Outline
Circulating message warns that a serial killer is using a recording of a crying baby to lure potential victims out of their houses.
Brief Analysis
The claims in the “warning” are untrue. It was not aired on Crime Stoppers or America’s Most Wanted as claimed in the message. In fact, the message is a long running hoax that first surfaced in 2003. There are no credible reports of such a tactic being used by serial killers anywhere in the world.
Examples
Subject: Don’t open your door if you hear a crying baby!!!
Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her “Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.” The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, “We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.” He told her that they think it is a serial killer. The man has killed 2 girls in Sydney and is now in Melbourne and has a baby’s cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby’s cries outside their doors when they’re home alone at night. Please pass this on! and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby.
This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on Crime Stoppers this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in the vicinity of Footscray/Fitzroy, South Yarra area.
Original Source : https://www.hoax-slayer.com/crying-baby-hoax.html