Hey Folks - 11/27/24

What this episode is about

A casual backyard grilling tale blends a birthday celebration with a local dash-cam incident: a courteous driver is brake-checked, the Honda reverses into her, and the occupants feign injury while covering evidence, leading to a surprising and chaotic encounter.

Key takeaways

• Patience aside, a viral dash-cam feud proves a single humiliating clip can rewrite a scammer’s career faster than a police report.
• Grilling a birthday steak becomes a paradox: celebrate life while the internet obsesses over a minor crime reel.
• The ‘neck pain’ gambit shows how easily sympathy is weaponized; authenticity is the new currency in viral justice.
• Crowd-sourced shaming can backfire: public verdicts sometimes chase culprits to Ecuador before any court dates exist.
• The repossession chaos reveals a universal truth: a lone, impulsive decision can snowball into a complete vehicle-state meltdown.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Walter (Host) · 1 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Honda Accord, Betsy Allison Walter, Brooklyn, Belt Parkway
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Honda Accord, Brooklyn, Ecuador
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Brooklyn
4. 9:00 – 10:27: New York City, New York

Notable quotes from "Hey Folks - 11/27/24"

• Walter's fourth birthday so we went and did the father-in-law's birthday and now grilling a steak and Walter is going to get a good portion of it or actually just a small piece…

  about Betsy Allison Walter · at 0:47

• And she was driving cautious ly at a safe speed had plenty of time to stop and not rear end the Honda Accord then the Honda Accord puts it in reverse and guns it backwards and…

  about Honda Accord · at 1:57

• Steak and so the internet is on the case like the internet does right and so funny they find the car in Brooklyn parked on the side of the road and so everybody smashes up the…

  about Brooklyn · at 4:24

• How do you going to explain to your boss yeah a guy you know what never mind just discipline me for being late Kind of a Funny New York City bus Story one time I was sitting on…

  about New York City, New York · at 9:05

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Betsy Allison Walter — Person · Referenced person (mentioned by name only) · 2 mentions · first at 0:45
  Walter is mentioned in the opening as having a birthday and being present during the backyard grilling setup, but is not central to the later stories.

Products & tech

• Honda Accord — Product · Core object in story · 3 mentions · first at 1:46
  The Honda Accord is the vehicle used in an apparent staged crash/insurance fraud attempt on the Belt Parkway, which is the episode's main narrative.

Places & events

• Brooklyn — Place · Key setting · 3 mentions · first at 1:01
  Brooklyn is where the fraud-related car was found vandalized and also the setting for the tow-truck theft story, framing the episode as local NYC incidents.
• Belt Parkway — Place · Incident location · 1 mention · first at 1:34
  The Belt Parkway is where the dashcam-recorded staged crash attempt occurred, anchoring the primary story geographically.
  Go all right bit anti actic that's all right listen to this story so a woman is driving on the Belt Parkway pretty close to my house right and her car happens to have a dash cam so the dash cam is rolling and she's driving along and a Honda.
• Ecuador — Place · Referenced location (flight/escape destination) · 1 mention · first at 4:57
  Ecuador is mentioned as the place the arrested suspect allegedly fled to right after the staged-crash incident.
  On the side of the road and then a week goes by and they announce they arrested the guy apparently he went to Ecuador right after it happened was there for a week or something…
• New York City, New York — Place · Broader setting · 1 mention · first at 9:11
  New York City is referenced as the context for an additional humorous bus story, reinforcing the episode's theme of NYC-area chaos.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:28 hey folks how's it going welcome back to TCL patreon number 14 we're out in the backyard looking pretty nice nice night we're grilling a steak it was the father-in-law's 87th birthday today and it's also Walter's fourth birthday so we went and did the father-in-law's birthday and now grilling a steak and Walter is going to get a good portion of it or actually just a small piece of it but it's going to be a really good small piece so let's throw it on then I got a story Kind of a Funny local story to tell you guys or a couple of them actually I don't want to drop this CU I'm filming that'd be a disaster sorry Walter oh put the put the headphone cord in the raw steak perfect it's exactly what I'm looking for all right here we go all right bit anti actic that's all right all right listen to this story so a woman is driving on the Belt Parkway pretty close to my house right and her car happens to have a dash cam so the

1:43 dash cam is rolling and she's driving along and a Honda Accord jets in front of her cuts her off and then brake check Slams on its brakes and she was driving cautious ly at a safe speed had plenty of time to stop and not rear end the Honda Accord then the Honda Accord puts it in reverse and guns it backwards and reverses into the lady and then pulls forward then the two people in the back seat all of a sudden hold up like a sheet or something covering the back window not sketchy at all right hold up a back uh hold up a sheet the person that was driving while the sheets up quickly gets into the passenger seat the person that was in the passenger seat quickly gets into the driver's seat and then all four people in the car get out grabbing their neck like oh man you hit us my neck hurts my neck hurts bad I don't know and they're walking over and the lady is going why did you guys do that why did

