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Show Notes:

In 1986, Tina and Karen Bowen were just teenage girls when their mother passed away from cancer. Not long after, strange things started happening in their home.

Knocking from inside the walls.

Furniture moved.

Objects disappeared.

Messages scrawled in red across the bedroom walls:

💬 “I’m in your room. Come and find me.”

The girls thought maybe—just maybe—it was their mother trying to reach them from beyond. But what they were dealing with wasn’t a ghost. It was a monster.

Daniel LaPlante was living in their walls. Watching them. Listening. Plotting.

It’s one of the most bizarre and horrifying stories we’ve ever told. And it’ll have you double-checking your attic tonight.

🕳 Featured Crime: The Bowen Family Home Invasion

🔪 Also Covered: The 1987 murders of Priscilla Gustafson and her children, Abigail and William

🧠 Topics: Juvenile crime, mental illness, justice , evil and theology

🕯 Sources & Further Reading:

• Court Records: Commonwealth v. Daniel LaPlante, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
• “Daniel LaPlante: The Boy Who Hid in the Walls” — All That’s Interesting
• Boston Globe Archives, 1987–1990
• “Boy in the Walls” coverage — The Lineup
• WCVB Boston News: Interviews from initial arrest and trial
• Parole hearings & psychological evaluations, 2017 & 2019 – public record
• Discovery+ Very Scary People Season 2, Episode 5: “Daniel LaPlante”

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