"Glue Girl"

**"Glue Girl"** is the first tale in the eighteenth episode of the tenth season of The Nosleep Podcast. Written by Felix Blackwell, it has a runtime of 19:10 and was read by Mike DelGaudio, Corinne Sanders, and Addison Peacock. It is the 1254th tale overall on the podcast.

## Summary

Felix has a late-night job at the graduation office of a university. His department is tasked with printing off diplomas and mailing them to graduates. One day, his boss hires a new worker, Stephanie, who is the younger sister of his friend Brianna. They strike up a friendship, passing the time by talking about Stephanie's frequent unsuccessful dates.

It is Stephanie's job to glue the university seal on the diplomas. The glue itself is toxic and smells rancid, so Felix makes her glue them in the parking garage below the office. She is creeped out by the place, so he agrees to come down every twenty minutes to check on her.

Eventually, Stephanie begins eagerly telling Felix about her amazing new boyfriend, Tommy. She talks for hours about him. It's around this time that he begins to notice a change in her personality. Except when she's talking about Tommy, she seems quiet and lethargic. While leaving the garage after checking on her a few times, he thinks he hears her talking to an unseen figure.

Stephanie's weird behavior continues. During one visit, Felix hears her gabbing and chuckling to herself. When confronted, she says she's listening to a podcast on her earbuds. Before leaving, he sees the earbuds fall out of her pocket, not connected to anything. Confronting Brianna, she tells Felix that she hasn't noticed any odd behavior from Stephanie and denies hearing about a boyfriend named Tommy.

One night, Stephanie comes in feeling worse than usual. Checking the garage hours later, Felix finds her sobbing hysterically. She says that Tommy has dumped her for another woman. Hearing footsteps, Felix sees a man running away from the garage. Stephanie is gone when he turns around. He finds her upstairs staring at a pile of diplomas, reading off the names and laughing. When he threatens to call 911, she shoots him a deep look of hatred before running out of the office, babbling incoherently.

The police file a missing persons report and interview Felix about the events leading up to her disappearance. Brianna becomes distraught and drops out of her classes.

A few weeks later, the details surrounding the disappearance are revealed. A woman resembling Stephanie was spotted on a beach in Maine, running around and calling for a man named Tommy to come pick her up. Twelve hours later, Stephanie's body was found deep in a mineshaft in California, wedged between two rocks. Her eyes, ears, nose, and throat are filled with glue. Investigating her phone, the police find that Stephanie purchased a one-way plane ticket to Maine. There is no evidence of any texts, calls, or contact with anyone named Tommy.

Felix considers several possibilities. He speculates if the glue fumes caused Stephanie to have a breakdown and hallucinate everything, if there really *was* someone named Tommy and that he killed her, or if the "Stephanie" on the beach in Maine was an imposter to confuse the authorities and the real one was the victim of some kind of conspiracy.

## Cast

Mike DelGaudio as Felix

Corinne Sanders as Stephanie

Addison Peacock as Brianna