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On the outskirts of Hoaxed, a burrow of the German city Frankfurt, sits a tunnel. Nicknamed

the leader-bocked tunnel by locals. The tunnel is a small outlet underneath a train overpass.

There is a walkway leading through it, which is very dimly lit and located next to a flowing

river egress. Even in daytime hours, this tunnel looks incredibly spooky. It's the type

of setting you'd imagine in a Hollywood production like it. It comes as no surprise then, to hear

that this tunnel has become the subject of urban legends. Spread primarily by worried children

and teenagers trying to scare their peers. For years, many kids tried to avoid the tunnel

because of its scary reputation, even though it provided a valuable shortcut to their schools,

as well as to local fields and playgrounds. However, over the past 20 or so years, no one

has been able to utilize this shortcut. That's because the tunnel has been gated off since

1998. This has only bolstered its reputation and led to some gruesome folklore about the

horrors that await in this dark, creepy underpass. Rumors that, once upon a time, a child

was ritualistically murdered over the span of days, the victim of a cruel, savage, mysterious

killer. Surprisingly, this urban legend is based on a true story. A story so horrifying,

so inhumane, that it has continued to perplex and shock the region ever since it happened,

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