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Speaker 1: One of my favorite memories as a kid happened during

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a particular sleepover. My friends came over to spend the weekend,

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and I always remembered how we ordered a Papa John's

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pizza every night during that weekend. That precious memory stuck

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with me as I grew older, and what happened that

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night eventually became a habit, as I always order a

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Papa John's pizza every night during the weekend. Most of

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the time, I'd invite some of my friends over, and

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it didn't take long before they coined the term Papa

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John's Weekends, and it had becomes something we always looked

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forward to after a long week of work, and we

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always had a good time whenever we did it. Now,

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a strange thing recently happened during one of our fun weekends.

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I had some friends over and as usual, we ordered

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a couple of pizzas from Papa John's. When the pizzas arrived,

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I answered the door to take our order, and that's

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when I noticed something strange. The delivery guy, whose name

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was Jace, that a very disturbing look in his eyes.

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It looked like he was angry about something, and for

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some reason, all that anger was targeted at me as

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he intensely stared at me with a malicious look on

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his face. My friends who were there noticed this strange

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behavior and asked me if I knew him or the

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reason for his rude demeanor, but I was just as

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confused as I told him I had never met that

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man before in my life. We decided to brush it

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off that night as we didn't want anything to spoil

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the mood, but the same thing happened the next night

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when we ordered our usual pizza, as the strange delivery

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man came back with the same attitude that he had

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had the night before. It eventually became a reoccurring problem

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for me every time I ordered a pizza, as it

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was always the same angry delivery guy who delivered my order.

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Things got worse from there as I noticed him following

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me around during the week and hanging around my house.

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My friends also noticed this and they told me to

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call the cops, but I decided not to as I

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didn't want things to escalate any further. One Friday night,

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at around twelve o two am, someone started to incessantly

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bring my doorbell. Shocked, I wondered who could be visiting

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me at this hour, so I went to the door

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to check. As I looked through the peephole, my heart

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dropped to my stomach as standing there with bulging red

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eyes was that strange delivery man. He rang the doorbell

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for a while, and when I didn't answer, I heard

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him making his way to the back of my house. Terrified,

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I wondered what he was going to do now, and

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that's when I realized my bedroom window was still open.

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I rushed to close it, but by the time I

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got there, I was too late. As I saw him

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standing in my bedroom, scared, I screamed, what do you

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want from me, you psycho? He then calmly looked at

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me and said, but I just want to talk. I

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looked around for my phone to call the cops, and

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I realized that I left it on the counter. He

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made an attempt to reach for it, but he was

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faster than me as he grabbed the phone, saying, please

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just hear me out before you call the cops. I

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knew I had no choice now, so I listened as

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he said. My brother Matthew went missing a couple of

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months ago. He was a pizza delivery guy like me,

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and we both worked at Papa John's. The cops still

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have no leads to his whereabouts, so I decided to

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check out the locations of the last deliveries he made

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that night. As he spoke, I realized he was telling

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the truth, as the cops had come over a few

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months back to ask me if I knew anything about

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the disappearance. So I told him I heard about that,

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but as I told the police officers that day, I

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don't know anything that might have happened to him after

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he delivered the pizza I ordered that night. Jace, who

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now had tears in his eyes, then said, he isn't

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the first one of our employees to go missing, and

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I can't help thinking that it's my fault because I

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got him this job. That's why I felt I needed

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to do something, which is why I've been following you

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around to see if you had anything to do with it.

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I was still scared, but I started to sympathize with

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the strange man, so I said, look, man, I understand

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i'd probably do something crazy too if I lost a

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family member, but that's what the cops are for. You

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can't be breaking into homes and taking matters into your

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own hands when I was done talking. Jace then said,

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I'm sorry, but I just had to check and make sure.

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Either way, you seem like a nice person, so I

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apologize for all the inconvenience and trauma I've caused. I'm

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going to leave now, so please don't call the cops.

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I promised him I wouldn't and offered him any help

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in finding his brother. But as he stood up to leave,

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I found myself staring at his neck. I really didn't

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want to, but it had been a while and I

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couldn't help myself, so I picked up my pocket knife

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and stabbed him in the neck. As he fell to

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the floor bleeding, I found myself getting excited at the

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sight of his blood. The mixed look of terror and

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confusion in his eyes made me feel a little bit sad,

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so I decided to give him an explanation. I'm really sorry, dude,

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but I had to. You see, Jace, from a very

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young age, I realized I had something called hematalagnia. It's

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basically a blood fetish, as I always find myself getting

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excited and aroused by the side of blood. Jace was

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struggling now as he tried to stop the blood that

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was gushing from his neck, so I continued with When

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I was ten, I cut my dog open with a

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kitchen knife because I wanted to see his insides, and

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I told my family that he'd run away. When I

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was twelve, I pushed a girl off the top of

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a high jungle gem. The impact crushed her skull, and

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I can never forget the amazing feeling I got from

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seeing her blood spill out. As I got older, I

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found myself wanting more, so I picked my victims off

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in parks or in the street at night. I mostly

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killed homeless men and women in addition to late night walkers.

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But doing that was a bit too risky, so I

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decided to work smarter and around last year Jays, I

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had an amazing epiphany when I ordered a Papa John's

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pizza as I realized that the men and women who

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worked in delivery were the perfect prey to satisfy my urges.

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I mean, these are people whose jobs take them all

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over the city, so accurately tracking down their last locations

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prove difficult even for the cops. It's not like I

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had anything against the delivery people at Papa John's Pizza.

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Matter of fact, I love your pizzas. But sometimes, Jays,

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the urge is so strong and I just can't help myself,

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you understand. Right. As I looked towards Jace's motionless body,

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I realized that I'd been talking to a corpse. He

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was dead now, but there was still fun to be had.

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As I repeatedly stabbed his body with my knife, and

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similar to a fun and YadA, I shrilled an excitement

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every time his blood spilled out. When I had my

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fill of fun, I had decided it was time to

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get to work. I moved his bloody corpse first before

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I cleaned out my room with bleach. I then took

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off his clothes before taking his corpse to the basement.

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After putting on some protective gear, I put his body

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into one of the four barrels of sulphuric acid that

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I had, and just like his brother, I knew there'd

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be no trace of him in a couple of days.

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When I was done, I put on the Papa John's

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restaurant uniform that I had gotten from one of my victims,

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and I went outside to Jase's car. I did this

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in case any eye witnesses had seen him break into

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my house. And then drove the car deep into the

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nearby four and made sure to use gloves when touching

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the steering wheel so that there wouldn't be any prints

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in the car. There were no cameras in my neighborhood,

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so when the cops come over to ask their routine questions,

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it is only my words they'll believe. Doing this was

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hungry work. So when I got back home, I decided

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to order another Papa John's pizza. The delivery girl's name

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was Abby, and as I paid for the pizza, I

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smiled because I really couldn't wait to see what her

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insides looked like.

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Speaker 2: My name is Elsa and more than a story, this

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is a warning, a warning to all the people who

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are too trusting or you have to deal with other people.

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Always remember that you can never get to know someone completely.

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I learned this lesson the hard way, and yet I

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consider myself a lucky girl, no matter how traumatized I was.

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The fact that I survived that night and can tell

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this story is miraculous. It all started when I turned sixteen.

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I wanted to earn money when I was young, so

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I started babysitting after school. All the neighbors trusted me.

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I was always the child who behaved well, listened to

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my parents, and never throw a tantrum. Little by little,

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all my neighbors begin to trust me to take care

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of their children. Every time I finished the night, neighbors

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would tell other neighbors how well I worked, and soon

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the whole neighborhood was calling me on the phone. Everyone

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had children except my neighbor across the street, the Adams family.

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You could say they were the best neighbors in the neighborhood.

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They had the best house, they were the wealthiest, and

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they were very polite. Everyone was in love with them,

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and that family had a special affection for me. When

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I was a child, they always gave me toys, candy,

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and even clothes. They treated me as if I was

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the daughter they never had. I didn't understand why, but

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I was grateful because I knew they were good people.

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Time went by, and when I turned eighteen, I decided

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to go to the city to study. So I needed money.

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I started to work more and more, but I felt

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that my little job was not enough and my parents

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did not have enough money to help me. I was desperate,

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but luckily, the solution came knocking on my door. Mister

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and missus Adams, what brings you here?

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Speaker 1: Hi Yosa. We heard about your little financial problem then

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wanted to help you.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, no, no, I'm grateful, but I couldn't ask

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you for this. It's too much. I could never pay

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it back. Honey, there's no need. We've known you all

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our lives.

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Speaker 1: Besides, we won't be given. You don't have to work

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for the money.

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Speaker 2: And what do you need me to do?

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Speaker 1: Our niece is coming from the city and we need

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you to take care of her this Saturday. You were

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our first and only choice, and we won't hear no

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for an answer.

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Speaker 2: You know I charge a lot less right, consider it

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a tip for being such a good girl all these years.

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I thanked them endlessly and they left. Finally, my luck

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was changing. The day came. I finally met the girl,

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and as I expected, I liked her very much, although

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I must admit she was a little strange. Her skin

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was much whiter than usual. It was as if she

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didn't go out too often. Her eyes were a deep,

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strange black color. But what caught my attention the most

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was her smile. The girl had a smile from ear

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to ear that gave me chills. At first, I thought

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she was just trying to be cute, but as time

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went on, her gaze became more penetrating and her smile

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more terrifying, and worst of all, she kept looking at me.

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The Atoms laughed and left me alone with the girl,

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who very politely asked me to make her lunch. She

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didn't look at me as much, but I still felt

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some creepy vibes coming from her. When the food was done,

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the girl concentrated on eating. She looked hungry, as if

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she hadn't eaten in years. Suddenly she stopped and stared

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at me, speaking to me, miss Elsa, could you tell

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the man behind me to stop staring at me while

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I eat? Perplexed and terrified, I looked behind her, and

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in darkness, I saw a silhouette. I reached for my

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phone to call the police, but I had forgotten it

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at home. The Atoms's phone was next to the silhouette,

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and from the kitchen there was no way out. We

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were at the mercy of this person. I grabbed a knife,

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ready to investigate. Stay here while I go and see

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what's going on. The girl just ignored me and continued eating.

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I approached the shadow slowly. The silhouette didn't make the

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slightest movement, but I knew it could jump at me

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at any moment. I moved a little closer to the

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switch and nervously turned it on. There was no one there.

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What what it must have been the reflection of there

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must have been a sudden scare. The little girl jumped

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out of nowhere at her leg, sticking the fork in it. Ah, Amy,

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what the hell are you doing? With one push, I

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pushed her off my leg and she ran to hide

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among the dining room furniture. She didn't hide out of fear.

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Her look said she was about to attack me again.

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As best I could, I ran towards the door to

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leave the house, but two huge silhouettes stopped me. They

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were the Adams family, who were somehow in the house,

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preventing me from leaving.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Elsa, but you can't leave.

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Speaker 2: What why are you doing this to me? What do

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you want? The man quickly grabbed me, while the wife

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kept talking to me. Meanwhile, the little girl quickly approached

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me with a knife in her hand and a huge

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smile on her face. You see, honey, we have nothing

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personal against you. But in our family we always have

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a rite of passage.

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Speaker 1: The youngest member of the family is not in atoms

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until they kill a person. We just give them the

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right environment.

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Speaker 2: We are taking care of you since you were a

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little girl, and so many years have paid off. You

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are the perfect sacrifice. I struggled as hard as I could,

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but I started to get dizzy. I was losing a

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lot of blood from my leg. Pulling strength from where

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I had none, I managed to free myself and ran

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to the backyard of the house to climb over the

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fence and escape. When I got there, I couldn't believe

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my eyes. The yard was full of people in black robes.

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They were all lined up staring at me. Behind me,

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I saw the little girl running desperately, ready to attack

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me again. But she was still a little girl, so

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I easily dodged her and ran for the gate. Before

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I got there, mister Adams stepped out of the shadows

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and stopped me again. I started to struggle with him again,

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while the girl kept walking with a huge smile on

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her face, ready to kill me. I grabbed a vase

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next to me and smashed it over mister Adams's head

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and ran to the kitchen. I had nowhere to go

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on the way. I tried to grab the knife I

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had dropped earlier, but suddenly missus Adams lunched at me.

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Oh no, you're not getting that knife, you little brat.

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We both fell to the floor, but I recovered first

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and grabbed the knife. The lady ran towards me to

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take my knife, but on reflex I defended myself and

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stuck it into her neck.

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Speaker 1: Oh.

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Speaker 2: The muffled scream lasted only a short time. Almost instantly,

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the gleam went out of missus adams eyes. She was dead.

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I looked up and next to me were all the

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men with black robes, mister Adams and the girl. I'm

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I'm sorry, Please don't kill me when I thought I

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was dead, Mister Adams answered with a big smile.

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Speaker 1: Oh, on the contrary, child, you are a member of

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the family now. What you shed blood on the initiation day?

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You are one of us now?

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Speaker 2: But when will I be initiated?

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Speaker 1: Take it easy, little Annie. You have plenty of time

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to kill.

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Speaker 2: She's your wife, don't you care? No, the man answered

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me with a smile so cold and terrifying that it

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made my blood run cold. In the middle of this talk,

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I couldn't stand it any more and my eyes begin

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to close. I had lost too much blood. I felt

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an impact against the ground, and from then on I

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just fell asleep. I woke up in my bed the

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next day at home. I looked at my leg and

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it was bandaged. I walked with some difficulty, and on

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the table there was all the money I needed and

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a letter. You are part of the family now. You

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will always be with us, and we will always take

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care of you. But if anyone finds out about us,

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that person will die. As soon as I finished reading,

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my parents rushed upstairs and hugged me, telling me that

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mister Adams told them how someone broke into the house

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and I barely survived. I decided not to tell them

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the truth to protect them. I moved out a few

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months later. Every time I look out the window, walk

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down the street, and even go to college, I see

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people smiling at me. Strangely, I don't think this is

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a coincidence. As time went by, I believed mister Adams

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more and more. I will never be alone again.

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Speaker 1: My name is why, of course, sir, and I love

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spending the weekends with my grandkids. Their names are Matt

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and Tracy, and they always come by at the end

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of every week to spend some time with me. We

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usually spend these days the park having fun, and one

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thing that we always do after a long day of

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playing around is to go eat at the nearest McDonald's.

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Just like everyone else in the United States, my grandkids

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are obsessed with the notorious Happy Meals, and while I

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always take them to get their meals, I find myself

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getting tense because every time I walk through the doors

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of a McDonald's restaurant, I get shivers up my spine. Now,

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I'm sure you're wondering what could I possibly be afraid

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of in a McDonald's restaurant. But the thing is, I've

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always felt like this since that fateful incident. It happened

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on the ninth of November nineteen fifty five. I was

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twenty two years old at the time, and if I'm

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remembering correctly, I had recently gotten a job as a

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taxi driver. My job took me all over Downey As

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I would spend the whole day driving people around, and

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I would always come back late at night. That day,

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I was supposed to take a woman a friend's house.

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I asked well her friend lived, and she told me

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he lived very close to one two o seven Lakewood

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Boulevard at Florence Avenue in Downey. I remember being really tired,

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as I had driven around a lot of passengers that day,

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but I managed to muster up the strength to do it.

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So she got into the car and I started taking

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her to the address. I picked her up around two

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thirty am, and we finally arrived at her destination by

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three AM. I put on the radio during the drive

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back home, and on the station I tuned into, they

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were talking about some of the recent ghastly things that

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had been happening in Downey. Were. For starters, a couple

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of mentally deranged patients had escaped from the Downy Asylum,

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and ever since these dangerous patients escaped a lot of

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people had been going missing in town. There was no

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hard evidence yet, but the cops believed the deranged patients

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were behind the strange disappearances in town, as most of

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them were insane murderers. The last thing the station said

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before I turned it off was remember to be careful, folks,

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and please try not to stay out late in Downey.

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The cops have rounded up some of the escape patients,

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but there are still many of them out there. I

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already knew I wasn't supposed to be out this late,

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as it was three in the morning, but with the

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massive fear going around town and the lack of drivers

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at night, I found myself making a lot of money

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when working the nights. I knew it was risky, but

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I needed the money, and I also knew how to

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protect myself if anything happened. I put on some music

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after that announcement to lighten the mood, and as I

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drove on, I came across a very strange sight. I

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was at the mc donald's restaurant on one O two

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O seven Lakewood Boulevard at Florence Avenue in Downey, California. Now,

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I know seeing a McDonald's restaurant in this day and

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age is a regular thing, as they are basically everywhere,

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but in my time they were a very rare sight.

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This was because the restaurants were still owned by the

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original McDonald's brothers, Richard and Maurice McDonald's, and the restaurant

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wasn't really a mass franchise, as Ray Kroc hadn't bought

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them out yet. I also didn't know they started offering

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twenty four hour services, as the early McDonald's restaurants didn't

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offer that. But that wasn't the major thing that seemed

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strange to me. No, what really seemed strange were the

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twenty five plus people who were seated outside the restaurant

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and eating burgers at three AM. I didn't believe my

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eyes at first, as I figured there was no way

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these many people would be eating out here this late,

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knowing fully well that the streets were dangerous. But as

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I drove closer, I realized my eyes weren't playing tricks

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on me, as all those people were actually there. I

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decided to drive up to the restaurant, and I remember

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seeing the massive neon chef called Speed lighting up the driveway.

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Most of you don't know this, but Speed was mc

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donald's original mascot before he was replaced by Ronald McDonald

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in nineteen sixty three. After I had parked my car,

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I got down and made my way to the restaurant.

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To make things a bit clear, I'd like to point

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out that at that time, McDonald's wasn't really a full

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blown restaurant. It was more of a Hamburger stand, as

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you couldn't dine in the restaurant like the McDonald's are nowadays,

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but there were chairs outside where people could see it

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and eat if they didn't want to leave. Then. I

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remember being very perplex seeing over twenty people on those

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chairs at that time of night. I tried to come

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up with a feasible explanation as to why they were

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all here, but I couldn't, so I decided to order

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a burger and talk to some of them. I walked

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up to the counter to order a hamburger for fifteen cents,

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as that's how much they were sold for at the time,

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But before the cook could take my order, I noticed

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a twelve year old child staring at me with a

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strange look in his eyes. At first, I thought there

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was something on my face, as I figured that was

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why I was staring at me like that, but I

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soon realized that there was nothing strange on my face.

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Even after confirming this, the child kept staring at me,

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and while he didn't say anything, it looked like he

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was trying to tell me I didn't belong there. I

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was about to say something to the child when the

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cook came to the stand and took my order. The

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man asked, hey, sir, what would you like me to

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get you? So I told him the hamburger please. The

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cook then said, and would you like a twenty cent

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milkshake to watch that burger down? So I replied with yes,

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you can add a milkshake. As the cook went to

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get my order, I noticed something very odd in the

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hamburger stand. The cook was the only one there. I'd

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been to a McDonald's hamburger stand before and there were

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usually two or three people working the stand, so seeing

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him doing everything alone seemed strange to me. When the

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man came back with my burger in milkshake, I tried

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to make some small conversation. So I asked him I

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didn't know McDonald's started working at night. Is this new

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twenty four hour service here to stay or is it

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just a one night thing. I noticed the cook got

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really nervous when I asked him this question, as he

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started to stutter, no, No, it's not a twenty four

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hour service thing. I just worked a late night shifts sometimes.

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I could tell he was hiding something now, so I said, well,

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it's a pretty busy night for you, having all these

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people out here. At three in the morning. Immediately as

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I finished my sentence, the cook froze. His eyes were

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bulging red now as he looked me dead in the

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eyes and said, you can see him too. Shocked at

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his response, I backed away from the counter. I thought

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he was playing a sick prank on me at first,

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but before I could respond, I heard the sound of

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police sirens. I looked to the driveway to see a

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cock car pulling up towards the restaurant, and two police

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officers walked out of the car. I knew they had

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been patrolling the streets at night due to the recent

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events in town. I opened my mouth to greet the officers,

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but before I could say anything, one of the officers said,

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what are you two doing out here? By this time,

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we didn't know mc donald's started working at three forty

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five in the morning. His statement made me confused, as

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I wondered why he used the words you too when

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over twenty five people were sitting at the restaurant. I

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wanted to ask the officer what he meant when he

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said license and registration please. I quickly did as he

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asked as I showed him my papers, and when I

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was done, he asked the cook in the hamburger stand.

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Unlike me, the cook didn't give his papers to the officers,

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so he was asked to step out of the stand,

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but the cook refused, so the officer pulled out his

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gun and said, please step out of the hamburger stand, sir,

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I'm not going to ask you again, and with no

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other options, the cook did as they asked. Immediately, as

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the man stepped out into the driveway, I saw a

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look of realization on the police officer's face as he shouted,

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it's him, it's Tim Miller. I've just found one of

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the most dangerous mental patients that escaped from the asylum.

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After this statement, the officer immediately went to restrain the man,

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with his other colleague coming to a system. And as

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this bizarre rest went down, I noticed another very strange

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thing that didn't make sense for starters. The twenty five

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plus people that were sitting and eating their burghers didn't

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show any reaction to what was going on, and that

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was very strange to me, as every normal human being

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would show some reaction after finding out that it was

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00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,680
an escape mental patient that just made the food they

480
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,400
were all eating, but they didn't care to be honest,

481
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,119
it seemed like they couldn't see what was going on

482
00:27:54,279 --> 00:27:57,680
as they just kept chatting and eating. As the cops

483
00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:01,319
dragged the man called Tim Miller away, he started to scream,

484
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,759
I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy. He can see them too.

485
00:28:07,079 --> 00:28:09,599
The officer who took notice of this, then walked up

486
00:28:09,599 --> 00:28:12,720
to me and said, are you with us? Man? Are

487
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,799
you also on escape? What is he talking about? I

488
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:21,119
was scared now, so I said, no, officer, I just

489
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,440
arrived here like all these other people. The cop, who

490
00:28:24,559 --> 00:28:27,680
was visibly confused, raised his gun at me and said,

491
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:32,000
what other people? There's no one here? Are you sure

492
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,759
you're not one of the mental patients. The other officer

493
00:28:35,799 --> 00:28:37,920
who had put Tim Miller in the car then told

494
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,119
his colleague, even if he is an escape mental patient,

495
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,680
I don't think he'd tell you, Frank, he's clearly crazy,

496
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,000
so let's just take him in and confirm it at

497
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,720
the asylum. I wasn annoyed now, so I said, what

498
00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:54,799
do you mean there aren't other people? Can't you see

499
00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:58,839
them right here eating burgers? The cop was convinced I

500
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,519
was crazy now, as he told the other officer to

501
00:29:01,559 --> 00:29:05,000
restrain me. But before they could I shouted, what is

502
00:29:05,039 --> 00:29:08,279
wrong with you people? Can't you see the twelve year

503
00:29:08,319 --> 00:29:12,119
old boy standing here? And as I touched the boy's

504
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,640
shoulder to make my point, I felt shiftus go up

505
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:20,200
my spine. The child's skin was as cold as eyes,

506
00:29:20,279 --> 00:29:23,680
and immediately I touched him. Each and every one of

507
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,640
them stopped eating and looked at me. I instantly took

508
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,319
my hands off, as I knew full well what I

509
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:34,880
touched wasn't human. His skin wasn't supposed to feel like that,

510
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,640
and as my mind struggled to make sense of what

511
00:29:37,799 --> 00:29:41,720
was going on, all the twenty five people vanished before

512
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,839
my very eyes. That was my breaking point, as I

513
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,839
fell to the floor screaming. The cops, who were convinced

514
00:29:49,839 --> 00:29:52,559
I was crazy, now restrained me and took me in.

515
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,279
I didn't blame them, because even though I knew I

516
00:29:56,319 --> 00:30:00,440
wasn't a mental patient, I completely lost my mind at

517
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,599
that moment. I was taken to the Downy Asylum that night,

518
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,279
and the staff confirmed to the police that I wasn't

519
00:30:07,319 --> 00:30:10,599
one of the mental patients who had escaped. But even

520
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,640
though this was cleared up, the cops still insisted that

521
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,079
I had clearly lost my mind, and I should be

522
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:20,559
checked in. I spent my days with numerous psychologists, and

523
00:30:20,599 --> 00:30:24,000
I told them everything that happened that night. Not many

524
00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:26,720
of them believed me, and the ones who did asked

525
00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:29,440
me to give a detailed description of the people I saw.

526
00:30:30,359 --> 00:30:34,119
Shockingly enough, all the descriptions of the faces I could

527
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,279
remember matched the ones of many people that had gone

528
00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:41,400
missing in down here. The case baffled both the cops

529
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,680
and psychologists as they wondered why I saw those missing

530
00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:48,759
people that night, people who the two police officers assured

531
00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:53,920
everyone weren't there. Investigations were carried into the matter, and

532
00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:57,279
it was eventually revealed that Tim Miller, the mental patient

533
00:30:57,279 --> 00:30:59,960
who was caught on that night, might have been behind

534
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:05,079
their disappearances. For starters, the man suffered from a peculiar

535
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:10,519
case of alternate personality disorder. He had four different character traits,

536
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,440
one of them being a cook and another being a

537
00:31:14,559 --> 00:31:18,839
violent killer. The cops believed Tim had broken into that

538
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,160
McDonald's restaurant after hours and posed as a cook to

539
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,480
lower in potential customers. They then theorized that after serving

540
00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:30,119
them their food, Tim would switch personalities and kill each

541
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,720
and every one of them, a fate that I might

542
00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:38,480
have met that night. The McDonald's restaurant further proved this

543
00:31:38,599 --> 00:31:41,599
claim as they confirmed they had reported a used kitchen

544
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,920
whenever they arrived in the mornings, and they also said

545
00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:49,799
they didn't know who Tim Miller was. McDonald's further stated

546
00:31:49,839 --> 00:31:52,960
that they also didn't offer twenty four hour service at

547
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:57,519
this time. While this theory seemed like the best possible option,

548
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,240
none of these claims were ever confined, as the supposed

549
00:32:01,279 --> 00:32:05,960
perpetrator was deemed mentally insane, so his words and confessions

550
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,960
weren't clear, and the bodies of the victims were never found.

