Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - Terrifying True Stories of Survival and Deception in the Dark Streets of Los Angeles PART1 #35

Episode Date: November 1, 2025

#horrorstories #reddithorrorstories #ScaryStories #creepypasta #horrortales #losangelesdarkside #urbanhorrors #truecrimestories #survivaltales #cityofnightmares  “Terrifying True Stories of Survival and Deception in the Dark Streets of Los Angeles – PART 1” unveils chilling tales hidden behind the city’s glamour. Beneath the bright lights and bustling streets lies a darker reality filled with danger, deceit, and fear. This first part recounts harrowing encounters of survival in an unforgiving urban landscape where predators lurk and trust can be deadly.  horrorstories, reddithorrorstories, scarystories, horrorstory, creepypasta, horrortales, losangelesterror, survivalinstories, urbanfear, darkcitylife, truecrimeshadows, streetdeception, survivalnightmares, chillingurbanstories, citysurvival, huntedinLA, nightmarefuelLA, realfearstories, deceptionanddanger, survivalhorrors

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Now, don't get me wrong, L.A. isn't only darkness. There are the glamorous parts everyone knows about, Hollywood signs, beaches, fancy cars cruising down sunset, people chasing dreams like they're running after a golden ticket. But that's not the whole picture. For every dreamer, there's a shattered dream. For every mansion, there are a hundred tents pitched on the sidewalks. For every party in the hills, there's a shooting in South Central. It's a city of extremes, and the darker side is what shaped me. I could rattle off a laundry list of experiences I've had in this city that would make most people shiver. I've been harassed by drug addicts in broad daylight.

I've been chased down by gang members for being in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time. I've ducked behind cars when bullets were flying and thought, wow, this could be it for me. That's just life here. And sadly, I know none of that surprises anyone anymore. Violence in America, especially in L.A., has become part of the background noise. We're numb to it. People shrug when they hear about shootings or stabbings, like it's just another day ending in, Why? Nobody has a real solution, and the madness keeps grinding on. But every once in a while, you stumble onto a story so disturbing that it punches through your numbness and makes you stop. Makes you sit in silence and think, what the hell is happening to this city.

This is one of those stories. And it's one that still messes with my head, even now. The year everything changed. The year was 2012. It feels like forever ago, but the memory is as sharp as broken. and glass in my brain. Back then, I was working for this small startup company that operated out of the St. Vincent Jewelry Center in downtown Los Angeles. It wasn't exactly a glamorous gig, but it paid the bills, and I got to work alongside some of my closest friends. The guys who

founded the company were not just my bosses, but also my roommates. We shared a cramped apartment where most nights were fueled by takeout, cheap beer, and ambitious conversations about how we were going to take over the world with our business idea. At the time, I didn't own a car. Sounds like a nightmare in L.A., right? But surprisingly, it wasn't too bad for me because I usually carpooled with one of my roommates to and from work. Easy enough.

That worked just fine until they had to take a trip to San Francisco for some investor meeting. They told me to figure things out while they were gone. I laughed it off and said, no problem. I'll just grab a cab or hitch a ride with someone else. But when the day came, I made a different choice. See, I was trying to burn calories every day, keep myself in shape without spending hours on a treadmill. And I figured, why not just walk to work?

It would kill two birds with one stone, get me to the office and check off my daily fitness goals. What could possibly go wrong? Well, everything. The walk to work That morning, I laced up my sneakers and decided to take the healthiest route. The catch was, the most direct path cut straight through one of the worst parts of Skid Row. For anyone who doesn't know, Skid Row isn't just a rough neighborhood.

It's like a post-apocalyptic nightmare zone filled with tents, trash fires, people screaming to voices only they can hear, and the kind of desperation that eats away at your soul. No sane person willingly walks through there. So I planned ahead. I mapped out a detour that added a little distance but steered me away from the danger zone. The walk was uneventful for the most part. The only thing worth mentioning was this homeless guy I saw passed out by a dumpster in an alley a few blocks from my building. Nothing unusual about that.

It was sad, yeah, but... But it was LA. You see people sleeping on sidewalks, in doorways, under overpasses. Your brain almost stops registering it. Still, I remember that man because he'll come back into this story later in a way I never could have imagined. Work itself went well that day. Busier than usual, actually, because...

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So Kevin and I hit a bar not too far from where I lived. We ordered a couple rounds, swapped stories, laughed about the chaos of the day, and tried to pretend like our lives weren't one paycheck away from collapse. When it was time to go, Kevin offered to drive me straight to my apartment. It was a kind gesture, but I waved him off. Don't worry about me, man, I told him. You live in Englewood. That's a long drive.

