VIDEO: Five True Horror Stories That Happened Because of Craigslist

Craigslist is a place where a lot of bad and weird things can happen and people use it for things you would never guess.

According to listverse.com, in 2009, Philip Markoff earned a name for himself as the Craigslist Killer after he murdered a masseuse he’d met on Craigslist.

But although Markoff might be the most famous Craigslist murderer, he’s definitely not the only one. From deranged serial killers to burglaries gone horribly wrong, these stories will make you think twice the next time you’re looking for a quick online deal.

While there are many things that are off from the start and it seems like people are willingly walking into a trap, three are some ads that no one would expect to be actually something horrible. For example, you would have never guessed that trying to buy baby clothes would lead to a tragedy.

On March 18, 2015, Michelle Wilkins was glowing with joy as she made the short trip across town to the house of Dynel Lane.

She was 34 weeks pregnant with a little girl, the baby was healthy, and she’d just found a cheap bundle of maternity clothes on Craigslist—just what she needed to cover that ever-growing baby bump. All she had to do was pick them up.

When she reached Lane’s home, Lane led her inside, where the two women talked for about an hour. Then, Wilkins followed Lane into the basement for the clothes, and the pleasant afternoon turned into a horror film.

Without warning, Dynel Lane smashed a lava lamp over Wilkins’s head and shoved her onto a bed, then used a shard of glass from the broken lamp to cut Wilkins’s neck.

Her hands went to Wilkins’s throat, but there was already too much blood to get a good grip, so she pressed a pillow over Wilkins’s face.

Losing consciousness and terrified for both her life and the life she carried inside her, Wilkins tried one final, desperate plea for compassion: “I love you,” she gasped.

Lane grabbed a kitchen knife and replied, “If you love me, you’ll let me do this.” Then she cut Wilkins’s unborn daughter from her womb and left the woman to bleed to death.

Miraculously, Wilkins managed to retain consciousness long enough to dial 911, and she was rushed to surgery at the nearest hospital.

And in the same hospital, just down the hall, a woman in the maternity ward tearfully clutched a stillborn child to her breast and told nurses that she’d had a miscarriage.

It was only later that the truth came out. Dynel Lane faces 48 years in prison for the charges.

No one could have ever expected this to happen and it makes no sense that someone would do this. But you never know the people on the internet and they can turn out to be full on psychopaths.

You should always make sure to be safe and try not to meet up with unknown people alone. If anything seems off don’t stick around to see if it is.