"I'm A Missing Persons Detective. This Is The Terrifying Case That Made Me Quit" | Creepypasta

[@hobosam21]

That feeling you get when your child isn't where they should be is undescribable.

[@Datwaltuhdawg]

It's that dread isn't it?. The rising panic seeming crippling. Going over hundreds of senarios by the minute. As if you just want to forget what you discovered and hallucinate it is as it normally is. But then you find it again and the feeling is yet servely supressed It might sound crazy, but this is how i feel with my phone... -I need to get a life.

[@TwistedCodex]

​@regularperson9297 you're right, that does sound crazy. Ya know, comparing the feeling of losing a phone to losing a child? You'll understand if you have one

[@gartenschnecci9896]

It's a new interpretation of the "Rattenfänger von Hameln" (The pied piper of Hamelin), an old German folklore. It's extremely disturbing. Great narration!

[@janedoex1398]

Yep, exactly! Are you possibly German or just happen to know the tale ? Austrian here . Greetings and have a nice morning/ evening/ day - whatever time zone you are in anyways ! 👋🙃

[@gartenschnecci9896]

@@janedoex1398 Hi! Yes, I'm German. 😁 It's one of the folklore tales they tell kids in kindergarten here. It's like an early stranger danger lesson. 😉 Good morning and greetings to you too! It's 8:30 am here. 😊

[@gartenschnecci9896]

@@janedoex1398 Aus irgendeinem Grund hab ich statt Austrian Australian gelesen. 😂 Ich hätte dir also auch auf Deutsch antworten können. Sorry. ♥️

[@janetrawlings1691]

Fellow USA, German here in Havre de Grace MD USA ❤ 🙏 🇺🇸

[@itsjustme7487]

@@chrprior 😆 🤣 😂

[@PeppieP]

What an excellent tale. Full of drama, excitement, fear and sorrow. You don’t think how much these murders affect the detectives involved in the case. I really felt so bad for him. Excellent narration, really got me so into this tale. First class.

[@JenWIL641]

Yes, I wonder about the mental state of detectives when they have hard cases and why they chose that profession. It is dark and how do they prevent from becoming the darkness. Viewing crime scenes and murder videos is not an easy task. I remember working in a nursing home and we had a fallen detective wo worked in security only during the night. He could not work daylight because he had an issue of scaring the office staff because they felt like he was mentally undressing them. During the night shift he stated that some times he wondered if he would find us all dead as he walked in making his rounds on the premises.

[@verawalters6673]

I think the hardest thing in the world is for parents to have a child to die. So sad. Thankyou Lighthouse.

[@judysmith3249]

It is the worst thing that can ever happen. My son born on my Birthday when to heaven when he was 29. One day I said....the worse thing that could ever happen is to lose a child. Then I stopped and said....no dying without Jesus is. The Lord quietly impressed on my heart...go ahead and say it. Later I thought about how God gave his only son but the difference is he voluntarily gave his son for us. Such a love story. Thanks be to God for eternal life in Jesus. I will see Daniel soon.

[@777dexx]

@@judysmith3249 amen sister Smith, from Dexter Smith, I lost a son on Easter Sunday 1991...

[@777dexx]

@@judysmith3249 Ps, we had another son one year later, his name is Daniel ...

[@marmaladeslife6619]

@@judysmith3249 🙏🏻❤️

[@janetspell1396]

Even worse than losing a child to death,..is just losing them, being abducted and never finding your child. I can’t even imagine both situations,..my God,..it hurt my heart for the parents who go through such things in life. 💔

[@emilysigmund1255]

Not at the end yet... the myth of the Piper was that he was not paid for his work of clearing out rats around a towns mill, and so he took the children. I wonder if this is what is going on here

[@twobrokeguyz1214]

It never really said! I listened to the whole story and never got an explanation of WHY he took the children. You're the only one who explained it. Thank you.

[@rtempest12]

@@twobrokeguyz1214 Because he wasn't Paid for Clearing the Town of Rats.!!

[@jessidade2039]

OMG! So intense. The writer is amazing at description. One can totally visualize everything, every detail in the telling. Even though I think video or drawings would enhance the stories. They are so well written and narrated , they stand alone without any problem. Hanging on every word as usual. BRAVO!!!!

[@debbiepate3755]

I like that i can just listen for a change. My eyes get tired of watching videos.

