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These chilling cases will make you check your surroundings... Join us as we explore the most notorious times stalkers were captured on camera before, during, or after their crimes. Our countdown includes quick-thinking victims, obsessed fans, and predators caught on CCTV. Which case do you find most disturbing? Let us know in the comments below!
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00:00He seemed like he might be good boyfriend material when 20-year-old Holly Gazzard fell for him.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're exploring the most notorious times in history when a stalker has been captured on camera,
00:12either before, during, or after their dreadful crime.
00:15Today in court, we learned he picked her up, put her in the back of his security car.
00:20Ariana McMillan's Quick Thinking
00:22In 2025, McMillan was walking down the street one evening in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania.
00:26Ariana McMillan was walking along a busy road outside Philadelphia
00:30when she says this man began walking closer and closer to her, making inappropriate comments.
00:37However, instead of it being uneventful for the teenager, she met an unidentified man.
00:40He called after McMillan, who ignored him, before running after her while clutching a liquor bottle.
00:45The man, who was captured on the surveillance camera accosting McMillan,
00:48soon began pushing and making inappropriate comments.
00:50In this moment, I had a sense of panic in my brain that I needed to do something immediately.
00:55Even with all this danger going on, McMillan made a snap decision that likely saved her.
01:00She ran into a store and spoke to the owners, pretending to know them as she called one Aunt Rachel, who played along.
01:05The owners then called the police who arrested the man, charging him with stalking and harassment.
01:19Obsessed Jungkook Fans
01:20Over the last couple of years, some fans of BTS' Jungkook have let their passion consume them,
01:25leading to them stalking his home in Seoul, South Korea, even sending food to his address.
01:29Yet 2025 has been exceptionally bad for the K-pop star.
01:32In June, a day after Jungkook completed his military service,
01:36a Chinese woman was arrested after reportedly pressing buttons on the security keypad outside the singer's building.
01:41In August, a woman in her 40s was arrested for sneaking into the underground car park of the building,
01:45which Jungkook reportedly saw as he watched her on CCTV.
01:49Then, in November, multiple people were recorded attempting to figure out the passcode to enter Jungkook's residence.
01:55Sam Evans
01:56In 2022, an unidentified woman went out with her friends in Plymouth, England.
02:00However, as seen on CCTV at clubs and on the streets, Evans was stalking her.
02:04It's been agreed that they met on the barbican, close to the taxi rank.
02:12He has recognized her and started a conversation with her.
02:17He'd spoken to her on a dating app a couple of months ago, but she refused to meet up with the soldier.
02:21Yet Evans refused to let it go and cased out places she frequented, eventually spotting her.
02:26He then befriended her and the group.
02:27But it doesn't occur to her that she's in any trouble at all at this point.
02:32Eventually, he managed to isolate the woman.
02:34On the premise of getting a taxi to take her home, Evans instead got the driver to take her to his place.
02:39Once there, he attacked, leaving her with permanent injuries.
02:42In 2023, Evans was sentenced to 14 years in jail for the vicious assault.
02:46There are no winners, but there is justice, and there is some comfort in that.
02:53Timothy Nielsen
02:54After becoming obsessed with a child's YouTube channel,
02:57Nielsen began making inappropriate comments towards her,
03:00leading to the family deleting her account.
03:02She had a YouTube channel, an arts and crafts channel.
03:05Basically, Mr. Nielsen began to follow the channel on YouTube
03:09and then began to make some really inappropriate comments.
03:13The parents then shut the channel down.
03:15Yet he kept harassing her and the family across social media.
03:18In 2022, Nielsen traveled to Brunswick, Ohio, to track her down.
03:22He went door to door on their street to ask neighbors where she lived,
03:25leading to the police being called.
03:26The story started unfolding after several residents called 911 to report a suspicious barefoot man
03:33with a tarp prowling around their neighborhood.
03:36Captured on body cam footage, Nielsen had no shame as he stated his desire to meet her.
03:40Even when the girl's father arrived and told the cops Nielsen had been cyber-stalking the family,
03:45the man was undeterred, making several incriminating comments.
03:48After his arrest, Nielsen was sentenced to four and a half years in jail.
03:51This would have ended tragically had the individuals on the street not called
03:55and contacted us to check out a suspicious person call.
03:59Russell.
03:59In 2025, streamers Valkyrae and Cina hosted their Sysathon event with Emiru as a guest.
04:05The trio walked the streets of Santa Monica, California, soon coming across a fan in a hoodie.
04:09No way.
04:10Yo, can I get a picture with you?
04:11Yeah, of course.
04:12After introducing himself as Russell, he requested photos with the group, which they obliged.
04:16While he asked if he could hang out, they mentioned they couldn't do to the stream.
04:19Nice to meet you.
04:21Nice to meet you.
04:21Have a good night.
04:24Oh, he's so sweet.
04:25Russell's a nice guy.
04:26Yet when the group arrived at the amusement park, the same man popped up, now dressed in different clothing.
04:30This time, Russell asked for Emiru's phone number, which she rejected.
