I think we can all agree that UM can give people the creeps. However, I would like to know whether any particular segments gave you any particular phobias. If so what was the segment, and what specific fear did it give you?

In my case, after watching a segment about the 1985 murder of Dexter Stefonek (who was murdered while en route home to Wisconsin from Oregon), I eventually developed a fear of driving out on a deserted long-stretched road alone. It's the kind of area where you could go for miles without seeing another person, and if, God forbid, you were in serious trouble, no one would hear you cry for help. :eek:

I think we can all agree that UM can give people the creeps. However, I would like to know whether any particular segments gave you any particular phobias. If so what was the segment, and what specific fear did it give you?

In my case, after watching a segment about the 1985 murder of Dexter Stefonek (who was murdered while en route home to Wisconsin from Oregon), I eventually developed a fear of driving out on a deserted long-stretched road alone. It's the kind of area where you could go for miles without seeing another person, and if, God forbid, you were in serious trouble, no one would hear you cry for help. :eek:


Good thing we have cell phones now.

I hate the ones where the young women are accosted in their homes... it's made me develop a fear of coming home alone when all the lights in my apartment are off. :eek:

In my case, after watching a segment about the 1985 murder of Dexter Stefonek (who was murdered while en route home to Wisconsin from Oregon), I eventually developed a fear of driving out on a deserted long-stretched road alone. It's the kind of area where you could go for miles without seeing another person, and if, God forbid, you were in serious trouble, no one would hear you cry for help. :eek:


I have that same fear, very spooky!:eek:

The Matthew Chase case obviously when he was abducted and later murdered after trying to withdraw cash from an ATM. That one sticks out in my mind although to go to a ATM at midnight in Los Angeles might have not been the brightest move of all time.

Later.

One of my phobias (among many) is walking into a store or office with no one in sight. It brings back memories of the card shop murder and the Christmas Eve doctor's office attacks.

I also inquire (usually this happens when I'm at the cleaners) whether or not someone is alone in the store. My cleaners is in a small - usually deserted strip mall and employs many teenagers. I always ask if they're alone...fortunately, the manager always sees that there are at least two of them. I know this isn't a guarantee for safety but they seem to be content that they're not alone.

They never did catch that animal that attacked the doctor's office nurses did they? It happened in Framingham, MA not too far from here.

Kane, have you heard anything more about it? Have they ever shown a profile on Fox Saturday news?

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They never did catch that animal that attacked the doctor's office nurses did they? It happened in Framingham, MA not too far from here.

Kane, have you heard anything more about it? Have they ever shown a profile on Fox Saturday news?

That case is not listed in the "New England's Unsolved" archives. So that means it was never featured on that FOX 25 news segment (NEU is shown exclusively on the channel's Saturday night news broadcast). It would be good idea for them to do so. I haven't found any links related to the case, but I am assuming that the rapist has never been identified.

The accused rapist struck in more than one Boston suburb, one of which was Saugus if I'm not mistaken.

The Gretchen Burford case made you think twice about looking before you got back in your car after going to an ATM. Years ago my older sister thought it would be cute to be laying in the back seat of my car while I got off of work (it was almost dark mind you). After I got in and sat in the drivers seat she yelled something from the back and I almost wet myself. Thankfully I hadn't seen the Gretchen Burford case yet or we probably would have had to go to the ER. :)

crystaldawn beat me to it. To this day, I still check my back seat before entering my car all because of the Gretchen Burford segment....ESPECIALLY at night. I know it doesn't really matter because I ALWAYS lock my car doors even if I'm running a short errand but it's a force of habit.

The Blind River Rest stop murders have made me a little aprehensive about spending the night at a rest stop.

crystaldawn beat me to it. To this day, I still check my back seat before entering my car all because of the Gretchen Burford segment....ESPECIALLY at night. I know it doesn't really matter because I ALWAYS lock my car doors even if I'm running a short errand but it's a force of habit.

The Blind River Rest stop murders have made me a little aprehensive about spending the night at a rest stop.

