Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - Trapped in Faith and Fear A Woman’s Harrowing Journey from Abuse to Liberation PART3 #47

Episode Date: October 3, 2025

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It all started in one of those moments where the world feels too quiet for comfort. My girlfriend and I were at her dad's house, this big two-story place that sits in a calm, suburban neighborhood. You know the type, wide streets, neat lawns, a couple of trees planted just far enough apart to pretend they're part of nature, but really, they're just decoration. Her dad had asked us to house sit for a week while he went out of town, which sounded like a pretty sweet gig, free place, bigger than our apartment, plus a massive TV in the living room and a fridge we could shamelessly raid. The first two days were uneventful, like sitcom-level normal. We fed the dog, watered the plants, and binge-watched an embarrassing amount of true-crime documentaries while eating frozen pizza.

I'd like to say we were productive, but honestly, we were just enjoying being somewhere that wasn't our cramped apartment with its questionable plumbing and eternally flickering kitchen light. That night, the air had that heavy stillness you get in late summer, warm but not hot, with a faint scent of freshly cut grass drifting through the open windows. It was the kind of evening that makes you want to sit outside with a drink, except, I'm not much of an outside at night, person. Call me paranoid, but shadows play tricks on me. Around midnight, my girlfriend decided she wanted ice cream. Normally, that would have meant a quick drive to the gas station. but she remembered her dad had some in the garage freezer.

She disappeared into the kitchen, humming to herself, while I scrolled aimlessly on my phone from the couch. A minute later, she called out, not loudly, but in that voice people use when they're trying to sound calm but aren't. Babe, can you come here for a sec? I got up, half expecting she just found a spider or something, but when I walked into the kitchen, she wasn't looking at the freezer, she was looking at the window above the sink. Do you see that? She whispered, pointing. At first, I didn't. It was dark outside, and the kitchen light made the window more like a mirror. But then I caught it, a shape, pale, vaguely human, right outside. Standing there, I froze. My brain did that thing where it tries to find that logical answer before admitting the creepy one. Maybe it was a reflection. Maybe it was just a neighbor.

But then the shape moved, slowly, and I saw it more clearly. It was a man. He was maybe mid-30s, tall, wearing a dark hoodie pulled up over his head. His face was partially shadowed, but what I could see looked, wrong. Not injured, not deformed, just off, in that way you can't explain but instantly recognize. His head was tilted slightly, like he was studying us through the glass, and his mouth was set in this flat, unreadable line. I felt my stomach drop.

Before I could react, he stepped closer. The porch light wasn't on, but the motion brought enough detail for me to notice something chilling. He wasn't holding anything, wasn't doing anything, just standing there, staring at us like we were the ones trespassing. What the hell, I muttered. My girlfriend whispered, do we call the police? But before I could answer, the man lifted his hand and placed it, flat, against the window.

The sound of his palm hitting the glass was soft but deliberate. Then, very slowly, he began to drag it downward. The sound made my skin crawl. I backed up, pulling her with me. My first instinct was to grab my phone, but it was still in the living room. She, being the smarter one in that moment, grabbed hers from her pocket and dialed. We retreated toward the hallway as she spoke to the dispatcher, giving the address in a voice that shook despite her trying to sound steady.

I kept glancing toward the kitchen, half expecting the man to start banging on the glass, or worse, try to open the back door. The dispatcher told us to lock all the doors, stay inside, and wait for officers to arrive. Easy advice in theory, but the back door was right next to that kitchen window. I forced myself to move closer, heart pounding so hard I could feel it in my ears. The man was still there, hand pressed again. the glass, head tilted. When he saw me approach, he smiled. Not a wide, friendly smile, more like someone testing the expression, as if they weren't sure how it worked. I flipped the lock

on the back door as quickly as I could and backed away again. He didn't move. Minutes felt like hours. My girlfriend stayed on the line, the dispatcher's calm voice filling the silence between us. Somewhere in the distance, I thought I heard the faint wail of a siren. Then, just as suddenly as he had appeared, the man stepped back. He turned, not hurriedly, not like someone fleeing, just, casually, as if he'd finished whatever he came for. Then he walked away into the darkness beyond the yard. By the time the police arrived, he was long gone. We gave them a description, but without much light, I doubted they'd find him. One officer did a sweep of the yard and found footprints in the soft dirt near the window,

large, deep, and leading toward the fence at the back. They told us it was probably just some guy passing through, and advised us to keep the lights on and the doors locked. But that smile. I can't shake it. It wasn't random. He wasn't just passing through. He was watching us.

and I have a horrible feeling he'll be back. To be continued.