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Beverly Mitchell
Hola.
Christy
The bird show. Beverly Mitchell goes on vacation for two and a half weeks and she goes to Greece, Right? Pretty standard stuff. When she comes back, though, her house is occupied by another woman. Not a friend, house sitting, not a neighbor making sure everything's okay. This is a woman that she didn't even had, never met before, had no idea who she was, that had basically taken over her entire home, had started ripping up the floors, had started painting.
Co-host 1
The walls, and was sleeping in her bed.
Christy
Was sleeping in her bed. Good morning, Beverly.
Beverly Mitchell
Good morning.
Christy
How are you doing this morning?
Beverly Mitchell
Well, we're still in bits and pieces over here.
Christy
It's just the most bizarre story that any of us have ever really heard.
Beverly Mitchell
Well, you know, I keep thinking, you know, candidate camera's gonna jump out somewhere.
Co-host 1
It's so true. Beverly, describe to us what happened when you came home from your vacation and got to your front door.
Beverly Mitchell
Well, I actually didn't make it to the front door.
Co-host 1
Okay.
Beverly Mitchell
When I pulled out, there was a car in the driveway which I didn't recognize. And then I happened to look up as I'm studying that car and I noticed the windows of the house are open. One of that was real bizarre because I just went into panic mode at that point. So I just kind of tried to get turned around. In the meantime, I'm hitting the tree a Couple times. And I get out of the driveway and go around the block and I just dial 91 1. I mean, this is not something you truly expect.
Host/Announcer
Sure.
Beverly Mitchell
Well, within just minutes, you know, the service people were here. They were really good.
Co-host 2
Did they understand? Did they. When, like, you're at this point, they think somebody's just broken into your house.
Beverly Mitchell
Right, right.
Host/Announcer
Okay.
Beverly Mitchell
However, when I was trying to get turned around, I actually thought I saw a shadow in front of one of the windows, and I let him know that. So I was quite sure someone was in the house. Well, they can't. They. You have to drive up to my house because I don't live right directly on the road. So they drove up, left me down at the main street, and they searched the outside. Of course, they didn't find anything. It was kind of like the SWAT team out here. It was pretty cool. But they came down, they got the key from me, and they came in the house and found a woman with her dog huddled up in the bathroom. So I think my time sitting in the trees and stuff and come up in the driveway may have just scared her and woke her up because it appeared that she'd been in bed. She didn't have any clothes on.
Co-host 1
Oh, my God.
Christy
So she's completely naked when the cops got to the door.
Beverly Mitchell
Yes.
Christy
So that really does happen. I mean, you see that on cops all the time.
Beverly Mitchell
Right.
Christy
All right. So they show up to the door, and then when do you get a look at the inside of your house for the first time and realize, my God, she's made all these changes to my house?
Beverly Mitchell
Well, it's probably about two hours later by the time they, you know, allowed her to dress, bring her out. And then they brought me up to the house. They actually brought me up to see where all the officers were and, you know, ask her if she knew me, and asked me if I knew her. Of course we didn't know each other. And then I finally got to walk into the house, and when I walked in right from the front door, I knew, oh, okay, somebody else is doing something here. Because of what I left and sitting in different places. Once I walked into the living room, I'm like, okay, well, this used to be the carpet in my bedroom.
Co-host 1
Oh, my God.
Beverly Mitchell
Yeah, this used to be the sofa in the bedroom.
Co-host 2
Was it wall to wall carpeting?
Beverly Mitchell
No, because the bedroom is not quite as big as the living room.
Co-host 2
But, like, was it when you left the house, did you have wall to wall carpeting in one of those rooms? And she ripped it up I had.
Beverly Mitchell
It actually in two rooms, two bedrooms.
Co-host 2
So she ripped up two rooms worth of wall to wall carpeting and moved.
Beverly Mitchell
The small room, one room, into the living room. The other room, we don't know what she's done with because the other room, she put floor tile down.