I do the same thing...after watching so many true crime shows, I have to check my backseat, especially after working a long night shift with my car in that dark parking lot :eek:

Okay, I realize that this is probably the most ridiculous phobia I could have from watching UM, but every time I see the segment about "The Hum" I always get paranoid that I'm going to start hearing it. In fact, just the other night, I heard what sounded like a truck engine idling outside my bedroom window. I lived near a major street, so I didn't think much of it at first, but then the noise kept going and going and I thought maybe I was hearing the hum! Anyways, I'm not hearing it now, so I think I'm safe :)

I figure I'm a little odd. I love to travel on isolated roadways, and I don't own a cell phone.

I agree about being disturbed by the rest stop murder episode. I sometimes stop at rest areas on trips, but only in the daytime, and I never sleep at them.

Okay, I realize that this is probably the most ridiculous phobia I could have from watching UM, but every time I see the segment about "The Hum" I always get paranoid that I'm going to start hearing it. In fact, just the other night, I heard what sounded like a truck engine idling outside my bedroom window. I lived near a major street, so I didn't think much of it at first, but then the noise kept going and going and I thought maybe I was hearing the hum! Anyways, I'm not hearing it now, so I think I'm safe :)

The Hum episode really gave me the creeps. I just find it so weird and creepy how some people can hear this humming while someone in the same room can't. Very scary.

That case is not listed in the "New England's Unsolved" archives. So that means it was never featured on that FOX 25 news segment (NEU is shown exclusively on the channel's Saturday night news broadcast). It would be good idea for them to do so. I haven't found any links related to the case, but I am assuming that the rapist has never been identified.

The accused rapist struck in more than one Boston suburb, one of which was Saugus if I'm not mistaken.


Thanks Kane. I hope he's looking over his shoulder every time he's in public.

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crystaldawn beat me to it. To this day, I still check my back seat before entering my car all because of the Gretchen Burford segment....ESPECIALLY at night. I know it doesn't really matter because I ALWAYS lock my car doors even if I'm running a short errand but it's a force of habit.

The Blind River Rest stop murders have made me a little aprehensive about spending the night at a rest stop.


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I figure I'm a little odd. I love to travel on isolated roadways, and I don't own a cell phone.

I agree about being disturbed by the rest stop murder episode. I sometimes stop at rest areas on trips, but only in the daytime, and I never sleep at them.

You may be odd but you're not alone. I travel on isolated roadways all the time, even in the post midnight hours. When I go to California it's inevitably midnight or later when I leave to return to Las Vegas. In summer I'm always weaving on tiny unlit roads in upstate New York near Saratoga.

And I happily gave up my cell phone more than 5 years ago. Hopefully never to return to that idiocy. Ring in the grocery store. Ring on the golf course. Ring while I'm trying to make a sports bet. No chance I'll ever be on call 24 hours a day again.

The aspect that spooks me via UM segments is females working alone in a small shop, especially in a rural area and at night. I can't count how many abductions and probable murders UM featured in that regard. I thought it was remarkably weird today when I finally got to watch UM for the first time in weeks. I got home just in time to tune in part of the second episode, and the first segment I saw was Angela Hammond. Unbelievable. I had to laugh. But I forgot that segment also included reports of other women abducted in that area while working in small stores. The I-70 killer also targeted women working alone, or in twos, although he apparently operated during the day, for the most part.

Also, same as others in this thread I look in my car before opening the door, to the point I'll put my face on the back window and make sure, especially after grocery shopping at 2 AM. Hey, this is a 24 hour town and no way I'm standing in those damn daytime checkout lines.

Rest stops do it for me. When I was in college I drove up to Syracuse U. to visit buddies. On the way home my girlfriend and I pulled into a rest stop on 380 (around Scranton Pa.) We saw what we thought was a body behind one of the dumpsters. We drove to the next area that had the works ( gas , food , ect.) and had them call Highway Police to check it out. We found out later that one of the frats at Scranton dressed a store mannequin and put it there as a prank.. Have not stopped in one since(deserted one anyway).

I went to the U of Scranton in the late 90's and the didn't have fraternities. Could have been some other school around there.

