Family Meal

Nightmares

Incongruity

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The town of Chickasha, Oklahoma was shaken to its core when they heard the news that two were dead, one of which was a four year old child, and another was seriously maimed. Their outrage grew when they learned the name of the culprit was Lawrence Paul Anderson, a career criminal that should have never been out of prison. But nothing prepared them for when he confessed to his crimes and revealed they were far worse than first presumed.

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0:00.0	Haley looked at her phone.
0:16.0	Two unanswered texts to her mother.
0:24.6	She typed a quick hello, asking her mother to respond and hit send.
0:28.6	The text bubble came to rest under the previous two.
0:33.2	Her face furled into a curious look.
0:38.6	Now she thought, has it been three days since I heard from mom?
0:43.1	Haley Blankenship was a freshman in college.
0:47.5	She was 18 years old and away from home for the first time.
0:52.9	She easily shook off any nervousness about being on her own when she reminded herself that home was only an hour and a half
0:55.7	away. And when that didn't work, she could always call her mom. Haley had a strong connection
1:02.6	with her mom, her biggest fan. All she had to do was call or text, and she would get an almost immediate reply. Anytime she was
1:14.1	worried or just needed advice, her mother was always a phone call away. Now, Haley had a bad
1:22.2	feeling. It wasn't like her mother to not respond.
1:27.5	Any worry she had was pushed aside when her newfound friends burst into the room.
1:33.3	Her mind filled with thoughts of class, gossip, and what they would all do after school.
1:40.2	Then Haley saw her aunt standing in the doorway.
1:43.9	That sick feeling in the bottom of her stomach returned.
1:48.4	She asked what she was doing in Stillwater.
1:51.9	Her aunt's face was a particular type of sour.
1:56.6	She looked as if she might burst into tears.
2:00.2	Haley's friends stared up with blank faces, not knowing what to expect, but sensing it wasn't good.
2:07.7	Haley listened, but the sound in the room faded.
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