'm spending the summer with my girlfriend at her place in a small lobster fishing village with just as many drug smugglers as lobstermen. What starts out as an idyllic getaway goes south when an ill conceived joke makes me an enemy of the close knit community. Just how much will this one mistake cost me? The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a...

This week's episode, entitled “Old Dog, New Tricks” takes us to Provincetown on Cape Cod. It is the final episode of a trilogy about the life of a well loved dog named Tia. It chronicles her final years and proves that an old dog can learn new tricks. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at the @Th...

In this week’s episode, entitled   Mr LeFevre Sucks, I start a new teaching job in a grade school in the South Bronx. After overcoming some initial distrust, I share many funny moments with my classes. I also learn a good deal about growing up in poverty in a neighborhood forgotten by the City and its services, and the amazing resilience of my 12 year old students. Th...

Our next episode of this new season is entitled Touching the Sky, we find a famous blind Indian writer visiting my studio. He’s never seen a skyscraper and plans to feel the relief work on my collection of bronze depictions of New York City architecture to discover what these tall buildings really look like. The whole experiment is a total failure, but not in the way you might think.  Fa...

We are back for a new season of the Compulsive Storyteller! Pigs are the smartest, most independent and mischievous barnyard animals, and I love asking pig farmers to share their favorite stories. This week's episode features three tales from my Pig Stories collection. FIrst up is a story about the dangers of a pig farmer raising his own pet pig . Next we visit a roadside attraction where a pig tr...