Rest stops -The last time I was at one, I was coming home to Maryland. I went on a bus trip to NYC to see a cousin perform at Carnegie Hall. If you've ever traveled down 95 on the northern part of the East Coast, the rest stops have been converted into indoor travel centers with restaurants and ATM's with plenty of lighting. And even though I wasn't by myself and was indoors with tons of other travelers, I still was on guard.

The Debra Poe segment made me extremely glad that the convenience store I worked at never had clerks do shifts alone. I always had one, sometimes even two with me. I had to work a couple of 11-7 shifts one time and some of the men that came in there made me a bit uneasy. I had a couple of totally drunk guys come in looking for more booze, but because the store I worked out was not allowed to sell it because of zoning laws, they had to go elsewhere and I was relieved. When I go into them now and I only see one woman working by herself, it unsettles me.

Jeep Wagoneers ALWAYS freak me out a little now.

Phobias from watching UM?

I was 6 years old when I watched the Jeremy Bright segment when it originally aired. At the time, I did not want to go swimming in the Coquille River. Or any outdoor and unsupervised swimming hole for that matter. But then, I was just a kid. :D

Phone booths. (Not that anyone really uses them anymore).

And the fear of The Hum is not weird. I can't watch that segment, because I'm afraid I will start hearing it. Like a psychosomatic kind of thing.

I won't go to an ATM at night.

After watching many many many UM episodes, I am now afraid of the justice system. I mean look at some cases where the justice system messed up. Gloria Schulze (SP) the drunk driver who was drunk and had drugs in her system, killed the college student named Angela. Pretty much got a slap on the wrist from the judge who let her go.Recently in my town we had a guy kill a family of 5 because he was drunk and he ignored a stop sign and hit the car with the family. He also had a previous DUI and was due in court the wk after the accident. I think the justice system needs to really step up and punish drunk drivers. Laura Burbank’s killer raped and murdered her and hey lets put a dangerous pedophile in a MINIMUM SECURITY PRISON. Ira Eingorm killed his gf and hid her body in his closet for mths and they let him go out on bail and of course he up and left the country.

I hate the ones where the young women are accosted in their homes... it's made me develop a fear of coming home alone when all the lights in my apartment are off. :eek:

I used to live in a block and used to race up the stairs to my door literally falling up every other step as the communal lights never worked and I wanted to get up as quickly as possible.

Now I'm in a house and if I know I won't be returning till dark, I always switch some lights on before I go out.

The Gretchen Burford case made you think twice about looking before you got back in your car after going to an ATM. Years ago my older sister thought it would be cute to be laying in the back seat of my car while I got off of work (it was almost dark mind you). After I got in and sat in the drivers seat she yelled something from the back and I almost wet myself. Thankfully I hadn't seen the Gretchen Burford case yet or we probably would have had to go to the ER. :)

Even when I'm fuelling the car up I open the tank from the inside and lock the car when I get out. Read too many true horror stories about people going to pay and someone hopping into their boot (trunk).

And the fear of The Hum is not weird. I can't watch that segment, because I'm afraid I will start hearing it. Like a psychosomatic kind of thing.

That segment scares the crap out of me. That "simulated hum" approximation they play freaks me out. I also was disturbed by the part where one of the hearers even went underground and STILL heard it.

That segment scares the crap out of me. That "simulated hum" approximation they play freaks me out. I also was disturbed by the part where one of the hearers even went underground and STILL heard it.

I was always scared that I would somehow develop this annoying "hum" when I got older and that it would never go away. I wonder if those people are still affected by the noise.

Matt Chase episode had huge impact on my awareness. Good thing we have walk-in, lockable ATMs over here. Also made me stay out of shady LA areas when I went there this year.

Episode feat. Henry Rollins still gives me creeps, I always make sure nobody's hiding near the door when I unlock it late at night.

All of the above!! I think I'm almost prepared (or at least thought it out in my head) for every possible situation! I drive my husband nuts because everything is "Now if this happens, we do this" and "You know what happened to so and so when they did this?" Yes, UM has made me so paranoid and sometimes I wonder why did my parents let me start watching this show at 4 years old??? What in the hell were they thinking!! I'm a freak cause of that!!! :)

A few phobias that Unsolved Mysteries gave me as a little kid.

