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by Kelly Kennedy
Everyone has a work story. The hilarious disasters. The unbelievable moments. The jobs that changed us. The coworkers we never forgot. The terrifying situations, strange encounters, and paranormal experiences that still make no sense years later. I Used To Work There is a storytelling podcast where real people share the unforgettable things that happened on the job. From workplace chaos and dark humor to heartbreak, mystery, and the completely unexplained, these are the stories that stay with you long after you clock out. Some are funny. Some are unsettling. Some are deeply human. Some should never have happened at all.
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- 4 days ago1h 11m
A Gun in the Front Row, 300 Fake Employees, Power Plant Explosion
What happens when a company hires 300 actors to pretend they work there, a comedian finds himself staring down a gun from the front row, and an ordinary morning at a power plant becomes a fight to get home alive?On Episode 15 of I Used to Work There, Kelly Kennedy brings you eight true workplace stories featuring terrible bosses, a haunted heritage house, a comedy competition gone wrong and extraordinary accounts of survival. We start with Day Shift laughs before heading into a Night Shift where everything can change in seconds.Day Shift opens with comedian Keith Ross Nelson, whose wife joins the audience for a comedy competition and discovers her favourite performer. There is just one problem: it might not be him. Then Andrew takes us inside a consulting company with an unusual plan to impress a potential client: hire more than 300 actors to fill the office and pretend to be employees.Barbara follows with two stories about terrible bosses. A door-slamming outburst pushes her to confront the man everyone else is afraid of. Then, at another workplace, landing the company’s biggest contract in 25 years still isn’t enough to earn her boss’s respect. This time, she decides one of them has to go.When Night Shift begins, Alex takes us into an old heritage house where footsteps travel across the floor above him and voices carry through rooms that should be empty. He goes looking for visitors. What he eventually finds suggests he is far from the first employee to experience something strange.Master electrician Jason shares how a routine job at a hotel swimming pool becomes a life-threatening emergency. An arc flash leaves him severely burned, facing a long recovery and wondering whether his hands will ever work again.Keith returns with a very different comedy story. During a show in Mississippi, a man sitting just feet from the stage pulls a gun and tells him to change the subject. The bouncers do nothing. Keith still has a show to finish.Finally, Joe takes us inside a coal-fired power plant on a beautiful October morning. He has coffee, talks with a coworker and exchanges messages with his wife. Then a coal bunker explodes.What follows is an extraordinary account of escape, coworkers coming to his aid, and a family facing the possibility that he might never come home. Through humour, faith and the difficult reality of life after the accident, Joe shares what it took to survive and what it meant to finally return to the people he loves.Episode Chapters00:00:00 Cold Open and Introduction00:02:09 Keith: His Wife’s Favourite Comedian00:05:48 Andrew: 300 Fake Employees00:10:43 Barbara: The Door-Slamming Boss00:14:49 Barbara: The Boss Ultimatum00:20:14 Alex: Haunted Heritage House00:28:07 Jason: Surviving an Arc Flash00:35:38 Keith: Gun in the Front Row00:38:32 Joe: Power Plant ExplosionFollow and Share the ShowListen and follow on your favourite podcast app.We are a new show, and your support helps us reach more listeners and find more incredible stories. Follow on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave us a five-star rating and written review on Apple Podcasts, and text this episode to a friend or colleague who appreciates a great story.Which story would have made you quit on the spot? Tell us in the episode comments or email HR@IUsedToWorkThere.com. We would love to hear your answer.Listen NextEnjoyed Keith’s story about Tommy Savitt? Hear Tommy tell his own unforgettable workplace story in Episode 14: Held Hostage for 31 Months, Revenge on a Magician, Haunted Hospital.For more strange workplaces, paranormal encounters and unbelievable situations, listen to Trapped in a Car Vending Machine, Haunted Hotel, Runaway CEO.🎙️ Have a Story? You Can Submit It Two Ways.I Used to Work There is about the true workplace stories that happen to people just like you. Wild, funny, terrifying or unexplainable, if it happened at work and it’s true, we want to hear it.Pull out your phone, open the Voice Memos app, tell us what happened, and email your recording to HR@IUsedToWorkThere.com.<
- 2 weeks ago1h 24m
Held Hostage for 31 Months, Revenge on a Magician, Haunted Hospital
