Eva LaRue: General Hospital alum Eva LaRue explores the lasting impact of 12 years of terror in new docuseries

When General Hospital’s Natalia Ramirez tragically died after an overdose of pills and alcohol in July, it was one of those storylines that came and went with little warning. Eva LaRue had barely unpacked before the show turned her exit into heartbreak. Off-screen, though, the actress’s real-life story would become something far darker.

Years ago, LaRue found herself living through a nightmare that stretched on for more than a decade—a stalker who signed his letters “Freddy Krueger,” terrorized her daughter, and forced them to move from home to home. In her new Paramount+ docuseries My Nightmare Stalker: The Eva LaRue Story, she finally walks through that trauma in full light, showing what survival actually looks like.

Living in fear

In her interview with CBS Mornings, General Hospital alum Eva LaRue described the experience as something that rewired her entire life. “It was a full-body takeover,” she said. “It really is an absolute rewiring of how you move through life. There's no way to ever go back to innocence.” The ordeal began in 2007 when she started receiving letters that quickly spiraled into explicit threats. The stalker—later identified as James David Rogers—watched from the shadows for twelve years, sending messages that were as detailed as they were horrifying.

The former General Hospital actress recalled that the letters were always signed as “Freddy Krueger,” a name that blurred horror fiction and reality in the cruelest way. When he began calling her daughter Kaya’s school, pretending to be her father, the fear turned paralyzing. “We had to move twice,” she remembered. “He ultimately found her high school and called pretending to pick her up.” Every time they moved, it was less about starting over and more about trying to stay alive.

The toll wasn’t just emotional. “My eyelashes fell out,” she said. “I was broken out in hives all over. There was no place to hide because you don’t know where he could be.” The physical stress was constant—a body bracing for impact that never stopped coming.

General Hospital star reclaims her peace

General Hospital's Eva LaRue as Natalia Ramirez. | Image Source: ABC

LaRue’s stalker was eventually caught and sentenced to three years in federal prison in 2022, though he’s since been released. But closure, LaRue alum admits, is a myth. “Your brain never goes back to not being hypervigilant,” she said. Even now, when talking about it, she moves carefully through the details. The years of fear left marks that don’t fade easily.

Still, her choice to tell the story was deliberate. LaRue almost didn’t make the docuseries, afraid that revisiting the trauma might open another door. “I see now why a lot of celebrities don’t ever do it,” she explained. “They just hope that it goes away.” But rather than sweep it under the rug, she’s using her platform to show how obsession can become its own kind of crime—one that lasts long after the sentence is over. Thankfully, the former General Hospital actress can now tell the story on her own terms.

General Hospital can be seen weekdays on ABC and Hulu.