Police uncover TERRIFYING secret in family's basement | The Daniel Laplante story

After a family hears knocking coming from their walls, police investigate and find a secret door in their basement... it leads to something HORRIFYING!

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[CodeNameStryker]

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[fredpendergrass]

Finding a man in my daughter's closet, wearing my dead wife's clothes and carrying a hatchet would be one of the most terrifying things I could ever imagine finding.

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[jennifermccain]

The amount of true stories about people living in someones house without their knowledge is truly terrifying

[krisanthimaks]

This guy never fumbles his words. He's the best story teller ever

[trublgrl]

*[!!!SPOILER! DO NOT READ TIL THE VIDEO ENDS!!!]*
He spent two months living in a family's walls, spying on them, messing with them, rearranging the furniture, ransacking the house, gluing pennies to the ceiling, and wearing a dead woman's clothing. The real mystery here, is how he was ever allowed back out into society.

[ericatate]

I just Googled him and come across this in one of the articles;
“Because of his strange behavior, LaPlante was sent by school officials to a psychiatrist. At this point LaPlante was diagnosed with hyperactivity disorder. This problem could have been easily solved, but the young man began to suffer sexual abuse from his own psychiatrist during sessions.”

WOW. Just imagine if he had gotten the help he needed from someone that wasn’t…well, him. This is just so sad and disturbing all around.

[kazkilla]

The man Bryan was trippin, if my children ever tell me they’re hearing shit everybodies out the house till further notice

[lorilouwho]

Storytelling is a skill this man has mastered. You can feel how invested he is in every story. He conveys the empathy.
I would listen to a story about grocery shopping from him

[Delicate_Disaster]

"Come find me. I'm in your closet."
Correction- You're in YOUR closet. You can keep it. I don't want it anymore.

[thine.]

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[janinebean]

How was this guy leaving lights on and gluing pennies to the ceiling for 2 weeks and the cops were like “yeah bro, nothing there” 😂

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There is nothing more frustrating than the standard ‘dad’ in a horror movie who doesn’t believe

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[rockstarJDP]

Looks at timestamp: hmm 20 minutes is kinda long for a YT vid...

11 hours later: still sat on the toilet binge watching entire channel.

[reginaphalange]

For everyone who's asking, "WHY DID THEY LET HIM OUT?!?", here's why:
Ironically, it was the system trying to put him away, for good, that ended up setting him free... In the Juvenile system, he would've been locked up till he was at least 18, or possibly 21. But they knew he was dangerous. They decided to charge him as an adult, with 4 charges of kidnapping, 4 charges of armed assault, breaking and entering, larceny, & malicious destruction of property. He'd be lucky (or unlucky) to grow old enough to finish his sentence. HERE'S THE KICKER: Being charged as an adult made him eligible to post bail, which his mother paid for, and that's how he got out. He was released in Oct. 1987. He committeded the murders on Dec. 1, 1987, just weeks after getting out.

[TimeMovie]

i got a serial killer book for christmas and when you said about him murdering that innocent family it clicked in my head, i read this recently in that book! the way you tell stories is so articulate. those poor girls and that poor family, it makes me so angry that he wasn't locked up properly.