Chicken Dinner is an old urban legend about a married couple who trust a babysitter to take care of their young son. Instead of being scary, it ends up being rather horrifying.
One evening, a mother and father were invited to a party. They couldn’t get in contact with their usual babysitter, so they decided to ask their next door neighbor, an old lady, to take care of their six-month old baby son. The old woman said she would be delighted to help them out.
They told her they needed to leave by 8pm, but when the time came, the old woman had still not shown up. The husband gave her a phone call and asked her what was taking her so long.
“Oh, I’m sorry”, said the old woman. “I forgot all about it. I’ll come over right now.”
When the old woman came to the door, the mother and father were already making their way to the car. They gave the old woman instructions to put the baby to bed at 9pm and put a chicken in the oven so it would be cooked for the next day’s dinner.
While the couple were at the party, the mother decided to phone home and check on the babysitter. When the old woman answered the phone, the mother asked if she had put the baby to bed yet.
“Oh, I’m sorry”, said the old woman. “I forgot all about it. I’ll do it right now.”
“And have you put the chicken in the oven?” asked the mother.
“Oh, I’m sorry”, said the old woman again. “I forgot all about that too. I’ll do it right now.”
The mother just rolled her eyes and hung up the phone. She couldn’t really complain because the old lady was babysitting for free.
After the party, the mother and father drove home and when they opened the front door, the old lady was there to greet them. They thanked the old lady for taking care of their baby and she went home. The mother decided to go upstairs to check on the baby, but when she walked into the child’s bedroom, she was shocked to see an uncooked chicken lying in the crib.
Downstairs, the husband smelled smoke coming from the kitchen. He opened the oven and shouted upstairs to his wife “You won’t believe this, Honey! That forgetful old lady has gone and burned our chicken dinner!”
Lol. Who asks an old lady to babysit for them?? Poor baby :(
DO NOT TRUST OLD LADIES AS BABYSITTERS!
This story ended up being a funny one
Winner winner… actually… I’m not so sure that’s chicken dinner. 😰
…poor old lady. It’s not her fault that she’s forgetful but people would blame her. It’s in elder’s genetics! What the-? The fault on the baby’s parent..
Hmmmmm, strange. Poor baby.
AWWW poor baby
Ah, I love this one. I first saw it on an episode of Urban Legends, however, the person who babysat was an actual BABYSITTER, not an old woman. The story is still quite unnerving, nevertheless.
DONT TRUST OLD LADIES!!!!
The father should have known that was their child
This is really sad :( But I mean… Who asks a really old lady to babysit? They probably already knew she was forgetful. Great story though!
maybe she was in disguise and she was a murderer? PLOT TWIST!
Very predictable… I thought.
But good (and disgusting) story!😈
poor baby!
It said the lady was old not that she couldn’t see or why did she cook the baby. Did she did it in prospects? Poor baby wander what’s the look of the dad when the mother yells back down that the old lady didn’t cook the chicken.
That dumb old lady… L.O.L.
That makes me think of what would happen if my mom went babysitting!
Of course, she’s kept me alive this long…
good thing im vegetarian… o_O
Is it weird to think that, instead of wasting the baby away, they should eat it? O.o
I’m not disturbed in any way….. especially coinsidering we were all babies at one point…
The poor baby😥
I thought that she would cook it I just thought shed eat the baby.
What a horrible way to die, the baby was probably crying the entire time and the old woman couldnt hear her…
i heard a difrnt version of a teen baby sitter that does some crazy drugs and when the parents get home they find the baby in the oven and the babysitter said the turkey is done.
ewww. I am a vegetarian too and thats just darn stupid.
Even though i’m a vegetarian, I clicked on the title excpecting a great story. So much for that. $&