70: The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs | USA

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Urban legend ‘The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs’ inspired the 1979 horror film When a Stranger Calls. But what if there was some truth to the legend? In 1950, 13-year-old Janett Christman was brutally raped and strangled while babysitting in Missouri. Three years later 15-year-old Evelyn Hartley was babysitting when she disappeared, leaving nothing but a broken eyeglasses and a trail of blood…

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0:51.1	The night was cold and dark.
0:55.0	The winds were howling and the rain showered down.
0:59.0	The only illumination coming from lightning as it cut the sky. Inside a family the while their teenage babysitter was watching TV.
1:14.0	The phone rang innocently, and she answered.
1:18.0	A man's voice spoke at the other end,
1:21.0	asking her, have you checked the children before hanging up.
1:26.5	The babysitter shrugged it off thinking that it must have been a prank call but then another call came with the same voice at the other end, asking again,
1:38.0	Have you checked the children? She hung up the phone and the man called again and again incessant.
1:48.7	The babysitter was growing concerned and called police to tell them about the harassing phone calls.
1:54.0	The police officer said that she should hang up
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