![]() ![]() A few months later, he went to the recruiting office in Quincy Center to enlist.īy December 2010, he was in boot camp. He returned to the Amherst campus after “getting his act together” and graduated in 2010 with a degree in philosophy and a minor in English. So, no, scary stories don't keep him up at night. Nine of the 25 members in his platoon received Purple Hearts. “I went deaf and blind and thought I was going to die.” The unit's medic jumped into action and, eventually, a helicopter came to the rescue. It’s hard to believe Allen doesn’t give himself nightmares. Then again, it’ll take more than a scary story to top his personal real-life tale of terror. During his deployment to Afghanistan as a Navy SEAL in 2014, a grenade bounced off his shoulder during a firefight and exploded, the blast sending shrapnel flying into his hips and legs. 'Musical bliss': Norwell's Susan Tedeschi performs for soldout hometown crowd in Boston Others are stories of a cannibal frat boy, a serial killer in Alaska, or a buried mine from World War I exploding on a family at a Ukrainian campsite. One video tells the tale of how a former child actor tied a couple to the anchor of their boat and threw them overboard. Allen’s stories might make your skin crawl. “Whether it’s a revelation at the end or a redirect like ‘No, it wasn’t this person who did it, it was that person,’ the twist is the most satisfying part of telling a story.”īe warned: Before you click play, you ought to turn on the lights. An engaging story, he said, has a “really good twist.” Like any story worth hearing, Allen aims to bring listeners on a journey that ends with some kind of discovery. It’s good for my career but it’s a sad reality.” “The stories I cover usually deal with people getting killed or some other horrible thing, and there’s really no shortage of that. Never does Allen worry about running out of content, he said. Each racks up millions of views – the guillotine story got 2.2 million. Rapid tests coming from state: Quincy, Brockton, Rockland, Randolph to get free home COVID testsĪllen, 33, a 2006 graduate of North Quincy High School, started telling scary tales in June 2020, uploading about 350 videos since. Getting close: Could the mask mandate soon be lifted at North Quincy High? Stories about the darker side of human nature are more popular than ever and we’re flat-out obsessed. Thriller/crime/mystery is the second most-watched genre on YouTube, with 60% of the company’s 2.3 billion users hitting play, reports Omnicore Agency, a digital marketing company that tracks social media trends. Millions of fans devour shows such as “Making a Murderer” and “Tiger King” on streaming services, TV networks, podcasts and in books. ![]() “A lot of the stuff I do on camera, I naturally do.”īe it cults, conspiracies or cold cases, true crime is a gold mine. “As a storyteller, you must be fully committed,” he said. ![]() His cadence picks up at the climactic moment. He illustrates details with wide-eyed facial expressions, arms waving. Sound effects – hammering, sawing, knocking and crashing – add to the macabre mood. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |