If youre into true crime, especially missing persons cases, check it out!
As it turns out, this one was real.
John Edward Robinson is a convicted serial killer and kidnapper who is called the internets first serial killer.
Police found five womens bodies hidden in 55-gallon drums on his land and in his storage units.
By all accounts he was a friendly man who was liked by his friends and neighbors.
Locals would report seeing glowing eyes in the darkness or seeing mutilated rats appear.
Eventually a cell phone video was actually taken of the cat man.
The Halloween part may have just been good storytelling, but the murder is factual.
Sigrid Stevensonwas playing piano late one night in a school building alone.
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The next day she was found naked and murdered.
She was beaten so badly that her friends could not identify her body by her face.
As hard as they looked at the evidence, no one could figure out what the motive was.
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This means that your neighbor can drop your apartment by moving through the medicine cabinet.
This resulted in the murder of a woman, Ruthie Ann McCoy.
Two neighbors also called police and reported hearing gunfire in McCoys apartment.
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That is, until 10 years later whena photographfinally emerged of him.
Her mother spent 3 years in prison before some of Azarias clothing was found near a dingo lair.
Alligators in the sewer
There have been stories about sewer alligators for more than a hundred years.
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For instance, in 2010 a 2 foot alligator was found in the New York City sewer system.
Larger alligators have been found in Florida sewers, but typically after large storms when the systems are flooded.
You might find frogs or rats in there as well.
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Just last month in Texas, a 5-foot snake was found creeping out of a toilet.
Andre Rand was a real man who was a janitor at the school before it was shut down.
Afterwards, he continued to live on the grounds where he began abducting children.
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He has been convicted twice for kidnapping, but investigators believe he is responsible for at least 5 murders.
The documentaryCropseywas based on Rand.
you’ve got the option to read 101 of the scariest (and shortest!)
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true stories in our new collection,101 True Scary Stories to Read in Bed Tonight, availablehere.
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