On Halloween night 11 years ago, New Yorkers were taken by storm after learning about the elaborate story of Peter Braunstein.

The high-intelligence former journalist and playwright, now 52, became known as the “Halloween rapist” after concocting a bogus scene wherein he donned smoke eater gear and entered an apartment complex — with the aim of overpowering his female victim. The ensuing case led to a city-wide then national manhunt that ended in multiple stab wounds to Braunstein’s neck. This is the story of that fateful October night and the ensuing “chase.”(nydailynews.com)…[+]