The Lets Read Podcast 340: THE MOST EVIL KID I'VE EVER MET | 9 TERRIFYING True Scary Stories | EP 325
Mar 31, 2026
Creepy true tales centered on Halloween and terrifying kids. Stories about a mysterious boy leading others into danger and a shocking reunion years later. Witnesses recall watching an abduction and a van. Accounts include violent trick-or-treat scams, poisonous berries pushed on a child, and a masked gunman at a window. Several nights end with injured strangers and haunted memories.
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Child Persuades Friends Toward Dangerous Sinkhole
- A group of 8–10-year-olds met a scruffy kid named Russell who insisted a sinkhole teleported people to a place he called Salt City.
- Russell tried to drag a friend toward the sinkhole; the narrator hit him with a log, left him unconscious, and kept the secret for five years.
Witness To A Halloween Abduction From Apartment Window
- The narrator watched four trick-or-treaters talk to a man at a van and then saw one child dragged into the van before it sped away.
- He called 911, described the van, and later fretted over whether the abducted kid was ever found.
Phony Trick-Or-Treater Used In Gang Initiation Scheme
- A man got nightly visits from a little kid in a ghost sheet in February who said "see you tomorrow mister," then was assaulted by the kid's older accomplice.
- Police suspected a gang initiation where the little kid lured targets and a teen beat them to be initiated.