The "Carol" segment made me apprehensive about black pickup trucks for about a year.

The Ralph Probst segment did a number on me. I was scared to walk by my kitchen window at night for a long time after that segment first aired. :eek:

The Blind River rest stop case was the absolute most terrifying segment for me as a child of about 9 or 10. Robert Stack mentioned in the episode that shortly after the murder, a blue van sped out of the area of the rest stop. My sister and I referred to the murderer as the Blue Van Killer. It made us very paranoid about blue vans and I had trouble sleeping for many nights because I thought a blue van would pull into my driveway in the middle of the night. I slept near the window overlooking my driveway so I could see if any strange activity happened. It was pretty debilitating for almost a year.

It's been a looong time since I've been on. I've missed this board. It's so informative and time passing to look thru all the new/old topics. Anyway, in response to the thread, still to this day if I am walking on a sidewalk close to a road and I hear a vehicle approaching I STILL have to look back just to make sure they don't have a 2 x 4 or something. Yes, I know Jenny Pratt and her boyfriend were at a red light but that's how much it affected me.

When I was a kid after seeing the Angela Hammond segment I was always afraid I would see the truck that the abductor drove. I looked around in parking lots as my mom rushed me into stores, and started searching for cars as she drove me places all looking for a decal in the back window of a fish jumping out of water. I was convinced that someday I would see the abductors truck and it terrified me.

After seeing the Blind River rest stop murders, I will never go to one ever. On my way back from a concert, my brother jokingly pointed out at a rest stop and said "hey, let's stop there for the night" and I said "have you seen that Unsolved Mysteries episode where the elderly couple was shot at a rest stop? No way". He was joking but yeah, no way I'd go to one at night after seeing that episode.

After seeing the Blind River rest stop murders, I will never go to one ever. On my way back from a concert, my brother jokingly pointed out at a rest stop and said "hey, let's stop there for the night" and I said "have you seen that Unsolved Mysteries episode where the elderly couple was shot at a rest stop? No way". He was joking but yeah, no way I'd go to one at night after seeing that episode.

I'm not apprehensive about using a rest stop during the day, like if I'm doing a long driving trip during the summer. I always see tons of cars and families eating picnics, even while driving past them on the highway during that time of year.

But I can't imagine ever using one at night. And I would never spend the night at one.

When I watched the show from behind the couch when I was little (it came on past my bedtime) and it was over, I was always convinced that the bad guys were going to come after me since I now knew they existed and they would want to kill me so I wouldn't be able to turn them in. :lol:

When I was a kid after seeing the Angela Hammond segment I was always afraid I would see the truck that the abductor drove. I looked around in parking lots as my mom rushed me into stores, and started searching for cars as she drove me places all looking for a decal in the back window of a fish jumping out of water. I was convinced that someday I would see the abductors truck and it terrified me.


Ditto this one. I was pretty young when I started watching UM (8 or 9) as I watched the original airings with my grandmother. When I was younger I was most bothered by Missing Persons cases, especially involving young people/children. Over the years that's transitioned to Unexplained Death cases.

Michaela Garecht gave me a slight phobia of leaving my bike/scooter unattended as a kid. Because of this case, if I'd ever come back to it to find it moved in any way, I would have run as fast as I could've in the other direction.

After seeing the Blind River rest stop murders, I will never go to one ever. On my way back from a concert, my brother jokingly pointed out at a rest stop and said "hey, let's stop there for the night" and I said "have you seen that Unsolved Mysteries episode where the elderly couple was shot at a rest stop? No way". He was joking but yeah, no way I'd go to one at night after seeing that episode.

The worst thing that's ever happened to me at a rest stop was making my way into the ladies' room at the same time one of those "through-the-stall" talkers did. We made brief small talk while standing in line and she continued our conversation even as we utilized the facilities. :lol:

Seriously though, I don't find rest stops particularly risky during the day. If you do a lot of interstate travel, you eventually learn which ones are a little safer than others. For instance, I wouldn't think twice about pulling over at the stop just over the Georgia state line on I-75 because it's so large, always full of people, and on one of the most well-traveled interstates in the country. I've been there at night a few times and never felt any apprehension about it. There are other stops better described as "waysides", smaller and offset somewhat from the road, that I usually avoid.