Christy
Floor tile down in one room.
Beverly Mitchell
Also tacky tile.
Christy
And I understand she started like painting some of the walls and stuff too, right?
Beverly Mitchell
She did. She actually, you know, I tried to keep my house neutral because we've been renovating the house and it's kind of the sandstone color on the walls and white ceilings. Well, now I have Samsung ceiling and white walls.
Christy
Unbelievable.
Co-host 1
Bizarre.
Beverly Mitchell
She didn't like it, so she. I guess she just said, oh, I don't like this. We'll just reverse it and then maybe it'll give me a new look. Then I proceeded to walk in the kitchen, and of course I didn't recognize anything in the kitchen. She had basically brought in everything she owned and moved me out.
Co-host 2
Did she make any renovations that you said, you know, maybe I'll keep this?
Beverly Mitchell
No.
Co-host 1
So it was all like her blender.
Beverly Mitchell
Her microwave, her dishes, her pots and pans.
Christy
Moved everything in.
Co-host 2
And where were yours? Everything.
Beverly Mitchell
We haven't discovered those yet.
Christy
You still don't know where they are?
Beverly Mitchell
No.
Christy
And this, this took place how long ago?
Beverly Mitchell
On October 4th.
Christy
Oh, my God.
Co-host 2
So are you using hers?
Beverly Mitchell
No, I'm just wondering. Oh, my God.
Co-host 2
Just wondering.
Christy
I'd be too lazy to go out and get new stuff.
Co-host 2
Yeah, I'd be like, well, you know what I mean. It's not my stuff, but if I wash it, it'll be fine.
Beverly Mitchell
Hey. Yeah, okay.
Christy
Did she also, like, bring in her own pictures of family and stuff like that too?
Beverly Mitchell
Honey, she had pictures galore. I bet you There was over 100 pictures in this house.
Co-host 2
Do you know anything about her? Is she from Atlanta? Is there like.
Beverly Mitchell
She's from the Atlanta area? She probably lived about 10 miles from where I currently live.
Co-host 2
And do you know why she did this?
Beverly Mitchell
We don't.
Co-host 2
How long after you left for Europe did she move into your house?
Beverly Mitchell
We don't know. We know it had to be after the storms moved through because I had someone come and check on the house.
Co-host 2
At that point, after the Hurricane Ivan dumped all this. Right, okay.
Christy
And from what I understand, she moved her dog in a new washer and dryer. And she was also wearing some of your clothes, too.
Beverly Mitchell
Of course, I had. I had just gone on a major shopping spree right before I went to Europe, and I didn't take. I took a couple pieces only because once I got them home and really tried them on, I didn't like them. So I thought, well, when I get back, I'll just take them back. Well, when I got back, what a surprise. What? I could find a couple pieces. She had taken the tags off and worn.
Co-host 1
Unbelievable. It's just.
Beverly Mitchell
But I'm still searching for the closet full of clothes that I did leave at home.
Co-host 2
Say that last part again.
Beverly Mitchell
I'm searching for the closet full of clothes that I did leave at home.
Christy
She doesn't know where her clothes are, has no idea where her appliances are. It's the most bizarre thing. Hey, Christy.
Beverly Mitchell
Hi.
Host/Announcer
Good morning.
Beverly Mitchell
I just want to know who's paying for all of the damage to her house.
Christy
It's a great question. Who is paying for all of that?
Host/Announcer
Beverly?
Beverly Mitchell
Well, at this point, we're going to hope the homeowner's insurance will.
Co-host 2
Yeah, that's going to be a tough. That's. That you're going to. That's going to be a long time on the phone with them trying to explain this.
Beverly Mitchell
All I can say is I'm sure hope you watch, you know, this, this and this, and, you know, you've seen the broadcast, you know what's going on here, you know what's happened. All I can do is do a lot of praying right now.