04:33He snapped and stated he'd follow her, even threatening violence against Emiru as he searched in his pocket.
04:39Thankfully, the streamers managed to get away.
04:41It was terrifyingly, so we didn't know if he was still around or if he changed.
04:47We didn't know where he was.
04:48Awesome Mangory
04:50In 2020, after a night out with friends in Exeter, England, Lorraine Cox walked home.
04:54However, she never returned.
04:56After a couple of days, her father reported to her missing.
04:58The authorities found Cox on the CCTV walking the street on that fateful night.
05:02However, she wasn't alone as Mangory stalked her, eventually taking her back to his apartment.
05:06Days later, further surveillance footage showed Mangory purchasing black bags and other items from a store.
05:12Sadly, Cox's remains were later discovered.
05:14Mangory seemingly pretended to be Cox on her social media accounts to deter investigations, which was unsuccessful.
05:20In 2021, he was found guilty of her murder and sentenced to serve at least 20 years in jail.
05:25Jordan McSweeney
05:26In 2022, McSweeney, only nine days after being released from jail and with a long history of violence, was looking to commit another atrocity on the streets of London, England, after being thrown out of a bar.
05:36Minutes after midnight, having been kicked out of a bar in Ilford, Jordan McSweeney began hunting for a victim.
05:43He was spotted on CCTV, which frustratingly wasn't monitored at the time, following two women through the streets.
05:49However, both managed to escape and get home.
05:51Then McSweeney spotted Zara Alina.
05:54Prosecutors said McSweeney chose to attack a lone female late at night, who stood no chance.
06:00He viciously assaulted and attacked her, sadly taking her life.
06:04After pleading guilty to Alina's murder, McSweeney was sentenced to serve at least 38 years in jail.
06:09An inquest in 2024 found that McSweeney was meant to be recalled to prison before the murder.
06:13However, a procedural error from a missed email prevented this.
06:17Zara's family and friends will perhaps find some closure that the man who took her from them will be off the streets for a very long time.
06:26Asher Maslin
06:26In 2014, Holly Gazard was looking forward to her new life in Glockoster, England, after splitting from her problematic partner, Maslin.
06:33From the very beginning of her relationship with Asher Maslin, her family had misgivings.
06:38After all, he had a history of abuse and stalking her.
06:41Gazard even called the police days earlier after he stole from her and threatened her.
06:44Yet the police couldn't find him to arrest.
06:46They'd gone to a couple of previous addresses, but they couldn't find him.
06:50Unfortunately, Maslin had twisted revenge on his mind.
06:52He was seen on CCTV selling a DVD player at a store before going to another business to purchase a knife.
06:58Next, Maslin went to Gazard's workplace, a hair salon.
07:00In front of her colleagues and customers, he took Gazard's life.
07:03After admitting to his crime, Maslin was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in jail.
07:07Asher Maslin pleaded guilty to the murder of Holly Gazard.
07:13He's sentenced to life in prison.
07:15Edwin Enoch Lara
07:16Out of context, CCTV footage of Lara and Andrea Mays at a motel in Oregon during 2016 seems innocuous.
07:23However, she wasn't there by choice.
07:25The community college public safety officer then took off to Salem, where a woman says he kidnapped her.
07:31Days before, Lara, who worked as a security guard at Central Oregon Community College, kidnapped and killed student Kaylee Sawyer.
07:38He then carjacked Mays' vehicle with her inside.
07:40Over the next 10 hours, on top of stalking her, Lara attempted to assault her at the motel.
07:45Investigators say he went on a multi-state crime spree, kidnapping a woman in Salem and driving to California, where he's accused of shooting a man and carjacking a family before being caught.
07:56However, with quick thinking, Mays pretended to have a disease, saving her.
07:59Lara then took Mays to California and made her watch as he shot a man before carjacking another family.
08:05Thankfully, before Lara could do anything, he was arrested.
08:08Due to his crime spree, Lara received two life sentences.
08:11Edwin Lara will spend the rest of his life in prison without, we're told, any chance of ever getting out.
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08:33Ricardo Lopez
08:34Born in Uruguay, before his family moved to the U.S., Lopez became obsessed with Icelandic musician Björk in 1993.
08:46He collected as much information about her as he could, even sending her letters.
08:51In 1996, Lopez felt betrayed when he read reports that Björk was in a relationship with English musician Goldie.
08:57Furious at his idol dating a black man, Lopez snapped.
09:00And then, he reads something else, something that seems to light a terrible fuse.
09:05As well as writing hundreds of pages in a diary, he recorded many videos of himself ranting about his obsession, which were later released publicly.
09:13For some form of twisted revenge, Lopez decided to send Björk a letter bomb before taking his own life.
09:18When police investigated, their U.K. counterparts were warned about the package and managed to intercept it.
09:23It's astonishing that they were able to get this in time before it went to her house.
09:29The package was taken to a secure location, and the bomb detonated.
09:33Did we miss any other incidents of creepy camera footage of a stalker from this video?
09:37Let us know in the comments.
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