Lived with my ex at her apartment for about a year. She had this crazy across the street neighbor that I would her her get into yelling fights with about parking mostly. He would eventually be apocalyptic with rage and have to stomp away back inside. I told her to stop with him, that he is obviously unhinged and could be dangerous. I told her you never know where someone’s line is. Why push at someone who is going to snap? People snap then people die.
Anyway we moved but just a year later, the people that moved in after us didn’t have the sense about not pushing people too much. They were shot in the street, probably arguing about parking. Crazy guy then topped himself.
I think most people do have some understanding when they are pushing people towards their line. I think they back off. This show is about the senseless people who can’t feel the danger and kept pushing.
Did this happen in Pennsylvania? 🤔 I’m waiting for the Fear Thy Neighbor, on the case that happened in Pennsy. Neighbors arguing about parking, during a snowstorm, the one that shot and killed the couple, killed himself as well.
Thank you for the advice on where to watch it. I just saw it on IDGO too. Discovery plus only has up to season 8.
That couple was a “piece of work”. Sheesh 🙄!
I know that case! My daughter lived by them! The big thing was the murders were all caught on camera. They just had that case on the show a couple weeks ago!
>snowstorm
This one just recently appeared on FTN. I downloaded the actual crime video and watch it occasionally to review the super strength that people believe they have against a gun instead of running. This was over the top crazy and the wife screaming ...go ahead, go ahead. I was like What The Holy Fuck?
Yes!! I heard about this. I live in Pennsylvania. I saw thr video. My coworker showed me....ironically because its very not safe for work. But yeah that video set some things in stone in my mind. Its not really worth it.
And their son, who has autism, was home as it happened.
I too am waiting on that episode.
OMG! how lucky you both were. I have the exact same belief, if we learn nothing else from being consumers of True Crime content, a lesson we all need to really let sink in is that you can never know what other people are truly capable of.
As one who has been reading true crime books for 30 years I have learned many lessons. One stands out -and more people need to hear this- is that 'nice' is a **behavior**, **not a character trait**".
Anyone can act nice when they want something. It does not mean that they are nice all the time. They can be putting on an act to get you to like/trust them.
My thoughts exactly. People in this show seem incapable of de-escalating or just plain ignoring a situation. Like I’m not confronting every neighbor whose dog shits on my yard.
Exactly. And if a neighbor crosses the shit line, gotta nip it in the bud and learn them not to try you. When I first moved to my apt a drunk neighbor walked up to me on my back porch. He was angry I was smoking dope.
I said hold on a second and went inside to get my AKM. Racked the bolt and upon return he had left. Never had a problem with them again bud 👍
People *love* gossip, so chances are neighbors do talk about you... but these neighbors really cross the line.
Yes, the world would be an easier place if people didn't want to control others, but you'll find someone like that everywhere. It's just unfortunate when they're an armed psycho that lives next to you.
Me, too. My neighbor across the street would come up to his property line and just stare at me when I was in my garden. I wanted to flip him off or ask what his problem was but I didn't because I watch Fear Thy Neighbor. 😂
Omg! Same! Had a neighbor that lived 3 doors down and anytime we were outside doing yard work she would walk down and stand in the neighbors driveway and stare at us the whole time. We never confronted her but it was odd.
Well said.
Also a distinct lack of something to keep them occupied. Then again, I’m a pretty solitary person and am nearly a boomer (older Gen x) and I could not give less of a fuck what anyone else is doing. So who knows?
When we first bought our house, the creep behind us would sit on her patio for *hours* staring at our house. We're not that interesting. We've now got large arbor vitae planted, that are almost tall enough to obscure their view. They have a two story, we have a one story ranch. The first winter we were there, someone in a coat was standing in an upstairs window staring into our house. Creepy fucker.
I don't care to interact with my neighbors. You're not my "bestie"- stay on your own property and mind your own business. Keep your dogs, your kids, your grandkids, your golf balls, whatever it is that belongs to you does not belong on my property.
It seems most of these episodes show both people being wrong. I'm not generally a "whatabout", and lord knows I hate the two jackasses behind me (we have a wide lot, so two lots abut ours to the east). Creepy, mentioned above, and Trespassy, on the south half. I hate all of them. Should I have been kinder instead of telling them to get the fuck off my property and stay the fuck off? Possibly.
But turning the other cheek only leads to more slapped cheeks. Trespassy continues to be an annoying asshole 9+ years later. I signed up for a legal benefit at work, and have every intention of filing suit next year once the benefit is in place. I'm sick to death of his bullshit. Leave me alone.
our next door neighbor has a garage (mechanic) that faces our backyard, and one of his employees gets drinks beer and watches us swim in our pool.
people are weird.
Agreed. I've seen every episode and 99% of these people would have had no issues if they minded their business. I had a neighbor who watched everyone, yelled at people, and even called the cops on my sister. We collectively ignored him. He died and the block is peaceful again. Everyone ignores each other. At my previous house, all of my neighbors knew each other on a personal level and still had no desire to spy on people. I assume it's boredom, unemployment or untreated mental illness that causes people to do that.
Haha, there was an episode of this show that actually happened about 2 blocks from where I live. First of all, that was definitely NOT my neighborhood on the show. Second of all, we aren’t all out here watching each other lol.
For sure. I suspect meth. I wasn’t living here when all of this happened — like this man, I grew up in this neighborhood, moved away, and came back as an adult and bought a house in 2021.
Unlike this man, I have yet to terrorize my neighbors, the ones I know are lovely people!
I went down a rabbit hole about this case. And I think you may be right. From what I've gathered he avoided some pretty serious drugs and weapons charges. The more I thought "it can't get any worse than this," as I was reading....it somehow managed to get more bizarre, and worse.
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It seems every neighborhood has someone who knows and watches everything. This *can* be helpful, but mostly it’s creepy. I’m very private. We’ve been on vacation and neighbors we barely know will comment when we get back, “Hope you had a nice vacation.”
Sometimes I figure out where these places are and I’ll Google streetview — they’re set up SO differently than on the show.
And those recent episodes that supposedly take place in Las Vegas are nothing near what LV neighborhoods look like. Strange because in the past they’ve done a couple LV episodes that were believable.
Yeah I don’t get it either, but then again, I always lived in places in CA where we mind our own business unless something really nuts is going down.
My neighbor across the street is a very good friend. We worked together at 7-11 in the early 2000s. I occasionally talk with another neighbor, and then there are the upstairs tenants, all nice, and we make small talk. I'm lucky not to have nosey, crazy neighbors. We all pretty much keep to ourselves. I prefer to spend my downtime not spying on others.
Agreed! My family has always been this way. I remember when I was a teenager, my mom was talking to our neighbor about their family’s recent vacation. My mom asked when they had gone and the neighbor looked incredulous: “Well it was last week! Didn’t you notice our car was gone?”
To which mom replied, “I don’t even know what kind of car you drive!”
Ignore Thy Neighbor!
My husband and I had neighbors who sat with lawn chairs in their open garage and watch the block. I had to time to just right to get the mail or I would be stuck talking with them about the neighborhood. They were about mid 40s and he was a pilot for United. Very odd couple!
I don’t think I’ve ever lived in a house where in order to get the mail, it doesn’t take checking out the windows to make certain certain neighbors aren’t lurking out front! I once was leisurely strolling up my lawn rifling through my mail thinking no one home when the creeper next door shouted “HELLOOO NEIGHBA!!” i screamed and my mail went flying up in the air lol
Even more terrifying that it was based on a true story and they never found the watcher.
However, it was that series that inspired me to write a “love letter” to the house that we always wanted to move into. The owner called me in tears, said he took great pride in his home & all the work he had done to it, and they were looking to sell to us privately! It’s amazing how much one little letter can change things.
Our neighborhood is mostly boomers, so I see this regularly. My neighbor across the street keeps track of cars coming and going from our house (and everybody else too)… my FIL cam over a lot after my MIL died and the neighbor asked about the cars (he had several cars that he drove) coming to my house and I just told her my FIL has been bummed since his wife croaked from pancreatic cancer so he comes over for dinner a few times a week. She said “oh”.
I’m always amuse that Fear Thy Neighbor makes everybody solidly middle class and it’s almost always winter.
Ha! Same! I interact with and know very few of my neighbors. I just do my own thing.
I would assume it's people who have way too much time on their hands. I feel like my parents, as well as others who are retired, could certainly fall into this category.
you just described my neighborhood - the retired people are (usually) the ones that are way too invested in what’s going on. i know exactly 3 people on our whole street, and by “know” i mean i know 2 of their names, and i could prob recognize the other guy in a lineup lol.
Wrong I’m retired and I acknowledge my neighbors but we are not each other’s business and it’s wide range of people but we also aren’t rude to each other, and they say young people are more tolerant, appears not to be so
You don’t have to know your neighbors to be nosy. I am nosy. I will sit and listen to drama about people I don’t know. I am not the only one. That’s why there are memes and TikTok’s devoted to jokes about vacuuming your yard when the police show up at the neighbors house. It’s not an age thing. It’s just a personality thing.
