NYC girl hears screams next door and calls 911. When they break into the apartment, everyone’s shocked: ‘There might have been a murderer living here’
Never ignore those neighborhood screams.
Living in a New York City apartment usually means accepting a certain level of auditory chaos. From radiator clanking to the occasional 2:00 AM street argument, you have to push through it all. But one resident’s viral TikTok story time has elevated neighbor drama to a level that feels like a psychological thriller.
What started as a concern for a neighbor’s safety turned into a discovery that belongs in a true crime documentary. The nightmare began about a year and a half ago when the creator London McBride (@londonmcbeidee) and her roommates heard “bloody murder screams” coming from a nearby unit.
“It may have had a murderer living in my New York City apartment,” the creator began. They allegedly called 911 on her neighbor more than ten times over several months. But they were always told by police they couldn’t go door-to-door without a specific unit number. Until one day, the situation finally reached a breaking point.
The police called the apartment a ‘Sex Dungeon’
Despite repeated calls, the police did nothing. So, the creator started “emailing higher-up people who own our building.” But they too, raised their hands up. “Unfortunately there’s really nothing we can do, you can’t just evict people in New York City, you need a case,” the management told her.
While the creator began piling up videos of the eerie sounds, she learned that some NYU girls shared a wall with the infamous apartment.
“They said that in the middle of the night he’ll be pounding on things—it’ll sound like he’s hammering things—he’ll be screaming, he’ll be yelling, he’ll be kicking things, punching things, throwing things, breaking things.”
The escalation peaked when the fire department was finally called in. They knocked down the neighbor’s door for a wellness check. But the moment they breached the unit, the first words from a firefighter were: “Oh my god, it looks like a sex dungeon in here.”
Inside, the scene was chillingly clinical. The apartment was reportedly covered in blue tarps, hanging from the ceiling and draped over all surfaces. It was also filled with an overwhelming supply of cleaning materials.
Even more disturbing was the neighbor’s evasion tactic. He apparently managed to escape through a fire exit and double back into the building’s front door while responders were still inside.
The apartment looked like a crime scene
As soon as the door was opened, the entire building began to “reek of bleach.” The scent reportedly vented through the building’s shared air systems into other units. Neighbors living directly above the man had been reporting the chemical smell for some time, unaware of the tarp-lined workshop beneath them.
Eventually, the police again said sorry and left. But as soon as the police left, the man came “sprinting up the stairs,” ran into his apartment and locked the door. “So we call 911 again,” the creator recalls.
The police then took him away in an ambulance 45 minutes later, but he allegedly returned later that night. While the creator was away for summer break, the man eventually moved out, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions.
The only thing left was a building full of traumatized tenants who had spent months documenting his walls-punching and middle-of-the-night hammering.
The management offered a $200 ‘small business’ compensation
The building management’s response to the ordeal has become its own viral symbol of corporate indifference. When the tenants asked for rent decreases or compensation for living next to a potential crime scene, management initially responded by trying to raise the rent.
After a pushback, the owners offered a $200 gift card. The catch? It wasn’t for a major retailer or a useful service like DoorDash. It was strictly limited to “small businesses.” They essentially offered the equivalent of a few local dinners as “hush money” for a year-long ordeal involving a tarp-covered apartment and murder screams.
This viral nightmare proves that privacy can sometimes hide something truly sinister. For someone trying to enjoy their freshman life, a wellness check turning into a discovery of a tactical cleanup is terrifying, to say the least. Thankfully, this creator and her friends took action on time.
Regardless, if you hear pounding and smell bleach through your vents, you might want to skip the gift card and just find a new zip code.
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