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0:08[music]
0:08[music]
0:09Follow lockdown procedures. Go into the nearest room or building. Lock the door and turn off all
0:14lights. Wait for the all clear from school officials or local authorities. Lock down.
0:20Lock down. Of all the days to sleep in, why did it have to be that day? I woke up on time initially,
0:28but then I thought I'd shut my eyes for another 5 minutes or so. When I opened them, the clock
0:33read 9:15. School had already started. I leapt out of bed, skipped breakfast, grabbed my bag,
0:40and stormed outside. I had to show up before first period ended. Otherwise, they called my parents,
0:45and I wouldn't be trusted to get myself to school anymore. The school was only 15 minutes away. I
0:50pounded the pavement with every step. There was nothing on my mind except getting there.
0:55Except out of the corner of my eye, I noticed I wasn't the only thing out of place. My neighbor
1:02about two blocks down, whose house I pass right in front of twice a day, was standing at the edge of
1:08his yard like a statue. It was weird to see him just staring off into space, not doing anything,
1:14not moving an inch. If it was any other morning, I would have seen him like that and cross the street
1:19a block down to avoid him. But I didn't have time for that. I couldn't bother making detours for
1:25weirdos. I continued walking forward at a break neck pace, aiming to pass by him without even
1:31looking aside. I felt his eyes on me. He [music] was standing about a foot back from the gate at
1:36the end of his yard, just behind the waist height fence. The gate was open when I walked past, and
1:42it just so happens my neighbor wasn't wearing any pants. No underwear either. Nothing beneath his
1:49t-shirt at all. I saw it all in a moment's glance, instantly looking away, but not quick enough.
1:55Thankfully, my legs carried on while I processed the shock to my brain. When I got to the end
2:00of the block, I was finally believing what I had seen, and I was ready to shoot a mean look back at
2:05him, as if to tell him to put on some damn pants. But he wasn't standing in that same spot. He
2:11walked out from behind the fence, exposing himself to the world and to my eyes again. Was him turning
2:17and following me? If I thought I was walking as fast as I could before I gained even more speed. I
2:23knew if I started sprinting, I could probably make it to school in 3 minutes. Once I made it there,
2:28he would have to leave me alone. Nobody would go into a school like that, right? But he had to be
2:34crazy. I wasn't sure it would stop him. It was my only bet, though, and I was running out of
2:39time to get there. Turn around, little boy. I want to show you something. No thanks. Already saw it.
2:46Definitely don't like it. I got something that'll change your mind. Just leave me alone. I said turn
2:52around. Turn around now. The man was screaming at me. His voice sounded closer than I knew it could
2:58be. There was no way he closed the distance between us so quickly. I knew I had to glance
3:04back and check eventually, but I didn't want to give him the satisfaction. I didn't want him to
3:08think I was listening to him. But then I could practically feel him breathing on my neck. I knew
3:14I had to run. But first, I couldn't help it. I had to look again. He was holding a gun. A shotgun. He
3:22must have had it the whole time. I just refused to look at him long enough to notice. It was clear as
3:27day now. And barely 30 ft away. He smiled from ear to ear when I finally saw it. Now that I knew what
3:34was coming, he started to take aim. In a moment of sheer panic, I ran into the street. [panting]
3:44Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh no. No. No. No. No. Damn it. I had him. Stop. Dude, leave [screaming] me
3:50alone. These goddamn cars always in the way. Just leave me alone, please. [screaming] Maybe
4:01now you'll stop messing up my shot. Get in there. You sneaky little [ __ ] Get back here.
4:10After narrowly making it across the street in one piece, I took the last chance I had and kept
4:15running. I didn't stop for anything this time. I put as much distance as possible between myself
4:20and that psycho and made a break for the school. The building was so close. They were already
4:25going into lockdown. They had to have heard the shots. My ears were [music] still ringing from
4:30it. My heart still pounding out of my chest. As I entered the school and tried to mix into
4:35the panicking crowd, I took one last look outside and saw him still coming before I ducked into the
4:41classroom with 20 other kids, hoping I wouldn't die in there. The doors were locked. The lights
4:46went out and we hid, waiting to see. Eventually, the cops arrested my neighbor. He didn't hurt
4:52anyone else after what he did to the people in that car. They said he had some kind of mental
4:57illness. They wouldn't say which kind, but it's still unsettling to think about. as my therapist
5:02has been helping me work through all this. How could someone be fine one day and then the next
5:07day just snap and become that? A scary situation came to a peaceful yet bizarre ending in a Santa
5:16Clarita neighborhood late Wednesday morning. Police were called to the neighborhood following
5:21a report of a man suffering from a mental health crisis just after 9:15 a.m. During the search,
5:28James Foster Elementary School was placed on lockdown. The armed suspect allegedly fired shots
5:33that struck a car. No injuries were reported. After striking the car, police said the suspect
5:39barricaded himself [music] in a home. Deputies set up a perimeter and residents were being evacuated
5:45from the home by a SWAT team as responding firefighters were placed on standby. About 15
5:50minutes later, the suspect was seen walking around the neighborhood wearing a hat, t-shirt, socks,
5:57and no pants. He then surrendered to officials and was taken into custody without incident. Following
6:03the suspect's arrest, the lockdown was lifted as a SWAT team continued searching the home.
6:27The grocery stores had just started selling pumpkins, and one of us came up with an
6:32ingenious reason to buy some. We weren't going to carve them like little babies,
6:36and we certainly weren't about to go through the effort of turning them into pines. You see,
6:41my mom's condo was on the 20th floor, and she had a balcony. What if, we wondered,
6:48what if we tossed a few pumpkins off the balcony? Obviously, we weren't the most sane individuals,
6:54but we weren't monsters, just teenagers. So after school on Friday, the three of us pulled together
7:01a few bucks to load the bed of my pickup with pumpkins. We ended up getting carried away and
7:06bought far more than we would ever need. However, there was a small issue. I had to stage a whole
7:12sleepover at my mom's place and I had to make sure she would fall hard asleep. That was unless she
7:19had some wine. [music] Eventually, after she had a few glasses in her, she retired to her bedroom.
7:24We waited 15 minutes for her to fall asleep and then the real work began. Downstairs in
7:30the garage, a literal truckload of pumpkins were [music] waiting for us. We hadn't planned ahead
7:35for getting them upstairs, so we just started carrying them in our arms, taking trips up and
7:40down the elevator. As we took the first pumpkins out on the patio, I realized just how heavy these
7:46things were [music] and just how high up we were from dropping them. My friend heaved his pumpkin
7:51up to rest it on the railing. I thought to myself, something that heavy, that could
7:57really hurt. [ __ ] Uh, guys, if these things are like the same strength as a human rib cage,
8:03and it breaks up when it falls, do you think it would do the same thing to someone if it landed
8:08on them? What? I'm just saying. Maybe we can like smash them with sledgehammers or something. Oh,
8:14screw that. I didn't carry this thing all the way up here to carry it back down. I'm
8:18dropping it. Just don't hit anyone. All right. Do you see anyone? It's the middle of the night,
8:23dude. Don't be a [ __ ] Whoa. Whoa. Dude, that's sick. Drop yours. Drop yours. I can still remember
8:30the sound it made echoing endlessly off the buildings. And before I knew it, my other friend
8:36was loading up the next one. This time, we weren't even looking down. We didn't want anyone looking
8:42up at us. He just pushed it off. Then, at the last second, we peaked over the rail to see it explode.
8:48It landed a few feet from the first one, adding to the pale orange carnage. Then a few seconds later,
8:55a car drove by. We weren't even sure if they noticed or if they drove right [music] by
9:00without seeing the mess on the sidewalk. But it gave us another idea. If we timed it right,
9:06got the next one to drop a little closer to the street, we could scare the absolute [ __ ] out
9:11of some random person in their car, and they wouldn't even be able to look up to see who did
9:15it. Of course, it was my turn. I was shaking. I wanted to back out, but I couldn't call it quits
9:21on my friends. They would just keep going without me, and I'd still get in trouble, so I might as
9:26well have my fun, I thought. This one, I knew I would have to really throw to get it to land
9:31in the street. I waited for another car to round the corner and start heading toward us. I held my
9:37pumpkin up by my shoulders, took a step forward, [music] and chucked it as hard as I could. Damn,
9:43nice throw. It's going to be close. [ __ ] Oh my god, dude. Holy [ __ ] You got him. [laughter]
9:55Get inside. What? Already? Get inside. I shoved my friends inside and locked the door. I could still
10:02hear the horn. I kept looking out and seeing that wrecked car [music] down there in the
10:06same spot. Nobody was getting out. My friends were still laughing, not taking it seriously.
10:12But I couldn't believe what just happened. I never thought it [music] would hit them dead
10:16on. For the rest of the night, I tried to forget, watching out of the corner of my eye as the cops
10:21and paramedics [music] swarm the car outside. I knew when they didn't leave for a while that the
10:26driver was dead. I killed them. In the morning, before my [music] friends got up to leave,
10:31the cops came knocking on every door. My mom answered [music] before I could. The cops saw the
10:36horde of pumpkins laying around in plain view. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who
10:42did it after [music] that. Since my friends were still 17 at the time, they got off easy and never
10:47saw them again, though. As an adult, I faced a decade in prison. It's been even longer than that
10:53since I got out. But this mistake fundamentally altered the course of my life for the worst. It
10:59was the dumbest, most brain deadad [music] thing imaginable, and I got what I deserved.
11:06This fall story was inspired by a pumpkin incident involving a male teen who was
11:11charged with criminal negligence causing injury in connection with a dangerous prank
11:15when a pumpkin was tossed from a highway overpass. Police said a woman underwent
11:21surgery for serious internal injuries after the pumpkin smashed through the
11:25windshield of the vehicle she was riding in on a Wednesday night. A suspect later
11:29turned himself in at 2:00 a.m. the next day and has been charged accordingly.
11:34[screaming]
11:44[groaning]
11:53I don't like when my parents go out of town. Something weird always happens. Last time I
11:59invited my friend Tanya to sleep over, hoping things would stay normal if I wasn't by myself.
12:04She lives in the same neighborhood as me, so her parents said it would be okay. Everything
12:09was fine at first. Tanya came over just before sunset. We had leftover spaghetti for dinner,
12:15then started watching TV. I still had some chores to do. I tried to get Tanya to help,
12:20but she made me do all of it. Washing the dishes, cleaning up the kitchen, and taking out the trash.
12:26I opened the garage door, then started rolling the can down the driveway. When I got to the curb,
12:32I looked around the neighborhood. That's when I first saw him. The Cat in the Hat,
12:36the same one out of the book my parents used to read to me when I was little, except he was real,
12:41but wrong. He looked like if the Cat in the Hat was a stray. He was staring right at me, standing
12:48right across from my house. He smiled as his arm moved to wave at me. I began backing away slowly,
12:54not taking my eyes off him, retracing my steps back into the garage, then closed the garage door.
13:00I kept staring back at the Cat in the Hat for every single second it took for the door to finish
13:05closing. Then, as soon as it touched the ground, I ran into the house. Tanya was still watching TV,
13:10but I grabbed her hand and dragged her to the front door. Hey, what's going on? Shh. Look,
13:16the cat in the hat is outside. But he's not even real. I'm serious. Look, I don't see anything. Oh,
13:25come on. He was right there a second ago. I swear. Stop making stuff up. I'm trying to watch Family
13:33Guy. But I'm serious. Shut up. Tanya didn't believe me. It really hurt my feelings, but I
13:40couldn't make her leave. A few hours later, Tanya couldn't stay awake any longer. She asked me to
13:45make a place for her to sleep. So, I went upstairs to my room while she kept watching TV. I didn't
13:50have space on my bed, only on the floor, but I had enough extra comforters in my dresser to make it
13:56work. I turned on the lights, pulled out a couple drawers, trying to do my best for my friend,
14:01but then something caught my eye. Something out my window, I got on my tiptoes and peered over the
14:07dresser down into the street. There he was again, the Cat in the Hat, staring up into my window,
14:14smiling, waving. This time, I didn't waste a moment. I ran downstairs as fast as I could to get
14:20Tanya and force her to look out the window again. But just like before, there was nothing there. Uh,
14:26this isn't a funny prank. It's honestly sad. I think I'm just going to walk home. Wait, Tyan,
14:31don't. What if the Cat in the Hat gets you? Yeah, well, what if I call my mom and tell
14:36her you wouldn't let me leave? Then she'll call the police and have you arrested. You want that?
14:41No. Then let me go home, you creep. It's like 5 minutes away. I'll be fine. And just like that,
14:47Tanya left. My only company, gone. She would rather risk running into the Cat in the Hat than
14:53hang with me for another minute. I worried for her. She didn't understand that it wasn't safe,
14:59but there was nothing I could do to convince her to stay. Afterwards, I tried staying up to watch
15:04TV, but I just wanted the [music] night to be over, so I went up to my room. I couldn't sleep,
15:09though. I laid in bed, staring up at the ceiling, [music] wishing Tanya was still with me.
15:15Hey, you still awake? Come down here. Tanya, is that you? Did you come back? I made a mistake,
15:22but I was still near. Oh, I'm just glad you're okay. I'll be right there. I swore I could hear
15:28her voice. She was so close, just downstairs. I slipped out of bed and made my way back to the
15:34living room, but the house was empty. Nobody in it but me. I thought I must have been dreaming.
15:40It just sounded so real. She had to be around. Maybe, I thought. I was half asleep and heard
15:46her talking at the door. I looked out the window, making sure nobody was watching. The coast seemed
15:52clear. I opened the door, but Tanya wasn't there. Not a soul in sight, except Tanya's phone was on
15:58the welcome mat. The screen was shattered. The case covered in blood. I knew what it meant
16:03immediately. The cat in the hat had got her. I slammed the door shut, ran upstairs, locked myself
16:09in my room, and called [music] the police. They came and they said they would look for her, but
16:13they didn't believe me when I said what happened. They said she probably just got lost on her way
16:17home, but that couldn't be true. It was just a short walk. Something happened to her. I just
16:23know it. Ever since then, nobody has been able to find Tanya. Everyone thinks I'm hiding something,
16:29like I had something to do with it. They think the Cat in the Hat is some lie I made up or
16:34that I'm crazy. But I know the truth. The Cat in the Hat is real and he is still out there.