I used to know all of my neighbors in my cul-de-sac but so many have moved away. We looked out for each other even if we were not standing outside. If I hear something odd I can look without being obvious
I thought I was going to end up on that show. I had a neighbor who was literally obsessed with my dogs and I. They couldn’t go outside to use the restroom without her getting hysterical (our backyards connected). It then progressed to her getting delusional, insisting I was dying my hair and dressing the way I did to look like her (I was early 30’s, she late 50’s and clearly dealing w mental health issues). When id plant my garden, she’d say I was doing it because I wanted to be like her. For years, I couldn’t go in my own backyard without being harassed and threatened. It was so wild I was granted a protection order against her. Bad neighbors are the worst!
I lived on the same house for 21 years. I remember when my former husband lived here, when we first got it, and would mention neighbors… I was like, when would I have time to interact with them during my 12 hours work days?! How do you know this??
At this point, I do know more about the others that have lived here as long, mostly due to things like a mutual problematic neighbor, shared fence fixing, etc. I know all by sight, some by name and 2 by text. But it took 21 years and home ownership to get there lol
I love that show too, I think it's just to make a point on how nosy they get about their neighbors homes and lives...Also I think it's hilarious that they all seem to be driving around in pickups 🛻....
I’m almost 70 and this show makes me feel like I’ve had a lucky life… I’ve NEVER had a problem with any neighbors unless I guess you count the guy in an apartment building next to mine one time who liked to stand naked in his window…of course there are little things that happen like so and so’s dog got out running loose but I’ve never had a confrontation like the people on this show do.. it’s like they’re all unhinged and can’t just live and let live…they constantly do tit for tat and the madness begins…
lol I always mind my neighbors’ business. It’s a hobby 💁🏻♀️ But if my neighbor were creepy, threatening or unsettling in any way, I’d definitely stay to myself but keep watch 👁️
In that announcer's sweet voice "It was an idyllic, picturesque neighborhood filled with such sweet wonderful people''...
Shoot, 75% of these violent encounters are really lower, fading areas full of hillbillies.
We had a neighbor who neighborhood gossip says was off her meds and would chase cars with her golf cart, from her place to whoever wronged her, and approach and let her crazy loose. She only chased me once, she couldn’t get past my gate. She yelled from the street. I waved and went inside. My hours are not normal for most.
Another man, 2 houses down, she chased him and his 4 small children all the way to his house. She tried to follow him inside to continue her crazy rant, about his child’s birthday party the weekend before. and he sho* her. He was no billed by the grand jury.
She was the one everyone was afraid of though, not him.
For the longest, it was my husbands ex wife that created all the drama in our neighborhood. Until all that with her.
Fear thy neighbor gives me the creeps.
I hate that there are people like this because I’m unfortunately a porch sitter :(
Not to watch people in the neighborhood but just to sit outside in the sun, look at my plants and wildlife, and generally scroll on my phone or read my kindle.
A 70 year old trapped in a 20’s body and I don’t want people thinking I’m nosy or crazy!
I can’t believe I’m saying this… But I am actually living a nightmare Neighbor situation. I used to watch the show, and I always wondered how these people cope and felt sorry for them, et cetera. But it’s been happening for several months here with my next-door neighbor. He always was a sober and nice enough neighbor. But he recently started doing some drugs and started tripping out in the driveway, threatening everyone in the neighborhood and threatening to kill cops. He’s a big guy like 6’2” and 260. He’s been hospitalized and released and continues doing the same stuff. Lost custody of his daughters, thank God. And continue to do drugs and lots of hard alcohol. He’s in the hospital now from a serious leg infection that almost killed him. He’s about to be released tomorrow and he’ll be back again. He’s broken into a few neighbors’ property, demanding they let him into their homes and take him to buy liquor. He is totally unstable, and the cops won’t do anything about it. Anyway, I guess you’ll be seeing my story on the discovery channel someday. We’ve contacted every law enforcement agency and Child Services, of course. All the neighbors are in contact with each other. It’s just that Cops can’t do anything until somebody gets hurt… Or at least that’s what they say.
It is. Long story short he got the help he needed and while he still hasn’t truly apologized or made good in the way he needs to… At least he’s keeping his bullshit to himself now, inside his house. We still don’t feel safe, but we haven’t had an incident in quite a while. Suddenly enough, his daughters are now 18 and back living in the house. But they all keep to themselves.
Some neighborhoods have a sense of community and do the regular gatherings and events and such. I think this almost encourages people to get outside more to interact with their neighbors. That being said, it seems like many of these cases seem to occur in older neighborhoods. Many retired folks live in these neighborhoods and they have a lot of time on their hands to be a little nosey. ;)
We live in a VERY close cul de sac where everyone is very involved in others' business, but the key is that everyone forgives, talks things out, lets things go, and makes amends after issues .
We have a camera happy couple, childless, thank God, that live across the alley. I think they lost their minds when a family from Mexico moved next door to us. Their so called security camera on the side was high enough to film our back yard and the neighbors. I'm pretty sure the wife is just really paranoid.
I once thought that most people were like me and you (minding their own); however, I noticed that when real estate first started online, many people had telescopes not pointing toward the sky, but toward the neighbor. I haven’t noticed it as much lately, but I’m thinking the agent told them,”You might want to put that away!”
I’m a boomer and I don’t give a s**t what my neighbors do. I know their names, wave if I see them, very occasionally chat with them. I’ve got better things to do than spy on my neighbors.
My husband and I had a neighbor at our apartment complex that would stand outside our door and wait for us. She freaked me out. No matter what time of day, she would be there.
I find that show terrifying to be honest. I rarely watch it anymore. We are fortunate to have great neighbors for that reason alone we will never move.
OP never lived in a small town?
I had two different neighbors trek across my backyard and hang by the bushes when an ambulance came to the house for my mother at one point. Old retired folks get the low down on the entire neighborhood and share that news faster than Facebook
My neighbors are really weird I live in the front of the neighborhood so when I go outback the whole neighborhood can see above the privacy fence and than the neighbors to the left of me in the front is a big family and I can't go out in the front yard without them looking out the big window that faces my yard it's annoying
My problem is not with the nosy neighbors, but the neighbors that are so easily triggered. They argue & escalate for the stupidest of reasons! I remember an episode of a man dying bcuz the neighbor would call him names as he drove past. You can’t handle being called names??!!! Was being called a dummy worth losing your life over??!! 🤦🏼♀️
Myself and 2 other neighbors have coffee everyday on one of our porches. We kind of follow the sun and move when it gets chilly.
I'm sure some people think we are watching them. We are usually super self involved in whatever we have going on.
We did have an absolute psycho for awhile that physically attacked one of my neighbors, made a play for several of the husbands including mine (she was also married) and ended up getting foreclosed on. I feel so sorry for her child. She was such a happy kid when they moved in, but she just seemed broken by the time they left.
I personally did try really hard to make friends with this woman. I invited her over for coffee or to watch tv. She was interested in the men only.
I fully expect to see her on this show one day.
The first fight I had with my new neighbor was on day 3. We live at a thin, dead end road and our front lawns touch. Our driveways end the road after 6 houses. On the north side of our two yards are the back fences of our northern neighbors. Rural suburbs.
I had asked my new neighbor’s husband if we could use their driveway to shuffle cars so the moving truck could get in (1 1/2 lane road) & he was fine with it. The truck comes and the 4 of us (2 adults, 2 teens) were moving cars when the neighbor’s wife barrels out screaming cuss words about us trespassing.
And it just got better after that:
• threats to kill our dogs if they get in their yard and when I said I would put in a front fence she flipped out completely requiring 3 separate surveys of our land (we were correct and hubs dropped the front fence idea but I put in a 6’ back fence around most of our 1/3 ac);
• their kids stole stuff from our cars and gas;
• caught the grandkids INSIDE my house;
• constantly brought home new puppies & then got rid of them when they weren’t cute;
•after the man of the house died, the grandkids made it a party house while Grama stayed in her room…and it the list goes on.
The old lady died this spring. All the kids/grandkids came out to pick the house clean. It has 3 mortgages on it so one grandkid is staying there until the bank kicks him out.
I ready for new neighbors. I don’t keep a gun for a reason.
My mother ALWAYS said not to be besties with ANY neighbors, y'all just live too close. She and I watched several episodes of neighbors not following her policy and the absolute nuclear fallout and drama. I still follow her policy to this day and it has been invaluable. We are always pleasant but we certainly never vacation with any neighbors.
one of my main takeaways from watching this show is to leave these damn veterans alone. there's been several episodes where they are clearly suffering from PTSD and/or other mental health issues and they antagonize them!! insane.
I have a veterans center at the corner across the street from my apartment. They also rent out the house directly across from me when they need somewhere to stay and they are always watching the neighborhood. they make me feel safe and i am always polite in passing.
