Is THIS the next Baby Reindeer? How YouTube star, 34, who lived in fear after stalker kept turning up at her LA home and left her creepy 'totems' including a NECKLACE is taking her ordeal to Edinburgh Fringe

A YouTube prima who lived successful fearfulness aft her stalker kept turning up astatine her LA location and leaving creepy 'totems' is taking her ordeal to Edinburgh Fringe.

Anna Akana, 34, will execute It Gets Darker astatine nan drama staple arena arsenic she makes a return to nan shape aft her harasser forced her to discontinue unrecorded performances.

But aft nan meteoric occurrence of Netflix show Baby Reindeer, Ms Akana is tackling nan reliable taxable successful her latest show.

While praising Richard Gadd's 'fascinating' show, nan Los Angeles-based prima told nan Times: 'I deliberation it's different erstwhile you flip nan genders, because location is an implicit beingness threat'.

She added: 'I was ne'er really worried that he was going to beryllium successful a business that he couldn't get retired of physically.' 

In 2020, Anna's stalker began turning up astatine her California location pursuing years of online threats and abuse.

'He sent maine letters aliases near totems, for illustration bloody necklaces, random things. And yet I was capable to cod capable of his rantings to get a restraining order,' she said.

The 34-year-old was worried he would negociate to break into her location and origin her harm. 

She stopped performing stand-up drama successful astir 2017 owed to really superior nan threats were becoming. 

The American comic told New City Stage: 'I kept getting these messages from a man who was saying that he was going to sprout maine astatine a show.'

Her concerns were further fuelled by Christina Grimmie's decease successful 2016 aft she was changeable erstwhile she was gathering fans aft a show.

Anna's communicative comes aft nan precocious released Baby Reindeer, nevertheless her acquisition differs somewhat to Richard Gadd's - which is said to beryllium nan inspiration down nan hit-Netflix series.

Baby Reindeer deed nan screens successful April and follows an aspiring comedian and intersexual battle unfortunate who gets stalked by a female he meets bartending astatine a pub.

But, while Gadd ne'er publically named his stalker, Anna's is simply a matter of nationalist grounds aft she secured a restraining bid against him.

She excessively hopes her communicative will make it into TV screens astir nan world, but recognises she mightiness request to alteration various names and specifications for ineligible reasons if it were to spell ahead.

The character has amassed 2.85 cardinal subscribers connected YouTube and has thousands of views connected her videos. 

She regularly uploads videos astir intelligence wellness related topics successful a personable and often comedic way. 

An Instagram station launching her show past twelvemonth was captioned with: 'After a stalker said he was going to sprout maine astatine a show, I retired from nan stage. 

'But equipped pinch a restraining bid & years of therapy, I yet consciousness bully astir coming backmost & cracking immoderate jokes.

'Come cheque retired my caller activity successful advancement show It Gets Darker

'Warning: it is so dark, and it does successful truth get darker.'

Her debut capacity astatine Edinburgh Fringe will besides feature how her begetter volunteered to service successful Ukraine and became nan caput of an organisation helping refugees, group without nutrient aliases water, and explosive sites.

The last taxable of her show will cover her younger sister's termination successful 2007 - thing she has antecedently spoken retired on, including penning a book Surviving Suicide, and a video titled Please Don't Kill Yourself.

She will execute astatine nan Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh connected July 31 to August 24.