An island covered in rotting dolls. A man who spent years collecting them. A spirit he believed never stopped watching him.

La Isla de las Muñecas is more than a creepy tourist stop—it’s a legend born from tragedy. After a little girl drowned in the canal, Don Julián Santana claimed her spirit haunted him. To protect himself, he hung dolls across the island… but soon the offerings became an obsession.

Visitors report whispers, moving limbs, and dolls whose eyes seem to follow you through the trees. And the most chilling part? Don Julián was found lifeless in the very same canal where the girl died.

This week, we explore the haunting stories, cursed artifacts, and paranormal encounters that turned this tiny island into one of the world’s most unsettling mysteries.

What began as a fight against “local predators” spiraled into one of the most horrific m*rder sprees in Australian history. Between 1992 and 1999, John Bunting, Robert Wagner, and their recruits tortured and m*rdered friends, neighbors, and even relatives — all under the twisted belief that they were “cleansing” society.

The truth unraveled when police opened a rented bank vault in the small town of Snowtown and found eight bodies stuffed into chemical-filled barrels. In total, 11 victims were linked to the group — making it the country’s worst serial killing case.

Driven by paranoia, cruelty, and a warped sense of justice, the killers turned a quiet rural region into the setting of pure horror. Their trials shook the nation… and Snowtown has never escaped the shadow of what happened there.

There’s a place in downtown Los Angeles that’s earned a reputation darker than any urban legend — a place where death isn’t rare, it’s routine.

The Cecil Hotel, once a glamorous getaway in the 1920s, slowly decayed into one of America’s most infamous landmarks — a magnet for tragedy, violence, and the unexplained. Its halls have hosted serial killers like Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger. Its rooms have witnessed suicides, disappearances, and horrors that defy logic.

But it’s the story of Elisa Lam that turned the Cecil from infamous to haunted. A young woman with her whole life ahead of her — last seen in a chilling elevator video, acting strangely, as if something unseen was closing in. Days later, her body was discovered in the hotel’s rooftop water tank.

What happened in those final moments? Was it mental illness, foul play, or something far darker? Guests complained of black-tinted water from the taps. Maintenance workers found the impossible sealed hatch open. And even now, a decade later, no one can explain the truth.

Locals call it cursed. Others say the energy of decades of death has soaked into the walls — creating something beyond understanding.

In this episode of The Nite Krew, we’re checking into the Cecil — exploring its disturbing history, its paranormal encounters, and the unanswered questions that keep the legend alive.

Because some places never let go of their dead… and some stories never stop whispering.