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You know the movie When a Stranger Calls? The one about the babysitter who receives a creepy phone call, and the call is coming from inside the house? Well, it was LOOSELY, based on a true story. There have been countless stories, and probably even more film depictions of a teenage girl hired to babysit, and after the children have been put to bed, the babysitter is alone, watching a movie, doing homework, on the phone with a boyfriend, whatever.
Then the phone rings, the caller asks, something along the lines of “have you checked on the children lately”, the babysitter is scared. She locks the door, turns on the light to see if anyone is there, nothing. She eventually calls the police and once the call is traced, she's told the call is coming from inside the house. None of that happened in this story, but somehow this is the source of the urban legend of the babysitter. This is the story of Janett Christman.
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https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2021/07/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-horror-trope-is-based-on-a-sady-true-story/
https://medium.com/omgfacts/the-truth-behind-the-babysitter-the-man-upstairs-urban-legend-d41d1722c9e9
https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/politics/government/2010/03/07/who-killed-janett-christman/984978007/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52836495/janett-christman/photo
https://cindyparmiter.substack.com/p/a-babysitters-worst-nightmare-the
https://truecrimearticles.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/the-unsolved-murder-of-janett-christman/
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You know the movie When a Stranger Calls? The one about the babysitter who receives a creepy phone call, and the call is coming from inside the house? Well, it was LOOSELY, based on a true story. There have been countless stories, and probably even more film depictions of a teenage girl hired to babysit, and after the children have been put to bed, the babysitter is alone, watching a movie, doing homework, on the phone with a boyfriend, whatever.
Then the phone rings, the caller asks, something along the lines of “have you checked on the children lately”, the babysitter is scared. She locks the door, turns on the light to see if anyone is there, nothing. She eventually calls the police and once the call is traced, she's told the call is coming from inside the house. None of that happened in this story, but somehow this is the source of the urban legend of the babysitter. This is the story of Janett Christman.
Check out our other shows!:
Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee
Strange & Unexplained
True Crime Guys YouTube
EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions
True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify
OhMyGaia.com
Code: Crimepine
Patreon.com/truecrimeguys
Patreon.com/sandupodcast
Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com
Sources:
https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2021/07/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-horror-trope-is-based-on-a-sady-true-story/
https://medium.com/omgfacts/the-truth-behind-the-babysitter-the-man-upstairs-urban-legend-d41d1722c9e9
https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/politics/government/2010/03/07/who-killed-janett-christman/984978007/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52836495/janett-christman/photo
https://cindyparmiter.substack.com/p/a-babysitters-worst-nightmare-the
https://truecrimearticles.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/the-unsolved-murder-of-janett-christman/

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