Supernanny: Mr. Naughty

== Prologue: ==
My name is Jackson Roberts. I’m 17 years old and I live in Cleveland, Ohio. I’m a major fan of multiple things. Video games, YouTube, TV Shows, and so on and so forth. But there’s one thing that I’m a major fan of. Reality TV Shows. Whilst I love those like Survivor, Hell's Kitchen and Big Brother, there’s one, that I love the most… or now-a-days, USED to love the most: Supernanny.Supernanny is a show starring British child expert Jo Frost. Who, using her over 15 years of experience with children, travels across America every week to help families with their issues; whether it be misbehaving children, behaviour of the parents, or the general conflicts between the family in general. The show originally aired from 2005-2011 on ABC to critical acclaim, spawning multiple spin-offs, international variants (although the U.S. version was still dubbed in other countries), and an eighth season releasing in 2020 on LifeTime. The show currently airs reruns on UpTV, and the series can be streamed on Hulu. 
The show started in the UK in 2004 and ended in 2008, also being hosted by Jo, and having an identical format to that of the U.S series. Although, this version would face some controversy. For instance, the series 2 episode, The Young Family, faced severe allegations towards the production crew. Essentially, they were accused of staging the behaviour of the children for ratings, as well of scenes of them behaving to fool viewers into believing Jo was succeeding. There was also the incident of youngest son Joel burning the family's house down in 2007, although the show was not a leading cause to the fire as Joel was only a baby when the episode was aired. Finally, Jacob Young was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2020, for the rape of a girl he had been stalking.
Despite my love for the series, there's...something that's starting to make me less of a fan, day after day... it's an episode I, and a small group of others have seen, and a vast majority aren't aware of it. And unlike most lost episodes, I feel this one deserves to be lost for good reason. It's an episode simply known as; Mr. Naughty.
== Story ==
The day started like any other day I had usually had. I woke up, eat breakfast, play a bit of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, just the usual. After finishing a match against Sora and R.O.B, I decided to watch Supernanny. I watched one of the shows most well known episodes: The Nitti Family. Whilst I do have problems with the episode, I do like it, and feels it deserves to go down as one of the show's most iconic episodes. I then had the thought about potential Supernanny DVDs existing. I do know there were ones out there, as I remember there being one that had some U.S season 2 episodes on it. Though I wasn’t sure if they were still sold, or heck, if any others had been made. Hoping by some miracle I would find one, I went out to my local Walmart to see if any were there. Albeit, there weren't obviously aside from things like "The Greatest Showman" or "World War Z." 
When I left the store, I decided to message my friend, Rodney who's a private collector, and asked if he happened to have any DVDs of the show. To my surprise, he did have one. Rodney explained that he had found it in a box in his home, but didn’t know how it got there. Obviously Rodney had never watched the DVD because of this, so he didn’t know what it had, but according to the back of the box it was a collection of episodes from the first seven seasons. This surprised me, as like I mentioned before the only Supernanny DVD I knew about was the one with the season two episodes. The next day, Rodney came over to my house, and gave me it. 
== Synopsis ==
Once Rodney had given me the DVD, I opened it. Inside was a disc of Jo with the words 'Mr. Naughty' on it. The title confused me, as the box didn’t even have the title of the DVD itself, as it was just the Supernanny logo with a stock render of Jo on it. I put it into my DVD Player, grabbed some popcorn and was ready to relive some older episodes 
The menu had scenes from previous Supernanny episodes, specifically those from seasons 1-7, like the back of the box stated, all while the original Supernanny theme song "Johnny Be Good" played. However; there was something that surprised me. There wasn’t a single scene featuring Jo. The scenes shown were only those featuring the kids and parents from the episodes. I assumed this is because these scenes are from the Test Runs. 