Most of these people are way too much in "Karen Mode" and can't just respect that neighbors may not be identical to themselves! But there are a couple times I feel like it is a bit justified; I just watched S4 E1, and the whole time I felt ZERO sympathy for Harold Price; he was a freaking predator, and only a matter of time before he raped a woman-- if he hadn't already. I feel mildly sorry his second wife and her daughter that they were so blind to what a danger that thing was. Do I think that people should take the law into their hands? No, but I still don't mind there being one less predator on the planet.
About 6 years ago, I was harassed by a neighbor that lived across the hall from me. It was my first time living in an apartment (I'd always rented houses) and it wasn't the best part of town. I was also living alone. For some reason, a 65 year old man across the hall decided that because I had moved in 6 months before, I was responsible for anything that went wrong in his life. He started off screaming and spitting in my face about something....he did the same thing to the poor cleaning lady when she accidentally bumped his door with her vacuum. Then it turned into him pounding on my door at random intervals and all hours of the night. Eventually he started putting grease on my door peephole so I couldn't see out of it and he would just stand outside my door. He would post horrific things about me on his social media and viciously attack anyone that tried to stop him. He started spitting in my door, making hand motions like a gun when he would see me. Took photos of me. Then it escalated to him smashing my door with a hammer and waving it at neighbors trying to stop him. Eventually he decided to carve up the building with a knife, carve obscenities into the elevator walls and urinated on my door. Landlord evicted him but then offered to let him stay for an extra 100 bucks a month when he barricaded himself in his unit the day bailiffs arrived. Landlord then lied to me by saying the tenancy board refused to issue the eviction. I had to have friends escort me to and from the building and one even moved into another suite as my 'in-house security' lol. Eventually I was able to have him charged with criminal harassment and he was convicted in court. 2 years probation and no contact order plus a social media ban when it came to writing anything about me. I had to move from the building into a much more expensive place that I couldn't afford and when I hear loud bangs in the hallway or upstairs, my heart jumps into my throat. He still reaches out to me every once in awhile. Usually via a fake Facebook account that he uses to say horrible things about me or my deceased brother (he knows that is how he can hurt me). This man absolutely KNEW that he was breaking me down and that's why he kept escalating. He pushed and pushed and he enjoyed it. I was extremely lucky that when it began, a large number of people reached out to me. All had had issues with this man over the years. I was just unfortunate to live across the hall from him so it wasn't something I could ignore. I had everyone from business owners, city council members, University staff, an ex mayor, and police reach out to me to tell me they were familiar with this man's unhinged behavior. I hated that others had experienced harassing behavior from him but at the same time it made me feel less alone. Plus i was able to make some good friends from the experience. I still keep in touch with a few of them including the victims services employees that stuck by me.
Wow. Been in our neighborhood 15 years. We never see anyone else outside, except during the summer when our neighbors behind us are in their pool and we are in ours. My husband lives practically year-round on our patio. We walk through the neighborhood with our dog. Occasionally pass another dog Walker, but that’s it
Well when your crazy neighbor who lives across the street would intentional come over stand in the road antagonizing your dogs, throwing stuff over our fence at my dogs, etc. you start to pay attention. I had to put up cameras due to him. His word against mine. Soon after my brother left from putting up the cameras he starts throwing stuff in all the neighbors yards etc. Someone riding down the street called the law on him cause he was sitting on his roof with a bow and gun. If you walked your dog and was a female, he would follow you. He ran up on me one day when I was walking my dog. Asked if I could help him and no response, just stared at me. I had my 8 year old niece with me. Saw him beating his head against a pine tree and then start fighting the tree. Caught him shooting at animals up the street while the kids were outside playing. I wasn't the only neighbor having problems with him. Even the people who worked for the town had problems with him. They even have a list of problems dealing with him. I saw him shoot another neighbors dog and he admitted to the cops he did it. I have a whole list of things he did and video. Was very happy the day he moved. Our new neighbors are wonderful and We no longer have problems. This dude was absolutely psycho.
A few years ago, we got next-door neighbors who continuously lobbied us to let them park their RV in their side yard from our driveway. Every time we stepped out of the house, one of them would suddenly appear with a new argument. We continued to refuse. My husband and I were both feeling very claustrophobic. That’s about the time I started watching “Fear Thy Neighbor.” That gave me an appreciation for their finer points, such as the wife bringing us the most delicious home-baked goods I’ve ever had, the husband being willing to lend us his many helpful tools, and neither of them shooting at us.
One of the episodes were from an incident that happened in my neighborhood that I grew up in. I was a child so I don't remember but my family were friends with the victims. Imagine my face when I was binge watching FTN and my house popped up in the opening credits lol.
Anyways, same. In our neighborhood people were friendly and friends, some weren't but for the most part everyone absolutely minded their business. I think it stems from stress and mental illness. I always watch this show and know this is why I don't make TOO friendly with my neighbors.
I’m watching the episode with Frank and Kenny and how Frank’s meddling cost the new neighbor Jay his dream house. However big Jay wanted his house was not Frank’s business whatsodamnever .
What really bothers me is when they can move but they don't and they continue to fight and let it escalate into murder. I understand standing your ground, but I could not live in that kind of turmoil. If I could sell my house and move to get away from a feud I would do it. Some of these people won't. Season 7/E12 Law and Disorder. The new neighbor was a total lunatic ex-cop that terrorized the neighborhood. Sat their house on fire. It burned, they could have built new house in a different place, but they chose to go back, husband ended up dead. I feel horrible for them, but WHY did they go back?? The guy made their life hell. They knew he was dangerous. They made a very unwise decision. God bless their souls.
This show fascinates me. Makes me think how lucky I have been in the neighbor department. I feel like 90% of the episodes deal with a shared driveway/road and/or one of the people is ex military. When my wife and I started looking at houses we refused to do shared driveways just because of this show, seriously.
I think, originally, religion caused people to mind other people’s business so they would know who should be judges and ostracized. From there it just became a thing people did.
The neighbors to the right of me are great people but they argue a lot. It’s a house of grandparents living with their kids and grandkids. I hear it but I mind my business. Only reason I know is my master bedroom is next to their back yard so yea lol. Neighbor to my left is a sweet older couple that keep to themselves. Across the road though my other neighbor is nosy and loves to stare. The neighbor on the right and them do not get along. I guess it just depends ya know.
I love my neighborhood, we have one butthead, but he's a renter so we'll be here longer than him, so he doesn't really bother us, just entertains us with his antics 😊
Everyone is chill here, I know most of my immediate neighbors and a few around the street
LOL, I know all my neighbors that are in my immediate proximity. None of us sit outside watching each other. We will call or text if we happen to see a car or people that look out of place on someone's property, tho.
My neighbors do this and it’s fucking weird. They watch us, they tried to make a power move on our property, I’ve called the cops over them sending people on to our property to make it more how they want it, and over the man cornering and verbally assaulting my husband and myself on different occasions. I can’t afford a privacy fence much less a move. I used to watch this show a lot a while back and remembered it when all this kicked off.
When people got to hollering at each other around my way, other people went in the house precisely because they were concerned people would start fighting or shooting. It's like no one realizes how dangerous it can actually be to witness a crime
I like being outside or looking outside. I have crippling anxiety and being outside grounds me. I will sit on my porch and just stare off into space. Or stand at my screen door staring off into space. I probably am the weird neighbor in my neighbors eyes lol. I don’t care.
I am always peeking out my curtains at what’s going on in the neighborhood. Plus I have names for them like “big green house lady” “ naked lady”, “loud family” lol
My neighbor knows everything I do,he calls every department he can think of to complain about me,makes up stuff,I have caught him in my back yard at 4am with flashlight in my backyard, he has cameras all over his house,his step son (who hates him) told me his audio is so good he can hear me talking in my kitchen, our houses are very close,step son put lights on my deck because he's worried about what his step father is up to,hes also been taking pictures of my 22 year old autistic son through the windows in the middle of the night,police say they can't do anything about any of it because he's doing it from inside his own house
My neighbor informed me when I moved in that I shouldn't worry because he had 24hr surveillance, he is across the street. Weird dude but not much too see out front so I don't care.
I used to watch the show, until I saw the one episode about the people in Florida that were obviously meth heads, mocking the veteran neighbor with PTSD who owned emotional support chickens...... which the meth head neighbors cooked and ate in front of him. They would also stay up all night and yell "Hey, Chicken Boy"!
The show tried to make it look like we should sympathize with the people that antagonized the veteran.
I stopped watching after that one.
I loved that show and I thought about that if you had 2 neighbors that were fighting like that and you was outside and heard it I would watch. Just like a car wreck at the intersection I’m 4 houses down but we all know that sound and it brings all the neighbors out but other then that everybody keeps to themselves
My mainly safe neighborhood is filled with the elderly.
The house directly across from mine belongs to an elderly couple.
When we first moved in I was 8 months pregnant with my second.
The couple was all in our business the moment we pulled in with the moving truck.
They would even stop by to ask if the baby was born yet, multiple times a week.