[@avib943]

I can’t be the only person that was in orchestra growing up. I had to play Green Sleeves every year so hearing this story 1. immediately brought the song to the forefront of my mind and 2. made me question each of my orchestra teachers motives 🧐😂

[@barkingbunny2928]

OOOOFFF!!! Hitting hard on this old mamma's heart spot... damn old folklore.. EXCELLENT STORY!

[@chadp363]

I tend to enjoy the detective stories, especially when they start of strait laced, and turn paranormal. I'll have to say, you have maintained your quality since the start man, whether you had 500 subs, or 155k. Always enjoyable

[@TheRight-handedStranger]

I rather listen to real detective stories not fiction.

[@terrinolen9347]

Lp

[@hannibalchow8492]

I saw the title and immediately had to listen. Thank you Lighthouse Horror! Perfect for a midnight story.

[@emilyhoward6538]

This writer is extremely good. Their use of imagery is so descriptive, the words make a movie in your mind.

[@alexandersvideopicks8735]

There are a few guys doing the horror podcast thing. Of all of them, I like yours the best. Your narration is clear and articulate, pauses perfect, voice tone and emotional rises and falls spot on. Thank you for posting. Keep on keepin' on!

[@emilydefrances5981]

The rats were my karmic retribution for all the times I scoffed at spider stories. I am SO SCARED of rats! This one is gonna haunt me! Excellent story, fantastic narration!!

[@janedoex1398]

You should have met one of my pet rats, Holmes ( yes like Sherlock Holmes) He was always more interested in humans than other rats, though found in a garbage bin with others. He was so forgoving. He would lick your hand like a dog after being pet. If he was roaming free in the kitchen floor during cleaning and feeding time or a stranger came in He would sit or tap on your foot to make himself noticed - even more if the fridge opened or he heard/ sniffed food being prepared and stand up to be picked up ( even to strangers though I only can assume been abused and been thrown away to DIE in the trash... ) If you picked him up he would stretch and slowly and calmly sniff your ears, nose, maybe play with your earrings or necklace. NEVER EVER BIT . He would occasionally nibble a finger after licking you - grooming each other is a way to say I love and trust you. I miss him horribly. All pet rats are prone to cancer due to them all have ancestors being lab rats..... Unless you breed - and kill or sell the "unwanted" colours/ fur patterns to be sold as live feeder rats ( even though feeding alive mammals is a crime and considered animal cruelty here ) or at best poisened with cabonmonoxide in a container full of their mates (just like a gas chamber), or just smashed over the head or get their necks snapped. A family will help a mother with their young. Aunts and older siblings will take care of the naked climbing out of the nest naked babies so Mom can get food and water and even take them in if Mom dies. They are very social, so it is also against the law here to keep just one. Some think their rat will bond with them easier, if there is only a human to interact. Consider being stuck in an often way too small room aka 20 square feet. A giant feeding you and cleaning your toilet. He tries to interact, but even if you scream he will only get annoyed that you don't do what he wants - despite not understanding the language. You would get numb, retreat and finally maybe either bite and get discarted ,given to a friend with a snake , or suffer some kind of Stockholm Syndrome which would likely please the human . " See ! We have such a great bond!" ....

[@itsjustme7487]

@@janedoex1398 My grandchildren had pet rats 🐀 and they were the smartest animals I was ever acquainted with (except for my dog and cat).

[@SHEEPLESUCK]

@@janedoex1398 I would've loved to have met Sherlock. I was allowed hamsters growing up, but no rats.

[@chewkuilan9939]

Can't imagine the feeling of losing a child , this story is really sad and touching , detective story always make me want to join in , thank you guys for the great story .

[@JenWIL641]

We can join into this fight

[@TheRight-handedStranger]

But it’s not real it’s just a story if democrats anything to admire is real detective work not stories.

[@jubu3136]

I looked after my best friend when she was sick and had to wake up her mum when she had passed. The look in her mum's eyes will haunt me for ever.

[@amberg4131]

I haven’t heard the nursery rhyme in a long time, but was it anything in regards to kids? What motive could this have been? Something like misbehaving kids?

