These Karens don't deserve any Halloween candy. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re examining infamous instances when the most belligerent, entitled, and meanest folks, poetically known as Karens, caused havoc around Halloween.
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00:00I can't keep up with the number of people that we're offending just by being normal people these days.
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're examining infamous instances when the most belligerent,
00:11entitled, and meanest folks, poetically known as Karens, caused havoc around Halloween.
00:17She stepped back and just hit me with a hatchet in the face.
00:21Mask punishment. Usually, when a child is misbehaving, they get put in a timeout.
00:27Well, workers at the Little Blessing Child Care in Hamilton, Mississippi,
00:32went way too far in 2022 with a dash of trauma, which they recorded. After finding a Scream-esque
00:40mask, one worker decided to put on the horrifying headgear and frighten the kids.
00:45Then, when she left the room, she removed the mask and returned to the kids,
00:49telling them she got rid of the monster to get a hero's welcome. On top of being fired,
00:55four workers were charged with abuse and one other for failing to report the incident.
01:00In 2023, they received various sentences, including 12 months in jail and fines of over $5,900.
01:08Just the attention that's been given to this at this point might keep something
01:15like this from happening. There are people who look into what's going on.
01:18Attacking actors. What we notice out here,
01:20people reacting naturally to being scared, but the concerning part is,
01:24people are malicious and intentionally attacking these scare actors.
01:28Scare actors are Halloween heroes. Especially busy around the frightening festivities,
01:33they have to deal with all sorts of nonsense from Karen's. More so if drink is involved.
01:39In 2015, three people attacked workers at the Universal Studios Park in Orlando, Florida.
01:44In the Walking Dead house attraction, one actor jumped out at William Nunnally, who turned,
01:50looked at the performer, then punched them, but told the police he accidentally hit them.
01:55You're going to have to try to survive the zombie apocalypse.
01:58Only now, you're not in your living room watching it, you're living it.
02:02A belligerent Carlo Ronan Diaz kicked the stilts of one actor multiple times,
02:06causing them to fall. An unnamed man from Fort Myers, Florida, caused two scare actors to quit
02:11Universal's Halloween Horror Nights after kicking another performer in the face. Each of the Karens
02:17faced battery charges. Who's the real cop?
02:35Considering Halloween is all about donning costumes, it's amazing there aren't more stories
02:41like this. In 2022, Kylie Danis and Timothy Wilkes were pulled over in Ohio as they drove
02:47home to Pennsylvania. When the officers approached, it must have been like the
02:51iconic Spider-Man meme, since Danis was dressed like a cop. Danis, for whatever reason, began
03:03incriminating herself. She admitted to not having a license, then stated Wilkes had a warrant out
03:09for his arrest for a false report of assault she issued. Getting more annoyed, talking over the cop
03:14and refusing to leave the car, Danis was eventually arrested. However, when in the police cruiser,
03:21she kicked an officer's arm, adding to her growing list of charges.
03:25The Karen Crow
03:42In 2022, city officials in Prosser, Washington, decided to put the ultimate terrifying scarecrow
03:48on display for their fall decorating competition, one representing Karens. With a t-shirt stating
03:55Can I speak to the manager, and standing inside Karen's garden, the scarecrow, of course,
04:00drew the ire of some. Local resident Marcella Sanchez claimed the Karen Crow was built to
04:05resemble her after she protested a city bond proposal on social media. Regardless that the
04:11only similarity was the same hair color, she led the charge to have it removed. While officials
04:16denied it was done to retaliate against Sanchez, they relented to the pressure and removed the
04:22Karen Crow. The city took all of the Karen effects off of the scarecrow before they took
04:28it down completely. Squabble to Assault
04:35In 2022, Catherine Llewellyn had been arguing with Philippa Stevens on Facebook. Rather than
04:41block her and move on, Llewellyn wouldn't let it go and posted harsh statuses of her own.