For those who have not watched the show, the Test Runs were one of the main segments of the show, in which Jo left the family she was helping for a few days in order for them to handle the techniques she had given them on their own. Jo provides commentary throughout the segment, with season 1 showing her in person reacting to the scenes, and season 2 just being audio of her reactions. These segments usually ended with something going heavily wrong when a technique was used, prompting Jo to return to the house. And lemme tell you, Season 1 featured constant screw-ups from the parents in contrast to season 2, especially in the first five episodes. Aside from the odd episode that was planned for season 2, the segment was fully retired at the beginning of Season 3, and from there would cut to when Jo returned. 
Even if Jo's absence was strange, I overall didn't think much of it. As for the menu, there were four options, 'Play', 'Episode Selection', 'Extras' and 'Options.' I went through the extras first, which were basically deleted scenes from episodes and behind-the-scenes footage. The Episode Selection showed all the episodes included in the DVD. There were about 30 to be exact, with ones like The Jeans Family, The Silva Family, and multiple others. I then returned back to the menu. 
I clicked play, and began to watch the episodes. They weren’t in a set order for some odd reason, meaning every episode was randomised. Whilst this was strange and definitely not possible for a DVD, it did keep me watching, since I never knew which episode would come up next. 
After a while, I managed to get through the entire DVD. And once I finished watching the last episode to play, which was The Webb Family, the Play button automatically hit, despite me never hitting it. For the brief time I was on the menu screen, all the clips were replaced by pure darkness.
Then, for a split-second I saw a dim grinning figure with a machete staring blankly while smiling. The background he was in looked strikingly similar to that of the household of The Silva Family, which was the episode that immediately played (remember, the episodes were randomised). The episode opened up like every Supernanny episode. The narrator, Jeff Bartsh, who narrated the first seven seasons of the series, introduces the family, (in this case, the Silvas), that Jo would be visiting and explains the problems. However, what was strange, was that “silva” was glitched out, so it was only "The Family". I took note of this, but didn’t think much of it and kept watching. Then the intro played as normal. I might as well explain this episode while I can. Here, Jo is sent to help the Silvas, Danielle, Tom and their seven kids: Meghan, Cheryl, Allyson, Mackenzie, Riley, Kassiah and only-son Caden. Tom works for the military, and is set to be deployed to the Iraq war in two weeks. Which would leave Danielle to take care of all the kids. The only problem is that like all kids on the show, they are out of control. Meghan, the eldest, has a strained relationship with Tom, and the five older girls are all prone to swearing and fighting one-another.
When the episode opened up, Jo said her usual "Let's take a look and see what family we've got here." and Danielle and Tom were introduced. Aside from the glitching of the families name, the episode was going exactly how it did, as usual. Yet, just when the kids were about to be introduced, something strange happened. The screen began glitching out and screams were heard. I was pretty confused and questioned what was happening. When the glitching ended, the lights in the house were all off and Danielle and Tom were gone. In place, was the same dark smiling figure, this time in full view and with blood on him. I even noticed what seemed to be a hand next to his feet. This is when I got the feeling something was wrong. 
It turns out that this had skipped the submission reel, thus immediately transitioning to the observation. I quickly thought about what I had just seen. Again, if you haven’t seen the show, the Observation and Submission Reel are the series’ first main segments. The Submission Reel is quite simple, serving as an introduction to the family Jo would be helping and their problems. Whereas the Observation is where Jo meets the family in-person, and witnesses their daily life to document the things wrong with the family, so that they can be fixed.
It cut to Jo knocking on the door and entering the Silva household, where like in the episode she was greeted by Danielle and Kassiah. Strangely, the episode had completely reverted to normal, almost as if nothing had ever happened. Despite this, I was still very much aware that something was off. My suspicions only grew more as the episode progressed. Throughout the episode, scenes and audio would be constantly edited, and...obviously compared to the original scenes, they were a lot more.....out of place, and disturbing. For instance, in the original version, there is a scene during the Observation in which two-year-old Riley says that Jo is a censored word, which I assume was 'bullshit'. Mackenzie then parrots what Riley said to Jo shortly afterwards. However, instead of the censored word, what both said is replaced with a robotic voice saying "Jojo is next in-line....", which was something that only raised my concerns more......
