Hey Troll Friends! In this episode we continue with our exploration of urban legends, where we set out to scare you and most definitely scare ourselves. Liam spooks everyone out with the Hello Kitty Murder and the urban legends that grew up around it. Alana tells a scary campfire story about the Staten Island boogeyman, while guest host and Alana’s twin sister Lauren warns pre-teens of the perils of babysitting. Tangents include: that Eastern European camp counsellor, young Liam's creative way to avoid the babysitter, Alana’s twin nickname and Aphrodite gets the D!

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Works cited:

Hello Kitty Murder

• http://www.thatsmags.com/guangzhou/post/11600/tales-from-the-chinese-crypt-the-hello-kitty-murder
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/hello-kitty-murder
• https://mysteriesrunsolved.com/2020/06/hello-kitty-murder-fan-man-yee.html

Cropsey

• https://artifactsjournal.missouri.edu/2015/01/the-cropsey-maniac/
• Ellis, B. (1981). The camp mock-ordeal theater as life. The Journal of American Folklore, 94.347, 484-505.Haring, L. & Breselerman, M. (1977).
• The Cropsey Maniac. New York Folklore 3.1-4
• Mechling, J. (1995). Children’s folklore: A source book. New York: Garland Pub.
• https://thoughtcatalog.com/steven-casale/2015/03/creepy-history-cropsey-the-monster-of-staten-island/