16:41Viral images purporting to show a life-sized version of the Dr. Seuss character, Cat in the
16:47Hat, on the streets after dark have sparked fear and confusion among residents. The post seen by
16:53millions have convinced people that the character is real and that they might encounter it,
16:58prompting police forces in Ireland and the UK to issue statements confirming that the images
17:02and videos are fake. I was having a sleepover, [music] but everyone started watching Cat in the
17:08Hat videos. It was 3:00 a.m. I wanted to go home. When I started walking down my friend's driveway,
17:14I got totally freaked out that [music] the Cat in the Hat was going to jump out. I had to call
17:18my mom to pick me up. One user said, "Despite the pictures and videos being [music] fake,
17:23along with unverified claims that the Cat in the Hat has been involved in violent assaults,
17:28it has still caused alarm amongst the public. [music]
17:50For a while, it's just been me and my mom living on her own. That makes her super busy and a little
17:56overprotective. Even though I'm in high school, she's always telling me not to open doors for
18:01strangers or to even talk to the delivery people. She orders from Amazon for a lot of her groceries,
18:07so they're here about every other day. Sometimes I feel bad watching them lug all the bags up to the
18:13porch and not being able to help them. But my mom would see me on the camera if I tried. It used to
18:18get me frustrated until recently. As usual, I was walking home from the bus stop, expecting to get
18:25in the house around 3:00 and have a good 2 hours to myself before my mom got home from work. I
18:31remember not seeing any delivery drivers or trucks on the street. Not the postman, the FedEx, or the
18:37UPS guy. Just one lone Amazon person walking down the sidewalk with a couple crumpled boxes in his
18:43hands. But there was no Amazon truck or van in sight. I knew sometimes they had people deliver
18:49packages out of their own cars, but it explained why he looked a little out of place. Actually,
18:55he was walking really slow for the [music] kind of person who's usually always in a rush. He was even
19:01stumbling a bit. I was glad he was on the other side of the street. He seemed dirty. [music] Even
19:07the Amazon vest looked faded and torn up, and the boxes were open. The literal second I thought this
19:14guy might not actually be a delivery driver, he saw me and immediately started crossing the
19:20street without looking either direction, just heading straight for me. Luckily, I was close
19:25to my house. I got my ass into gear and cut across the front yard to get to the front door as quickly
19:30as possible. I kept looking over my shoulder every few steps. He walked at the same speed most people
19:36run, forcing me to jump up the steps right into my door. But of course, my mom always made sure
19:42to lock it. That fake Amazon freak was stepping into the yard as I pulled the keys out of my bag.
19:48My hands were shaking, nearly dropping the damn things as I shoved them into the lock. I turned
19:53and ripped them out as fast as I could, then leapt inside and slammed the door behind me. I turned
19:59around and crammed my foot under the door at the same moment I threw the deadbolt near milliseconds
20:04before he reached out with his bony claw to twist the knob. From inside, I was watching through the
20:10people, my foot still acting as an emergency doors stop should the deadbolt magically disintegrate. I
20:16locked the handle, too. My heart was pounding out of my chest, and I needed every bit of
20:21assurance I could get. The game wasn't over yet. I was still a target, and this man wasn't even
20:27close to giving up. Hello, little lady. Open up now. I need you to sign for this package. Oh,
20:34[ __ ] We never have to sign for anything. Now, who are you? I'm Mr. Amazon. Can't you tell? I
20:42got the best in everything. You're lying. It's so obvious. Come on, little lady. If you sign,
20:49I'll give you a nice juicy lollipop. Just go away. I'm not signing anything. Now you listen to me,
20:57young lady. Open this door right now. Let me in. I'll pull you out and force you to sign it.
21:04Stop wasting my time. [screaming] Open the door. Open it now. Every word I said to that guy just
21:11made him angrier and more determined to break in. I had to get out of the way. Stall for time. Hi.
21:17Do something rather than stand behind the door [music] waiting to greet him when he eventually
21:21got through. I called the cops once I was secure. And after that, [music] it was only a waiting
21:27game. Copy that. I'm at the address. Back gate's open. And there he is. Hello, sir. Can I help you
21:33with something? Uh, yes, officer. Can you help me find the door to this place? I'm just trying to
21:39deliver these packages. You mean those open boxes? Yeah, they uh had a little spill. Little spill,
21:47huh? Mind if I take a look in one of those? Sure, officer. But whatever's in there isn't mine,
21:53right? Who does it belong to? I I don't know. Whatever it says on the label. You see,
21:58the funny thing is, I don't see a label on this. What I do see is a bunch of rope gloves,
22:04zip ties, and lollipops. It looks like you're about to kidnap somebody. You want to explain
22:09all this? I'm Mr. Amazon Senor. Shut the hell up. Ow. Watch it. What the hell are you doing? You're
22:17under arrest. I could hear them fighting outside in the backyard. It didn't last long, though. My
22:23mom had apparently seen the initial stuff go down in the ring and called the cops before I even did.
22:29That Amazon impostor made this the scariest day of my life. If I hadn't already inherited my mom's
22:35anxiety and paranoia, I sure as hell have it now. Police say they arrested a man caught on camera
22:43breaking into vehicles while dressed as an Amazon delivery driver. Authorities say they were called
22:49on Sunday when a woman reported seeing a man enter her parked vehicle through its camera system.
22:54The officers eventually spotted a man who matched the [music] description the woman
22:58provided and detained him. While officials say the man originally gave them a false name. They later
23:04identified him as James Kansinski Jenkins and found he had multiple outstanding felony
23:09warrants in other jurisdictions. Jenkins is seen wearing a vest that appeared to be
23:14similar to those worn by Amazon delivery drivers. Investigators say that Jenkins was not an Amazon
23:21employee and that the vest was not associated with his job. Jenkins was then arrested.
23:44[music]
23:45It was just before Halloween, before the big weekend. I wanted to visit my mother. She's been
23:51at an assisted living facility for a few years now. Rather than force my little brother to see
23:56her in that condition, I let him have the house to himself for the evening. Our dog Tilly would
24:01be with him. The facility was a long drive away. And the doctors say she has more trouble after
24:07the sun goes down, so I wanted to stay until she got to bed. After she fell asleep, I spent a while
24:13in her room trying to collect myself. My brother wouldn't text me back even after I triple texted
24:18him. The next notification I got wasn't from him. It was from the doorbell camera. Movement at the
24:25front door. That's when my heart skipped a beat. People were actually there. Three of
24:31them. The closest one rang the doorbell just as I pulled up the camera. He was wearing a Mike Meyers
24:36costume with the full creepy mask. Behind him was some killer clown and an evil nun, but all three
24:43of them seemed like fully grown men under the costumes. As I wondered if maybe my brother was
24:48trying to sneak friends over, the three of them stood shoulderto-shoulder facing the house like a
24:53row of statues. At this point, I thought this had to be some kind of early Halloween prank.
24:59I tap the microphone button to talk, forcing myself to smile, just to sound amused in
25:05spite of everything. Hi. Um, happy Halloween. You guys look great. Do you talk? You know,
25:11like trick or treat. Instead of talking back, they snapped their heads to the side in perfect unison.
25:18I wasn't sure if I'd even seen that right. Then they stayed synchronized as they marched up the
25:23porch together. They piled in right in front of the door, taking up the entire view of the camera,
25:30staring down in the lens like they could smell me through it. I had to get home. This was like some
25:35[ __ ] from the purge, and my little brother could not be alone for this, even if it was
25:40a joke. I just hope they didn't figure out he was the only one home. Keeping my mouth shut,
25:45I left the facility and got back into my car. I raced home with my phone still showing the camera
25:51so I could keep [music] an eye on things. I made it a few minutes down the road. Intense silence
25:56before a horrible sound made my stomach drop. They started banging on the door. All three of them
26:02throwing their whole bodies against the door. This was not a joke. That door wouldn't last for long,
26:08either. But what could I do? I was already driving as fast as I could and still an eternity from
26:14getting home. Get the hell away from my house. Just leave us alone or I'm going to call the
26:19cops. God damn it. We're not going anywhere. You come out or we're coming in. I felt like
26:26I couldn't breathe. I was getting tunnel vision trying to keep my car on the road. If I was there,
26:32I would have gone out there and face them. Even if I had to sacrifice myself to protect my brother,
26:37but I wasn't there. I couldn't save them. I couldn't even respond. Open the [ __ ]
26:42door. We're going to open it ourselves. You got that? Open the door now. [screaming]
26:50They started pounding on the door again. I could hear the dog barking its head on. My brother
26:55screaming for help in the background, but no help was coming. Not in time. I had to pick up my phone
27:01and call the police. They were the only ones who had a chance of getting there before it was too
27:05late. I just couldn't watch what was happening anymore. Instead, I told the operator everything,
27:11begging them to send someone as soon as possible. They said they were on the way, but kept asking
27:16what was happening. Reluctantly, [music] I reopened the app. The camera refreshed, but
27:21they weren't at the door anymore. I only [music] caught a glimpse of them jumping into their van,
27:25parked in the curb. Then they drove off. My stomach turned. I didn't want to believe it, but
27:31my mind was [music] going to the worst possible conclusion that they already had my little brother
27:36and I had just saw him get taken away. By the time I got home, the van was gone [music] and the house
27:41was surrounded by cop cars. Through the unending panic attack and flashing lights all around me,
27:47I could barely get out of my car, but I had to see. I ran up to the door, finding the absolute
27:53carnage those men left of it. I began to weep, falling to my knees, begging for my little brother
27:59to come back. And then I heard his voice. He ran toward me through the police crowd and into my
28:05arms. He heard everything in time. He managed to hide before it was too late. I was able to tell
28:10the cops everything they wanted to know after that. Unfortunately, [music] those creeps got
28:15away. The footage from my door even went viral. Yet still, nobody has managed [music] to find
28:20them. Ever since then, I sleep with a knife by my pillow. Every year around Halloween,
28:26I stay up for days just keeping watch. As long as they're still out there, they might come back and
28:33I have to be ready. The story was based on one of the creepiest Halloween videos on the internet. A
28:41Ring camera video shows a group dressed in sinister looking Halloween masks allegedly
28:46attempting to break into a Virginia woman's home in a terrifying [music] encounter that left the
28:51family shaken. The three suspects appeared at the front door. The homeowner, Shayla Whiteside, was
28:57visiting her mother when the incident took place. Whiteside's younger brother and their family dog
29:02were also inside the home when the group arrived. At first, I thought it was just a Halloween joke,
29:08a little prank. [music] So, I said, "Happy Halloween," Whiteside said. However, Whiteside
29:13quickly realized the so-called prank [music] was no laughing matter. The suspects, one in
29:19a clown mask, a second wearing a [music] costume resembling Michael Myers from the Halloween movie
29:24series, and the third dress as an evil nun, [music] can be heard yelling, "It's your worst
29:29nightmare." while standing outside Whiteside's home. The group reportedly [music] ignored
29:33Whiteside's warnings that she was on the phone with 911 and authorities were on the way. "It's
29:38either you coming out or we're coming in," one suspect [music] said, as another yelled,
29:43"Open the door." The group then allegedly attempted to enter the home. It's not even a
29:49joke gone wrong. [music] They tried to enter into the home. My heart dropped when they said they
29:53were going to take a chair and [music] break down the door. Whiteside said the incident reportedly
29:58lasted about 10 minutes. Authorities believe the three suspects removed their mask before
30:03fleeing the neighborhood in a vehicle. Police are now reportedly [music] canvasing the area
30:08for additional surveillance video that may provide more details about the three individuals. [music]
30:30My dad works his ass off delivering packages for Amazon. Most of the time he's driving around in
30:36his van. I'm either at school or at home, so I barely get to see him, but I get to ride along
30:41every once in a while. The other day, my dad picked me up from school in the Amazon van.
30:46His route happened to pass right by. After I joined him, he said we were going to deliver
30:51a few more packages and then get something to eat. After which, he dropped me off at home so he could
30:56deliver packages for a few more hours. I'm glad I got to hang out with him for a little bit. I hoped
31:01we would get something good for dinner. However, there was still one more delivery to make. It made
31:07us drive at least 10 minutes off the main road. I had never seen this neighborhood [music] before.
31:12It was so dark. I had no idea how my dad knew where he was going. All the houses looked the
31:17same to me, abandoned. Eventually, the GPS told us we had arrived. My dad pulled the van into the
31:24driveway, parking about 20 ft from the run-down house. He went into the back and looked around for
31:29a bit before finding the package, then hopped out and started walking to the front door. From the
31:34passenger seat, I noticed the door open before he even got to the porch. My dad didn't see it
31:39until the person came out. barely fitting through the doorway. I couldn't tell if it was a girl or
31:44a guy at first, just that they had long, curly, greasy hair and pale skin that almost glowed in
31:51the headlights. Dad slowed up a bit, waiting for the person to finish getting outside so he
31:56could be polite and ask if the package was for them. He always said it was best to talk to the
32:00people if he got the chance. I just kept watching, listening. Good evening. Is this What the hell are
32:06you doing on my property? I um I'm delivering a package for Amazon. I didn't order no damn Amazon.
32:15What are you doing here? Look, just calm down. I probably got the wrong address. All right. Well,
32:21go on. [screaming] Get out of here. This is my house. Don't you try and come up in here.
32:26I'm not trying to get in. I just want to deliver this. Let me check my phone and I'll show you. Get
32:32your hands out of your pockets. Relax. It's just my phone. Show me your hands or I'mma paint the
32:39driveway red. That psycho, he he must have thought my dad was reaching for a weapon. He grabbed
32:46something from just inside his door. I stood up in the front seat when I saw it. I couldn't believe
32:50it. That fat freak was pointing a shotgun at my dad. By then, my dad had to know whether this was
32:57the right address or not. This was not the place to be. I saw him glance over his shoulder at me.
33:02I knew that look was [music] probably telling me to hide in the back of the van, but I couldn't
33:06move. I couldn't look away. The psycho was screaming at him, forcing him to look away
33:11from me. They got quiet then. My dad slowly pulled his hand out of his pocket, holding his phone just
33:16like he said he was. He threw it on the ground between them. The psycho made him do it. Still,
33:22my dad was holding on to that box. I could see it shaking. I'd never seen my dad like this,
33:28so scared on top of everything. It made my stomach twist. I was trying to just breathe,
33:34terrified that if I moved, that psycho would think I'm some kind of [music] accomplice and pulled a
33:38trigger. Outside, my dad was still taking orders, being cussed at threatened. He placed the box
33:44on the ground, then a few seconds later, slowly pushed it away with his foot. He put his hands up,
33:50turned around, then began making his way back to the van, step by agonizing step. The whole time,
33:56the man in front of the house had the shotgun trained on him. that silent. Unending dread
34:01was the most unbearable feeling I ever had experienced up until that point. But at
34:05least my dad was almost back to the van. This would all soon be over. Stop there.
34:10That's close enough. You can open the door now, but do it slow. Don't try nothing. Dad,
34:16hurry. Get in. Sh. I have to deal with this. All right, good. Now get in. Wait, what the
34:24hell? Who's that in the passenger seat? That's my son. He's just a boy. Please, please don't hurt
34:30him. You bastards trying to gang up on me. [ __ ] [ __ ] Get down. Come on. Dad. Dad. [screaming]
34:47I I can't bring myself to say what happened to my dad. He was just gone. I couldn't stop and
34:53cry. Even though that's all my body wanted to do. I had to run. I didn't know when to stop running.
