<p>Growing up on Staten Island, filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio had often heard the legend of ‘Cropsey.’ For the kids in their neighborhood, Cropsey was the escaped mental patient who lived in the old abandoned Willowbrook Mental Institution, who would come out late at night and snatch children off the streets.
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439: Hollywood Demons: Stephen Collins, America's Dad
In 1996, actor Stephen Collins was on the top of the world. Known as "America's Dad" (barffff) for his role on the TV show 7th Heaven, Collins, who'd worked as an "oh right, that guy" level actor for most of his career, had finally arrived. But the actor who charmed America had a ... Show More
1h 12m
Jun 2021
Cropsey, The Real Boogeyman of Staten Island
In the 1980s, the legend of Cropsey became real when a series of kidnappings took place in Staten Island, New York. The kidnapper would take children and people with disabilities to the underground tunnels of an abandoned mental hospital.
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14m 56s
Nov 2019
S1 Ep2: John Wayne Gacy, The Killer Clown
A local businessman, socialite, and Democratic precinct captain, known to spend his weekends entertaining children as a clown -- but over the course of six years, John Wayne Gacy kidnapped, tortured, and brutally murdered 33 young men and boys in and around Chicago, Illinois. 27 ... Show More
49m 51s