551
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,279
No feasible explanation was also given as to why I

552
00:32:14,319 --> 00:32:18,079
saw those people, and after a year of undergoing treatment,

553
00:32:18,599 --> 00:32:22,680
I was released back into the real world. Even at

554
00:32:22,759 --> 00:32:26,119
eighty nine years of age, I can still remember that

555
00:32:26,319 --> 00:32:31,079
night very clearly. That particular McDonald's still stands to this

556
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:36,160
day in Downey as it escaped modernization. The McDonald's restaurants

557
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,240
still didn't offer twenty four hour service after this incident,

558
00:32:39,839 --> 00:32:41,880
and it wasn't till they were bought out by Ray

559
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,839
Kroc that a few branches started offering the service. In

560
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,640
the year two thousand and two, nearly forty seven years

561
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,480
after this incident. I know it's been a very long

562
00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:55,559
time since it happened, and I kept quiet about it

563
00:32:55,599 --> 00:32:57,559
as I didn't want anyone to see me as a

564
00:32:57,599 --> 00:33:01,720
crazy person. This is why I always get shivers every

565
00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:05,480
time I walk into a McDonald's restaurant, as I sometimes

566
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,880
see people that I believe don't belong there. I try

567
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,640
to brush off that strange feeling as I don't want

568
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,200
to be called crazy, But deep down, every time I

569
00:33:16,359 --> 00:33:21,480
passed that particular McDonald's restaurant in Downey, I always wonder

570
00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:25,519
if those missing people still appear there every night to

571
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,079
order a happy meal, just like the rest of us.

572
00:33:31,039 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 3: This story was taken from the personal diary of my father,

573
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:40,039
Wyatt Coulson. I'm his daughter, Jeanette Coulson, and sadly Whyatt

574
00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:43,839
passed away recently. I found this in his diary when

575
00:33:43,839 --> 00:33:46,599
I was clearing out his things, so I decided to

576
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,680
share his story with the rest of the world.

577
00:33:51,599 --> 00:33:54,039
Speaker 1: It happened on the twenty fifth of November two thousand

578
00:33:54,079 --> 00:33:58,640
and seven, a day I can never forget. It was

579
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,240
around one in the morning and I was on the highway. Now,

580
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,480
i'd probably driven past this highway a thousand times as

581
00:34:05,599 --> 00:34:07,759
my time as a truck driver always saw me using

582
00:34:07,799 --> 00:34:11,920
this route. But that night was different and I could

583
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,599
tell that something was very wrong. I started my journey

584
00:34:16,599 --> 00:34:19,079
by eight pm on that fateful day, and I was

585
00:34:19,079 --> 00:34:21,400
supposed to deliver a massive crate of soft drinks to

586
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,239
the nearest warehouse that was located on the outskirts of town.

587
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,599
After the truck was loaded up, I quickly began my journey,

588
00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:30,800
and on my way to the warehouse, all I could

589
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,119
think about was Susie, my nine year old daughter, whom

590
00:34:34,119 --> 00:34:37,280
i'd left at home. It had been really hard for

591
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,679
us since her mother decided to leave, so it was

592
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,360
up to me to take care of her. I had

593
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,360
recently asked my boss if I could take the night

594
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,960
shifts as I wanted to spend my days with my daughter.

595
00:34:47,559 --> 00:34:49,800
And even though I hated driving at night as I

596
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,480
knew the dangers of doing that, there was a small

597
00:34:52,519 --> 00:34:55,519
sacrifice I had to make so that I could be

598
00:34:55,559 --> 00:34:57,920
there when my little angel woke up to go to school.

599
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:03,559
So I drove with a smile on my face. Everything

600
00:35:03,599 --> 00:35:05,800
went fine at first, as I remember putting on the

601
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,280
radio to listen to my usual station. The station was

602
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,800
talking about a recent slew of attacks on the roads,

603
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,280
but I want to manage to identify the assailants. I

604
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,400
intentatively listened to the reports, as I hadn't heard any

605
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,320
news of the attacks from the other truck drivers. I

606
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,480
tried to increase the volume of the radio when it

607
00:35:23,559 --> 00:35:28,679
abruptly lost its signal. Loud static noise filled my truck

608
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,559
as I started to fiddle with the radio. The radio

609
00:35:31,599 --> 00:35:33,800
had been acting up recently and I had meant to

610
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,639
fix it but just didn't have the time. I tried

611
00:35:37,639 --> 00:35:40,199
to turn it off and on again, but that's went

612
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:42,920
out the corner of my eye, I saw something that

613
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,440
shocked me. I slowed down the truck as I thought

614
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,960
my eyes were playing tricks on me, but after getting

615
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,119
a good look at it, I knew I wasn't mistaken.

616
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,760
Laid out before me were a couple of cut down

617
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,559
trees locking the highway path. Now this would have been

618
00:35:59,599 --> 00:36:02,400
normal if the highway was surrounded by trees, as it

619
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,719
wasn't uncommon for a tree to fall by itself and

620
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,079
block the path, But there weren't any other trees in sight,

621
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,800
so it was clear to me that someone had purposely

622
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,280
put it there to block the path. I was tense now,

623
00:36:14,559 --> 00:36:16,920
as I didn't know why the path was blocked or

624
00:36:17,119 --> 00:36:20,679
what was going to happen next. I thought about going back,

625
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,920
but I had already spent five hours on the road

626
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,039
and I knew going back to use a different route

627
00:36:25,039 --> 00:36:28,360
would cost me more time. I also knew the warehouse

628
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,199
I was supposed to deliver the goods to was really close.

629
00:36:32,119 --> 00:36:34,000
I thought about it for a couple of minutes, and

630
00:36:34,119 --> 00:36:38,639
against better judgment, I decided to continue forward. I slowly

631
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:40,760
hit the gas as I wanted to make sure I

632
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,239
drove over the trees softly. I didn't want to drive slowly,

633
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,880
but I knew doing that made sure the goods weren't compromised. Unfortunately,

634
00:36:49,519 --> 00:36:52,119
that was another costly mistake, as right when I was

635
00:36:52,159 --> 00:36:56,480
about to cross the trees, I saw them. Numerous men

636
00:36:56,519 --> 00:36:59,840
holding metal pipes and rocks immediately emerged from the darkness.

637
00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:02,880
The sight of these people made my heart jump and

638
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,599
I instantly froze. My mind started to race as I

639
00:37:06,639 --> 00:37:09,239
wondered what they were going to do to me, and

640
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,679
that's when I watched in horror as they all attacked

641
00:37:11,679 --> 00:37:14,320
my truck. The men at the front tried to take

642
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,880
out my headlights, and I heard them violently striking the

643
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,599
front of the truck with their metal pipes. The men

644
00:37:19,599 --> 00:37:21,960
who held bricks and rocks then started to throw their

645
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,800
projectiles at my windows and windshield. It didn't take long

646
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,239
before my windshield's glass gave out and I felt a

647
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,960
hard brick strike my head. The pain was unbearable, and

648
00:37:32,159 --> 00:37:33,840
I could feel the blood from the wound on my

649
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,679
head dripping into my right eye. My vision then became

650
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,719
blurry and a searing pain ran through my entire body.

651
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,199
I could hear them on the sides of the truck now,

652
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,280
and I was scared shitless. But even with all this happening,

653
00:37:46,519 --> 00:37:50,159
all I could think about was my daughter, Susie. I

654
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,159
knew I couldn't die here as I was the only

655
00:37:52,199 --> 00:37:55,400
one she had left. Her mother had already abandoned her.

656
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,639
I wasn't going to leave her too, so I stealed

657
00:37:58,639 --> 00:38:02,000
my resolve. I hesitated to do this at first, as

658
00:38:02,199 --> 00:38:04,360
I didn't want to kill anyone, but I knew at

659
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,079
this moment it was either my life or theirs, so

660
00:38:07,199 --> 00:38:10,079
I gathered the strength and hanked my horn. I did

661
00:38:10,119 --> 00:38:12,239
that as a warning, as I knew I wasn't going

662
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,440
to stop now. So with no hesitation, I hit the gas.

663
00:38:16,119 --> 00:38:18,400
The truck started moving forward and I watched them all

664
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,400
scatter as I made my way for the trees. Driving

665
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,760
over the blockade was a rough bump, and I heard

666
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,199
the goods in the back jolt and fall, but I

667
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,960
didn't care. I knew I had to do anything to

668
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,199
get out of there. I finally made my way past

669
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,840
the trees, and for a second I thought the worst

670
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,320
was over. But that's when I heard loud thuds outside

671
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,199
the truck. I then looked through my window to see

672
00:38:41,199 --> 00:38:43,400
a crazy looking man holding onto the door of my

673
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,880
truck like a psychotic stowaway. His eyes were bulging red

674
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,440
and he held a jagged rock in his left hand. Luckily,

675
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,440
the window on my door wasn't completely broken like my windshield,

676
00:38:54,519 --> 00:38:57,800
but it was still severely cracked, and even though the

677
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,599
window was closed, the man's streams were verbed through the

678
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:04,000
entire truck as he screamed the words stop the truck

679
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,960
where I'm going to send you straight hell. Fear filled

680
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,840
every inch of my body now, but I didn't let

681
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,800
that stop me as I kept hitting the gas, seeing

682
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,199
I wasn't going to listen to him. The crazy man

683
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,280
then lifted the rock and brought it down with all

684
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,320
his strength on my window. I wasn't surprised when the

685
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,079
window gave in, as it was already severely cracked from

686
00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:27,280
the last attack. I knew I couldn't take another blow

687
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,039
to the head like the one I had gotten earlier,

688
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,280
so I handled the wheel with one hand and I

689
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,440
maneuvered his attacks with the other. I managed to get

690
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,639
him to drop the rock, and that's when he started

691
00:39:36,679 --> 00:39:38,199
to force his hand on the wheel to get the

692
00:39:38,199 --> 00:39:41,320
truck to stop. I'd lost a lot of blood now

693
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,239
from the wound on my head, and I knew I

694
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,960
couldn't do this. All night, I racked my brain looking

695
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,760
for a solution, and at first I thought about violently

696
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,280
swerving the truck to shake him off, but I knew

697
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,159
I could hurt someone else if I did that. I

698
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,800
was desperate now, as I knew I had to do something,

699
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,199
and that's when I remember to detail that saved my life.

700
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,639
Having traveled this route before, I knew that a few

701
00:40:04,639 --> 00:40:07,559
minutes away from the warehouse was a police station. So

702
00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:10,199
I mustered every ounce of strength left in my body

703
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,480
and I made my way there. It didn't take long

704
00:40:13,519 --> 00:40:15,679
for my assailant to realize what was going on, and

705
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,599
right before we reached the station, the man finally let

706
00:40:18,639 --> 00:40:21,440
go of the truck. I watched in horror out of

707
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,119
my partly broken rear view mirror as I could see

708
00:40:24,159 --> 00:40:27,960
my assailant fall and tumble on the hard asphalt. Shockingly,

709
00:40:28,039 --> 00:40:30,280
the speeding cars on the road managed to stop in

710
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,280
time before they could run him over. I figured my

711
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,360
assailant was already dead now, as it was a pretty

712
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,639
hard fall, but to my surprise, I saw the man

713
00:40:39,679 --> 00:40:42,639
get up and hobble out of sight. The cops in

714
00:40:42,679 --> 00:40:44,719
the station had already heard all the commotion, and a

715
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,880
couple of them started to chase the man. The remaining

716
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,840
officers who didn't go after him, stayed behind to help me.

717
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,440
As I came out of the truck, I started to

718
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:59,679
stutter the words I was viciously attacked by a group

719
00:40:59,679 --> 00:41:04,119
of men, and it's all on my desk cam. I

720
00:41:04,159 --> 00:41:07,280
proceeded to get the device when I suddenly felt woozy.

721
00:41:08,119 --> 00:41:10,400
I then fell to my knees as they all surrounded me.

722
00:41:11,559 --> 00:41:14,679
One of the cops then said, you need to calm down, sir.

723
00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:17,840
You're badly hurt. Is there some one we can call,

724
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,679
But before I could respond, the world around me started

725
00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:23,559
to get dark, and the last thing I managed to

726
00:41:23,559 --> 00:41:28,239
say before I passed out was Susy. That's all I

727
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:33,360
could think about was her. I woke up in the

728
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,760
hospital the next day, and sleeping on a chair in

729
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,519
my room was my daughter, Susy. I could tell she

730
00:41:39,559 --> 00:41:41,480
had been crying all night, and right when I was

731
00:41:41,519 --> 00:41:44,480
about to call out to her, she woke up. She

732
00:41:44,519 --> 00:41:47,280
immediately ran to hug me, and I remembered crying tears

733
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,159
of joy as I had survived that morbid incident and

734
00:41:50,159 --> 00:41:53,920
I was able to see my little girl again. After

735
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,760
this moment, the cops came into the room and asked

736
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,719
for my statement, so I told them everything that happened.

737
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,920
The cops then told me my dash camp footage was

738
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,800
watched and they were able to catch most of my assailants.

739
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,079
They then assured me that a rigorous search was still

740
00:42:09,079 --> 00:42:10,800
going on to find the ones that were still on

741
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,480
the run so that they could be brought to justice.

742
00:42:15,679 --> 00:42:18,920
I never rode at night again after that incident. I

743
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,480
asked my boss for shorter days, and even if it

744
00:42:21,519 --> 00:42:24,239
meant lesser pay, it also meant I could spend more

745
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,559
time with my cat. I also knew I was staying

746
00:42:27,599 --> 00:42:30,360
safe and the potentially dangerous people lurking on the streets

747
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,480
at night. This ghastly incident left me with some PTSD

748
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,559
as I still steer clear of that place to day,

749
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,280
and even though it takes a longer time to get

750
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,599
to my destination, I still choose the longer trip, as

751
00:42:44,159 --> 00:42:45,880
I can never shake off the feeling that some of

752
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:53,760
those men are still out there waiting to get their revenge.

753
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 2: As a chief magazine editor, I am always working extra

754
00:42:57,039 --> 00:43:00,760
hours in my office. I enjoy my work and hardly

755
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,639
ever complain about work pressure. However, this also means I

756
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:08,199
barely get time to cook lunch or dinner. There is

757
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,159
mc donald's a few blocks ahead of my office. I

758
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,000
usually visited it at least four to five times a week.

759
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,480
I mean, who doesn't love a cheesy burger on a

760
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:21,760
week day. But I've always had this odd feeling of

761
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:26,920
being watched since the moment I stepped in until today,

762
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:32,079
it's not stopped. So it all started three years ago.

763
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,960
When I took up this position. I knew it was

764
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,800
going to be a demanding roll, but it promised the

765
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:42,639
professional exposure I wished for. I still remember the first

766
00:43:42,639 --> 00:43:45,239
time I walked through the double doors of the mc donald's.

767
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:50,079
The distinct smell of freshly brewed coffee, cheese, burgers, and

768
00:43:50,159 --> 00:43:54,280
a set of eyes followed me throughout the room. I

769
00:43:54,559 --> 00:43:57,559
ordered my food and sat at the last table beside

770
00:43:57,559 --> 00:43:59,920
the window, looking at the hustle and bustle of the

771
00:44:00,159 --> 00:44:04,559
street while I enjoyed my snack. Some time later, I

772
00:44:04,639 --> 00:44:07,320
was sipping my coat when the hair on the nape

773
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:11,719
of my neck rose and I felt the weird stare again.

774
00:44:13,039 --> 00:44:16,360
From the moment I entered the McDonald's, I felt as

775
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,559
if someone was keeping a watch on me. For the

776
00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:23,599
first time. I scanned the store and spotted an old,

777
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,800
creepy looking man sitting on a table near the fire exit.

778
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,360
He was not eating anything, just sitting at the table

779
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:37,639
and staring at me. He never blinked, just stared straight

780
00:44:37,679 --> 00:44:41,400
at me. His eyes were red and had dark bags

781
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:43,960
under them. It looked as if he had not slept

782
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:48,440
in daze or had a hangover. However, nothing seemed to

783
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:52,159
face him. He just kept looking at me, following my

784
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:56,599
every move. I was a bit spooked, but tried to

785
00:44:56,679 --> 00:45:00,000
ignore the whole ordeal. With the man. Soon I finished

786
00:45:00,199 --> 00:45:02,639
and walked up to the exit. He followed me with

787
00:45:02,679 --> 00:45:06,159
his eyes and gave me a creepy smile as I

788
00:45:06,199 --> 00:45:09,199
stepped out of the door. A few days later, when

789
00:45:09,199 --> 00:45:12,079
I went there again, I was immediately greeted with his

790
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:16,559
creepy stare. No doubt, the man was sitting at the

791
00:45:16,599 --> 00:45:19,599
same table, scanning me with his eyes and keeping an

792
00:45:19,599 --> 00:45:25,519
eye over my every action. I ignored it, ate my food

793
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:30,480
and left quickly. Just as last time, he smiled at me,

794
00:45:31,159 --> 00:45:36,639
displaying his rotten, crooked teeth, but this time he waved

795
00:45:36,679 --> 00:45:41,199
at me spooped. I moved out as quickly as I could,

796
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,440
and sped walked to my office just in case he followed,

797
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:48,719
but he never did. Later that week, when I went

798
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,159
to gravel Bite again, the man was sitting at his

799
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:56,320
usual table, staring at me and smiling. I knew this

800
00:45:56,519 --> 00:45:59,079
was odd, so I approached the girl at the counter

801
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:02,360
and pointed to the man and asked about him. To

802
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:06,760
my utter surprise, the girl looked at me funny and

803
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,599
said in a very plain tone that the table was

804
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:15,840
empty and no man was sitting there. I was certainly

805
00:46:16,119 --> 00:46:19,760
very shocked, but kept my cool and described the man.

806
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,119
I asked her if a person with a similar appearance

807
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:27,199
had visited the store. Ever, the girl said no and

808
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:31,880
took my order. The worst part was while I was

809
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,519
conversing with the girl, the man was sitting at the

810
00:46:34,519 --> 00:46:39,280
table and smiling his creepy smile at me. It felt

811
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:42,920
as if he was amused by my panic. I was

812
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:47,360
stressed and scared. It was confusing. Only I could see

813
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,480
the man and the girl on the counter. Coultn't. I

814
00:46:50,559 --> 00:46:53,719
blamed it on stress and the lack of sleep. I

815
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,519
collected my order and decided to eat it in my cabin.

816
00:46:57,119 --> 00:46:58,960
When I stepped out of the door with my purse

817
00:46:59,039 --> 00:47:02,760
and food in hand, the man smiled, waved, and winked

818
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:07,119
at me every time I walk out. I felt like

819
00:47:07,199 --> 00:47:10,920
he did something more. It scared me, and I decided

820
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,639
not to visit the place for a while. A few

821
00:47:13,679 --> 00:47:16,719
weeks passed and the incident at McDonald's had totally flown

822
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:19,639
out of my mind. It was late, around nine in

823
00:47:19,679 --> 00:47:22,000
the evening and I was driving my car out of

824
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,000
my parking lot when I spot the same man standing

825
00:47:26,119 --> 00:47:31,000
across the street. At that moment, all I could think

826
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,119
about was getting the hell out of that deserted parking lot.

827
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,400
The man stood there and looked at me with a

828
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:41,800
creepy expression. A ton of questions ran across my mind,

829
00:47:42,159 --> 00:47:44,400
but I had no time to find the answers to

830
00:47:44,519 --> 00:47:48,440
any of them. My whole body was in flight mode

831
00:47:48,639 --> 00:47:52,800
as I drove past him straight home. Once I was

832
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:57,079
settled in, my mind was going round and round about

833
00:47:57,119 --> 00:48:01,559
all the possibilities. Had he followed me to my office?

834
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:06,519
Did he know any of my personal information? Why was

835
00:48:06,559 --> 00:48:10,440
he following me? Did he know where I lived? And

836
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:14,280
more importantly, why was I the only one able to

837
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:19,559
see him? It was all so scary. I again thought

838
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,320
this was a side effect of my busy schedule and

839
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,280
stress lifestyle. Before I saw a doctor, I decided to

840
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,599
take a few days off to relax and calm my mind.

841
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:33,000
Over the next few days, I spent my time cooking, reading,

842
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:37,360
going to the park for walks, and relaxing. Not once

843
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,199
did I spot the man on my week off, and

844
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:44,199
I was convinced that I was seeing things due to stress. However,

845
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,480
it all changed the night before the day I was

846
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,599
supposed to get back to work. I was sipping tea

847
00:48:50,679 --> 00:48:54,679
on my balcony when on the sidewalk right in front

848
00:48:54,679 --> 00:48:59,400
of my home stood the creepy man from McDonald's. I

849
00:48:59,519 --> 00:49:03,840
was shocked, walked, and scared to death. The teacups slipped

850
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,599
out from my hands and I ran inside, shutting all

851
00:49:06,599 --> 00:49:10,440
the windows and blinds. I turned off all the lights

852
00:49:10,679 --> 00:49:12,960
and decided to peek out to check if he was

853
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:16,800
still there. When I looked out, the sidewalk was empty.

854
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:20,800
There was no sign of the man. The next day,

855
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:24,719
I decided to visit the McDonald's again to confront the

856
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,960
man myself, as I was certain he would be there.

857
00:49:28,639 --> 00:49:31,480
When I entered the place, his usual table was empty

858
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:33,880
and the manager of the store was standing at the counter.

859
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:39,199
I approached him and narrated the incident. After hearing my story,

860
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,960
the man revealed a shocking truth that cracked the floor

861
00:49:43,039 --> 00:49:47,840
beneath my feet. Mister Dudley, the manager, told me what

862
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:51,280
had happened in the McDonalds a few years ago. He sad.

863
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:54,199
Speaker 1: When this place was newly opened, we had a few

864
00:49:54,199 --> 00:49:58,039
factory workers visit us regularly for lunch. The man you

865
00:49:58,159 --> 00:50:02,199
described was one of them. One afternoon, during the lunch rush,

866
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:04,840
we had three masked men come in and rob this place.

867
00:50:05,559 --> 00:50:08,519
The workers tried to unarm the masked robbers, But by

868
00:50:08,559 --> 00:50:10,880
the time the cops were called, one of the robbers

869
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,440
had shot this man and he died on the spot.

870
00:50:14,559 --> 00:50:17,800
It was a hit and run case. The masked men

871
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:22,239
were never found, the worker never got his justice. Many

872
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,400
customers before you had claimed to see the man smile

873
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:26,559
and follow them around.

874
00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:30,760
Speaker 2: I had no idea what to say to him. What

875
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,960
should I do, mister Dudley, for the man to stop

876
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:34,519
following me?

877
00:50:35,159 --> 00:50:38,639
Speaker 1: Honestly, I don't know what you should do. The people

878
00:50:38,639 --> 00:50:41,320
who had claimed to see the man never visited here again,

879
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:45,280
so I know nothing of this matter or what happened

880
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:45,760
to them.

881
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,800
Speaker 2: The spirit of a dead worker was following me. It

882
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:53,480
seemed to get one step closer every time I saw it.

883
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,480
What do you guys think I should do? Why did

884
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:01,840
the spirit choose to follow me? What must have happened

885
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:06,440
to the people before me? And most importantly, how will

886
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:11,239
this end? Is it still follows me? I sometimes see

887
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:14,199
it in the lobby of my office, in the park

888
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:19,880
below my window, and many other such places. What should

889
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:21,880
I do to make it stop?

890
00:51:23,599 --> 00:51:25,840
Speaker 1: When I was thirty three, I was the sheriff of

891
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:29,000
this small town. Being a sheriff of a small town

892
00:51:29,079 --> 00:51:31,800
comes with a lot of late night ships, always being

893
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:34,320
on high alert, taking care of the old folk in town,

894
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:38,000
and hardly any personal life. That's why when I was

895
00:51:38,039 --> 00:51:40,639
single at thirty three, it was hard, as it is,

896
00:51:40,679 --> 00:51:45,320
to date, let alone have a stable relationship. So when

897
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,719
I walked into our town's only mc donald's that night

898
00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:50,280
to grab a quick bite, it was no surprise that

899
00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:53,119
I was dumb struck looking at the beautiful woman standing

900
00:51:53,159 --> 00:51:56,559
behind the cash counter. Stacy Harris was a stunning woman

901
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:59,880
with blond hair, blue eyes, a slim figure, and cutees.

902
00:52:01,159 --> 00:52:04,199
We hit it off instantly, and soon she was my girlfriend.

903
00:52:05,199 --> 00:52:07,400
It didn't hurt that, like me, she too had a

904
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:10,320
late night shift at the McDonald's and had her mornings off.

905
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:12,960
It was common for me to stop by every other

906
00:52:13,079 --> 00:52:15,840
night to eat a snack and check on her. As

907
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:18,360
she was new in town, recently divorced, and trying to

908
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:20,760
get a fresh start. I was more than willing to

909
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:24,800
give her just that. The first incident happened on one

910
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:26,719
of those nights when I was swamped with work and

911
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:30,880
couldn't visit Stacy at McDonald's. I clearly remember her hysteric

912
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:32,960
crying voice on the phone when she called me to

913
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:36,000
come get her. The moment I reached the place, it

914
00:52:36,079 --> 00:52:39,880
was completely trashed. The tables were turned over, the ketchup

915
00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:42,079
and dips were all over the place, and my girlfriend

916
00:52:42,119 --> 00:52:45,880
was crouched behind the counter crying. Back in the day,

917
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:49,599
CCTV cameras weren't that common, and as it was a weekday,

918
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:52,679
there was no one at the McDonald's except her, so

919
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:54,880
no one witnessed the man in the hoodie who had

920
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:57,960
barged into the place, trashed it and threatened to kill her.

