The 1989 novel by Jack Ketchum, which was inspired by the real-life 1965 torture and murder of Sylvia Likens

The story is set in a deceptively quiet 1950s suburban community. Flashback Perspective:

The 2007 film The Girl Next Door (also known as Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door

, who reflects on a horrific series of events from his childhood that changed his life forever. The Arrival