Fear Thy Neighbor

What would you do if the person you feared most… was living right next door? On Fear Thy Neighbor, we dive deep into stranger than fiction stories about neighbors gone wrong. We’ll hear these true stories as told by the victims, their families and their neighbors... featuring real 911 calls and surveillance archives. Tune in to hear what happens when simple issues turns into living nightmares with horrific and often fatal consequences. Also, go back and listen to episodes of Deadliest Decade. On Deadliest Decade, go on a terrifying journey back in time and explore the most notorious murders of the 1990’s and 1980’s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Intimidation Tactics

May 5, 2025 • 33 mins

Springfield, Virginia residents Janelle Hull and her daughter Amaya are thrilled when they are able to move out of their rough and tumble neighborhood into the beautiful, upscale community of Bedstraw Court. Initially, they’re given a warm welcome by their new neighbors, including Sara Hetle, but for some unknown reason her husband Michael gives them the cold shoulder. More troubling, as the women settle into their new lives they f...

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Fear Thy Neighbor Returns for Season 2

April 28, 2025 • 1 min

Fear Thy Neighbor is back for another season. What would you do if the person you feared most… was living right next door? On Fear Thy Neighbor, we dive deep into stranger than fiction stories about neighbors gone wrong. We’ll hear these true stories as told by the victims, their families and their neighbors... featuring real 911 calls and surveillance archives. Tune in to hear what happens when simple issues turns into living...

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Gone to the Dogs

December 16, 2024 • 38 mins

When a friendly retired couple moves in next door to a family with young children, the two households are initially united by a shared love of dogs. But when a strange coincidence leads them to realize they have far more in common, feelings of unease set in and it’s not long before these feelings evolve into all-consuming distrust and agitation. When one of the dogs launches a brutal and near-fatal attack, a drawn-out legal battle ...

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Appalachian Vendetta

December 9, 2024 • 33 mins

Deep within the Appalachian Mountains, two families have inhabited neighboring plots for decades. But the once harmonious neighbors turn to bitter enemies after the police are called regarding an alleged theft -- violating the unspoken tradition of leaving authorities out of disputes. The wingding mountain roads are the scene of numerous confrontations that escalate to terrifying spats and acts of intimidation before finally culmin...

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Blizzard of Blood

December 2, 2024 • 41 mins

A single woman and her two young sons believe they have found a perfect new apartment on a quiet street with an on-sight landlord. Soon after the lease is signed, the landlord begins to exhibit controlling and obsessive behavior, frequently monitoring the coming and goings of his tenants and flying into a rage over perceived parking infractions. The family's once idyllic living situation turns into a living hell of arguments and in...

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A Clockwork Killing

November 25, 2024 • 36 mins

When a renegade handyman moves into a tight knight apartment complex, he quickly hits it off with his downstairs family-man neighbor. While the pair initially bond over a shared love of sports, the thin walls and an affinity for noisy cuckoo clocks soon turn the friendship sour. As animosity grows and festers, rising tempers become a ticking time bomb and the shared hallways set the scene for a final confrontation that will culmina...

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Bones of Contention

November 18, 2024 • 41 mins

Two nocturnal neighbors who are down on their luck bond with late night visits while the rest of the world is sound asleep. The platonic friendship deepens as they share struggles with one another. When one oversteps a major boundary and buries the other in debt with a hustle gone wrong, things go south fast. While their financial co-dependence keeps them entwined, a disturbing act of revenge is plotted and executed- one so gruesom...

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The Secret Wife

November 11, 2024 • 45 mins

After years of fostering a harmonious relationship with their quiet, unassuming neighbor, one tight-knit family is shocked to learn that he has been hiding a wife for nearly a decade inside his house. As the family gets to know the timid young woman, shocking truths are revealed, and a plan is set in place to remove her from toxic living conditions. But in doing so, a bitter grudge is stirred up that will have drastic…and fatal con...

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Commanded to Kill

November 4, 2024 • 42 mins

When the Sienna family moves in next door to the Duckett family, their two sons Mark and Mitchell initially strike up a friendship over a shared love of cars and cigarettes. But as time goes on, Mark begins to encroach on the generosity of the Sienna family and his increasingly erratic and bizarre behavior threatens their sense of safety. As Mark’s mental health begins to unravel, he becomes plagued with delusions and paranoia. Whe...

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Vendetta in Vegas

October 28, 2024 • 36 mins

When a Baptist pastor moves in next-door to a free-spirited older woman in suburban Las Vegas, you’d expect him to live piously and love his neighbor. But unfortunately, the two couldn’t be more different and as they struggle to wrap their heads around differing morals and lifestyles, tensions soar. Soon, back and forth allegations between them swirl as each accuses the other of noise violations, intimidation, spying, and drug use....

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Full Frontal Attack

October 21, 2024 • 44 mins

A family lends a friend in need a place to stay but kicks her out after a series of disagreements. Offended by the perceived offence, she refuses to move away and instead buys the house directly across the street from the family. From there, a years-long dispute kicks into high gear that will see rumors swirl among townsfolk, cyber bullying, topless lawnmower riding and heated public arguments. As the bitter rivalry swells, the res...

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Bullets in the Snow

October 14, 2024 • 36 mins

For years, a married couple rules a suburban street with their obnoxious behavior and taunting of fellow neighbors. Their reign of the otherwise quiet street is challenged by the arrival of a new neighbor who won’t stand for their digressions. As years of tensions fester between the two parties and insults are hurled, one neighbor is pushed over the edge. The result is an all-out brawl over a snow shoveling dispute that ends with a...

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Introducing: Fear Thy Neighbor

October 7, 2024 • 1 min

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Deadliest Decade: The Milk Carton Murder

February 10, 2023 • 36 mins

When young Sarah Rairdon vanishes in Underwood, Minnesota, the whole town launches an exhaustive search for her. The discovery of her body leads to terrifying fears of child abductions and reveals a tragic secret.