As the episode progressed these strange occurrences only continued: scenes would have audio be replaced by robotic lines only foreshadowing the coming events. Family members would be outright edited out of certain scenes. And most disturbing at all....some scenes would be replaced with...pictures of corpses, all of which labelled as "Victim insert number here". I knew something was wrong obviously, but I kept watching just hoping that something would show up, something that proved this was some sort of joke that was inserted onto the DVD for laughs. But it never came. When the episode finally ended, I was brought back onto the DVD Screen. All that remained was the black screen from before, and there was only one option. The option was the 'Play' feature, however now read the following phrase: "I've been a bad boy..." Curious, I clicked on the option.
The feature had brought me to a video entitled "BadBoy.mp4." The video started with flashbacks to the Silva family's episode, only to cut to years after the episode. The house was shown from the outside, laying abandoned. I then heard a voice:
"Ooookay, so...this is the place. *sigh*, I've been hearing reports about this place for a while. Something about a.... mysterious figure dragging body bags here? I'm... sure it's just another ghost story that's been spreading around." The man seemed to be some sort of investigator by what I could tell. And as you could tell from the dialogue, seemed to have come to the Silva's former household to debunk some sort of urban legend. "Alright. In we go..." When the man entered the house, it looked completely abandoned, and obviously there were no inhabitants. It almost seemed as if the whole family had moved out. Suddenly the man was cut off after I heard him saying "Hello?", and I wasn't able to hear what else he was saying. It remained that way for a majority of the video.
As the man continued searching the house, he continued finding nothing. Finally, I heard the man speak again: "Yep. Definitely just another ghost story-" suddenly loud banging was heard, followed by the slamming of a door. "What the- w...who's there?!" The man walked forward. "H-hello?......who was that?". He continued walking forward. "Is anyone here, ANYONE at all?" Fearing for his life, the man attempted to flee....only to find the front entrance had been locked. 
"What the-....it's locked? H....how did that?.....gah, whatever." As the man searched around for another way out, he eventually stumbled upon a door. "What the-.....where did this come from?" He then read a small label on the door. "Do not open..." it read. "Ok, look whoever you are! I don't know what games you're playing with me, but if you're just trying to scare me out then I suggest trying harder!" There was no response......"*sigh*....lets just get this done with." 
Swiftly, the man rushed through the door as quickly as he opened it, hoping to find an exit somewhere. But....all he ended up seeing was that exact same figure from before, this time with even more blood around him. The figure was just laughing in the dark. "Ugh, JUST GET OUT-" the man flipped the lightswitch on, but was met with absolute carnage. What he saw....was a horde of corpses placed around the room. The man was left speechless...."T....the stories......they were real......". I meanwhile was just, genuinely mortified at the carnage. And then I wondered: "Did ABC even produce this episode?" Of course though, I had all the evidence in front of me, to prove that was not the case. As the man turned to leave, he couldn't open the door. "W-WHAT?! No...no.....NO! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE! PLEASE! LET ME OUT!!!" The man turned forward, to see the figure was now looking at him...... 
"Hello... I'm Mr. Naughty. I've been a bad boy"
"...w....what do you want? Who are you? WHY CAN'T I LEAVE?"
The man gave no reply....and slowly walked towards the man, all as he desperately tried to unlock the door and screamed for help. But....nobody came. As he looked back, an extremely loud jumpscare noise played as Mr. Naughty's face flashed on screen. Then...in one of the most brutal things I had ever witnessed; we’re shown what he did to all those killed.