As a general rule, at night gas stations tend to be better lit than most rest stops (and have gasoline, and food and drinks that don't come out of a vending machine), and there's always at least one other person there. I almost always stick to gas stations in the early morning and sunset if I'm traveling. Otherwise, most rest stops do fine. I'd never sleep over at one. Then again, there are plenty of hotels I'd avoid just as dilligently.

The worst thing that's ever happened to me at a rest stop was making my way into the ladies' room at the same time one of those "through-the-stall" talkers did. We made brief small talk while standing in line and she continued our conversation even as we utilized the facilities. :lol:

Seriously though, I don't find rest stops particularly risky during the day. If you do a lot of interstate travel, you eventually learn which ones are a little safer than others. For instance, I wouldn't think twice about pulling over at the stop just over the Georgia state line on I-75 because it's so large, always full of people, and on one of the most well-traveled interstates in the country. I've been there at night a few times and never felt any apprehension about it. There are other stops better described as "waysides", smaller and offset somewhat from the road, that I usually avoid.

As a general rule, at night gas stations tend to be better lit than most rest stops (and have gasoline, and food and drinks that don't come out of a vending machine), and there's always at least one other person there. I almost always stick to gas stations in the early morning and sunset if I'm traveling. Otherwise, most rest stops do fine. I'd never sleep over at one. Then again, there are plenty of hotels I'd avoid just as dilligently.

I hate gas stations at night now. Not only because of the women who've disappeared from them on Unsolved Mysteries, but one time when my brother and I were driving back from a concert in Illinois late in the night, we stopped at a gas station to go to the restroom and get something to eat and drink. On our way out, we got into our car and right when my brother was about to close the driver side door, a black man approached him and asked for money. He kept saying he needed it because his car broke down and needed to get back to his family. He asked for $10-$20 and my brother didn't have much, so he asked me, and here I am dressed like the child of Satan and I didn't have any either. My brother ended up giving the man $10 and he thanked us. As we drove off, we saw the man approach another man and made some sort of transaction. My brother felt it was a drug deal. I told my brother to speed down the highway and take us back to Indiana. I watched the traffic from behind in the passenger's mirror the whole way back to make sure we weren't being followed, and we weren't thankfully, just the highway to ourselves. I would hate to think about what would've happened had we not complied with the man. I only had pepper spray on me and that wouldn't have worked because my brother would've gotten sprayed on accident. I just hate going to gas stations at night.

I hate gas stations at night now. Not only because of the women who've disappeared from them on Unsolved Mysteries, but one time when my brother and I were driving back from a concert in Illinois late in the night, we stopped at a gas station to go to the restroom and get something to eat and drink. On our way out, we got into our car and right when my brother was about to close the driver side door, a black man approached him and asked for money. He kept saying he needed it because his car broke down and needed to get back to his family. He asked for $10-$20 and my brother didn't have much, so he asked me, and here I am dressed like the child of Satan and I didn't have any either. My brother ended up giving the man $10 and he thanked us. As we drove off, we saw the man approach another man and made some sort of transaction. My brother felt it was a drug deal. I told my brother to speed down the highway and take us back to Indiana. I watched the traffic from behind in the passenger's mirror the whole way back to make sure we weren't being followed, and we weren't thankfully, just the highway to ourselves. I would hate to think about what would've happened had we not complied with the man. I only had pepper spray on me and that wouldn't have worked because my brother would've gotten sprayed on accident. I just hate going to gas stations at night.

It's understandable you were alarmed. I've encountered similar "hard luck story" situations like that before. In fact, about a month ago someone stopped my fiance outside the NEX we often shop at (we live right outside a naval base and are both in the military, but we're not Navy ourselves) and told some story about being a soldier needing a few dollars to get a taxi because his car was in the shop back on post. My fiance is stationed at the post this individual claimed he lived on, so he asked him what unit he was in. The unit he named just so happened to be my fiance's unit. It got pretty awkward for the young man at that point, who definitely was not in need of a taxi let alone in the military. It didn't help that my fiance had observed this individual pull the same scam on a woman just minutes earlier.

