An A&E Original Podcast.

This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and violence.

Listener discretion is advised.

This episode is also part two of our previous episode.

This is Terror.

If you haven't heard that one yet, go back and listen.

I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the gentleman that saw me hesitate to get in the car.

And allegedly, he was telling himself he was doing the most stupid thing he'd ever done in his whole life.

And I wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for him.

In 1968, Tally Shapiro was a little girl living in Los Angeles with her parents and her older brother.

So in 1968, our house had burnt down on Kings Road off of sunset and we were living at the

Chateau, Vermont and normally I had a school bus that I'd caught to go to school but because

we were living at the Chatur Vermont I was supposed to catch the public bus and

I didn't like the public bus so I would get up extra early and just walk to school.

I'm not sure my parents were aware that I walked to school,

but I did let them know that I didn't care

to go on the public bus by myself.

But I think they assumed I was getting on the public bus. but I think they assumed I was getting on the public bus.

On September 25th, 1968, Tally started out for school like any other day. I'm walking down sunset towards my school and this guy stops and is trying to engage in conversation with me.

I'm trying to blow him off as best as eight-year-old

little girl can. I say something that seems silly to me as in like, oh, I'm not supposed to talk to strangers.

And he goes, oh, I'm not supposed to talk to strangers.

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