921
00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:02,559
It was also unusual that, as a first respondent, even

922
00:53:02,639 --> 00:53:05,559
I didn't know what to make of it. Our town

923
00:53:05,679 --> 00:53:08,920
was a pretty quiet one with hardly any issues, so

924
00:53:09,039 --> 00:53:11,559
for someone to trash a fast food restaurant and threaten

925
00:53:11,599 --> 00:53:16,360
a woman was strange. Nevertheless, as a sheriff and a

926
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:19,920
responsible and loving boyfriend, I comforted Stacy and took her

927
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:22,559
home while asking my backup to take over the situation.

928
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:27,440
The second incident wasn't a trashed restaurant, but a phone

929
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:31,039
call to Stacy's home. Some guy with a deep, raspy

930
00:53:31,159 --> 00:53:34,320
voice had called her and threatened to kill her. These

931
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:39,000
calls and threats just got more and more frequent. Sometimes

932
00:53:39,079 --> 00:53:40,880
there was a dead cat on her porch or a

933
00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:44,159
dead bird. Once the stalker went as far as to

934
00:53:44,159 --> 00:53:46,880
break into her house while she was away and trashed

935
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:51,320
her bedroom. No wonder all these incidents drove her crazy.

936
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:56,679
Soon our relationship was facing the backlash of the constant stalking,

937
00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:00,239
threats and dead animals. Stacy was so scared to get

938
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:03,000
out of the house or to work. Our late night

939
00:54:03,039 --> 00:54:05,920
meet ups at the McDonald's had stopped. I was so

940
00:54:06,079 --> 00:54:10,000
worried and stressed for her. All the time. Being the

941
00:54:10,039 --> 00:54:12,480
sheriff of the town, me and my team were investigating

942
00:54:12,519 --> 00:54:16,639
this case with great effort. Surprisingly, the incidents, meaning the

943
00:54:16,679 --> 00:54:20,119
phone calls, the dead animals, the break ins only happened

944
00:54:20,159 --> 00:54:22,480
when Stacy was alone or when there was no one

945
00:54:22,519 --> 00:54:25,719
at her home. I had my cops patrol around her

946
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:28,719
home several times day and night. I stayed at her

947
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:31,760
place whenever I could, but everything seemed normal when I

948
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:35,239
was around or when my men patrolled the place. This

949
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:38,719
got me thinking that maybe someone who was very close

950
00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:42,000
to Stacy, or from within the police department, was behind

951
00:54:42,039 --> 00:54:45,400
the stalking. Being the sheriff of the town, it was

952
00:54:45,599 --> 00:54:49,679
shameful that I couldn't protect my own girlfriend. My first

953
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:52,920
suspect was her ex husband. When Dan was brought in

954
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:55,719
for interrogation, turns out he too had received a couple

955
00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:59,559
of calls from the same stalker. This was very absurd.

956
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:04,280
Our investigation was hitting dead end after dead end. Nothing

957
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:08,639
led to anything. There were no clues. Whenever we tried

958
00:55:08,639 --> 00:55:11,519
to investigate the home invasions, we never found a single

959
00:55:11,559 --> 00:55:14,039
clue showing the presence of the stalker inside the home.

960
00:55:15,039 --> 00:55:18,039
This so called stalker was either very good at it,

961
00:55:18,199 --> 00:55:21,199
or maybe we're all being misled and the truth lay

962
00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:25,519
right under our noses. My tipping point was when I

963
00:55:25,559 --> 00:55:27,719
was staying the night with Stacy and I woke up

964
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:30,840
to a burning basement. I ran upstairs to find my

965
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:33,320
girlfriend knocked down on the bed and a broken vase

966
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:36,440
lay right next to her on the floor. Someone had

967
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:38,599
forcibly entered the house while I was asleep on the

968
00:55:38,599 --> 00:55:41,719
living room couch, had managed to knock my girlfriend unconscious

969
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:44,719
and loot the basement of flame without waking me up.

970
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:48,199
I called the fire department and carried Stacy out of

971
00:55:48,199 --> 00:55:52,559
the house. After the fire, Stacy and I officially broke up.

972
00:55:53,519 --> 00:55:55,639
It was sad to lose such an amazing woman, but

973
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:58,719
the damage done by the fire had killed the remaining

974
00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:02,920
hope and spark inside Stacy. She was severely depressed and

975
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,400
unable to have a relationship with any one, not even herself.

976
00:56:07,519 --> 00:56:10,039
She was soon admitted to the psychiatric ward and taken

977
00:56:10,079 --> 00:56:13,119
care of there. I visited her a couple of times,

978
00:56:13,159 --> 00:56:15,760
but I couldn't watch the woman I loved diminish in

979
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:19,079
front of my eyes. We kept on looking for the stalker,

980
00:56:19,119 --> 00:56:23,119
but found nothing. After a few months of being in

981
00:56:23,159 --> 00:56:26,840
the care, she was released and better than before. As

982
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:30,039
soon as she returned to her house, the stalking continued

983
00:56:30,079 --> 00:56:34,519
and drove her insane all over again. But it all

984
00:56:34,639 --> 00:56:36,840
ended on a fateful night when she was kidnapped from

985
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,599
the parking lot of a local mall and her dead

986
00:56:39,639 --> 00:56:42,199
body was found next to an abandoned home near the creek.

987
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:48,679
It devastated me. The case was officially closed, and the

988
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:53,000
dead body had no DNA or clues on who killed her. Apparently,

989
00:56:53,079 --> 00:56:57,440
according to the autopsy, she had overdosed on drugs, but

990
00:56:57,519 --> 00:57:00,760
Stacy did not do drugs at all, and I knew

991
00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:05,440
that for sure. Still brings me the tears thinking about

992
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:08,840
her death and how she might have struggled. The death

993
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:12,599
of Stacy Harris somehow made it to national TV, and

994
00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:16,920
all the theory, speculations and information about it was broadcasted

995
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:21,159
to the world to see. The FBI stepped in next

996
00:57:21,159 --> 00:57:24,320
and tried to investigate the case. Anew I had almost

997
00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:27,159
lost hope when the FBI agents revealed the shocking truth

998
00:57:27,199 --> 00:57:31,360
behind Stacy Harris's murder, which shook the whole town and

999
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:37,119
the nation, and most of all me. The facts that

1000
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:40,039
no one had seen the stalker, heard the phone calls,

1001
00:57:40,199 --> 00:57:42,159
or that there was no DNA of any sort of

1002
00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:46,400
evidence of a stalker were proved that there was no stalker.

1003
00:57:47,639 --> 00:57:50,880
Stacy Harris did everything to herself as she was a

1004
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:54,119
patient of a rare mental disorder called d I D

1005
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:59,920
Disassociative identity disorder. Her stalker or the man in the

1006
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:04,760
black hoodie was none other than Stacy herself, or should

1007
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:08,719
I say, her alter ego. She was the one who

1008
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:13,480
kidnapped and killed herself. The fact that such a wonderful

1009
00:58:13,480 --> 00:58:16,480
and loving woman was going through something like this was sad,

1010
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:20,639
but even more heartbreaking was the fact that me, being

1011
00:58:20,679 --> 00:58:23,119
her lover, failed to see it.

1012
00:58:25,159 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 2: Gwinn and Adam Smith were considered to be a part

1013
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:30,880
of the elite of our town for more than a decade.

1014
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:34,400
Their success story was an inspiration to every kid in

1015
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:38,840
our town. Both of them were extremely successful, Gwynn a

1016
00:58:38,920 --> 00:58:42,559
lawyer and Adam a surgeon. Both of them were extremely

1017
00:58:42,599 --> 00:58:44,719
busy with their work and lived on the far side

1018
00:58:44,719 --> 00:58:47,079
of town on top of the Lone Hill in a

1019
00:58:47,079 --> 00:58:50,440
big mansion. They hardly had time for their twin kids,

1020
00:58:50,719 --> 00:58:54,119
Lucy and Lincoln. This is where I come into the picture.

1021
00:58:54,599 --> 00:58:57,559
I'm Susan and I used to babysit Lucy and Lincoln

1022
00:58:57,559 --> 00:58:59,880
on most nights a week. I picked them up for

1023
00:59:00,119 --> 00:59:02,960
school in the afternoon, made sure they did their homework,

1024
00:59:03,159 --> 00:59:05,920
cooked dinner for them, and put them to bed. I

1025
00:59:06,039 --> 00:59:08,559
was more of a nanny to both the kids rather

1026
00:59:08,639 --> 00:59:12,719
than being a mere babysitter. The pay didn't hurt one bit,

1027
00:59:13,039 --> 00:59:15,119
and most of the times the kids were well behaved.

1028
00:59:15,719 --> 00:59:18,400
It wasn't much work. Plus their parents did not mind

1029
00:59:18,440 --> 00:59:20,400
if I used their internet or watch TV while the

1030
00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:24,239
kids napped. This job was helping me pay my mother's

1031
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:27,559
medical bills and keeping our family afloat. It was a

1032
00:59:27,599 --> 00:59:33,000
win win for all. Until it wasn't. Everything went downhill.

1033
00:59:33,039 --> 00:59:36,440
After that one phone call on that fateful stormy night.

1034
00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:40,559
There is something you guys should know. I never used

1035
00:59:40,559 --> 00:59:42,960
to babysit the kids on a weekend, as it was

1036
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:46,199
a time they spent with their parents. Bonding and catching

1037
00:59:46,280 --> 00:59:49,519
up is what Missus Smith described it as. It never

1038
00:59:49,559 --> 00:59:51,920
really bothered me, as I got the weekends off to

1039
00:59:51,960 --> 00:59:54,239
spend with my family and drive my mom to the

1040
00:59:54,280 --> 00:59:58,320
doctor's that night. It was around eight thirty when me

1041
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:00,320
and my mom and my brother returned from one of

1042
01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:04,320
my mother's routine checkups. She has stage two cancer, so

1043
01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:07,800
hospital visits are as often for our family as visiting

1044
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:11,280
the grocery store. It was a Saturday and my phone

1045
01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:13,880
started ringing. I initially thought it was one of my

1046
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,320
friends wanting to catch up in the local bar, but

1047
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:21,360
instead my screen displayed Missus Smith's name. I was a

1048
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:24,800
bit confused. Has she never texted or called on a

1049
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:29,159
weekend unless it was an emergency. I picked up the

1050
01:00:29,199 --> 01:00:34,440
call and asked, Hello, Missus Smith, what's the matter? Hi, Susan.

1051
01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:37,360
Sorry to bother you, but could you look after the

1052
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:40,440
kids tonight? I and Adam have to go to a

1053
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:44,119
dinner party. It was very unusual as the couple was

1054
01:00:44,199 --> 01:00:48,199
almost adamant about spending time with her kids on the weekend. Sure,

1055
01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:51,360
missus Smith, I'll be there in an hour. Let me

1056
01:00:51,519 --> 01:00:55,519
settle my mom in and I'll head over. Sure things, Susan,

1057
01:00:56,079 --> 01:00:59,440
We are waiting for you, Missus Smith, or should I

1058
01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:01,679
say Gwyn and hung up, and I went back to

1059
01:01:01,719 --> 01:01:04,320
taking care of my mom. By the time I left

1060
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:07,440
my home, Mom had slept and my brother was watching TV.

1061
01:01:08,119 --> 01:01:11,800
On the drive to their mansion, the road was unusually foggy,

1062
01:01:12,119 --> 01:01:15,400
as if preventing me from reaching their house. I wish

1063
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:18,440
I would have returned to mine, but the thought of

1064
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:22,000
piling up bills in my mom's deteriorating condition kept me

1065
01:01:22,079 --> 01:01:25,199
on the road. In about forty minutes, I was there

1066
01:01:25,199 --> 01:01:28,480
in their driveway, parking my beat up car. Gwyn and

1067
01:01:28,519 --> 01:01:31,320
Adam were in their driveway too, getting into their brand

1068
01:01:31,360 --> 01:01:35,599
new SUV. Hey there, mister and missus Smith, I greeted

1069
01:01:35,639 --> 01:01:40,199
the couple, Hey, Susan. Gwynn greeted me back, and Adam

1070
01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:44,280
just nodded at me. The twins are asleep. It's already

1071
01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:47,840
past their bedtime. I and Adam will return late tonight.

1072
01:01:48,599 --> 01:01:51,639
Just keep them company, don't let them have a midnight

1073
01:01:51,719 --> 01:01:55,559
snack and just text me if you need anything, Gwynn

1074
01:01:55,559 --> 01:01:58,719
instructed me before leaving and got into the passenger seat

1075
01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:01,440
beside her husband. It was a little weird that their

1076
01:02:01,519 --> 01:02:04,320
driver was missing. I didn't think much of it back then.

1077
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:06,719
Maybe it was a last minute plan and the driver

1078
01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:10,079
couldn't make it. As I did. Before their car rolled

1079
01:02:10,119 --> 01:02:12,800
out the front gate, gwyn yelled and let me know

1080
01:02:12,920 --> 01:02:14,920
she saved a piece of chocolate cake for me and

1081
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:18,679
that it was on the counter. Yeah, fancy desserts were

1082
01:02:18,719 --> 01:02:23,719
a common thing too. I loved this job. Once I

1083
01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:27,519
entered the mansion, it was dark inside. Usually the couple

1084
01:02:27,599 --> 01:02:29,480
left a few lights on at all times to keep

1085
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:32,360
the house illuminated. I switched on a few lights in

1086
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:35,360
the drawing room, grabbed a piece of chocolate cake, and

1087
01:02:35,400 --> 01:02:38,679
sat on the couch watching TV For the first hour.

1088
01:02:39,159 --> 01:02:41,679
I was so engrossed in the TV and the dessert

1089
01:02:42,039 --> 01:02:45,079
that I did not notice that the house was too quiet,

1090
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:49,119
as if I was the only one there. The kids

1091
01:02:49,159 --> 01:02:52,039
slept through the night on most days, but sometime either

1092
01:02:52,039 --> 01:02:53,920
of them would wake up for a midnight snack or

1093
01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:56,239
have a bad dream. It was common for me to

1094
01:02:56,239 --> 01:02:58,400
put them back to bed and maybe read a bedtime

1095
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:01,360
story too. I thought it must be one of those

1096
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:05,239
days when the twins slept through the entire night. Still,

1097
01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:10,760
my instinct told me something was wrong. I waited for

1098
01:03:10,880 --> 01:03:13,440
half an hour more and then headed upstairs to the

1099
01:03:13,519 --> 01:03:17,000
kid's room. Lucy and Lincoln had separate bedrooms on either

1100
01:03:17,039 --> 01:03:19,239
side of the hallway, and then at the end of

1101
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:22,320
the hallway was the master bedroom, where their parents slept.

1102
01:03:23,119 --> 01:03:25,960
When I opened Lucy's bedroom, I wasn't much worried when

1103
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:28,519
I found it empty. The girl often slept in her

1104
01:03:28,559 --> 01:03:31,199
brother's room if she was scared or had a bad dream.

1105
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:35,480
But the side I saw when I opened Lincoln's bedroom

1106
01:03:35,480 --> 01:03:40,840
door is etched into my memory forever. Both the kids

1107
01:03:40,880 --> 01:03:44,119
were hanged by a noose from the ceiling fan. Their

1108
01:03:44,159 --> 01:03:48,079
eyes were still open, as if they were very much alive.

1109
01:03:50,119 --> 01:03:53,440
I tried to free them, but when I touched Lucy's body,

1110
01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:56,840
she was cold and stiff, as if she had passed

1111
01:03:56,840 --> 01:04:01,679
away hours ago. I knew Lincoln was no different. I

1112
01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:04,840
screamed and stumbled out of the room. I ran toward

1113
01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:07,760
the master bedroom to fetch the emergency phone Gwynn left

1114
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:10,960
in there, But when I opened the master bedroom door.

1115
01:04:11,559 --> 01:04:16,559
I knew I was in deep, deep trouble. Both mister

1116
01:04:16,679 --> 01:04:20,119
and Missus Smith were hanging by the ceiling fan, the

1117
01:04:20,239 --> 01:04:23,079
exact same way their kids were hanging just down the hall.

1118
01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:27,440
I was terrified and screaming and running back downstairs. I

1119
01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:30,679
didn't know what to do. I could still fill their

1120
01:04:30,760 --> 01:04:33,159
open eyes on me as I called nine one one.

1121
01:04:33,960 --> 01:04:36,920
When the cops got there, I was sitting in the driveway,

1122
01:04:37,079 --> 01:04:40,400
weeping and hysteric. I did not know what was going on.

1123
01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:44,199
The police did their investigation and questioned me. I told

1124
01:04:44,239 --> 01:04:47,519
them all that had happened, and also mentioned the fact

1125
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:50,480
that I had spoken to Gwyn and Adam as they

1126
01:04:50,559 --> 01:04:53,800
left the mansion. I did not understand how they were

1127
01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:56,880
hanging inside their own bedroom when they left, in front

1128
01:04:56,880 --> 01:05:01,559
of my own eyes. Naturally penned as the prime suspect

1129
01:05:01,559 --> 01:05:04,599
for the murder of a family of four. Right now,

1130
01:05:05,039 --> 01:05:08,400
I'm narrating this story to you from a prison cell

1131
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:11,679
where I have been locked for the past six years.

1132
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:16,239
They say I killed the Smith family, but I swear

1133
01:05:16,800 --> 01:05:20,079
I didn't do it. I would never harm the kids

1134
01:05:20,239 --> 01:05:25,800
nor their parents. They say I'm insane and have mental disorders.

1135
01:05:26,199 --> 01:05:30,360
How is that? Possible. I'm totally fine. Can't they see

1136
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:34,079
I'm being framed for murder. I told them I met

1137
01:05:34,119 --> 01:05:36,280
the couple before they went out for the dinner party,

1138
01:05:36,679 --> 01:05:39,039
but the investigators say that I didn't meet the couple

1139
01:05:39,079 --> 01:05:42,880
in the driveway. I clearly remember meeting them, though I

1140
01:05:42,920 --> 01:05:46,039
asked them to check the CCTV footage, But the footage

1141
01:05:46,119 --> 01:05:49,719
they showed me has me standing in the driveway alone,

1142
01:05:50,519 --> 01:05:54,559
no side of mister or missus Smith. They say I

1143
01:05:54,719 --> 01:05:58,559
forced the family to hang themselves. Why would I do that?

1144
01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:02,519
They were paying my bills by giving me employment. Why

1145
01:06:02,559 --> 01:06:06,599
would anyone want to lose such a job. I firmly

1146
01:06:06,679 --> 01:06:10,360
believe that I'm being framed, but all the evidence is

1147
01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:15,000
against me. The CCTV had recorded me arriving in the mansion,

1148
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:18,960
but I clearly remember talking to gwyn I remember eating

1149
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:21,719
the last piece of chocolate cake. How would I know

1150
01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:24,760
that there was a single slice of chocolate cake if

1151
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:28,840
Gwynn hadn't mentioned it. Why is anyone not believing me?

1152
01:06:29,880 --> 01:06:33,039
I couldn't even attend my mother's funeral as the doctors

1153
01:06:33,039 --> 01:06:35,519
and the cops think I'm too dangerous for the world.

1154
01:06:36,239 --> 01:06:39,519
They think I can hurt people. How is that possible.

1155
01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:43,039
I was just a girl who was trying to provide

1156
01:06:43,039 --> 01:06:45,840
for her family and take care of her mom. Why

1157
01:06:45,880 --> 01:06:49,800
does no one see that I'm being framed. I don't

1158
01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:53,519
know what's going on anymore. I'm so confused and lost.

1159
01:06:54,039 --> 01:06:56,840
All I know is that I didn't do it. What

1160
01:06:56,920 --> 01:07:00,599
do you think is the truth? Am I innocent? Who

1161
01:07:00,599 --> 01:07:03,239
did I see in the driveway if the couple was

1162
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:07,920
already dead? And more importantly, who called me pretending to

1163
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:12,880
be missus Smith? I swear I didn't do it.

1164
01:07:13,639 --> 01:07:17,760
Speaker 4: Hi, I'm David And Many years ago, one of my

1165
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:21,320
high school friends, Jack opened a new Papa John store

1166
01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:24,719
in our hometown. The news of his opening the pizza

1167
01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:27,719
place was a delight to all, as he always wanted

1168
01:07:27,719 --> 01:07:30,599
to own a fast food joint. Jack and his wife,

1169
01:07:30,679 --> 01:07:34,119
Alice had collected money and worked very hard to open

1170
01:07:34,159 --> 01:07:37,719
the shop, and to everyone's utter delight, they had welcomed

1171
01:07:37,719 --> 01:07:41,760
their first child, a daughter named Sharon, a few weeks

1172
01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:44,960
before the grand opening. Things had really started to work

1173
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:48,400
for Jack and his small family. As we all his

1174
01:07:48,559 --> 01:07:51,639
friends were very proud of our buddy. We decided to

1175
01:07:51,719 --> 01:07:54,840
arrange a small get together at his pizza place itself.

1176
01:07:55,519 --> 01:07:58,599
The date was set around Thanksgiving week, when most of

1177
01:07:58,679 --> 01:08:02,440
us would visit our hometown for that Thanksgiving dinner. So

1178
01:08:02,519 --> 01:08:04,960
on the twenty third of November, we all had planned

1179
01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:07,760
to gather at Papa John's to celebrate with Jack and

1180
01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:11,760
his family. The only catch to this gathering was everyone

1181
01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:14,360
had to be dressed in the Papa John's uniform to

1182
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:17,600
show our support. On the day of the gathering, the

1183
01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:21,239
place was overcrowded with people. Even though the pizza place

1184
01:08:21,319 --> 01:08:24,119
was closed to customers, it was making just as many

1185
01:08:24,199 --> 01:08:27,399
pizzas for all the friends gathered. Jack and Alice had

1186
01:08:27,399 --> 01:08:30,359
rented a two story place where they had their pizza

1187
01:08:30,399 --> 01:08:33,880
shop below in their home above it. The entrance to

1188
01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:36,399
the upper floor was from the kitchen of the pizza shop.

1189
01:08:36,840 --> 01:08:39,039
This is how the couple kept an eye on their newborn.

1190
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:42,800
As the gathering proceeded, a lot of people gathered at

1191
01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:45,960
the pizza place. Many of us had our spouse or

1192
01:08:46,079 --> 01:08:49,760
other family members tagging along. Alice had invited some of

1193
01:08:49,800 --> 01:08:52,960
her friends to All of us were in the uniform

1194
01:08:53,079 --> 01:08:56,000
and it was a bit tough to recognize people, especially

1195
01:08:56,039 --> 01:08:59,079
the people we hadn't seen in a while. Everyone was

1196
01:08:59,119 --> 01:09:02,520
busy enjoying the pizza and drinks when I distinctly remember

1197
01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:06,039
a woman, perhaps in her late thirties, approached the shop.

1198
01:09:06,720 --> 01:09:10,079
She had followed the designated dress code. Alice had spotted

1199
01:09:10,119 --> 01:09:13,600
this woman too and welcomed her inside, thinking she must

1200
01:09:13,640 --> 01:09:16,640
be one of her husband's guests, but I couldn't remember

1201
01:09:16,680 --> 01:09:20,000
this woman from our high school. As the gathering went on,

1202
01:09:20,520 --> 01:09:24,279
everyone was getting pretty intoxicated. By the end, I was

1203
01:09:24,319 --> 01:09:27,000
helping one of my friends get into a car when

1204
01:09:27,039 --> 01:09:30,159
I and a few remaining guests heard an ear piercing

1205
01:09:30,199 --> 01:09:33,840
scream from Alice. She was screaming from her daughter's room.

1206
01:09:34,439 --> 01:09:36,880
We all ran up to find Alice crying near her

1207
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:40,760
daughter's crib, which was empty except for a shoe that

1208
01:09:40,840 --> 01:09:44,520
lie upside down in the daughter's bedding. Being only a

1209
01:09:44,520 --> 01:09:47,119
few weeks old, the infant couldn't climb out of the

1210
01:09:47,119 --> 01:09:51,439
crib by herself and wander around the house, let alone outside.

1211
01:09:51,479 --> 01:09:53,680
Alice had brought her downstairs at the beginning of the

1212
01:09:53,720 --> 01:09:57,079
gathering to introduce us to the little girl. To the

1213
01:09:57,159 --> 01:10:00,640
rest of the gathering, little Sharon slept peacefully while we

1214
01:10:00,680 --> 01:10:04,479
all had a good time downstairs. After the initial panic,

1215
01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:07,640
everyone began to look in and around the house for

1216
01:10:07,720 --> 01:10:11,520
the infant. However, I had a feeling that Sharon did

1217
01:10:11,560 --> 01:10:16,880
not wander off. She was taken away, possibly abducted. When

1218
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:20,079
I approached Jack, he was holding his wife, who still

1219
01:10:20,119 --> 01:10:23,319
hadn't stopped crying. I tried to calm her down and

1220
01:10:23,399 --> 01:10:27,359
asked her about the woman who had walked into the party. Instantly,

1221
01:10:27,720 --> 01:10:31,640
Alice knew who I was talking about. Jack, I and Bill,

1222
01:10:31,880 --> 01:10:35,119
one of our friends, checked the CCTV footage to find

1223
01:10:35,159 --> 01:10:38,640
the woman. We immediately saw her entering the pizza place

1224
01:10:38,680 --> 01:10:41,960
around nine pm, and after grabbing a few slices of pizza,

1225
01:10:42,479 --> 01:10:46,520
she snuck upstairs to Sharon's room. The footage did have

1226
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:49,920
her face, which was enough to report her. Jack said

1227
01:10:49,960 --> 01:10:52,239
she must have left through the back exit, which is

1228
01:10:52,279 --> 01:10:55,760
not covered by any cameras. We instantly called the cops

1229
01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:58,960
and reported the woman. We also handed over the footage

1230
01:10:58,960 --> 01:11:03,279
to the cops. The copse immediately started the investigation, and

1231
01:11:03,399 --> 01:11:05,880
soon the whole town was on the lookout for this

1232
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:11,920
woman and baby Sharon. Even on Thanksgiving, hardly anyone was celebrating. Instead,

1233
01:11:12,439 --> 01:11:16,359
everyone was looking for the lost baby. That evening, there

1234
01:11:16,359 --> 01:11:19,000
were three more reports of missing infants in the town.