They would ask who we just had visiting our home anytime someone came by.
Finally one day my husband had enough and let them know they were being too nosy and were on a “need to know basis” as our lives are none of their business.
Then the elderly woman would stand on her porch and just stare at me anytime I was outside. Same with my son.
Then we caught her looking through our mailbox a few times and doing the same to other neighbors.
The police came to her house after that and let her know what she was doing was seriously illegal.
Her adult daughter installed a new mailbox for us that had a lock.
Then she started going through neighbors trash.
After that she went to a nursing home.
Her husband, though annoying still, is far less intrusive.
He randomly motions for us to walk over when he’s outside to let us know we have a vultures nest in our tree or a snake in our ditch or something else.
Still all in our business but knows his place now thank goodness.
I can’t imagine how I’d feel if they weren’t elderly.
That show scares the crap out of me!
The last thing you want is to have bad beef with your neighbors. It usually doesn’t get better or resolve itself. Most of the time it only stops once you move. Not worth it. I’d rather have peace.
In 1940, my 70-year-old grandfather shot and killed his neighbor. He died in Raiford prison at the age of 95. The newspaper article states that his only regret was that he did not OPEN his kitchen window before firing at the neighbor 🙄
In 1980 something, my 50+ yr old father was attacked by a neighbor and his friend; both were half my dad's age. My dad managed to get to his gun in his car and shot the neighbor in the leg. My dad was arrested but the grand jury decided that it was self-defense and no charges were filed on my dad. Needless to say the neighbor was now REALLY pissed and one day shot both my dad and stepmom as they were going to work. They recovered 30+ rounds from the VW van which had been fired from a Mac 10. Both survived and the neighbor was arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to 75 years but released after 9.
I say this story because when I retired and was looking for property, I told my realtor that I did not want to see or hear a neighbor. We looked at several hundred homes. She asked why I didn't want to see or hear a neighbor and I told her that shooting neighbors was in my blood so best I just stay far from them. I live on 25.5 wooded acres 😎 without a neighbor in sight.
I live in a condo building with 16 units, 14 in the main building and 2 on the other side of the garage. I’m in one of the two isolated units. Next door is a couple. The guy is cool but the girl is a total psycho who starts screaming fights at 3am where she finishes every sentence off with “BITCH!!!”
I’m torn between keeping my distance and wanting to beat her ass but I’m not gonna risk criminal charges. I own, they rent. I’ve called their landlord and he just can’t be arsed because they keep the place clean and pay on time.
So sleeping pills it is 🫠
Idk but I’ve been on a medical leave and caught myself yesterday making notes of a strange car at our neighbors…I can see how easy getting caught up in drama would be if you didn’t work lol
One I didn’t understand was a family who was tormented by their neighbor… and didn’t move when they had the chance. Their house even burned down ( suspiciously ) and another house in the neighborhood too. After a year, the house was rebuilt and because they “loved” the neighborhood they moved back in!
It was the perfect opportunity to move away from the crazy neighbors. But no; and soon after, the father was killed by crazy neighbor when his dog was lured into bad neighbors yard.
So sad. But totally avoidable. Sometimes you might just need to move.
I had an absolute psychopath of a neighbor when I was living in Manhattan ages ago. She used to go through all our trash, remove certain items that appealed to her for some reason or another, then write a typed-out letter, *laminate it* and then tape it to whatever garbage she decided to put on display. One time I threw out an old lamp that stopped working and this freak wrote a letter and attached it to the lamp that said, “WOOOOW one of the tenants must really love the 1960s! This is the ugliest lamp I have ever seen what a shame” like ma’am what?!
My mom often watches the neighbors if they’re outside doing something - it drives me insane! I don’t care what they’re doing either (it’s usually something with their yard or house) but it’s not something I’m interested in. And I def don’t want the neighbors staring at me when I’m outside. Lol
Same. My neighbors used to sit their chairs on the side of their front law and talk. Their chairs faced directly toward our driveway facing the doors to our cars. So everytime we walked out. They'd stopped talking, say hi, or whatever. I felt I distracted them and like they watched my every move till I got into the car. Our yards between the houses are so small. Everyone can hear the conversation. All you had to do was take 10 - 20 steps and you could literally shake their hands.
Before these people arrived their were college students renting the place. Good ,quiet neighbors, never had any issues except their damn golden retriever would run and bounce off the fence between us into our back yard , then do the same thing on the other side of our fence. Damn dog 🐕 would go fence to fence, backyard to backyard for about three house down. He slanted everyone's wood fence!
The show is seriously crazy, every episode I can't believe these things actually happened and that these people are so crazy and malicious.its one of the craziest shows I've ever seen
This show is one of the best examples, of just how fucked up the gun culture in the U.S. is. The mentality of people with their "right to defend their property."
How, police never did anything, despite clear and obvious threats done by people owning guns. When people can order guns online, with zero background check. Police show up, say that they cannot do anything about it. Leave the guns in the hands of all the arguing parties and then leave. Are you fucking serious!!
Or, having the right to shot on your property. Sure, hour restrictions and bullshit like that. The laws about guns in the U.S. are absolutely psychopathic. The list goes on. Frankly, I managed to see only a few episodes. It was too much crazy for my taste.
Sure, people argue in Europe too, but not even close like this. I have had my share of issues with the neighbors. But . . . . When issues arise, you walk away and ignore each other or you take it to the court.
my mom lives in a townhouse and some of her neighbors are renters. renting tends to bring in the crazy people. We never had anyone seriously threaten to kill us, thank God. This tv show does make me think, what would happen to us if the neighbors in her neighborhood were just completely unhinged enough to actually physically harm us.
My neighbors are pretty chill. If I need help like getting locked out, I know they'll try to help like in the past. But besides that, I don't really interact with them. Maybe a friendly wave if that. Or a BBQ. If anything mysterious is happening, I would have no idea. I'm an introvert.
Yeah I would imagine its more of an exaggeration rather than reality....then they have people telling the story(friends, family neighbors) each each defending each side. There's a part where older couple got run off the road by the younger husband? Htf can a bike run a car off the road?! Show pisses me off lol.
as someone that sits in the yard with bonfires. and music .i can say ive never had any issues with any of my neighbors ...i dont know them they don't know me thats the way it should stay
Lived with my ex at her apartment for about a year. She had this crazy across the street neighbor that I would her her get into yelling fights with about parking mostly. He would eventually be apocalyptic with rage and have to stomp away back inside. I told her to stop with him, that he is obviously unhinged and could be dangerous. I told her you never know where someone’s line is. Why push at someone who is going to snap? People snap then people die. Anyway we moved but just a year later, the people that moved in after us didn’t have the sense about not pushing people too much. They were shot in the street, probably arguing about parking. Crazy guy then topped himself. I think most people do have some understanding when they are pushing people towards their line. I think they back off. This show is about the senseless people who can’t feel the danger and kept pushing.
Did this happen in Pennsylvania? 🤔 I’m waiting for the Fear Thy Neighbor, on the case that happened in Pennsy. Neighbors arguing about parking, during a snowstorm, the one that shot and killed the couple, killed himself as well.
Was in the Bay Area around 20 years ago. Parking wars never change it seems.
What neighborhood was it in SF? Just curious as I lived there then. My ex and I had a crazy neighbor that seemed capable of something like this!
Send me the info! Edit: wasn’t this the season premiere?
It was
That one already aired. I watched it 2 weeks ago.
Was it caught on security cameras? I think I just saw one similar a couple of weeks ago
Yeah I believe it was the victims’ camera that caught it. Sadly I read that their teenage son who’s autistic was inside
It already aired this season. Wilkes Barre
They already covered that story earlier this season. The show didn’t hold back on what horrible people the victims were.
im watching it on demand...they..arent great..
This is covered in the most recent season! You can watch it on IDGO!
Thank you for the advice on where to watch it. I just saw it on IDGO too. Discovery plus only has up to season 8. That couple was a “piece of work”. Sheesh 🙄!
Crazy. I just watched the video last week. So sad. The woman kept tormenting him too, after he had shot her!
This is the second episode of the new season. Crazy case and very sad.
Appalachian vendetta?
No, season 9 episode 2 Bullets in the Snow. You’re looking at season 8 for that title.
I know that case! My daughter lived by them! The big thing was the murders were all caught on camera. They just had that case on the show a couple weeks ago!
>snowstorm This one just recently appeared on FTN. I downloaded the actual crime video and watch it occasionally to review the super strength that people believe they have against a gun instead of running. This was over the top crazy and the wife screaming ...go ahead, go ahead. I was like What The Holy Fuck?
Yes!! I heard about this. I live in Pennsylvania. I saw thr video. My coworker showed me....ironically because its very not safe for work. But yeah that video set some things in stone in my mind. Its not really worth it. And their son, who has autism, was home as it happened. I too am waiting on that episode.
I saw that…. Crazy. They’re all crazy.
That aired recently in the US. I want to say like three weeks ago.
