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Todhunter delivers a realistic performance as Greg, capturing the descent into madness with accuracy.

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When an innocent family is abducted, the investigation reveals a chilling pattern of attacks targeting unsuspecting travelers.

Its a high-stakes episode that pushes the team to their limits.

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However,the hope-sapping ending cements how unnerving this episode is.

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In this truly skin-crawling episode, we can thank Curry’s performance for deeply disturbing us too.

Joe (Eddie Cibrian) uses his son David (Chandler Canterbury) as a part of his MO.

If they fail, they meet a gruesome demise.

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The father-son duo is made more spooky by David’s nonchalance about it.

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The family is threatened by the unidentified caller, who says he’s “going to get them.”

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The BAU started their investigation when the son was discovered dead.

The unsub informed the girls that only one of them would perish while the other two could live.

There are no indications of sexual assault, although each victim was tortured to death.

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This episode makes viewers imagine that they are in this scenario, which makes it so terrifying.

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Yet, that is not all the disturbing details of this episode.

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and Ferell responds, So is Tracey Lambert,making it one of the creepiestCriminal Mindsepisodes.

That, however, does not excuse her actions of kidnapping and abusing her victims emotionally.

Itsundeniably one of the creepiest episodes of the show, even if viewers weren’t afraid of dollsbefore.

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The team later discovers that he has carved a hole out of her floor and living under her bed.

The episode is extremely distressing because of how it resembles some of themost suspenseful stalker moviesand shows.

This even extends to placing “murder kits” around the country to share his extracurricular hobby with others.

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Then after dressing them inThe Merry Wives of Windsorcostumes, he murdered them.

This episode is one ofthe most disturbingCriminal Mindsepisodes because of the ways James kills and his descent into delusion.

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The crew suspects a local hermit named Joseph Finnegan of being the unsub after narrowing the suspect pool.

In this susceptible state, he manipulates them into killing their loved ones or occasionally taking their own lives.

The idea of being controlled merely through a well-placed needle is already creepy.

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It is also evocative, making it thescariest episode ofCriminal Minds.

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