The Babysitter Story

The babysitter story is truly an unforgettable urban legend, told at slumber parties everywhere. The tale has different variations but the spooky and downright terrifying elements remain the same.

As the story goes, a teenage girl is hired by a young couple to baby-sit their two small children. They go out to a dinner party and leave the girl to tend to the kids in a somewhat isolated, large house at the end of the block.

When the hour gets late, she puts the children to bed and sits down to watch some late-night TV. The phone starts ringing and startles the half-asleep teenager. When she answers it, she hears heavy breathing and a man tells her he is "coming to get her." While she is somewhat scared, she dismisses it as a prank phone call.

About 15 minutes later, the phone rings again. When she answers it, the man starts laughing and tells her that he is closer. The baby sitter is truly frightened now and calls the police.

They tell her that it's probably just a prank phone call, but they will try to trace the call -- so she must keep him on the line as long as possible if he calls another time. She once again settles down on the couch, not sleepy at all.

The phone rings a third time and the man tells her he has come for her and it's only a matter of time. He continues with some heavy breathing until the babysitter is so terrified that she hangs up the phone again.
She quickly decides to get the children and flee the house when the phone rings again. This time it is a policeman on the other end and he tells her frantically "GET OUT OF THE HOUSE NOW!" THE MAN IS INSIDE THE HOUSE AND IS CALLING FROM THE UPSTAIRS EXTENSION!"

She runs from the house as the police arrive. The madman escapes but they find the children upstairs dead and a bloody axe laying on the bedroom floor next to an open window.

Note: The baby-sitter urban legend is as old as the hills. In this story, the man is always calling from the "upstairs extension" -- but it's probably unlikely that he would be able ring the phone from an extension. In most instances, he would have to be calling from a separate phone line upstairs.

Notice how the perpetrator gets away, leaving him "on the loose" to prey on other innocent teenage girls? It makes for some great storytelling, particularly when the crime is not solved.

Watch the 1979 movie "When a Stranger Calls" and the 1993 sequel "When a Stranger Calls Back" to see how this legend evolved into film. Want to see something newer? Released on February 3, 2006 is a remake of the former movie, also titled "When a Stranger Calls."

oh yeah i remember that...never saw it tho...dang didnt know that was such and old tale....very scary stuff!

starchang wrote:oh yeah i remember that...never saw it tho...dang didnt know that was such and old tale....very scary stuff!

you really have to rent it , it's a cool movie

oh yea it goes way way wayyyyyyy back, i have seen the movie..i can recomend it

see , mara sais it too

well, when im in the mood i will....just dont wanna be stressed out rightnow!

oh ok , everything okay ???

ummm no, just not in the mood...remember the moodiness? actually im not good with movies like that....i dont mind ghosts, monsters and aliens but scary stalker guy who kills pple i dont likey! it makes me think it can actually happen and i cant take it...hence the stress!!

okay , fair enough , and i was just checking , i don't want anything to happen to you

hehe, thanks, u are too kind

and you are very welcome indeed

Oooo ooo my ..Draztic i deleted your post...I AM SOOOO SORRY , i thought i deleted the post i made...my bad...
I know you said something like "saw it,but still liked it"...??? yes,no? Please repost what you said..sorryyyyyyy

Hahaha, can't remember the post anymore still a nice story and no hard feelings we are humans and we may make mistakes haha ;)

Draztic wrote:Hahaha, can't remember the post anymore still a nice story and no hard feelings we are humans and we may make mistakes haha ;)

PFEWWWWW thanks for understanding....

Haha, you must know me well enough now to know that I wont get mad about this kind of mistakes ;)

Draztic wrote:Haha, you must know me well enough now to know that I wont get mad about this kind of mistakes ;)

i know you better then you wished i knew you

Are you sure?

Draztic wrote:Are you sure?

Don`t challenge me to a game you can NOT win mister...i am pretty darn sure about this..you have no idea and believe me you dont wanna know either

Ok, now you make me very vurious about what you know about me

And if yoju know me well enough, you know i'm to damn curious to let it go:P

Draztic wrote:Ok, now you make me very vurious about what you know about me

yea i know

Draztic wrote:And if yoju know me well enough, you know i'm to dang curious to let it go:P

I changed da*n to dang... kinda think you know why..?
And uhm..you have to let it go..i got more patience then you hehehehehe. And why do you want me to tell you what i know about you if you are you yourself? Don`t you know yourself ? ...ps..i`m a psychic.. DUHHH..

Hmm, you got a point there.

Draztic wrote:Hmm, you got a point there.

yea i know..LMAO.. neh just messing with ye, it`s just that we can`t swear..yea yea i know .."sigh" ..we have to go by the rules..bla bla bla..lol..i never was one to play by the rule but sometimes there is just no other way...

Mara wrote:

Draztic wrote:Are you sure?

Don`t challenge me to a game you can NOT win mister...i am pretty darn sure about this..you have no idea and believe me you dont wanna know either