There were always 12. 10 foster kids in the house at all times, plus the two biological children of the Baker parents. 12 kids. 
All 12 kids would grow up to see some heinous things. It’s alleged that the Bakers would force the foster boys to molest the foster girls in their care. 
It’s said that the Bakers would even force brothers to inappropriately touch sisters under their direction. Victims came forward to say they were assaulted weekly by Mr. Baker, and they remember being starved as a fear tactic. 
Most of these kids came out of the foster home as survivors, but one, one child grew up to become the predator. One that would prey on victims where they might be the most vulnerable - the church. 

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#189: How a Foster Care Home Created a Monster Predator

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The summer sleep away camp for youths is held on the Island of UTOYA every single summer. About 500 teenagers will gather on the wooded island.
They sleep in tents, have bonfires, and tell creepy stories while roasting marshmallows.
But when the kids start playing games - that’s usually when the fun starts. Card games, tag, hide and seek -
A group of 11 teenagers were lying down in the grass right off the “Lover’s Path.”
“Here lay down right here and don’t move. Shhhh. Act like you’re dead.”
If a single one of them sneezes, coughs, or so much as moves - their covers are blown. They hear the footsteps getting nearer on the path… closer…
One of the 11 looks up.
There is a young guy, blonde hair, striking blue eyes - just standing over them.
She makes eye contact with him… he lifts his hand up and a black rifle appears.
He opens fire.
Out of the 11. 10 will die. 1 will survive.
Another 59 on the island will be killed within the hour. There is a mad gunman on the loose on an island full of teenagers.


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#351: 500 Teens Trapped On An Island With A Madman That’s Hunting Them

There was an emergency at Terri’s daycare. This had never happened before. Ever. 
She picked up the phone - 
“Hi, uh - there’s been a family emergency. Please come pick your children up right away. Please hurry.”
The parents rush to pick up their children and they let out a sigh of relief when they see all the toddlers are in one piece. But something is wrong with Terri. She’s rushing them into their car seats and you can just tell her mind is elsewhere. 
Once all the children are gone - Terri rushes to her phone and dials 911 - 
“Hi, it’s an emergency. I found something in my son’s closet wrapped in a plastic bag. He has a shotgun in his room… he just pulled up. Can you please just come?”
Terri kept an eye on her son that just arrived at home. 
Any louder, and Brian might hear her. 
Any louder and he might realize that his mother Terri knew what he did. 
Any louder and he might investigate and find what’s in the kitchen sink. Underneath a blue towel - lay a decapitated head and pair of hacked off hands. 
Any louder and the Cohee family would have to ask their 19 year old son - where is there rest of the body?? 


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#350: Mom Found Human Head + Severed Hands In TEEN SON’s Closet

Ruth just wanted to tell her boyfriend the truth. It’s not like their relationship sucked - he was just fine? He was kind of smart? But he lacked ambition. He was just a taxi driver… and… well she did have another big secret she was hiding from him. It was finally time to come clean.
Bryan wasn’t expecting it to hurt this much. It was bad enough to hear the love of his life had betrayed him… but to have it happen so publicly?
Bryan looks up and sees rows and rows of people staring at him. He could feel their pity radiating in the air.
He glances around - the cameras are all trained on him. Recording his every move and every facial expression.
Soon, millions of people will see the most embarrassing moment of Bryan’s life. Bryan, along with Ruth’s parents, found themselves on the reality TV show “Moment of Truth” set. They were sitting there listening to their beloved Ruth share all her deepest, darkest, secrets. The ones she had been hiding from them.
And one of them would get her killed.

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#349: Teen Went On “Truth Telling” TV Show To Win Money, Told 18 Personal Secrets, Then Was Murdered

In the seat facing away from the camera, all they could see was the student’s back and her arms digging through whatever was in her lap. For several minutes, she stayed like this. Then she got up. Turned around. And looked straight into the lens of the CCTV camera in the corner. 
She locked eyes and stayed like that. They felt a chill as they watched the footage. An icy stare. Frozen in place. Then she lifted up her hands and held a body up to the camera. A cat--a campus stray, lovingly named Princess by the other University students. She grabbed the back of the kitten’s neck. Then, with her other hand, wrapped her grip firmly around the kitten’s throat and squeezed. 
Shanghai Tech’s very own serial cat killer. This is the case dubbed the ‘animal Nth rooms,’ about the world-wide cat (crush, torture, and kill) gang that was responsible for the viral video—the cat blender.
Who is behind it all? And why?

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#348: Animal Nth Room- University Students Killing & Selling "Cat In Blender" & "Cat in Microwave" Videos

Teenage girls start rushing to the apartment building, jumping excitedly and shouting “Hey Lindemberg! Come to the window, I came here just to see you!” 
“We like bad boys!” - it’s like a concert for a boy group celebrity. 
But Lindemberg is a ticking time bomb. He’s hiding away from the window in the apartment. 
The hollers, catcalls, hearing his name - ugh he can’t focus! He needs to focus right now. 
He stretches his arm out the window and waves his hand around wildly as a pulls the trigger on his gun. 
Pop! Pop! Pop! He shoots straight into the crowd that had formed below him - the groupies and admirers scatter - but Lindemberg is still fuming. 
He can shoot into a crowd of admirers but he can’t shoot the girl he came to kill. The one he had taken hostage just hours before. The one he had groomed since she was 12 years old. The love of his life. He’s still deciding if he should spare her or shoot her. 
Maybe he should give the big crowd below him what they came for - a show. 

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#189: How a Foster Care Home Created a Monster Predator

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