34:58Wherever I went, I could still hear the gun going off. I eventually exhausted myself. I couldn't go
35:04any farther. I had to slow down and face reality. There was nothing the paramedics could have done
35:09to save my dad. The cops arrested that psycho, but that's not going to bring my dad back. If
35:14I had just hid in the back like I knew he wanted me to, maybe he'd still be alive.
35:21A man was arrested after shooting at an Amazon driver who mistakenly [music] pulled into his
35:26driveway while delivering packages. Sydney Pitman, 23, faces charges of discharging [music] a weapon
35:32into a moving vehicle and injury to personal property. He was released from jail after posting
35:38bond. Investigators say an Amazon driver delivered packages to a home on the street but mistakenly
35:44pulled into Pitman's property while making the [music] delivery. The victim was with their
35:48teenage son during the incident after filling a shot. The victim fled the area and called for
35:53help. Deputies arrested Pitman and took a shotgun from his home believed to have been used in the
35:58incident. Pitman has apologized to the victims and made a statement saying it looked like someone
36:03scoping out unattended houses [music] to break in for the holidays or a possible porch pirate.
36:24[music]
36:25After every harvest, my parents [music] make me take the pumpkins into town and sell them. My
36:30siblings help me transport them on the wagon and build the stand. And since everyone else
36:35is busy with other stuff, I get left at the stand by myself until someone comes to pick
36:40me up in the evening. It's [music] boring, but I didn't used to mind working on my own. It's
36:45just recently something's happened that stripped me of all my nerve. At first,
36:50I thought it was just another customer. I saw the car coming down the road at least
36:54half a mile away. As it got closer, it slowed to read the signs. When I heard the brakes whine,
37:00I knew he was going to pull off. Sure enough, a huge white SUV parked on the shoulder directly
37:06in front of my stand. The driver shut off the engine and stepped out. The driver was an older
37:12white man, tall and wiry. When [music] he got done looking around and began approaching the stand,
37:17I greeted him. Good afternoon, sir. Interested in buying some pumpkins? They're great for both
37:22carving and eating. Are you one of them Amish people? Uh, yeah, I am. You're very
37:28perceptive. [music] Don't patronize me. I I'm I'm sorry, sir. I I didn't mean to be rude. It was a
37:35compliment. Where's the rest of you anyhow? They decided this was a one-man job. Yeah. Doing what?
37:42Selling pumpkins. [laughter] I suppose you're right. Go on then. I want to buy some off you.
37:49Pick your five favorite pumpkins and name your price. At last, I felt like I was off the hook.
37:57After that unbearable initial interaction, I could sell this guy some stupid pumpkins and
38:02get him on his way from me. I turned around to face inventory. Part of me wanted to give him the
38:07five worst ones, but I knew that wouldn't be in good faith. And he was also still staring at me,
38:13watching until something hit me in the back of my head. I stumbled forward onto the pumpkins.
38:18Unable to catch myself, I felt someone jump on me and pull my arms back. I thought they
38:23were going to get ripped out of their sockets. As he pulled me up, I managed to look back at him,
38:28still in shock at what was going on. The same man I was just talking to was attacking me. Why? What
38:34did I do to him? I tried to fight back, get out of his grasp, or at least hit him back, but I
38:40couldn't land anything. He was too strong. Before I knew it, he was dragging me away from the sand.
38:45I kicked and buried my heels into the dirt, but he just lifted me up into the air, then brought
38:50me down on the back of his car. My head slammed into the metal. My vision went blurry and dark.
38:56I lost all sensation for a second, but when it came back, I couldn't explain what I was feeling.
39:02Every movement I made was fiercely hit back, like I was being coralled into a ball. Slowly,
39:07I regained my grip on things. I was in the back of his car. This was the first time I had ever been
39:13in one. And it wasn't going at all like I thought it would. Everything hurt, especially my head,
39:19which was pounding. But it still wasn't over. Welcome to the real world, baby face. Stop. Why
39:27are you doing this? By the time you find out, you'll wish you'd never been born. [laughter]
39:35That demon of a man promised to do horrible, unspeakable things to me and then slammed the
39:40door in my face. He got back in the front seat and started driving off a few seconds [music] later.
39:45I still couldn't move quite right. But I had to fight through the pain, find a way out,
39:50anything to keep this man from getting what he wanted. Except I had never been in a car before.
39:56I wasn't even sure how to get out. I fumbled around for levers, latches, seams,
40:01whatever I could possibly open. Nothing. It was all this smooth plastic garbage [music] and filthy
40:06carpet. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Until finally, a handle. It was [music] definitely a handle. And
40:13based on its location, I had to hope that it would open the door. Then again, we were going down the
40:18road at an unnatural speed. I had to wait for an intersection or some kind of slowdown, but
40:23I had a feeling this guy wasn't going to come to any stops. The second I thought I could survive,
40:28I pulled the handle. The door flew open, sucked out by the wind. Then I went next,
40:34rolling over like a sick dog, and then smashing my head against the pavement. Third time was the
40:39charm. I really went out for a bit there. When I woke up, a small crowd of people were gathered
40:44around me. It was the people from the corn maze. I couldn't have picked a better spot. I remember not
40:49knowing if I would ever be able to move again, if I'd even live, but I was grateful not [music] to
40:54see that man's face looming over me anymore. In the end, the police never found the man,
40:59such as usually the case. The city police like to let us Amish solve our own problems. I'd feel okay
41:05about that if I'd never had to leave home again. But every time I have to go into [music] town
41:09for the rest of my life, I'm terrified I'll see him again. This story was inspired by a
41:17disturbing [music] incident regarding a man who tried to force a male teen into his car.
41:21The victim was selling pumpkins between 3:30 [music] and 4:30 p.m. at a stand when a male,
41:26possibly in his 30s, approached him [music] after purchasing multiple items from the stand. The man
41:32grabbed the victim after he turned his back to him and forced him into his vehicle. Authorities
41:37stated a few minutes went by in the white four-door [music] SUV before the victim escaped
41:41the moving vehicle and ran away into a cornfield. Video surveillance caught the SUV and is working
41:47on [music] finding the driver responsible. Since then, the suspect is still at large.
42:11[music]
42:12Being the nighttime delivery driver for Dominoes is the most soul sucking job I can imagine. The
42:17hours alone are brutal, taking over most of my life, and I delivered to more shut-ins
42:23and crackouses than anything else. This was the worst one of all. About 10:00, I parked outside
42:29her place. Decent area, nice apartment building. The ticket said the customer's name was Vanessa.
42:35I thought that might just finally be the name of a hot girl, but the delivery instructions went into
42:40a little too much detail for my comfort. I live on the ground floor facing the parking lot. I'll
42:46be watching to see you come in. Make sure to send that cute delivery boy I like or I won't bother
42:51opening the door. For the life of me, I could not remember delivering to this apartment block, but
42:57I was literally the only driver on shift during that time of night. Before I got out of the car,
43:02I looked around and found her apartment number. From a distance, I saw a female figure in the
43:07window by the door to her apartment. The figure vanished behind the curtains as soon as I laid
43:12eyes on it, but I knew what I saw. She wasn't lying so far. I grabbed her pizza and got out,
43:17then started walking to her door. When I reached her door, I knocked. The door opened and stopped
43:23about 4 in in. I saw the sliver of a woman peeking out from behind it. Her skin was pasty and molted.
43:30Thinning, wispy hair slowly draped down from her head as she stared with only one sunken
43:35eye showing. There's my favorite pizza boy. Sorry, I think this is actually my first time here. But
43:42I do have your pizza. Just 2279. You're always welcome at my place. Why don't you come in? Um,
43:48no. I'm I'm fine waiting out here. I insist. I've got your money. The lady was weird,
43:55but she didn't seem dangerous. The only light was on the TV playing on mute. Nobody seemed
44:01to be home but her. So, I went in hoping to be out as soon as possible. The door closed behind
44:07me. I turned around and got my first good look at the customer. She was impossibly thin, more
44:12like a skeleton strung up by black magic than a living person. Her smile was less than human, too,
44:18just a haunting emptiness behind it. her smile unbreaking. She said she was going to get the
44:23money, then walked past me close enough to pull the air out of my lungs. She wouldn't look away as
44:28she kept walking. Her smile trained on me, showing every crooked tooth, every inch of gum tissue, and
44:35through the gaps, a dancing, salivating tongue. I just hoped it was for the pizza. By the time she
44:41made it to the kitchen, though, I could barely see her. The TV flashed to darker programming,
44:46and what little light it was giving off simply couldn't reach the kitchen. She was nothing more
44:51than a smiling smear in my eyes, but I could tell she was lying to me. Are you finding that money?
44:57Okay. Yep. Got it right here. Just counting. Right. Like I said, just 2279. 10 15 20 21.
45:10Uh, if you're short the last $1.79, I'll let that slide. Actually, this is going to take a
45:17while. Why don't you sit on the couch, cutie? I don't want your legs to get tired. Ma'am,
45:22I just finish counting the money, please. I have other orders to get to. Aw, but I thought we were
45:28going to have a date. Then you misunderstood. I'm sorry, but can we Stop. Stop. You can't have the
45:36pizza for free. But I only ever wanted you. In the blink of an eye, that demon woman had me on
45:42her couch. She started to climb on top of me. I pushed her off and tried fighting to get up,
45:48but she was unnaturally strong. Her bony fingers dug into my skin like needles as she reached under
45:54my clothes and grabbed chunks of my skin to pull herself closer to me. When I tried standing up,
45:59her legs twisted up into mine and tripped me back down to the couch where she caught me
46:04with arms that fused into my ribs. She was worming her way [music] between my bones,
46:08clenching me in a vice grip that only got tighter every time I struggled to take [music] a breath.
46:13Suddenly, my limbs were free, but they couldn't do me any good. This woman had her arms and legs
46:19wrapped around me, attached to my body like a stone tumor. All I could do was scream for
46:24help and hope someone came before I suffocated. Help. Somebody help. I'm trapped. I [screaming]
46:33quiet now, baby boy. Big sissy's got you. Help me. I was on the verge of passing out
46:40when the door was finally broken in. It took several cops to pry the woman off of me, but
46:45I was finally freed just before it was too late. Thank goodness the neighbors heard me screaming
46:50and called 911. Otherwise, I would have been that living marionette's plate thing for the rest of
46:56my short life. An Arizona woman was arrested after allegedly locking a Domino's delivery
47:03driver inside her apartment for an unwanted movie night. Police say 34year-old Vanessa Morales,
47:09a part-time nail technician and single mother of two from Glendale, ordered a large pepperoni pizza
47:15around 9:45 p.m. when the 22-year-old driver, Marcus Lee, arrived. Morales pulled him inside,
47:22locked the door, and hid his car keys. She reportedly told him they were finally having that
47:26date she had been texting him about for weeks, then played the notebook on her TV. Lee said he
47:31tried to leave multiple times, but was blocked. She kept saying the pizza was on her if I stayed
47:36for just one movie, Lee said. Neighbors called police after hearing shouting. Officers found
47:42Lee shaken but unharmed. Morales was arrested on charges of false imprisonment and kidnapping.
47:48She later called it a misunderstanding and said he seemed lonely, too. She has been released on bond.
48:02[screaming]
48:07[crying]
48:11Hey Marlin, want to watch cartoons with me? [screaming] Aw, that's a good kitty. Who's
48:19the best kitty man ever? Is that you, Marlin? It's you, isn't it? Kitty man.
48:23Kitty. Kitty. Marmar. What's wrong, boy? Oh, I'm leaving now, [ __ ] You'll get your money. Hi,
48:33Mom. What do you want? I just wanted to say bye. Ow. No. Marlin, come back. God damn it,
48:41Mom. Why'd you let him run away? Don't you swear at me and my own house, you little [ __ ] You
48:46think I care about some stupid ass cat? It wants to run away. Fine. That's one less mouth to feed.
48:53The only cat you ought to worry about is the one you came out of, you ungrateful prick. The
48:58one that feeds you and keeps a roof over your head. Not that mangy flea bag. I'm sorry. You
49:04better be. On top of everything else I have to deal with, you always got to stress me out. I
49:09didn't mean to cuss at you, Mom. It's all right. I know you learned it from me. You going to be
49:15okay on your own tonight? Yeah. I'll miss you, though. And Marlin, word of advice. Don't be
49:21a [ __ ] unless you want to get screwed. Okay, Mom. All right, then. You've held me up enough.
49:26I may or may not be home tonight. I don't know. There's ramen in the pantry if you get hungry.
49:35Marlin, please come back.
49:40I hate my mom. I hope she never comes home. I just wanted to be me and Marlin.
49:52God damn that stupid TV. It never works. Oh, what the hell is this? Come on,
50:00change the channel. Turn off. Do something. What? No, not that. If you break, Mom's going to kill
50:08me. Great. And it burned in, too. Awesome. Meow. The speakers must still be working, I guess. No,
50:17they're all dead. Must be one of mom's shows. Go on, turn around. No, you're not real. Cute,
50:27but it won't work. It's just an after image. Just Just a glitch. Come on. Don't bore me, Dor.
50:53[panting]
50:53[panting]
50:53No, no, no. Who's there? How'd you get in my house?
51:00Huh? Marlin, is that you? I knew you wouldn't run away.
51:09I've been working on my impressions. How do I do? Come on, tell me.
51:17What are you? You mean you really can't see?
51:24I'm the Cat in the Hat. No, you're lying. Do you know why they call me that? You're
51:32not real. They call me that because of what's under my hat. No, Marlin. No,
51:41this can't be happening. And how does that make you feel? I want to wake up. I want to
51:47wake up because I think I found my next meal. No. No, let go. Get away. Get away from me.
51:58I think that's enough. So, just do me a favor and sing. [screaming]
52:07This Cat in the Hat story was inspired by an alarming incident that took place in West Colona,
52:12BC. Police say they're looking for someone who was wearing a Cat in the Hat costume when they
52:17allegedly chased a teenager walking in the Okonagan community. Police have not released
52:22additional details other than saying the girl was able to get home safely and the
52:26suspect has not been identified. However, what makes the whole ordeal chilling was how a photo
52:32was released showing the suspect standing on a street at night wearing a full Cat in the Hat
52:37costume complete with the character's distinctive red and white striped hat. Police describe the
52:42incident as a concerning prank and say wearing a costume is not a criminal offense, but following
52:47another person in a manner that causes them to fear for their safety may constitute criminal
52:52harassment. Police are asking anyone with dash camera or security footage to contact them.
53:13[music]
53:14The memories you don't want are always the most vivid. I remember my old friends from high school.
