Killer in the Walls: The Crimes of Daniel LaPlante
Morbid

Killer in the Walls: The Crimes of Daniel LaPlante

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 3, 202656 min
  • Crime & justice

When Tina Bowen and her sister, Karen, began hearing knocking in the walls of their home in Pepperell, Massachusetts, the girls believed it was their recently deceased mother trying to reach out to them from beyond the grave. In time, however, the knocking became more intrusive and aggressive, and it was soon accompanied by objects being moved around the house and frightening messages left on the walls. After months of torment, the Bowens discovered that it wasn’t a ghost haunting their home, but sixteen-year-old Daniel LaPlante, a boy Tina had briefly dated and who’d become obsessed with her...

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Hey, Weirdos, I'm Elena. I'm Ash. And this is Morbid in the Bur months. Happy September!

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