I was also in Detroit once and was approached by a man on the street claiming to be a Vietnam veteran down on his luck and out of work. He then asked for $20. I find when people really could use money to eat or find shelter, they generally don't ask for exact amounts. I handed him a twenty dollar bill and told him I hoped it put him that much closer to not having to ask for money again, that he could find an honest living again. We had sustained eye contact for a moment and he knew that I knew his story was a load of bull, but he took the bill anyway with this nervous laugh.

Most people who pull that one are just your old-fashioned scammers, though. Nothing to be too afraid of. Decades ago my mom had a co-worker who she'd regularly spot on the interstate on-ramps with a huge "Hungry Need Food/$" sign. :rolleyes:

Sometimes when I'm in front of the kitchen sink and the window I think of Ralph Probst.

Most of the UM segments used to scare the tar out of me when I was younger. Some of the worst however were the Matt Chase segment, the Patsy Wright case, and the Stefonek murder as mentioned by the OP. The Chase case made me vow to never visit another ATM during the night, whereas the Wright case turned me off of OTC cough syrup for about 3 years after seeing it, LOL. I was always somewhat wary of rest stops, but just started avoiding them altogether after watching the Stefonek segment.

Of course UM still gives me the willies now that I'm an adult, but I'll always be a loyal fan.

I don't know if these are "phobias" but UM-fears regularly affect my thinking and actions. I am embarrassed there are so many on my list:

Having a child jump on the back of an SUV I'm driving and falling off and dying somewhere down the road. I am undecided as to how I think Katherine Korzilius died. Most of the time I lean towards foul play or hit and run, but I have never been able to eliminate this SUV possibility in my mind.
Died while being kidnapped - 50% chance
Died as a result of a hit-and-run - 35% chance
Died as a result of falling off the bumper of SUV - 15% chance
I'll probably never own an SUV for this reason.

I have a ridiculous fear that I will somehow acquire Don Decker's powers and make it rain indoors. I know many Unsolved lovers hate this segment and don't believe in Rain Boy, but it always creeped me out. I don't know why, but I think this case is real, partly because there were quite a few reliable, independent witnesses (the warden's statements are too hard for me to dismiss), and partly because I believe the same thing will happen to me. Thankfully, my grandfather was one of the kindest men I have ever known.

Two dollar bills disturb me. I associate them with government conspiracies, especially after learning the Charles Morgan case and Danny Casolaro case were connected.

Going on a cruise ship = being kidnapped and forced to work as a sex slave. I don't know if this is what happened to Amy Bradley case, or if one of the crew members killed her.

There are more, but don't want to put all my crazy beliefs in one place! That's kind of like asking for it.

I don't know if these are "phobias" but UM-fears regularly affect my thinking and actions. I am embarrassed there are so many on my list:

Having a child jump on the back of an SUV I'm driving and falling off and dying somewhere down the road. I am undecided as to how I think Katherine Korzilius died. Most of the time I lean towards foul play or hit and run, but I have never been able to eliminate this SUV possibility in my mind.
Died while being kidnapped - 50% chance
Died as a result of a hit-and-run - 35% chance
Died as a result of falling off the bumper of SUV - 15% chance
I'll probably never own an SUV for this reason.

I have a ridiculous fear that I will somehow acquire Don Decker's powers and make it rain indoors. I know many Unsolved lovers hate this segment and don't believe in Rain Boy, but it always creeped me out. I don't know why, but I think this case is real, partly because there were quite a few reliable, independent witnesses (the warden's statements are too hard for me to dismiss), and partly because I believe the same thing will happen to me. Thankfully, my grandfather was one of the kindest men I have ever known.

Two dollar bills disturb me. I associate them with government conspiracies, especially after learning the Charles Morgan case and Danny Casolaro case were connected.

Going on a cruise ship = being kidnapped and forced to work as a sex slave. I don't know if this is what happened to Amy Bradley case, or if one of the crew members killed her.

