Mystery Doorbell Ringer Comes Forward, Shares Chilling Survival Story

This woman"s terrifying story gripped the nation before anyone knew her name or heard her reveal what had happened to her.

America first saw her as a nameless woman who, while wearing restraints and a large tee shirt, rang a neighbor"s doorbell late at night.

Her name is Lauren, and her story is every bit as chilling as people feared.

Lauren is 32 years old. She says that one night, she awoke to her 49-year-old boyfriend, Dennis Ray Collins, kneeling on her chest.

He was stuffing some sort of fabric into her mouth.

Her feet and ankles were bound by restraints, and she had duct tape on her head.

She reveals that, at the time, she fully believed that she was going to die.

She says that she tried to cling to hope during the sexual assault that followed.

Lauren says: "I just kept repeating in my head ‘God has more for me than this, I’m not gonna die here tonight,""

She had been living with Collins for 4 months at the time of the rape.

She says that afterwards, he allowed her to go to the kitchen to get some water — because her throat hurt from screaming.

This, she reveals, is when she saw her chance to escape — and took it.

We can never imagine how much bravery it took her to make that dash for the door and leave.

As natural as the instinct to flee is, there is also a powerful instinct in many people to cooperate with a threat in the hopes of survival. Neither instinct is always right, but Lauren made the right choice.

She says that she flagged down a car, asking the driver to help her — but that the driver took one look at her and sped away.

It was then that Lauren was famously recorded ringing a doorbell. She rang several doorbells.

Lauren explains that she was in fear for her life, but convinced that if someone saw her and made eye contact with her, that she woudl be safe.

In the end, Lauren was able to go back for her car to drive away. It was 3 in the morning, and her chances of getting someone to answer the door were slim.

Again, we cannot imagine how much courage it took for her to return to the one place where she knew that Collins might be.

Lauren drove to safety while the homeowner"s whose doorbell caught Lauren on video contacted law enforcement, fearing for this mystery woman"s life.

It was five days after the video surfaced that Collins committed suicide.

In his suicide note, he apologized to Lauren — which, obviously, doesn"t mean much, considering what he had done to her — and swears that he had not planned to kill her.

"I never would have killed you like you thought," Collins claimed. "I’m sorry for what I’ve done and I wish I could turn back time."

He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Lauren is grappling with powerful emotions in the aftermath of this trauma. She even feels a misplaced sense of guilt over Collins" death.

But, speaking to Inside Edition, she admits that she believe that he would have taken her life.

"I worry if this video didn’t come out," Lauren admits. "And if he were not gone — then I eventually would be."

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American Horror Story Season 8: Chilling First Details Revealed!

If you’re liking the revival craze that’s taking over Hollywood right now, then we have some good news for you. 

For the others, we’re very sorry.  

We’ve known for a while now that American Horror Story Season 8 would be a crossover between American Horry Story: Murder House and American Horror Story: Coven, arguably the best two seasons of the FX hit. 

Fans at a late-night event at San Diego Comic-Con were given an eerie first look at the new season, and that consisted of the title being revealed, as well as the poster. 

Drum roll please…The title of the eighth iteration of the series is…

American Horror Story: Apocalypse

As if the title alone was not spooky enough, the official poster is enough to freak just about anyone out. 

Yes, that does appear to be Satan’s hand comforting a newborn child. If you watch American Horror Story online, you know that Michael was revealed to be the Antichrist on American Horror Story Season 1 Episode 12. 

With the Harmons dead, he moved in with his grandmother, Constance (Jessica Lange), but his violent tendencies could not be left behind. 

He murdered his nanny, leading Constance to utter the following:

“Now what am I gonna do with you?”

Most fans were unimpressed when it ended that way, but now we will get to find out what happened next. 

“Apocalypse,” seems to suggest that Michael’s presence in the world is going to create an imbalance, one that will need to be resolved before the world can return to peace. 

Despite the poster being light on the specifics about how Coven comes into things, we do know that Emma Roberts is returning as Madison Montgomery aka the chainsmoking washed-up actress who was killed twice. 

Alongside Roberts, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Joan Collins, Adina Porter, Cheyenne Jackson, Billy Eichner, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, and Kyle Allen will all return. 

In a Twitter Q&A in June, Ryan Murphy confirmed that all the witches have been asked back. 

That’s good news for the fans who are actually looking forward to this revival with a twist. 

For the others, well, you could just live with the fact that you’ve been swindled into watching the first part of the story. 

What are your thoughts on this title and poster? 

Hit the comments below. 

American Horror Story returns Wednesday, September 12th on FX!

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Chester Bennington 911 Call: Released, Chilling

In sad, albeit expected news, the Los Angeles Country"s Coroner"s Office has come out and confirmed that Chester Bennington killed himself via hanging.

This official cause of death reflects what authorities have said they discovered at the late Linkin Park singer"s home last Thursday morning, after they responded to a 911 call and discovered Bennington"s corpse.

The artist was only 41 years old at the time of his death.

