TPA: Horror Stories

This page will live to commemorate the Horror Stories sent in to the podcast The Pen Addict. A suggestion was given by a listener of the show, and on episode 328, both Brad Dowdy and Myke Hurley agreed it would be a good addition going forward.

This page will also be used for the Hall of Fame stories.

Spoiler Alert: The following summaries spoil the 'horrific' nature of the stories.

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Horror Stories

Horror stories have been told across a few episodes of The Pen Addict (Podcast), and a few have been inducted into the 'Hall of Fame' as seen below.

• The Pen Addict 329
  • Junee - Dropped a Lamy 2K, nib-down. They bought another when the nib never wrote the same -- and it happened again.
  • Jonathan - rOtring 600 Newton Copper disappeared, twice. The second time, confusingly, only the clip remained.
  • Patrick - Owned a Pilot Murex that started leaking ink. Later bought a Parker "25" that leaked ink around nib.
  • Gordon - Deep-cleaned a Lamy Vista and broke the feed when re-assembling.
  • Evan - After collecting pens for a little while, bought a more expensive Sailor, the Imperial Black Pro Gear. Upon receiving the 'like new' pen, found it was covered in scratches and a gouge.
  • Emmet - Celebrated a professional achievement with special, scented inks. Smelled one of the inks during a red light while driving, and spilled the red ink all over their car and hands. (Update from episode 336 said the ink still remained in the car).
• The Pen Addict 336
  • David - First fountain pen purchase leads to knocking over the new ink bottle, and staining their foot. (Honored)
  • Richard - Lost a pen case with several nice pens.
  • Jacob - Threw out a Pilot M90 before learning what these were.
  • Andy - Woke up to being stabbed by a fountain pen after accidentally leaving it in bed.
  • Emil - Was packing for a hiking trip and injected ink into their hand. (Honored)
  • Matthew - Architect student bought a set of Koh-I-Noor pens, and on the way to campus it fell out of their bag, and was run over by two cars.

Hall of Fame

Blue Foot

David, Inducted into Hall of Fame on November 28, 2018 through Episode 336.

With David's first pen-and-ink purchase, accidentally spilled the bottle onto their mom's carpet, and stained their foot blue.

Violet Palm

Emil, Inducted into Hall of Fame on November 28, 2018 through Episode 336.

While packing for a hiking trip, decided to harvest Platinum Violet ink from unused cartridges with a syringe. After taking a break, they reached over their workspace and accidentally stabbed the needle into their palm. The syringe was empty, with the ink injected into their hand.