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 Boxcar Killer” Robert Joseph Silvera Jr.

“The Boxcar Killer” Robert Joseph Silvera Jr.

He was a freight hopper who rode the rails of the western United States for over a decade. Robert Joseph Silvera Jr. was responsible for more than 30 slayings in that time, most of his victims being f...

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False Confessions: Henry Lee Lucas

False Confessions: Henry Lee Lucas

In the mid-1980s, serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confessed to nearly 600 murders. While most of those confessions were subsequently disproven, his case led to larger questions about United States inter...

9 Mars 202045min

“The Lust Killer” Pt. 2: Jerry Brudos

“The Lust Killer” Pt. 2: Jerry Brudos

In many ways, Jerry Brudos wasn't in it for the kill—he was in it for the body. Between 1968 and 1969, he dressed his victims up and posed them, like living dolls. After killing them, he continued to ...

5 Mars 202048min

“The Lust Killer” Pt 1: Jerry Brudos

“The Lust Killer” Pt 1: Jerry Brudos

He developed an obsession with women's clothing from a young age—a fetish which would eventually turn violent. As a teenager, Jerry Brudos started attacking young women… just to steal their shoes. But...

2 Mars 202044min

The Zodiac Killer Pt. 2

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Following the string of brutal murders throughout the 1960s, the masked man known as the Zodiac Killer continued to write letters to the press and police, taunting them for their inability to catch hi...

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The Zodiac Killer Pt. 1

The Zodiac Killer Pt. 1

In the summer of 1969, newspapers in San Francisco began receiving coded letters from a man who would come to identify himself as "the Zodiac." The killer confessed to a string of brutal murders and w...

24 Feb 202037min

“H.H. Holmes” Pt. 2: Herman Webster Mudgett

“H.H. Holmes” Pt. 2: Herman Webster Mudgett

Between 1891 and 1895, H.H. Holmes embarked on a vicious killing spree across the United States, terrorizing an entire nation in the process. No one knows exactly how many murders he committed. He con...

20 Feb 202047min

“H.H. Holmes” Pt. 1: Herman Webster Mudgett

“H.H. Holmes” Pt. 1: Herman Webster Mudgett

He was the master of the infamous “Murder Mansion,” and often cited as America’s first serial killer. H.H. Holmes began his career as a con artist in Chicago, taking advantage of anyone he could betwe...

17 Feb 202044min

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