1235
01:11:19,479 --> 01:11:21,960
And two of the reports claimed to have seen the

1236
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:25,479
same woman before the abductions, confirming her to be the

1237
01:11:25,479 --> 01:11:29,880
culprit of all the missing cases. Along with that, one

1238
01:11:29,960 --> 01:11:32,800
common clue left behind by the woman was a single

1239
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:36,920
shoe of the abducted babies in their cribs. The investigation

1240
01:11:37,039 --> 01:11:39,680
went on for months. I and some of my friends

1241
01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:42,199
stayed in town for a couple of weeks to extend

1242
01:11:42,239 --> 01:11:44,920
our support and to take part in the search parties.

1243
01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:48,880
But other than the shoe, nothing was ever found of

1244
01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:53,159
the missing infants. After a year of investigation, the police

1245
01:11:53,159 --> 01:11:55,920
could find no leeds on the case and were eventually

1246
01:11:56,319 --> 01:11:59,439
forced to close it. The woman was never seen in

1247
01:11:59,520 --> 01:12:02,920
town before for these abductions and was never spotted again.

1248
01:12:03,479 --> 01:12:06,560
There were many stories and theories about the abductions spreading

1249
01:12:06,560 --> 01:12:09,640
in the town by the local people. Some said that

1250
01:12:09,680 --> 01:12:12,319
she was a spirit, while some claimed she was a

1251
01:12:12,319 --> 01:12:15,399
part of a cult, and others believed that she was

1252
01:12:15,439 --> 01:12:19,079
a human trafficker who stole young kids and sold them.

1253
01:12:19,720 --> 01:12:22,640
But I believed none of them. It was as if

1254
01:12:22,720 --> 01:12:26,079
Jack and Alice had lost their will to live. They

1255
01:12:26,159 --> 01:12:29,600
closed their Papa John's mere months after the abduction, and

1256
01:12:29,680 --> 01:12:32,399
two years later they moved out of the town to

1257
01:12:32,439 --> 01:12:36,439
start anew Every time I enter a Papa John's pizza place,

1258
01:12:36,840 --> 01:12:40,359
I remember Alice's ear piercing scream and the despair in

1259
01:12:40,399 --> 01:12:43,479
her eyes. It was the worst tragedy our small town

1260
01:12:43,560 --> 01:12:47,520
had ever faced. Nothing of that sort ever happened again,

1261
01:12:48,039 --> 01:12:49,600
but it stayed with all the people.

1262
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:50,880
Speaker 1: Now.

1263
01:12:51,119 --> 01:12:54,000
Speaker 4: Fifteen years later, there was a mall being built a

1264
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:57,279
few miles away from my hometown, and to lay its foundation,

1265
01:12:57,680 --> 01:13:00,800
the land was being dug. The things that the construction

1266
01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:04,600
team found on the site shook the entire town, and

1267
01:13:04,640 --> 01:13:09,239
the fifteen year old mystery was finally solved. The skeletons

1268
01:13:09,239 --> 01:13:12,119
of four infants were found wrapped in a black cloth,

1269
01:13:12,479 --> 01:13:15,920
buried six feet under the ground. This news was made

1270
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:18,800
public and the families of the lost kids, who would

1271
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:21,600
have been around fifteen years old now, were gathered to

1272
01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:25,159
see their kids for the last time. It was heartbreaking

1273
01:13:25,199 --> 01:13:27,840
to know that the infants were killed, but the motive

1274
01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:31,439
behind the killing and the whereabouts of the lady is

1275
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:32,279
still unknown.

1276
01:13:33,079 --> 01:13:35,119
Speaker 1: As soon as I woke up, I knew there was

1277
01:13:35,159 --> 01:13:38,880
something off about that day. It was a regular Thursday,

1278
01:13:39,079 --> 01:13:42,960
nothing special about it, really, but you know, sometimes we

1279
01:13:43,399 --> 01:13:45,880
have a gut feeling about days like these, when we

1280
01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:49,680
know something bad is going to happen ahead. It was

1281
01:13:50,279 --> 01:13:53,920
one of those days. I tried to ignore the nod

1282
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:57,479
in my stomach and continued my daily tasks. Once I

1283
01:13:57,520 --> 01:14:01,720
sat in my business communication class, phone beat, which meant

1284
01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:05,239
either someone was calling or texting me. I have a

1285
01:14:05,239 --> 01:14:07,680
strict policy to not operate my cell phone in the

1286
01:14:07,680 --> 01:14:11,560
classroom and to pay the utmost attention to my lectures. However,

1287
01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:14,680
when my phone beat for the second and then third time,

1288
01:14:15,479 --> 01:14:18,520
the knot in my stomach intensified, and my intuition told

1289
01:14:18,520 --> 01:14:21,279
me to take a look. As soon as I saw

1290
01:14:21,319 --> 01:14:23,840
the text sent to me by missus Harris, I bolted

1291
01:14:23,880 --> 01:14:26,119
out of the classroom with my stuff and ran towards

1292
01:14:26,119 --> 01:14:29,560
my car with shaky fingers. I started my car and

1293
01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:33,560
began the long drive home. I was worried and scared.

1294
01:14:34,479 --> 01:14:38,840
Worried because I wanted her to live, and scared because

1295
01:14:39,640 --> 01:14:43,399
I was terrified of losing her. So I drove past

1296
01:14:43,439 --> 01:14:46,800
the outskirts of the city toward my hometown. I knew

1297
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:49,520
it was getting late, it was starting to get dark outside,

1298
01:14:49,560 --> 01:14:51,920
and soon I would be driving across a deserted highway

1299
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:55,359
in pitch darkness, but I was determined to get back

1300
01:14:55,399 --> 01:14:59,359
to her on time. As a university student, I usually

1301
01:14:59,439 --> 01:15:02,319
had early mon in classes, so I avoided driving at night,

1302
01:15:02,800 --> 01:15:04,720
So it was okay to say that I had a

1303
01:15:04,760 --> 01:15:08,600
limited experience with driving at night. To ease my nerves,

1304
01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:10,600
I switched on the radio and began to hear the

1305
01:15:10,640 --> 01:15:14,560
weather forecast. Soon I was two hours into my journey

1306
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:16,600
and I knew I was very close to the highway.

1307
01:15:17,560 --> 01:15:20,119
I calmed myself down and focused on driving at a

1308
01:15:20,119 --> 01:15:23,560
steady pace. Now you must be thinking, why is a

1309
01:15:23,560 --> 01:15:26,239
college student who is clearly an adult so scared of

1310
01:15:26,319 --> 01:15:29,640
driving at night on a damn highway? To know that?

1311
01:15:29,720 --> 01:15:34,279
You must keep listening to my story. So by this

1312
01:15:34,359 --> 01:15:36,239
time I had driven a few miles away from the

1313
01:15:36,239 --> 01:15:38,800
start of this highway, and I remembered that it had

1314
01:15:38,840 --> 01:15:42,159
been particularly sunny that day. That's why there was no

1315
01:15:42,279 --> 01:15:45,359
chance of a storm or any accidents caused by a storm.

1316
01:15:46,399 --> 01:15:49,039
Then why was there a fallen tree in the middle

1317
01:15:49,079 --> 01:15:52,680
of the highway. While I looked at the tree about

1318
01:15:52,680 --> 01:15:55,720
three hundred meters away from my car, I had unconsciously

1319
01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:58,720
slowed down a bit. That's when I saw the first

1320
01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:01,520
person appear about two hundred meters away from my car.

1321
01:16:02,439 --> 01:16:04,720
Then there were three more, whom I spotted in the

1322
01:16:04,760 --> 01:16:08,159
rear view mirror. For a second, I was baffled as

1323
01:16:08,159 --> 01:16:10,640
to what to do. I knew what was going to

1324
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:13,600
happen to me if I didn't act fast. Their trick

1325
01:16:13,680 --> 01:16:16,000
had worked, and I had already slowed my car enough

1326
01:16:16,039 --> 01:16:19,359
for the people to approach me. Every second I wasted

1327
01:16:19,439 --> 01:16:21,640
thinking about the right move was used by the people

1328
01:16:21,680 --> 01:16:25,079
to advance on my car. Soon the highway was full

1329
01:16:25,119 --> 01:16:27,439
of people, and the only way to escape and go

1330
01:16:27,479 --> 01:16:30,640
home alive in one piece to see her was by

1331
01:16:30,720 --> 01:16:34,560
driving straight ahead. I know my car was hardly capable

1332
01:16:34,560 --> 01:16:37,039
of running over a fallen tree, but I had to

1333
01:16:37,079 --> 01:16:40,279
take the chance. After all, I was a broke college

1334
01:16:40,279 --> 01:16:42,760
student who couldn't afford anything better than a beaten up

1335
01:16:42,760 --> 01:16:45,680
Honda Civic. As soon as I put my foot on

1336
01:16:45,720 --> 01:16:48,159
the gas, the first stone collided with the back door

1337
01:16:48,159 --> 01:16:50,640
of my car. I thought it would leave a debt.

1338
01:16:51,199 --> 01:16:53,680
The first stone was followed by another, and then more.

1339
01:16:54,399 --> 01:16:56,479
One of the guys managed to aim at my passenger

1340
01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:59,319
side window. It broke and the glass shattered on the

1341
01:16:59,319 --> 01:17:02,720
passenger seat. I paid no attention to it and sped

1342
01:17:02,760 --> 01:17:05,880
the car, ramming it over the fallen tree. It hit

1343
01:17:05,920 --> 01:17:08,000
the base of my car and a loud thud could

1344
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:10,920
be heard. The people were now furious that I was

1345
01:17:10,960 --> 01:17:14,239
trying to escape. The mobs started chasing me on foot,

1346
01:17:14,720 --> 01:17:18,239
throwing stones, metal pipes, pieces of wood, and even rotten

1347
01:17:18,279 --> 01:17:21,359
food at my car. I didn't even look back. I

1348
01:17:21,479 --> 01:17:24,760
just kept driving until I reached my home town. As

1349
01:17:24,760 --> 01:17:26,720
soon as I parked my car in front of my house,

1350
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:30,279
I ran upstairs towards my grandma, who was fast asleep.

1351
01:17:31,199 --> 01:17:35,319
Missus Harris sat beside her bed reading a book. How

1352
01:17:35,439 --> 01:17:37,680
is she? I drove here as soon as I got

1353
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:41,920
your text, I asked, Missus Harris. She is fine. It

1354
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:44,359
was just to fall in the garden. She heard her

1355
01:17:44,399 --> 01:17:46,960
hip pretty bad, but luckily I saw her and took

1356
01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:52,039
her to the hospital. She replied, hey, justin Why are

1357
01:17:52,039 --> 01:17:55,680
there pieces of glass on your sweater? Missus Harris inquired,

1358
01:17:56,680 --> 01:18:02,199
Missus Harris, I drove on the highway. It was them,

1359
01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:07,199
I told her. She immediately understood what I meant. Thank

1360
01:18:07,279 --> 01:18:10,560
god nothing happened to you. Did you report the incident?

1361
01:18:11,159 --> 01:18:15,239
She asked me again. I did, Missus Harris, I do

1362
01:18:15,399 --> 01:18:18,920
not see the use of it. I was tired and

1363
01:18:19,119 --> 01:18:22,600
worried to death about my grandma. Missus Harris, our neighbor,

1364
01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:25,000
had texted me during my lecture that my grandma had

1365
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:27,479
fallen in the garden and she was being rushed to

1366
01:18:27,520 --> 01:18:31,680
the hospital. You see, I do not have parents, as

1367
01:18:31,720 --> 01:18:35,000
they both died when I was too young. My grandma

1368
01:18:35,119 --> 01:18:38,720
raised me and looked after me, and now it was

1369
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:41,840
my turn. As I went to my room after making

1370
01:18:41,880 --> 01:18:45,119
sure that my grandma was fine, the whole highway incident

1371
01:18:45,199 --> 01:18:48,039
flashed in front of my eyes. The men who attacked

1372
01:18:48,039 --> 01:18:50,880
me were called the faceless People and were famous in

1373
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:54,079
our state for attacking vehicles traveling on that highway at night.

1374
01:18:54,840 --> 01:18:57,720
They were called faceless people not because they had no face,

1375
01:18:58,159 --> 01:19:00,319
but because no one could ever make out what they

1376
01:19:00,359 --> 01:19:03,600
looked like, and no one knew anything about them. It

1377
01:19:03,680 --> 01:19:06,119
was as if they were off the grid and lived

1378
01:19:06,119 --> 01:19:09,039
in their own day and time, and somehow appeared on

1379
01:19:09,039 --> 01:19:12,079
the highway at night. There were at least five to

1380
01:19:12,119 --> 01:19:14,880
seven reports of the faceless people attacking vehicles on that

1381
01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:18,479
highway every week, but the cops were unable to catch anyone.

1382
01:19:19,640 --> 01:19:22,239
These people destroyed the vehicle by throwing things at it.

1383
01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:25,840
They dragged the people in the vehicle out, looted, and

1384
01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:29,920
then finally killed them. I knew I was lucky, as

1385
01:19:30,079 --> 01:19:31,880
I was one of the few people who escaped the

1386
01:19:31,920 --> 01:19:35,079
torture of the faceless people unharmed. But due to the

1387
01:19:35,159 --> 01:19:38,600
lack of evidence, these people still roamed the streets unpunished.

1388
01:19:39,560 --> 01:19:42,920
That's when I remembered that perhaps this incident was recorded

1389
01:19:43,079 --> 01:19:46,439
on my dash camp. Maybe I was the first person

1390
01:19:46,479 --> 01:19:49,680
to capture the faceless people on camera. This could be

1391
01:19:49,720 --> 01:19:53,239
a huge leap in the investigation. I ran to my

1392
01:19:53,319 --> 01:19:56,760
car and retrieved the recording, and there it was. Everything

1393
01:19:56,880 --> 01:20:00,680
was recorded clearly. Although my car was damaged, the dash

1394
01:20:00,760 --> 01:20:05,119
camp somehow remained unscathed. I borrowed Missus Harris's car and

1395
01:20:05,239 --> 01:20:08,199
drove to the police station with the footage. The cops

1396
01:20:08,239 --> 01:20:11,479
thanked me and I returned home. The next day. When

1397
01:20:11,520 --> 01:20:13,880
I woke up, the town sheriff was having a cup

1398
01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:17,840
of tea with my grandma downstairs. She seemed much better

1399
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:22,840
than yesterday. What brings you here, Sheriff? I asked, You

1400
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:26,560
have no idea what you have done? Justin the sheriff said,

1401
01:20:26,600 --> 01:20:29,359
with a broad smile on his face. The dash cam

1402
01:20:29,399 --> 01:20:32,199
footage you gave us last night helped us identify a

1403
01:20:32,239 --> 01:20:35,960
few people from the Faceless gang. We captured those people

1404
01:20:36,079 --> 01:20:40,319
and soon extracted all the information about their operations. Most

1405
01:20:40,359 --> 01:20:43,319
of these people are behind bars because of you and

1406
01:20:43,359 --> 01:20:46,720
will be soon put to trial. You have no idea

1407
01:20:46,760 --> 01:20:50,600
what you have done. Boy saying this, he thanked my

1408
01:20:50,640 --> 01:20:54,159
grandma for the tea and left. The news had covered

1409
01:20:54,199 --> 01:20:56,640
the incident, and my face was all over the TV.

1410
01:20:57,720 --> 01:20:59,960
Turns out the Faceless people were a bunch of dry

1411
01:21:00,439 --> 01:21:03,359
so it escaped the nearby rehabilitation center and were hiding

1412
01:21:03,359 --> 01:21:05,680
in the abandoned factory in the woods during the day.

1413
01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:10,119
That's why no one could find them. I still can't

1414
01:21:10,119 --> 01:21:13,199
imagine what would have happened if I hadn't driven fast enough.

1415
01:21:14,359 --> 01:21:17,479
What do you think would I still be alive to

1416
01:21:17,520 --> 01:21:19,039
tell this story today.

1417
01:21:21,439 --> 01:21:23,079
Speaker 2: I used to work in the circus when I was

1418
01:21:23,119 --> 01:21:26,000
a kid, and while many people believe this may have

1419
01:21:26,119 --> 01:21:28,199
been the dream job of a twelve year old girl,

1420
01:21:28,840 --> 01:21:32,840
what happened behind the scenes is something I'd never forget.

1421
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:37,319
My name is Arena Orlov. I'm Russian and before me

1422
01:21:37,399 --> 01:21:40,039
and my family moved to the US, we used to

1423
01:21:40,079 --> 01:21:43,359
live in Russia. I lived there for thirteen years of

1424
01:21:43,359 --> 01:21:47,279
my life. To be exact, I loved every second of

1425
01:21:47,319 --> 01:21:50,760
it because before I was nine years old, I already

1426
01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:55,760
knew how to fly. My grandparents were trappees artists, so

1427
01:21:55,920 --> 01:21:58,640
were my parents, and I remember when I turned eight

1428
01:21:59,000 --> 01:21:59,960
my father said.

1429
01:21:59,720 --> 01:22:01,520
Speaker 1: To me, do you want to fly?

1430
01:22:02,880 --> 01:22:07,079
Speaker 2: And with a huge smile on my face, I said yes.

1431
01:22:07,920 --> 01:22:10,520
My dad taught me everything there was to know about

1432
01:22:10,600 --> 01:22:14,079
being a trapeze artist, and before I was nine, I

1433
01:22:14,239 --> 01:22:17,680
was swinging through the air. At the time, we worked

1434
01:22:17,680 --> 01:22:21,680
for a popular circus called Volkov's Show. I basically grew

1435
01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:24,319
up at the circus, and I considered everyone there to

1436
01:22:24,359 --> 01:22:27,680
be my family, from the jugglers to the magicians, the

1437
01:22:27,720 --> 01:22:32,720
animal trainers, the strong men, the typewrote walkers, basically each

1438
01:22:32,760 --> 01:22:36,680
and every one of them. We talked together, ate together,

1439
01:22:37,039 --> 01:22:41,000
and lived together. I didn't have any siblings, and neither

1440
01:22:41,039 --> 01:22:43,600
did I have aunts or uncles, so it always felt

1441
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:47,439
like they were my huge extended family. And while all

1442
01:22:47,520 --> 01:22:50,880
this was great, not everyone was close with each other.

1443
01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:55,479
Our ring master, mister Volkov, didn't really associate with us,

1444
01:22:55,640 --> 01:22:59,159
as he always had this superior aura and rude demeanor.

1445
01:23:00,079 --> 01:23:02,159
Cared about was the number of people who showed up

1446
01:23:02,159 --> 01:23:04,520
to the shows and the amount of money he made.

1447
01:23:05,439 --> 01:23:08,960
I didn't like him very much, as something seemed off

1448
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:13,239
about him, but things were still pretty fine because, as

1449
01:23:13,239 --> 01:23:16,760
I said earlier, he really didn't talk to or associate

1450
01:23:16,840 --> 01:23:21,359
with any of us. Well, with the exception of the clowns,

1451
01:23:22,039 --> 01:23:26,359
our circus had so many amazing acts, as we had

1452
01:23:26,359 --> 01:23:30,439
an animal trainer who handled lions and elephants, an incredible

1453
01:23:30,520 --> 01:23:34,159
typewrote walker who performed his act with no safety net,

1454
01:23:34,560 --> 01:23:39,439
and my family spectacular trapeze routine. But deep down we

1455
01:23:39,479 --> 01:23:43,079
all knew that the main attractions were the clowns. Now,

1456
01:23:43,119 --> 01:23:46,920
our clowns weren't gestured day to day normal clowns, as

1457
01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:51,399
the act they performed seemed humanly impossible. I can remember

1458
01:23:51,439 --> 01:23:54,479
the first time I saw them perform. Their act always

1459
01:23:54,479 --> 01:23:57,640
started out with a really small wooden car, and I

1460
01:23:57,640 --> 01:24:00,640
would watch these two clowns bend their bones to levels

1461
01:24:00,680 --> 01:24:03,640
that didn't seem human. They would start by bending their

1462
01:24:03,640 --> 01:24:06,560
faces all the way into their ribs while wrapping their

1463
01:24:06,640 --> 01:24:10,119
arms around themselves. They would then proceed to hop into

1464
01:24:10,159 --> 01:24:13,880
the extremely small wooden car, a car that wasn't physically

1465
01:24:13,920 --> 01:24:17,279
capable of fitting two grown men. I didn't know how

1466
01:24:17,319 --> 01:24:20,439
they always did it, but they always managed to repeat

1467
01:24:20,439 --> 01:24:23,960
and deliver the same jaw dropping performance every night that

1468
01:24:24,039 --> 01:24:27,119
we had a show. I remember as a kid, I

1469
01:24:27,159 --> 01:24:30,199
thought their arms were prosthetics because of how they dangled

1470
01:24:30,239 --> 01:24:33,199
beside their bodies. They always looked like they weren't fully

1471
01:24:33,199 --> 01:24:36,720
attached to their shoulders, But being backstage with them, I

1472
01:24:36,840 --> 01:24:39,439
knew this wasn't the case, as they still used their

1473
01:24:39,439 --> 01:24:42,600
hands to do other things, so it was clear that

1474
01:24:42,680 --> 01:24:46,600
their arms were real. Due to the mind blowing ways

1475
01:24:46,640 --> 01:24:49,800
these clowns folded their bodies and bent in ways that

1476
01:24:49,880 --> 01:24:52,800
weren't human. They were constantly the stars of the show,

1477
01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:57,000
and while they were magnificent while performing, it was a

1478
01:24:57,079 --> 01:25:00,800
totally different thing when the show was over. Clowns didn't

1479
01:25:00,840 --> 01:25:03,520
really associate with the rest of us, as they always

1480
01:25:03,560 --> 01:25:07,960
stigmatized themselves. They never spoke to anyone, not even to

1481
01:25:08,039 --> 01:25:11,439
each other, and the only person they spoke to was

1482
01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:15,039
mister Volkov, as he always called them into his office

1483
01:25:15,319 --> 01:25:18,439
an hour before the show. Living with them for some

1484
01:25:18,600 --> 01:25:22,279
time made me realize that they always looked sad, sick

1485
01:25:22,680 --> 01:25:26,279
and dead inside, which was weird. As they were meant

1486
01:25:26,359 --> 01:25:29,319
to be clowns. Their behavior wasn't the only weird thing

1487
01:25:29,359 --> 01:25:34,279
about them, as something even weirder always happened. Remember when

1488
01:25:34,279 --> 01:25:37,079
I said earlier that the people at the circus were

1489
01:25:37,119 --> 01:25:39,880
like my family. One of the reasons for that was

1490
01:25:39,920 --> 01:25:43,000
because I grew up around them. Most of them had

1491
01:25:43,000 --> 01:25:46,960
always been at the circus and were hardly replaced. Galina,

1492
01:25:47,159 --> 01:25:49,800
the typewrope walker, had been with us since I was five,

1493
01:25:50,159 --> 01:25:53,199
and so were our jugglers and our animal handlers. But

1494
01:25:53,279 --> 01:25:55,520
it was a totally different story when it came to

1495
01:25:55,600 --> 01:26:00,000
the clowns, as they were always replaced on a monthly basis.

1496
01:26:00,439 --> 01:26:02,640
I had known like twelve clowns since I had been

1497
01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:05,119
at the circus. No one knew what happened to the

1498
01:26:05,159 --> 01:26:08,319
other clowns or where they went. Normally, most of our

1499
01:26:08,359 --> 01:26:13,319
clowns only performed for three or four shows before completely disappearing.

1500
01:26:14,399 --> 01:26:17,039
So many clowns had come and gone that I couldn't

1501
01:26:17,039 --> 01:26:19,720
remember most of their names, but the ones who were

1502
01:26:19,720 --> 01:26:23,840
currently working with us were called Dmitri and Entree. Now

1503
01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:26,800
our circus performed every two weeks on the Saturday of

1504
01:26:26,840 --> 01:26:29,920
the second week, to be exact, and I remember the

1505
01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:33,159
last week leading up to our upcoming performance, my dad

1506
01:26:33,279 --> 01:26:35,159
was talking about how he'd found a job in the

1507
01:26:35,239 --> 01:26:38,960
US and how we were making plans to move. I

1508
01:26:39,079 --> 01:26:42,439
was really sad about leaving the circus, so I decided

1509
01:26:42,439 --> 01:26:46,680
to make my final performance spectacular, and after weeks of prepping,

1510
01:26:47,119 --> 01:26:50,800
the day had finally come. The lights and tints were set,

1511
01:26:51,239 --> 01:26:54,560
and we had a huge audience. I was ready to

1512
01:26:54,560 --> 01:26:57,680
give it my all that night, but fifteen minutes before

1513
01:26:57,720 --> 01:26:59,880
our performance began, my dad said to.

1514
01:26:59,880 --> 01:27:04,159
Speaker 1: Me me, laid Nadya, we are missing a hoop. I'll

1515
01:27:04,239 --> 01:27:06,640
need you to run to the storage trailer and get it.

1516
01:27:07,600 --> 01:27:10,600
Speaker 2: I really didn't like going to the storage trailer because

1517
01:27:10,640 --> 01:27:14,399
it smelt really bad and rancid in there, but it

1518
01:27:14,479 --> 01:27:19,319
was our last performance, so I gladly agreed, saying sure, Dad,

1519
01:27:20,319 --> 01:27:23,199
before running to the storage trailer to get an extra hoop.