He’s first shown invading the homes of the people he killed, and one by one, all of their deaths were shown, in...gruesome manor.....in fact, these weren't just random people; these were the corpses, of....everyone... everyone who had ever appeared on Supernanny (the U.S version at least). With the exceptions of celebrity guest stars, or those who appeared in episodes but not apart of the main family. Some of the more notable ones for me were the following:
* John Nitti: Had his entire face shredded into a lawnmower.
* Adam Gorbea: His head bashed into a wall several times, dying from severe head trauma.
* Andra Jeans: Unsuspectingly ran over by a van, before the rest of the Jeans family was gunned down.
* Myles Peterfreund: Left in an oven to burn to death. Given he was a newborn at the time, he had no way of saving himself...
* The Costello Family: Had their house, blown up, killing not just the family, but several others in their neighbourhood. 
This genuinely terrified me, as this was the last thing I would've expected from a show like Supernanny, I mean, at this rate this was more akin to a live action Happy Tree Friends than Supernanny. The last family who had their deaths play, was The Silva Family, and this is when I realised something. Remember when the second version of The Silva Family first started, with the Submission Reel being completely skipped? Well, it turns out that the screams heard during it.... were the exact same screams heard during this scene. Quickly connecting the dots, I realised that these were the screams of the family as this...... “Mr. Naughty” killed them.
The scene lasted about three minutes and the episode, was seemingly about to fade to black. Until it showed the room Mr. Naughty was in. The man who had entered the house laid lifeless next to Mr. Naughty. Thankfully, there was no video showing what had happened to the man....but… I could only imagine what he had gone through.
Everything was quiet for about another thirty more seconds, which is when Mr. Naughty picked up the camera, and once more said: "Hello... I'm Mr. Naughty… I've been a bad boy.” He then drops the camera, as it pans on the man's body. Ending the episode, was a montage of black and white images of all the Supernanny families. A more slowed down version of “Johnny Be Good” was played as the montage persisted. The last thing that showed, was text saying “Created by William Ricker”, before fading to black. 
Then, the episode ended and returned back to the menu. Everything was suddenly normal again, as if nothing had ever happened. Me though? I had seen everything.
== After ==
Immediately, I turned my TV and DVD player off and ran the fuck upstairs. I was understandably mortified, and was still confused about what I had just seen. I was questioning everything, like; how did this man find where these families live? Who was the man recording the final video. Yet more importantly: who was William Ricker? Seeking potential answers, despite knowing ABC had no involvement to begin with, I decided to contact them, asking about the DVD, the video, and if they knew who William Ricker was. 
Using the Family Update special from Season 1, an episode I watched quite often, I was able to find the Phone Number to contact ABC. I texted them about the DVD and episode, and waited for a response soon after. Sometime later, after I had calmed down, I received a message from ABC responding to my question. They told me they no longer aired Supernanny on the channel, and that they didn’t have any records of someone under the name of William Ricker ever working at ABC. They also stated clarified that they had no involvement of any kind regarding the DVD. 
As for the DVD, rather than smashing it up like any stupid person would, I ended up returning it back to Rodney. After all, this is crucial evidence of mass murder we have on our hands, and I was not going to just let William Ricker get away with it. I told Rodney to hand it into the police and explained what was on there, and tell them to start looking for a man named William Ricker. Whilst he was confused as to what I said, he did agree to hand it into the police. The next day, he told me that he had done so, and of course, they didn’t believe them. After all, I’m pretty sure people would not believe what I saw on the DVD was in fact real. However one of the officers was pretty curious about it, and suggested they watch the DVD to see if Rodney was telling the truth. Rodney then said that after watching the DVD, the police firmly realised what he was saying was no joke, and told him they’d look into William, and try to find and arrest him. He mentioned that the officers looked visibly shaken at what they saw, especially the chief. For some odd reason, the police were able to immediately access the BadBoy.mp4 video, and did not require a full sit-through like I did. But, here’s what’s interesting. When he got home, Rodney decided to watch the DVD for himself, interested to find out what was on there. And… he saw something, I, nor the police saw. It was an image, an image that has never left mine, nor Rodney’s mind. Whilst I never saw it myself obviously, what Rodney said was pretty much the definition of absolute terror. 