[@spj87sj]

Reminds me of the Pied Piper of Hamlin in Germany, in that folk tale the piper removed the rats and when the townsfolk wouldn't pay him he took all the children except one who couldn't keep up. Love your voice

[@marzaan5935]

This deserves a movie

[@tormentedslayer7498]

Heyyyy!!!! I’m on time tonight!! Cool! Lol... but yeah man, tomorrow is my moms last chemo treatment!!!! Woop woop!!!! Thank God! I was soo scared man... I’ve seen what cancer an chemo does first hand with my Aunt Bonnie when I was a kid.. she didn’t make it.. the cancer was all throughout her body.. but I carried on her legacy, of doing paintings! Won’t ever stop doing paintings! But yeah.. Thanks brother! You kept my mind busy at night listening to your stories! I appreciate that soo much!

[@mockgothgurl]

I'm so happy for your mom and your whole family! ❤ Glad she's one of the survivors. I lost my sister to brain cancer (gioblastoma) three years ago. I still can't believe it. It's a horrible disease. I hope you guys are going to celebrate tomorrow! 🎉

[@tormentedslayer7498]

@@mockgothgurl I’m soo very sorry to hear that! I’ll keep you in my prayers! An Thank you very much!! I couldn’t imagine losing her... I’d be a broken lost soul.. an if she’s feeling okay definitely gonna have to wait for the evaluation not sure when the doc wants to do that.. but the second she tells me she beat it. I’m probably gonna cry in joy..

[@nancyM1313]

@@tormentedslayer7498 That is wonderful news. So happy for everyone. These have been tough times for all. And what she went through...I say Amen. God bless your Mom. My Dad was tested last month and the results were None. He's been free since 2009. To a happy and HEALTHY 2022 for your family.❤

[@tormentedslayer7498]

@@nancyM1313 thank you! I’ll be wishing your family has the best of luck this new year!!! I can feel times are changing slightly for the better!

[@nancyM1313]

@@tormentedslayer7498 I feel the same way😷✌🏽 Take care!

[@sulumsphony66]

Used to wonder if it’s always “only a moment-30 seconds” that parents had turned their backs….or if sometimes guardians don’t want to look/feel irresponsible or culpable in what ended up unfolding….

[@lilrbigjohn1301]

#1 narrator of the creepiest of all pastas... *drumroll* 🌟LIGHTHOUSE HORROR!!!!🌟 Take a bow sir! 😜 Top shelf as always.

[@jennifergudmundson2277]

Say what? Pastas?? Noodles? You lost me, please expound.

[@jennifergudmundson2277]

Am I disjointed? What does Pasta have to do with this story? Insane.

[@jonathanhall593]

Hello John hall. My name is jon hall as well. Spelled differently as you can see. It's actually Jonathan. You're the 4th john hall I know of. Cool

[@sunny2themoon]

I absolutely love this channel. Love the narration and stories told.

[@jonathanjackgoodman2764]

I've had some of the hardest and scariest jobs you can get in America. From driving box trucks through hazardous mountain roads, to dangling far off the ground by a tether strapped to the side of a cherry picker or scaffolding in all weather. But none of it has been this hard. I'm used to breaking my body but telling a parent their child is gone, that would break my spirit. Lotta respect for people who really do this work. They are the tough ones because this is what real pain and fear looks like.

[@seanodwyer4322]

jona my past jobs hav been hunting for missing humans/ ghosts/ beings/ other

[@trollinator101]

Here early! Listening to these gets me through my work days and to bed at night, so thank you!

[@antreynolds9775]

Now this one was truly horrifying and I felt the tension in you're voice to the writer awesome job and Stephen amazing voice work

[@a_roseneshinapaise1299]

Bravo! Bravo! I look forward to winding down with a hot cup of tea after a busy day looking after my home, my bf who got amputated (knee below) & grab my gadget and look at which story I want to listen too, press play and have some ME time. Listening just helps me relax with a calming voice!! Keep up the good work!!!

[@j.vi-geant6784]

Ah, the "Pied Piper" a demon fairy tale. And just by the way, fairy tales are NOT fairy tales, sorry to say they were real experiences. The children were under an hypnotic hold. The detective needs therapy and a seasoned Pastor.

[@Endmomrntsbestrong]

Exactly

[@scribebing2043]

All fairytales are demonic.

[@rororobertson]

Yep

[@TWBIAP]

You should look into the real story behind Hansel & Gretel as well.

[@TheUnearthlylove]

😂😂😂😂

[@TENZEN._.]

