True Urban Legends: The Babysitter & The Man Upstairs, with Annie Elise

True Urban Legends: The Babysitter & The Man Upstairs, with Annie Elise

If you’ve babysat, you’ve heard this tale: While her charges sleep, a babysitter receives harassing phone calls telling her to “check the children”. But this urban legend has disturbing real-life parallels, including the case of 14-year-old Karen Slattery. The major difference between truth and fiction? Who dies. Keep up with us on Instagram @serialkillerspodcast! Have a story to share? Email us at serialkillerstories@spotify.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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“The Broomstick Murderer” Kenneth McDuff Pt. 1

“The Broomstick Murderer” Kenneth McDuff Pt. 1

Kenneth Allen McDuff led a charmed life. He was an angelic child. At least, that's what his doting mother thought. But in reality, Kenneth concealed a sadistic desire to hurt people, and his first mur...

19 Jul 202140min

“Serial Strangler” Volker Eckert Pt. 2

“Serial Strangler” Volker Eckert Pt. 2

As a long-haul trucker, Eckert realized his job afforded him the perfect conditions to kill. And claiming victims was the perfect way to finally complete his macabre trophy — a life-sized human doll, ...

15 Jul 202140min

“Serial Strangler” Volker Eckert Pt. 1

“Serial Strangler” Volker Eckert Pt. 1

From a young age, Volker Eckert displayed a strange fascination with women’s hair. His fetish led him to murder in 1974, when he was just 14 years old. Eckert spent the next decades assaulting women a...

12 Jul 202139min

"The Monster of the Andes" Pedro Alonso López

"The Monster of the Andes" Pedro Alonso López

Some serial killers’ reigns of terror are cut mercifully short, due to careless mistakes or careful police work. Pedro Alonso López was not one of those killers. The number of his victims is staggerin...

8 Jul 202144min

"The Woodford Slasher" John Joseph Joubert

"The Woodford Slasher" John Joseph Joubert

John Joseph Joubert was plagued by disturbing daydreams, along with a horrifying urge to hurt little boys, and in the 1980s, he finally acted on both. But when he targeted a teacher's young students, ...

5 Jul 202142min

“The S-Bahn Murderer of Berlin” Paul Ogorzow Pt. 2

“The S-Bahn Murderer of Berlin” Paul Ogorzow Pt. 2

Having graduated from brutal assaults to murders, Paul Ogorzow felt untouchable as he rode the rails, throwing his victims off speeding trains. But every train has to stop somewhere, and Paul's was he...

1 Jul 202144min

“The S-Bahn Murderer of Berlin” Paul Ogorzow Pt. 1

“The S-Bahn Murderer of Berlin” Paul Ogorzow Pt. 1

Coming of age alongside Adolf Hitler's political rise, Paul Ogorzow took his cue from the Nazi party, and looked at some of his fellow Germans as little more than rodents to be stamped out. He took ad...

28 Jun 202143min

“The Bogey Man” David Elliot Penton

“The Bogey Man” David Elliot Penton

There are few criminals so reviled as a child killer. David Elliot Penton was one of them. His crimes were so horrendous, he earned the nickname "The Bogey Man." Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

24 Jun 202140min

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