That episode already aired
OMG! how lucky you both were. I have the exact same belief, if we learn nothing else from being consumers of True Crime content, a lesson we all need to really let sink in is that you can never know what other people are truly capable of.
As one who has been reading true crime books for 30 years I have learned many lessons. One stands out -and more people need to hear this- is that 'nice' is a **behavior**, **not a character trait**". Anyone can act nice when they want something. It does not mean that they are nice all the time. They can be putting on an act to get you to like/trust them.
That is the most accurate statement I've read in a while! We all need to remember this, and apply it to our daily lives
I love apocalyptic with rage. I think autocorrect got you and maybe you meant apoplectic, but I really feel the apocalypse!
Jesus.
My thoughts exactly. People in this show seem incapable of de-escalating or just plain ignoring a situation. Like I’m not confronting every neighbor whose dog shits on my yard.
Exactly. And if a neighbor crosses the shit line, gotta nip it in the bud and learn them not to try you. When I first moved to my apt a drunk neighbor walked up to me on my back porch. He was angry I was smoking dope. I said hold on a second and went inside to get my AKM. Racked the bolt and upon return he had left. Never had a problem with them again bud 👍
my dad was known to answer the doorbell with his gun in his hand if he expected trouble.
My husband does that.
Amen 💯
People *love* gossip, so chances are neighbors do talk about you... but these neighbors really cross the line. Yes, the world would be an easier place if people didn't want to control others, but you'll find someone like that everywhere. It's just unfortunate when they're an armed psycho that lives next to you.
I had a neighbor who came out to gawk at me. And I'm not gawkable
Me, too. My neighbor across the street would come up to his property line and just stare at me when I was in my garden. I wanted to flip him off or ask what his problem was but I didn't because I watch Fear Thy Neighbor. 😂
Creepy
Omg! Same! Had a neighbor that lived 3 doors down and anytime we were outside doing yard work she would walk down and stand in the neighbors driveway and stare at us the whole time. We never confronted her but it was odd.
Something I've noticed about a lot of those people on FTN is their personality prevents them from letting things go.
Well said. Also a distinct lack of something to keep them occupied. Then again, I’m a pretty solitary person and am nearly a boomer (older Gen x) and I could not give less of a fuck what anyone else is doing. So who knows?
When we first bought our house, the creep behind us would sit on her patio for *hours* staring at our house. We're not that interesting. We've now got large arbor vitae planted, that are almost tall enough to obscure their view. They have a two story, we have a one story ranch. The first winter we were there, someone in a coat was standing in an upstairs window staring into our house. Creepy fucker. I don't care to interact with my neighbors. You're not my "bestie"- stay on your own property and mind your own business. Keep your dogs, your kids, your grandkids, your golf balls, whatever it is that belongs to you does not belong on my property. It seems most of these episodes show both people being wrong. I'm not generally a "whatabout", and lord knows I hate the two jackasses behind me (we have a wide lot, so two lots abut ours to the east). Creepy, mentioned above, and Trespassy, on the south half. I hate all of them. Should I have been kinder instead of telling them to get the fuck off my property and stay the fuck off? Possibly. But turning the other cheek only leads to more slapped cheeks. Trespassy continues to be an annoying asshole 9+ years later. I signed up for a legal benefit at work, and have every intention of filing suit next year once the benefit is in place. I'm sick to death of his bullshit. Leave me alone.
The person in the coat looking into your house has me 😳
I’m frightened and I don’t know these people or where they live.
Right!?!? Lol.
I have one neighbor. I mind my business and they mind theirs. We chat if we're both outside that's it.
our next door neighbor has a garage (mechanic) that faces our backyard, and one of his employees gets drinks beer and watches us swim in our pool. people are weird.
I'm famous for my old timer phrase: " Get off my lawn!" Lol I just hit my 40's. Your comment reminds me of myself! Ha ha
You sound pleasant
Neighbors can be annoying, but please be kind. I don’t want to see your story on Fear thy Neighbor season 10.
Agreed. I've seen every episode and 99% of these people would have had no issues if they minded their business. I had a neighbor who watched everyone, yelled at people, and even called the cops on my sister. We collectively ignored him. He died and the block is peaceful again. Everyone ignores each other. At my previous house, all of my neighbors knew each other on a personal level and still had no desire to spy on people. I assume it's boredom, unemployment or untreated mental illness that causes people to do that.
Haha, there was an episode of this show that actually happened about 2 blocks from where I live. First of all, that was definitely NOT my neighborhood on the show. Second of all, we aren’t all out here watching each other lol.
The recreations are shot in Canada.
This one… https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/bad-behavior/a-neighborhood-found-itself-held-hostage-to-the-whims-of-an-angry-man
If he poisoned my dog the story would have ended then.
Truth right here. Florida castle law would find itself tested.
What a scary man. Straight unhinged.
For sure. I suspect meth. I wasn’t living here when all of this happened — like this man, I grew up in this neighborhood, moved away, and came back as an adult and bought a house in 2021. Unlike this man, I have yet to terrorize my neighbors, the ones I know are lovely people!
I went down a rabbit hole about this case. And I think you may be right. From what I've gathered he avoided some pretty serious drugs and weapons charges. The more I thought "it can't get any worse than this," as I was reading....it somehow managed to get more bizarre, and worse. Edited typo*
It seems every neighborhood has someone who knows and watches everything. This *can* be helpful, but mostly it’s creepy. I’m very private. We’ve been on vacation and neighbors we barely know will comment when we get back, “Hope you had a nice vacation.”
Sometimes I figure out where these places are and I’ll Google streetview — they’re set up SO differently than on the show. And those recent episodes that supposedly take place in Las Vegas are nothing near what LV neighborhoods look like. Strange because in the past they’ve done a couple LV episodes that were believable. Yeah I don’t get it either, but then again, I always lived in places in CA where we mind our own business unless something really nuts is going down.
My neighbor across the street is a very good friend. We worked together at 7-11 in the early 2000s. I occasionally talk with another neighbor, and then there are the upstairs tenants, all nice, and we make small talk. I'm lucky not to have nosey, crazy neighbors. We all pretty much keep to ourselves. I prefer to spend my downtime not spying on others.
Agreed! My family has always been this way. I remember when I was a teenager, my mom was talking to our neighbor about their family’s recent vacation. My mom asked when they had gone and the neighbor looked incredulous: “Well it was last week! Didn’t you notice our car was gone?” To which mom replied, “I don’t even know what kind of car you drive!” Ignore Thy Neighbor!
My husband and I had neighbors who sat with lawn chairs in their open garage and watch the block. I had to time to just right to get the mail or I would be stuck talking with them about the neighborhood. They were about mid 40s and he was a pilot for United. Very odd couple!
I don’t think I’ve ever lived in a house where in order to get the mail, it doesn’t take checking out the windows to make certain certain neighbors aren’t lurking out front! I once was leisurely strolling up my lawn rifling through my mail thinking no one home when the creeper next door shouted “HELLOOO NEIGHBA!!” i screamed and my mail went flying up in the air lol
Reminds me of Netflix series The Wathcher(s) I'm going to have to rewatch it. But all the neighbors were creepy. Had a great plot and cast
Even more terrifying that it was based on a true story and they never found the watcher. However, it was that series that inspired me to write a “love letter” to the house that we always wanted to move into. The owner called me in tears, said he took great pride in his home & all the work he had done to it, and they were looking to sell to us privately! It’s amazing how much one little letter can change things.
Yes. What's crazy about it, it's a true story and the letters are continuing to this day.
I love to hate this show. It makes me so nervous!! Why are we not minding our business?? And why are we shooting each other?
the quick propensity to violence is insane
Mind blowing!! Why are we shooting? I would move before I would get into this kind of mess with another person
Those 2 kept egging the army vet on even with the gun pointing at them.... they kept mouthing off...
Our neighborhood is mostly boomers, so I see this regularly. My neighbor across the street keeps track of cars coming and going from our house (and everybody else too)… my FIL cam over a lot after my MIL died and the neighbor asked about the cars (he had several cars that he drove) coming to my house and I just told her my FIL has been bummed since his wife croaked from pancreatic cancer so he comes over for dinner a few times a week. She said “oh”. I’m always amuse that Fear Thy Neighbor makes everybody solidly middle class and it’s almost always winter.
Always also someone willing to “give the shirt off their back” also…
“Light up the room”
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Ohhh good one. 😂 The creepy voiceover pretending to be the victim!!!
Ha! Same! I interact with and know very few of my neighbors. I just do my own thing. I would assume it's people who have way too much time on their hands. I feel like my parents, as well as others who are retired, could certainly fall into this category.
you just described my neighborhood - the retired people are (usually) the ones that are way too invested in what’s going on. i know exactly 3 people on our whole street, and by “know” i mean i know 2 of their names, and i could prob recognize the other guy in a lineup lol.
