<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.
Later as teenagers, the filmmak ... Show More
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502: The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson
Moriah Wilson could do just about anything. As a kid she became a world-class skier, and then as an adult she became one of the best gravel bike racers in the world. In May of 2022, she was in Austin, Texas, for a race when she was brutally murdered in her friend's home. The inve ... Show More
1h 9m
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.<br /><br />Join our community:<br /><a hr ... Show More
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