I'm good to walk from here. It's only a few blocks. He gave me this look like, you sure. But I insisted. Truth was, I didn't want to inconvenience him, and I knew the way back from the bar. It wasn't anywhere near Skid Row, so I figured I'd be fine. Famous last words. The quiet streets As soon as I stepped out of the bar, I noticed how quiet it was. L.A. isn't a city that ever really sleeps. Even at night, you usually hear cars, sirens, people shouting in the distance. But that night, the streets felt muted, like someone had turned down the volume on the world. The air was heavy, the streetlights dim.

I started walking, my footsteps echoing on the pavement louder than they should have. At first, I tried to shake off the unease. I told myself it was just my imagination, just the alcohol making me a little paranoid. But about five minutes into my walk, maybe three minutes from my apartment, I came across an alley. And that's where everything spiraled into the stuff of nightmares. The alley It was the same alley I'd passed that morning, the one where I'd seen the homeless man slumped by the dumpster. Only this time, he wasn't alone.

I spotted a figure crouching near the same dumpster. At first glance, it looked like an adult woman with her hair tied back in a ponytail. Something about her posture made me freeze. Her back was turned to me, but I could hear this strange noise. It was wet, sloppy, almost like someone tearing into a stake with their teeth. My stomach tightened. Every instinct in me screamed to keep walking. Just turn the corner, pretend you didn't see anything, and get home safe.

But curiosity, or maybe concern, overrode common sense. I thought, what if she's hurt? What if she's sick? So I cleared my throat and took a cautious step closer. Uh, ma'am, are you okay? I called out. The sound stopped. For a few seconds, the alley went dead silent.

Then, slowly, the woman stood up. She was wearing jeans and a light blue top, not the typical rags you'd expect on someone living on the streets. She didn't turn to face me. She just stood there, stiff, as if frozen in place. Then I heard her spit something onto the ground. Before I could say another word, She bolted, sprinting down the alley and disappearing into the shadows without a single glance in my direction.

The horror on the ground. Confused and unsettled, I pulled out the tiny flashlight on my keychain and shined it toward the spot where she had been crouching. The beam landed on the figure lying next to the dumpster. It was the homeless man from earlier. Only this time, his face was gone. not bruised, not scratched, gone. His features had been torn away, leaving behind a bloody, gaping mess where his eyes, nose, and mouth should have been. His tongue lay ripped out, resting grotesquely on his chest like some kind of sick trophy. The sight hit me like a punch to

the gut. My stomach flipped, and I immediately vomited right there in the alley. My whole body shook, adrenaline screaming through... There's so much rugby on Sports Extra from Sky. They've asked me to read the whole lad at the same speed I usually use for the legal bit at the end. Here goes. This winter sports extra is jam-packed with rugby. For the first time, we've got every Champions Cup match exclusively live,

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The guard's eyes widened. He grabbed the phone and I sat there, trembling, waiting for the police to arrive. When they showed up, I gave them my statement describing everything I had seen, the woman, the noises, the mutilated body. They nodded, took notes and told me they'd look into it. But here's the part that still eats at me, I never heard a damn thing after that. No follow-up. No news report. Nothing. It vanished, like the whole incident had been swallowed by the city. The Silence After

What made it even stranger was that, around this time, there had been a massive news story about a cannibal attack in Miami, the infamous face-eating incident. That case blew up everywhere, plastered across headlines. So why wasn't there a single word about what I saw? Maybe the LAPD didn't want to stir panic. Maybe they wrote it off as another gang-related killing and swept it under the rug. Or maybe, just maybe, there was something darker going on, something they didn't want us to know about. All I know is that the image of that man's ruined face haunted me for months. I couldn't sleep.

I couldn't walk down the street without flinching at every shadow. I kept wondering, who was that woman? What the hell was she doing? And was she still out there, looking for her next victim? Even now, years later, I don't have an answer. All I have is the memory of that alley, the sound of terror. There's so much rugby on Sports Extra from Sky. They've asked me to read the whole lad at the same speed

I usually use for the legal bit at the end. Here goes. This winter sports extra is jam-packed with rugby. For the first time we've got every Champions Cup match exclusively live. plus action from the URC, the Challenge Cup, and much more. Thus the URC and all the best European rugby all in the same place. Get more exclusively live tournaments than ever before on Sports Extra. Jam packed with rugby.

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To be continued There's so much rugby on sports extra from Sky They've asked me to read the whole lad at the same speed I usually use for the legal bit at the end. Here goes. This winter sports extra is jam-packed with rugby. For the first time we've got every Champions Cup match exclusively live, bus action from the URC, the Challenge Cup and much more.

Thus the URC and all the best European rugby all in the same place. Get more exclusively live tournaments than ever before on Sports Extra. Jam-packed with rugby. Phew, that is a lot of rugby. Get Sports Extra on Sky for 15 euro a month for 12 months. Search Sports Extra. New Sports Extra customers only. Standard Pressing applies after 12 months for the terms apply.

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