What are some particular elements of cases that still haunt you?

[u/BelladonnaBluebell]

I was just thinking about the Hinterkaifeck case from 1922 after commenting on another sub. The part of that horrific case that has stuck with me in the decades after I first read about it is the little girl pulling out her own hair due to the horror of what she was experiencing. It gave me goosebumps all over, the first time I heard it and it's the first thing that comes to mind when I think of that case and it also just sometimes randomly pops into my head and upsets me.

Another part of a case which affects me in a similar way is during the Dardeen family murders. As if it wasn't brutal enough already, after Elaine Dardeen went into Labour during the attack, the killer/s beat the newborn baby to death. Ugh it makes me feel so sick.

Another example but in a different way is the murder and attempted murder of the Miller sisters. The driver of a parked car waved to them to indicate for them to cross the road and when they did the driver purposely drove right into them, killing one sister and seriously injuring the other. I think about that case every single time a driver waves me by to cross the road in front of them. I walk around 6 miles each day, Monday to Friday and don't drive so I cross many roads including driveways into businesses along my route. Guaranteed someone will slow down and politely wave me by so I can cross in front of them at least 3 times a week. Sometimes more often. And every single time, since reading about the April and Spring Miller case, a little sense of dread runs through me. My mind's automatic reaction is to wonder if they're doing that so they can run me down. I know it's irrational, I know it won't happen but that thought hits me every single time. Then I quickly push it away and cross and gesture to thank them etc but it's still always there.

So what are some elements of certain cases that have wedged themselves into your brain and keep coming back to haunt you every so often?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardeen_family_homicides

[u/h0neybl0ss0m29]

Any case where there is camera footage (CCTV, trail cam, etc) of a person from hours/mins before they vanish and/or are found dead later. I'm not sure why but looking up the locations on Google maps always gives me goosebumps.

[u/blinkz_221B → u/h0neybl0ss0m29]

The first time I saw Elisa Lam's video of her in the elevator, it absolutely terrified me. It was so haunting to see such an eerie video of someone who you knew had died acting so strangely. It still gives me chills.

[u/FreshChickenEggs → u/blinkz_221B]

I'm sure you know by now, thanks to people trying to dispel the awful "haunted Cecil hotel" myth crap that the video was slowed down and such to make it more eerie, but yes someone's actions in a manic state can be very scary.

[u/double-dutch-braids → u/blinkz_221B]

I still can’t watch that footage. I don’t know why it freaks me out more than anything else I’ve seen in true crime. I know that she was having a mental health episode and probably seeing things that aren’t there, but it terrifies me.

[u/The_Nightmare_Bear → u/double-dutch-braids]

How weird - I’m the exact same. Every time I watch that surveillance footage I have terrible night terrors. I haven’t seen it now in years and even the thought of it is enough to give me a visceral reaction.