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 Toolbox Killers” Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris Pt. 1

“The Toolbox Killers” Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris Pt. 1

They each lived lonely lives, bouncing from jail to jail until a chance meeting in California brought them together in 1978. Bittaker and Norris began a sadistic friendship which evolved into a twiste...

13 Jul 202039min

“The ABC Killer” Moses Sithole

“The ABC Killer” Moses Sithole

At a young age, Moses Sithole was abandoned by his mother, forcing him to go in and out of a traumatic foster care system. As an adult in the ‘90s, he began enacting his revenge on women in a rampage ...

9 Jul 202043min

“The Chicago Abductor” Brian Dugan

“The Chicago Abductor” Brian Dugan

In the early ‘70s, a teenaged Dugan had an encounter with one of the most notorious serial killers in the U.S.—a killer whose infamy Dugan would soon match, with a murder spree throughout Chicago’s ru...

6 Jul 202037min

“Milwaukee North Side Strangler” Walter E. Ellis

“Milwaukee North Side Strangler” Walter E. Ellis

In his youth, Walter Ellis was prone to fits of physical violence. But as he grew older, he took on the role of a gentle and unsuspecting neighbor. Over the course of 20 years, it was this persona tha...

2 Jul 202038min

“The Hitchhiker Killer” Thor Nis Christiansen

“The Hitchhiker Killer” Thor Nis Christiansen

Growing up in the California town of Solvang, Thor Nis Christiansen was the quiet son of Danish immigrants. As he grew older, Thor began harboring dark, disturbing fantasies about women. Before his 20...

29 Jun 202041min

“A Chaotic Life” Andrew Urdiales

“A Chaotic Life” Andrew Urdiales

He endured extreme childhood abuse, served in the Marines, and was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia. Between 1986 and 1996, Andrew Urdiales turned his anger into murder, taking the lives of eig...

25 Jun 202039min

“Crazy Charlie” Charles Ray Hatcher

“Crazy Charlie” Charles Ray Hatcher

He spent his life trying to escape jails, mental hospitals, and his urge to kill. From 1961 to 1982, Charles Ray Hatcher murdered at least four people, but he claims to have killed as many as 16 in Mi...

22 Jun 202040min

“The Boy Torturer of Boston” Pt. 2: Jesse Pomeroy

“The Boy Torturer of Boston” Pt. 2: Jesse Pomeroy

Sent to a reform school for the remainder of his childhood, Jesse Pomeroy, and his distraught mother, had one shared goal in mind: early release. After only 17 months away, they'd got their wish. And ...

18 Jun 202037min

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