Jul 9, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 12 segments
Do you remember the movie based on the Stephen King novel, "Misery?" An author is stalked and captured by an obsessed fan. She proceeds to torture him while still professing her admiration of his…
Brian WhittenHost
Angela HoyHost
Clayton JonesGuest
today's episode is about, well, Angie titled it, Misery, Real Authors Who Have Been Stalked.

She ties him up and slowly dismembers him while repeatedly saying, I'm your number one fan.

And the fact is Stephen King and his family have endured four different stalking incidents and harassment situations.

Some people don't understand the difference between professional and professional.

yeah yeah yeah i had had an incident where a a client that uh well a potential client i'll put it that way um Didn't seem to understand that the scope of my work for them, my proposed work for them, did not involve harassing phone calls at all hours of the night and dozens of emails and Facebook messages.

I recall, she was like, yeah, just leaving you all kinds of voicemails over and over and over and just she wouldn't leave you alone.

today's episode is about, well, Angie titled it, Misery, Real Authors Who Have Been Stalked.

She ties him up and slowly dismembers him while repeatedly saying, I'm your number one fan.

And the fact is Stephen King and his family have endured four different stalking incidents and harassment situations.

Some people don't understand the difference between professional and professional.

yeah yeah yeah i had had an incident where a a client that uh well a potential client i'll put it that way um Didn't seem to understand that the scope of my work for them, my proposed work for them, did not involve harassing phone calls at all hours of the night and dozens of emails and Facebook messages.

I recall, she was like, yeah, just leaving you all kinds of voicemails over and over and over and just she wouldn't leave you alone.
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