What happens when a magician’s assistant takes revenge in front of an audience that has no idea what is happening, a doctor hears voices coming from an empty hospital hallway, and a six-week IT assignment becomes 31 months in captivity?On Episode 14 of I Used To Work There, seven true workplace stories take us from laughing behind the curtain to wondering how anyone could survive what comes next.Day Shift opens with a magician’s assistant whose onstage smile hides a very personal act of revenge. In an Ohio dental office, an innocent instruction becomes something a dental assistant will never live down. At an Alberta campground, an abusive customer refuses to leave, only to discover that karma apparently works the night shift. And Dr. Shawna Pandya shares what happens when a spacesuit test aboard a zero-gravity flight takes an extremely uncomfortable turn.When Day Shift ends, Night Shift introduces us to a newly qualified lawyer whose boss sends him into court without mentioning one important detail: he is about to be asked to handle an attempted-murder trial. Then, in Galveston, Texas, a doctor looking for a snack hears a conversation in a hospital unit that should be empty. What she later discovers above that floor makes the experience even harder to explain.Finally, we meet Peter Moore, an IT worker who travelled to Iraq for a six-week assignment and was taken from his workplace at gunpoint. Held hostage for two years, seven months and one day, Peter shares an extraordinary account of captivity, uncertainty and survival, with moments of humour you would never expect. He also remembers the men who did not make it home, and the advice they gave him that helped him stay alive.It is one of the most powerful stories we have shared on this show.Every story you hear on I Used To Work There comes from real people and real workplaces because the truth is almost always stranger than fiction. Whether you have had a terrible boss, an unbelievable customer, a paranormal experience, or a day at work you will never forget, this show is built around stories just like yours.If you are enjoying the show, please follow us on your favourite podcast app, leave us a five-star rating and written review on Apple Podcasts, and text this episode to someone who loves a great story. To the more than 9,000 people already following us on Apple Podcasts, thank you for helping this show grow.🎙️ Have a story? You can submit it two ways.Pull out your phone, open the Voice Memos app, tell us what happened, and email your recording to HR@IUsedToWorkThere.com.Prefer to be interviewed? Complete our guest intake form.You can share your story openly or remain completely anonymous.🏆 Employee of the Month Night Shift Story CompetitionWhat is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you at work?Presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, the Night Shift Story Competition is open for submissions from September 1 through October 31, 2026.Submit your true scary workplace story for your chance to win a $1,000 USD cash prize. The winner will be announced during the first episode of November.Haunted buildings, unexplained encounters, terrifying customers, dangerous situations, or anything that still gives you chills years later. Your story does not have to involve a ghost or happen at night. It just needs to be a frightening experience connected to work.Voice memo and interview submissions are both welcome, and you may share your story anonymously. Submit using the email address or guest intake form above.🏨 Night Shift Story Competition SponsorThe Employee of the Month Night Shift Story Competition is proudly presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels.Plan a fall getaway to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. From golden leaves in the river valley to live music, theatre, restaurants and Halloween attractions, there is plenty to build a weekend around.Find hotel discounts and discover things to do this fall through Edmonton’s Best Hotels.Support Foxx’s FightIf you have been looking for a way to support Foxx, Shelby, Kelly and their family, the greatest gift you can give is sharing their GoFundMe. Every share helps their story reach someone new and means more than words can express.<strong
- Sep 3, 20261h 16m
Kidnapped Three Times, Miracle on the Hudson, $5,000 Phone Sex Bill
What happens when a mysterious office phone bill exposes $5,000 in phone sex calls, an ordinary business trip places one man aboard US Airways Flight 1549, and a security consultant is kidnapped not once, not twice, but three separate times?On Episode 13 of I Used To Work There, we have assembled what may be the most unbelievable collection of workplace stories we have ever released. From an emergency room nurse helping a chef escape an extremely uncomfortable zipper situation to a powerful Canadian workplace perspective from September 11, 2001, these stories move from hilarious to historic in a matter of minutes.Then, we meet the last passenger rescued from the Miracle on the Hudson and hear what it was like to remain inside the sinking aircraft, surrounded by freezing water, darkness and floating luggage before making one final swim through the Hudson River.When Day Shift ends, Night Shift takes us inside a haunted hotel where the smell of chicken noodle soup signals the arrival of a long-dead construction worker, and into a locked hospital call room where the lights go out one by one before an impossible discovery is made the following morning.Finally, one man takes us through three separate kidnappings across Nigeria and Sweden. What begins with nine days drinking warm beer in the Niger Delta becomes 35 days of violence and mock executions before culminating in an escape from a moving van that plays out like something from a Hollywood action movie.Every story you hear on I Used To Work There comes from real people and real workplaces because the truth is almost always stranger than fiction. Whether you have had a terrible boss, an unbelievable customer, a paranormal experience, or a day at work you will never forget, this show is built around stories just like yours.If you are enjoying the show, please follow us on your favourite podcast app, leave us a five-star rating and written review on Apple Podcasts, and text a link to someone you know who has an incredible workplace story.