Every town has its boogeyman—the monster under your bed that nips at your toes if they aren’t safely tucked beneath the blanket before you fall asleep. As we get older, the threat of ghouls, goblins, and other malevolent creatures start to fade. But when children began disappearing from one New York borough, an urban legend began to spill into reality.
The Legend of “Cropsey”
In the 1960s and ’70s, the children of Staten Island were haunted by tales of a mysterious entity named Cropsey…