You never know who you’re gonna run into.
Warning: The following post contains discussions of murder and sexual assault.
Here are 14 chilling tales:
1.
“When I was 7, a man knocked on our door at about 8:30 at night.
My mom and I were in the living room watching TV.
My mom answered the door, and he said something about selling newspapers.
He ran away, and she called the police.
About a year laterCleophus Prince Jr.was arrested for killing six women, mostly in our neighborhood.
My mom recognized him as the man who tried to force his way in that night.”
Didnt think anything of it until he turned up on the news."
“My best buddys older brother lived off the grid in northern Yukon in the ’70s.
Came home to Edmonton once every couple of years.
Due to terrible gravel and dirt roads back then, it was a four-day drive.
One time he picked up a hitchhiker.
Its the code of the North: People help each other.
They hit it off, and the hitcher even helped out with the driving duties.
He matched the description of the hitcher.
Provincial cops did a traffic stop 30 minutes later and got the guy.
He had killed his wife, kid, and [his wifes] parents.”
u/LOUDCO-HD
4.
“My grandmother was a neighbor toJohn Wayne Gacyfor a brief time.
Of course, after his conviction, they were floored.”
“Elizabeth Wettlauferwas my dad’s nurse.
Reaction: ‘Holy shit!’
Exchanges with her never raised any red flags just typical visitor/nurse talk.”
u/Axle13
6.
“My aunt was a judicial assistant in Florida back in the 1980s.
One day, three well-dressed men came to see the judge.
One was particularly good-looking and charming and really chatted her up.
She found out later that she had been chatted up byTed Bundy.”
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8.
“Adam Strongused to work at the gas station right around the corner from my in-laws house.
I saw him there once.
He was just hanging around the gas pumps.
I just felt an overwhelming feeling of fear and disgust.
I thought he was the grossest thing Id ever seen he didnt even seem human.”
They were no longer together at this point.
The FBI interviewed her and everything.
He was eventually found guilty of, I think, at least three murders.
She was pretty freaked out about it."
u/xByeByeBlackbirdx
10.
She had a John that really liked her and invited us to his place once.
He was a real weird-ass bastard.
When they caught the guy, I instantly recognized him as the John.
His name wasWilliam Lester Suff, and the trailer that he took us to was his kill shack. "
I feel like my sister dodged a bullet there for sure.
u/The_Quibbler
12.
“I went to school withPaul Bernardo, who partnered up with his wife and raped/killed three young girls.
“My mother used to carpool withJerry Brudos.
They worked at the same electronics company, and she fit his victims' profile.
This was several years before I was born.”
He went to the same church as Dennis Rader.
Uncle said that Rader seemed self-absorbed and was an asshole.
He was ‘not surprised at all’ when he found out Rader was the killer.”
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
