Masked Miscreants Who Menaced Virginia Family Revealed to be Pranksters

October 27, 2025

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Cops investigating the case of three masked miscreants who menaced a Virginia family earlier this month have reportedly determined that the perpetrators were the victims' relatives playing a misguided prank. The now-solved mystery made national headlines in mid-October when Shayla Whiteside shared nightmarish doorbell camera footage of the incident in which the frightening-looking troublemakers demanded to be let into her mother's Alexandria home. The incredibly creepy scene was featured on news broadcasts across the country and prompted a stern police response in which it was promised that the miscreants would be unmasked and brought to justice.

More on this story at the Coast to Coast AM website.

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