1520
01:27:24,119 --> 01:27:27,000
On my way to the storage trailer, I saw our clowns,

1521
01:27:27,039 --> 01:27:31,119
Dmitri and Andre walking to mister Volkov's office. As a kid,

1522
01:27:31,399 --> 01:27:33,760
my mind began to wonder what they always spoke about

1523
01:27:33,760 --> 01:27:36,159
before every show, but I knew I had to get

1524
01:27:36,159 --> 01:27:38,600
the hoop, so I shook off the thoughts and continued

1525
01:27:38,640 --> 01:27:42,880
to the storage trailer. After some minutes, I finally got there,

1526
01:27:43,319 --> 01:27:46,319
and somehow the rents that smell had become even worse.

1527
01:27:46,840 --> 01:27:49,239
I didn't want to stay there long, so I quickly

1528
01:27:49,279 --> 01:27:52,239
grabbed the hoop and left. On my way back, I

1529
01:27:52,279 --> 01:27:54,880
saw the door to mister Volkov's office was slightly open

1530
01:27:55,199 --> 01:27:57,039
and no one was around as they were all about

1531
01:27:57,079 --> 01:28:01,239
to perform. I don't know why I did this. I'm

1532
01:28:01,279 --> 01:28:05,279
guessing it was just my inquisitive childhood nature, but I

1533
01:28:05,399 --> 01:28:08,560
went to the door and peeked in because I really

1534
01:28:08,600 --> 01:28:10,760
wanted to know what they always did before the show,

1535
01:28:11,199 --> 01:28:16,239
and what I saw scarred me for life. Both Dmitri

1536
01:28:16,359 --> 01:28:20,199
and Andrei were tied to long poles. They were gagged and

1537
01:28:20,279 --> 01:28:22,960
two long ropes were tied to each of their wrists.

1538
01:28:23,359 --> 01:28:27,079
Only their torsos were tied to the pole, as both

1539
01:28:27,119 --> 01:28:31,319
their arms were free. Then I saw mister Volkov walk

1540
01:28:31,399 --> 01:28:33,760
up to Dmitri. He picked up the rope that was

1541
01:28:33,800 --> 01:28:35,159
tied to Dmitri's wrist and.

1542
01:28:35,159 --> 01:28:39,159
Speaker 1: Said, no bitching about this time. Our audience is huge,

1543
01:28:39,359 --> 01:28:39,960
so suck it.

1544
01:28:40,039 --> 01:28:44,079
Speaker 2: Up, and with that he began to pull Dmitri's arm

1545
01:28:44,159 --> 01:28:48,720
with all his might. I could hear Dmitri's muffled screams

1546
01:28:49,079 --> 01:28:52,279
as mister Volkov pulled his arm like he wanted to

1547
01:28:52,279 --> 01:28:54,760
tear it off his body. And after a while of

1548
01:28:54,800 --> 01:28:58,319
the extreme pulling, I heard a loud pop sound as

1549
01:28:58,359 --> 01:29:01,119
I saw Dmitri's arm get pulled out of its socket.

1550
01:29:01,960 --> 01:29:05,039
His left arm was now dangling like a noodle and

1551
01:29:05,079 --> 01:29:08,439
with no hesitation. Mister Volkov then proceeded to do the

1552
01:29:08,439 --> 01:29:11,079
same thing to his right arm, and this time it

1553
01:29:11,119 --> 01:29:14,720
didn't take long before Dmitri's right arm was also pulled

1554
01:29:14,720 --> 01:29:17,960
out of its socket. When he was done with Dmitri,

1555
01:29:18,560 --> 01:29:22,319
mister Volkov proceeded to do the exact same thing to Andrea.

1556
01:29:23,159 --> 01:29:25,880
While he was pulling at Andre's arms, I noticed that

1557
01:29:25,920 --> 01:29:28,479
Andrea wasn't screaming. It was as if he had become

1558
01:29:28,479 --> 01:29:31,800
accustomed to the pain, and just like the first time,

1559
01:29:31,920 --> 01:29:35,680
after a while, I heard the same pop sound I

1560
01:29:35,760 --> 01:29:38,479
heard when Dmitri's arms were pulled out of their sockets,

1561
01:29:39,119 --> 01:29:42,359
and as I looked at Andre's arms, I realized that

1562
01:29:42,479 --> 01:29:47,359
they too were dangling like noodles. When he was done,

1563
01:29:47,640 --> 01:29:50,520
he then tied them and ushered them to a table.

1564
01:29:51,159 --> 01:29:53,279
They laid on their backs with their gag still on

1565
01:29:53,680 --> 01:29:56,239
as mister Volkov went to get a hammer and chisel.

1566
01:29:57,000 --> 01:29:59,239
He placed the end of the chisel on the base

1567
01:29:59,279 --> 01:30:04,319
of Dmitri's and with no hesitation, he brought the hammer

1568
01:30:04,359 --> 01:30:08,680
down on the chisel. I heard a horrific cracking noise,

1569
01:30:09,159 --> 01:30:13,199
and I instantly knew that one of his ribs was broken.

1570
01:30:14,239 --> 01:30:18,159
Dmitri began to writhe in pain as mister Volkov held

1571
01:30:18,239 --> 01:30:19,560
him down, saying.

1572
01:30:20,119 --> 01:30:23,680
Speaker 1: Don't move or you'll puncture your lungs. I said, no

1573
01:30:23,800 --> 01:30:27,239
bitching above these night I just have to break. Dream more,

1574
01:30:28,039 --> 01:30:30,760
Just dream more, so you'll be able to fit like

1575
01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:32,920
a glove in that little wooden car.

1576
01:30:34,359 --> 01:30:38,800
Speaker 2: I watched him break Dmitri's and Andre's ribs. I didn't scream.

1577
01:30:39,399 --> 01:30:42,239
I just watched him as he put those men in

1578
01:30:42,359 --> 01:30:47,079
excruciating pain. When they were done, I was too scared

1579
01:30:47,119 --> 01:30:50,560
to move as my traumatized brain couldn't handle the morbid

1580
01:30:50,600 --> 01:30:54,079
scene I had just witnessed. They began to walk to

1581
01:30:54,159 --> 01:30:57,399
the door, and I still couldn't run or move as

1582
01:30:57,439 --> 01:31:01,640
the overwhelming fear had transfixed me. But I knew if

1583
01:31:01,680 --> 01:31:04,359
I didn't do something soon, they would open the door

1584
01:31:04,399 --> 01:31:07,640
and see me there. But no matter how hard I tried,

1585
01:31:08,239 --> 01:31:13,239
my body just didn't obey me. Luckily, a few seconds

1586
01:31:13,239 --> 01:31:16,199
before they opened the door, my father's voice pulled me

1587
01:31:16,279 --> 01:31:17,680
back to my senses as he.

1588
01:31:17,720 --> 01:31:22,800
Speaker 1: Shouted, Arena, where are you? This show is about to start.

1589
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:26,720
Speaker 2: Once I heard his voice, I ran to him, and

1590
01:31:26,760 --> 01:31:29,279
when I finally reached him, I couldn't take it any

1591
01:31:29,279 --> 01:31:33,000
more as I immediately started crying. My dad then asked,

1592
01:31:33,600 --> 01:31:37,319
what is it's, sweetheart, and as I was about to speak,

1593
01:31:37,720 --> 01:31:39,760
I heard mister Volkov's.

1594
01:31:39,239 --> 01:31:43,560
Speaker 1: Voice gather around people, this show is about to start.

1595
01:31:44,279 --> 01:31:47,560
Speaker 2: Scared, I quickly closed my mouth as I watched mister

1596
01:31:47,640 --> 01:31:51,079
Volkoff walk up to me and my dad, with Dmitri

1597
01:31:51,239 --> 01:31:54,920
and Andre right behind him. He took one look at

1598
01:31:54,960 --> 01:31:55,359
me and.

1599
01:31:55,479 --> 01:32:00,000
Speaker 1: Said, what's wrong with your bride? My father then replied,

1600
01:32:00,960 --> 01:32:04,359
she's probably just said that this is our last performance

1601
01:32:04,359 --> 01:32:05,439
at the second, sir.

1602
01:32:06,039 --> 01:32:09,399
Speaker 2: He sneered at me before quickly retorting with.

1603
01:32:10,359 --> 01:32:12,840
Speaker 1: Then do the act without her. We can't have a

1604
01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:16,199
going out like that. It's not like anyone's coming to

1605
01:32:16,239 --> 01:32:20,279
see her. It's my prized clowns. They're all coming to see.

1606
01:32:20,720 --> 01:32:21,880
This is why I hate.

1607
01:32:21,680 --> 01:32:27,119
Speaker 2: Children, And with that he stormed off. When he was gone.

1608
01:32:27,399 --> 01:32:29,199
My dad hugged me and said.

1609
01:32:29,920 --> 01:32:32,840
Speaker 1: He's okay, Irena, just enjoyed the show.

1610
01:32:33,199 --> 01:32:35,840
Speaker 2: He then sat me on a backstage chair before leaving

1611
01:32:35,880 --> 01:32:39,039
to go meet my mother. The show was great, but

1612
01:32:39,159 --> 01:32:42,560
I cried through it all. And after everyone was done,

1613
01:32:42,720 --> 01:32:46,239
it was time for the clown's grand performance. As they

1614
01:32:46,239 --> 01:32:48,600
began to wow the crowd with their bone bending and

1615
01:32:48,640 --> 01:32:53,359
body folding feet, I felt sick to my stomach because

1616
01:32:53,399 --> 01:32:55,840
I knew how they were able to do all these things,

1617
01:32:56,199 --> 01:33:00,920
and the magic that once surrounded these performances was gone.

1618
01:33:01,119 --> 01:33:03,359
After they had successfully gotten in and out of the

1619
01:33:03,359 --> 01:33:06,760
small wooden car, the crowd gave them a standing ovation,

1620
01:33:07,359 --> 01:33:09,560
and right there in the middle of all those people,

1621
01:33:10,119 --> 01:33:14,279
Andrea dropped dead on the stage. I remember letting out

1622
01:33:14,319 --> 01:33:17,760
a loud scream as I was completely petrified. It took

1623
01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:20,319
a while for the audience to realize what was going on,

1624
01:33:20,920 --> 01:33:24,279
and as soon as they did, a huge panic broke out.

1625
01:33:24,960 --> 01:33:27,399
It didn't take long before the cops showed up, and

1626
01:33:27,479 --> 01:33:30,119
with one look at Andrea, they realized that this man

1627
01:33:30,159 --> 01:33:33,560
didn't die of natural causes. They called each and every

1628
01:33:33,600 --> 01:33:36,439
one of us who were his co performers for questioning,

1629
01:33:37,039 --> 01:33:40,720
and when they started questioning us. Mister Volkov was right

1630
01:33:40,760 --> 01:33:44,279
there trying to remove any suspicion, as I remember him

1631
01:33:44,319 --> 01:33:45,399
shouting things like.

1632
01:33:45,960 --> 01:33:49,520
Speaker 1: No one did anything, that man died of natural causes.

1633
01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:51,520
Piece is an abusive power.

1634
01:33:51,880 --> 01:33:54,800
Speaker 2: When they eventually called my parents in for questioning, I

1635
01:33:54,920 --> 01:33:58,159
was there by their side, I couldn't help myself and

1636
01:33:58,239 --> 01:34:03,239
I started sobbing. The policeman, who noticed this, then asked.

1637
01:34:03,720 --> 01:34:05,760
Speaker 1: Is everything go right with your daughter?

1638
01:34:06,640 --> 01:34:09,800
Speaker 2: My parents, who didn't know I was crying, then turned

1639
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:12,880
to me and saw tears rolling down my cheeks. They

1640
01:34:12,920 --> 01:34:15,359
asked me if everything was all right, and I shook

1641
01:34:15,439 --> 01:34:19,680
my head while saying no. My parents then said.

1642
01:34:20,159 --> 01:34:23,399
Speaker 1: If there is anything you know, Arena, you can't tell us.

1643
01:34:23,760 --> 01:34:25,079
We are here to support you.

1644
01:34:25,760 --> 01:34:29,239
Speaker 2: At that moment, I looked to my far left and

1645
01:34:29,279 --> 01:34:32,760
saw Dmitri standing in the corner with mister Volkov. He

1646
01:34:32,840 --> 01:34:35,359
had the same sad look in his eyes as he

1647
01:34:35,439 --> 01:34:39,039
looked back at me, and deep down I knew he

1648
01:34:39,079 --> 01:34:42,560
didn't have the courage to tell the truth, so I

1649
01:34:42,680 --> 01:34:46,359
decided to do it for him. I told the cops

1650
01:34:46,520 --> 01:34:50,720
everything I saw. When I was done, they immediately called

1651
01:34:50,800 --> 01:34:53,439
Dmitri and told him his body was going to be

1652
01:34:53,479 --> 01:34:57,279
inspected by a doctor. Once they saw proof that everything

1653
01:34:57,319 --> 01:35:01,920
I said was true, they began to search our whole circus.

1654
01:35:01,960 --> 01:35:05,800
The hammer, the chisel, and the ropes were all found,

1655
01:35:06,359 --> 01:35:11,039
but something even more horrifying was discovered that night. Twelve

1656
01:35:11,199 --> 01:35:14,680
rotting bodies were found marinating in a crate in the

1657
01:35:14,720 --> 01:35:18,199
storage trailer as they were being taking out of the room.

1658
01:35:18,520 --> 01:35:21,600
They were all identified as our clowns who had been

1659
01:35:21,680 --> 01:35:27,640
mysteriously disappearing over the years. Mister Volkov was immediately arrested,

1660
01:35:27,920 --> 01:35:30,880
and as they took him away, I remember him shouting

1661
01:35:30,960 --> 01:35:32,079
rushing curses at me.

1662
01:35:32,680 --> 01:35:38,000
Speaker 1: He said things like suka pista, she is a liar

1663
01:35:38,159 --> 01:35:39,520
and the nun greatful brat.

1664
01:35:39,840 --> 01:35:42,560
Speaker 2: He kept on struggling as they took him away, but

1665
01:35:42,600 --> 01:35:46,239
when he was finally gone, I broke down in tears again.

1666
01:35:47,399 --> 01:35:50,760
My parents started hugging me as they tried to comfort me,

1667
01:35:51,199 --> 01:35:53,840
and while they were doing that, Dmitri walked up to

1668
01:35:53,960 --> 01:35:57,399
me with a grateful look in his eyes. He then

1669
01:35:57,560 --> 01:35:59,600
got on his knees and said one.

1670
01:35:59,439 --> 01:36:02,960
Speaker 1: Word spasibah, thank you.

1671
01:36:04,239 --> 01:36:08,760
Speaker 2: The weeks that followed were so unraveling. As everything came

1672
01:36:08,800 --> 01:36:12,600
to light, it was revealed that mister Volkov hired illegal

1673
01:36:12,600 --> 01:36:16,119
immigrants to work as his clowns. Dmitri, who was one

1674
01:36:16,159 --> 01:36:18,760
of them, said that he was invited to the circus

1675
01:36:19,039 --> 01:36:22,479
under the lure of a good job. He also said

1676
01:36:22,479 --> 01:36:25,640
that when mister Volkov finally explained what he wanted him

1677
01:36:25,680 --> 01:36:29,279
to do, he said no, but mister Volkov threatened to

1678
01:36:29,319 --> 01:36:32,479
report him to the authorities if he didn't agree. He

1679
01:36:32,520 --> 01:36:34,960
also went into detail about what was done to him,

1680
01:36:35,319 --> 01:36:38,000
as he said the four ribs at the base of

1681
01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:41,479
his rib page were constantly broken, as mister Volkov said

1682
01:36:41,920 --> 01:36:44,560
this was to allow him to bury his face deep

1683
01:36:44,600 --> 01:36:47,840
into his stomach when he folded. He also revealed that

1684
01:36:47,880 --> 01:36:51,239
his arms were repeatedly pulled out of their sockets, which

1685
01:36:51,279 --> 01:36:55,039
is why they dangled like that. Apparently this is also

1686
01:36:55,119 --> 01:36:57,520
done so he could easily wrap them around his body

1687
01:36:57,560 --> 01:37:00,840
without restrictions from the joint. And also came out that

1688
01:37:00,920 --> 01:37:04,640
mister Volkov was the one who killed all twelve clowns,

1689
01:37:04,880 --> 01:37:07,720
as he was responsible for the continuous breaking of their

1690
01:37:07,760 --> 01:37:11,840
bones every two weeks before they could heal completely, in

1691
01:37:11,880 --> 01:37:16,520
addition to the numerous punctured organs. The case became a

1692
01:37:16,600 --> 01:37:19,359
huge scandal and I was really sad that. My time

1693
01:37:19,399 --> 01:37:22,960
at the circus ended like that, but by the following

1694
01:37:22,960 --> 01:37:25,880
week I was already bidding them goodbye as I was

1695
01:37:25,920 --> 01:37:29,600
on my way to the United States. I'm currently thirty

1696
01:37:29,600 --> 01:37:33,199
one now, and every time I see a clown, either

1697
01:37:33,279 --> 01:37:36,880
at a kid's birthday party or an occasion, I always

1698
01:37:37,039 --> 01:37:39,720
walk up to them and give them a hug. They

1699
01:37:39,760 --> 01:37:42,960
always get confused when I do this, and when asked,

1700
01:37:43,119 --> 01:37:47,199
I always tell them even clowns need people to make

1701
01:37:47,199 --> 01:37:53,239
them happy. I would like to think I'm an accomplished woman.

1702
01:37:53,720 --> 01:37:55,720
I was able to buy my first home at just

1703
01:37:55,800 --> 01:37:59,359
twenty five years old. It's nothing big and fancy, but

1704
01:37:59,399 --> 01:38:03,039
it's just me and I lived comfortably in it. Moving

1705
01:38:03,039 --> 01:38:06,119
into the suburbs, my parents gave me a housewarming party

1706
01:38:06,399 --> 01:38:09,199
and their gift to me was a doorbell dash cam.

1707
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:13,720
Speaker 1: You can't be too careful these days, Thanks.

1708
01:38:13,560 --> 01:38:17,079
Speaker 2: Dad, I was wanting one of these. I hugged my

1709
01:38:17,239 --> 01:38:19,760
parents and we enjoyed the rest of the party. The

1710
01:38:19,800 --> 01:38:22,319
next day, my dad came by to help me install it.

1711
01:38:22,720 --> 01:38:26,079
After that, I started working into my new daily routine

1712
01:38:26,720 --> 01:38:29,279
now that I lived in the suburbs. I went running

1713
01:38:29,279 --> 01:38:31,319
in the mornings instead of hitting the treadmill at my

1714
01:38:31,359 --> 01:38:35,359
apartment complex. I loved sprinting in the fresh air every

1715
01:38:35,399 --> 01:38:38,239
morning before work. It always woke me up for the

1716
01:38:38,319 --> 01:38:42,560
day and gave me a good dose of serotonin. One morning,

1717
01:38:42,840 --> 01:38:44,920
I returned home from my run and turned on the

1718
01:38:44,960 --> 01:38:48,239
shower when my phone pinged. It was a notification from

1719
01:38:48,239 --> 01:38:50,960
my doorbell camera. I picked up my phone and looked

1720
01:38:50,960 --> 01:38:53,319
at the live footage. It was seven a m. So

1721
01:38:53,479 --> 01:38:56,640
the sun was barely coming up, but a dark shadow

1722
01:38:57,079 --> 01:39:00,960
was lurking outside my front door. My porch light was

1723
01:39:01,000 --> 01:39:03,640
connected to my Amazon Echo, so I was able to

1724
01:39:03,640 --> 01:39:06,760
turn it on from where I was Alexa turn on

1725
01:39:06,800 --> 01:39:10,760
the porch light. The porch light turned on, and whoever

1726
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:12,840
was at my door began to run away before I

1727
01:39:12,880 --> 01:39:16,199
could make them out. I shrugged, thinking whoever it was

1728
01:39:16,279 --> 01:39:18,840
might have been some doorted or salesman. I took my

1729
01:39:18,920 --> 01:39:22,119
shower and went to work. The next morning, I got

1730
01:39:22,159 --> 01:39:24,359
up to go running a little earlier than usual, so

1731
01:39:24,439 --> 01:39:26,880
I took advantage and ran an extra couple of miles

1732
01:39:27,279 --> 01:39:29,319
and went down a path that I don't normally go,

1733
01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:32,000
but it looked well lit, so I figured it would

1734
01:39:32,039 --> 01:39:35,640
be safe. While running on this path, I came across

1735
01:39:35,640 --> 01:39:40,159
a mobile home that looked abandoned. Though I couldn't see anyone,

1736
01:39:40,520 --> 01:39:42,560
I felt as though the windows of the trailer were

1737
01:39:42,600 --> 01:39:45,840
watching me. I decided to go home once I found

1738
01:39:45,880 --> 01:39:49,079
the clearing. Despite heading back to the safety of my

1739
01:39:49,159 --> 01:39:53,079
usual route, I still felt as though someone was watching me,

1740
01:39:53,640 --> 01:39:57,359
and it made me uncomfortable. I got home safely and

1741
01:39:57,399 --> 01:40:00,600
locked the door behind me. My phone pinged as I

1742
01:40:00,680 --> 01:40:03,079
was getting ready for my shower. I went to look

1743
01:40:03,079 --> 01:40:07,960
at the camera footage. What I saw made my stomach drop.

1744
01:40:09,119 --> 01:40:12,439
Gazing straight into the camera was a man with eyes

1745
01:40:12,479 --> 01:40:16,079
that were unnaturally far apart and a grin bigger than

1746
01:40:16,079 --> 01:40:21,640
the chest Shire pat himself. I watched, paralyzed with fear,

1747
01:40:21,960 --> 01:40:23,880
as he went to the window in the living room

1748
01:40:24,039 --> 01:40:27,920
and busted it open. I snapped out of my paralysis

1749
01:40:28,079 --> 01:40:30,319
and made a mad dash for my bathroom and locked

1750
01:40:30,319 --> 01:40:35,239
myself inside. I didn't hesitate to call the police.

1751
01:40:35,560 --> 01:40:39,079
Speaker 1: Nine one one, What is your emergency?

1752
01:40:39,199 --> 01:40:42,600
Speaker 2: There's a man inside my house. I gave them my

1753
01:40:42,680 --> 01:40:46,039
address and they arrived within minutes, but the intruder was gone.

1754
01:40:46,760 --> 01:40:49,760
I gave my statement and they informed me that all

1755
01:40:49,800 --> 01:40:51,600
they could do was keep an eye out for him

1756
01:40:51,720 --> 01:40:54,720
and to call them immediately if I see him. I

1757
01:40:54,920 --> 01:40:57,600
was freaked out and then able to wipe the image

1758
01:40:57,640 --> 01:41:00,439
of that man's face from my mind. I don't know

1759
01:41:00,479 --> 01:41:04,199
who he was or what he wanted. Was he the

1760
01:41:04,239 --> 01:41:07,199
same man that my porch light chased away? And I

1761
01:41:07,239 --> 01:41:08,880
had to go stay at my parents house for a

1762
01:41:08,880 --> 01:41:11,520
few days, and my dad helped me replace the window

1763
01:41:11,560 --> 01:41:14,800
that was broken. One night, I was having dinner with

1764
01:41:14,840 --> 01:41:17,760
my parents and a news report showed up on the television.

1765
01:41:18,399 --> 01:41:22,720
His picture from my camera was displayed on the television screen. Suddenly,

1766
01:41:23,279 --> 01:41:26,279
someone was knocking on the door. My mom got up

1767
01:41:26,279 --> 01:41:30,079
to answer it, and the gunshot sounded before she dropped dad.

1768
01:41:30,960 --> 01:41:33,840
My dad stood up and was shot before he could

1769
01:41:33,840 --> 01:41:36,960
come between myself and this man. I looked at him.

1770
01:41:37,520 --> 01:41:41,159
He had the same expression on his face, those eyes

1771
01:41:41,239 --> 01:41:46,640
that were miles apart, looking in different directions, that smile,

1772
01:41:47,359 --> 01:41:53,680
that horrific, eerie smile. He said nothing, just tilted his

1773
01:41:53,800 --> 01:41:57,960
head to the left, slowly to the right, and took

1774
01:41:58,079 --> 01:42:03,880
small steps toward me. My heart began to pound violently

1775
01:42:03,920 --> 01:42:08,159
through my chest. The fear I felt inside I was

1776
01:42:08,319 --> 01:42:12,199
positive it would kill me. I had heard of dying affright,

1777
01:42:12,680 --> 01:42:15,079
and I never thought fear could actually take a person

1778
01:42:15,159 --> 01:42:20,000
down until that night. As if he couldn't appear any

1779
01:42:20,039 --> 01:42:25,119
more unnatural, his face began to distort, as though it

1780
01:42:25,239 --> 01:42:26,000
was melting.

1781
01:42:26,399 --> 01:42:28,800
Speaker 1: Are you afraid of me, Jessica? How?

1782
01:42:29,640 --> 01:42:31,359
Speaker 2: How do you know my name?

1783
01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:33,279
Speaker 1: That's what you're worried about.

1784
01:42:34,399 --> 01:42:37,000
Speaker 2: I tried to take a step back, but it's as

1785
01:42:37,000 --> 01:42:40,399
though my legs are made of lead. I looked at him,

1786
01:42:40,800 --> 01:42:44,199
wanting to ask what he wants, yet I can't speak anymore.

1787
01:42:45,479 --> 01:42:48,000
Why did you break into my house? Why did you

1788
01:42:48,039 --> 01:42:51,520
look into my camera like that? What do you want

1789
01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:57,920
from me? He just keeps getting closer and closer. Suddenly

1790
01:42:58,079 --> 01:43:02,640
he starts to growl, like a demon in a horror movie.