53:20We had a little tradition of doing group costumes for Halloween. At the time, we felt like we had
53:25exhausted all the doable trio costumes. So, we decided to go as most of the mystery gang from
53:31Scooby-Doo. I was Shaggy, my buddy was Scooby, and our mutual female friend was Velma. Like
53:37every Halloween, we met at my house as I had the best neighborhood for trick-or-treating. The
53:42plan was to stay out late enough that my parents would fall asleep before we got back so we could
53:47sneak Velma in for a sleepover. Nothing bad ever happened in my neighborhood. There was nothing to
53:53worry about except getting caught with a girl in my room. From the first 5 minutes on the street,
53:58we knew this was going to be a legendary night. We had been wondering for weeks if
54:02anyone would even be out or if everyone would still be inside. We were happy to see the best
54:07case scenario. There were scores of people and everyone was trick-or-treating. Even better,
54:13it seemed like with nothing else to do. People had put a lot of time and effort into their costumes
54:17that year. Some of them were genuinely creepy as hell and freakishly realistic, too. Zombies with
54:24gaping flesh wounds, slashers brandishing blades still dripping with blood. and one guy who might
54:29have actually been a wizard for all we knew. Honestly, we felt a little underdressed, all
54:34things considered. But we still trick-or-treated with our hearts out house to house, blockto block,
54:40filling our sacks with so much candy, we could no longer carry them, then stashing
54:44the mother load at my house to do it all over again. Before we knew it, it was nearly 11:00.
54:50We were exhausted from hauling candy for hours. I figured my parents had been asleep or close to it,
54:56so we decided to head back to my house. We could hang outside until after the lights went out, then
55:01sneak Velma through my window if we had to. Then, about three blocks away from my house, we spotted
55:07what had to be the greatest costume of the year, a medieval knight in fool's shining armor wielding a
55:13lofty great sword glimmering in the streetlight. He spotted us at the same moment we saw him. We
55:18stared at each other from across the street, in awe of every plate. Yet, there was another layer
55:24to his costume. The knight moved first, lifting the visor of his helmet, revealing his face,
55:30or what was left of it. Nothing but a skull, mere bone. Not just any knight, a skeleton knight. Now,
55:37we knew this was just too badass to leave alone. Anyone who heard that chattering armor, almost
55:43the rattling of bones within, would understand. We couldn't resist. Like cannon fodder, we ran across
55:49the street to meet him. As he saw us coming, he swung his lumbering sword into a steady position,
55:55holding it upright by his skeletal face. I could see the weight of the blade just by how it moved,
56:00by the deep sound it made as it cut through the air. When we got to his side of the street,
56:05we gathered around him, expecting some kind of chivalous bow for the lady. But he did not waver
56:11for an inch. He kept his hollow eyes wise train down on us while we gked at the razor sharp edge
56:16looming over our heads. Suddenly, we remembered that we too were in costume. I guess we figured
56:22a guy this committed to the cosplay wouldn't sincerely interact with us unless we were in
56:27character. We weren't huge fans of Scooby-Doo, but it seemed easy enough to halfass it. Like, zoinks.
56:33I don't think this guy's a regular knight. I think he's a g- ghost knight. I like him. He smells
56:41shiverous. Jinkies, keep your distance, Scoob. We don't yet know if we can trust him. [groaning]
56:50Hold up, gang. I think he's about to show us a cool sword trick. [groaning]
57:06[groaning]
57:06In an instant, we thought what would be an awesome display turned into a nightmare. The sword cut
57:11through my friends like they were nothing. It blew their stomachs apart like a bomb. And in
57:16the next moment, the same would happen to me. He was gearing up to step forward and take another
57:21swing. I [music] just knew it. But I didn't stick around to be chopped in half. I ran for my life,
57:26screaming for help. He chased after me. Though the same armor that lured us to him in the first
57:31place was too heavy. It slowed him down enough for me to get away. Unfortunately, by the time help
57:37[music] got to my friends, it was too late. The man in the armor that cut them down was caught,
57:42but not after attacking five other people. There was no motive either. It was premeditated and yet
57:47completely senseless. He just did it. Because of that man, because of whatever illness was lurking
57:54in [music] his mind, I lost my two best friends that night. I remember them every Halloween,
57:59but I'll never get them back. A 24year-old man was charged with taking out two people
58:06and wounding five others with a sword in Quebec City, Canada on Halloween night. The suspect
58:11was a man dressed [music] in medieval clothes and wielding a sword. The attack appeared to be driven
58:16by personal motives. Police arrested 24-year-old Carl Gerrard who was [music] charged accordingly.
58:22Dressed in medieval costume and armed with a Japanese sword, everything leads us to believe he
58:27chose his victims at random. The suspect had come prepared to inflict as much damage as possible,
58:32but did not elaborate. He had gasoline containers in his car. [music] Police said the incident
58:37began late Saturday night on Halloween. Police told nearby residents to stay indoors and made
58:43an arrest after a 3-hour manhunt when security found the suspect lying barefoot on the ground.
59:08That stupid Halloween party in the Krusty Krab. That's where it all went wrong. The cheapkate
59:14Mr. Krabs didn't even put up a cash prize for the costume contest. But I didn't care. I just wanted
59:20everyone to notice me. What's the scariest thing imaginable? The Flying Dutchman, of course. That's
59:26what most people would say. I had Patrick help me rig a prank to scare the socks off everyone. I
59:32almost had them, too, though. I knew the bumbling fool would screw it up somehow. I planned on it.
59:38I had a contingency costume underneath the Flying Dutchman. It worked, but I guess it went too far.
59:46This is your Flying Dutchman costume? [screaming] How insulting. This is by far the laziest and
59:52least scary imitation of me I've ever laid eyes on. What do you have to say for yourself? What did
1:00:00you say? Speak [screaming] up. I said, "Am I scary now?" [screaming] Take that, flying Dutchman.
1:00:13Wait, where did everyone go? Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward. I guess I ruined the party,
1:00:20huh? Stupid sponge. Can't do anything right. Ruin everything. Nobody loves you.
1:00:25Nobody. At least there's always Gary. Oh, Gary. Trick or treat. [screaming] I choose
1:00:34treat. That means you [screaming] now. Now, buddy. It'll all be over quickly.
1:00:49[groaning and screaming]
1:00:49Oh, I should have salted him first. I'm so stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
1:00:54Stupid. Why' I do that? Gary. Gary, where are you? Gary, I'm sorry. [screaming and groaning]
1:01:11[groaning]
1:01:11Gary, [screaming] I hate you. I No, it's not Gary's fault. It's your fault. The only
1:01:18reason nobody likes you is because you're you, Spongebob. Nobody liked your stupid costume.
1:01:24Nobody thinks you're scary. And nobody wants to be your friend. [groaning and screaming]
1:01:38[screaming and groaning]
1:01:41Good one, Sponge.
1:02:00I'm coming. I'm coming. Oh, it's you. I thought we agreed on a work for you. Yeah,
1:02:08it's not that. It's Spongebob. He won't show up to work. He won't answer his door and nobody seen or
1:02:15heard him in 3 days. Did he tell you anything? 3 days? We all just saw him at the Halloween
1:02:21party. Exactly. That was 3 days ago, Patrick. Have you been asleep since then? As a matter of fact,
1:02:28maybe. I knew it was no use asking you. Just keep an eye out for your friend and take a
1:02:34bath. I've got no time for hygiene. I've got to check on my friend. [gasps] Why do we live
1:02:43so far away? Spongebob, are you home? It's me, Patrick. Open up. I'm worried about you. I mean,
1:02:50everyone is. Dang it. I was really hoping those guys were messing with me,
1:02:55but I guess it's time for a wellness check. I never thought I'd have to use this.
1:03:02Sponge, you in there? Are you in pain, buddy? I can help you. I I'm coming in. I should have
1:03:08checked on him a lot earlier. You down here, Sponge? [groaning and screaming] Why don't you
1:03:14come on out? All right, then. Your best friend is coming to help you. [groaning]
1:03:21There you are, buddy. You still wearing your costume? I guess the party didn't
1:03:25go so well for us, but everyone in Bikini Bottom is looking for you, even Mr. Krabs.
1:03:31We're all very worried about you, Spongebob. Spongebob, what happened to you? [screaming]
1:03:45Lock down. Lock down. This is an emergency alert. Please follow lockown procedures.
1:03:51Go into the nearest room or building. After all the shootings that have been [music] happening,
1:03:56my school started keeping a cop around campus. None of us were sure how to feel about it.
1:04:01Seeing a cop at school used to mean something serious had happened, but as of this year,
1:04:06it was just the new normal. Winter was clinging to us. I was in English class where I didn't
1:04:12really have any friends to sit with. I was just waiting for the bell to ring so I could get out of
1:04:16there. Right around the time that should have been dismissal, we heard the PA system crackle to life.
1:04:22We all looked at the teacher, seeing the blood drain from her face. As soon as the questions
1:04:27began firing off, she sprang into action faster than I'd ever seen her move. Quickly,
1:04:32locking the door, dropping all the blinds, directing us to crawl underneath our desks
1:04:37and remain quiet. Now, we were starting to get it. And suddenly, we were in the middle of the
1:04:42gut-wrenching reality. Somewhere in [music] the school, a shooter was roaming the halls,
1:04:47knowing this was the real deal. There were no jokes, no silly whispers, just people crying,
1:04:52praying, calling their [music] parents to tell them they love them for what could be the last
1:04:56time. I didn't have anyone in there to talk to, to comfort me. I couldn't even think of
1:05:01anyone [music] I cared about enough to call. It was a depressing realization. For a few minutes,
1:05:06though, we still had hope. A grim but pragmatic understanding that there was a 50/50 chance the
1:05:12shooter was on the other side of the school. In other words, someone else's grim reaper, not ours.
1:05:17Except that didn't last long. Distance at first, but rapidly growing louder. Shouts and screams
1:05:23began echoing down the hall. We saw dark blurs of people running past the frosted [music] glass of
1:05:28the classroom door, not jocking to play it safe. All out sprints. Momentarily, the thought occurred
1:05:35to me that I needed to get out of there and run away with those people and not be trapped in this
1:05:39classroom. But before I could get myself to stop trembling and stand up, it was too late. Gunshots,
1:05:45not just one, multiple, one right after the other. The classroom erupted with screams and whimpers,
1:05:52muffled sobs echoing in the [music] silence that ensued. We were waiting for the next shots to come
1:05:56through the wall and hit us. We had to be quiet or they would hear. I looked at the teacher's
1:06:01face in that moment. She was huddling underneath the desks with us. An adult realized to our same
1:06:06cowering fear, except she didn't have the luxury of pretending she didn't exist. When the knocking
1:06:11pounded [music] at the door, we all jumped. Primed to expect the next sound we heard to be
1:06:16an explosion. A large silhouette eclipsed the door behind the frosted glass. They tried the handle
1:06:21and pushed against the door, but it was holding for now as their voice bellowed through. This is
1:06:26officer Brewer. Open up. Wasn't that the name of the school cop? Why did he want to get in? Didn't
1:06:32he know the shooter was right outside? Something was wrong. I didn't know about anyone else,
1:06:37but I was realizing I had never actually heard the cop talk before. So, it could have been his voice,
1:06:42or it could have been a lie, a trap. And our teacher had the unlucky task of finding out.
1:06:47As she stood, she was shaking out of her skin, barely able to keep it together. It's like she
1:06:52knew she was headed for her own execution. Hey, I know there's people inside. Open this
1:06:58door. I'll be forced to assume the shooter is in the room and taking you hostage. Uh,
1:07:02Officer Brewer. Finally. Listen, lady, girl, whoever you are, you got to open this door. Okay.
1:07:09Uh, but officer, you know the protocol, don't you? Forget the protocol, damn it. Just open the door
1:07:15before you get me killed. No, I'm not to open this door under any circumstance. Not until we get the
1:07:22all clear. Fine. All clear. All clear. I don't believe you. I can't take that risk. What? Do
1:07:29you want to see my badge or something, bro? If you don't open this door, I'll arrest you. You are you
1:07:35even a real cop? Shut up. You got until the count of five to open this door before I open fire on
1:07:41you. Every single one of you little shits. Kids, get down. One 2 3 4. We were all sure those would
1:07:50be our final moments. That five was going to be the last word any of us heard. Right before the
1:07:55massacre started. But after four silence, tense, unbearable silence. The kind that made me think we
1:08:02might already be dead. Then the screaming started again. Except this time it was that cop screaming
1:08:08like a wild animal caught in a trap. Then other voices and footsteps filled the hallway. Someone
1:08:13tapped on the door. Then with a different calming voice explained what was going on, telling us
1:08:19to wait for the all clear. Everything would be fine. In reality, the man who was threatening us,
1:08:24our school cop, was just impersonating a police officer. For months, he had serious mental issues.
1:08:31Some of them apparently stemmed from being bullied as a kid at this very school years ago. He just
1:08:36wanted to torment us as his getback sicko. This school lockdown story was inspired by an incident
1:08:45regarding a man accused of impersonating a police officer and carrying a weapon on school grounds.
1:08:51Christopher Patrick Brewer, 41, carried a firearm while at Beachwood Middle School between 2022 and
1:08:58February 2026. Brewer would present himself as a law enforcement officer when he entered
1:09:04the school. He was certified as a constable at one time, but he hasn't served as a constable
1:09:09since 2019. Police said Brewer was arrested at his home, but was later released on bond.
1:09:32It was late at night after a long day. I came home to discover my roommates had eaten everything in
1:09:38the house before promptly passing out across the entire couch. I figured I had about half an hour
1:09:43to get something in my stomach before things got dire. Out of the handful of options nearby,
1:09:49the only one that sounded satisfying [music] was Domino's. I'm not much of a pizza gal,
1:09:54but I planned on eating a large all to myself that night. Luckily, when I got there, Domino's
1:10:00was still open. Only one other customer was eating inside. But at least I wasn't alone with the guy
1:10:05behind the counter. I didn't like the way he said hello or the greasiness of his hair. And
1:10:10I especially hated [music] the mountainous landscape of pimples all over his face.
1:10:14I know I wasn't looking my best either. However, that didn't stop him from hitting on [music] me
1:10:19throughout the entire ordering process. Hey, it's late. I'm sorry. I'll make it simple. I
1:10:25want a large cheese pizza. That's it. To the point. I like that. Just so you know,
1:10:29we close in 20 minutes. I uh kind of figured I'll get it to go if you're trying to clean up. Nah,
1:10:35it's fine. You can dine in. Heck, hang out after hours. My shift ends at 10:30. Maybe we can go for
1:10:42a drink. I'm fine, thanks. How much for the pizza? Tell you what, meet me around back and I'll give
1:10:48you an employee discount. I'm not that broke or that desperate for a discount. Okay. All I care
1:10:54about is this pizza. Can we do that? Sure thing, Tubby. I wasn't trying to be rude, but he tested
1:11:01me and I had literally negative patience left for [ __ ] Of course, a slimy twig like him has the
1:11:07nerve to call a woman fat to her face. Anyway, once I placed my order, I found a seat in the
1:11:13corner farthest away from everyone else in that place. I couldn't even see the other guy eating,
1:11:18though I had a slight angle into the space behind the counter, where I caught glimpses of the creep
1:11:23passing by every so often. However, the last thing I wanted was for him to watch me staring and get
1:11:29some kind of idea in his pea brain. So, I took out my phone and started scrolling just like me.
