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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Best of 2024: Israel Keyes Pt. 1

Best of 2024: Israel Keyes Pt. 1

As our Best of 2024 selection, we're featuring our three-part series on notorious serial killer Israel Keyes. In 2012, Israel Keyes is arrested and charged with kidnapping and killing an 18-year-old...

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Holiday Break: "The Grim Reaper" - Nate Boone Craft

Holiday Break: "The Grim Reaper" - Nate Boone Craft

We're continuing our holiday break, but you won't want to miss the episode we're highlighting this week. In this episode, our friends at Murder in America sit down and for an interview with a man who ...

9 Des 20241h 17min

Holiday Break: How a Nuclear Lab Helped Catch a Serial Killer

Holiday Break: How a Nuclear Lab Helped Catch a Serial Killer

Happy holidays, listeners! We're starting off our winter break by bringing you an episode from our colleagues at Science Vs about how a notorious murder case was solved with help from an unlikely sour...

2 Des 202451min

Holiday Break: What’s Hiding in the Wizard of Oz?

Holiday Break: What’s Hiding in the Wizard of Oz?

You may have seen the movie and heard the musical, but do you know the secrets? As we take a break from our regular programming for the holidays, we’re revisiting one of the most influential films of ...

25 Nov 202437min

The Smiley Face Murder Theory (with Murder Sheet)

The Smiley Face Murder Theory (with Murder Sheet)

Three decades. Eleven states. Over 600 bodies. Across the United States, college-aged men have ended up dead in rivers, lakes, and ponds. The deaths have been ruled accidental drownings, but a team of...

18 Nov 202448min

The Hello Kitty Killers

The Hello Kitty Killers

In May 1999, Hong Kong police found the scattered remains of a young mother in a flat in the city’s Kowloon district. The crime scene was like nothing anyone had seen before: unimaginable brutality se...

11 Nov 202429min

The Rainbow Murders: The Serial Killer Theory

The Rainbow Murders: The Serial Killer Theory

Nancy Santomero and Vicki Durian hitchhiked from Arizona to West Virginia in the summer of 1980. They planned to attend the Rainbow Gathering, an annual event where like-minded, free spirits could pea...

4 Nov 202445min

True Urban Legends: Candyman, with Ashley Flowers

True Urban Legends: Candyman, with Ashley Flowers

Say Candyman’s name five times in a mirror and you’ll summon his vengeful spirit, then he’ll slaughter you with his hook. That’s how the urban legend goes anyway. It was directly inspired by a short s...

28 Okt 202432min

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