On a quiet spring night in 2014, Boston college student Johnny Goldolski, over on Foster Street,

who was half asleep and sure he was alone, heard the soft drag of footsteps outside his bedroom

door. When he opened his eyes, there was a man in a gator-style ski mask standing in the doorway, perfectly still, as

if he'd been watching him for a while.

There was no words, no weapons, no ransacked drawers, just a silent intruder who slid back

into the dark and left behind a question that every student on that block

started asking. How long has you been doing this? That wasn't the only night someone on

Foster Street woke up to a stranger at the foot of their bed. It wasn't the only house where

feet were touched.

Doris creaked open, where a masked figure bolted the second someone moved.

Once all these stories finally hit the news, students realized that their nightmares all pointed

to the same name whispered around campus.

The Boston tickler.

In this episode, we're going to walk through those nights, house by house, bedroom by bedroom,

and try to figure out whether this was a ridiculous urban legend that got out of control

or one of the most unsettling prowlers to ever stalk a college town.

About a month after Goldalski's encounter, on the night of April 7, 2014, more reports of what

many believe was the same man apparently hit multiple homes in rapid succession.

At approximately 3.45 a.m., Jake Barrows, a.C. Jr., also living on Foster Street,

and a housemate of Goldolski's, woke up to see someone standing at the foot of his bed.

According to his words, someone was standing at the end of the bed.

By the time I realized that there was someone really there, he was booking it right out my door,

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