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3 True Solo Trip Horror Stories That Will Make You Think Twice Before Traveling Alone · True Horror Stories

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: The journey to red brick Manor felt like a dive
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  Speaker 1: into an unsettling dream. My headlights cut through the thick fog,
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  Speaker 1: barely revealing the gnarled trees that loomed over the lonely road.
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  Speaker 1: An hour later, Siri announced our arrival. The manor loomed
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  Speaker 1: atop a hill, surrounded by other equally eerie structures. The neighborhood,
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  Speaker 1: built in the eighteenth century, came out like a Gothic nightmare.
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  Speaker 1: As a debt ridden college student desperate for cash, I
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  Speaker 1: was accustomed to strange and affluent environments. I parked my
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  Speaker 1: battered Honda a block outside the Cooper estate. The Coopers
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  Speaker 1: were old money and required my assistance babysitting their ten
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  Speaker 1: year old daughter Tonight Er nanny had an emergency Missus
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  Speaker 1: Cooper had set on the phone. The gig paid triple
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  Speaker 1: my usual rate, so I didn't hesitate when Missus Cooper
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  Speaker 1: mentioned that Bridget loved her dolls and they shouldn't be
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  Speaker 1: parted from her. The iron gate, with its snarling griffin,
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  Speaker 1: was the first sign that this place differed. Inside, the
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  Speaker 1: air was thick with the scent of dried roses. A pale,
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  Speaker 1: rail thin woman greeted me on the porch.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, I'm missus Cooper. Her smile was tight. Bridget's upstairs
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  Speaker 2: in the living room. She continued her gaze, avoiding mine.
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  Speaker 2: I've left the schedule and instructions on the table. She
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  Speaker 2: gets upset easily.
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  Speaker 1: The chauffeur gave me a particular look over Missus Cooper's shoulder.
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  Speaker 1: The nursery was at the end of a dimly lit hallway. Bridget,
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  Speaker 1: a delicate girl with wide, haunted eyes, sat on the
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  Speaker 1: floor clutching a porcelain doll.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Bridget, i'm.
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  Speaker 1: Ale, I said, with a shaky smile. Silence. The hours
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  Speaker 1: afterward dragged into an eerie quiet. I tried everything to
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  Speaker 1: break the monotony, reading stories, building a pillow fort, but
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  Speaker 1: bridget statue still except for the odd rocking around ten
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: Bridget finally spoke, I'm sleepy, all right, Let's take you
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  Speaker 1: to your room. The moment I stepped into Bridget's room,
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  Speaker 1: I was stunned. I'd never seen so many dolls stacked
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  Speaker 1: in a kid's room. They all had porcelain faces and
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  Speaker 1: shiny hair. The doll's hair looked strikingly realistic.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, you sure loved dolls.
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  Speaker 1: Huh, yeah, there are my slaves. I wasn't expecting a
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  Speaker 1: little girl to use a word like that, but I
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  Speaker 1: realized something was very wrong with Bridget. Maybe she's not
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  Speaker 1: getting the right kind of upbringing from her parents and
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  Speaker 1: turned into a spoiled brat. But I'm only here for
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  Speaker 1: a night, so who cares. As I tucked her into bed,
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  Speaker 1: my eyes went to her tiny hands.
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  Speaker 2: They looked rough and calloused.
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  Speaker 1: She blinked at me, flashing her creepy smile, and then
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  Speaker 1: went to sleep. Around two am, I passed out on
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: the couch while watching a movie when I heard a
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  Speaker 1: glass break. A rustling wind from the open window had
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  Speaker 1: knocked down the vase from the pedestal. I rubbed my
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  Speaker 1: eyes to get a good look. Went noticed Bridget standing
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  Speaker 1: behind me. Her wrinkled face was contorted into a grotesque
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  Speaker 1: mask of rage as she continued stroking her doll.
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  Speaker 2: I like your eyes, I'd have them.
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  Speaker 1: Before I could react, she lunged at me. I stumbled
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  Speaker 1: backward and we both landed on the floor.
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  Speaker 2: Get off me, Get off me. I want your eyes.
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  Speaker 1: I tried my best to free myself from her grasp,
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  Speaker 1: but damn, she was so strong, too strong to be
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  Speaker 1: a child. She ripped a thick bunch of hair from
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  Speaker 1: my skull and smelt it while laughing like a maniac.