1:11:34It was on 1%. I got 2 or 3 minutes of distraction before it died. Now, I couldn't help but appear
1:11:41around the corner into the kitchen. Still no sight of the manager, just that crater face creep
1:11:46handling [music] my pizza dough. I didn't like that he got to touch my food with his bare hands,
1:11:51though I knew any [music] germs would be killed in the oven. There was so little else going on in
1:11:55there. I could smell the deliciousness in the air when my pizza was nearing done. I watched
1:12:00the creep even more carefully at that point, not caring if he caught me [music] staring,
1:12:05just unable to take my eyes off of that beautiful pie. He wasn't touching it with his hands anymore.
1:12:10It was too hot for that. He picked it up off the conveyor with the long [music] spatula thing and
1:12:15plopped it right into the box. There were no other toppings or sauces on my order, so all he had to
1:12:20do was close the box and bring it over to the counter. But he was hesitating, doing something
1:12:25I couldn't quite see and didn't expect to be part of the process. Was he scratching his face,
1:12:30looking around for a piece of paper or something? It looked like he was leaning over my pizza,
1:12:35so I had to get closer for a better look. As soon as I stood, I could fully see over the counter.
1:12:41That sick little incel freak was sticking his face all over my pizza with both his hands pressed onto
1:12:46his cheeks. He was pinching the most towering pus-filled pimple I had ever seen, aiming for
1:12:52my food. I wanted to break his goddamn neck. I wanted to tear him limb from limb, make him squeal
1:13:00beneath my hill, but I had to fight back tears just to go up to the counter and make a simple,
1:13:05reasonable request. I saw that. I I'm not going to eat that. You better make me another one right now
1:13:13for free or I'm going to call the cops. Come on, that was just a little seasoning. Give it a taste.
1:13:20It's only a little fluid. What are you so afraid of? Let go. Let go of me. Stop. Stop touching
1:13:28me. [laughter] [screaming] At last, someone stopped him. My eyes were less than an inch
1:13:36from his oil filled face when the manager finally rushed out the back and grabbed that bastard,
1:13:41pulling him off. The other customer in there showed up on my side a second later, but I was
1:13:46already freed. I just let him be a buffer while I caught my breath and tried to keep my grip on
1:13:51reality. I don't remember who called the cops, but they showed up while I was still there and
1:13:55arrested the employee who was being held by his [music] boss when they arrived. The cops asked
1:14:00me some questions, including his motive. Why did he do that? Just because I rejected him? Because
1:14:06I didn't tip? Really? I get screwed over a 100 times in a day and just have to deal with it. But
1:14:11I'm a little rude to someone and this is how they react. How am I supposed to keep living like this?
1:14:18A 22-year-old Domino's employee was arrested after police say he deliberately popped pimples
1:14:24onto customers pizzas as revenge against people he believed had been rude to him. Authorities
1:14:29identified the worker as Caleb Maddox, who had been working an evening shift [music] when
1:14:34customers inside the store noticed him acting strangely near the prep counter.
1:14:38According to witnesses, Maddox appeared to read certain order tickets, mutter under his breath,
1:14:44then [music] lean over the pizzas before boxing them. One customer said they watched
1:14:48him intentionally squeeze a pimple directly [music] onto a pizza before closing the box
1:14:52and placing it with the finished orders. When confronted, Maddox allegedly [music] told
1:14:56another employee he was getting even with the customers who complained, failed to tip, or spoke
1:15:02to staff disrespectfully. The manager immediately pulled [music] him from the kitchen and contacted
1:15:06police after reviewing the complaint. Several customers refused [music] their orders, and the
1:15:11store reportedly issued refunds while employees checked with pizzas. While employees checked which
1:15:16pizzas may have been handled by Maddox, police later [music] arrested Maddox on suspicion of
1:15:21criminal food tampering, disorderly conduct, and reckless endangerment. Investigators said
1:15:27additional [music] charges could be considered depending on whether any customers became ill.
1:15:49years ago in the fall, something happened that I will never forget. I was still living with my mom,
1:15:55who had been single for a long time. Our house was tiny. It was just me and her. Sometimes my
1:16:01mom was too kind for her own good. Her own kids came first, but she was always going
1:16:06out of her way to help people at the expense of taking care of herself. It didn't matter if the
1:16:11needy people were family members, co-workers, or homeless people she'd never met. She helped
1:16:16them no matter what. As I got older, I began to worry that someone would take advantage of her
1:16:21kindness and push things too far. One night, I was sleeping, trying to be ready for school the next
1:16:27day. Something woke me up. Some strange noises. I thought they were coming from outside at first,
1:16:33but then I realized it was inside the house. I got up to check and moments after leaving my room,
1:16:39I saw a man pinning my mom to the floor. This random stranger had his hand over her mouth,
1:16:45but she was fighting back. I screamed at him. He looked over at me and I was ready to charge
1:16:50in and defend my mother, but as soon as he realized he wasn't alone. He ran off. My mom,
1:16:56despite having just been attacked, was the one who calmed me down, we called the police and
1:17:01made a report. But we knew there was nothing they could immediately do about it. When the cops left,
1:17:06we decided to sleep in the same bed for the rest of the night. I don't know how she managed to rest
1:17:10at all because I was too terrified to sleep. I kept tossing and turning, going back and forth
1:17:16between staring out the window and staring at the wall. Then I turned and looked through the
1:17:21window and saw the same man standing outside in the driveway. It hadn't even been 3 hours, yet he
1:17:27was back. I panicked, shaking my mother awake and yelling at her to call the cops once again. By the
1:17:33time the police arrived, the man was gone. That night, I didn't sleep. I lied awake until it was
1:17:39time to get ready for school. When I got home, I still hadn't forgotten about what happened. Hours
1:17:44and hours passed, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. When my mom got home from work,
1:17:49we sat together in the living room and put on the TV. We might have looked like we were watching,
1:17:54but as for myself, I couldn't focus on it. I was too paranoid, too scared the man was outside the
1:18:00house again. My mom kept telling me he was gone, but at some point I had to get up to check. I
1:18:06got to the window, pulled open the blinds, and the man was standing right there. His face was pressed
1:18:11against the glass, smiling at us. He reached for the bottom of the window and yanked it,
1:18:16immediately snapping the rusted out locks. I lunged forward and grabbed the window,
1:18:21fighting to pull it back down. My mother quickly joined me to help keep it closed. But something
1:18:26was wrong with this man. He was too strong. Even with two of us, he was winning. Slowly,
1:18:32ripping the window open right out of our hands. Stay out or I'll stab you in the throat. That
1:18:38[ __ ] is going to give me what I deserve. Let me in. [screaming] What's he talking about? I don't
1:18:43know. Screw this. I'm getting a knife. No. Stay here. I'll be right back. Just 10 seconds. That's
1:18:50all I needed. Enough time to run to the kitchen and grab the knife. Then get back to the window
1:18:55right as [music] that sickle was climbing through. I was going to slit his throat and cut his head
1:18:59off like a guillotine. I could see it happening in my mind, but when I got back to the window,
1:19:04he was gone. There I was again, stuck in fight or flight mode with nothing to run from or attack.
1:19:11This time, a knife glued to my hand. And for some reason, that seemed to be what finally put a real
1:19:16look of terror on my mother's face. Afterwards, I stayed on high alert. I expected him to come back,
1:19:23but it turned out his third attempt was [music] his last. Days passed and there was no sign of
1:19:28the guy until the police finally found him and arrested him. He was charged [music] and jailed
1:19:33and that was that. Years have gone by since then. I've grown up and moved out. I even have a family
1:19:38of [music] my own now. However, even after all this time, the memory of those days in
1:19:43the fall being terrorized by that [music] man have remained fresh. Recently, on a visit to
1:19:48my mother around that same time of year, I asked my mom about it. This was when she finally came
1:19:54clean about something [music] I never knew at the time. She confessed that the attacker was actually
1:19:58a homeless man she had helped out earlier in the day before everything went down. Apparently, he
1:20:03followed her home, expecting more from her after she paid for their lunch at a local diner. Now,
1:20:09I know what she was talking about at the window. What he thought about he deserved. It makes sense,
1:20:14too, because I noticed a significant decline in [music] my mother's desire to help strangers.
1:20:19She was still the same person as before, just a little more wary of certain [music] things.
1:20:24Every year, as summer comes to an end, I think about what that man did to us. To this day,
1:20:30I'm still paranoid he'll come back to get what he wants from my mother now that she lives alone.
1:20:36This false story was inspired by an incident involving a man with arrest for several prior
1:20:42burglaries who was now charged with terrorizing a woman and her son several times during the fall
1:20:47of 2024 [music] in their home. Deson Johnson is charged with stalking and evading arrest.
1:20:53Police said the victim reported [music] the first incident Wednesday morning around 5:00 a.m. She
1:20:57said Johnson held her hostage and attacked her inside her home. She told police Johnson was a
1:21:02homeless person she had helped in the past. She said she was able to escape and went to
1:21:06the police station. Police were unable to locate Johnson after her report. About 3 hours later,
1:21:12they said the woman called 911 and said he was back [music] outside the house and she and her
1:21:17son were hiding in the back bedroom before police arrived. The son said Johnson ran away. The next
1:21:22report came in just after 6:00 p.m. When the woman called police and said Johnson was trying to crawl
1:21:27into a window. They said when Johnson saw them, he left on a bicycle. Police said they had an
1:21:32active warrant [music] on Johnson for a previous offense and searched the area. They found an
1:21:37abandoned bicycle [music] in a vacant lot nearby and waited in that area. About 30 minutes later,
1:21:43police said Johnson appeared and was getting the bicycle when they yelled for him to stop.
1:21:47They said he fled on the bike and they chased [music] him through several yards, alleys,
1:21:51and streets until he came to a fence and tried to climb over, but was then detained. [music]
1:22:06[music]
1:22:13Every time someone asks me why we don't celebrate Halloween, I get flashbacks of that nightmare. At
1:22:19the time, we lived in a sizable, beautiful home in a charming neighborhood. There were five of us
1:22:24in total back then, myself, my wife, and our three children. That year, the kids dressed up in their
1:22:31Halloween costumes and their mother took them trick-or-treating while I stayed home to hand out
1:22:35candy. I got to see all the cool costumes without having to walk for miles or chaperone anybody.
1:22:41After two, maybe 3 hours, the kids returned. They had all the candy they could ever want. My wife
1:22:47was ready for the night to wind down, though, so I opened us a bottle of wine and shut off the porch
1:22:52light. The kids would certainly be up past their bedtime, but at least we could sit down together
1:22:57and relax with a movie without being interrupted by the doorbell. Of course, the movie had to be
1:23:02Halloween themed. I couldn't expect the kids to watch Toy Story on a night like this. About 10
1:23:08minutes into the movie, the doorbell rang. I ignored it at first. The porch light was off,
1:23:15same as every single light in the house. That should have indicated we were done handing out
1:23:20candy. But with all the decorations, sometimes people forgot to notice, except they didn't.
1:23:26Within a minute, they rang the doorbell again. I leaned over the back of the [music] couch to check
1:23:30if I actually turned off the light. I had, yet I could see the outlines of a whole group of people
1:23:36outside. Probably some damn teenagers who thought they were being funny. Then they started to knock.
1:23:42I ignored the knocking until it became pounding on my door. I didn't want to entertain a bunch
1:23:46of [ __ ] but I still had some candy left over, so I figured I could throw it their way and get
1:23:51them to screw off. At the door, I peeked outside. There were five or six of them, tall enough to be
1:23:57teenagers or even adults. They were all wearing similar costumes of the same creepy ilk and all
1:24:04giving the same uncanny grin. They either heard or saw me coming up to the door somehow. That made me
1:24:09regret [music] going up there, but it was too late to turn them away now. So bowl in hand, I opened
1:24:15the door. They chanted trick or treat. Still holding up those smiles. But for a moment, they
1:24:21didn't move. They weren't reaching for the candy. [music] I opened the door a little more to step
1:24:26out and shove it in their faces. But that's when they attacked. All at once, they charged through
1:24:32me, barreling into my house. I couldn't stop the rush. They were too strong. There was too many.
1:24:38The last two in grabbed my arms as I tried to hold them back. Then they threw me to the ground.
1:24:43Outside of the bell ringing in my head from smacking the tile, I heard my family screaming
1:24:48as I struggled back to consciousness. I felt the ropes pulling my hands together behind my back,
1:24:53tightening and constricting me, burning through my skin. They dragged me up to my feet and forced me
1:24:58into the living room where they threw me back down on the floor. All around me, the other attackers
1:25:04were wrangling my family like cattle. My wife was pinned to the couch, kicking and screaming as
1:25:09they tried to get the rope on her. They couldn't get a hold of her hands or feet, so they wrapped
1:25:13it around her neck and began to squeeze. The rest were chasing my children. They had good instincts,
1:25:19running and weaving, slipping out of their grasps again and again. Without me, they might have even
1:25:24gotten away on their own. But that was a problem. Get over here, you little shits. Stop running.
1:25:30Leave me [screaming] alone. Don't touch me. Girls. Girls, make them stop before it's too late. Please
1:25:38don't do this. [screaming] Girls, please do as they say. Our mommy and daddy are going to die.
1:25:46I always thought I would be ready to sacrifice myself to save my children. But when it came down
1:25:51to it, I couldn't. I couldn't watch my wife die right in front of my eyes. So instead, I watched
1:25:57those men tie my children up, planning god knows what with them. I was sure we were all about to
1:26:02die or be taken away to live the rest of our lives in nightmarish misery. My girls didn't deserve
1:26:08this. For nearly half an hour, for what felt like eternity, [music] we were watched, huddled in a
1:26:13corner while the rest of the men ransacked our house. I was praying, "Let them take everything
1:26:18they want, but not turn their attention back to us. And then as soon as they showed up, they
1:26:24just left. They completely abandoned us to fend for ourselves after taking everything of value
1:26:29they could find and stealing my wife's car. At least we were all okay, shaken, and traumatized,
1:26:35but safe. It took a while, but we eventually freed ourselves and called the police. It didn't matter,
1:26:41though. [music] Despite all the evidence, despite five eyewitness accounts, the cops never tracked
1:26:47the robbers down. They haven't even found a trace. Ever since, my family has done nothing
1:26:52for [music] Halloween, but sit in dread and remember this terrible evening, wishing it never
1:26:57happened, wishing we could celebrate Halloween like [music] a normal family. This Halloween
1:27:04story was inspired by a group of robbers posing as trick-or-treaters who forcibly [music] entered
1:27:09into a West Minister home and tied up a family before ransacking the house. The robbers searched
1:27:14the home for about 30 minutes and were described as a group of five to eight young men wearing dark
1:27:20clothing, face paint, and masks who rang the doorbell of the home on Halloween night. One
1:27:25of the robbers fired a shot with a firearm during a brief struggle with one of the victims, but no
1:27:31one was seriously injured. Police [music] said all five victims were bound with rope. The robbers,
1:27:36who spoke Vietnamese to the victims, fled with an unknown amount of valuables in the family's
1:27:41car. It was found abandoned about a quarter of a [music] mile from the home. Family members freed
1:27:46themselves and called police after the robbers left. Since then, the robbers have been at large.