The scene he claimed to have saw, featured Mr. Naughty himself, but… he just looked even more disturbing. His skin was melting off, part of Blake Benjany’s face was stitched onto his skin (Which is how Blake died), and… what looked like ink was sickling out of his mouth, whilst Mr. Naughty held, a horrific smile on his face. I don’t mean his mouth was extended or anything to the point the smile was just horrifying to look at or anything. It was just, uncomfortable. His face was still fully in tact aside from the melting skin and stitching of Blake on it, but what made it horrifying, was the ink coming out of his mouth. It could’ve been blood, but I’m certain it looked more like ink than it did blood, Rodney even stated that some blots of it were on his face so even he agrees it was ink. But like I mentioned before, that image has never left my mind, and… even though I never saw it myself, I can just picture how horrific it was for Rodney. 
I’m not exactly sure how William managed to do what he did. Yet, here’s my theory: 
I came to the conclusion, that William must’ve turned into this 'Mr. Naughty' persona. I’m not sure how, but I’m certain that at some point he must’ve gone insane. Then through some form, he was able to locate all of the homes of the families, and killed them. Remember, this might not be true and I’m just assuming. From what I’ve memorised of the scene where the man discovers all the bodies, judging from how families from S7 looked roughly the same as how they did in the episodes, as well as the omission of any families from Season 8. I’m assuming this happened around 2011-ish, when the show ended. William then used the Silva family house as his own base, and from there went on to kill the rest of the families, storing their corpses away inside of the mysterious room. I also speculate that the order of the families during the clips of William killing them, was the exact order in which he killed them. 
A few days after I had returned the DVD to Rodney, I was watching the news. And then… I heard a news report........the news reporter explained that earlier that day in Desert Hills California, hundreds of bodies were discovered in an abandoned trailer park home, which she noted to've been caused by someone referred to as "The Family Killer", a person who was responsible for the murders of countless families, and the later disappearances of the bodies of said families. She did not namedrop Ricker specifically, but noted how police are continuing to search for the culprit, and the likelihood of the FBI getting involved later on. As for Ricker? Again while not being specifically namedropped, the reporter noted that his whereabouts are currently unknown, but that police are continuing to search desperately for him. 
Almost immediately, I knew this was referring to William Ricker's massacre. And hearing this made my heart sink like a stone......I had just realised that what I saw on the DVD was in fact real. It just amazes me that the police took this (conveniently) long to discover the bodies. Like, you mean to tell me only NOW had police found them after years of decay? Did they just not have a proper lead on where Ricker's whereabouts were, or did they give up on the case? 
There was no mention of Jo being murdered or identified, and she is still alive as of today as noted by Season 8's existence, and the multitude of other shows she's starred in. Understandably as well, given none of the bodies have been identified yet, ABC has not spoken about the incident or their (albeit lack of) relations to Ricker, as people do not yet know these bodies were of those who appeared on Supernanny. Although, I still had one more question about the DVD: what did the robot voice mean by "Jojo is next in line?" Was....William planning to eventually murder Jo as well? I may never know....and honestly, I'd rather not know. 
I still remember Mr. Naughty, which is why I'm writing about it, obviously, and it has become a personal memory of mine in a horrible way, After all, I watched the murders of hundreds of innocent people, and the fact that someone decided to do this and put the videos of him doing so into an episode, is genuinely terrifying to think about. Whilst I do still watch Supernanny, I can’t see the families like I once did, now knowing they were all subjected to gruesome demises, all for someone's.....I don't know, pure enjoyment! 
I'll end on this note: if William happened to have made more copies of that DVD, and you happen to find it. I highly suggest you hand it over to the police, as evidence. So that way, he can be found and brought to justice.
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