The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs

TALES TOLD IN THE DARK
TALES TOLD IN THE DARK
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Published 2024-04-19
"The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs." In this story, one perfect for young teenagers starting to experience independence from their parents for the first time, a young teenage girl is babysitting two young children at night. As she sits alone in the living room doing her homework, the kids upstairs asleep, she starts receiving phone calls from a laughing man saying, "Have you checked the children?" After repeated calls, the scared girl calls the police. The cops put a tracer on her phone, and after the creepy man calls again, the cops call back and tell the girl "The calls are coming from inside the house." The babysitter is told to leave the house immediately, and when the police arrive, they find both kids stabbed to death upstairs.

Sound familiar? The urban legend is the first scene of 1979's When a Stranger Calls. But before it was the plot of a movie, the urban legend, which began in the 1960s, was formed from real life. The scariest horror movies have roots in real life, and sadly, there was nothing more real than the 1950 murder of teenage babysitter Janett Christman.

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All Comments (21)
  • @flornahealingempathfam
    You read this beautifully as usual❤️. Poor Janett and her family...they went through so much injustice, even if it wasn't Mueller, it's still very unjustified and the police should have done their job properly. While all of those other men were being questioned, he may have disappeared in a hurry.
  • @CharmainesTV
    Sis you are amazing and that was a creepy story!❤
  • @socialmediagrowshow
    Cool, I might enjoy listening to your stories when I sleep. You do very well at it!
  • @authormaryanngestwicki
    That was a spooky chilling story!!:face-orange-biting-nails::face-purple-wide-eyes::face-blue-wide-eyes::hand-orange-covering-eyes:
  • @Carolxo
    OMG I watched a movie just like this. Still watching
  • @megsmysteries8968
    This reminds me of when I babysat as a teen this story and movie came out. Boy that scared me every time I baby sat and the phone would ring.thanks for the memories... Lol👻💀👻
  • @DixieAfterDark
    wow, I had no idea this legend was based on a true case. Amazing presentation.
  • @DevilsTales
    To think that this story ended so tragically. The incompetence is staggering. Though the criminal justice system has been a work in progress. Proceeding with prejudice cost them time. The polygraph was not the move as there are methods to beat that. Some good old-fashioned police work could have solved this. When babysitting as a child I always worried about this. Even though my parents had two shotguns. Still to this day I lock all doors and check the house entirely. Old habits are hard to shake. Beautiful reading your classes you took paid off big time.