Cropsey

The Truth is Terrifying.

On Staten Island, an urban legend takes terrifying shape. Cropsey—the boogeyman whispered about for generations—haunts the marshlands and collective memory of a community scarred by missing children and unsolved disappearances. Filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio trace the blurred line between folklore and genuine criminal horror, excavating archives and interviewing those who lived the fear. A documentary that transforms playground myth into documented nightmare.