Anonymous
United States
Today, my downstairs neighbor died. I knew because the smell wafted up to my apartment. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Jedi2500
United States
Today, as I was leaving for work, I discovered my neighbor had just passed away. I found out when I came across his body lying in my front yard. FML
Michael
This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff
United States
Creepy season is over
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
mdsfkljsfsdrewr
Beirut, Lebanon
Today, less than a day after my cranky downstairs neighbor passed away, I woke up to banging sounds against his apartment ceiling, like the ones he used to make whenever I walked around during the night. I'm shitting myself in fear. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I heard my asshole neighbor had died of a stroke. I was outside and said, "Well it's about goddamn time!" I turned around to see his wife walking her dog and staring deep into my soul. FML
Gagging
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Smells like victory
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
unknown52
Netherlands
Today, after three days of getting stared at by my neighbour from the window, I realized that she wasn't alive anymore. FML
Anonymous
Helsinki, Finland
Today, I found out that my upstairs neighbor has a cat. I was blessed with this knowledge when she threw several piles of used kitty litter and cat poop over her balcony and onto my patio. FML
bumpinthenight
This FML is from back in 2020 but it's good stuff
Amityville
Today, I was painting my new house when my neighbor introduced himself. Mid-conversation, he said, "The lady who lived here was nice, but just couldn't get over her husband hanging himself in the garage. Or her son shooting himself in the basement." I'll never sleep again. FML
MWT77
Chicago, United States
Today, I came home from my aunt's funeral to find my basement flooded due to a sewer backup. FML
smellymcgee
This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff
Farmington, United States
Parting shit
Today, I came home to the vilest stench I've ever smelled. I had to open a floor vent and scoop up the turd that was inside. Funnily enough, today was the day my scumbag roommate moved out, but I'm sure he had absolutely nothing to do with it. FML
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xskidmarksx 4
Time to move
spearodude 0
I had a pet mouse die in the heating ducts once... if it smelled remotely close to that I am SO SORRY.
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Clamcreepy 7
Death is apart of life and the smell comes with it. FYL? I think not, your Neighbor's life got ******.
docH87 0
It does not take 3 days for a body to smell. My roommate had been dead for about 6 hrs. before i found him. He had already marbled and bloated. The stench was noticable from the barracks to the parking lot.
5HT2A 5
Wow that's horrible. That must've been some traumatizing shit finding him like that 0_o
Shrike 24
You sure he wasn't just really badly constipated?
liro2 3
Yeah.. it really must be traumatizing. My best friend's mom found him hanging from the ceiling when he committed suicide. Wouldn't want to be in her shoes.
brun12 1
Oh that's horrible, when I lived with my parents a cat died right under my room. It was the most disgusting thing I've ever smelled
djohnson0891 0
Ahahahha
docH87 0
I'd been around death before, but this was personal. Its been a year now.
KiddNYC1O 22
One week later you'd be calling Ghost Hunters. So, yeah, move.
jonriise18 3
I get that all FML's start with "today". But that deffo did not happen today he's been dead there for a while!!! Sorry FYL. That's the worst smell. And more so, F your neighbors life. He obviously had a pretty shitty day recently.
MaceFaceLOL 8
Bodies don't start stinking until a couple days to a couple of weeks after it dies, so you have a mobster who fails at disposing of bodies.
HannahWho 8
I don't think Op is heartless for being grossed out by the smell of death. Are we supposed to ignore disgusting things just because they happen everyday. That is like the arguments people have when someone walks into the room while their parents have sex. It is not comfortable or wanted by most people, to see your parents have sex or smell the disgusting scent of someone being dead. Also, it would be creepy as **** because the person would have been decaying for days to weeks before the Op noticed it.
stevenmx86 8
Oh no you smelled the smell of death.. How about the guy who DIED? How do you think his life is going? Just trying to put things into perspective here...