I was once the victim of a stalker. [View All]

[NightTrain]

Today at another forum, we got into a discussion about stalkers. It led me to recount my experiences with one. Here's what I wrote:

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I had a problem in 1997, with an obsessed radio listener.

It began with numerous phone calls from the guy every week during what was then my two-hour show. Our conversations about the music eventually turned to his asking me questions about my personal life and expecting detailed answers from me. Then he started calling the station 45 minutes before my show started, to see if I had gotten there yet.

He somehow learned both my home phone number (which was unlisted) and what my car looked like. More than once when I got to the station, that guy would be there. Another time, I found a note from him on my windshield. And there were the ubiquitous messages on my home answering machine.

After a couple of months of this crap, I called the cops, who promised to talk to the guy. He never bothered me again.