2:56 you why did you run into me hold on let me check this steak real quick she's going why did you run into me like that woo it's on fire perfect I'm just going to move it over here and they're going what are you talking about you ran into US you rear ended us but the great part about it is the guy that was driving when he at when the reverse the one that was in the passenger seat that ended up or sorry the one that was in the driver's seat that ended up in the passenger seat he walks back holding his neck in a hilarious clip sees the dash cam footage I'll show you this footage sees the dash cam footage and goes oh uhoh and then they all get back in the car and leave how long has it been on all right so I got 1 minute till I got to flip it well obviously the clip goes viral especially around here because it's turning into a bit of a problem a lot of people have been saying recently I got into this minor accident

3:58 where I know the per it just like a little tiny bumper fender bender and now the person is suing me for neck and back pain and that their life is ruined so I think it resonated with a lot of people and so it goes viral and so everybody's like who is this person find them let's find out who this person is you get a clear shot of the face the whole thing and so I got to flip the steak and so the internet is on the case like the internet does right and so funny they find the car in Brooklyn parked on the side of the road and so everybody smashes up the car they wrote fraud on it they wrote rat on it all the windows are smashed the whole thing is smashed up it's sitting there on the side of the road and then a week goes by and they announce they arrested the guy apparently he went to Ecuador right after it happened was there for a week or something and then they were waiting for him and they came back and

5:06 arrested him and so now I think he's facing like four or five years for the whole thing so that is one so let's take a look at that footage right now all right here we go so the Honda Accord pulls into this Lane it's about to slam on the brakes trying to get this car to hit it it doesn't and then it puts it in reverse and watch it Slams on the brakes doesn't get hit goes forward puts it in reverse guns it backwards slam olola and then you don't see it in this clip but then the two people in the back seat hold up a sheet to cover so the people in the driver's seat and passenger seat can switch sides but's see they didn't they all get out like what my neck oh man what are we going to do better get out my phone and film because of this car that hit us and now my neck hurts make sure we get so this is the guy that was driving that ended up getting charged watch him watch him walk up and notice the dash can he sees it

6:16 right there and goes uhoh derp all right just an little bonus kind of the at during the or happened at the same time so a guy I think his truck was getting repossessed or something and so a tow tow truck driver pulls up gets it all loaded up the guy comes out the guy's huge I'll show you this footage too the guy's huge pushes the tow truck driver says get out of there the tow truck driver's going what are you doing I have to tow your truck you're behind I don't know what he's saying but I'm sure he was saying something like you're behind on the payments I I got to do it and this huge guys pushes him says get out of there and then the guy whose truck is being towed gets into the tow truck and in some truly ridiculous footage drives off in the tow truck that's Towing his truck with his truck he hits like 10 cars as he's leaving and then his truck falls off and he drives off stealing the tow truck all right here we are average

7:19 day in Brooklyn so this guy this is his truck it's being repossessed this guy's not happy about it this guy's the tow truck driver I think I think he's probably thinking damn this guy's huge but here we

7:43 go all right so this is the point in the situation this guy is about to get into this guy's tow truck he could really escalate things or deescalate if you just walk away maybe get your truck later from the impound lot but he decides to fully send it so he gets into the tow truck that's not his the tow truck driver was like what the hell can't believe this is happening now he drives off Towing his own truck which he slams into about every car that's parked the door look at that we at every car down the whole row this tow tuck driver is thinking I can't believe this is happening this guy drove

8:49 away then his truck that was being towed away fell off it's right here total and then he drove off stole the tow truck they found it abandoned this boss kind of funny is now stuck probably someone's trying to get to work how do you going to explain to your boss yeah a guy uh you know what never mind just discipline me for being late Kind of a Funny New York City bus Story one time I was sitting on the bus and if you ride a bus you get to know the route really well say you ride it every single day to work and home from work you get to know the route so I'm sitting on this bus that I rode almost every day and all of a sudden I you notice it's not going the right way and then another Wrong Turn and then we're really in the wrong it's like what is going on then all of a sudden the driver announces hey everybody I'm uh I'm new to this route and I I'm I'm lost would you guys mind helping me uh where I'm supposed to go

9:53 but everybody on the bus was really cool about it was like yeah man no worries here take this right and we all came together and told the bus driver where to go but how Wild is this one anyway that's it

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Hey Folks - 11/27/24"?

Walter (Host).

What is "Hey Folks - 11/27/24" about?

A casual backyard grilling tale blends a birthday celebration with a local dash-cam incident: a courteous driver is brake-checked, the Honda reverses into her, and the occupants feign injury while covering evidence, leading to a surprising and chaotic encounter.

What is mentioned in this TRUE CRIME Loser episode?

6 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Honda Accord, Brooklyn, Belt Parkway, Ecuador, New York City, New York, Betsy Allison Walter. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Hey Folks - 11/27/24"?

The episode runs 10 min; the transcript is about 1,534 words in 10 timestamped sections.

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