Steven Casale

Once upon a time in the quiet English village of Woolpit, something very peculiar occurred. Animal snares were set up around the village to keep woodland creatures at bay — but one day, rather than trapping wolves, a different kind of trespasser fell prey to the pits. Two abandoned children, with skin as green as…

In the 1970s, Staten Island's urban legend of a bloodthirsty madman who terrorized children turned all too real.