There are more, but don't want to put all my crazy beliefs in one place! That's kind of like asking for it.

Ava, you're a Knoxvillian too?! I'm a displaced K-Towner currently living on Oahu. Nice to have another! : )

I actually am wary of taking a cruise too. There's a whole lot of not-cool things that can and have gone on, from what I've read.

Ava, you're a Knoxvillian too?! I'm a displaced K-Towner currently living on Oahu. Nice to have another! : )

I've been in Knoxville (off Middlebrook) for about three years and I love it. It's weird, but there seems to be an excitement in the air here, and not just during football season. Great place to call home.

Too bad you aren't still local--we could cold case Blair Adam's death together. Thanks for the welcome!

I've been in Knoxville (off Middlebrook) for about three years and I love it. It's weird, but there seems to be an excitement in the air here, and not just during football season. Great place to call home.

Too bad you aren't still local--we could cold case Blair Adam's death together. Thanks for the welcome!

Wow, I used to be off Middlebrook myself! Lived in that area for almost seven years. I'm so glad that you like it!

And yes, that would definitely be in order if I were still local! The hotel is literally right off the Strawberry Plains exit on I-40E if you haven't already checked it out. I read an article from a few years ago recently about Knoxville cold cases in which Sheriff Jones said everytime he's in that Cracker Barrel parking lot (next to the hotel), he wonders about Blair. Guess he's not the only one.

UM made me dead afraid of black-and-white composite sketches until well into my adulthood, to the point I would have nightmares.

When UM would pass syndicated when I was a kid, often alone home late at night, I would close my eyes real tight at the end of segments, but sometimes I would catch a composite sketch passing without warning by accident, its empty void eyes gazing at me. It would scare the living daylights out of me, to the point I would become paranoid and scared that someone was in my house.

In my case, after watching a segment about the 1985 murder of Dexter Stefonek (who was murdered while en route home to Wisconsin from Oregon), I eventually developed a fear of driving out on a deserted long-stretched road alone. It's the kind of area where you could go for miles without seeing another person, and if, God forbid, you were in serious trouble, no one would hear you cry for help.

I have that sort of phobia myself, except I don't know how to drive. I usually stay within busy areas, because if anything were to happen, people will hear or see what is going on.

I'm afraid to flush my toilet,for fear of hearing ghostly voices.Anyone recall that episode? LOL ;)

I'm afraid to flush my toilet,for fear of hearing ghostly voices.Anyone recall that episode? LOL ;)

the Black Hope curse one? I read a comment once saying "I'd hate to take a crap after hearing that in my toilet". Ha ha. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm afraid to flush my toilet,for fear of hearing ghostly voices.Anyone recall that episode? LOL ;)

Well that's different! I haven't seen that segment before...

the Black Hope curse one? I read a comment once saying "I'd hate to take a crap after hearing that in my toilet". Ha ha. :lol: :lol: :lol:
yes I think that's the one.LOL :D

I'm afraid to flush my toilet,for fear of hearing ghostly voices.Anyone recall that episode? LOL ;)

Or digging a hole in the ground and then dying from a heart attack!

UM confirmed a lot of old phobias and gave me a few new ones.

Violent crime phobias mostly stem from me watching this show. Everywhere I go. I always look over my shoulder. Always! When I drive across the country I don't trust people lol.

After watching UM throughout my childhood, I developed a fear of ALIENS. Yes aliens. The abduction stories always creeped me out, and I never wanted to go to bed at night. I'd always be peeking out my window into the sky to see if they were coming for me. :crazy:

Or digging a hole in the ground and then dying from a heart attack!
yea,that! obviously there was something wrong w that girl,or it wouldn't have happened.digging in the heat doesn't help matters any.no ghostly entity killed her...Jesus is the only one who holds the keys to life and death.Even if it were some kind of demonic/ghostly being,it would NOT have that kind of power. (I don't care to debate ya'll,JMO).
I just rolled my eyes when that lady said "if we'd stayed there any longer,we would have been killed!!" OH please. ::rolling eyes::