YES. I love detective 🕵️‍♂️ stories. I’m excited & listening to this as I write. Thank you Stephen, you are AWESOME! 👊🏼😎

[@janedoex1398]

I just tone in to agree ! Already recognise you as an also "always - lurker" for yet another story.... ^^ (Uhm, no ,I'm no stalker, but in case you wouldn't comment twice in a row I'd start to worry.) Have a nice day ! 👋

[@TENZEN._.]

@@janedoex1398 I love reading your comments Jane! 🤗 “always - lurker” 😅. There is never a dull moment with you Jane. 😄😉

[@TaylerBootz]

The footage of the woods is creepy. All those perfectly placed trees... not a root showing. No bushes. Creepy.

[@samanthahardy9903]

Nice touch at the end with a few sinister sounding notes of Green Sleeves.

[@NicoleChorney]

The story draws on our fears of what horrors could be done to children, innocents in the ways of the world and makes the end of the tale that much more gruesome. Amazing job as always and thanks for the bedtime story. 🌙 But one question, did it take the detective a month to visit the town? I'd have thought they would have worked faster to check out a hot lead on a cold case.

[@ferisera]

The second sighting video took a while to reach the team looking for the original abducted kids (first week they stayed looking in the immediate area, then slowly expanding the search area to district-wide. The Piper being on foot made things harder to search for). And then of course, the rat migration news came several months after the original video.

[@caty9995]

@@ferisera being on foot and not being detected by anyone at all doesn't make sense. Plus the children after a week of not eating wouldn't be able too follow the Pied Piper. There's no way this guy could travel on foot of such a distance with starving kids and not be detected and stopped by people. Many holes in this story , also the story about the rats is out of this world. How could he carry big angry rats in his pockets ? Think about it. Time for a Reality Check here. What did he do? He fed them to his rats? There are a lot easier ways to feed the rats. When children are abducted it's mostly for the sex trafficking, some it's for their own depraved reasons and the children are usually never found. Again, it's not a true story but an old cautionary tale. Good luck.

[@caty9995]

@@ferisera , on foot it would have been easier to catch this guy. There's no way this guy could go undetected walking around with these kids especially while they were already starving.

[@rororobertson]

@@caty9995 right!? If the parents just looked away for second they would see them walking down the street

[@caty9995]

@@rororobertson The narrator of this story said they couldn't catch the guy because he was travelling on foot with these children. Jeeeeesuuuus! It doesn't take a rocket scientist too figure out how fake this story is.

[@sonyajohnson2154]

I’m a new subscriber. Just been listening to these stories for a couple months or so. I have chuckled, mostly, at the humor in the stories. Can’t say I’ve actually been afraid. But this one? I’m not done with it yet, but I’m totally disturbed. 😢

[@LighthouseHorror]

welcome to the channel Sonya! Yeah that's a creepy one for sure.

[@sarahzagone7134]

That reminds me of something William Afton AKA the purple guy, Lauren children

[@fruitmuffingalore4987]

The scariest part of this story is the fact that they're skipping to 'Greensleeves'.. HOW?!

[@kidomega1321]

Wow this one was definitely disturbing, you have a way of pulling people in

[@debbiepate3755]

New subscriber from East Texas. Love these when my eyes are tired. I can just listen. Makes it nice to relax and just listen to the story.

[@oldcollegecoed]

I love your narrations and am always anxious to see a new video pop up, but the stories that involve children always affect me much more than any other. The thought of children deliberately being targeted due to their innocence is almost too much for me to handle, even if the stories are fiction. But your remarkable ability to communicate similar feelings in the characters you portray does help the story feel less tragic, because there was someone involved who cared as much as I did.

[@aimeeprincessofpower]

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

[@dogmomma4019]

Thank you for your time, effort, and energy to upload this content for us

[@glenjoseph7742]

Thank you for another amazing story telling, and your voice is perfect and adds to the story.

[@tecnotrog1]

Yes!!!!! Love my favorite ghost story teller.🦉

[@patrickparmer1648]

If you could pair up with an artist to portray these stories in paintings or drawings, i think it would be much more terrifying

[@ashleyobrien4830]

That's a great idea

[@teresareynolds4364]

Brilliant idea, but I think our own minds are far more terrifying 😳

[@dorothyjaques74]

I listen as I am driving. Audio alone is why I like this channel so much.

[@missym4162]

Use to be a show with stories and paintings called night gallery

[@lindaallen3881]

@@missym4162 It was a great show, I was a kid when it was on.

