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  2. Oct 23, 2021 · The horror film is based on the novel by Jack Ketchum, who drew inspiration from the 1965 murder of Sylvia Likens, a teenage girl tortured and killed by her aunt and neighbors. Learn about the real-life events, the trial, and the characters behind the film.

  3. May 22, 2024 · The Girl Next Door opens with middle-aged David Moran witnessing a hit-and-run accident in New York City. The incident causes him to recall events from a summer decades before. It was 1958, and teenage David was becoming acquainted with the new girl in the neighborhood, Meg Loughlin.

  4. May 14, 2023 · For 91 minutes, audiences have to watch as an innocent 14-year-old orphan, Meg (Blythe Auffarth), is assaulted, burned, and ridiculed by her alleged caregiver, Ruth (Blanche Baker). Ruth even...

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  5. Sep 9, 2022 · The Girl Next Door is based on a sad true story as chronicled by Jack Ketchum’s 1989 novel with a similar name. Gertrude started abusing Sylvia after her father’s payment failed to arrive on time. In The Girl Next Door, Ruth subjects Meg, her niece, to brutal torture and invites others to abuse Meg. In real life, Sylvia Likens underwent ...

  6. The Girl Next Door True Story: What Happened To Her Sister. In the year 2024, the true story of “The Girl Next Door” took a chilling turn when the fate of her sister became entangled in a web of mystery and tragedy.

  7. Sylvia Likens, 16, was found murdered with 'I'm a prostitute and proud of it' burned onto her stomach. The perpetrators of her slow, tortured death turned out to be the family that was caring for her and several neighborhood children.

  8. I wasn't surprised to find out it was based on a true story, it kinda had that vibe. I've had a couple of run-ins with clinical narcissists and sociopaths myself (not murderers, but physical and psychological abusers) and if anything I think the movie under-played the crazy things they do.

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