When Katie Santry picks up the call, the police have just finished their investigation. It’s 10 pm on Thursday, and, she says, cops are staying outside her Columbus, Ohio, home all night. She’s candid and friendly for someone going through what she is. Local news and curious neighbors have been outside much of the day. Online, hundreds of thousands of people have become voyeurs in her saga. Police are standing guard around the clock.
She Asked TikTok If Her House Was Haunted. Then the Cops Came
Last weekend, Katie Santry joked on TikTok that her mysteriously cracked computer screen was the result of a haunting—and asked if it was connected to the rolled-up rug she found buried in her backyard.
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