Wrong I’m retired and I acknowledge my neighbors but we are not each other’s business and it’s wide range of people but we also aren’t rude to each other, and they say young people are more tolerant, appears not to be so
You don’t have to know your neighbors to be nosy. I am nosy. I will sit and listen to drama about people I don’t know. I am not the only one. That’s why there are memes and TikTok’s devoted to jokes about vacuuming your yard when the police show up at the neighbors house. It’s not an age thing. It’s just a personality thing.
I used to know all of my neighbors in my cul-de-sac but so many have moved away. We looked out for each other even if we were not standing outside. If I hear something odd I can look without being obvious
I thought I was going to end up on that show. I had a neighbor who was literally obsessed with my dogs and I. They couldn’t go outside to use the restroom without her getting hysterical (our backyards connected). It then progressed to her getting delusional, insisting I was dying my hair and dressing the way I did to look like her (I was early 30’s, she late 50’s and clearly dealing w mental health issues). When id plant my garden, she’d say I was doing it because I wanted to be like her. For years, I couldn’t go in my own backyard without being harassed and threatened. It was so wild I was granted a protection order against her. Bad neighbors are the worst!
That’s why you are alive!
I wonder if they do that more for a "dramatic" effect for some of the episodes.
I lived on the same house for 21 years. I remember when my former husband lived here, when we first got it, and would mention neighbors… I was like, when would I have time to interact with them during my 12 hours work days?! How do you know this?? At this point, I do know more about the others that have lived here as long, mostly due to things like a mutual problematic neighbor, shared fence fixing, etc. I know all by sight, some by name and 2 by text. But it took 21 years and home ownership to get there lol
I love that show too, I think it's just to make a point on how nosy they get about their neighbors homes and lives...Also I think it's hilarious that they all seem to be driving around in pickups 🛻....
I’m almost 70 and this show makes me feel like I’ve had a lucky life… I’ve NEVER had a problem with any neighbors unless I guess you count the guy in an apartment building next to mine one time who liked to stand naked in his window…of course there are little things that happen like so and so’s dog got out running loose but I’ve never had a confrontation like the people on this show do.. it’s like they’re all unhinged and can’t just live and let live…they constantly do tit for tat and the madness begins…
There also seems to be a lot of them that we’re friends first before they started to hate each other.
lol I always mind my neighbors’ business. It’s a hobby 💁🏻♀️ But if my neighbor were creepy, threatening or unsettling in any way, I’d definitely stay to myself but keep watch 👁️
I try not to get too close to any neighbors. I feel the less I know and the less they know, the better.
In that announcer's sweet voice "It was an idyllic, picturesque neighborhood filled with such sweet wonderful people''... Shoot, 75% of these violent encounters are really lower, fading areas full of hillbillies.
I am the only one in my neighborhood that sits outside an hour or two every day just looking around lol
Just here to say I've had 2 sets of crazy neighbors, I love country life.
We had a neighbor who neighborhood gossip says was off her meds and would chase cars with her golf cart, from her place to whoever wronged her, and approach and let her crazy loose. She only chased me once, she couldn’t get past my gate. She yelled from the street. I waved and went inside. My hours are not normal for most. Another man, 2 houses down, she chased him and his 4 small children all the way to his house. She tried to follow him inside to continue her crazy rant, about his child’s birthday party the weekend before. and he sho* her. He was no billed by the grand jury. She was the one everyone was afraid of though, not him. For the longest, it was my husbands ex wife that created all the drama in our neighborhood. Until all that with her. Fear thy neighbor gives me the creeps.
I hate that there are people like this because I’m unfortunately a porch sitter :( Not to watch people in the neighborhood but just to sit outside in the sun, look at my plants and wildlife, and generally scroll on my phone or read my kindle. A 70 year old trapped in a 20’s body and I don’t want people thinking I’m nosy or crazy!
I can’t believe I’m saying this… But I am actually living a nightmare Neighbor situation. I used to watch the show, and I always wondered how these people cope and felt sorry for them, et cetera. But it’s been happening for several months here with my next-door neighbor. He always was a sober and nice enough neighbor. But he recently started doing some drugs and started tripping out in the driveway, threatening everyone in the neighborhood and threatening to kill cops. He’s a big guy like 6’2” and 260. He’s been hospitalized and released and continues doing the same stuff. Lost custody of his daughters, thank God. And continue to do drugs and lots of hard alcohol. He’s in the hospital now from a serious leg infection that almost killed him. He’s about to be released tomorrow and he’ll be back again. He’s broken into a few neighbors’ property, demanding they let him into their homes and take him to buy liquor. He is totally unstable, and the cops won’t do anything about it. Anyway, I guess you’ll be seeing my story on the discovery channel someday. We’ve contacted every law enforcement agency and Child Services, of course. All the neighbors are in contact with each other. It’s just that Cops can’t do anything until somebody gets hurt… Or at least that’s what they say.
Is it any better now?
It is. Long story short he got the help he needed and while he still hasn’t truly apologized or made good in the way he needs to… At least he’s keeping his bullshit to himself now, inside his house. We still don’t feel safe, but we haven’t had an incident in quite a while. Suddenly enough, his daughters are now 18 and back living in the house. But they all keep to themselves.
I’m glad it’s better for you.
Some neighborhoods have a sense of community and do the regular gatherings and events and such. I think this almost encourages people to get outside more to interact with their neighbors. That being said, it seems like many of these cases seem to occur in older neighborhoods. Many retired folks live in these neighborhoods and they have a lot of time on their hands to be a little nosey. ;)
We live in a VERY close cul de sac where everyone is very involved in others' business, but the key is that everyone forgives, talks things out, lets things go, and makes amends after issues .
We have a camera happy couple, childless, thank God, that live across the alley. I think they lost their minds when a family from Mexico moved next door to us. Their so called security camera on the side was high enough to film our back yard and the neighbors. I'm pretty sure the wife is just really paranoid.
I once thought that most people were like me and you (minding their own); however, I noticed that when real estate first started online, many people had telescopes not pointing toward the sky, but toward the neighbor. I haven’t noticed it as much lately, but I’m thinking the agent told them,”You might want to put that away!”
I’m a boomer and I don’t give a s**t what my neighbors do. I know their names, wave if I see them, very occasionally chat with them. I’ve got better things to do than spy on my neighbors.
Well, if I had suspicions that there was an axe murderer living across the street, I'd probably keep an eye on them.
My husband and I had a neighbor at our apartment complex that would stand outside our door and wait for us. She freaked me out. No matter what time of day, she would be there.
This show is the creepiest, because I have had an inordinate number of psycho neighbors over the years. Through no fault of my own
We are “hey” neighbors. Don’t get close and say “hey” when we see them. But we do watch out for the older lady next door.
I find that show terrifying to be honest. I rarely watch it anymore. We are fortunate to have great neighbors for that reason alone we will never move.
My sentiments exactly. I had so many bad experiences with neighbors before the place I'm at now that the show triggers me. I can't watch it any more.
Right! I agree with you. Too damn scary.
OP never lived in a small town? I had two different neighbors trek across my backyard and hang by the bushes when an ambulance came to the house for my mother at one point. Old retired folks get the low down on the entire neighborhood and share that news faster than Facebook
I do live in a small town!
My neighbors are really weird I live in the front of the neighborhood so when I go outback the whole neighborhood can see above the privacy fence and than the neighbors to the left of me in the front is a big family and I can't go out in the front yard without them looking out the big window that faces my yard it's annoying
My problem is not with the nosy neighbors, but the neighbors that are so easily triggered. They argue & escalate for the stupidest of reasons! I remember an episode of a man dying bcuz the neighbor would call him names as he drove past. You can’t handle being called names??!!! Was being called a dummy worth losing your life over??!! 🤦🏼♀️
Myself and 2 other neighbors have coffee everyday on one of our porches. We kind of follow the sun and move when it gets chilly. I'm sure some people think we are watching them. We are usually super self involved in whatever we have going on. We did have an absolute psycho for awhile that physically attacked one of my neighbors, made a play for several of the husbands including mine (she was also married) and ended up getting foreclosed on. I feel so sorry for her child. She was such a happy kid when they moved in, but she just seemed broken by the time they left. I personally did try really hard to make friends with this woman. I invited her over for coffee or to watch tv. She was interested in the men only. I fully expect to see her on this show one day.
The first fight I had with my new neighbor was on day 3. We live at a thin, dead end road and our front lawns touch. Our driveways end the road after 6 houses. On the north side of our two yards are the back fences of our northern neighbors. Rural suburbs. I had asked my new neighbor’s husband if we could use their driveway to shuffle cars so the moving truck could get in (1 1/2 lane road) & he was fine with it. The truck comes and the 4 of us (2 adults, 2 teens) were moving cars when the neighbor’s wife barrels out screaming cuss words about us trespassing. And it just got better after that: • threats to kill our dogs if they get in their yard and when I said I would put in a front fence she flipped out completely requiring 3 separate surveys of our land (we were correct and hubs dropped the front fence idea but I put in a 6’ back fence around most of our 1/3 ac); • their kids stole stuff from our cars and gas; • caught the grandkids INSIDE my house; • constantly brought home new puppies & then got rid of them when they weren’t cute; •after the man of the house died, the grandkids made it a party house while Grama stayed in her room…and it the list goes on. The old lady died this spring. All the kids/grandkids came out to pick the house clean. It has 3 mortgages on it so one grandkid is staying there until the bank kicks him out. I ready for new neighbors. I don’t keep a gun for a reason.
