Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - Horrifying True Encounters From Home Intrusions to Halloween Night Terrors PART2 #2

Episode Date: September 18, 2025

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The man came out of the restrooms and started walking back toward my car. My heart immediately shot up into my throat. I mean, here I was, stranded on Christmas Eve, my car already acting up, and now this sketchy dude is just casually coming my way. I could feel panic bubbling up inside me, making my fingers tremble around the phone I was holding. I was still talking to the dispatcher, trying to keep calm, trying to explain my situation, but this guy. He was heading right toward me, and I swear, I felt my chest tighten.

But then, as he got closer, something shifted. I think maybe he could still hear my voice on the phone. Maybe the dispatcher's calm, firm questions were loud enough to send a message I didn't intend, but it worked. Suddenly, the guy stopped dead in his tracks, looked like he reconsidered, and just took off running back the way he had come from. I didn't even think twice before grabbing my door handle and locking myself inside the car. The whole thing felt surreal, like something out of a bad movie.

The cold night air made my skin crawl, and every shadow beyond the windshield looked suspicious. It was the kind of situation that makes your mind race, imagining the worst possible outcome. The officer showed up about 15 minutes later, which felt like an eternity in that freezing cold. When I told him what happened, we both laughed nervously about how ridiculously expensive it would be to call a tow truck out here on Christmas Eve. It was almost like fate was testing my luck that night. I ended up calling my parents because, well, that's what you do when you're stuck and stressed, call the people who have big trucks and can help haul your car out of a mess. My dad came through with his massive pickup, and he even borrowed a trailer from a co-worker.

The officer let my dog hang out in his cruiser to keep warm while he checked the area and tried to track down the footprints the man had left. For a while, he followed the trail, but in the end, the guy just vanished into the night. It took about two hours for my parents to get there, and by then, I was cold, tired, and just glad the nightmare was almost over. The officer helped my dad load the car onto the trailer, and I honestly wasn't planning on telling my parents about anything more than the car trouble. But the officer, being the straightforward guy he was, filled them in on the whole thing anyway.

I could tell that both my mom and dad felt awful about the situation. It was clear the whole ordeal shook them. Something changed after that night. My parents stopped fighting in front of me, at least, that's what they said. Maybe it was the scare or the holiday spirit, but they made an effort. My dad got the car fixed, but even then, I think the whole thing freaked them out so much that they traded it in for a new one just the day after Christmas. They called it a late Christmas gift and an early graduation present for me. And my mom?

She insisted on driving me home after the holidays instead of letting me fly out alone. I never heard any updates from the police about the man, the one who had come out of the restrooms that night. Hopefully, he learned his lesson about messing with people at rest stops. At least, that's what I hope. Now, switching gears here, let me tell you about the house, and the story that came with it. When you sell a house and someone died there within three years of putting it on the market, the seller legally has to tell potential buyers. It's kind of like a buyer-beware thing, you know.

But in my case, that rule was irrelevant. Everyone in the neighborhood, hell, probably the whole county, already knew the history of the place. Victoria Teller The name itself had a dark weight hanging over the house. The story was tragic enough to be known far and wide, almost like a local legend. Victoria had given birth to a bouncing baby boy, no one really knew who the father was. The baby, unfortunately, died a few months later. Then, a year after her loss, Victoria herself took her own life.

That was all fact. But what people whispered about in hushed tones were the details nobody wanted to admit or didn't want to believe. How did the baby die? Some said accident, some said illness, others swore it was murder. The popular theory was that Victoria's grief had turned her mind, driving her into a sort of psychosis where she bought dolls to replace her lost son. and these weren't just any dolls. According to the rumors, the dolls would suffer the same fate as her baby in Victoria's mind. She'd bury one, move on to another, and so on. Teens from all over made it a Halloween tradition to search the graveyard, the backyard, and the woods behind the house for

these eerie buried dolls. Six years went by while the house sat empty, and not a single doll was ever found. When I bought the place from my family, I felt confident that the tragedies were all behind it. Aside from those two deaths, there was nothing strange about the house. No ghosts, no satanic symbols, nothing. Just an old house that came with a steep discount because of the bad juju it was rumored to have. The first few months were peaceful, if a bit quiet. I did have to shoo away curious locals every now and then, people who hadn't realized the house was no longer empty, but that was about it. No creepy vibes, no weird noises. Just a house. By the time Christmas rolled around, I had basically forgotten about Victoria Teller altogether. That year was different because it was the

first time my son Caleb really understood Christmas wasn't just about presents. He was so excited, it was contagious. We strung up lights all over the roof and windows, hung a wreath on the door, and set up decorations on the lawn. We bought a huge Christmas tree that practically swallowed the room, big enough to hold a toy store underneath it, which was perfect because Caleb was about to be spoiled rotten. We were dropping subtle hints about getting him a puppy, and his excitement was through the roof. Our family had never been happier. Until, well, a week before Christmas. My wife had been wrapping presents bit by bit as we bought them, so we wouldn't have to stay up late on Christmas Eve scrambling.