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  Speaker 1: I pushed her with all my strength and ran down
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  Speaker 1: the corridor. I looked over my shoulder and saw her
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  Speaker 1: standing at the end of the passage. Her childlike face
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  Speaker 1: changed into sheer evil. Adrenaline surged as I countered Bridget's
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  Speaker 1: attack by throwing a show piece I found on a
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  Speaker 1: nearby tabletop. She tried to dodge, but the corner of
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  Speaker 1: it hit her on the forehead, making her screen and pain.
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  Speaker 1: Bridget turned to me, her eyes cold and calculating. Then
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  Speaker 1: I bolted as fast as I could until I reached
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  Speaker 1: the main road. Flagging down a passing car, I breathlessly
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  Speaker 1: explained what had happened. The driver helped me get to
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  Speaker 1: the nearby police station. When I went back to the manor,
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  Speaker 1: I was accompanied by a squad of cops. A scary
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  Speaker 1: revelation surfaced once the cops started the property. It turned
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  Speaker 1: out that Bridget wasn't a little girl, but a dwarf
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  Speaker 1: woman who was missus Cooper's deform sister. Driven by deep
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  Speaker 1: seated insecurity and a history of being bullied, Bridget had
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  Speaker 1: killed the previous babysitters in their sleep, cutting their hair
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  Speaker 1: to add to her grotesque doll collection. The dolls, with
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  Speaker 1: their eerie resemblance to real people, were seized, and in
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  Speaker 1: the backyard they discovered a shallow grave containing seven bodies
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  Speaker 1: of women similar to my age missus Cooper. Ever, the
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  Speaker 1: loving sister had been burying the bodies in the backyard
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  Speaker 1: to cover up Bridget's atrocities. The sisters were charged with
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  Speaker 1: multiple counts of murder and the manner was sealed off.
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  Speaker 1: The chauffeur fled the scene, but the cops suspected he
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  Speaker 1: too help these psychosisters and their gruesome murders. Since then,
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  Speaker 1: I have sworn to never go babysitting, no matter how
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  Speaker 1: much the gig is paying me. It's been a decade
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  Speaker 1: since that night, but I remember every detail as if
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: it happened yesterday. Laura seemed perfect when my parents first
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  Speaker 1: hired her to be the babysitter. She was friendly, well educated,
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  Speaker 1: and the way she integrated into our household made it
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  Speaker 1: feel like she had always been a part of our lives.
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  Speaker 1: My little sister Lucy adored her, and even I, at
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  Speaker 1: ten years old, thought she was the best babysitter we'd
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  Speaker 1: ever had, but as time went on, I started noticing
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  Speaker 1: things that didn't sit right. I walked in on her
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  Speaker 1: once and saw Laura collecting hair from my parents' shower drain.
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  Speaker 1: She explained that it was for a craft project, but
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  Speaker 1: it always felt off. Her extensive knowledge of poisons was
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  Speaker 1: another red flag. She would casually mention how certain plants
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  Speaker 1: could kill a person in minutes, passing it off as
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  Speaker 1: a quirky hobby.
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  Speaker 2: I started getting a bad.
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  Speaker 1: Feeling about her, but she was good at pretending around
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  Speaker 1: my parents. The night it all went wrong, Laura had
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  Speaker 1: put Lucy and me to bed and was in the
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  Speaker 1: kitchen preparing dinner. Our dog Max never liked her, and
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  Speaker 1: that night he was particularly irksome to her. I was
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  Speaker 1: jolted awake by his frantic squeals. Instinctively, I grabbed my
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  Speaker 1: sling and crept downstairs, but I saw in the backyard
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  Speaker 1: froze my blood.
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  Speaker 2: Laura was drowning Max in the pool.
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  Speaker 1: Without thinking, I loaded a small into my sling and
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  Speaker 1: shot at her. It hit her in the head, and
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  Speaker 1: she turned to look at me with pure hatred in
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  Speaker 1: her eyes.
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  Speaker 2: You little shit, You're a dead boy.
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  Speaker 1: She dropped Max, who slipped away whimpering, and she came
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  Speaker 1: after me.
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  Speaker 2: I bolted inside.
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  Speaker 1: And she grabbed a kitchen knife as she started chasing me.
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  Speaker 1: I bolted, my heart pounding in my ears. The house
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  Speaker 1: was dark, and I stumbled through the rooms, desperately trying
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  Speaker 1: to stay ahead of her. She held onto my legs
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  Speaker 1: just as I had started running up the stairs, but
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  Speaker 1: I kicked at her face, making.
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  Speaker 2: Her slip ah.