1:28:09It all started on the Friday before Halloween. We were all at Bart's house, more specifically
1:28:14in the treehouse in his backyard. By we, I mean myself. The name's Milhouse,
1:28:20by the way, along with Martin, Ralph, and of course, Bart. Night had already fallen,
1:28:25and there was no electricity in the treehouse. So, we were huddled around a single kerosene
1:28:30hurricane lamp. We were each carving a pumpkin. Uh-uh. [clears throat] So, guys,
1:28:35what's everyone thinking about dressing up as for Halloween? Eh, who cares? How about what are
1:28:40we going to do for Halloween? I thought we were going to go trick-or-treating. No duh. Of course,
1:28:46we're going to score free candy from these chumps. I'm talking about after Halloween is on a school
1:28:52night, so I'll be heading home to get to bed on time. Martin, did I ever tell you how lame
1:28:57you are? Every time we hang out, yes. Well, what do you think we should do, Bart? Thanks
1:29:02for finally asking, Milhouse. I actually happen to know just the thing. What? Like a party? No,
1:29:10better. A haunted house? Even better. What could be Halloweenier than a haunted house? A haunted
1:29:16treehouse? Wait, this treehouse isn't haunted, is it? Pipe down. We're safe here. But we won't be
1:29:23safe there. I heard some high schoolers talking about it years ago. Some seniors tried to pull a
1:29:29prank on the valid Victorian of the treehouse, but it went wrong and they accidentally killed her.
1:29:35Now her vengeful spirit is forever trapped in that rotting aroreal abode until the day a boy of pure
1:29:43heart sets her free with a touch of true love she never received. Like true love's kiss. No,
1:29:50high schoolers don't kiss. They do other stuff. Shut up. I wasn't finished. Anyways,
1:29:57it's not like you babies would ever want to try your luck with her because anyone she deems
1:30:02unworthy will be cursed for eternity. [screaming] Gotcha, Milhouse. Look how scared he is. I want to
1:30:11see the ghost lady. Me, too. I bet I can impress her with my historical knowledge of her time.
1:30:17What? You crazy people want to trespass a ghost with your stupid pickup lines? No way. I'm out.
1:30:24You think I trusted you with this information for free? You're going. Come on, Milhouse. Don't be a
1:30:30wimp. Yeah, don't be a baby. I I I I guess that's more like it. But as I said, this is a secret.
1:30:39That means don't tell anyone. We'll go right after trick-or-treating. Just like that, I got roped
1:30:44into my worst nightmare. But I didn't have the choice if I wanted to have friends in November. On
1:30:50Halloween night, the four of us met up at Bart's house again to go trick-or-treating. Bart was a
1:30:56ghost. Martin was some kind of Greek fairy. Ralph was a freaky clown. And all the guys clowned on
1:31:03me for reusing my sailor outfit from the previous year. On we went trick-or-treating. Yet the whole
1:31:09time I was [music] dreading what was coming after. I was hoping Bart would somehow forget about it.
1:31:15Of course, I had no such luck. As soon as our sacks were full, he told us it was finally time to
1:31:21check out the haunted treehouse. [music] From the neighborhood I knew, Bart led us into the woods,
1:31:26down a winding, darkening path, deeper and deeper into [music] the wilderness. At last,
1:31:31we came upon it, the tallest, most imposing and wicked tree I had ever seen. Nestled in the crux
1:31:38of its [music] trunk, a disheveled wooden shack with a treacherous ladder leading up to it. The
1:31:43only indication that anyone had been there anytime recently were the flickering jacko'lanterns at the
1:31:49base. Bart wasted no time sending us up one at a time. Poor innocent Ralph was the first
1:31:56sacrifice. Here I go. [laughter] He's so dead. Oh yeah. Why don't you go up next then? Oh,
1:32:06I wasn't sure if Ralph would come back alive, but after about 10 minutes,
1:32:10he reappeared and started making his way down. He was much slower. He looked hurt,
1:32:16too. On the ground, he was visibly shaking, forcing a weak smile. But no matter how we asked,
1:32:22he wouldn't say what he saw up there. Well, I guess we'll have to go see for
1:32:26ourselves. Go on up, Martin. Damn it. This better be as scary as you say,
1:32:30Ralph. You've got no idea, Marty. [laughter] Bard, do you know something about this? What?
1:32:40When Martin finally came down, he looked even worse off than Ralph?
1:32:44What could possibly be up there in that tiny shack that took them so long? And
1:32:49what on earth could be so terrifying? Come on, Milhouse. It's your turn. No,
1:32:55you're up to something. This is some kind of trap. Don't try to [ __ ] out of this,
1:32:59Milhouse. If we had to go through it, then so do you. Fine. But only because I'm actually pure of
1:33:05heart. Unlike the rest of you. Some real great friends I've got. Always making me do things I
1:33:11don't want to do. I I don't see anything. Look closer. Hello, ghost girl. It's you. It's really
1:33:19you. I can't believe it. No. No. Hey, Sailor. Let's have some fun. [gasps] [screaming] Oh,
1:33:45the storm is coming. Find shelter. One of the easiest rules to follow living on the street.
1:33:50The problem is everyone has the same idea. The good shelters fill up quick. Before I knew it,
1:33:56I thought I was going to be stranded outside for the storm. As the first rain hit, I started
1:34:01looking for anywhere I could get out of danger. But even the abandoned houses were boarded up. But
1:34:06I knew that eventually somewhere was a bando just forgotten enough to be enterable. Finally, I found
1:34:13exactly what I was looking for. The whole area around it felt deserted. The walls were covered in
1:34:19layers of grime and graffiti, and all the windows were shattered. Nobody else was inside, but I
1:34:24still had neighbors in the form of mold, rats, and cockroaches everywhere I looked. The best place
1:34:29ended up being the tiny bathroom crammed somewhere in the middle of the structure, making do with
1:34:34what I had. I sat down my stuff and laid in the bathtub. It was cramped and the closest thing to
1:34:39a bed I had slept in for weeks. I was exhausted. There was nothing else for me to do but rest and
1:34:45wait for the storm to pass. When I woke up, the storm was still raging. It was still night. I
1:34:51had no idea how much time had passed. Sleeping in the tub was killing me. I couldn't get comfortable
1:34:57with the howling wind keeping me awake. I got up to find a window and see how bad it was. Outside
1:35:03the bathroom, I entered a hallway. I didn't quite remember passing through. It looked like the rest
1:35:09of the house, abandoned, rotting, infested, but too long. A number of doors lined the walls,
1:35:16but no windows to speak of, and everything depressingly dark. [music] almost too dark to see.
1:35:21I felt around to stay centered and tried walking to the end of the hall. I kept walking, waiting to
1:35:27fill one wall end, or at least run [music] into something. I never did. I had to be dreaming,
1:35:33sleepwalking, or delirious from exhaustion. I just needed to turn around and get back to my stuff,
1:35:39back to the tub. Trying to find my way back. I realized I was bone dry. I must have been
1:35:45asleep forever. Then it really [music] hit me. I had no idea where I was in this place. I walked
1:35:50back to where I thought the bathroom was, but I couldn't find the door I left open. I went a
1:35:55little farther, then doubled back again, but still no clue. Eventually, I decided to at least try a
1:36:02door. I opened the next one I fell. The other side sucked the air out of the room behind me.
1:36:07It was another hallway, and this one I could only see into about 10 ft before it was swallowed by
1:36:13utter darkness. Naturally, I didn't go that way. I went a few doors down, opened it,
1:36:18and found the exact same thing. The next one I tried was the same, too. They were all just
1:36:24dark hallways to go knows where. I had to try one of them. I couldn't even hear the storm anymore.
1:36:30I knew it had to be going on still. But until I could find a damn window, I couldn't be sure. So,
1:36:36I put out my hands and stepped forward into the abyss. It continued and continued. I thought I
1:36:42might just walk blindly for the rest of my life until I felt something graze my face. I felt for
1:36:47it, whisping through the air, then grabbed it. A small chain like one hanging from a light bulb.
1:36:53Without a second thought, I yanked it. At last, I could see brilliant light blazed out from the bulb
1:37:00overhead, revealing not a hallway like I thought, but a room. One small square empty room with four
1:37:07doors and [music] nothing else. Impossible. It couldn't even be the same place I was in. It was
1:37:12too clean. How could it be empty? I had to get back. I turned around and ran through the door
1:37:18behind me, ready to run as fast as I [singing] could. But it wouldn't have done me any good. I
1:37:23entered the same room again or a replica of it. But either way, a few steps in any direction,
1:37:29and there was just another wall with another damn door. It had to end eventually, right? If I kept
1:37:35going, running and breaking through door after door. I had to get out at some point, right? No
1:37:40building could be infinite. I was guaranteed to reach the end if I just kept going. Where is it?
1:37:49Where's the exit? Come on. Don't mess with me. I got in. I can get out. I know it. You hear me? I'm
1:38:01never going to stop. Why don't you stop wasting time and just let me out? [screaming] [groaning]
1:38:12[screaming]
1:38:16I'm getting out one way or the other. You
1:38:18can't stop me. Just give in already. Break. Break. [panting] [laughter]
1:38:36This back room story was inspired by a short horror film released in 2016 by Piopito called
1:38:44My House Walkthrough. It's presented as a house tour video where the supposed creator
1:38:49showcases his run-down grandparents' home, which just so happens to be stuck in a loop
1:38:54with no way to escape, which ties into the whole back room's lore. [screaming]
1:39:15Everybody thinks Amazon couriers are mindless robots. I can't catch a break. Literally,
1:39:21hundreds of deliveries to make in a day under the most unforgiving, deficiency oriented time
1:39:26constraints conceivable by man means I rarely have a decent chance to use the bathroom. The
1:39:31stories about drivers urinating in bottles and defecating in empty totes are true. I can attest
1:39:37to that myself. Yet, despite all that, it still isn't the most dehumanizing thing that's ever
1:39:42happened to me in my Amazon career. I remember running perpetually behind the clock that day.
1:39:48No matter what I did, I just couldn't catch up. I didn't know how many packages might be left over
1:39:53at the end of my shift, but I was sure I'd get another write up for it. Then I came upon one
1:39:58of those buildings. The huge sprawling multi-story condo complex [music] is built in the ' 70s. Their
1:40:05floor plans never make any sense. The wayfinding signs are vague, and there's a slim chance of ever
1:40:10encountering a helpful person [music] behind the front desk. I had only one package to deliver in
1:40:16that building, but I had a feeling it was going to eat up a stupid amount of time. I parked in the
1:40:21front driveway, grabbed the package, and nearly walked face first into the sliding glass door. I
1:40:26needed a fob or some stupid card to get in, but I didn't have one, so I had to use the busted
1:40:31call box. After struggling to communicate with the disembodied voice or whatever crushed mutant
1:40:37alien was trapped [music] in that box, I finally got in the front door just to see there wasn't a
1:40:42soul in the lobby. Nobody behind the desk, no Amazon locker, and no accessible mail room. I
1:40:48had to deliver this thing to the damn door. On I went up an elevator across a breezeway into a
1:40:55detached section of the building that smelled like mildew [music] and dog piss. But I was
1:40:59getting closer. Needed 343. I saw 335, [music] so I figured my target was just a few more doors
1:41:06down. When I finally got there, [music] I dropped the package at the foot of the door. I grabbed my
1:41:11phone and went to take a picture to confirm the delivery, but that's when I noticed [music] my
1:41:15mistake in the camera. The package was sitting at the door of 3:29. God damn it. I figured I must
1:41:21have [music] taken a shortcut through the back rooms or straight up missed 343 because I was
1:41:25in a rush. Oh well. I put my phone back [music] in my pocket, bent over, grabbed the package,
1:41:31and when I stood up, the door was open, [music] and I was staring into the barrel of a pistol. Put
1:41:37it down. [ __ ] I'm sorry. I said put the package down. Look, I screwed up. It's It's not even your
1:41:44package. Yeah, you messed up. All right. I saw you take the picture and then pick it back up.
1:41:49I finally caught your ass, you lying lazy thief. I swear I didn't confirm it. I picked it back up
1:41:55because I realized it was the wrong number. That's horshit. Can't you read? It was an honest human
1:42:01mistake. Just look. Look at the label. Get that away from me. I ain't falling for any tricks. Now,
1:42:08do I got to put another hole in your head for you to hear me or are you going to put the package on
1:42:14the floor? All right. All right. There. What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you dropping my
1:42:20property? Are you trying to break what belongs to me? No. I swear it was an accident. I'm sorry. I'm
1:42:27sorry. You expect me to believe that? You're just a thief. I ought to do the whole world a favor and
1:42:32take you out of it. Please, you don't have to do that. Let me live. Beg for mercy. Please, please,
1:42:39please say the words. Beg for your life like you mean it, pig. Please have mercy. Spare my life,
1:42:46sir. Please. I beg you. That's more [music] like it. Now get out of my face before I change my
1:42:51mind, boy. As soon as I had the chance, I [music] ran for my life. I didn't know where I was going,
1:42:59but I had to get to a stairwell and get out of that hell hole. At the end of the hall, I found
1:43:03the [music] exit I was looking for. Against my better judgment, I took one last look back just in
1:43:09time to see the man had opened his package and was ferociously pointing the [music] gun at me again.