Christy
Now, from what I understand, also, she, like, took, like, $23,000 worth of jewelry out of your house, too.
Beverly Mitchell
That was on the low side. There's still more jewelry to be found. However, we did recover that amount in her car, in her purse.
Christy
So she took the jewelry out of the house, put it in her car, and parked it in the driveway.
Beverly Mitchell
Correct.
Christy
Crazy.
Beverly Mitchell
Had it kind of separated. So you know where it was going next.
Co-host 1
And she's in jail right now, right?
Beverly Mitchell
Correct.
Co-host 1
She's in jail, but she's not talking is what we heard.
Beverly Mitchell
She's not talking to anyone.
Co-host 2
What do you charge somebody with?
Beverly Mitchell
Well, right now, the only thing they have her on is burglary, but I'm sure sometime today or tomorrow at the latest, I've got to get back with them and give them the additional list of missing items from the house so that they can hopefully proceed. You know, maybe it'll be more. I don't know.
Christy
And you have no. You have no idea why she targeted your house or how she even knew that you were gone?
Beverly Mitchell
No.
Christy
I am dying to get into this woman's head. Like, I can't wait for a psychologist to talk to her, and then you know, like, turn on WSB and find out exactly what happened.
Beverly Mitchell
You know, Exactly.
Christy
Good morning, Catherine.
Beverly Mitchell
Hey, how are you guys doing?
Christy
I'm doing great. Beverly's probably still a little shook up.
Beverly Mitchell
What I want to know is, I mean, renovations are not cheap. If this woman could afford to have someone come in and tear up carpet and tile floors and paint walls, why couldn't she afford to get her own apartment or house? How did you pay for the work that was done? Let me. Let me kind of. She used, you know, the carpet out of one bedroom to move it around. But where she got the tile and where she got the paint. I had a water jug, your regular water cooler jug here at the house about three quarters of the way full of silver coins that was planned to use for the next vacation. Well, there was. I know there was at least three. $3,000 in there. That'll go a little ways. So she. I mean, you know, she was able to buy her paint and she was able to buy a few appliances, but, you know, I guess the most bill to pay a crew to come in and tile. I mean, that's not something one person can do. Well, now you say a crew, but she says she's done all this herself.
Christy
So she is talking a little bit.
Beverly Mitchell
No, she's just saying, you know, she moved in by herself. She moved her sleeper sofa in by herself. She moved her washer and dryer in by herself.
Co-host 1
There's no way.
Christy
The neighbors never said anything, never got tipped off, never thought to.
Beverly Mitchell
The only way they knew about it was the night I called 911 and they heard it on a plea scanner.
Co-host 2
Was it a good. I mean, was it, like a good tile job?
Beverly Mitchell
Oh, my God, no. Oh, no. If you saw this tacky brown tile that you normally would see maybe in a school or a project or somewhere.
Co-host 2
No, I'm not talking about the quality of the tile.
Beverly Mitchell
No, it's cut up into bits and pieces. Pieces in certain areas where she had to get around the doors.
Co-host 2
Oh, okay.
Co-host 1
She was working fast. If you were only gone for two weeks.
Beverly Mitchell
Two and a half weeks.
Co-host 1
Two and a half weeks. She was working fast.
Beverly Mitchell
Well, that's what I'm saying. And I truly don't believe that she was by herself.
Host/Announcer
Right.
Beverly Mitchell
But with her not talking, I don't know that we'll ever get an answer as to who else might have been in my home.
Christy
You're not gonna get a rational answer anyway. I mean, this is a woman that never even thought, like, in two and a half weeks, this is all Coming crashing down on me. That there is gonna be an end point.
Co-host 2
Did she open your mail?
Beverly Mitchell
Yes, she did. In fact, I went to the post office before I left and put a stock hold on it and told them I'd pick it up when I got back. Well, somehow they proceeded to deliver for a few days, and she had a stack of mail lying in the kitchen counter where she had started opening the mail.