One evening, she opened the closet door to get some wrapping paper and found it shredded to bits. At first, she thought Caleb had gotten into it, but that didn't make sense, because if he had, he wouldn't have been able to contain his excitement. It felt more like some kind of rodent had chewed through it, but oddly enough, the boxes of presents were untouched. We shrugged it off as a mystery and moved the presents to the attic after unwrapping them. But weird noises started coming from that closet. Shuffling, scratching, almost like something was moving inside the walls. I never saw whatever it was, but it definitely wasn't normal. I figured I'd call an exterminator after Christmas to take a look.

And then things started getting downright strange. One morning, I walked into the bedroom to find dirty clothes scattered. all over the floor and the hamper knocked over on its side. My wife found the refrigerator door hanging open, with food torn up and tossed onto the floor like some wild animal had gotten in. Caleb woke up one morning completely distraught because all the toys he had carefully put in his toy box the night before were now scattered all around his room. The noises inside the walls grew louder and more frequent, and now you could hear them everywhere in the house. My wife, who was usually pretty practical, started getting scared, convinced the urban legend was true.

That the ghost of Victoria Teller was haunting our home. She believed the spirit was getting more active because we were so happy, so busy preparing for Christmas with Caleb, something she never got to do. I laughed at the idea, though looking back, maybe I shouldn't have. Christmas Eve came. We put Caleb to bed and had to go back several times to tell him. that if he didn't fall asleep, Santa wouldn't bring him anything. Eventually, he settled down. I went to pick up the puppy from my mom's house, a golden retriever, full of energy and fluff, and brought him home.

We played for a while, then put him to bed in his crate by the tree. We ate the cookies Caleb left out for Santa and turned in for the night. But then, I was suddenly jolted awake by a blood-curdling scream. Caleb was screaming for help, and my wife, and I scrambled to his room. He'd snuck out of bed and found what should have been a happy little fluff ball next to the tree was instead a mangled metal crate surrounded by blood, fur, and chunks of torn meat. My wife took Caleb into another room to calm him down while I searched the house for intruders or signs of a break-in. There was nothing. No one. I went back

to clean up the horrific mess, and that's when I heard it, a tingling noise coming from the Christmas tree. I turned just in time to see a pair of big blue eyes staring at me from the branches. I jumped to my feet, backing away slowly, and then the first doll fell from the tree. Three more followed. They were porcelain dolls, once beautiful, dressed in what probably were pretty dresses long ago. But now, the dresses were filthy and stained with dirt and dried blood. Frozen between terror and disbelief, I watched as the four dolls slowly rose from the floor and started moving toward me. The screams of my wife and son snapped me out of my trance.

The dolls turned their heads as I ran to my family. I raced upstairs to my bedroom where my wife stood on the bed holding Caleb. Dozens of porcelain dolls, filthy and broken, surrounded the bed, inching closer with their tiny arms stretched out. They were reaching for my wife and son, who were desperately trying to avoid them. I kicked at the dolls, trying to clear a path, everyone I pushed away, for more swarmed me. They grabbed and pulled, dragging me backward instead of letting me move forward. I shouted for my wife to run, but the dolls clung to the bedposts, climbing up with their fragile little hands. My wife jumped off the bed and stumbled, falling hard. Caleb's head hit the floor, and his cries drew even more of the dolls toward him. She tried to

pull him away, but it was too late. The dolls swarmed Caleb, tearing at his flesh. My wife fought to protect him, but when Caleb stopped struggling, the dolls turned on her. I got to them just as she stopped fighting. I saw the desperation in her eyes as a doll with black hair and a tattered gray dress bit a chunk from her throat. There were so many, we didn't stand a chance. I don't know how long I stood there, frozen, watching the dolls feast on the two people I loved most. Then I realized, I wasn't being attacked anymore. The portion of the poor person was a and creatures had crowded around the remains of my wife and son. I regretted what I did next every single day since. I ran. I sprinted down the stairs as fast as I could, reached the front

door, and just as I grabbed the handle, I heard a voice from upstairs. That's right, my children. Fill those little hearts with fear. It was Victoria Teller. Her voice wasn't human, it was hollow and chilling, like wind passing through dry bones. The door slammed shut on its own, locking me out. I pounded the door, begging for help, screaming for mercy, but the house was silent except for the soft giggles of the dolls. I called the police. They came and found the front door locked tight.

When they forced it open, there was nothing left. No bodies. No dolls. No blood. Only a single porcelain doll sitting on the hearth, staring at them with empty eyes. That was the last Christmas in that house. I sold it immediately, no questions asked. I never told a soul about what really happened that night, until now.

Because sometimes, the things that haunt us aren't ghosts or demons. Sometimes, it's the memories we bury deep inside, the things were too scared to say out loud. The end.