Late-night library livestream becomes chaotic as participants report staged performer and an emergency alert

Participants in a late-night ghost-hunting livestream at a public library said they hired a performer to play a “serial killer” for a 24-hour video and later described an emergency-services alert about spilled chemicals that told them to go inside. Speaker 3, who appears repeatedly in the recording, also said a collaborator named Sam Colby killed the performer, according to the transcript.

The account matters because it combines claims of on-site danger, an official-sounding emergency alert and an allegation of violence made during a live-streamed event. The recording shows participants reacting in real time and unsuccessfully trying to verify information by phone.

Speaker 3 opened the session by describing the streaming plan and the permission to use the building, saying, “We actually have permission to…