1791
01:43:03,000 --> 01:43:06,680
His body twitches and writhes as he's brought down to

1792
01:43:06,800 --> 01:43:11,000
his hands and knees. He suddenly crossed towards me at

1793
01:43:11,039 --> 01:43:15,039
an unnatural speed, and I'm trapped where I stand. I

1794
01:43:15,119 --> 01:43:18,760
feel a sharp pain, and then my eyes open. I

1795
01:43:18,840 --> 01:43:21,159
woke up in the guest bedroom at my parents house,

1796
01:43:21,560 --> 01:43:25,399
drenched in cold sweat. I rushed to my parents room

1797
01:43:25,840 --> 01:43:29,000
and found them asleep in their bed. I was only

1798
01:43:29,079 --> 01:43:31,880
supposed to stay a couple of days, but it's been

1799
01:43:32,079 --> 01:43:35,319
weeks now, I don't know when I'll feel safe again.

1800
01:43:36,159 --> 01:43:38,960
I went back to bed and replayed the photos my

1801
01:43:39,039 --> 01:43:42,000
camera took. I had submitted them to the police the

1802
01:43:42,079 --> 01:43:45,640
night he broke in. I know the logical thing to

1803
01:43:45,720 --> 01:43:49,880
do would be to delete the pictures, but the problem

1804
01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:53,960
is police haven't found him yet, and even though I

1805
01:43:54,000 --> 01:43:57,399
couldn't possibly forget his face, I don't want to forget

1806
01:43:57,439 --> 01:44:00,840
what he looks like should he show up again. I

1807
01:44:00,960 --> 01:44:04,920
keep them as a reminder to stay out of unknown territory.

1808
01:44:06,279 --> 01:44:10,560
It's not confirmed, but something in my gut tells me

1809
01:44:10,640 --> 01:44:13,720
that he followed me home that day and was the

1810
01:44:13,760 --> 01:44:16,800
pair of eyes I felt watching me from that trailer.

1811
01:44:18,000 --> 01:44:21,079
No one knows who he is, but to the police

1812
01:44:21,800 --> 01:44:23,439
he's known as Smile.

1813
01:44:26,840 --> 01:44:30,439
Speaker 3: Being a bartender is good. You know, you get generous tips.

1814
01:44:30,600 --> 01:44:32,600
You have to work at night, which means you get

1815
01:44:32,600 --> 01:44:33,960
the full day to yourself.

1816
01:44:34,119 --> 01:44:34,960
Speaker 2: It's perfect.

1817
01:44:35,439 --> 01:44:38,079
Speaker 3: You can have a job and a life without compromising

1818
01:44:38,119 --> 01:44:40,640
one for the other. This is a blessing if you

1819
01:44:40,680 --> 01:44:43,640
are a single mom like me. I never really considered

1820
01:44:43,680 --> 01:44:47,680
a nine to five, despite qualifying for one. Bartending just

1821
01:44:47,720 --> 01:44:51,640
suited me more. But what happened yesterday made me rethink

1822
01:44:51,640 --> 01:44:56,760
my decisions altogether. It started as any other normal day.

1823
01:44:57,319 --> 01:44:59,840
I woke up and had breakfast with my four year old,

1824
01:45:00,680 --> 01:45:03,600
got him ready for preschool, dropped him off, and then

1825
01:45:03,680 --> 01:45:08,119
got to the grocery, cleaned our room, cooked lunch and dinner,

1826
01:45:08,319 --> 01:45:12,119
and had lunch, did the chores and relaxed a bit,

1827
01:45:12,760 --> 01:45:15,720
got my kid back from school, helped them with his homework,

1828
01:45:15,800 --> 01:45:18,159
and then around seven pm, dressed to go to work.

1829
01:45:18,520 --> 01:45:21,119
I usually drive my car to the bar where I bartend.

1830
01:45:21,840 --> 01:45:24,840
It's a big place, so we have reserved parking areas

1831
01:45:24,880 --> 01:45:28,000
for the staff. The shift that day was not at

1832
01:45:28,039 --> 01:45:31,119
all hectic, as it was a Tuesday, and apart from

1833
01:45:31,159 --> 01:45:34,279
a few regulars, there were hardly any new faces around.

1834
01:45:34,840 --> 01:45:37,439
I loved my job, but being a single mom in

1835
01:45:37,479 --> 01:45:40,239
her early twenties also means a lot of guys hit

1836
01:45:40,359 --> 01:45:44,479
on you. I usually ignore them and my current priority

1837
01:45:44,640 --> 01:45:47,840
is my kid. But for the past three months or so,

1838
01:45:48,039 --> 01:45:51,039
there is this one guy looks like he's in his

1839
01:45:51,119 --> 01:45:55,359
late twenties, looks good, probably rich. As he visits the

1840
01:45:55,399 --> 01:45:59,319
bar almost regularly. He sits on the corner table were

1841
01:45:59,359 --> 01:46:03,199
hardly anyone can see him. But the worst part is

1842
01:46:03,239 --> 01:46:06,000
he keeps staring at me. It creeped me out when

1843
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:09,560
I noticed it. At first, I tried ignoring him, but

1844
01:46:09,680 --> 01:46:13,960
he didn't stop coming. Day after day he came around

1845
01:46:14,039 --> 01:46:17,119
nine in the evening and nursed his drink until we closed.

1846
01:46:18,000 --> 01:46:20,479
I tried talking to the manager about it, but since

1847
01:46:20,520 --> 01:46:23,279
the guy had never approached me or done anything to me,

1848
01:46:23,640 --> 01:46:28,319
the manager couldn't help. Plus, he was a regular, meaning

1849
01:46:28,479 --> 01:46:31,800
he was a good asset to the bar. As the

1850
01:46:31,840 --> 01:46:34,800
months passed, I just got used to a stare. I

1851
01:46:34,840 --> 01:46:37,560
did my shift, cleaned up the bar, and left every

1852
01:46:37,680 --> 01:46:40,279
night at around one am. My home was about a

1853
01:46:40,319 --> 01:46:42,880
twenty minute drive away from the bar, so having a

1854
01:46:42,920 --> 01:46:46,720
car was a must. Although I kept my cool around

1855
01:46:46,720 --> 01:46:49,520
this creepy guy, I always had a feeling that he

1856
01:46:49,600 --> 01:46:53,159
wanted to do something bad to me, as if he

1857
01:46:53,399 --> 01:46:57,159
was waiting for the right moment. Call it my intuition,

1858
01:46:57,680 --> 01:47:00,960
six sense, or lady instinct, but I I always looked

1859
01:47:00,960 --> 01:47:04,880
over my shoulder whenever I left the bar. The good

1860
01:47:04,880 --> 01:47:07,800
thing was I never saw him anywhere other than the bar,

1861
01:47:08,319 --> 01:47:12,079
so even though I was careful, I never truly understood

1862
01:47:12,079 --> 01:47:16,520
the gravity of my situation. Plus, having a toddler running

1863
01:47:16,560 --> 01:47:18,960
around the house gives you no time to worry about

1864
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:22,760
anything else. So that night, after the shift, I was

1865
01:47:22,840 --> 01:47:25,600
hurrying back to my car, not really paying attention to

1866
01:47:25,640 --> 01:47:30,039
my surroundings. To my surprise, that creepy guy had left

1867
01:47:30,079 --> 01:47:33,840
an hour before our closing. Usually he waited till the

1868
01:47:33,880 --> 01:47:37,439
manager asked him to leave, but little did I know.

1869
01:47:38,760 --> 01:47:41,079
When I reached my car, I got into it and

1870
01:47:41,159 --> 01:47:44,000
tried to start it, but it wouldn't. I won't blame

1871
01:47:44,039 --> 01:47:47,399
the car, as it was an old model, but luckily

1872
01:47:47,640 --> 01:47:50,840
I was prepared for such a situation. I popped the

1873
01:47:50,840 --> 01:47:53,159
hood open and got around to check what was wrong.

1874
01:47:53,720 --> 01:47:56,359
My tank was full and everything in the engine looked

1875
01:47:56,359 --> 01:47:59,600
fine to me, so I tried to restart it, but

1876
01:47:59,640 --> 01:48:02,439
it was I didn't start. I walked back to the bar,

1877
01:48:02,600 --> 01:48:05,840
hoping to catch someone who hadn't left already, but the

1878
01:48:05,880 --> 01:48:09,479
bar was closed, indicating everyone was off to their homes.

1879
01:48:09,800 --> 01:48:12,279
I had no choice but to look for a cab.

1880
01:48:12,800 --> 01:48:16,199
I started walking towards my home. The roads were deserted,

1881
01:48:16,359 --> 01:48:18,600
and once in a while a huge truck or a

1882
01:48:18,640 --> 01:48:21,640
car would pass by me. I must have looked stupid

1883
01:48:21,680 --> 01:48:24,880
in the waiters uniform, walking home all alone at night,

1884
01:48:25,600 --> 01:48:28,199
but all I could think about was a warm shower

1885
01:48:28,239 --> 01:48:31,680
in the comfort of my soft bed. My son was

1886
01:48:31,760 --> 01:48:34,399
usually fast asleep when I got home, but I still

1887
01:48:34,520 --> 01:48:37,840
longed to kiss him good night. While I was walking

1888
01:48:37,920 --> 01:48:40,920
on the sidewalk, lost in my thoughts, suddenly a car

1889
01:48:40,960 --> 01:48:43,560
slowed down beside me, and the driver hawk twice to

1890
01:48:43,560 --> 01:48:47,720
get my attention. My immediate thought was that he must

1891
01:48:47,720 --> 01:48:50,279
have thought I'm a prostitute or a drug addict, so

1892
01:48:50,560 --> 01:48:53,159
I tried to ignore the man and speed walk towards

1893
01:48:53,239 --> 01:48:56,319
my home. I was scared, and I knew my home

1894
01:48:56,439 --> 01:48:58,600
was far away from where I was, and this man

1895
01:48:58,640 --> 01:49:02,680
could do anything to me if you wanted to. The

1896
01:49:02,760 --> 01:49:05,800
guy still drove his car slowly beside me and kept

1897
01:49:05,840 --> 01:49:09,039
honking once in a while to get my attention. He

1898
01:49:09,159 --> 01:49:11,760
was trying to say something, but I was so focused

1899
01:49:11,760 --> 01:49:15,439
on walking that I did not hear a word. Suddenly,

1900
01:49:15,600 --> 01:49:18,039
he yelled so loud that I had to stop in

1901
01:49:18,119 --> 01:49:19,560
my track and look at him.

1902
01:49:20,600 --> 01:49:25,960
Speaker 1: He said, miss, I know this is scary for you,

1903
01:49:26,199 --> 01:49:29,319
and I know you don't know me. You must be

1904
01:49:29,359 --> 01:49:32,560
thinking that I'm some type of stalker, murderer, or rapist,

1905
01:49:33,319 --> 01:49:37,359
but I'm not, I assure you, and you have to

1906
01:49:37,359 --> 01:49:40,800
trust me when I say this, you were in danger.

1907
01:49:41,720 --> 01:49:44,359
You need to get in my car right now. I

1908
01:49:44,359 --> 01:49:47,520
will explain everything when you get in. I'm trying to

1909
01:49:47,560 --> 01:49:52,159
help you, hear Miss, Please don't misunderstand me. Just get

1910
01:49:52,159 --> 01:49:54,359
in a car. We don't have time.

1911
01:49:54,800 --> 01:49:57,880
Speaker 3: Getting into a stranger's car all alone is the worst

1912
01:49:57,920 --> 01:50:02,359
possible mistake alone woman can ma. So no way was

1913
01:50:02,399 --> 01:50:05,600
I getting into this man's car. I kept walking without

1914
01:50:05,600 --> 01:50:09,439
saying a word, but the stubborn man did not give up.

1915
01:50:10,079 --> 01:50:12,520
He was practically pleading with me to get in his

1916
01:50:12,600 --> 01:50:16,079
car For the next few minutes. He drove beside me

1917
01:50:16,239 --> 01:50:19,039
and kept on asking me to get in. I knew

1918
01:50:19,119 --> 01:50:21,640
it was unlike me to jump into a stranger's car,

1919
01:50:21,800 --> 01:50:25,920
but something in his voice convinced me to call it

1920
01:50:26,199 --> 01:50:30,680
sixth sense or lady instinct. As soon as I got

1921
01:50:30,720 --> 01:50:33,720
into his car, he locked all the doors and closed

1922
01:50:33,760 --> 01:50:36,800
all the windows. This scared me, but he just gave

1923
01:50:36,800 --> 01:50:39,840
me one of those nice, genuine smiles that eased me

1924
01:50:39,920 --> 01:50:43,399
a bit. I sat there clutching my purse as a

1925
01:50:43,439 --> 01:50:47,199
man stared at the car. He looked around frantically as

1926
01:50:47,239 --> 01:50:50,720
if someone was following us. When we finally drove a

1927
01:50:50,760 --> 01:50:54,159
few yards, He said, hello.

1928
01:50:53,960 --> 01:50:57,560
Speaker 1: Miss Hi Mike, and I know you're scared, but he

1929
01:50:57,640 --> 01:51:00,399
needs to listen to me. I'm no threat you, and

1930
01:51:00,439 --> 01:51:03,279
I mean you no harm. I live in this town

1931
01:51:03,319 --> 01:51:05,039
and I work in a restaurant as a chef a

1932
01:51:05,079 --> 01:51:07,960
few blocks away from where I saw you. It was

1933
01:51:08,000 --> 01:51:10,399
a busy day to day we had an event, so

1934
01:51:10,600 --> 01:51:13,720
I left work late. I was driving by when I

1935
01:51:13,720 --> 01:51:16,600
saw a man and a clown costume walking on the sidewalk.

1936
01:51:17,359 --> 01:51:19,439
He had a long butcher knife in his hand, and

1937
01:51:19,439 --> 01:51:21,199
he was walking straight in your direction.

1938
01:51:22,159 --> 01:51:25,119
Speaker 3: Listening to him say those words cracked the ground beneath

1939
01:51:25,119 --> 01:51:27,119
my feet, Mike continued.

1940
01:51:27,960 --> 01:51:30,319
Speaker 1: When I drove past him and saw you down the road,

1941
01:51:31,439 --> 01:51:34,319
I knew he was going to harm you. I couldn't

1942
01:51:34,399 --> 01:51:37,119
let the crazy looking clown hurt you, so I had

1943
01:51:37,159 --> 01:51:38,960
to somehow convince you to get in the car.

1944
01:51:40,560 --> 01:51:41,279
Speaker 2: He was right.

1945
01:51:41,479 --> 01:51:44,359
Speaker 3: I had to inform the police about this clown. You

1946
01:51:44,520 --> 01:51:47,239
never know if he was really a killer or a prankster,

1947
01:51:48,479 --> 01:51:51,720
whatever the case. The police had to get involved, so

1948
01:51:51,760 --> 01:51:55,079
I called the cops and reported the situation, then thanked

1949
01:51:55,119 --> 01:51:58,039
Mike for his help. Mike asked me where I lived

1950
01:51:58,039 --> 01:52:00,680
and offered to drop me off home. I gave him

1951
01:52:00,720 --> 01:52:03,159
my address, and before I knew it, I was showered

1952
01:52:03,199 --> 01:52:06,239
and in my bed snoring. The next day, I was

1953
01:52:06,319 --> 01:52:08,119
not in the mood to get up early as my

1954
01:52:08,199 --> 01:52:11,039
son had the day off too, but there was a

1955
01:52:11,119 --> 01:52:13,640
loud knock on my door, so I was forced out

1956
01:52:13,640 --> 01:52:16,880
of my bed. When I opened the door, two cops

1957
01:52:16,880 --> 01:52:19,760
were standing in front of me. I was confused and

1958
01:52:19,800 --> 01:52:22,880
did not know what was going on. The cops entered

1959
01:52:22,880 --> 01:52:25,279
my home and asked me to take a seat. They

1960
01:52:25,399 --> 01:52:29,199
asked if I seen the latest news. No, officers, As

1961
01:52:29,239 --> 01:52:31,439
you can see, I just woke up, so I did

1962
01:52:31,520 --> 01:52:34,760
not see the news today. They exchanged a look and

1963
01:52:34,840 --> 01:52:36,359
one of the officers said.

1964
01:52:37,399 --> 01:52:40,520
Speaker 1: Are you Angela Lawson? Were you the one who reported

1965
01:52:40,520 --> 01:52:41,520
the clown last night?

1966
01:52:42,680 --> 01:52:46,720
Speaker 3: Well, yes, it was me. Can you please explain what

1967
01:52:46,840 --> 01:52:50,520
is going on. I'm so confused right now, I exclaimed.

1968
01:52:51,319 --> 01:52:55,479
Speaker 1: The cop explained, Miss Lawson, you have no idea how

1969
01:52:55,560 --> 01:52:58,720
lucky you are. You should thank the person who saved

1970
01:52:58,720 --> 01:53:02,119
you last night. The clown you reported is a serial

1971
01:53:02,199 --> 01:53:05,560
killer known as the Butcher Clown. He has been targeting

1972
01:53:05,600 --> 01:53:09,079
women working the night shift for a year now. He

1973
01:53:09,119 --> 01:53:12,239
has reportedly killed thirteen women in a span of one year,

1974
01:53:12,439 --> 01:53:15,520
and he stalks the victims before he kills them. If

1975
01:53:15,560 --> 01:53:17,880
you had not gotten in the car and left, you

1976
01:53:17,920 --> 01:53:19,720
would not be alive to see a new day.

1977
01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:23,720
Speaker 3: This shook me to my core. I was terrified and

1978
01:53:23,800 --> 01:53:26,119
happy at the same time that the killer was caught.

1979
01:53:26,920 --> 01:53:30,119
But before I could say anything, the cops presented me

1980
01:53:30,159 --> 01:53:31,119
with a few pictures.

1981
01:53:31,760 --> 01:53:33,840
Speaker 1: These are some of the many images we found from

1982
01:53:33,880 --> 01:53:36,920
the clown's apartment. He was stalking you for a while,

1983
01:53:37,039 --> 01:53:40,239
Lennard planning this murder for almost three months.

1984
01:53:41,159 --> 01:53:44,239
Speaker 3: There were photos of me all over my table, me

1985
01:53:44,479 --> 01:53:47,079
in the bar, me in the parking lot, me with

1986
01:53:47,239 --> 01:53:51,079
my son, me in my own living room, me dropping

1987
01:53:51,079 --> 01:53:54,199
off my kid to school, me running errands and whatnot.

1988
01:53:55,159 --> 01:53:59,239
I was rendered speechless. When did he click all these

1989
01:53:59,279 --> 01:54:01,960
and how did I not notice? I asked the cops.

1990
01:54:02,680 --> 01:54:05,279
Speaker 1: As we said, miss Lawson, he was stalking you for

1991
01:54:05,319 --> 01:54:08,439
a couple months. You could take your time to process

1992
01:54:08,479 --> 01:54:11,560
all of this, but this Saturday, could you please visit

1993
01:54:11,600 --> 01:54:14,239
the station to identify the guy, as you are the

1994
01:54:14,279 --> 01:54:17,000
only victim of the butcher clown who has survived.

1995
01:54:17,920 --> 01:54:20,760
Speaker 3: I was relieved and scared at the same time. I

1996
01:54:20,920 --> 01:54:23,399
agreed to visit the station and decided to take a

1997
01:54:23,399 --> 01:54:26,720
few days off from my job. The news channels were

1998
01:54:26,760 --> 01:54:31,000
constantly broadcasting the capture of the Butcher clown, and all

1999
01:54:31,079 --> 01:54:34,279
my thoughts about the identity of the killer were resolved

2000
01:54:34,279 --> 01:54:36,680
when the picture of the creepy guy from the bar

2001
01:54:36,920 --> 01:54:39,640
was displayed on screen to be none other than the

2002
01:54:39,640 --> 01:54:40,600
Butcher clown.

2003
01:54:41,640 --> 01:54:45,279
Speaker 1: Hi guys, my name is Greg. I'm a nightclub security guard,

2004
01:54:45,359 --> 01:54:47,479
so you can imagine that I'm used to dealing with

2005
01:54:47,600 --> 01:54:52,640
very strange and dangerous situations. Right, Well, you're right. What

2006
01:54:52,680 --> 01:54:55,640
you wouldn't imagine is that the strangest and most dangerous

2007
01:54:55,680 --> 01:54:59,399
situation of my life. I wouldn't experience it in a nightclub,

2008
01:54:59,520 --> 01:55:03,560
but in my own home. That night, I was coming

2009
01:55:03,560 --> 01:55:06,239
home from work. As it was a weekday, the club

2010
01:55:06,279 --> 01:55:09,039
closed a little earlier, and luckily for me, as there

2011
01:55:09,039 --> 01:55:11,359
were very few people, my boss let me leave an

2012
01:55:11,399 --> 01:55:15,359
hour earlier. The drive home was a short one. As

2013
01:55:15,399 --> 01:55:17,960
I drove back, I wondered what it would have for

2014
01:55:18,000 --> 01:55:21,520
dinner and how many hours I could sleep. I arrived

2015
01:55:21,520 --> 01:55:24,159
home and started to park my car, but something caught

2016
01:55:24,159 --> 01:55:27,920
my attention. A shadow was moving in the bushes reacting

2017
01:55:27,960 --> 01:55:31,720
to my every move, waiting for me to move. I

2018
01:55:31,760 --> 01:55:33,720
grabbed a piece of metal I kept in the car

2019
01:55:33,920 --> 01:55:36,319
in case they wanted to rob me, and headed towards

2020
01:55:36,319 --> 01:55:39,800
the bush. Every second every step I took I could

2021
01:55:39,840 --> 01:55:43,520
feel the anticipation coursing through my body. I was scared.

2022
01:55:44,319 --> 01:55:47,279
At the club, I faced drunk or homeless guys, but

2023
01:55:47,399 --> 01:55:51,840
here I didn't know what I might encounter. I faced

2024
01:55:51,840 --> 01:55:53,920
the bush, moved the leaves with the iron, and to

2025
01:55:54,000 --> 01:55:58,600
my surprise, there was absolutely no one there. I knew

2026
01:55:58,640 --> 01:56:00,960
that my brain hadn't played any tricks on me. A

2027
01:56:01,000 --> 01:56:04,239
few minutes ago, someone was in that bush, but as

2028
01:56:04,239 --> 01:56:06,920
I grabbed my iron, he probably ran away in fear.

2029
01:56:07,840 --> 01:56:10,000
It must have been a teenager playing a prank or

2030
01:56:10,079 --> 01:56:14,239
the neighbor's kids. Calmed down, I closed the garage door

2031
01:56:14,279 --> 01:56:17,760
and went home after eating and getting ready for bed.

2032
01:56:18,199 --> 01:56:20,720
I was very curious about that person in the bushes,

2033
01:56:21,279 --> 01:56:23,439
so I checked the cameras at my front door to

2034
01:56:23,479 --> 01:56:26,600
see if they found anyone, and to my surprise, I

2035
01:56:26,720 --> 01:56:31,119
found much more than I expected. Before I arrived, a

2036
01:56:31,119 --> 01:56:33,399
clown with a machete was walking around the front of

2037
01:56:33,439 --> 01:56:35,960
my house, passing by the front door and seeing if

2038
01:56:35,960 --> 01:56:39,119
he saw anyone. Surely it was the same clown who

2039
01:56:39,119 --> 01:56:42,399
had been hiding in the bushes. Terrified, I dropped my

2040
01:56:42,399 --> 01:56:44,640
glass of water, and even though it hit my foot,

2041
01:56:44,920 --> 01:56:49,479
I couldn't feel anything. I was terrified, terrified of the

2042
01:56:49,520 --> 01:56:51,680
idea that this man had been so close to my

2043
01:56:51,760 --> 01:56:54,920
family and maybe would have come in if my boss

2044
01:56:55,000 --> 01:56:58,119
had and let me leave early from work. I was

2045
01:56:58,159 --> 01:57:00,760
still afraid that this man dressed as a clown will

2046
01:57:00,800 --> 01:57:03,359
return during the night. So I went to my car

2047
01:57:03,399 --> 01:57:05,399
and got the metal rod I had used earlier to

2048
01:57:05,439 --> 01:57:08,760
inspect the bushes. Before I left, I had left it

2049
01:57:08,800 --> 01:57:11,720
in the car while I locked the garage. I got

2050
01:57:11,760 --> 01:57:15,479
into the car again, but something strange had happened. The

2051
01:57:15,560 --> 01:57:19,000
wand was gone. I looked under the steering wheel to

2052
01:57:19,039 --> 01:57:20,920
no avail, and when I looked at the back of

2053
01:57:20,920 --> 01:57:23,359
the car, a shadow came out of the darkness and

2054
01:57:23,399 --> 01:57:26,439
grabbed my head with both hands. It was the clown

2055
01:57:26,479 --> 01:57:29,880
from before. I used all my strength to escape, but

2056
01:57:30,119 --> 01:57:32,920
it was useless. This man's strength was so great that

2057
01:57:33,159 --> 01:57:35,039
not even a man as trained as me could do

2058
01:57:35,079 --> 01:57:38,359
anything about it. The clown kept pulling me deeper and

2059
01:57:38,399 --> 01:57:41,199
deeper into the darkness. To who knows what to me

2060
01:57:41,720 --> 01:57:45,840
until we both heard my wife's voice, Honey, where are you.