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  Speaker 1: She screamed in fury and swung her knife, barely missing me.
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  Speaker 1: I managed to make it to my room, slamming the
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  Speaker 1: door shut behind me. I hugged my little sister, who
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  Speaker 1: grew scared as Laura pounded on the door, screaming, I'll
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  Speaker 1: kill you both, just like I took care of the
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  Speaker 1: Hemengway kid.
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  Speaker 2: Make it look accidental. Lucy corner, her eyes wide with fear.
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  Speaker 1: We didn't have a phone in our room, and I
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  Speaker 1: knew I had to come up with something fast. Then
• 8:08
  Speaker 1: I saw my toy drone on the shelf, and an
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  Speaker 1: idea sparked.
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  Speaker 2: Lucy, give me that crane and paper.
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  Speaker 1: I scribbled a desperate message, help babysitter trying to kill us.
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  Speaker 1: I taped the note to my toy drone and flew
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  Speaker 1: it out the window, hoping it would reach mister Wilson's
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  Speaker 1: house next door. I guided the drone through his kitchen window,
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  Speaker 1: crashing it on his table. We could hear Laura stabbing
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  Speaker 1: at the door, the wood splintering under the force. But
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  Speaker 1: a few minutes later all of us jolted at the
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  Speaker 1: sound of the doorbell.
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  Speaker 2: Laura went silent.
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  Speaker 1: Moments later, I heard mister Wilson's voice downstairs, trying to
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  Speaker 1: engage with Laura. You must be the babysitter for Frank's kids.
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  Speaker 1: It is everything, all right, I thought I heard something.
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  Speaker 1: I cracked the door open and peered down the stairs.
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  Speaker 1: Laura was standing at the door, hiding the knife behind her.
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  Speaker 1: Mister Wilson stood at the door, looking concerned but ready
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  Speaker 1: to help. He must have sensed the urgency in my message.
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  Speaker 2: Everything's fine, just playing with the kids.
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  Speaker 1: But mister Wilson wasn't buying it. He stepped inside, and
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  Speaker 1: as he did, Laura lunged at him. I watched in
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  Speaker 1: horror as she stamped him repeatedly, his blood cooling on
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  Speaker 1: the floor and sprang everywhere. Just then, the police burst
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  Speaker 1: through the door, guns drawn. Laura turned to face them,
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  Speaker 1: but they were too quick.
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  Speaker 2: Bang bang bang.
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  Speaker 1: They took her down before she could reach them. I
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  Speaker 1: ran down the stairs. My heart's still racing. The police
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  Speaker 1: officers were already calling for an ambulance, trying to save
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  Speaker 1: mister Wilson, but it was too late. He was already gone.
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  Speaker 1: The days that followed were a blur. The police took statements,
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  Speaker 1: and the news was filled with stories about Laura. It
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  Speaker 1: turned out she had a history of mental illness and
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  Speaker 1: a fastening with poisons and death. The Hemingway kid she
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  Speaker 1: mentioned was real, another family who had lost a child
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  Speaker 1: under suspicious circumstances while Laura was their babysitter. My parents
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  Speaker 1: were devastated. They couldn't believe that they had let someone
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  Speaker 1: so dangerous into our home. It's been ten years, but
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  Speaker 1: the memories of that night is as vivid as ever.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think I'll ever forget Laura.
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  Speaker 1: Taking the babysitter job for the Wilsons seemed like a
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  Speaker 1: straightforward way to earn some extra cash. Their victorian house,
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  Speaker 1: with its creaky floors and old world charm, felt like
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  Speaker 1: stepping into a different era. I was a college student
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  Speaker 1: struggling with bills, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Miss Wilson was kind enough to show me around the house,
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  Speaker 1: pointing out all the essential things. She mentioned their son,
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  Speaker 1: Timmy's unusual habit of talking to an old toy phone
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  Speaker 1: every night, which she chalked up to his imaginative mind.
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  Speaker 1: When missus Wilson left, Timmy and I spent the evening
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  Speaker 1: playing games and watching TV.
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  Speaker 2: He was an easy.
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  Speaker 1: Kid to get along with, and by nine PM I
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  Speaker 1: tucked him into bed. That's when things started to get strange.
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  Speaker 1: I heard Timmy's voice through the crack of his bedroom door. Curious,
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  Speaker 1: I crept closer and listened. Yes, mister Midnight, I promise
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  Speaker 1: I'll be good. I won't tell her. His voice was serious,
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  Speaker 1: far too serious for a child talking to a toy phone.
