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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“Smooth-Talking Killer“ Roy Melanson

“Smooth-Talking Killer“ Roy Melanson

A lifelong drifter and con man, Roy Melanson charmed and manipulated his way into his victims’ lives beginning in the 1960s. As his crimes became more gruesome, his vagabond lifestyle made him virtual...

21 Jun 202142min

“The Bike Path Killer” Altemio Sanchez Pt. 2

“The Bike Path Killer” Altemio Sanchez Pt. 2

Avoiding capture as Amherst’s terrifying “Bike Path Rapist” emboldened Sanchez to commit his first murder in 1990. His crimes were escalating — but inexplicably, after nearly two decades of violence, ...

17 Jun 202146min

“The Bike Path Killer” Altemio Sanchez Pt. 1

“The Bike Path Killer” Altemio Sanchez Pt. 1

An elusive rapist stalked areas around Buffalo, New York, for decades beginning in the late 1970s. When he moved to a city once dubbed the “Safest City in America,” he began using his signature weapon...

14 Jun 202142min

“The Quiet Dell Killer” Harry Powers

“The Quiet Dell Killer” Harry Powers

Harry Powers lived a life shrouded in mystery, so tracing his origins is difficult. But here's what we know: he was a conman without a conscience, and he was a ruthless killer whose victim count might...

10 Jun 202140min

“Montana Child Murderer” David Meirhofer

“Montana Child Murderer” David Meirhofer

In 1973, 7-year-old Susie Jaeger fell asleep in a tent with her siblings while on a camping trip with family. When her siblings woke up, the tent had been slashed open and Susie was gone. A team of pr...

7 Jun 202142min

“The Cross-Country Killer” Tommy Lynn Sells Pt. 2

“The Cross-Country Killer” Tommy Lynn Sells Pt. 2

By 1999, Sells had murdered men, women and children in multiple states, and showed no signs of slowing down. He might never have been stopped, had he not attacked a little girl who survived to identif...

3 Jun 202146min

“The Cross-Country Killer” Tommy Lynn Sells Pt. 1

“The Cross-Country Killer” Tommy Lynn Sells Pt. 1

For over 20 years, Tommy Lynn Sells hitchhiked across the U.S., killing indiscriminately and without mercy. What started as a revenge fantasy involving his childhood abuser grew into a deadly impulse ...

31 Mai 202144min

"Mall Santa" Bruce McArthur Pt. 2

"Mall Santa" Bruce McArthur Pt. 2

By the beginning of 2011, Bruce McArthur had killed and dismembered two men, hiding their bodies in enormous planters at a client's house. But when police let him slip through their hands, he was free...

27 Mai 202142min

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