🎙️ Have a story? You can submit it two ways.Pull out your phone, open the Voice Memos app, tell us what happened, and email your recording to HR@IUsedToWorkThere.com.Prefer to be interviewed? Submit the guest intake form here:https://form.jotform.com/260164378157057You can share your story openly or remain completely anonymous.🏆 Employee of the Month Night Shift Story CompetitionThe Employee of the Month Story Competition is back, and this time we want to hear the scariest thing that has ever happened to you at work.Presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, the Night Shift Story Competition is open for submissions from September 1 through October 31, 2026.Submit your true scary workplace story for your chance to win a $1,000 USD cash prize. The winner will be announced during the first episode of November.Haunted buildings, terrifying overnight shifts, unexplained encounters, creepy customers, dangerous situations, or anything that still gives you chills years later. Voice memo and interview submissions are both welcome, and you may share your story anonymously.Submit using the email address or guest intake form above.🏨 Night Shift Story Competition SponsorThe Employee of the Month Night Shift Story Competition is proudly presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels.Fall is one of the most beautiful times to visit Edmonton, with changing leaves, major events, live music, theatre, professional sports and attractions throughout the city.With direct flights from cities across the United States, getting to Edmonton is easy. When you book your stay through Edmonton’s Best Hotels, you can earn up to $225 in Mastercard gift cards to spend on anything you want while you are here.Discover upcoming events, explore direct flights, book your hotel and earn rewards at:https://bit.ly/4zVhpPJIf you have been looking for a way to support Foxx, Shelby, Kelly and their family, the greatest gift you can give is sharing their GoFundMe. Every share helps their story reach someone new and means more than words can express.Support Foxx’s Fight:<a href="https://gofund.me/d5c97f2b5" rel="noopener noreferrer
- Aug 20, 20261h 4m
Lunch with a Murderer, Strip Club Business Meeting, $20 Million Phone Call
What happens when lunch with an aspiring filmmaker takes a horrifying turn, a business meeting is held at a strip club, and one phone call exposes a financial scandal approaching $20 million? On Episode 12 of I Used To Work There, we have packed together one of our wildest lineups yet. From a workplace safety lesson that goes spectacularly off script to a $30,000 inventory discrepancy, rumours of an employee’s death, Cheetos beside a corpse, a coworker’s first Christmas present, a final goodbye from a familiar ghost, and one unforgettable encounter with a future murderer, these are the real stories people still cannot believe happened at work.Every story you hear on I Used To Work There comes from real people and real workplaces because the truth is almost always stranger than fiction. Whether you have had a terrible boss, an unbelievable customer, a paranormal experience, or a day at work you will never forget, this show is built around stories just like yours. If you are enjoying the show, please follow us on your favourite podcast app, leave us a five-star rating and written review on Apple Podcasts, and text a link to someone you know who has an incredible workplace story.🎙️ Have a story? You can submit it two ways.Pull out your phone, open the Voice Memos app, tell us what happened, and email your recording to HR@IUsedToWorkThere.com.Prefer to be interviewed? Submit the guest intake form here: https://form.jotform.com/260164378157057You can share your story openly or remain completely anonymous. Halloween is right around the corner, and we are actively looking for the scariest true workplace stories we can find. Haunted buildings, terrifying night shifts, unexplained encounters, creepy customers, or anything that still gives you chills years later. Both voice memo submissions and interview submissions are welcome.If you've been looking for a way to support Foxx, Shelby, Kelly, and their family, the greatest gift you can give is sharing their GoFundMe. Every share helps their story reach someone new and means more than words can express.Support Foxx's Fight:https://gofund.me/d5c97f2b5🚗 Title SponsorI Used To Work There is proudly brought to you by Atlas Elite Lifts.Building car lifts so cool they would make Batman jealous, Atlas Elite Lifts delivers premium automotive lifting solutions for home garages, professional shops, and serious automotive enthusiasts across North America.Whether you are restoring classics, wrenching on weekend projects, or running a professional service facility, Atlas Elite Lifts has a lift built for the job.Learn more at www.atlaselitelifts.com.