He had a history of mental illness and substance abuse, along with a past of sexual abuse as a child.

Now, just a few days after Bennington took his own life, the 911 call made on his behalf has been released to the public.

In the following video, we heard the artist"s driver speaking calmly to an operator while Bennington"s housemaid cries and screams in the background.

She"s the one who entered the singer"s home and came across his limp body.

"I just got to the location and his housekeeper came out and said he killed himself … he hung himself," says the driver.

As the driver relays more details on the phone, the housekeeper continues to be heard, crying hysterically as she speaks to Chester’s wife on a different phone.

Linkin Park released an emotional statement honoring their frontman Monday morning, writing on Facebook:

"The demons who took you away from us were always part of the deal … After all, it was the way you sang about those demons that made everyone fall in love with you in the first place.”

You can read the full statement from the band, which Bennington joined back in 1999, HERE.

Chester is survived by wife Talinda Bennington, their son Tyler and twin daughters Lilly and Lila, as well as his three children from previous relationships.

Listen to the tragic 911 call now:

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Chris Cornell: Final Conversation with Wife Revealed, Chilling

A day after penning an open letter to her late husband, the wife of Chris Cornell has spoken in detail about the final conversation she had with the rocker.

And she has revealed a number of chilling details in the process.

On Wednesday, Cornell’s wife Vicky released a lengthy message to the late singer, who hanged himself in a Detroit hotel room earlier this month.

“We had the time of our lives in the last decade and I’m sorry, my sweet love, that I did not see what happened to you that night,” she wrote in a letter posted to Billboard.com, adding:

“I’m sorry you were alone, and I know that was not you, my sweet Christopher.

“Your children know that too, so you can rest in peace.”

Cornell had two kids with Vicky and a third child from a previous relationship.

Meanwhile, on Thursday night, TMZ published excerpts from Vicky’s final conversation with Cornell, which the website reports took place by phone about a half hour before Cornell ended his own life.

According to friends, Vicky says Cornell started slurring his words as he expressed anger over the set he had just played in Detroit.

“They f-cked up again. They had 3 days to fix my in-ears and I was getting static. I couldn’t hear,” the artist complained to Vicky, adding over and over that “I blew my voice. I blew my voice.”

Cornell then changed the topic abruptly, making very little sense to his wife.

She could sense something was seriously wrong.

“I need to know what you took tonight,” Vicky asked, well aware of Cornell’s history of drug abuse. You don’t sound right, sweetheart.”

Replied the singer: “I was really angry and I just took 2 Ativan. I’m really pissed and I had to calm myself down.”

But Vicky pressed for more information. She said it didn’t sound like Cornell merely took Ativan.

She also made a point ahead of time of saying “I forgive you” for falling off the wagon.

TMZ writes that Cornell grew “cocky and aggressive,” which prompted Vicky to flash back to 14 years ago when he almost died from an Oxycontin overdose.

After Cornell continued to ramble incoherently, Vicky called the star’s bodyguard and demanded he go check on Cornell.

The bodyguard eventually knocked down two doors to get inside Cornell’s hotel room… and that was when he saw the singer’s body hanging in the bathroom.

In a disturbing new detail only just revealed now, Vicky was apparently still on the phone with the bodyguard when this horrible discovery took place.

View Slideshow: Chris Cornell: Mourned, Remembered by Stars Everywhere

“I’m broken, but I will stand up for you and I will take care of our beautiful babies. I will think of you every minute of every day and I will fight for you,” Vicky wrote in her aforementioned open letter, concluding as follows:

You were right when you said we are soulmates. It has been said that paths that have crossed will cross again, and I know that you will come find me, and I will be here waiting.

I love you more than anyone has ever loved anyone in the history of loving and more than anyone ever will. Always and forever, your Vicky.

Insiders had connected with the investigation previously told TMZ that emergency technicians who responded to the scene  saw fresh track marks on Cornell’s arm.

Vicky has said he wasn’t known to have used needles in his earlier substance abuse battles and she had just been walking with him the day before.

She says he was in short sleeves and there were no signs at that time of track marks on his arms.

It’s all very sad.

We continue to send our condolences to the loved ones of Chris Cornell and we hope he’s resting in peace at last.

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Chris Cornell"s Wife"s Chilling Account of Singer"s Last Moments Before Suicide

Chris Cornell’s wife knew something was terribly wrong with her husband during their last conversation, and it brought her back 14 years to when Chris was abusing prescription meds. We now know what Vicky told friends and family, and it’s a…

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Sam Smith -- "Memba Me? I"m Alive, Chilling with Nicole Scherzinger (PHOTO)

Sam Smith damn near fell off the face of the planet this year — but resurfaced in London Thursday night with some hot arm candy, Nicole Scherzinger. The two hit up the Toy Room nightclub … which wouldn’t be a big deal, except for the…

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Kim Kardashian Breaks Silence With Chilling Update

Kim Kardashian isn’t going to be around anytime soon … so says an update on her website via her personal assistant, Stephanie Shepherd. 

