Hello kids, this is Risk.

The show where people tell true stories, they never thought they dared to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson and every Thursday we release these special episodes that were calling

classic risk singles.

Each of these episodes features just one story from years past.

Now if you're new to Risk, you should know that the podcast can be very uncensored.

This week a story by Alan Weber that he first shared on the podcast in 2016, it's called

The Man in the Top Hat.

I would had to be about six and I was playing outside in my front yard.

We had a little white pick of fence around our house.

I started hearing yelling from inside.

I couldn't quite make out what was going on, but I can tell it was frantic, it was loud,

and it was definitely coming from my brother.

When I approached the front steps, I started hearing my parents yelling and screaming as

well.

When I finally turned the doorknob and I entered, I saw my mother on the phone and she was

frantically dialing a number, completely in tears.

My father was leading over the kitchen sink, grabbing paper towels off the roll.

He rushed into the living room and I followed right behind.

That's when I saw my brother.

He was at the time only about seven years old and he was looking right at me.

His face was red, there was tears streaming down his cheek, but that wasn't the most shocking

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