- Aug 6, 202655 min
Burned Beaver, Mouse Disease, Fifth Floor Ghosts
A burned beaver. A rare case of mouse disease. A fake luxury handbag scam. A shoe thief bold enough to return to the scene of the crime. A private prison Code Blue. An executive secretly monitoring workplace emails. And two haunted workplaces that may leave you thinking twice before working late.In Episode 11 of I Used To Work There, we take you on another unforgettable journey through some of the funniest, strangest, most unbelievable, and downright chilling workplace stories we've ever received. We also announce the winner of our first-ever Employee of the Month competition and award one incredible storyteller our $500 cash prize.Before the stories begin, Kelly shares a heartfelt update on his son Foxx's fight against cancer and thanks the incredible community that has rallied around his family during the most difficult chapter of their lives.If you've been looking for a way to support Foxx, Shelby, Kelly, and their family, the greatest gift you can give is sharing their GoFundMe. Every share helps their story reach someone new and means more than words can express.Support Foxx's Fight:https://gofund.me/d5c97f2b5Love the show? Here's how you can help:⭐ Follow I Used To Work There on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.⭐ Leave us a 5-Star Rating and, if you're listening on Apple Podcasts, a 5-Star Written Review.⭐ Share this episode with someone who loves unbelievable workplace stories.⭐ Have a story of your own? We'd love to hear it! Email your workplace story to:HR@IUsedToWorkThere.comWhether it's hilarious, unbelievable, heartwarming, heartbreaking, or something that still gives you chills years later, your story could be featured on a future episode.Thank you for listening, thank you for supporting the show, and thank you for being part of the I Used To Work There community. We couldn't do this without you.
- Jul 27, 20263 min
A Quick Personal Update From Kelly
In this short personal update, Kelly shares why I Used To Work There was unable to release a new full episode on its regular every-second-Thursday schedule.Kelly is coming to you from the Stollery Children’s Hospital, where his one-year-old son, Foxx, is currently fighting cancer. The family has not been home in a week, and they are still taking things one day at a time as they support Foxx through the beginning of this fight.The show is not stopping. Kelly plans to continue releasing episodes as close to the regular schedule as possible, but for the next few weeks, the show will need support from the I Used To Work There community.If you are sitting on a work story, now is the time to send it in.For the time being, storytellers are being asked to self-record their stories as voice memos and email the audio file to:hr@iusedtoworkthere.comRecord your story on your phone in a quiet room and tell it like you are talking to a friend. It does not need to be perfect. Natural is better.Please include:What happenedWhere you were working generallyWho was involved generallyWhy it was memorableHow it endedIf your story is negative, sensitive, embarrassing, or could reflect poorly on a workplace or individual, please do not name the company, workplace, coworkers, managers, customers, or anyone directly involved. You can describe the setting generally, such as a restaurant, construction site, retail store, corporate office, hotel, or wherever the story happened.The show will return to interviews in a few weeks, but voice memo submissions will help keep the stories moving during this difficult season.If you would like to support Kelly, Shelby, and their family directly as Foxx fights cancer, a GoFundMe has been created here:https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-shelby-kelly-during-foxxs-fight-against-cancer/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US&attribution_id=sl%3A7af964c5-fe12-4830-9f1b-c42fee0f5602&ts=1785115627There is absolutely no pressure to donate. Sharing the fundraiser, sharing the show, leaving a rating, sending a message, saying a prayer, or keeping Foxx in your thoughts means more than words can express.Submit your stories: https://form.jotform.com/260164378157057Email voice memo stories to:hr@iusedtoworkthere.comThank you for supporting I Used To Work There, and thank you for standing with Foxx and the Kennedy family during this fight.
