For this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we are answering a listener message about a story of street gangs initiating wannabes with frightening rituals including driving around with their headlights off and murdering the first good samaritan who gives them a courtesy flash. We'll explore several scares that have flared up due to different versions of this urban legend, as well as real crimes wrongfully blamed on these initiations, all leading to the feeling that street gangs were creeping into the suburbs, looking for human sacrifices.

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Sound designer and associate producer: Riley Swedelius-SmithProducer: Miranda ZicklerVoice Actor: Will RogersWritten, produced and hosted by by Chelsey Weber-Smith

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