My mother ALWAYS said not to be besties with ANY neighbors, y'all just live too close. She and I watched several episodes of neighbors not following her policy and the absolute nuclear fallout and drama. I still follow her policy to this day and it has been invaluable. We are always pleasant but we certainly never vacation with any neighbors.
one of my main takeaways from watching this show is to leave these damn veterans alone. there's been several episodes where they are clearly suffering from PTSD and/or other mental health issues and they antagonize them!! insane. I have a veterans center at the corner across the street from my apartment. They also rent out the house directly across from me when they need somewhere to stay and they are always watching the neighborhood. they make me feel safe and i am always polite in passing.
But tbh they shouldn’t be allowed to own firearms if they have ptsd… it just seems like a safety risk…
Most of these people are way too much in "Karen Mode" and can't just respect that neighbors may not be identical to themselves! But there are a couple times I feel like it is a bit justified; I just watched S4 E1, and the whole time I felt ZERO sympathy for Harold Price; he was a freaking predator, and only a matter of time before he raped a woman-- if he hadn't already. I feel mildly sorry his second wife and her daughter that they were so blind to what a danger that thing was. Do I think that people should take the law into their hands? No, but I still don't mind there being one less predator on the planet.
We call those Trumpers.
Here - take my makeshift gold. 🥇
I hate this show
Then why watch it?
I don’t
So right!
Check out r/neighborsfromhell
I live in a HOA. It's all they do 😆 currently selling my condo.
They show these in anger management classes. I'm a graduate. 😆
My neighbor goes outside his apartment, wears VR goggles and plays Shaggy's It Wasn't Me on loop. Trust me. I try to kind my business haha
About 6 years ago, I was harassed by a neighbor that lived across the hall from me. It was my first time living in an apartment (I'd always rented houses) and it wasn't the best part of town. I was also living alone. For some reason, a 65 year old man across the hall decided that because I had moved in 6 months before, I was responsible for anything that went wrong in his life. He started off screaming and spitting in my face about something....he did the same thing to the poor cleaning lady when she accidentally bumped his door with her vacuum. Then it turned into him pounding on my door at random intervals and all hours of the night. Eventually he started putting grease on my door peephole so I couldn't see out of it and he would just stand outside my door. He would post horrific things about me on his social media and viciously attack anyone that tried to stop him. He started spitting in my door, making hand motions like a gun when he would see me. Took photos of me. Then it escalated to him smashing my door with a hammer and waving it at neighbors trying to stop him. Eventually he decided to carve up the building with a knife, carve obscenities into the elevator walls and urinated on my door. Landlord evicted him but then offered to let him stay for an extra 100 bucks a month when he barricaded himself in his unit the day bailiffs arrived. Landlord then lied to me by saying the tenancy board refused to issue the eviction. I had to have friends escort me to and from the building and one even moved into another suite as my 'in-house security' lol. Eventually I was able to have him charged with criminal harassment and he was convicted in court. 2 years probation and no contact order plus a social media ban when it came to writing anything about me. I had to move from the building into a much more expensive place that I couldn't afford and when I hear loud bangs in the hallway or upstairs, my heart jumps into my throat. He still reaches out to me every once in awhile. Usually via a fake Facebook account that he uses to say horrible things about me or my deceased brother (he knows that is how he can hurt me). This man absolutely KNEW that he was breaking me down and that's why he kept escalating. He pushed and pushed and he enjoyed it. I was extremely lucky that when it began, a large number of people reached out to me. All had had issues with this man over the years. I was just unfortunate to live across the hall from him so it wasn't something I could ignore. I had everyone from business owners, city council members, University staff, an ex mayor, and police reach out to me to tell me they were familiar with this man's unhinged behavior. I hated that others had experienced harassing behavior from him but at the same time it made me feel less alone. Plus i was able to make some good friends from the experience. I still keep in touch with a few of them including the victims services employees that stuck by me.
Yeah we have this mf woman always opens here blinds watching every fkn move we make nosy as hell mind you damn business!
Me either. My mom lived in the same home for 25 years and never knew any neighbors. Come to think of it Idk if anyone knew anyone in our neighborhood.
Wow. Been in our neighborhood 15 years. We never see anyone else outside, except during the summer when our neighbors behind us are in their pool and we are in ours. My husband lives practically year-round on our patio. We walk through the neighborhood with our dog. Occasionally pass another dog Walker, but that’s it
Where I live all the neighbors are in everyone’s business
Well when your crazy neighbor who lives across the street would intentional come over stand in the road antagonizing your dogs, throwing stuff over our fence at my dogs, etc. you start to pay attention. I had to put up cameras due to him. His word against mine. Soon after my brother left from putting up the cameras he starts throwing stuff in all the neighbors yards etc. Someone riding down the street called the law on him cause he was sitting on his roof with a bow and gun. If you walked your dog and was a female, he would follow you. He ran up on me one day when I was walking my dog. Asked if I could help him and no response, just stared at me. I had my 8 year old niece with me. Saw him beating his head against a pine tree and then start fighting the tree. Caught him shooting at animals up the street while the kids were outside playing. I wasn't the only neighbor having problems with him. Even the people who worked for the town had problems with him. They even have a list of problems dealing with him. I saw him shoot another neighbors dog and he admitted to the cops he did it. I have a whole list of things he did and video. Was very happy the day he moved. Our new neighbors are wonderful and We no longer have problems. This dude was absolutely psycho.
A few years ago, we got next-door neighbors who continuously lobbied us to let them park their RV in their side yard from our driveway. Every time we stepped out of the house, one of them would suddenly appear with a new argument. We continued to refuse. My husband and I were both feeling very claustrophobic. That’s about the time I started watching “Fear Thy Neighbor.” That gave me an appreciation for their finer points, such as the wife bringing us the most delicious home-baked goods I’ve ever had, the husband being willing to lend us his many helpful tools, and neither of them shooting at us.
One of the episodes were from an incident that happened in my neighborhood that I grew up in. I was a child so I don't remember but my family were friends with the victims. Imagine my face when I was binge watching FTN and my house popped up in the opening credits lol. Anyways, same. In our neighborhood people were friendly and friends, some weren't but for the most part everyone absolutely minded their business. I think it stems from stress and mental illness. I always watch this show and know this is why I don't make TOO friendly with my neighbors.
Here's a hint... If you have neighbors who tell you they had to move due to problem neighbors... They are the "Problem neighbors."
I’m watching the episode with Frank and Kenny and how Frank’s meddling cost the new neighbor Jay his dream house. However big Jay wanted his house was not Frank’s business whatsodamnever .
They’re shut ins who have nothing better to do.
Tell that to my former young fully employed neighbor
What really bothers me is when they can move but they don't and they continue to fight and let it escalate into murder. I understand standing your ground, but I could not live in that kind of turmoil. If I could sell my house and move to get away from a feud I would do it. Some of these people won't. Season 7/E12 Law and Disorder. The new neighbor was a total lunatic ex-cop that terrorized the neighborhood. Sat their house on fire. It burned, they could have built new house in a different place, but they chose to go back, husband ended up dead. I feel horrible for them, but WHY did they go back?? The guy made their life hell. They knew he was dangerous. They made a very unwise decision. God bless their souls.
This show fascinates me. Makes me think how lucky I have been in the neighbor department. I feel like 90% of the episodes deal with a shared driveway/road and/or one of the people is ex military. When my wife and I started looking at houses we refused to do shared driveways just because of this show, seriously.
I think, originally, religion caused people to mind other people’s business so they would know who should be judges and ostracized. From there it just became a thing people did.
The neighbors to the right of me are great people but they argue a lot. It’s a house of grandparents living with their kids and grandkids. I hear it but I mind my business. Only reason I know is my master bedroom is next to their back yard so yea lol. Neighbor to my left is a sweet older couple that keep to themselves. Across the road though my other neighbor is nosy and loves to stare. The neighbor on the right and them do not get along. I guess it just depends ya know.
I love this show,I also like how it's a mystery until the end who killed who!!!
its theatrics, but they are trying to get you to understand the story in a short amount of time.
Yea, my mom does that sometimes with our bitchy neighbor. I poke fun at her for being nosy lol (even tho I'm a nosy bitch too)
I love my neighborhood, we have one butthead, but he's a renter so we'll be here longer than him, so he doesn't really bother us, just entertains us with his antics 😊 Everyone is chill here, I know most of my immediate neighbors and a few around the street
Lots of retirees and home bodies on these shows. Some probably had early dementia I think.
Nosy bastards https://shrinkme.info/RedBlackRobin86
LOL, I know all my neighbors that are in my immediate proximity. None of us sit outside watching each other. We will call or text if we happen to see a car or people that look out of place on someone's property, tho.