[@dawnstephens9751]

Well once again you have done an absolutely amazing job! Thanks for all you do for us!

[@kerryrieu7792]

Hands down lighthouse horror is #1.......

[@camisha7280]

Whoa that was absolutely gripping and so well done

[@mr.cutback3642]

In terms of modern creepy pastas this ones actually pretty good

[@roadscapehorror-talesofterror]

Missing persons, always an area of intrigue. Makes me think of D B Cooper. Very fertile grounds for the writer.

[@meredithmericle7487]

How 'bout the Brothers Grimm.

[@rosetanner9817]

@@meredithmericle7487 yeah 👍.

[@roadscapehorror-talesofterror]

@@meredithmericle7487 Agreed

[@starrdazee6928]

@@meredithmericle7487 Roadscape Horror-Tales of Terror has excellent stories and great narration skills. Please give it a try!👍

[@amethyst1826]

@@meredithmericle7487 Yeah, they had the right name!! Lol

[@polk-adragon6748]

I was never too fond of the "Having a kid's parents die is the worst thing that could happen" trope, I always found the horrible case of parents loosing their children so much worse. I'm hard-pressed to find a similar kind of anguish that comes from loosing your child, your whole world.

[@strange.wonderful]

I love the story. Also was it related to another story. I remember listening to a story about a woman playing the pipe I believe and peoples pets would go missing and she would hang like wind chime with or a replica of the pet i cant remember exactly but it reminds me of that story. Oh yeah and the reason why the woman who we believed was the bad guy agreed to making the charms or whatever they were was to get rid of the rats which had infested her neighbourhood. Does anyone remember that?

[@rasberryfields2132]

These stories "popped up" on my KZbin feed(guess because I follow true crime). So glad it did! Fantastic stories; great narration! I was 🙏 stories weren't true. Sadly, the brave men & women who do this type of work actually do see horrific things described by you in a way that is deeply touching. I am following the Lori Vallow/Chad Daybell case who are facing charges of murdering their spouses & her children. The poor detective who helped escalate the children's body had a sadness in his eyes that made most people cry....except Lori & Chad who sat their calmly smiling. 😥

[@Redranger-fu2xt]

Evil in the flesh ,. Back to the late eighties. Things changed for the worst ,. Crimes murder and other crime , horrific crimes that these piled of dog mess,. Got away with this horror , a child lost its life by a sicko father , he never spent one day in prison just community service. I could go on but these stories are just as bad ,. DUIs ,. A family young children who witness the death of their parents by a 4 time drunk driver going the wrong way ,. There are others but time to stop. Again these stories just makes people wanting to strangle these idiots , another sad case ( I know, time to stop ). But, a dirt bag had 18 DUIs, his last ? Cost a human life or maybe more in the other vehicle died , 19 ! DUIs !!!

[@camgoss3843]

Appreciate this Birthday Gift My Boi 💯💯 Great way to End My Born Day🤝🏿💚

[@skeetersaurus6249]

Basing the 'tall being' on ''Punch' was brilliant...if you know the ancient legend of 'Punch'...Punch is Punchinella is Punicello...and so on...back to Loki, 'Trickster'...and even further. In fact, the 'Pied Piper' is also loosely tied to 'Trickster', as he KNEW the town would not pay him to rid it of rats...or he would never have agreed to 'work for them' to start with...this is actually a 'new retelling' of an ancient story...a horrible story, based in lies, deceit and loss of innocent children...as 'payment'...

[@BHammer]

Having a daughter myself this story hit hard. What's scary is there are people, no evil in human form, that can do these type of things to children. When these evil beings are caught they should not be protected under the same judicial laws as other criminals. There should be a separate judicial system set up specifically for crimes against children. One idea I have is for the government to find a large island, one that is so remote there would be zero chance of escape. For each conviction, take the guilty to the island via helicopter and drop them off. No boats so there can be no chance of them somehow overtaking it a using the boat to escape. The odds of a molester knowing how to fly a helicopter is going to be very low. And by some crazy chain of events one does, and also overpowers the pilot, trying to land somewhere without being picked up by radar will be zero. I'm all for doing food and water drops to this island because the real punishment for these sickos isn't death, it would be spending the rest of their life where they will never see another kid. You could say prison does that but they typically don't last long in prison, the other inmates don't like people who hurt children.

[@angelas.3645]

It sounds like the pied Piper story; that story always was creepy and odd.

