We're going CLAWS TO THE WALL- mixing it up with tequila and White Claws, no bourbon today (sorry guys) BUT we are covering the bloodshed.

Specifically, the story of Daniel LaPlante. This story blends an incredibly fucked up murder, with the type of folklorish stories that urban legends and nightmares are made of. He was arguably was a victim himself throughout his childhood, he was abused by multiple adults in his life, mostly by his father who was prone to torturing the boy, and by his late teens was exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior, behavior that’s almost on the level of being part of modern day folklore. He started with obsessively calling a random number he found, moved on to  burglary, and graduated to murder when he brutally assaulted 33 year old, pregnant Priscilla Gustavson, raping and murdering her in her own home before murdering her 5 year old son William and her 7 year old daughter Abigal. LaPlante did all this, at just 17 years old.

 

Sources:

https://www.swordandscale.com/a-scary-story-to-tell-in-the-dark/

https://www.sinisterhood.com/articles/59

http://www.parkaman.com/strange-case-daniel-laplante-real-night-horror-story/

https://www.lifedeathprizes.com/real-life-crime/murderer-daniel-laplante-73312

http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/416/416mass433.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/416/416mass433.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-20-mn-297-story.html