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   Cropsey is a 2009 American documentary film written and directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio. The film initially begins as an examination of "Cropsey", a boogeyman -like figure from New York City urban legend , before segueing into the story of Andre Rand , a convicted child kidnapper from Staten Island whose known or suspected ...

2. www.imdb.com › title › tt1277936Cropsey (2009) - IMDb

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   Apr 25, 2009 · With Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio, Bill Ellis, Dorothy D'Eletto. Realizing that the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.

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   • Genre: Documentary, Crime, Horror

   • Director: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman
   • Release Date: 2009-04-25

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4. allthatsinteresting.com › andre-randAndre Rand, The Man Behind Staten Island's 'Cropsey' Murders

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   Jul 30, 2023 · In the 1970s, the children of Staten Island were regaled with spooky tales of a boogeyman called “Cropsey.” A shadowy figure with a hook for a hand, Cropsey was said to have escaped from a nearby mental institution and to be camping out in its ruins. It was there that he supposedly killed young children he kidnapped.

   • Author: Maggie Donahue

5. www.npr.org › 2010/06/03 › 127351608'Cropsey': A Town's Worst Nightmares, In The Flesh - NPR

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   Jun 3, 2010 · The documentary Cropsey looks into the mysterious case of five missing Staten Island children — and asks whether Andre Rand, the man convicted of one girl's murder, was really behind them.

   • Author: Bob Mondello

6. www.nytimes.com › 2010/05/30 › moviesShadows of a Staten Island Boogeyman in ‘Cropsey’ - The New ...

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   May 28, 2010 · Josh Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio’s documentary “Cropsey” explores the cases of five missing children on Staten Island and the origin of an urban legend.

7. www.ranker.com › list › terrifying-moments-inHere's Why 'Cropsey' Is One Of The Most Horrifying ... - Ranker

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   Apr 22, 2024 · The 2009 film by Staten Island locals Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio is an examination into the fear of a boogeyman monster named "Cropsey" that follows kids through their youth and how in many ways that fear is entirely warranted.

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   Who directed Cropsey?

   • Cropsey: Directed by Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman. With Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio, Bill Ellis, Dorothy D'Eletto. Realizing that the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.

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   Was Cropsey a real story?

   • But while the legend of Cropsey started as a story shared over campfires, the lines between myth and reality began to blur as children around Staten Island really did begin to disappear in the 1970s and 1980s, driving Staten Islanders into a panicked frenzy. Tony Carannante Andre Rand, the alleged “Cropsey” killer of Staten Island.

   Andre Rand, The Man Behind Staten Island's 'Cropsey' Murders

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   Who was Cropsey & what did he do?

   • Joshua Zeman: Growing up on Staten Island, Barb and I had often heard the legend of Cropsey. For the kids in our neighborhood, Cropsey was an escaped mental patient who lived in the tunnels beneath the old Willowbrook mental institution, who would come out late at night, snatch children off the streets.

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   Was Cropsey a boogeyman?

   • The film initially begins as an examination of "Cropsey", a boogeyman -like figure from New York City urban legend, before segueing into the story of Andre Rand, a convicted child kidnapper from Staten Island whose known or suspected crimes in the 1970s and '80s may have inspired or been blamed on Cropsey.

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9. www.nytimes.com › 2010/06/04 › moviesJoshua Zeman and Barbara Broncaccio Look at Kidnappings - The ...

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   Jun 4, 2010 · Andre Rand is taken into custody in “Cropsey,” a film directed by Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman. Credit... Tony Carannante