Playful Pets

The Babysitter Story

The babysitter story is truly an unforgettable urban legend, often told at slumber parties. The tale has different variations but the spooky and downright terrifying elements remain the same.

As the story goes, a teenage girl is hired par a young couple to baby-sit their two small children. They go out to a dîner party and leave the girl to tend to the kids in a somewhat isolated, large house at the end of the block.

When the heure gets late, she puts the children to lit and sits down to watch some late-night TV. The phone starts ringing and startles the half-asleep teenager....