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Bad babysitter, Daviess County, Indiana

Description: Karen Steens handwritten account of a babysitting urban legend as collected by Bette Graber regarding a couple who leaves their child in its high chair for the babysitter so they can catch their plane. The babysitter believes the couple has taken the baby on their trip, and the parents return to find the child dead in its chair.
Origin: 1969-07-27
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1681
Collection: Indiana State University Folklore Archives
Subjects: Babysitting
Dead persons
Infants
Folklore

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