People shared tales of their nightmare roommates and they are beyond horrifying

Are these actual human people??

These stories make Jez from Peep Show look like a considerate, financially stable young man.

Prompted by a New York Magazine article telling a chilling story about a serial squatter who would meticulously drive people out of their own homes, journalist Gene Demby asked people to share their own tales of nightmare roommates.

People, as it turned out, had a lot to share.

Okay, that last one is literally a Peep Show plot line -- except with furniture rather than a padlock.

The world is a scary place.

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