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

2024/10/21
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The episode begins with a retelling of the classic urban legend 'The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs,' detailing the terrifying experience of a babysitter receiving harassing phone calls instructing her to 'check the children.' The story escalates as the calls become increasingly threatening, culminating in the realization that the calls are coming from inside the house.
  • The babysitter receives multiple harassing phone calls.
  • The caller instructs her to 'check the children' and laughs creepily.
  • The police trace the calls, revealing they are coming from inside the house.

Shownotes Transcript

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.

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