1:43:14You gave me the wrong package, [ __ ] Of course, he still believed it was meant for him, even when
1:43:21the shipping label clearly had someone else's name and unit number on it. Being stupid doesn't stop
1:43:26someone from being lethal with a weapon, though, so I didn't waste any more time. I got out before
1:43:31that old bastard had the chance to catch up. And once I made it outside, I called the police and
1:43:36took shelter in a neighboring building. I didn't want to return to my van and risk running into
1:43:41that guy again outside the lobby. I know he would be pissed for a long time. And I was right. It
1:43:46ended up taking the entire local police department and a SWAT team to get him to finally [music] back
1:43:50down. He was thankfully arrested without anyone getting hurt, but that doesn't mean there were
1:43:55no human consequences. This day will give me nightmares for the rest of my life. A Florida
1:44:02man was arrested following [music] a standoff with police after he allegedly threatened an Amazon
1:44:08driver with a firearm over a misdelivered package. The police said the suspect, George Manuel Mandez,
1:44:1457, barricaded himself inside his apartment before police were able to convince him to turn himself
1:44:20in. Security video footage from a home at the apartment complex showed the Amazon delivery
1:44:25driver placing a package in front of Mandez's door. [music] He then looked around and picked
1:44:30up the package after noticing he had the wrong address and proceeded to deliver it to the correct
1:44:35unit. Moments after the Amazon worker returned to his van, a doorbell video showed Mandez holding
1:44:40what [music] appeared to be a firearm in his right hand as he walked down the driveway. He then
1:44:45approached the driver at his van and confronted him about the package. Police say Mandez then
1:44:50returned to his apartment and barricaded himself. [music] A SWAT team eventually got
1:44:54Mandez to stand down after 2 hours. Authorities then recovered the firearm and [music] placed
1:44:58him under arrest. Mandez was charged but later released after posting bail. [music]
1:45:20The other night, I was so exhausted from work, so I decided to order delivery from
1:45:25Domino's. I placed the order around 6:00 p.m. The app said it would only take 30 minutes,
1:45:31but I was expecting to wait up to an hour. I didn't mind. I was drifting in and out of sleep,
1:45:36watching a 4-hour long compilation of my favorite YouTubers videos. Throughout the evening,
1:45:42I would wake up to a pang of hunger and check the timestamp to get an idea of how long I had been
1:45:47waiting. The sun went down about 45 minutes in, so I dragged myself to my feet to turn on the porch
1:45:52light. Didn't want the driver thinking I wasn't home. Standing there, I looked out the peepphole,
1:45:58hoping I'd get lucky and see him. Nope, nothing. plot back down on the couch and passed out again.
1:46:03It had been an hour the next time I opened my eyes. I still had no food. I was getting pretty
1:46:09damn hungry. A whole hour and a half now. Where was this guy? I checked my phone and it said he
1:46:15was still waiting for the food to be ready. So, wait, he wasn't even on his way yet? Really?
1:46:21Hunger and exhaustion now competed with impatience to see what could torment me the most. At the
1:46:262-hour mark, I began to slip into delirium. I had dreams about the food only to wake up starving. I
1:46:33could literally smell the garlic and parmesan, but it wasn't there. Did I get scammed? Did I
1:46:38download a fake Domino's app? How could I make so much money and still be forced to have to sleep
1:46:42for dinner? Something was wrong. I lost track of time. How could the video I was watching be
1:46:48almost over already? Wouldn't Domino's be closing soon? Finally, face down on the couch, frozen in
1:46:54this moment of time in which I was never going to get my damn pizza. Then a flood of light poured in
1:46:59through the blinds. They had to be car headlights. Someone had parked in my driveway. Could it be?
1:47:05I had to wake up. Pull myself out of this dead state. They started pounding on the door 2 seconds
1:47:13after they pulled up. Non-stop relentless banging like they were breaking in. Were they seriously
1:47:18acting that impatient? I fell onto the floor where I was eventually able to pick myself up and hobble
1:47:23to the door. The driver was shouting, telling me to hurry my ass up. I couldn't believe him.
1:47:29This had to be another hunger dream, right? Only way to find out was to keep going until
1:47:34I woke up or ate something. Hey, man. How's it going? What the hell took you so long? Huh? Man,
1:47:43what are you talking about? I've been banging on this door for 10 minutes. I don't have time
1:47:48for you to finishing off. I got places to be. Hey, look, man. And even if that was true, shut
1:47:55the hell up. Your excuses don't mean [ __ ] to me. Hey, who do you think you are, [ __ ] Screaming in
1:48:01my face at my door. Do you have any idea how long I've been waiting? Oh, boohoo. I had to knock for
1:48:0710 minutes. Guess what? It took you 4 hours to get here. Four? Well, I'm here now, fat ass. So,
1:48:16pay up 150 bucks. What? Don't screw around with me. I paid in the app. Yeah. And then you acted
1:48:23like a dick and disrespected me. Now it's 150 or I take this all home. You You have got to be kidding
1:48:31me. Just give me my goddamn food. Hands off. You got to pay for that. I did. Now give it to me. I
1:48:38got you now. [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] Man, why' you do that? Look at what you did to my arm. Hey,
1:48:46wait. Don't. Don't. [screaming] Come here. Let me do it again. Again? Stop. Please. I'll cut
1:48:55you into little pieces, put you in a box, and drop you off next door. Help. Somebody help
1:49:01me. I don't want to die. Help. [screaming] Time to see inside your eye. [groaning]
1:49:10Hey, what's going on out there?
1:49:25Sir. Sir, are you all right? Oh my god, you're covered in blood. Let me
1:49:30help you. [groaning] Jesus. I I'll call an ambulance. Turns out it was not a dream. The
1:49:38delivery driver truly was absurdly late and then tried to spin it on me. I showed him.
1:49:43I honestly revealed something I didn't know I had in me. I walked away with a few scratches,
1:49:48but I ate good that night. I ate good. As for the delivery guy, well, after the cops ran him down,
1:49:55he got to eat prison chow. Serves a bastard right. A Domino's pizza delivery man stabbed
1:50:02a customer after arguing over a late order. Michael Charles Parker, 31,
1:50:07of Glendor, [music] California, was arrested for allegedly stabbing the 20-year-old victim after
1:50:12what police described [music] as an altercation over the extended delay of a pizza delivery.
1:50:17The victim received non-life-threatening [music] injuries during the incident that happened around
1:50:2211:30 p.m. Saturday. Officers contacted Parker at the pizza shop where he worked. He was arrested
1:50:28and then released after he posted bail. The investigation of the incident is still ongoing.
1:50:49[music]
1:50:50Man, why did I have to be Freddy Krueger? I can barely hold my candy bag with these
1:50:55stupid knife hands. Relax, dude. You look awesome. I thought you said you couldn't
1:50:59see anything out of that hockey mask. Nah, I just had to adjust it right. Ah,
1:51:03but you did not see me. What the hell? Cartman, is that you, Kenny? [screaming]
1:51:12[laughter] Got you, sissies. I told you I'd had the scariest Halloween costume. Holy [ __ ] that's
1:51:17actually terrifying. Yeah, I can't believe I'm [music] saying this, but Cartman, you're really
1:51:22good at sewing. You should be a seamstress when you grow up. Hey, shut up, Cal. I'll sew your
1:51:27mouth shut. Yeah, right. I bet his mom made it for him. She did not. I spent all night putting them
1:51:32together. I didn't just put on a stupid mask like you turds. Wait, where's Kenny? How should I know?
1:51:38I thought he was with you guys. We thought he was with you. God damn it. You [ __ ] are always
1:51:43screwing things up. How are we supposed to be all classic slashers without Michael freaking Myers?
1:51:48Why do you care, Cartman? Yeah, it's more candy for you, fat ass. [laughter] Shut up. Let's just
1:51:55go already. I'm not waiting around for Kenny to show up on poor people time. We're burning
1:51:59moonlight. Wow, people really went all out this year. Dude, look at Butter's house. That ghost in
1:52:05the window [music] looks totally real. Nah, it's just Butters. His parents grounded him and forced
1:52:10him to be a Halloween decoration as punishment. Remember? Oh, yeah. That blows. Anyway, which
1:52:15house should we hit up first, guys? You know, I actually heard this rumor about a super duper
1:52:20awesome house that's giving out jumbosized candy this year. That's probably regular size for you.
1:52:27Seriously, you guys, it's just at the end of the street, too. Come on, let's hurry up before it's
1:52:32all gone. Really? This is it? I thought it'd be more scary. What are you guys talking about? It's
1:52:38terrifying. [bell] It's going to be awesome, guys. I I can't wait. Trick or what? Wow,
1:52:47look at all of you. Freddy, Jason, Leatherface, and I'm Michael Myers. Isn't that crazy? We
1:52:53really complete each other, don't we? We sure do. Here you go, little guys. Big old pieces
1:52:58of candy for you. You and you. But you boys have to do me a favor. Okay. Will you just
1:53:04try the candy for me right here, right now? Um, can't we just wait until we get home? Oh,
1:53:10but it's better fresh. I promise. Please don't be ungrateful, guys. Just do what he says. Okay.
1:53:23Ew. What the hell is this? Did you poison us, Asa? Not quite. But I did
1:53:30add a special ingredient. Any of you numb skulls care to take a guess? Damn you,
1:53:35Scott Tenerman. What are you talking about? What did you do to us? Tell us, you sick freak. Fine,
1:53:41here's a hint. Oh my god. Save me. Save me. Oh my god, you killed Kenny. You bastard.
1:53:47And you're still wearing his costume. How could you? Hello. You idiots are missing the best part.
1:53:54I made you eat him. I put him in the candy. You ate your friend. [groaning] [screaming]
1:54:07You You monster. You won't get away with this. I'll call the cops. I'll have you arrested. Oh,
1:54:13yeah. And with what evidence? Wait, that's right.
1:54:16You don't have any stupid because you just ate the last of it. [laughter]
1:54:24What's wrong, Eric? Are you still in shock? No. I'd like to bring something to your attention,
1:54:29Scott Teneamman. Oh, yeah. You're going to oink like a piggy for me again? No.
1:54:34I'm going to show you my awesome costume. I got eyes, genius. Your leather face. So
1:54:39what? Not just any leather Scott. I fashioned the most supple face from the ample boobage
1:54:45of someone very close to you. Care to take a guess who? What are you saying?
1:54:50You gave us a hint, so it's only fair I give you a hint. Here, take a good look. Scott,
1:54:55is this collage not familiar? Can you not see their faces? No. No. Mommy, daddy,
1:55:01are you a shirt? More of a baze, Scott. A 48 triple D to be exact. Quite impressive,
1:55:08if I do say so myself. Why? Why, [screaming] dude? That is pretty messed up right there.
1:55:30[screaming]
1:55:31Back in 2016, I remember when the clown epidemic happened. I was a little kid then and it scared
1:55:37the life out of me. Then I started seeing this new rumor going around, not about clowns,
1:55:43but about something even more ridiculous. The Cat in the Hat. I was killing time at school one day,
1:55:50scrolling through Instagram when a row of suggested accounts came up. As I happened to swipe
1:55:55through that list out of boredom, I saw something peculiar. The Cat in the Hat. The username looked
1:56:01like the 15th attempt to get a unique ripoff of The Cat in the Hat, and the profile [music] pick
1:56:06was a blurry screenshot from one of the viral videos, but I decided to check it out. The
1:56:12account only had a single post. It seemed random at first. the Cat in the Hat standing in a street
1:56:18in the middle of the night until I looked closer. The street was familiar. I almost always saw it
1:56:25during the day, so I nearly didn't realize it, but it was right outside the front of my school.
1:56:31Sure enough, the caption even called out our school mascot, asking us what was up. Honestly,
1:56:37it gave me the chills, but I didn't let it show. The post had zero likes. This had to be some loser
1:56:44at the school trying to get attention. I thought something funny I should show my friend sitting
1:56:49next to me. I got his attention and showed him the post. He smiled like he was going to laugh,
1:56:55but then without hesitation. He reached over and doubletapped it. Dude, what the hell? That's sick,
1:57:02bro. You like that [ __ ] Shut up. You like it, [ __ ] What are you scared he's going to find you?
1:57:08No, I'm not scared. I'm just going to unlike it. What if he already saw it? then it'll be
1:57:13your fault if he kills me. So, you do think he's real? Shut up. I tried my best to laugh it off,
1:57:20but it actually got to me. Either way, I had to move on. I had quizzes to take at the end of the
1:57:25day and then more work to do after school. I was there about 2 hours after Maine dismissal after
1:57:31most people had already gone home. Even the sun was going down and I had to walk all the way home
1:57:37before it got dark. To save time, I decided to cut through the park as far [music] as I could
1:57:42see. I had the park to myself, except it didn't sound like I was alone. Somewhere behind me,
1:57:50someone was pounding [music] the pavement to keep up with me. I looked back and made it obvious,
1:57:55but the path was empty. Was I going crazy or something? Maybe it was just the leaves,
1:58:00I thought. But it couldn't [music] hurt to make sure. I stopped and looked all around. Who's
1:58:07there? I know you're following me. Don't mess with me. You don't know how crazy I am. Meow. No way.
1:58:15No godamn way. Last I checked, bushes don't meow. It couldn't really be. No, I didn't stick around
1:58:22to find out. I ran at top speed until I got home and locked the door behind me. My mom asked me why
1:58:28I was out of breath, but I didn't want to sound stupid. I told her I was rushing to get home. She
1:58:33said I was just in time for dinner. After picking up my food for half an hour, I was finally allowed
1:58:39to go upstairs. I was supposed to do my homework, but there was no chance I could focus. I picked
1:58:45up my phone to distract myself just to see a new message from Instagram. It was from the Cat in
1:58:51the Hat. I wanted to just chuck my phone out the window, but I couldn't take the chance. I had to
1:58:57look. He texted me saying, "Come outside." and then a picture, a selfie of him standing in my
1:59:04driveway. Immediately, my blood turned ice. I thought I might only have seconds before he
1:59:10came in and took everyone by surprise, so I ran downstairs screaming. My dad came rushing over.
1:59:17I kept repeating that someone was outside, but I didn't say who. They thought I was panicking too
1:59:22much, and I was, but I was afraid they wouldn't take me seriously if I told them the whole truth.
1:59:28After telling me to be quiet and go to the back of the house. My dad went outside with a baseball
1:59:33bat while my mother called the police. They didn't find [music] anyone. That bastard always manages
1:59:38to hide before anyone can catch a glimpse of him. Eventually, when my dad came back in with the
1:59:44cops, I had to fess [music] up and tell everyone what was really going on. I was positive they
1:59:49would laugh at me or at best roll their eyes and do nothing. To my surprise, it led to school being
1:59:56closed the next day. Apparently, I wasn't the only student who had been stalked by the Cat in
2:00:00the Hat. The reports added up until the principal had [music] to take them seriously. Last I heard,
2:00:06they were investigating a handful of students they believed to [music] be responsible,
2:00:10but I haven't been given any confirmation. I'm glad they seem to be genuinely [music] working
2:00:15on it. But until we know for sure, I have to assume the Cat in the Hat is still watching.
2:00:22A viral trend involving an image of the Cat in the Hat has caught the attention of law enforcement,
2:00:28prompting schools around the country to cancel classes or increase security out of an abundance
2:00:33of caution. A Florida teen was recently arrested in connection with online Cat in the Hat threats
2:00:39linked towards McCracken County High School in Paduca, Kentucky. School administrators closed
2:00:44the high school on August 31st after a Cat in the Hat post sparked safety concerns. In another
2:00:51unrelated incident, news outlets reported that another teen who identified themselves as the Cat
2:00:56in the Hat was connected to threatening messages sent to multiple students in Allen County. While
2:01:02there is currently no information indicating a credible threat associated with these posts,
2:01:07we take all reports involving school safety seriously. Our homeland security unit is
2:01:12actively reviewing information related to these incidents, working with school administrators,
2:01:18and investigating the origin of any post that may be causing alarm. Police said
2:01:40My last urban expedition was a promising adventure. Miles outside of town,
2:01:45an entire neighborhood had been built, but then nobody moved in. As always, I went alone and at
2:01:52night. When I arrived at the overgrown entrance, the welcome sign was all but buried in vines,
2:01:58and the road completely disappeared. I parked my car well out of sight, then continued on foot.