2061
01:57:46,880 --> 01:57:48,800
At the sound of her voice, the clown came out

2062
01:57:48,840 --> 01:57:51,560
of the darkness and leaned out, still clutching me, but

2063
01:57:51,600 --> 01:57:55,079
looking in the direction of my wife's voice. Don't you dare,

2064
01:57:55,680 --> 01:57:59,319
I said, still struggling. In response to what I said,

2065
01:57:59,600 --> 01:58:01,880
the clown gave me a big smile, and with all

2066
01:58:01,880 --> 01:58:04,359
his strength, he slammed my head three times against the

2067
01:58:04,399 --> 01:58:06,479
steering wheel of the car and got out of the

2068
01:58:06,520 --> 01:58:09,520
car in the direction of my wife. I tried to

2069
01:58:09,560 --> 01:58:12,079
follow one, but after a few steps I fell to

2070
01:58:12,119 --> 01:58:15,079
the ground dizzy. Those blows to the head had taken

2071
01:58:15,079 --> 01:58:17,520
effect on me, and I was losing a lot of blood.

2072
01:58:18,600 --> 01:58:24,000
Who are you? Get away from me? No, no, no,

2073
01:58:24,640 --> 01:58:28,600
don't hurt her. You want me. My wife's scream made

2074
01:58:28,600 --> 01:58:30,920
me gather my strength and get up one more time.

2075
01:58:31,840 --> 01:58:33,800
I walked as best I could in the direction of

2076
01:58:33,800 --> 01:58:36,279
the screens, and when I managed to get there, there

2077
01:58:36,319 --> 01:58:39,600
was no one there, but the basement door was open.

2078
01:58:39,800 --> 01:58:42,239
I walked a few steps and looked out. At the

2079
01:58:42,239 --> 01:58:45,159
bottom of the stairs was my wife. Her arm was

2080
01:58:45,199 --> 01:58:47,840
broken and she was at a pool of blood, not

2081
01:58:47,920 --> 01:58:53,560
moving no. I couldn't regret what happened to my wife.

2082
01:58:53,640 --> 01:58:56,560
When suddenly the clown appeared out of nowhere behind me

2083
01:58:56,680 --> 01:59:00,279
and pushed me down the stairs. The fall was very hard,

2084
01:59:00,399 --> 01:59:03,720
but harder was to fall on the corpse of my wife,

2085
01:59:03,800 --> 01:59:08,000
who was no longer breathing. In the meantime, I heard

2086
01:59:08,079 --> 01:59:12,199
footsteps coming from upstairs. It was the clown walking up

2087
01:59:12,199 --> 01:59:16,800
the stairs leading to my children's room. With no time

2088
01:59:16,840 --> 01:59:19,159
to grieve, I climbed the stairs with a broken leg,

2089
01:59:19,319 --> 01:59:23,279
full of pain. Each step felt like an eternity. I

2090
01:59:23,399 --> 01:59:26,319
was very dizzy and losing a lot of blood. When

2091
01:59:26,359 --> 01:59:28,399
I got out of the basement, I started to climb

2092
01:59:28,479 --> 01:59:31,760
the stairs to the boy's room, until suddenly I heard

2093
01:59:31,760 --> 01:59:36,720
the sound of a gunshot. I made even more effort

2094
01:59:36,760 --> 01:59:39,399
to get upstairs, and when I saw my children's door,

2095
01:59:39,880 --> 01:59:43,119
it was closed, but blood was coming out from under

2096
01:59:43,159 --> 01:59:47,800
the door. I kept walking to confront the clown, expecting

2097
01:59:47,840 --> 01:59:50,720
to meet the worst. If my children were still alive,

2098
01:59:51,319 --> 01:59:54,319
what could I do? The clown was armed, and I

2099
01:59:54,399 --> 01:59:56,760
was a dizzy man with a broken leg about to

2100
01:59:56,800 --> 01:59:59,439
pass out from all the blood he had lost. I

2101
01:59:59,439 --> 02:00:03,600
didn't care what, but I had to do something. I

2102
02:00:03,720 --> 02:00:07,439
tried to approach the door, but it opened. The clown

2103
02:00:07,479 --> 02:00:09,399
on the other side came out in a rage and

2104
02:00:09,399 --> 02:00:12,039
started to choke me. I tried to pull him out,

2105
02:00:12,079 --> 02:00:15,359
but I had no strength. Every second that the clown

2106
02:00:15,439 --> 02:00:18,600
choked me, I got less and less tight. The clown

2107
02:00:18,720 --> 02:00:21,159
was getting weaker and weaker, until he gave up and

2108
02:00:21,199 --> 02:00:25,640
fell to the ground. Confused, I looked down. The clown

2109
02:00:25,680 --> 02:00:29,680
had a huge hole in his body. Running out of energy,

2110
02:00:29,720 --> 02:00:31,800
I fell to the ground and watched as my two

2111
02:00:31,880 --> 02:00:36,680
sons ran towards me, trying to wake me up. When

2112
02:00:36,680 --> 02:00:39,479
I woke the next day, I was in the hospital

2113
02:00:40,479 --> 02:00:43,079
from the sound of the gun. Some neighbors came to

2114
02:00:43,119 --> 02:00:45,920
my house and found me on the floor. They took

2115
02:00:45,960 --> 02:00:49,039
me to the hospital right away. If they hadn't, I

2116
02:00:49,079 --> 02:00:52,920
wouldn't be alive today. The police came to see me

2117
02:00:52,960 --> 02:00:56,319
at the hospital and told me everything that happened. The

2118
02:00:56,399 --> 02:00:58,600
clown was trying to grab my youngest son from under

2119
02:00:58,640 --> 02:01:01,640
the bed. My oldest son, who was hiding in the closet,

2120
02:01:02,039 --> 02:01:04,920
saw down the stairs what the clown did to his mother,

2121
02:01:05,439 --> 02:01:08,279
ran to my room and grabbed my gun. As the

2122
02:01:08,279 --> 02:01:12,079
clown was about to grab his brother. He shot him wounded.

2123
02:01:12,079 --> 02:01:14,319
The clown left the room and found me while my

2124
02:01:14,399 --> 02:01:18,159
son went running after his brother. It was very convenient

2125
02:01:18,199 --> 02:01:20,880
that as a child I taught him to shoot, even

2126
02:01:20,920 --> 02:01:23,319
though I didn't know he knew where my gun was.

2127
02:01:24,039 --> 02:01:28,000
I can't be mad. It saved his life, his brothers

2128
02:01:28,720 --> 02:01:35,720
and mine. Unfortunately, my wife was not so fortunate. She

2129
02:01:35,840 --> 02:01:37,960
died instantly from an impact to the head as she

2130
02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:42,600
fell down the stairs. The wake was sad and tragic.

2131
02:01:43,760 --> 02:01:46,840
It was never known what the clown wanted, but from

2132
02:01:46,840 --> 02:01:49,520
what the police told me, my family was the first

2133
02:01:49,560 --> 02:01:54,720
to survive his ruthless attacks. Since that day, my son

2134
02:01:54,760 --> 02:01:58,720
and I started therapy. We can't recover from what happened

2135
02:01:58,760 --> 02:02:06,199
that night. After that, our lives will never be the same. Hey, guys,

2136
02:02:06,439 --> 02:02:08,640
my name is Shane, and even though I have a

2137
02:02:08,680 --> 02:02:11,840
boring office job these days, I will never forget my

2138
02:02:11,960 --> 02:02:15,239
time working at Huddle House. I must admit I wasn't

2139
02:02:15,279 --> 02:02:17,920
there for that long. It was only a year, but

2140
02:02:18,399 --> 02:02:22,079
that year was unforgettable. My co workers and my bosses

2141
02:02:22,119 --> 02:02:25,279
treated me well. The staff was generally nice, and the

2142
02:02:25,319 --> 02:02:29,720
food was delicious. Unfortunately, my experience did not end on

2143
02:02:29,760 --> 02:02:32,359
a good note, as I didn't leave to find a

2144
02:02:32,359 --> 02:02:34,520
better job or to go on vacation, as I had

2145
02:02:34,560 --> 02:02:38,279
originally planned. My experience at Huddle House ended because I

2146
02:02:38,359 --> 02:02:41,520
experienced the worst night of my life, a night in which,

2147
02:02:41,920 --> 02:02:45,239
almost without reason, I was close to being the victim

2148
02:02:45,600 --> 02:02:49,000
of a bloodthirsty serial killer. It all started on my

2149
02:02:49,119 --> 02:02:51,960
night shift. I was serving all the customers as usual.

2150
02:02:52,520 --> 02:02:55,039
The line was a bit long, but it was moving fast.

2151
02:02:55,520 --> 02:02:58,039
Customers were choosing their food very quickly and paying in

2152
02:02:58,119 --> 02:03:01,279
cash since it was so busy. The night flew by,

2153
02:03:01,359 --> 02:03:04,119
and even though my shift was almost over, I felt

2154
02:03:04,159 --> 02:03:07,119
like I had just come in. Everything was going more

2155
02:03:07,119 --> 02:03:09,680
than excellent, until a face on the table began to

2156
02:03:09,720 --> 02:03:13,079
catch my attention, a face that stood out from the rest,

2157
02:03:13,159 --> 02:03:16,840
but for the wrong reasons. The man's face was imposing,

2158
02:03:17,319 --> 02:03:21,199
full of scars and with some burns. His eyes were

2159
02:03:21,239 --> 02:03:23,159
full of anger, and I could see how this was

2160
02:03:23,159 --> 02:03:26,359
accompanied by his lips, which he was biting with impatience.

2161
02:03:27,039 --> 02:03:29,399
The queue was moving fast, but the man could not

2162
02:03:29,520 --> 02:03:32,359
catch up, so furious, he pushed the people in the

2163
02:03:32,439 --> 02:03:34,880
queue and took second place to the person I was serving.

2164
02:03:35,640 --> 02:03:37,960
All the customers pretended to say something to him, but

2165
02:03:38,319 --> 02:03:41,199
when they saw his terrifying face. They all chickened out

2166
02:03:41,239 --> 02:03:43,800
and let him pass. When he got to the line,

2167
02:03:43,840 --> 02:03:47,479
he impatiently began to order his food. Other employees might

2168
02:03:47,520 --> 02:03:49,399
wait on him and let him get away with it

2169
02:03:49,439 --> 02:03:53,880
to avoid trouble, but this was not my case. I

2170
02:03:53,960 --> 02:03:55,880
was not going to let him abuse the rest of

2171
02:03:55,920 --> 02:03:59,399
the customers and get his food first. Sir, I will

2172
02:03:59,399 --> 02:04:01,279
not serve you until you return to your place in

2173
02:04:01,399 --> 02:04:06,640
line and respect it. What what I said, sir, Let

2174
02:04:06,640 --> 02:04:09,079
the next one through and get back to your place.

2175
02:04:09,920 --> 02:04:11,800
The look on this man's face as he heard my

2176
02:04:11,880 --> 02:04:16,039
words was indescribable. His eyes were even more filled with

2177
02:04:16,079 --> 02:04:19,720
anger than before, but directed at me. This man had

2178
02:04:19,760 --> 02:04:21,720
a killer look in his eyes. And even though I

2179
02:04:21,720 --> 02:04:25,359
don't remember very clearly today, I can swear that I

2180
02:04:25,439 --> 02:04:27,560
even saw a little foam coming out of his mouth.

2181
02:04:28,439 --> 02:04:30,640
Who the hell do you think you are to tell

2182
02:04:30,680 --> 02:04:33,560
me to get back in line? All these people let

2183
02:04:33,640 --> 02:04:37,079
me pass in good faith. He turned around and looked

2184
02:04:37,119 --> 02:04:40,720
at the people, shouting, right, or didn't you all let

2185
02:04:40,760 --> 02:04:44,760
me through? They all bowed their hands, but no one responded.

2186
02:04:45,399 --> 02:04:49,279
See they all agreed, give me my food before I

2187
02:04:49,319 --> 02:04:52,800
make you agree too. Was this man threatening me in

2188
02:04:52,840 --> 02:04:55,640
the middle of the restaurant, with all the security at

2189
02:04:55,680 --> 02:04:59,039
the door and my coworkers nearby, I wasn't going to

2190
02:04:59,119 --> 02:05:02,439
let a customer walk. I knew he couldn't hurt me

2191
02:05:02,520 --> 02:05:06,479
since I knew martial arts. Sir, I'm done talking with you.

2192
02:05:07,399 --> 02:05:10,800
What did you say, you little scum? Do you dare

2193
02:05:10,920 --> 02:05:16,399
disrespect me? You a damn huddle house employee? Furious, the

2194
02:05:16,439 --> 02:05:18,800
man left the line and came after me, throwing a

2195
02:05:18,840 --> 02:05:22,199
punch from a distance that I quickly dodged. I decided

2196
02:05:22,199 --> 02:05:24,560
to use my training in action and quickly stopped him.

2197
02:05:25,119 --> 02:05:28,039
My companions were terrified, and security was coming as fast

2198
02:05:28,079 --> 02:05:30,960
as they could, but people were laughing loudly filming what

2199
02:05:31,000 --> 02:05:33,079
was happening while I caught the man with my arms.

2200
02:05:33,760 --> 02:05:37,600
A few seconds later, security arrived along with others and employees,

2201
02:05:37,720 --> 02:05:40,600
grabbed the man and began to carry him away. As

2202
02:05:40,640 --> 02:05:42,600
they did so, the man could only look at me,

2203
02:05:42,760 --> 02:05:46,079
and more furious than ever, he screamed at me, Oh,

2204
02:05:46,239 --> 02:05:49,399
never forgive you for this humiliation. You and all the

2205
02:05:49,399 --> 02:05:52,560
people you love will pay for it. I will kill

2206
02:05:52,600 --> 02:05:55,319
you all you will regret making a fool of me.

2207
02:05:56,159 --> 02:06:01,079
I will destroy your life took him out of the restaurant.

2208
02:06:01,279 --> 02:06:03,640
I couldn't help but feel a cold chill run down

2209
02:06:03,640 --> 02:06:07,319
my back. In the fight, I overpowered this man completely,

2210
02:06:07,359 --> 02:06:09,439
but there was no way of knowing what he was

2211
02:06:09,479 --> 02:06:13,239
capable of. His threats were terrifying, but worst of all,

2212
02:06:14,079 --> 02:06:17,520
they sounded real. For the next few days, I went

2213
02:06:17,560 --> 02:06:20,279
to work with some fear. Every time I went in,

2214
02:06:20,319 --> 02:06:23,760
I looked everywhere. Sometimes I felt that a strange car

2215
02:06:23,840 --> 02:06:27,199
was following me, but I attributed it all to my imagination.

2216
02:06:28,039 --> 02:06:30,560
Surely everything he said to me was the result of

2217
02:06:30,680 --> 02:06:32,920
the anger of the moment, and when he calmed down,

2218
02:06:33,279 --> 02:06:35,359
the man decided that it was not worth trying to

2219
02:06:35,399 --> 02:06:38,920
get revenge on me, especially when he had everything to lose.

2220
02:06:39,840 --> 02:06:44,119
Time passed and I felt calmer. Everything was better until

2221
02:06:44,119 --> 02:06:49,000
one night, the night my life changed. I came home

2222
02:06:49,039 --> 02:06:51,399
from work and normally my wife and two daughters were

2223
02:06:51,439 --> 02:06:54,520
waiting for me to eat. When I walked in, the

2224
02:06:54,560 --> 02:06:56,239
door was open and there was no one in the

2225
02:06:56,279 --> 02:06:59,680
dining room. I went to the kitchen and to my surprise,

2226
02:07:00,279 --> 02:07:05,119
was also empty. Something strange was happening. I looked around

2227
02:07:05,119 --> 02:07:07,399
the house to no avail, and just as I was

2228
02:07:07,399 --> 02:07:09,920
about to give up. I went upstairs and into my

2229
02:07:10,000 --> 02:07:14,319
daughter's room. As I entered, I gasped in terror at

2230
02:07:14,359 --> 02:07:17,520
what I was seeing. My daughters and my wife were

2231
02:07:17,520 --> 02:07:19,800
on the other side of the room, stuck to the window.

2232
02:07:20,560 --> 02:07:23,159
The three of them were tied up and holding my wife.

2233
02:07:23,600 --> 02:07:25,640
The man with whom I had fought so many days

2234
02:07:25,640 --> 02:07:28,720
before was staring at me, full of anger, but with

2235
02:07:28,760 --> 02:07:33,000
a big smile on his face. Girls, Look who's home?

2236
02:07:33,479 --> 02:07:37,439
The brave father, defender of the defenseless people in line

2237
02:07:37,439 --> 02:07:42,800
at a damn fast food restaurant. What what's going on here?

2238
02:07:43,640 --> 02:07:46,119
I went running in his direction, but suddenly the man

2239
02:07:46,159 --> 02:07:48,079
pulled out a knife and put it to my wife's neck.

2240
02:07:48,800 --> 02:07:51,000
Dare to take one more step than I'll cut her

2241
02:07:51,039 --> 02:07:55,039
open like a fish. Dear friend, what the hell do

2242
02:07:55,079 --> 02:07:57,960
you want? You can take all our stuff, take everything,

2243
02:07:58,079 --> 02:08:02,119
just don't hurt them. Do you think this is a robbery,

2244
02:08:03,359 --> 02:08:07,319
This is not theft, this is vengeance? Or didn't I

2245
02:08:07,359 --> 02:08:09,079
tell you that I would hurt you in all your

2246
02:08:09,119 --> 02:08:11,920
loved ones that day? You made a fool of me.

2247
02:08:12,760 --> 02:08:15,960
Nobody makes a fool of me. I'll make sure you

2248
02:08:16,000 --> 02:08:18,840
regret it for the little time you have left alive.

2249
02:08:19,800 --> 02:08:21,880
As soon as he finished saying his words, I gathered

2250
02:08:21,920 --> 02:08:25,119
all my courage and started walking towards him. This man

2251
02:08:25,239 --> 02:08:28,000
was a coward, a coward who kidnapped women and girls

2252
02:08:28,000 --> 02:08:30,720
in order to hurt people. He would never dare to

2253
02:08:30,800 --> 02:08:33,399
hurt them because he knew he would go to jail

2254
02:08:33,520 --> 02:08:37,560
or worse, I would kill him without saying another word.

2255
02:08:37,560 --> 02:08:42,199
I rushed toward him, but halfway the unthinkable happened. I

2256
02:08:42,319 --> 02:08:46,079
told you to stay away. In the coldest and cruelest way,

2257
02:08:46,359 --> 02:08:48,760
the man pushed my wife out of the window without warning.

2258
02:08:49,279 --> 02:08:51,439
I couldn't see if she was still alive, but the

2259
02:08:51,479 --> 02:08:53,880
way she was tied up, it was very difficult for

2260
02:08:53,920 --> 02:08:56,199
her to have survived, since she couldn't use her hands

2261
02:08:56,199 --> 02:08:59,760
to cover her vital parts. I was more furious than ever.

2262
02:09:00,199 --> 02:09:03,079
I wanted to kill this man. When I saw him

2263
02:09:03,079 --> 02:09:05,439
put a knife to the neck of one of my daughters,

2264
02:09:06,359 --> 02:09:10,640
I froze in place. See I told you I would

2265
02:09:10,720 --> 02:09:13,279
hurt them. Did you think I would chicken out and

2266
02:09:13,319 --> 02:09:15,840
ask for forgiveness if you came running in my direction?

2267
02:09:16,880 --> 02:09:20,279
But I don't think you understand your position. Neither you

2268
02:09:20,359 --> 02:09:23,079
nor your daughters will get out of this night alive.

2269
02:09:24,520 --> 02:09:28,439
Please I fell to my knees on the ground, crying,

2270
02:09:29,520 --> 02:09:33,239
that's more like it. With my daughter in one of

2271
02:09:33,239 --> 02:09:35,399
his arms and the knife in his other hand, the

2272
02:09:35,479 --> 02:09:39,159
man approached me, laughing. He lifted his huge feet and

2273
02:09:39,199 --> 02:09:41,800
put one over my head, leaving me with my mouth

2274
02:09:41,840 --> 02:09:45,039
on the floor. At that moment, I felt the man

2275
02:09:45,119 --> 02:09:47,560
use his foot to squeeze me tighter and tighter, stepping

2276
02:09:47,600 --> 02:09:51,000
on me like a cockroach as he laughed frantically. I

2277
02:09:51,039 --> 02:09:54,000
couldn't let this cycle win. I couldn't let him hurt

2278
02:09:54,000 --> 02:09:59,000
my daughters. But I couldn't do anything. The man stopped

2279
02:09:59,039 --> 02:10:01,159
stepping on my head told me to lick his boot,

2280
02:10:01,399 --> 02:10:03,960
to which I agreed and cried as I watched him

2281
02:10:03,960 --> 02:10:07,319
hold my little daughter with his huge arm. On the

2282
02:10:07,359 --> 02:10:11,119
other hand, I can see his knife. Be careful where

2283
02:10:11,159 --> 02:10:14,680
you look. One false movement. I won't try to kill you,

2284
02:10:15,000 --> 02:10:17,880
but your daughter. You won't have time to make me

2285
02:10:17,960 --> 02:10:20,279
that damn key you made me in huddle house, and

2286
02:10:20,319 --> 02:10:22,880
if you do, will be bathed in your daughter's blood.

2287
02:10:25,279 --> 02:10:28,359
While he was talking, I analyzed the situation and understood

2288
02:10:28,399 --> 02:10:30,680
that I could never get the knife out of his hand.

2289
02:10:31,560 --> 02:10:33,560
His arm was a little further back, and I could

2290
02:10:33,600 --> 02:10:36,680
easily see that he was holding it very tightly. He

2291
02:10:36,720 --> 02:10:38,720
was waiting for me to pounce and pull it out.

2292
02:10:39,600 --> 02:10:42,000
He wanted this to happen so he could kill my daughter.

2293
02:10:42,800 --> 02:10:44,960
What he didn't notice is that he paid so much

2294
02:10:44,960 --> 02:10:48,600
attention to the knife that he neglected my daughter's arm.

2295
02:10:48,880 --> 02:10:51,359
With a strong and abrupt movement, I grabbed my daughter's

2296
02:10:51,359 --> 02:10:53,520
feet from the ground and pulled her backward, causing her

2297
02:10:53,520 --> 02:10:56,079
to fall. She fell and hit the ground and hit

2298
02:10:56,119 --> 02:10:59,520
her head, but she was fine. At the man's bewilderment,

2299
02:10:59,520 --> 02:11:01,880
I stood up quickly and jumped at him, ramming him

2300
02:11:01,880 --> 02:11:04,840
into the window with all my might. We both fell

2301
02:11:04,840 --> 02:11:08,840
out of it. I opened my eyes slowly. I was

2302
02:11:08,880 --> 02:11:10,760
in a lot of pain and thought I had broken

2303
02:11:10,800 --> 02:11:13,159
my arm. But I had gotten this man out of

2304
02:11:13,159 --> 02:11:17,439
my house. My daughters could hide or get out. I

2305
02:11:17,560 --> 02:11:20,279
turned to see him, and to my terror, he had

2306
02:11:20,279 --> 02:11:23,239
stood up. He stood in front of me, looking at me,

2307
02:11:23,359 --> 02:11:27,039
more furious than ever. With his injured leg, he leaped

2308
02:11:27,079 --> 02:11:29,159
over to where I was, and when he got there,

2309
02:11:29,199 --> 02:11:31,439
he bent down and put both his hands to my neck.

2310
02:11:32,359 --> 02:11:35,439
I tried to defend myself, but my body hurt too much.

2311
02:11:36,079 --> 02:11:39,560
I was immobilized. His hands got tighter and tighter, and

2312
02:11:39,680 --> 02:11:42,479
I thought I was going to faint and die. My

2313
02:11:42,600 --> 02:11:46,279
wife was not around. Maybe she had escaped. Maybe she

2314
02:11:46,359 --> 02:11:49,760
could escape with the girls and survive. I began to

2315
02:11:49,800 --> 02:11:54,720
close my eyes, and a miracle happened. Two policemen came

2316
02:11:54,800 --> 02:11:57,560
out of nowhere and grabbed a man. They pulled him

2317
02:11:57,600 --> 02:12:01,279
back and he limped from the fall. Gave it out

2318
02:12:01,279 --> 02:12:03,840
of breath and confused. I closed my eyes and remembered

2319
02:12:04,039 --> 02:12:08,319
nothing more. A short time later, I woke up in

2320
02:12:08,359 --> 02:12:11,720
the hospital. A policeman arrived a few minutes later and

2321
02:12:11,760 --> 02:12:13,800
told me that some neighbors saw my wife fall out

2322
02:12:13,800 --> 02:12:16,720
of the window, tied up. They didn't dare go up

2323
02:12:16,760 --> 02:12:19,159
to see what was happening, but they called the police.

2324
02:12:19,159 --> 02:12:23,800
In the ambulance, she barely survived. She was very close

2325
02:12:23,840 --> 02:12:27,439
to death. The man who was arrested that night was

2326
02:12:27,479 --> 02:12:29,880
soon discovered to be a dangerous serial killer who was

2327
02:12:29,920 --> 02:12:33,359
wanted in Canada. No one ever suspected he had come

2328
02:12:33,399 --> 02:12:36,199
to this country. The man was deported to his home

2329
02:12:36,239 --> 02:12:39,439
country and sentenced to life in prison. He could no

2330
02:12:39,520 --> 02:12:43,239
longer harm any one. After my wife and I recovered

2331
02:12:43,279 --> 02:12:45,640
in time, we went to pick up our daughters at

2332
02:12:45,640 --> 02:12:48,159
the neighbor's house, and I decided to quit my job

2333
02:12:48,199 --> 02:12:51,000
at Huddle House. I would never again take a job

2334
02:12:51,039 --> 02:12:54,000
where I have to see other people. Many of them

2335
02:12:54,199 --> 02:12:57,880
may be good and kind, but for every ten hundred

2336
02:12:58,000 --> 02:13:01,159
or even a thousand good people, there may be a

2337
02:13:01,239 --> 02:13:04,840
hidden monster that can end your life and the lives

2338
02:13:05,399 --> 02:13:13,520
of the people you love. I am John List and

2339
02:13:13,600 --> 02:13:17,359
I was born on September seventeenth, nineteen twenty five, to

2340
02:13:17,479 --> 02:13:21,279
John F. And Alma M. My mother was thirty eight

2341
02:13:21,359 --> 02:13:24,239
years old and my father was sixty six. At the time,

2342
02:13:25,479 --> 02:13:28,479
I didn't have any full blooded siblings, but I did

2343
02:13:28,520 --> 02:13:32,600
have a paternal half brother and half sister. My entire

2344
02:13:32,680 --> 02:13:36,199
family and I were both negatively impacted by an encounter

2345
02:13:36,279 --> 02:13:40,000
I experience. I think there should have been sufficient research

2346
02:13:40,119 --> 02:13:45,000
done before moving into any home I changed for the worse.