Christy
Wow.
Co-host 1
Now, that's an offense as well. They can get her on, isn't it?
Beverly Mitchell
Yes, it is. It's a federal offense.
Co-host 2
In fact, did she pay any of your bills or anything for you at least?
Beverly Mitchell
Oh, my God, no. You know what else she did? My power company. She had the power turned off in my name and had it turned on in her name.
Co-host 1
Oh, my God.
Co-host 2
Well, you need to keep it in her name for a while and stick her with the bill for the next couple months.
Beverly Mitchell
Yeah, but, you know, I'm the homeowner, so that's a downside. Cause I'm just stuck with it in the long run.
Christy
If it didn't happen to you, it's probably the funniest story you ever heard in your life. Right?
Beverly Mitchell
You're right. You know, if someone would have told me that, I would look at them like they, you know, at a loose screw somewhere.
Host/Announcer
Yeah.
Christy
It's the most bizarre thing. Hey, Christy.
Beverly Mitchell
Yeah.
Christy
Good morning.
Beverly Mitchell
Hi. Hey, I wanted to ask Beverly, do you think that this lady maybe had plans to get rid of you or something when you got back? Well, I mean, what do you think her plans were for when you returned? I don't know. But I'll tell you what did scare me. I had a love seat in my bedroom, that Queen Anne that I've had for years. And in the corner of that Love Speed, I had my gun. Well, they found the gun on the floor. So I'm almost afraid to think what might have happened had I knocked on that door.
Christy
Yeah. Then it's a completely different story. And, yeah, not nearly as fun, that's for sure.
Beverly Mitchell
It really isn't.
Christy
Wow, Beverly. Well, thanks for taking the time. You said Good Morning America's over at your Douglasville house right now.
Beverly Mitchell
They are. They are cameras, lights everywhere. My daughter, you know, the story is so bizarre. But I tell you what's more bizarre, is that the media has taken this and it's gone worldwide.
Christy
Well, it's such a random, random story. Like when you say that it's gone worldwide, what publications or what TV stations have called you.
Beverly Mitchell
Well, Associated Press got a hold of it.
Christy
That's where it starts. Yeah.
Beverly Mitchell
And it was gone.
Co-host 2
Tell us how you got Clark Howard involved.
Beverly Mitchell
Well, I gave it a couple weeks after all of it happened, hoping that the she would talk to them over at the police department and I'd get some answers. Well, my first thought was, was this lady trying to be a squatter? So I called Clark and I said, hey, you know, I got a bizarre story I just want to tell you.
Christy
Right.
Beverly Mitchell
Because Clark is great with stuff like that.
Christy
Yeah, he really is.
Beverly Mitchell
He really is. I've listened to him since I moved to Atlanta, and I just love him to death. So I just gave it to him and he said, oh, we gotta do something with this.
Christy
Yeah, that's too good. A call comes in like that. Well, I tell you what, if a call like that came into us, I wouldn't believe it was real. I'd be like, there's no way. You gotta give me more details about this. We gotta send somebody out to the house. Cause this can't be real.
Co-host 1
So true.
Beverly Mitchell
Right.
Christy
Well, we're gonna have him in a little after 8 this morning, so I'm sure your name will come up again.
Beverly Mitchell
Oh, no.
Christy
Yeah. Well, Beverly, it's good talking to you. Enjoy your time there on Good Morning America. And thanks for spending a couple of minutes with us. The most bizarre story I think I have ever heard.
Beverly Mitchell
Well, me too.
Co-host 1
We are glad you're safe. And hopefully you'll be able to get some of your possessions back and be able to get some money to replace this stuff. I mean, is there. Is there any plan for that on replacing it?
Beverly Mitchell
Well, not yet. Not unless, you know, the insurance company will come through.
Host/Announcer
Right.
Beverly Mitchell
It'll have to be replaced, but it'll be a slow process at this point.
