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The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: The Babysitter Legend and a Real-Life Murder
It’s every babysitter’s worst nightmare: the phone keeps ringing, the caller won’t stop, and when the police finally trace the number, they say the line every horror fan knows by heart:
“The call is coming from inside the house.”
In this episode of Kat Has Questions, we’re diving into the famous babysitter urban legend — and the real-life crime that may have helped shape it.
We’ll explore:
The original “babysitter and the man upstairs” urban legend and why it spread so fast
The 1950 murder of 13-year-old Janett Christman, the case most often linked to the legend
Other crimes, safety…
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