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  Speaker 2: My skin prickled with unease. No, mister Midnight, she's nice.
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  Speaker 2: Don't hurt her.
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  Speaker 1: My heart skipped a beat. Who is he talking to?
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  Speaker 1: I pushed the door open gently and walked in.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Timmy, who are you talking to?
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: He looked up at me, his eyes wide with fear.
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  Speaker 1: Mister Midnight doesn't like evedroppers. Sarah, you shouldn't listen. I
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  Speaker 1: picked up the toy phone, but there was nothing, just
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  Speaker 1: plastic silence. Hello, missus midnight, Please tell Timmy to be
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  Speaker 1: a good boy and go to sleep. I joked and left,
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  Speaker 1: but Timmy's warnings stayed with me. That night, after he'd
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  Speaker 1: fallen asleep, the house phone rang. I picked it up,
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  Speaker 1: but there was only static and faint whispers. It felt
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  Speaker 1: like someone was there just beyond the static. Hello, who
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  Speaker 1: is this? No answer static? I hung up, feeling a
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  Speaker 1: growing sense of unease. But then the call started coming
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  Speaker 1: every few minutes. Every time I answered, there were whispers
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  Speaker 1: and static. Frustrated, I and plugged it. Finally picked up
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  Speaker 1: a book and sat in the living room. Suddenly I
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  Speaker 1: heard footsteps upstairs. I went to check on Timmy, but
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  Speaker 1: he was fast asleep. It didn't make any sense. Then
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  Speaker 1: I heard someone moving down the hall closer and closer.
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  Speaker 1: I followed the footsteps into the kitchen when I saw
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  Speaker 1: a shadowy figure dart out of the corner of my eye.
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  Speaker 1: I turned quickly and shock, but there was nothing there.
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  Speaker 1: I shook it off, blaming my imagination, but the sense
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  Speaker 1: of being watched never left. So I sat down to
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  Speaker 1: watch the TV, trying to take my mind off it,
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  Speaker 1: but very soon it flickered and the temperature in the
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: room dropped suddenly. That is when I saw a shadow
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  Speaker 1: moving across the wall, stopping at the doorway. My breath
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  Speaker 1: caught in my throat as I realized it wasn't a
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  Speaker 1: trick of the light. The shadow seemed to pulse like
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  Speaker 1: it was alive, and that it slowly disappeared.
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  Speaker 2: This isn't real. It can't be real.
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  Speaker 1: My heart pounded as I tried to rationalize what I
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  Speaker 1: had seen, and that is when the phone rang again.
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  Speaker 2: Impossible, I had clearly unplugged it.
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  Speaker 1: My hands trembled as I walked over and picked up
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  Speaker 1: the receiver, hearing the familiar static and whispers.
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  Speaker 2: Who is this? What do you want? This time?
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  Speaker 1: A voice broke through the static, barely audible but unmistakably
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  Speaker 1: menacing rud I dropped the phone, my heart racing, I
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  Speaker 1: rushed up to Timmy's room, grabbed him and headed for
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  Speaker 1: the door, but a dark figure blocked our way. He
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  Speaker 1: was tall and menacing, its presence suffocating.
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  Speaker 2: Stay behind me, Timmy.
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  Speaker 1: I grabbed a nearby lamp and threw it at the figure,
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: but it went right through. The figure laughed a low
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  Speaker 1: guttural sound that sent chills down my spine. Desperate, I
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: saw the toy phone in Timmy's hand, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what got into me. I grabbed it and smashed
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  Speaker 1: it against the floor. The figure screamed and then just vanished,
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  Speaker 1: the house finally falling silent. When the Wilson's return, they
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  Speaker 1: found Timmy and me shaken but safe. Mister Wilson told
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  Speaker 1: that the previous owners of the place were murdered by
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: a psychopath many years ago, a serial killer who left
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  Speaker 1: toy phones as this marker. He immediately called the facility
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  Speaker 1: where the serial killer was being held and learned that
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: he died on the night of the Thanksgiving about a
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  Speaker 1: month ago. Missus Wilson suddenly walked in holding the toy
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  Speaker 1: phone in her hand.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, you said you destroyed Timmy's phone. I did,
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  Speaker 2: Where did you find it?
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  Speaker 1: It was in his room that is when Timmy started
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: waving at something which we couldn't see. Mister Wilson grabbed
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  Speaker 1: us all and we ran out of the house. He
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: called nine one one, but I didn't wait to see
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  Speaker 1: and ran for my home.