Christy
Just strange.
Beverly Mitchell
So unless I can get, you know, one of the makeover companies or somebody to come in and give me a hand here, you know, but it's not. It's time to get back. To get this stuff moved out of here and get back to life and try to calm down a little bit.
Co-host 2
How's that washer and dryer? Is it good?
Beverly Mitchell
It looks brand new.
Co-host 2
Oh, really?
Christy
I keep that thing in there.
Co-host 2
You gonna sell it?
Beverly Mitchell
No, I'm not selling anything.
Christy
If I were you, I seriously, I'd have, like, Clark call ABC for you. Cause, I mean, he's on the ABC station here and have him do, like, that home makeover thing.
Beverly Mitchell
That's what we need, you know.
Co-host 2
Yes, I have Clark call. She's on Good Morning America today.
Christy
I guess you can get your own fleet yeah. All Beverly. Good luck. Thanks for hanging out with us for a couple of minutes.
Beverly Mitchell
You guys have a great day.
Host/Announcer
You too.
Christy
Bye now.
Beverly Mitchell
Bye bye.
Christy
The Bird show.
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Episode Date: December 24, 2025
Host: The Bert Show Cast (Pionaire Podcasting)
Featured Guest: Beverly Mitchell
This jaw-dropping episode centers on Beverly Mitchell, a woman who returned from a two-and-a-half-week vacation in Greece to discover her home had not only been invaded, but completely taken over — by a total stranger. The story unfolds in real time as Beverly recounts the shocking details of how the intruder made herself at home, redecorated, unpacked her own life, and left the real homeowner reeling. The Bert Show cast reacts with disbelief, humor, and empathy as Beverly describes the ordeal, the aftermath, and her journey to piece her life back together.
“When I pulled out, there was a car in the driveway which I didn’t recognize... I noticed the windows of the house are open... I just dial 911. I mean, this is not something you truly expect.”
— Beverly Mitchell, 02:41–03:07
“Once I walked into the living room, I’m like, okay, well, this used to be the carpet in my bedroom... She actually, you know, I tried to keep my house neutral... Well, now I have sandstone ceiling and white walls.”
— Beverly Mitchell, 05:08–05:59
“She had basically brought in everything she owned and moved me out.”
— Beverly Mitchell, 06:01–06:20
“Oh, my God, no. You know what else she did? My power company. She had the power turned off in my name and had it turned on in her name.”
— Beverly Mitchell, 12:46–12:56
“All I can do is do a lot of praying right now.”
— Beverly Mitchell, 08:44–08:56
“But I tell you what’s more bizarre is the media has taken this and it’s gone worldwide.”
— Beverly Mitchell, 14:11–14:14
On the nightmare scenario
“If someone would have told me that, I would look at them like they, you know, had a loose screw somewhere.”
— Beverly Mitchell, 13:10–13:16
On the mystery woman’s work ethic
“She moved her sleeper sofa in by herself. She moved her washer and dryer in by herself.”
— Beverly Mitchell, 11:14–11:21
Reacting to the absurdity
“If it didn’t happen to you, it’s probably the funniest story you ever heard in your life, right?”
— Christy, 13:07–13:10
The conversation bounces between incredulity, dark humor, and sympathy. The hosts are consistently both supportive and stunned, asking pointed (and sometimes silly) questions, while Beverly maintains a mix of exhaustion and dry wit. The tone is conversational, at times joking, but there’s a real undercurrent of the surreal and traumatic nature of the experience.
This episode offers a front-row seat to one of the wildest homecoming stories imaginable — part cautionary tale, part true-crime curiosity. Beverly’s ordeal not only stunned her and her community, but became a viral headline. The Bert Show crew guide listeners through her emotional rollercoaster, asking all the logical (and illogical) questions, and highlighting just how random and unsettling real life can be.
For more listener drama, laughs, and the occasionally unbelievable, check back with The Bert Show every morning!