In a concerning update, Shepherd, otherwise known as “Shep,” advised Kardashian’s fans that Kim will remain out of the spotlight for an indefinite amount of time. 

A handwritten note was shared on the reality star’s website, which began with a dour, “Hey guys.” 

“So you may have noticed we haven’t updated the [Kim Kardashian] app in a few weeks,” the letter continued. 

“Keeks is taking some much-needed time off.” 

“But not to worry…we’ve called upon Kim’s closest friends, fam, and yours truly, to serve up some exclusives,” Shep so graciously wrote. 

“Stay tuned for new posts and app takeovers!” 

“Thank you so much for your support for my girl.” 

“Love you, mean it,” Shep signed off. 

Kim, as we’ve reported, isn’t exactly on the mend after her traumatizing robbery event.  

In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, sister Khloe revealed, “She’s not doing that well.” 

“I mean, it’s incredibly traumatic what happened to her,” Khloe said, “but our family is super close and great and we’ll get through it together.”  

“It will take time,” she added. 

Though it would appear that Kim is simply eking off into obscurity, she’s bent on catching the perpetrators who broke into her rental. 

Her lawyer recently said, “She is very calm and very determined over a matter that was particularly violent.”

“If she is summoned to France, she will come to France.”

“But judges also have the possibility of moving [the case to the United States,” the barrister revealed. 

Needless to say, unlike other things, Kim’s not taking this one lying down. 

Hordes of friends have rallied around Kim, supporting her in her time of need, like long-time chums Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. 

It’s suffices to say that Kim doesn’t have to go through this ordeal alone. 

Between her friends, her crack legal team, and her supporters, we’re likely to see Kim emerge in an even bigger way than before. 

Which is both encouraging and terrifying, both at the very same time.   Simply imagine the onslaught of selfies to which we’ll soon be exposed. 

View Slideshow: 35 Kim Kardashian Selfies That Nearly Broke the Internet

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Kris Jenner Reveals Her Chilling Experience With O.J. Simpson Murder Case

Earlier this year, The People Vs. O.J. Simpson mesmerized audiences and became one of the most talked-about TV mini-series of the season.

It drummed up renewed interest in the 1995 trial and even featured one of the most well-known figures in pop culture today: Kris Jenner.

Kris was the ex-wife of Robert Kardashian, one of O.J."s "dream team" of attorneys who ultimately got the former football player off for allegedly murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

Formerly a good friend of Nicole"s, Kris had to relive the horror as People Vs. O.J. aired, and she"s now opening up about some of the experiences she had at the time.

In a deleted scene for Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kris, along with her mom Mary Jo and boyfriend Corey Gamble, begin discussing the series.

Corey and Mary Jo agree that the show is great, while Kris admits it"s "so interesting."

Mary Jo asks Kris what she thought of the scene when Robert realized the forensic evidence stacked against O.J. suggested almost unequivocally that his friend committed the heinous crimes.

"Yeah, he"s a very smart guy and he finally understood the numbers," Kris said. "I think a lot of it was, nobody knew what DNA was."

Kris then recalls a gruesome experience she had following the crime, when Nicole"s mother asked her to go to the murder house to collect the children"s belongings.

"The LAPD left the blood on the steps and going all down the front of the house," she said, adding, "after they had finished doing their stuff, I said, somebody"s gotta wash it off."

She also remembers being terrified in the house, saying she almost fainted. 

The reality star moves on to describe a chilling scene from one of the children"s bedrooms.

"There was a hand print, and it was red. And I went, I think this is blood," she recounts. "So I called Marcia Clark and I go, oh my god, I"m at Nicole"s house and I think I see blood. They had forensic scientists within 30 minutes."

As it turned out, the stain was just Jell-O, to Kris" relief.

Her recollections are indeed fascinating, because unlike the storylines on KUWTK, they actually happened.

She does not address rumors that she had an affair with O.J., but she has previously denounced them as categorically untrue.

Earlier this month, a former guard at the prison where the NFL star is serving a sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping claimed that O.J. agreed to a paternity test for Khloe Kardashian to see if he was really her father.

Khloe has not addressed these claims, probably because they"re ridiculous.

 

Lamar Odom 911 Calls: Released, Chilling

Authorities have released the chilling 911 calls made by a manager of a brothel in Nevada after his employees discovered Lamar Odom passed out in his suite on Tuesday.

Played during a press conference the day after news of Odom’s hospitalization broke, one recording features Richard Hunter (the love ranch"s media director) telling a 911 operator that the former basketball star had used cocaine on Saturday, but not taken any since then.

"He"s taken a bunch of these," Hunter also says of natural sexual enhancement supplements.

It has since been reported that this supplement is called Reload and it has a number of dangerous side effects.

Doctors have determined that Odom suffered multiple strokes at the brothel; he remains in critical condition at the moment, with Khloe Kardashian by his side at a Las Vegas hospital.

Odom"s odds of survival, according to a source familiar with the situation, are not greater than 50%.

Listen to the frightening 911 calls now.