- Jul 9, 20261h 19m
Trapped in a Car Vending Machine, Haunted Hotel, Runaway CEO
What happens when a car vending machine turns into a nightmare, a haunted hotel has guests convinced they're not alone, and a startup CEO vanishes overnight leaving employees to deal with the fallout? On Episode 9 of I Used To Work There, we've packed together one of our wildest lineups yet. From fast food pranks that unexpectedly change a life to one of the strangest things an employee has ever taken after being fired, mistaken identities, ghosts, helicopters, near disasters, and one unforgettable workplace mystery, these are the real stories people still can't believe happened at work.Every story you hear on I Used To Work There comes from real people and real workplaces because the truth is almost always stranger than fiction. Whether you've had a terrible boss, an unbelievable customer, a paranormal experience, or a day at work you'll never forget, this show is built around stories just like yours. If you're enjoying the show, please follow us on your favorite podcast app and leave us a 5 star rating, especially on Apple Podcasts.🎙️ Have a story? You can submit it two ways.Pull out your phone, open the Voice Memos app, tell us what happened, and email your recording to HR@IUsedToWorkThere.com.Prefer to be interviewed? Submit the guest intake form here: https://form.jotform.com/260164378157057Both voice memo submissions and interview submissions are eligible. All stories with a signed guest release submitted before July 31st will be entered into our Employee of the Month story competition for a chance to win $500 USD and be featured on a future episode.🚗 Title Sponsor I Used To Work There is proudly brought to you by Atlas Elite Lifts.Building car lifts so cool they would make Batman jealous, Atlas Elite Lifts delivers premium automotive lifting solutions for home garages, professional shops, and serious automotive enthusiasts across North America.Whether you're restoring classics, wrenching on weekend projects, or running a professional service facility, Atlas Elite Lifts has a lift built for the job.Learn more at www.atlaselitelifts.com.
- Jun 25, 20261h 14m
Korean Picnic, Fake Phone Booth, Hollywood Shootout
What do a business trip to South Korea, a fake phone booth, an entire workplace quitting before someone's first shift, a Russian liquor store, and a Hollywood movie shoot mistaken for a real gunfight have in common? They all happened to real people, and they're all waiting for you in Episode 8 of I Used To Work There. From laugh-out-loud moments to stories that will have you shaking your head in disbelief, this is one of our strongest episodes yet. The truth really can be stranger than fiction.Before you go, we need your help in three simple ways:First, submit your true workplace story for our Employee of the Month Story Competition. Stories submitted between June 15th and July 31st, 2026 are eligible. Just record your story as a voice memo, email it to HR@IUsedToWorkThere.com, and complete the guest release for your chance to win $500 USD and have your story featured on the show.Second, please hit Follow on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Third, if you’re enjoying I Used To Work There, please leave us a 5-star rating and written review on Apple Podcasts.Those three things help us find new stories, reach new listeners, and keep growing this incredible community.🚗 Title SponsorI Used To Work There is proudly brought to you by Atlas Elite Lifts.Building car lifts so cool they would make Batman jealous, Atlas Elite Lifts delivers premium automotive lifting solutions for home garages, professional shops, and serious automotive enthusiasts across North America.Whether you're restoring classics, wrenching on weekend projects, or running a professional service facility, Atlas Elite Lifts has a lift built for the job.Learn more at www.atlaselitelifts.com.
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About I Used To Work There
Everyone has a work story. The hilarious disasters. The unbelievable moments. The jobs that changed us. The coworkers we never forgot. The terrifying situations, strange encounters, and paranormal experiences that still make no sense years later. I Used To Work There is a storytelling podcast where real people share the unforgettable things that happened on the job. From workplace chaos and dark humor to heartbreak, mystery, and the completely unexplained, these are the stories that stay with you long after you clock out. Some are funny. Some are unsettling. Some are deeply human. Some should never have happened at all.
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