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CTA Tattler
Seen and heard on the Chicago Transit Authority
All CTA Tattler Entries in the Scary shit Category
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04/23/08
El groping is common problem nationwide; "recidivist transit grinder" arrested in NYC
04/16/08
So, who's to "blame" for the Blue Line evacuation?
03/13/08
New reason not to lean against the door
01/31/08
Try to take an empty seat? "Perverted; felonious; retarded!"
12/18/07
Gay hatred thrives on train
12/10/07
Choice El reading materials
12/ 6/07
Too much of a hands-on experience
08/20/07
After the alert: A track interloper climbs the Morse embankment
08/16/07
A cane helps in getting seat hogs to move
08/ 8/07
Maggie stories: The humper and non-gay guy
07/ 4/07
Memories of July 3 fireworks madness
05/15/07
The strange week that was for Joe Blow: From farts to BO to loud music
04/27/07
Please don't whiz on the electric fence -- or rail!
04/26/07
Puke-worthy bloody tale
04/25/07
Squicky squeamishness
04/17/07
Mother and child learning moment
03/28/07
Scary schizo with steak knife
03/19/07
The conscientious commentator
03/ 9/07
The later-evening El crowd
03/ 5/07
Odd bus conversation on drugs, band members
02/28/07
Shell game thrives on Orange Line
02/23/07
Taking rowdy matters into your own hands
02/12/07
Ooh ooh that smell! And the quest to determine its origin
02/ 8/07
Broken train car doors are scary
02/ 7/07
Bundle up out there!
02/ 5/07
Deadly CTA accident 30 years ago
01/31/07
Beware of the DOTS from Japan
01/29/07
Coming clean on the CTA
11/30/06
Scary, tight quarters on Moscow platform
11/ 1/06
Tricks, few treats on Halloween
10/30/06
Out the wankers with cell photos
10/ 3/06
Show Mom a little respect, please
09/26/06
The crowded train crush
09/20/06
Unlocked train window, unlocked controls?
09/18/06
Coffee mishaps
08/21/06
Headline of the year: "Subway saw psycho"
08/15/06
Makeup sex? Who needs the Hobo Corner?
08/10/06
Snore-ville Redenbacher
08/ 7/06
The flip side of "USE ALL DOORS"
07/ 6/06
What are you people THINKING?!?!
06/26/06
We know about wankers. What about gropers?
06/22/06
Let's stop the CTA Wanker
06/19/06
Shell Game rears its ugly head
06/15/06
Harrison crazies: Protect your wives!
05/24/06
Page 1 news: The CTA is dirty!
05/23/06
The irate mutterer
05/21/06
The Insider's thought on rude supervisor
05/20/06
Photo of rude supervisor, and CTA's response to complaint
05/11/06
Nonsenical blathering, like clockwork
05/10/06
Nude man on the Sheridan platform
05/ 9/06
Horrible smell from Hobo Corner deposit merits varied reactions
05/ 4/06
It takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'
04/25/06
A surprising reply for the phone beggar
04/24/06
The "let-me-use-your-phone" rant
04/19/06
Burning smell prompts mass exodus
04/18/06
"I heard a loud *thump*" ...
04/ 1/06
From the shameless self-promotion department
03/24/06
Talk about making yourself at home!
03/23/06
Confronting the rude seat hog
03/15/06
Delayed police action confuses riders
02/27/06
Really stinking up the Hobo Corner
02/10/06
Do your grooming at home, please
02/ 3/06
"The things you learn (and see) at 4 am"
02/ 1/06
Equal opportunity scariness
01/17/06
Cockroaches infest #65 Grand bus
01/13/06
The opposite of the Princess and the Pea
01/11/06
Cheap haircuts on the CTA
12/27/05
Please don't wrestle with the bus driver
12/ 1/05
Life imitates art imitates life
11/29/05
Wankers, beware of Mimi
11/15/05
First vibrators, now S&M performance art?
10/25/05
Extra el scariness on haunted train
10/24/05
Force of habit taken too far?
10/14/05
The popsicle-sucking map protectors
09/24/05
Dazed, drunk and depants-ed
09/23/05
Horrifying eyewitness account of bus hitting woman
09/23/05
Our Men in Blue nab purse snatcher
09/22/05
Overshooting the platform
09/10/05
Van Halen fan sports bloody brick, head gash
09/ 8/05
A tale of two families
09/ 7/05
Bus brushfire flickers, but conflagration averted
09/ 4/05
H-O-R-S-E hijinks yields headache, delays
08/24/05
Slithering Blue Line entertainment
08/21/05
Welcome to the 151 Freak Show
08/19/05
Hairy moments on the Orange Line
08/11/05
The multilingual ranting scene-maker
08/ 9/05
Welcome to the CTA ball game theater
08/ 2/05
When Bluetooth reveals blue bloods
07/29/05
The Gordita-eating Trannies
07/29/05
The "laughing crazies" and "staring crazies"
07/27/05
Heady conversation -- between pass-outs
07/21/05
Four London explosions close three subway stations
07/17/05
View from the south end of the Red Line
07/15/05
Blade Man, the protector
07/12/05
Oddities on the White Sox Express
06/24/05
Full exposure for plant hanger
06/17/05
Track walker still gets to ride awhile
06/14/05
Putting up with the put-upon
06/ 3/05
Praying for a good ride
05/26/05
Fair warning from motorman on Cubs fans
05/20/05
Unwanted show for Cubs fans
05/18/05
Sparring ladies face off
05/17/05
Scary Scar-Man
05/16/05
Near-miss fight on train
05/13/05
Radio + Race = Near Riot
05/11/05
Umbrella in the El door
05/ 9/05
The scary mentally ill
05/ 7/05
Crazy cellers and just plain crazies
05/ 6/05
CTA, the rolling toilet
05/ 3/05
Bus tales: Brawling brothers confront screaming toddler
05/ 2/05
Reader's first-person account of El accident
04/30/05
The showdown turned stalemate
04/28/05
The traveling circus on El train
04/25/05
Split personalities
04/16/05
A pinch and a snort in Hobo Corner
04/12/05
$240 weekend drinking binge
04/11/05
Red Line primer for clueless Cubs, Sox fan
03/27/05
The train car streaker
03/ 7/05
Trash in bloody shoes
03/ 4/05
Midnight Cowboy at rush hour
02/25/05
Don't dictate his ice cream choices
02/18/05
Wild times in Hobo Corner
02/17/05
The scary announcement
02/16/05
The latest from "Hobo Corner"
02/12/05
Double whammy of CTA wierdness
02/ 9/05
The El car rant
02/ 8/05
Fingernail deposit
01/26/05
A wretching experience
01/25/05
Sunflower seeds don't make you a player
01/20/05
CTA worst case scenario
01/12/05
Finding a place to do business