by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
There were times in America's history when the public was attracted to the macabre, and tempting superstition was the founding reason for different social clubs.
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by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In 1966, Anna Sylvia Just, 29, a stenographer disappeared from Calgary, Canada. She was last seen heading for the bus depot. Without proof of foul play, only a missing person's report was issued for her. Almost 60 years would pass before the truth of Anna's fate became known. 
by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In July, 1988 a Riverdale patrolman stopped a van on Route 23 southbound after he notice it listing. Suddenly the head of a bull popped out of a broken window on the driver's side. 
By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Twelve young people were being questioned by police either as witnesses or for involvement in the torture slaying of Cathleen Ann Gilbert 17, a resident of Flint, Michigan. They ranged in age from 14 to 22 and were believed to be members of a group calling itself the "Satanic Servants". 
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Some time in 1913, A. H. Wood moved into the Fillmore Hotel located at Fillmore Street and Golden Gate Avenue. To all appearances he was a 50-something businessman, but within a few months he would be dead, and the truth was exposed. 
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Yellow Jack walked the streets of New Orleans the summer of 1853, leaving death in its wake. Where it visited a yellow flag or "Jack" was displayed to warn citizens away, but murderers were just as busy as the Grim Reaper. 
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Ross Michael Cochran, 17, a change boy in a pinball arcade on Daytona Beach's boardwalk was strapped to a table, and tortured for a day before being murdered by a group of young satan worshipers as a sacrifice.  By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
During the 1980s, drug kingpin Pablo Escobar smuggled 4 hippopotamuses into his estate Hacienda Napoles. He was killed in 1993, and the animals were abandoned. 
By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In 1940, Lawrence Zarrilli, who taught Italian at Alcée Fortier High School in New Orleans, was writing a history of Italians in Louisiana. In the records of the Muttuo Beneficenza or Italian Benevolent Society, he came across a story concerning a costly tomb paid for by the society, which was believed to bring death to its creators. In modern times it became known as the "Hex Tomb". 
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Some say that men believe in ghosts, in haunted houses and unlucky days as devoutly as they do in the Bible. For old New Yorkers, leases would not be signed if the occupancy was to start on a Saturday, which was considered an unlucky day. Also if a house got the reputation for being haunted, it would stand unoccupied for months. 
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In September, 1919, a colony of lepers was offered to Florida by the government. The intention was to setup the colony on Cedar Key. 
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In 1930, the water level of the Mississippi River had fallen to a 20-year low, and a bargeman trying to salvage coal found the unexpected. 
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In February, 1844, a 12-year-old girl named Mary Johnson was arrested in Lincoln Castle accused of the murder of her two brothers. 
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Unlike Lake Superior that never gives up its dead, Lake Mead with its unusual dropping water levels during the summer of 2022, gave up many of its secrets, including those who'd been enjoying a watery grave for at least 40 years. 
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Has there ever been definite, incontrovertible proof that an alien race has visited earth? The answer is no, and researchers have a disturbing but plausible explanation why they haven't. 
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England known for its ancients houses and ghost stories to go with it, had a spate of dark occurrences that harkened back to it pagan roots. 
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Participants dressed in tiger costumes, lash at each other mercilessly in order to draw blood, and have their opponent submit. This is an indigenous tradition made as an offering to the rain god Tlaloc. 
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Nearly 30 years ago the body of a teen female was found in the Arizona desert. She was unidentified, and the police department dubbed her Apache Junction Jane Doe. Finally her name and origins became known. She was only one of dozens who spend years unnamed and buried in a potter's field. 
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Was it naivete, stupidity or a clash of cultures that led to the death of a young student? 
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In 1940, an expedition was proposed to clear up the 75 year old mystery story that told of the frozen body of a climber encased inside an icy tomb on the slopes of Mount Begbie, British Columbia. 
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Leonard Karl Humphrey, 35, wanted to be more of an Indian than he was. According to Larry Wickham a policeman who was once his business partner, "He was maybe 1/8 Apache, but he often tried to pass himself off as full-blooded. He was very proud of his Indian blood." However with Humphrey, his pride turned into an obsession especially with an Apache sun-god named Santos which in Spanish translates to saint.  Deadly Superstitions by M.P. Pellicer
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Many believe the practice of human sacrifice was found only in ancient and superstitious civilizations. However this belief is not exactly accurate. 
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In April, 1979, Dr. Earl S. Patterson, spoke at Conneticut's Meriden Public Library's "Literary Luncbox", a program that featured speakers from the book world. He was promoting his book series Case Books from Hell: Psychiatry and the Occult. 
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The Devil's Slide is an infamous section of Highway 1 which is two miles south of Pacifica and it's been eroding since it was opened in 1936. 
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Since 1999, a trail of disappearances and the discovery of human remains littered small towns in the South. Was it sheer coincidence or the work of one killer? |
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