04:47Stevens attempted to stop her by contacting Llewellyn's partner, only to get an abusive
04:51message from him. After calling Stevens and laughing down the phone repeatedly on Halloween
04:56night, Llewellyn and her friend Teresa Morgan-Peters put on clown masks and went to her
05:01house in Stradanglais, Wales. They broke in and attacked her with a blade and covered her in
05:06bleach. While Stevens couldn't see the attackers, the bleach and masks used contained their DNA,
05:19and they were arrested. In 2023, Llewellyn and Morgan-Peters were sentenced to 10 years in jail.
05:26Party Foul Halloween parties for kids are very common.
05:30Usually, they're over pretty early and don't affect neighbors for long. Some even enjoy the
05:34event. Other neighbors are Karens who have the patience of Leonardo DiCaprio when his partner
05:40turns 26. In 2019, Ashley Wilkerson was livid about the kids' party near her home in Pottsboro,
05:47Texas. So, was she reasonable and spoke to the parents about the noise or put up with it for a
05:52few hours? Nope, Wilkerson threatened the partygoers with her firearm. Yep, this massive escalation
05:59caused the police to be called, who arrested and charged Wilkerson for her unhinged threats.
06:05Mayor Menace
06:24In 2022, a family was driving down a road near Portland, Oregon when they noticed an SUV being
06:31driven erratically. When the SUV pulled over, the family slowed down to get a description of the
06:36driver and the car for the cops. Suddenly, a person got out of the SUV and fired upon the family.
06:42Thankfully, no one was injured. The assailant turned out to be Dowin Jones, who had been mayor
06:54of Rufus, Oregon since 2018. The mayor was arrested for his near-fatal road rage. In 2023,
07:02on top of a new mayor being elected in Rufus, Jones pleaded guilty to a lesser charge than
07:07attempted murder and was sentenced to 18 months in jail and fined $13,000. Jealous friend fiend
07:24In 2022 was a crazy year for Karen Halloween hijinks. In New Britain, Pennsylvania,
07:35Felicia Elizabeth Acosta let the green-eyed monster take over at her party. Many of us have been there,
07:41getting slightly jealous of someone else hanging out with your friend. It's annoying,
07:45sure, but we move on. However, not many of us have resorted to Acosta's actions.
07:55Upon seeing her friend going outside with another chum, Acosta accused them in a jealous rage.
08:02She then attacked one of her friends several times. Unsurprisingly, after the assault,
08:07the cops were called, and they arrested Acosta for assault and harassment,
08:11giving us a Halloween-themed mugshot. Hatchet Horror
08:16In 2021, Theodore Iknamu and Vivian Bertrand were being nuisances in Placerville, California.
08:27They were walking down the street with a knife and a hatchet, destroying windows,
08:32knocking over signs, and smearing fake blood on property. When the vandals were confronted
08:36by Christine Hall and her friend, Iknamu and Bertrand got violent as they attacked them
08:41with their weapons. When they tried to escape, the friend managed to hold on to Bertrand for
08:58the cops, while Iknamu was found later in a creek. The friend sustained a hand injury while Hall was
09:04left blind in one eye. In 2023, Iknamu was sentenced to four years in jail and Bertrand
09:10received two two-year sentences to be served concurrently. Hall says she went to court that
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09:35Defending the indefensible
09:39Halloween is next week, as you know, right? I mean, this year the costume police are cracking
09:43down like never before. Some people don't seem to realize that just because you were allowed to do
09:48something in your past, it doesn't mean it's an okay thing to do today. In 2018, the host of
09:55Megyn Kelly Today defended people who used blackface for Halloween costumes. Kelly stated
10:01when she was a child, it was fine when they were dressing up as a character.
10:14Failing to notice times have changed, Kelly received so much backlash for her comments.
10:19Even her on-air apology and internal email to colleagues weren't enough to save her show from
10:24being cancelled by NBC just over a year after it began airing. Several months later, in 2019,
10:31Kelly's contract with the network was torn up. Who would you rather confront on Halloween?
10:46Freddy Krueger or a Karen? Let us know below.