2:02:04Out of caution, I stayed quiet, not wanting to disturb any potential squatters or even other
2:02:10explorers. The farther I tked, however, the more I expected to find someone else around,
2:02:16but still I seemed alone. Though the road had weathered back into dust, the winding suburban
2:02:22clearing remained, lined on all sides by heaps where houses used to be. The passage of time,
2:02:28the storms, the moisture and neglect. It had rotted almost everything. Or so I thought
2:02:34gradually but somehow at the same time all at once. I I can't explain. Maybe I lost focus or
2:02:42I don't know. But suddenly I was seeing houses. Sure, they were still in rough shape. But I was
2:02:49finally seeing this place for what it was. No, that's not right. I was seeing this place for what
2:02:55I thought it would be, a neighborhood. But that's where my [music] expectations stopped being met.
2:03:01This place abandoned for decades somehow seemed to be changing. Not before my eyes or anything, but
2:03:08like it had been slowly rearranging while nobody was looking. The suburban maze became a rigid
2:03:13grit. The gentle variance of the homes that had been built was reduced to a singular ubiquitous
2:03:19design, repeating forever in cookie cutter madness as far as my flashlight could reach. And in one
2:03:25of these houses, there was power. Despite being unnerved by what I had been seeing,
2:03:30I still had some wits. I turned off my flashlight and refocused. Not wanting to be discovered by the
2:03:36source of this light before I laid eyes on it. Silently, I crept up to the house which shone
2:03:42in the night. It was in perfect shape. Someone had been tending to it, maintaining it. I was
2:03:48very careful [music] not to walk on the grass or trip on the stones as I peaked through the window.
2:03:53I thought I would see a bedroom or a living room when I looked inside, but it was just an empty
2:03:58hallway. Dingy yellow wallpaper stretching left and right, but I couldn't see where the light
2:04:04was coming from. I had to get a closer look. This was the most interesting thing I had seen in well,
2:04:10probably ever. The front door was unlocked, letting me in with ease. It was more empty
2:04:16yellow halls from there. empty halls which led to doors feeding into empty rooms with
2:04:21the exact [music] same dimensions. The same wallpaper, the same sourceless light. I must have
2:04:27found a dozen identical rooms, finding nothing. Growing in frustration, in confusion, until one
2:04:34room was occupied, but not by a person, [music] not a living one, anyway. A skeleton. They were
2:04:41sitting in the corner, still barely held together and modeled with patches of mummified flesh. How
2:04:47long had they been there? What happened to them? Were they the caretaker of this place or someone
2:04:53who had been dealt with? As I stood there in shock, my mind raced with question after question.
2:04:59And then I I don't even want to think about it. You poor bastard. No offense, but I don't
2:05:05want to end up like you. So, I think it's time for me to go. But don't worry, I'll send hell.
2:05:16Oh my god. No. Leave me alone. Just let me go. No. Please. I'll
2:05:26leave. I won't come back. I won't kill anyone. I swear. [screaming]
2:05:36[music]
2:05:38Screw this. Screw this. Stay away. Just stay away from this place. I've tried my
2:05:45best to [music] destroy the footage and forget everything I saw. But no matter what I do,
2:05:50this memory, this recording, it persists. I want to share, show everyone, maybe get some
2:05:56closure for the family of the dead person I discovered. But I know I can't. The fact that
2:06:01this tape seems indestructible must be a test. The message was clear. That thing gave me one,
2:06:08just one chance to listen. If I ever go back, it will kill me. And if I'm ever enough of a
2:06:14coward to send someone else instead, the same will happen to them. The knowledge of what truly lurks
2:06:19in that place needs to die with me. This backroom story was inspired by a man named James Fenton,
2:06:28an urban explorer who discovered the skeletal remains of Ian Coups. Coots was a 60-year-old
2:06:34Army veteran taken out by later revealed perpetrator David Barnes, who later stole his
2:06:40identity. Fenton explored the abandoned building and initially thought he saw animal bones or a
2:06:45prop and found a human skull and [music] remains inside a small room before calling the police.
2:06:50Ian Coots had been missing since September 2nd, 2019. David Barnes allegedly took out
2:06:56Coots in September 3rd, 2019, moved his body in a wheelie bin, burned the [music] remains partially,
2:07:02and hid them in the industrial unit. Barnes was convicted and has been jailed for life since.
2:07:18Lock down. Lock down. This is an emergency alert. Please follow lockdown procedures. [music] Go into
2:07:24the nearest room or building. It was nearing the end of the day. The intercom chimed, though barely
2:07:30anyone picked up on it, leaving [music] me to strain my ears to hear the announcement. Code
2:07:34red. Code red. Hold and secure. Repeat. Code red. Hold and secure. Did anyone hear that? She said
2:07:43code red. Hey everyone, listen up. I am talking. Shut up. [screaming] Jeez, what's the problem? Mr.
2:07:51Boyer, sip it, Tanner. Everyone, listen up. While you were talking, you missed a very important
2:07:56announcement. Anyone care to guess what that might have been? Uh, we get to go home early. No,
2:08:03it was a code red. Like a drill? Like a real code red? Everyone get to the back of the class,
2:08:10get down, stay out of sight, and stay quiet now. It took an embarrassing amount of time
2:08:15to comply with the hold and secure protocol. It was my duty to protect them, and I knew that
2:08:20with each [music] passing minute, the situation became increasingly serious. Slowly, however, for
2:08:26better or worse, that realization began to dawn on them as well. Defiant cheerfulness evaporated,
2:08:32and in some unseen corners, crying began. They ran out of jokes and questions. [music] They were left
2:08:38only with silence. All I had was gnawing dread, knowing I was not equipped to defend even myself,
2:08:44let alone a room full of innocents. In the middle of that pressure cooker, the phone rang.
2:08:49The one on my desk with the loud ass ringer that I couldn't turn off. And now it was across the room,
2:08:54blasting a sound that was probably heard across the school. Who the hell was calling?
2:08:58Did they know what was going on? Could it be a secret announcement? I had no clue, only that
2:09:04I needed to get up and shut it off. I clenched my jaw as I walked in front of the front door,
2:09:08partly expecting a bullet in the back, but I was spared so far. I reached over the desk, picked up
2:09:15the phone, then gently placed it right back down on the receiver. No more ringing. I turned around,
2:09:21quietly making my way back to the students, but I only got halfway. The phone rang again.
2:09:26I rushed to my desk in anger. This time, slamming the phone down. Whoever was calling needed to get
2:09:32the freaking hint. Even that didn't work. A few seconds later, it rang a third time, leaving me
2:09:37with no other option I could think of. I grabbed the whole thing and ripped it out of the wall,
2:09:42cords and all. Now, unless the cops were hunting a goddamn ghost, we [music] would have silence in
2:09:47this classroom. I walked back to the hiding corner and reminded everyone to stay quiet. It lasted all
2:09:53of 15 seconds. [music] My personal phone began to vibrate in my pocket. It was just loud enough for
2:09:59the students to hear. [music] They all looked at me like a herd of deer in headlights. How
2:10:03did I know any better what to do? I declined the call without taking [music] it out of my pocket
2:10:08at first, hoping it was just a coincidence. It was not. Then it rang again. I finally answered.
2:10:14Hello. Who is this? How did you get this number? Mr. Ber. Yes, but it is not a good time. Call back
2:10:21later. Still in room 204. I was thinking of paying you a visit. Not now. It's lockdown. I know. Wait,
2:10:28it's You did this. Finally figured it out, huh? You never were the brightest. But that didn't stop
2:10:34you, did it, from tearing me down, treating me like [ __ ] making me feel worthless. I'm sorry.
2:10:41Okay, whoever you are, whatever I did to hurt you, I'm sorry. You uh you don't even remember who I
2:10:47am, do you? I uh I Are all the kids there with you, hiding? No, they all went home. There's no
2:10:56point in lying. I can hear them whimpering in fear. They don't trust you to keep them safe,
2:11:01and they're right. Stop it. You want to help them? Show them a future. How about I come in there
2:11:06and blow your brains out right in front of them. I'll write my name on the board with [music] your
2:11:11blood. You'll make an impact when your lifeless body hits the ground. So, come on, Mr. Ber. Open
2:11:19up and let's show them something they'll never forget. The kids, they must have heard everything.
2:11:24I couldn't hide the terror on my own face anyway. This whole lockdown, it was one of my students.
2:11:30I didn't know who, but they were coming. They knew where to find me. They knew who would be with me.
2:11:36Then the door began to rattle. Someone inserted a key into the lock and turned in. Of course,
2:11:40they stole a key. I never stood a chance. Except it was no gunman who entered, just an
2:11:46administrator telling us it was our turn to leave the staggered release. I couldn't believe it. The
2:11:51kids all left, happy to get the hell away [music] from me, but I couldn't get up. I couldn't move.
2:11:56The cops said they tracked down the kid who called in the so-called [music] fake threat,
2:11:59but because they're a juvenile, no names have been released. I don't know if it's really
2:12:04one of my former students or if it's even the person who called [music] me. For all I know,
2:12:09they could still be out there waiting to get me at my most vulnerable. This school lockdown story
2:12:16was inspired by a male student who faces several charges after making threats towards students and
2:12:21staff at a school in Ashawa on Thursday, February 5th of 2026. At approximately [music] 1:55 p.m.,
2:12:30police responded to a threatening call at a public school where a male student contacted the school
2:12:35via phone and made [music] threats towards the students and staff. The school was put into a
2:12:39lockdown as officers arrived on scene. Officers evacuated the school while searching the building
2:12:44for any threats. Once the school was [music] cleared, an investigation revealed that the threat
2:12:49was made by a student at a different school. The student was taken into custody without incident.
2:13:12A few weeks ago, my wife and I wanted to go out and spend a day together. Just about the
2:13:17only place we could actually walk around was the mall. It used to be a terribly busy place,
2:13:22but it's much calmer now. We stashed our car in the big concrete box, then crossed the foot
2:13:28bridge into the mall. We went by the movie theater, but nothing good was showing. Same
2:13:32story when we passed through the food court. We just weren't hungry yet. Of course, my wife
2:13:38wanted to go to that lingerie place. I usually sit outside with all the other bored husbands,
2:13:43but that day I didn't want to waste so much time on my day out. Whenever my wife goes in there,
2:13:48it takes her at least an hour. So, I thought I'd had about that much time. I looked around,
2:13:54took a good mental picture of where that place was located. There was an entrance to a utility
2:13:59stairwell right there, but my wife went inside. I made sure she couldn't see me anymore. Then,
2:14:04I went on my own way. After that, I figured I had burned about 45 minutes, so I started
2:14:10heading back to the lingerie shop before my wife noticed anything. Somewhere along the way,
2:14:15I ended up on the second floor. I vaguely remember taking an escalator up, but of course,
2:14:20the escalator down was out of service. The elevator was packed with people waiting to get on,
2:14:26too much of a crowd for my liking. That's when I remembered that the lingerie shop was next to
2:14:30the bottom of a stairwell, so I went looking for one of those. It didn't take long. The door said,
2:14:36"Employees only, restricted access." Yet, I knew it had to remain unlocked for emergencies. Sure
2:14:43enough, I was able to walk right in. But man, did the scenery change. The soft, polished look of
2:14:49everything was stripped away, leaving nothing but bare concrete and cobwebs. Unfortunately,
2:14:55what I thought would be a stairwell turned out to be more of a service hallway. Walls of cinder
2:15:00blocks stacked up to lofty 20ft ceilings ending in strange pipes and conduits. Unmarked doors every
2:15:06so often, some without handles or knobs. Strange angles and turns like some kind of lazy maze. I
2:15:13was sure I'd see a stairwell eventually, but instead of going down like I wanted,
2:15:17it only went up. I had to stop and scratch my head for a second. Did I forget which floor I was on,
2:15:23or was this building laid out in a stupidly complicated way? I guess I was on the first
2:15:28floor and actually needed to get up to the second. Moving on, I moved up the stairwell. It actually
2:15:34kept going up way higher than I expected. I didn't know this place was 10 plus stories tall, except
2:15:40that couldn't be right. Then I noticed the sign telling me which floor I was actually on. Negative
2:15:45-1. I was in the basement. Suddenly, I started to panic. I couldn't actually be this old and dafted.
2:15:52How did I not know where I was? I had to go up another flight. Or was it two? Before I knew it,
2:15:58I lost count of how many steps I had gone up. Screw it. No more stairs. I left well determined
2:16:04to get back into the mall proper. It would be easy to find my way there. And if all else failed,
2:16:10there were people I could ask for help. I passed door after door, struggling to find one with a
2:16:15label to tell me where it would lead. Then I saw one with the name of a department store on it. I
2:16:20rushed over, grabbed the handle, and threw it open. There were no people on the other side.
2:16:26just mannequins. Dozens of them. Some missing arms and legs. Some just torsos. I held the door open
2:16:33and tried to make sense of what I was seeing. A storage room. Until the mannequins who had heads
2:16:38turned them up to look at me. I wasn't meant to be here. Wasn't meant to see this. Backing away
2:16:44and letting the door close, I fought back tears. I had to get out of here. And I finally heard it.
2:16:49My wife's voice. Hello, Julianne. Is that you? Are you there, Bernard? Where are you? Where did
2:16:57you go? Stay there, Julie. I'm coming. Bernard. Bernard, I'm here. Julianne, I'm here. I can't
2:17:04find you. Follow my voice. I am. I am. Bernie, is that you? Yes, I I found you. What? What the
2:17:12hell is this? Why won't you open? Bernard, is that you over there? No, I'm right here. I'm
2:17:19right here. I'll be right there. Just stay put. Okay, I'm coming. Don't go anywhere. Stop. Stop.
2:17:26Don't go. I'm right here. Can't you hear me? Don't leave me. Please don't leave me here.
2:17:37Damn it, Julian. I was right there. Hello.
2:17:46This backroom story was inspired by the 2017 Westfield [music] Stairwell Labyrinth,
2:17:52which was a horrifying real life event in Sydney, Australia, where 71-year-old Bernard
2:17:57Gore [music] entered a complex maze of service stairwells inside a Westfield Bondi Junction
2:18:03shopping mall. The doors locked automatically behind him, preventing [music] him from returning
2:18:07to [singing] the mall floors. He became hopelessly lost in the labyrinth and tragically passed
2:18:12away of dehydration. He was found 4 weeks later failing to find [music] his way out.

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