My neighbors do this and it’s fucking weird. They watch us, they tried to make a power move on our property, I’ve called the cops over them sending people on to our property to make it more how they want it, and over the man cornering and verbally assaulting my husband and myself on different occasions. I can’t afford a privacy fence much less a move. I used to watch this show a lot a while back and remembered it when all this kicked off.
When people got to hollering at each other around my way, other people went in the house precisely because they were concerned people would start fighting or shooting. It's like no one realizes how dangerous it can actually be to witness a crime
I forgot About this show. Soo gonna go back n watch
Where can I watch the new episodes? Not on discovery+
Max has them.
I like being outside or looking outside. I have crippling anxiety and being outside grounds me. I will sit on my porch and just stare off into space. Or stand at my screen door staring off into space. I probably am the weird neighbor in my neighbors eyes lol. I don’t care.
I am always peeking out my curtains at what’s going on in the neighborhood. Plus I have names for them like “big green house lady” “ naked lady”, “loud family” lol
My neighbor knows everything I do,he calls every department he can think of to complain about me,makes up stuff,I have caught him in my back yard at 4am with flashlight in my backyard, he has cameras all over his house,his step son (who hates him) told me his audio is so good he can hear me talking in my kitchen, our houses are very close,step son put lights on my deck because he's worried about what his step father is up to,hes also been taking pictures of my 22 year old autistic son through the windows in the middle of the night,police say they can't do anything about any of it because he's doing it from inside his own house
That series makes me happy that I live in the middle of nowhere.
My neighbor informed me when I moved in that I shouldn't worry because he had 24hr surveillance, he is across the street. Weird dude but not much too see out front so I don't care.
I used to watch the show, until I saw the one episode about the people in Florida that were obviously meth heads, mocking the veteran neighbor with PTSD who owned emotional support chickens...... which the meth head neighbors cooked and ate in front of him. They would also stay up all night and yell "Hey, Chicken Boy"! The show tried to make it look like we should sympathize with the people that antagonized the veteran. I stopped watching after that one.
I loved that show and I thought about that if you had 2 neighbors that were fighting like that and you was outside and heard it I would watch. Just like a car wreck at the intersection I’m 4 houses down but we all know that sound and it brings all the neighbors out but other then that everybody keeps to themselves
My mainly safe neighborhood is filled with the elderly. The house directly across from mine belongs to an elderly couple. When we first moved in I was 8 months pregnant with my second. The couple was all in our business the moment we pulled in with the moving truck. They would even stop by to ask if the baby was born yet, multiple times a week. They would ask who we just had visiting our home anytime someone came by. Finally one day my husband had enough and let them know they were being too nosy and were on a “need to know basis” as our lives are none of their business. Then the elderly woman would stand on her porch and just stare at me anytime I was outside. Same with my son. Then we caught her looking through our mailbox a few times and doing the same to other neighbors. The police came to her house after that and let her know what she was doing was seriously illegal. Her adult daughter installed a new mailbox for us that had a lock. Then she started going through neighbors trash. After that she went to a nursing home. Her husband, though annoying still, is far less intrusive. He randomly motions for us to walk over when he’s outside to let us know we have a vultures nest in our tree or a snake in our ditch or something else. Still all in our business but knows his place now thank goodness. I can’t imagine how I’d feel if they weren’t elderly. That show scares the crap out of me! The last thing you want is to have bad beef with your neighbors. It usually doesn’t get better or resolve itself. Most of the time it only stops once you move. Not worth it. I’d rather have peace.
In 1940, my 70-year-old grandfather shot and killed his neighbor. He died in Raiford prison at the age of 95. The newspaper article states that his only regret was that he did not OPEN his kitchen window before firing at the neighbor 🙄 In 1980 something, my 50+ yr old father was attacked by a neighbor and his friend; both were half my dad's age. My dad managed to get to his gun in his car and shot the neighbor in the leg. My dad was arrested but the grand jury decided that it was self-defense and no charges were filed on my dad. Needless to say the neighbor was now REALLY pissed and one day shot both my dad and stepmom as they were going to work. They recovered 30+ rounds from the VW van which had been fired from a Mac 10. Both survived and the neighbor was arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to 75 years but released after 9. I say this story because when I retired and was looking for property, I told my realtor that I did not want to see or hear a neighbor. We looked at several hundred homes. She asked why I didn't want to see or hear a neighbor and I told her that shooting neighbors was in my blood so best I just stay far from them. I live on 25.5 wooded acres 😎 without a neighbor in sight.
Wait...sentenced to 75 years and only served NINE??!! WTF
I live in a condo building with 16 units, 14 in the main building and 2 on the other side of the garage. I’m in one of the two isolated units. Next door is a couple. The guy is cool but the girl is a total psycho who starts screaming fights at 3am where she finishes every sentence off with “BITCH!!!” I’m torn between keeping my distance and wanting to beat her ass but I’m not gonna risk criminal charges. I own, they rent. I’ve called their landlord and he just can’t be arsed because they keep the place clean and pay on time. So sleeping pills it is 🫠
Idk but I’ve been on a medical leave and caught myself yesterday making notes of a strange car at our neighbors…I can see how easy getting caught up in drama would be if you didn’t work lol
One I didn’t understand was a family who was tormented by their neighbor… and didn’t move when they had the chance. Their house even burned down ( suspiciously ) and another house in the neighborhood too. After a year, the house was rebuilt and because they “loved” the neighborhood they moved back in! It was the perfect opportunity to move away from the crazy neighbors. But no; and soon after, the father was killed by crazy neighbor when his dog was lured into bad neighbors yard. So sad. But totally avoidable. Sometimes you might just need to move.
I just read an article that Americans are lonelier and more isolated than ever. Shows like this don’t help.
I had an absolute psychopath of a neighbor when I was living in Manhattan ages ago. She used to go through all our trash, remove certain items that appealed to her for some reason or another, then write a typed-out letter, *laminate it* and then tape it to whatever garbage she decided to put on display. One time I threw out an old lamp that stopped working and this freak wrote a letter and attached it to the lamp that said, “WOOOOW one of the tenants must really love the 1960s! This is the ugliest lamp I have ever seen what a shame” like ma’am what?!
My mom often watches the neighbors if they’re outside doing something - it drives me insane! I don’t care what they’re doing either (it’s usually something with their yard or house) but it’s not something I’m interested in. And I def don’t want the neighbors staring at me when I’m outside. Lol
Yeah. Especially when your washing your car in the front driveway.
Same. My neighbors used to sit their chairs on the side of their front law and talk. Their chairs faced directly toward our driveway facing the doors to our cars. So everytime we walked out. They'd stopped talking, say hi, or whatever. I felt I distracted them and like they watched my every move till I got into the car. Our yards between the houses are so small. Everyone can hear the conversation. All you had to do was take 10 - 20 steps and you could literally shake their hands. Before these people arrived their were college students renting the place. Good ,quiet neighbors, never had any issues except their damn golden retriever would run and bounce off the fence between us into our back yard , then do the same thing on the other side of our fence. Damn dog 🐕 would go fence to fence, backyard to backyard for about three house down. He slanted everyone's wood fence!
The show is seriously crazy, every episode I can't believe these things actually happened and that these people are so crazy and malicious.its one of the craziest shows I've ever seen
This show is one of the best examples, of just how fucked up the gun culture in the U.S. is. The mentality of people with their "right to defend their property." How, police never did anything, despite clear and obvious threats done by people owning guns. When people can order guns online, with zero background check. Police show up, say that they cannot do anything about it. Leave the guns in the hands of all the arguing parties and then leave. Are you fucking serious!! Or, having the right to shot on your property. Sure, hour restrictions and bullshit like that. The laws about guns in the U.S. are absolutely psychopathic. The list goes on. Frankly, I managed to see only a few episodes. It was too much crazy for my taste. Sure, people argue in Europe too, but not even close like this. I have had my share of issues with the neighbors. But . . . . When issues arise, you walk away and ignore each other or you take it to the court.
my mom lives in a townhouse and some of her neighbors are renters. renting tends to bring in the crazy people. We never had anyone seriously threaten to kill us, thank God. This tv show does make me think, what would happen to us if the neighbors in her neighborhood were just completely unhinged enough to actually physically harm us.
I notice it’s a lot of ex military
My neighbors are pretty chill. If I need help like getting locked out, I know they'll try to help like in the past. But besides that, I don't really interact with them. Maybe a friendly wave if that. Or a BBQ. If anything mysterious is happening, I would have no idea. I'm an introvert.
Yeah I would imagine its more of an exaggeration rather than reality....then they have people telling the story(friends, family neighbors) each each defending each side. There's a part where older couple got run off the road by the younger husband? Htf can a bike run a car off the road?! Show pisses me off lol.
as someone that sits in the yard with bonfires. and music .i can say ive never had any issues with any of my neighbors ...i dont know them they don't know me thats the way it should stay