[@lieselgruse8830]

The creepiest thing for me is this morning I was out of the blue humming Greensleaves…

[@missladybob4208]

Stephennnn, No happy ending . Yes I'm a weirdo I love Horror , scary stories. And Happy Endings. This was a good one ,sad but good. Thanks . Keep them coming ( I say in a whisper)

[@yomogami4561]

truly horrific story thanks for the narration

[@marywiegand2050]

Love it love it love it lighthouse 😘😘😘😘

[@allanfulton8922]

Being a police officer must be hard but it sure turns some of them into horrible people

[@rosetanner9817]

Yup 👍

[@lenard765]

I cast your stories to my tv to fall asleep to everynight. Thank you 💞

[@maryault8928]

Your brave cause I could never

[@marksullivan6319]

Nice! 30 mins tonight, like these longer one's.

[@amyleigh4201]

Great story and narration ❤️

[@Glitch7551YouTube]

This would be an excellent story to tell around a campfire.

[@leonardschofield9913]

This reminds me of the scene in Pinocchio were the children were turned into donkeys.

[@mentkansleyunitedstatesgov6364]

I think I've seen atleast 16 creepypastas with this exact title 😂

[@nancyM1313]

Outstanding story + narration😃 ✌🏽Out!

[@ahumanbeing1118]

SOMEBODY needs to call the memetics/cognitohazards department DAMN

[@itjustmemanning8441]

Oh My, I can't imagine finding something like that❗ It would stay with me for the rest of my life ❗😢

[@grimsgraveyard3598]

I don't like stories where children go missing or get hurt eaten so forth by creatures and humans just hits me differently. Yet I enjoy the stories I just hope the creature or monster in human form that could harm a child gets theirs in the end.

[@JenWIL641]

Yes, I wonder about the mental state of detectives when they have hard cases and why they chose that profession. It is dark and how do they prevent from becoming the darkness. Viewing crime scenes and murder videos is not an easy task. I remember working in a nursing home and we had a fallen detective wo worked in security only during the night. He could not work daylight because he had an issue of scaring the office staff because they felt like he was mentally undressing them. During the night shift he stated that some times he wondered if he would find us all dead as he walked in making his rounds on the premises.

[@J2hawk]

Love the story, and was super invested until the decades long American cop referred to their flashlight as a torch over and over again. It's the little things that break immersion 😔

[@Jourell1]

Plus being familiar with a Mr. Punch mask, possible but not as likely. Maybe he's on loan from the Met 😄

[@lynnhexler-haan3357]

@@Jourell1 No, the Met have human form, some monsters nonetheless.

[@maryault8928]

I thought this was a true story for the 1st 15 min!! Well done 👏🏻✔👍🏻👌🏻

[@Ricebread343]

Excellent narration as always very very spooky bizarre creepy story. If just one thing that I wanted to point out. And this probably wouldn't matter to anybody else listening unless they have worked on or grew up on a farm. Molding hay produces an intense amount of heat and can burst into flames quite literally. This is why you never ever put wet hay into a barn. It has to lay in the field, it has to dry for a very long time. Before it can be bailed and put into the barn for the Winter. For this story it doesn't really make a difference but that was the 1st thing that I thought of when you said the hay was molding. I thought that whole barn would have burned to the ground lol. Anyway just a thought for the author. overall excellent story excellent narration thank you.

[@CwL-1984]

Outstanding 👍👍

[@CNinjaa]

This brief intro reminded me of Bosch. A great book and TV series. Look it up and watch it!

[@killak3219]

Plot twist. This isn’t the detective reading but the piper.

[@cappykarma1754]

Dame this was triggering. The skipping hit home. Let me guess, each pocket represents a victim... The odd note is whats to come because thats all that will be left. I pray for all who encounter this level of wickedness find peace and memories wiped clean.

[@marlenewaldron4690]

yes! I've missed the last few nights lol.

[@axtumnnn1713]

Detective didn't think that the song was hypnotizing the children? That was my first thought when I found out they were following the piper "at their own will"

[@aaronweaver9751]

Definitely could've used the SCP Foundation's help.

[@machiavelli2544]

So this "Pied Piper", his flute was as much an accessory to music, as it was to murder🤔, interesting.

[@JamesChidester-yk8rk]

That was scary! Good job

[@crystalbluewire3339]

It's fiction folks. Just a story for your amusement. Not reality.

