- The internet is a great place to source information,
and even snag a good deal,
but those sites like Craigslist provide an avenue
to find what we want,
that searching can also lead us down a dark alleyway
into a world where the shadows flicker,
containing danger within.
You just don't know what you might encounter there.
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These are the 10 Creepiest Craigslist Stories
that will terrify you.
Number 10 is The Roommate.
When Brian Boucher posted a Craigslist ad
looking for a roommate to help reduce his rental costs,
he ended up sharing his apartment
with a sinister individual named John William.
John seemed like the perfect fit,
but over time, Brian started to get a strange feeling
from his new roommate.
Something just wasn't right about him,
and Brian began to suspect
John was hiding something in his room.
When Brian finally snuck into John's room,
he discovered that John had been collecting data on him,
letters, bills, and even computer passwords.
On top of that, Brian opened John's diary,
which was filled with angry, paranoid rants.
Concerned for his safety, Brian called the police,
and they revealed that John Williams was actually
a dangerous criminal who was high up
on the FBI's Most Wanted List.
Number nine is Sharing a Bed.
Some of the creepiest Craigslist stories
are clearly motivated by extreme loneliness.
Countless personal ads are posted from people
hoping to meet that one special person.
However, for some, the offer of a good apartment
or too good to be true deal
is a thinly veiled form of entrapment
for anyone willing to take a chance.
Such was the case of one Craigslist user
who was looking for someone to share his apartment.
The ad listed a great location in New York,
full amenities, including indoor parking,
and even a karaoke system, but the poster also requested
that applicants be female only.
Upon closer inspection, applicants came to realize
that the rental listed was,
in fact, a one-bedroom apartment,
and the man who posted the advert had no intention
of moving out to make way for the new tenant.
Number eight is Buying a House.
You can buy anything on Craigslist.
Most of the time, people are in the market
for smaller items, but in one instance, at least,
a couple were delighted when they were able
to rent their dream home,
but that dream soon turned into a nightmare.
After answering a Craigslist ad,
the couple paid a landlord over $1000
for rent and a deposit.
The couple moved their belongings in,
and were thankful that they'd been able
to leave their previous place for such a welcoming home.
Sadly, this only lasted for two days.
First, they received a message from the landlord,
telling them that they should change the locks,
which is a very strange request for a landlord to make.
Then, police officers turned up at the home,
accompanied by the real owner of the property.
Whoever the fake landlord was,
he had disappeared for good with their money.
Number seven is The Juicer.
After searching Craigslist for a juicer,
a buyer finally found one.
Not only that, but the seller lived nearby.
The buyer went to the seller's house,
where he paid for that juicer.
While there, they talked about items
they'd be looking to buy in the future.
A while later, the buyer searched for a very specific desk
he was looking for, and there it was,
listed on Craigslist.
It turned out it was the guy who sold the juicer to him,
but when the buyer turned up,
the desk was nothing like advertised.
After that, the seller searched
for specific car rims that he needed.
Again, the same seller had them listed.
Soon after, the seller phoned,
asking if the buyer wanted to have a beer.
That was when it became clear,
the seller was listing items that he knew the buyer wanted
to lure him into his home.
Number six are Unwelcome Pets.
Craigslist is a great way to get a good deal.
Why buy something brand new when you could get the same item
for a fraction of the price,
especially if it's hardly been used?
That was the thinking of one Craigslist user,
who was searching for a good deal on a coffee maker.
When he finally found one,
he went to the seller's house and picked it up.
When he got the coffee maker home, he began using it.
Over the next few days, he brewed several cups of coffee,
but something else caught his attention.
He was seeing an unusually large number
of cockroaches in his kitchen,
where there hadn't been any before.
Eventually, he realized where they were coming from.
The coffee-maker was infested with cockroaches.
Worse still, those cups of coffee he'd been enjoying
contained the crushed up bodies of the scurrying insects.
Number five is Blood Wanted.
Craigslist can be used to advertise for anything.
Those posts usually consist of either help wanted ads
or someone selling a specific item.
However, in one bizarre advert,
an anonymous Craigslist poster claimed to be
a high-ranking member of a secret satanic organization.
Furthermore, he was looking for sacrificial victims
to offer up to Satan himself.
In the post, the man claimed that he had already
given up five willing people to the dark lord,
and was looking to add to this tally.
Luckily, the authorities got involved,
and were able to trace the man who made the post.
When they arrived at his residence, they were just in time.
They found four hooded men in robes,
involved in a bizarre Satanic ritual
in front of a pentagram.
Whether their claims of having already amassed victims
were accurate, the police were not able to tell.
Number four is The Entertainment Center.
One day, a Craigslist user posted an advert
in order to sell and entertainment system that he owned.
Quickly, a woman answered the post
and said that she would be over soon
to take a look at the system to see if it was worth buying.
At first, she was just late.
The seller texted the woman to find out where she was.
On more than one occasion,
she said that she was just 10 minutes away.
When the Craigslist poster was about to cancel,
she finally pulled up at the end of the driveway,
but she was not alone.
Accompanying her were five men.
They asked to be let into the house
so that they could all look at the entertainment system.
Seeing that their intentions were not good,
the seller said no.
The woman then leaned in and said,
"That's not very Christian of you."
One of the men then urinated in the seller's driveway
and they left.
However, had the seller let them in,
who knows what terrors they would have unleashed.
Number three is A Place to Live.
Mac had moved to San Francisco,
and browsed Craigslist for a room to rent.
He quickly found one listed,
and after meeting a 29-year-old woman named Beth
who lived there, he felt comfortable moving in.
Beth kept repeating that Mac looked like actor Shia Lebeouf,
even though he looked nothing like him.
Then, she showed Mac her room.
It was covered in posters
and printed out images of the actor.
At night, Mac could hear Beth giggling through the walls,
then walking around the apartment mumbling his name.
Worried for his safety, he placed a dresser
against the bedroom door at night.
When he then heard the dresser scraping across the floor
as Beth tried to get into his room one night,
that was the final straw.
Mac moved out, and still thinks about
what would have happened had he not woken up that night.
Number two is The Perfect Job.
Craigslist users often peruse the job section,
hoping to find the perfect opportunity.
That's what Scott Davis believed he had found
when he saw a job which included a place to live
on a secluded farm in Ohio.
All that he had to do was watch over the property,
and he would be able to enjoy
the solitude of the countryside.
After meeting his new boss for a casual interview
at a restaurant, Scott got into a car
and was driven out to the farm by his employer
and his employer's nephew.
At least, that's what he thought was going to happen.
Instead, he was led to a secluded woodland spot
where his employer shot at him.
Later, after they were arrested,
Scott discovered that his employer and his accomplice
were seasoned serial killers,
and he was supposed to be their next victim.
And number one is The Caregiver.
Anonymity offers protection from scrutiny online,
but it can also harbor dark and twisted personalities.
In the case of Diane Warrick,
she was able to use the relative anonymity of Craigslist
to commit a terrible crime.
What's worse is that she had a violent record,
and was deemed not fit by reason of insanity
to stand trial for a previous crime.
After years of therapy in a psychiatric ward,
she was suddenly released.
Using Craigslist, Diane was able to apply for a job.
The job that she got was to be a carer for a 70-year-old,
wheelchair-bound lady named Mary.
Things seemed fine at first to Mary and her family.
Diane performed all of her duties well.
That is, until one night that she hallucinated
that Mary was her father, who she hated,
and ended Mary's life right there and then.