2347
02:13:46,640 --> 02:13:48,880
My wife and I were celebrating moving into a new

2348
02:13:48,920 --> 02:13:52,199
home when we returned from our date one evening. We

2349
02:13:52,279 --> 02:13:54,760
had a wonderful night, and the talk was much like

2350
02:13:54,800 --> 02:13:58,520
when we first started dating. The food was perfect, the

2351
02:13:58,600 --> 02:14:02,399
wine we drank was sweet, and the conversation was just right.

2352
02:14:03,520 --> 02:14:05,720
I gave the way to a sizeable tip an addition

2353
02:14:05,800 --> 02:14:09,840
to paying the tab. We exited the establishment and climbed

2354
02:14:09,880 --> 02:14:12,760
into our car, beaming and giggling from the fun we had.

2355
02:14:13,720 --> 02:14:16,560
We pulled into our driveway and into our garage, got

2356
02:14:16,560 --> 02:14:18,399
out of the car and continued to talk about what

2357
02:14:18,479 --> 02:14:20,680
a lovely night it had been and how a nice

2358
02:14:20,760 --> 02:14:24,960
night of rest would complete this beautiful date. The mood

2359
02:14:25,039 --> 02:14:27,800
was still so warm and comforting as we were driving.

2360
02:14:29,279 --> 02:14:31,800
As we made our way into the house, my wife

2361
02:14:31,840 --> 02:14:35,000
noticed a dark, tall figure with big round eyes peeking

2362
02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:38,880
through the garage window at us. She froze, could not

2363
02:14:39,079 --> 02:14:42,640
move because she was too scared. I started chuckling and

2364
02:14:42,680 --> 02:14:45,600
gently put my arm around her shoulders, then proceeded to

2365
02:14:45,640 --> 02:14:50,039
walk her into the house. She whispered, there is something

2366
02:14:50,079 --> 02:14:53,600
peeking through the window at us. I continued to chuckle

2367
02:14:53,600 --> 02:14:57,359
a little more before answering, I know I saw it too.

2368
02:14:58,560 --> 02:15:01,000
As soon as I entered the home, I swiftly secured

2369
02:15:01,000 --> 02:15:03,399
the door that led to the garage as the kids

2370
02:15:03,439 --> 02:15:07,279
had come to us, signaling our return. My thirteen year

2371
02:15:07,319 --> 02:15:12,000
old son Frederick responded no, but my fifteen year old

2372
02:15:12,000 --> 02:15:15,960
son and sixteen year old daughter Patricia related their experiences.

2373
02:15:16,039 --> 02:15:18,000
When we asked if they had been on the lookout

2374
02:15:18,039 --> 02:15:21,800
for anything weird. During our date night when we were away,

2375
02:15:22,279 --> 02:15:25,199
other people were playing in her room upstairs while I

2376
02:15:25,319 --> 02:15:29,039
was occupied watching TV. I was a little unnerved by

2377
02:15:29,039 --> 02:15:31,439
the mild wind that was blowing, since it made the

2378
02:15:31,439 --> 02:15:35,079
house creak. My attention was suddenly drawn to Patricia's room

2379
02:15:35,119 --> 02:15:37,560
on the second floor as a loud scream rang out.

2380
02:15:38,439 --> 02:15:40,960
To find out what had occurred, I hurried upstairs to

2381
02:15:41,000 --> 02:15:44,399
her room. As I walked in, I noticed Patricia staring

2382
02:15:44,520 --> 02:15:49,960
terrified out the window. What happened, Patricia, I yelled, indifferent

2383
02:15:49,960 --> 02:15:53,039
and unfazed. I quickly looked out the window and found

2384
02:15:53,079 --> 02:15:57,640
only total darkness. There was someone standing in the window

2385
02:15:57,960 --> 02:16:02,479
looking at me. There's nothing there, I said, before requesting.

2386
02:16:02,520 --> 02:16:06,359
Patricia joined me downstairs to watch TV. When I walked

2387
02:16:06,359 --> 02:16:08,680
to the kitchen to make some tea, I grabbed the

2388
02:16:08,720 --> 02:16:11,279
cups and started to rent them when I noticed a

2389
02:16:11,319 --> 02:16:14,600
figure staring at me from the darkness about ten meters away.

2390
02:16:15,560 --> 02:16:17,840
I dropped the cups and decided to run, but I

2391
02:16:17,880 --> 02:16:20,079
slipped and fell on the broken glass on the floor.

2392
02:16:20,840 --> 02:16:23,840
Patricia sat under her blanket watching TV as I made

2393
02:16:23,880 --> 02:16:27,520
the tea. As I struggled to stand. Three loud bangs

2394
02:16:27,520 --> 02:16:29,760
could be heard coming from the front entrance, and I

2395
02:16:29,840 --> 02:16:33,600
hastily raced there. Patricia, who was the older sister, was

2396
02:16:33,639 --> 02:16:36,600
supposed to be the protector, but was busy cowering under

2397
02:16:36,600 --> 02:16:40,000
her blanket out of fear. A dark figure of a

2398
02:16:40,040 --> 02:16:43,200
person standing in pitch black was staring directly at me.

2399
02:16:43,840 --> 02:16:46,600
As I carefully peeped up through the window of the door,

2400
02:16:47,879 --> 02:16:50,559
my wife and children started crying because of how scared

2401
02:16:50,600 --> 02:16:54,239
they were. I quickly went to comfort them. I quickly

2402
02:16:54,319 --> 02:16:57,600
checked around to see if the curtains were closed. Luckily

2403
02:16:57,799 --> 02:17:00,879
they were, because she was afraid that the big eyed,

2404
02:17:00,920 --> 02:17:05,760
tall figure might peep at them again. We were all terrified.

2405
02:17:06,520 --> 02:17:09,879
We decided to go hide in the bathroom. We instantly

2406
02:17:09,920 --> 02:17:13,120
froze up and glanced around, bewildered and afraid. Since the

2407
02:17:13,159 --> 02:17:17,360
electricity went out shortly after we reached it. The wife

2408
02:17:17,399 --> 02:17:22,239
softly replied, I don't know, while tightly gripping her wrist

2409
02:17:22,280 --> 02:17:25,799
in response to my whispered question, what the heck just happened?

2410
02:17:26,680 --> 02:17:29,520
We both sighed in relief as the electricity came back on,

2411
02:17:30,239 --> 02:17:33,159
and while we took pleasure in the fleeting victory. My

2412
02:17:33,239 --> 02:17:37,479
wife adds, Oh, thank God. Then all of a sudden,

2413
02:17:37,479 --> 02:17:40,920
the power goes out once more and the ceiling begins

2414
02:17:40,959 --> 02:17:44,920
to shake. We gaze up as our heads followed the sounds,

2415
02:17:45,280 --> 02:17:49,040
terrified and clinging to each other. In the backyard, there

2416
02:17:49,040 --> 02:17:52,600
was a loud thud. Now we finally realize that we

2417
02:17:52,639 --> 02:17:55,079
are not alone and what we saw was not a

2418
02:17:55,120 --> 02:18:00,959
part of our imagination. Then things got quiet. Eventually we

2419
02:18:01,000 --> 02:18:04,319
retired to our room to sleep. There was a brief

2420
02:18:04,360 --> 02:18:07,280
period of peace, after which we felt no signs of

2421
02:18:07,319 --> 02:18:11,120
being disturbed. We attempted to summon some courage as we

2422
02:18:11,159 --> 02:18:14,600
headed to bed, even though we were still shivering from fear.

2423
02:18:16,159 --> 02:18:19,319
I awoke while still in my bed and my eyes

2424
02:18:19,319 --> 02:18:23,280
were open. I attempted to move my finger in the dark,

2425
02:18:23,360 --> 02:18:27,680
but failed to do so. Before realizing my error, I

2426
02:18:27,760 --> 02:18:32,479
sensed movement in the room and depressed us. Although I

2427
02:18:32,520 --> 02:18:36,040
was unable to see anything, I felt there was something

2428
02:18:37,000 --> 02:18:41,159
and it didn't feel humor. I made an attempt to

2429
02:18:41,159 --> 02:18:44,120
move my body, but it appeared that gravity was now

2430
02:18:44,159 --> 02:18:47,280
acting more forcefully as a result, and I started to

2431
02:18:47,280 --> 02:18:51,319
perspire heavily. I was unable to move anything other than

2432
02:18:51,319 --> 02:18:56,440
my eyes. Whatever was in my chamber was unbeatable despite

2433
02:18:56,440 --> 02:18:59,760
my best efforts to view it. When I tried to,

2434
02:19:00,920 --> 02:19:04,159
nothing came out. I felt the presence at the foot

2435
02:19:04,200 --> 02:19:06,760
of my bed. I was able to lift my hand

2436
02:19:06,959 --> 02:19:11,239
after gathering my strength, but I was unable to feel anything.

2437
02:19:12,520 --> 02:19:15,680
When I sensed the presence getting closer to me, I

2438
02:19:15,760 --> 02:19:17,639
was able to get myself out of bed and begin

2439
02:19:17,719 --> 02:19:19,840
crawling on the floor with all the strength I could

2440
02:19:19,920 --> 02:19:23,920
muster in my body. The presence seemed to be following me.

2441
02:19:25,000 --> 02:19:29,200
I gathered more energy and continued to run quickly. I

2442
02:19:29,319 --> 02:19:32,239
tried calling out the names of my family, but nothing

2443
02:19:32,280 --> 02:19:35,520
came out of my mouth. I attempted to scream once

2444
02:19:35,520 --> 02:19:37,879
again as the entity entered the room and drew near

2445
02:19:37,920 --> 02:19:42,040
to me. Then, when I came to while still in

2446
02:19:42,079 --> 02:19:45,879
my bed, nothing had changed, save for the fact that

2447
02:19:45,920 --> 02:19:49,280
I was no longer aware of the presence. As soon

2448
02:19:49,319 --> 02:19:52,239
as I discovered I could move, I swiftly checked around.

2449
02:19:53,000 --> 02:19:55,120
Then I swiftly looked to see if my wife was

2450
02:19:55,200 --> 02:19:58,360
lying next to me. Being in bed with me made

2451
02:19:58,399 --> 02:20:02,280
me joyful. I told my family everything the following day,

2452
02:20:02,799 --> 02:20:06,360
but they all said it was all a dream. Every

2453
02:20:06,479 --> 02:20:08,799
day I made an effort to convince myself that it

2454
02:20:08,840 --> 02:20:12,680
was a dream, but it felt so genuine that I

2455
02:20:12,680 --> 02:20:17,799
am now confident it wasn't. After a few days, I

2456
02:20:17,840 --> 02:20:23,040
felt someone talking to me. Uncontrollable ideas started to cross

2457
02:20:23,079 --> 02:20:27,479
my head. These were only bad thoughts. I made an

2458
02:20:27,479 --> 02:20:31,040
effort to push those thoughts away, but they were just

2459
02:20:31,159 --> 02:20:35,920
too strong for me. Due to my severe financial issues

2460
02:20:35,920 --> 02:20:39,520
and the difficulty I was having providing for my family's needs,

2461
02:20:40,319 --> 02:20:44,680
I made the decision to go with my instinct. Even

2462
02:20:44,760 --> 02:20:47,239
though I was a vice president and comptroller at a

2463
02:20:47,280 --> 02:20:51,399
bank in Jersey City, New Jersey, I had little and

2464
02:20:51,559 --> 02:20:56,120
was not happy. Not only that, but my family members

2465
02:20:56,120 --> 02:21:00,639
were leading me away from my religious beliefs. Therefore, I

2466
02:21:00,719 --> 02:21:06,520
sought freedom from myself. I devotedly practiced Lutheranism and teach

2467
02:21:06,600 --> 02:21:11,040
Sunday school much like my father. They would be guaranteed

2468
02:21:11,040 --> 02:21:14,239
a spot in heaven if I killed them, I thought,

2469
02:21:15,120 --> 02:21:19,760
and I hoped to one day join them there. On

2470
02:21:19,920 --> 02:21:25,000
November ninth, nineteen seventy one, I permitted a quintupal murder.

2471
02:21:25,159 --> 02:21:28,600
Using a nine millimeter semi automatic handgun and a twenty

2472
02:21:28,639 --> 02:21:32,559
two caliber revolver, I began shooting my forty six year

2473
02:21:32,559 --> 02:21:35,959
old wife Helen List. I had to punch her first

2474
02:21:36,159 --> 02:21:39,879
and then batter her till I instantly filed. She was

2475
02:21:39,920 --> 02:21:43,760
bleeding badly. When she collapsed to the ground, I was shocked.

2476
02:21:44,680 --> 02:21:47,799
I never knew I could do such a thing. I

2477
02:21:47,799 --> 02:21:50,680
could smell the blood and feel it seeping under her hair.

2478
02:21:51,680 --> 02:21:55,399
I made another gun shot. It was really awful. Then

2479
02:21:55,680 --> 02:21:59,280
when I heard something pop in my year. This time

2480
02:21:59,799 --> 02:22:03,440
I shot my mother, my eighty four year old mother, Alma,

2481
02:22:03,719 --> 02:22:07,680
inside the new home, a Westfield, New Jersey, Victorian mansion

2482
02:22:08,159 --> 02:22:12,440
known as Breeze No. When my sixteen year old daughter Patricia,

2483
02:22:12,719 --> 02:22:15,520
when my thirteen year old son Frederick came home from school,

2484
02:22:16,520 --> 02:22:20,959
I fatally shot them as well. I then made myself lunch,

2485
02:22:21,319 --> 02:22:24,799
drove to a bank to close my wife's and mother's accounts,

2486
02:22:25,399 --> 02:22:29,760
canceled mail and milk deliveries, and notified my children's schools

2487
02:22:30,040 --> 02:22:32,479
that the kids would be absent for an extended period

2488
02:22:32,879 --> 02:22:35,280
as the family needed to care for an ailing relative

2489
02:22:35,360 --> 02:22:39,399
in another state. After these tasks, I went to my

2490
02:22:39,479 --> 02:22:42,680
fifteen year old son John's high school to watch him

2491
02:22:42,719 --> 02:22:46,000
play in a soccer game. He tried all his best

2492
02:22:46,040 --> 02:22:48,760
to fight back against me. I had to cover his

2493
02:22:48,840 --> 02:22:51,319
mouth to prevent him from shouting and yelling out loud.

2494
02:22:52,280 --> 02:22:54,600
I struggled with him while the attack was going on.

2495
02:22:54,719 --> 02:22:56,879
As he injured me with a pen that he brought

2496
02:22:56,879 --> 02:23:00,319
out of his pocket. I simply felt a sharp pain

2497
02:23:00,399 --> 02:23:04,879
in my chest, and then it made me release him

2498
02:23:05,000 --> 02:23:08,079
as he tried to run. I ultimately shot him ten

2499
02:23:08,200 --> 02:23:12,120
times in his face and chest. After I was done

2500
02:23:12,159 --> 02:23:15,680
with the killing, I was assuring myself of making heaven

2501
02:23:15,760 --> 02:23:19,360
as I smiled. I left my wife's body in her

2502
02:23:19,399 --> 02:23:22,639
attic apartment in the mansion and placed her in the

2503
02:23:22,719 --> 02:23:26,319
children's bodies on sleeping bags in the ballroom, and I

2504
02:23:26,399 --> 02:23:32,559
left music playing in the Five bodies were not discovered

2505
02:23:32,600 --> 02:23:38,600
until December seventh, nineteen seventy one. Reportedly, when police entered

2506
02:23:38,600 --> 02:23:43,200
the house, the music was still playing. The inner calm.

2507
02:23:50,600 --> 02:23:53,559
Now that Halloween is almost here, it's time to explore

2508
02:23:53,600 --> 02:23:57,680
the gloomy, spooky, and unpleasant. What other time is there

2509
02:23:57,719 --> 02:24:00,680
to celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year at twelve

2510
02:24:00,760 --> 02:24:04,559
in the morning on a frigid night. Halloween is always

2511
02:24:04,559 --> 02:24:08,840
associated with terror. Halloween is an occasion to celebrate the

2512
02:24:08,879 --> 02:24:12,120
macab Whether you go to a haunted house, dress up

2513
02:24:12,159 --> 02:24:16,719
as your favorite movie villain or watch a horror movie. Halloween.

2514
02:24:16,799 --> 02:24:21,159
Knight's ghastliness, though, is all too true for some people.

2515
02:24:22,239 --> 02:24:25,120
In the past, All hollows Eve has even seen a

2516
02:24:25,159 --> 02:24:29,479
number of violent crimes, including senseless murders and murders motivated

2517
02:24:29,520 --> 02:24:33,360
by passion. Since I consider some of the incidents that

2518
02:24:33,399 --> 02:24:36,520
occur on Halloween nights to be rumors unless I personally

2519
02:24:36,559 --> 02:24:40,280
have one, I don't really believe in that. I'll always

2520
02:24:40,600 --> 02:24:46,159
remember that day. I actually had a pretty horrific experience.

2521
02:24:46,840 --> 02:24:49,959
It was not something I could have ever imagined could happen.

2522
02:24:51,000 --> 02:24:52,959
My two other friends and I went to the market

2523
02:24:53,000 --> 02:24:55,639
to get the goods to manufacture candy that we would

2524
02:24:55,639 --> 02:24:59,680
then distribute to the kids. Children were very dear to us,

2525
02:24:59,719 --> 02:25:02,799
and we constantly wanted to bring them joy. We had

2526
02:25:02,840 --> 02:25:05,319
spent our last night handing out Halloween candy to the

2527
02:25:05,360 --> 02:25:07,639
kids in the neighborhood before turning in for the night.

2528
02:25:07,680 --> 02:25:11,639
At about eleven o'clock, I experienced a nightmare as I

2529
02:25:11,680 --> 02:25:14,040
was about to go to sleep. It was the most

2530
02:25:14,120 --> 02:25:17,479
terrifying thing I'd ever been through. In the dream, I

2531
02:25:17,600 --> 02:25:20,600
was walking through a location I don't remember, but the

2532
02:25:20,719 --> 02:25:24,440
sand there made it seem like a desert. Somehow. I

2533
02:25:24,479 --> 02:25:26,959
had no idea how I had gotten there, but I

2534
02:25:27,000 --> 02:25:31,399
knew I was lost and alone. I glanced down as

2535
02:25:31,440 --> 02:25:34,000
I walked, trying to find a way out, and I

2536
02:25:34,079 --> 02:25:37,920
saw that I was holding a machete. The blade of cold,

2537
02:25:38,000 --> 02:25:42,159
long steel seemed extremely sharp. Even though it was pitch black,

2538
02:25:42,520 --> 02:25:45,479
I could see a little. The heat was so strong

2539
02:25:45,559 --> 02:25:48,920
that I felt exhausted, despite the fact that I had

2540
02:25:48,920 --> 02:25:51,719
no idea where I was headed and was heavily perspiring,

2541
02:25:52,239 --> 02:25:55,879
I continued to walk. After a while, I caught a

2542
02:25:55,920 --> 02:25:58,559
glimpse of a dark person squatting down in the distance.

2543
02:25:59,360 --> 02:26:02,319
It was a hume lying in the sand, and as

2544
02:26:02,360 --> 02:26:06,120
I got closer, I could see that I was relieved

2545
02:26:06,120 --> 02:26:09,200
to meet someone else because I had been feeling really lonely.

2546
02:26:10,120 --> 02:26:12,079
I hurried over to the man and knelt down to

2547
02:26:12,079 --> 02:26:15,360
help him up. However, as soon as I turned the

2548
02:26:15,399 --> 02:26:18,399
man over, my stomach dropped at the sight of his face.

2549
02:26:19,680 --> 02:26:22,760
I was looking in the mirror, and the man had

2550
02:26:22,799 --> 02:26:26,440
my face in his I raised the machete above his

2551
02:26:26,520 --> 02:26:29,360
head and without thinking, cut the man to death. In

2552
02:26:29,399 --> 02:26:33,280
that instant. Because I was so overcome with dread, I

2553
02:26:33,319 --> 02:26:35,840
could not believe I would have done such a thing.

2554
02:26:37,520 --> 02:26:39,600
I dropped the weapon and horror at what I had

2555
02:26:39,639 --> 02:26:42,680
just done, and began to flee the area as much

2556
02:26:42,719 --> 02:26:46,079
as I could by racing into the desert. My feet

2557
02:26:46,159 --> 02:26:48,639
dug deeper into the sand with each shrivee, but I

2558
02:26:48,760 --> 02:26:53,520
persisted anyway. Propelled by fear and panic, I eventually lost

2559
02:26:53,520 --> 02:26:56,840
my balance and collapsed to the ground. I discovered that

2560
02:26:57,000 --> 02:26:59,239
I had sprained my ankle. As I lay in the sand,

2561
02:27:00,159 --> 02:27:03,360
I was unable to take another step. I was leapt

2562
02:27:03,399 --> 02:27:06,399
with no choice except to lay there where I had fallen.

2563
02:27:07,959 --> 02:27:11,239
I eventually noticed something in the distance. When I looked up,

2564
02:27:11,959 --> 02:27:15,000
another man's form could be seen moving toward me across

2565
02:27:15,040 --> 02:27:17,920
the vast desert. I waited until I could see the

2566
02:27:17,959 --> 02:27:21,479
man's face clearly as he drew near. To my amazement,

2567
02:27:21,520 --> 02:27:24,360
once more, I saw that it was a man who

2568
02:27:24,399 --> 02:27:27,600
looked like me, and that he was holding a razor's

2569
02:27:27,600 --> 02:27:32,360
shark machete. As soon as I woke up, I started screaming.

2570
02:27:33,000 --> 02:27:36,239
I heard my spectacle smash. I jumped out of bed

2571
02:27:36,239 --> 02:27:39,840
and went looking for cover. Oh my god, I'm done

2572
02:27:39,840 --> 02:27:44,079
for I don't think I'll survive. Although I could hear

2573
02:27:44,120 --> 02:27:47,159
someone entering the house. I could only see with my eyes,

2574
02:27:47,280 --> 02:27:51,680
so I had no idea who it was. God, please

2575
02:27:51,760 --> 02:27:54,600
be with me. I was saying a quick prayer in

2576
02:27:54,639 --> 02:27:58,239
my head at the time, come and rescue me. I

2577
02:27:58,280 --> 02:28:01,559
heard myself yell out in a sudden voice. The amount

2578
02:28:01,559 --> 02:28:03,680
of shouting was so loud that my ear drum came

2579
02:28:03,760 --> 02:28:07,360
close to bursting. I walked into the upstairs bedroom to

2580
02:28:07,360 --> 02:28:09,440
try and peek in and see what was going on.

2581
02:28:09,479 --> 02:28:14,959
When I noticed a dead body on the floor, I

2582
02:28:15,040 --> 02:28:19,520
recognized my friend Mazara. She was lying in a pool

2583
02:28:19,520 --> 02:28:21,719
of her own blood at the bottom of the stairs.

2584
02:28:22,200 --> 02:28:25,000
Her dead eyes were fixed on mine and seemed to

2585
02:28:25,040 --> 02:28:29,520
be saying something I couldn't understand. To keep the murderer

2586
02:28:29,520 --> 02:28:31,799
from hearing me scream, I tried to do so while

2587
02:28:31,840 --> 02:28:35,760
covering my lips. I abruptly heard another noise, which was

2588
02:28:35,799 --> 02:28:39,920
followed by a slow decrease in volume. I grew even

2589
02:28:40,000 --> 02:28:44,959
more terrified. I was aware that Insgna, my other companion,

2590
02:28:45,040 --> 02:28:48,200
was the one who had perished. I suddenly noticed the

2591
02:28:48,239 --> 02:28:50,600
shadow on the wall that indicated the man was moving

2592
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toward me. I was able to get out of the

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house and drive away in my car. I used my

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mobile phone to make a police call. Later, it was

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report ordered on the news that Eric Matthew Copple, a

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friend of one of the victims who also happened to

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be my friend, eventually brought himself in and admitted to

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the killings, though he never revealed his motivation. According to

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the Napa Valley Register, Copple allegedly arrived at the victim's

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home in the twenty six hundred block of Dorset Street

2601
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after midnight, smoked cigarettes outside, and broke in through the

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downstairs kitchen window. According to police, Copple claimed to have

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ascended the stairs and killed the two women with a knife.

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Reportedly repeatedly asserted his inability to recall specifics of what

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occurred to the police during their questioning that evening, he

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turned himself in. The murder weapon was never located by investigators,

2607
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they claimed. Copple admitted to them that he had thrown

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the knife that evening, but he couldn't recall where the

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clothing he was wearing, he added, had been torched. On

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January eleventh, Coppa will be given a formal sentence. The

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families of the victtims will be permitted to address the

2612
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court at that time to discuss their loss and how

2613
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it has affected them. The chance for Copper to speak

2614
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will also come up in front of a court room

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02:30:10,079 --> 02:30:13,000
full of the victim's families, friends and in laws. While

2616
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wearing a black suit, a black tie and a white shirt,

2617
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Copple acknowledged killing the women upstairs in their Dorset Street house.

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He also admitted to killing his wife, mother and in laws.