A caller named Simon has been receiving increasingly unhinged voicemails from his ex-girlfriend “Emma” and her father after a brief one-date relationship, culminating in a genuinely disturbing message that sounds like she’s cutting up his jumper with scissors.
Scott and the team speak to Simon about his disastrous dating experience. He went on a single Italian dinner date with a woman he’d met through friends after a few drinks in the pub—he wasn’t particularly interested in her, and the evening was uneventful with no kiss or coffee invite afterwards. The next day, trying to be kind but honest, Simon left her a voicemail message saying he didn’t think the relationship would go anywhere.
Emma’s response came quickly: a friendly voicemail saying he’d left his jumper in her car and offering to return it over dinner. But things escalated rapidly. Simon then received multiple unsettling messages from Emma herself, then from her father (also leaving voicemails), becoming increasingly aggressive and treating the jumper as “property” that needed to be retrieved. The tone shifted from pleading to threatening.
The standout moment comes with the final voicemail: a deeply creepy recording where Emma—or someone on her behalf—appears to be cutting up Simon’s jumper with scissors while whispering “This is your jumper” repeatedly. It’s genuinely alarming rather than funny, and Simon admits he decided not to meet her for the handover out of fear.
Scott and the team react with a mixture of horror and dark humour. A week has passed with no further contact, and no bits of jumper arriving through the post—yet. The episode becomes a masterclass in how a rejected date can spiral into genuine weirdness, and serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of handling rejection tactfully.
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