[@FaithAndLoveFaithAndLove]

Actually they are Not... Majority told are based off actual experience he's just retelling stories he has found interesting enough to share

[@heathernicole6850]

Plot twist, it was rats behind the mask.

[@deniserowley8549]

I love all theses spooky stories.

[@donnamurphy5698]

You're a great orator. Very disturbing. I pray you can recover in time.

[@GarryDKing]

very creepy indeed *proceeds to listen to greensleeves*

[@nancyM1313]

Can't wait to see 200K before 02/2022 🤸‍♂️there's 29 days this year🤸‍♀️

[@ms.krueger2660]

I found myself tearing up as if this was a real story. I knew the end was going to be bad. My neighbor lost her son in a wreck 28 years ago. I have not thought of him in a while. She is the only person I know that lost a child in a tragic way. 😱😢. I pray that I never have to know the feeling of burying one of my sons.

[@Gloomistic]

Me missing a persons detectivo me complete CASE

[@Lizzard320]

This story was incredibly hard to listen. I don't know what to say- if it was a good story or if it was simply too gruesome to even say anything to criticize it. As a parent, it was just horrific. Some stories are meant to stay in the imagination of authors.

[@amethyst1826]

But yet you listened!

[@staciepoole8161]

An added layer of creepiness for me, is the fact that this tune is also called “What Child is This” for Christmas. One of my favorite songs, but now this will cross my mind when I hear it.

[@blacksuite1]

"torches" why do authors set a story in the us but don't change torch to flashlight.

[@horanghaeapologist]

Nice!!

[@kimmcintyre935]

Zoned out 😋 watching again now Light House ✌️💚😎🌺

[@erikshappywife]

What a great retelling of The Pied Piper

[@mamabear-gu4oo]

All I can say is WOW...R.I.P SWEET BABY'S 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@lindamorris9120]

So very glad I didn’t discover this after dark!

[@nonablouin2606]

This story hits home we still have not found my missing Sister Lighthouse 😢 the reward went from $10,000 to $60,000 thank u for another story

[@jaimeyoung-spencer8015]

So sorry to hear that, I pray yall find her 🙏🏾

[@ms.krueger2660]

Why not let people know where and when this happened !!?? You never know, maybe someone will read this and can help. My heart goes out to you and your family.

[@lindaarrington9397]

Oh no Im so sey for you and your family Will be praying

[@nonablouin2606]

@@ms.krueger2660 her name is Mary Johnson-Davis she native American, 5"6, black hair, brown eyes, she has a scar on her nose a sunburst tattoo on her upper right arm birthmark on back of neck she last seen November 25th 2021 walking on FireTrail Road in Marysville WA to Oso WA she was hitchhiking to a friend's house she never made her destination.

[@tariblevins955]

@@nonablouin2606Prayers she is found safe. Native women hurt and missing need much more attention, investigation.

[@vanessaashford9203]

this is an appropriate story for rn, considering the Pied Piper was probably meant originally to be a personification of the bubonic plague

[@nightmare-ow3jn]

The pied piper was hired by the town folks. He rid the the town of the rat problem, the town refuse to pay him so to get even he led a 130 children to the forest. That's where the saying "you gotta pay the piper."

[@nightmare-ow3jn]

I'm new to wearing glasses when I read your comment I didn't have them on. I thought it read inappropriate not appropriate. My bad .

[@Kenshiroit]

I don't think so....did you know that in Hamelin is still illegal to play music in the town plaza? Yes that's right after so long time. Probably the piper in reality were soldiers send to recruit young people. The colors and the music played by the piper seems to confirm that.

[@19tams67]

"The best part of waking up, Is Lighthouse Horror, and coffee in my cup" .!! 🤗💗😂💚😂💙😂💜😂🧡have a blessed and beautiful day Mr Stephen ✨ & Lighthouse people. ❣🕊💛💐😀🌸❤🍀Wishin y'all a blessed and wonderful day,🤗🙏💕😋 Stay safe, healthy and happy, with lots of love, laughter, and creepy stories from Lighthouse, to light your way ☺✍. 🕊 ❣🤍❣💙🕊

[@lisafrequency55]

I think myth and lore and folktales for more real than we realize. There is a reason for them.

[@debbiepate3755]

I think there's a bit of truth in all the old fairy tales. If you look online Google or whatever, all those old fable stories have a different meaning than we've always been taught. They're all creepy.