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By Michael - 05/06/2009 21:42 - United States

Today, I found the source of the bad smell that has been plaguing me for the past two weeks in my apartment. The police knocked on my door asking if I've seen my neighbor recently. I haven't. The smell has been that of a dead person. It's a smell that even Febreze can't remove. FML

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By John - 13/01/2011 21:12 - United States

Today, I cleaned my entire apartment hoping to find the source of the terrible odor I've been smelling for the past week. It's me. FML

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By Gagging - 15/06/2015 11:57 - United Kingdom - Glasgow

Today, I opened my front door to be greeted by what I can only describe as the stink of death. After moving furniture and lifting floorboards, frantically searching for whatever had died, I finally discovered the actual source of the stench - my girlfriend's feet. FML

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By Where is it coming from?! - 10/06/2014 02:46 - United States - Brightwood

Today, I returned home after a four day weekend at my parents' house. Upon entering by the front door, a horrid stench assaulted my nose. Hours later I still cannot find the source of the foul odor. I'm starting to wonder if this is how it's always smelled without my knowing. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/02/2012 10:38 - United States

Today, my downstairs neighbor died. I knew because the smell wafted up to my apartment. FML

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By broomrape - 29/04/2009 04:52 - United States

Today, I found out that the horrible stench haunting my apartment for the past week was the decomposing corpse of my freedom loving gerbil underneath the bed that I've been sleeping on. FML

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By thatstinks - 07/04/2011 03:12 - Iceland

Today, I finally found out what the weird sour smell that's been in my dorm room for a while is. My roommate's sweat. FML

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Stinky neighborhood

By Anonymous - 11/08/2021 22:01

Today, I came home to a terrible smell in the apartment. Three hours, and a scoured kitchen later, I took the trash out. The smell was not my apartment, but from just across the alley; a neighbor had moved and emptied their fridge. Six more days of sunned milk until pickup. FML

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OK sweaty, time for a bath

By Anonymous - 22/06/2020 17:01

Today, I realized my morbidly obese, sweaty sibling is the source of a strange waft I've been smelling when I get home. He'll only shower once a week, so the apartment and furniture smell like sweat and sometimes poo, especially on hot days. I didn't notice until I went outside and stepped back in to follow my nose. FML

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By thiswouldonlyhappentome - 31/05/2011 00:33 - Aruba

Today, I finally found out what that weird smell in my apartment was. My ex-boyfriend had been breaking into my apartment and hiding rotting fruit all over the place. I found this out when a ceiling panel fell and a swarm of fruit flies attacked me. FML

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Curtieeeez 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:20

Oh dear me o_o RIP.

Will09 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:22

Gotta love the smell of dead people in the mornin!

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Shizden 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 3:36

Barbecue some of his ribs at a grill-out? :O

lovely997 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 3:36

i can't believe there's stuff about dead people on this i know some people may disagree, but really

damnn_it 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 3:38

this really isn't your FML more like the dead guy's... I died two weeks ago in my apartment and no one, not even my neighbor, cared to look for me until today after my body has rotted... FML

Katie2014 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 3:40

yummy! I suggest you move... or something. cause that's creepy

keoct 4

Saturday 6 June 2009 3:41

That does suck. I had to help clean out one side of a duplex with a friend/ landlord. Trust me the smell of a person that’s been dead for 2 or 3 weeks will NEVER come out. Even the clothing I was wearing had to be thrown out... did get some nice tools though... sad when a person that has no family dies... unless you can get some good stuff out of it ;)

Blue33_fml 0

Saturday 6 June 2009 3:43

I assume it's your neighbor who died? Not that he did something? Anyway if it was your neighbor who died then I'm very sorry for him, his family, and you if you were close to him/her or knew them well. To the few who are wondering how the dead person got in the OP's house...they didn't. They said they live in an apartment, so it was most likely the person who lived right next door. A smell like that goes through walls most likely. And to the others who are saying this person is a moron for not noticing their neighbor was missing, not everyone sees their neighbor everyday or is close to their neighbors. My dad lives in an apartment and he hardly knows any of his neighbors. He's been there since January. I believe this is a FYL. You dealt with that smell for two weeks and now you discovered it was from a dead person just a few walls away. It's a creepy thought.