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There is a solitary outpost in Afghanistan known as "The Rock", short for Observation Point Rock (OP Rock). It's situated southeast of Patrol Base Hassan Abad, and developed a reputation for being haunted.
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In 1875, Chicago's county hospital was located in the South Side. Even then it was considered old and rickety. The morgue was an out-house attached to the hospital. It was located apart from the main building because of the bad odor coming from it. Bodies would be stretched out on slabs awaiting burial. Only during winter months did the place not smell like a charnel house. ![]()
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Almost a year to the date before the infamous Villisca Axe murders in Iowa, a family of four were killed in Ardenwald, Oregon in a similar manner, and like that crime this one remains unsolved until this day. ![]()
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Along Old Sheldon Church Road stands the ruin of what was once known as Prince William’s Parish Church in Yemassee, South Carolina. Now it goes by the name of the Old Sheldon Church Ruins. Built between 1745 and 1753 it witnessed mundane family celebrations as well as history making events, so it is not surprising that it has a reputation for being haunted. ![]()
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In June 1934 in Brighton, England a steamer trunk was found in King's Cross railway station. It contained a woman's torso and legs. The arms and head were missing. Scotland Yard reached out to the public in trying to identify the victim. In the United States, Agnes C. Tufverson, 43, had married a former Czech officer six months before. She disappeared, and the last heard from her was when she visited London. Her family wondered if it was her body that had been found. ![]()
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Reports are received worldwide that in the aftermath of disasters those that perished appear to be ignorant that they are no longer among the living. Calls are received at emergency centers, taxis are hailed, and these lost souls try to reach homes that are demolished or connect with loved ones who are dead as well. ![]()
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A man is induced by his wife to strangle her sister, and is in turn put to death in a horrible manner, or so it was rumored. ![]() by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories In North Carolina, on UNC campus east of Chapel Hill there is a monument to a mysterious student love triangle where a blood-stained rock is the only clue to the unknown fate of Peter Dromgoole. ![]()
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Macario Timon, a 58-year-old goat-raiser was found with his throat cut inside his home which was left in shambles. Originally it was believed the crime was tied to the whereabouts of a mysterious old mine that Timon was seeking. ![]()
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Delia McGrath married Victor Eloi a man almost 20 years older than her on December 6, 1881 at St. Mary's Church at 1116 Chartres Street which was part of the Old Ursuline Convent. The couple married contrary to the wishes of his family and the bride’s widowed mother. ![]()
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On September 28, 1889 Sarah Ann Adams, 25, died at her father's home situated on the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia. The cause of death was consumption. It wasn't long before an apparition was seen at the house, but it wasn't Sarah haunting it. ![]()
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November, 1919 Fred Dean a well-liked rancher was found murdered in his bed. His head was bashed in and his throat slit with a razor. His wife and daughter slept downstairs when the crime was committed. What came to light during the trial, when his wife defended herself on a murder charge held the country spellbound for several months. ![]()
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It was the night of April 14, 1865, and only a few days before the Civil War had ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. The actor John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the head, leaped from the theater box where the president had been seated and escaped into the night. On April 24, it was reported that Booth had been shot and killed outside a barn in Virginia. But is that version of the assassin's death the truth? ![]()
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Over 50 years ago Amy Billig, 17, was last seen hitchhiking on Main Highway in Coconut Grove, Florida. She was thumbing a ride to her father's office to get money from him, and she had plans to meet her friends later that day. Neither her father, her friends or as matter of fact anybody ever saw Amy after this moment in time. ![]()
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Roswell is famous in UFOlogy for the alien spaceship crash that occurred in July, 1947. While the mystery of what really occurred that summer day in Roswell has consumed all the attention, there are other mysteries that have gone under the radar. What could be more mysterious than an extraterrestrial you may ask, how about its ghost? ![]()
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Early in the 19th century, the railroad was the only way to travel throughout the United States and where goods were shipped to different destination points. Many times the depots were on the outskirts of town, which became the seedier area known as the tenderloin. Saloons and brothels were close by and the poor often lived in the area since it was the only place they could afford. Such was the story of a poor woman who lived in a shanty in Harper's Ferry in West Virginia. Her name was Jenny. Is there any truth to the story of the unfortunate Jenny? ![]()
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In July 1945, the battle of Okinawa took place, leaving over 200,000 dead, among them over one-third of civilians who lived on the island. Okinawans had been forced to commit suicide by the Japanese military or be executed. Lawlessness was rampant on the island and refugees lived in the hills. A month later atomic bombs would fall on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and amid this turmoil the disappearance of three young Marines was barely noticed. ![]()
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There are two ghosts that are well known to haunt Hampton Court. They were both English Queens and wives of Henry VIII. One is Jane Seymour who died shortly after giving birth to Prince Edward, and the other is the shrieking ghost of Catherine Howard executed for adultery. However there is another who finds no peace, and her only downfall was loyalty to the royal family. ![]()
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In August, 2024, the Salinas Valley State Prison denied a man convicted of a crime committed in 1973, his fifteenth request for parole. In of itself this is not unusual, however the nature of the relationship that developed between him and one of his victims engendered a book and movie during the 1980s. The story also details how a deeply disturbed and dangerous individual can masquerade and manipulate members of society that have no idea they are staring evil in the face. ![]()
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Notre-Dame Cathedral has several ghost stories associated with it which is no surprise since no doubt skulduggery has been afoot within this ancient building for over 800 years. ![]()
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The writer Gaston Leroux appears to have been inspired by several events that occurred during his lifetime when he wrote the dark, gothic story The Phantom of the Opera which appeared in 1910. ![]()
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In 18th century Venice, the ultimate tool of seduction for women was a plain mask covered in black velvet. She held it in place with her teeth that bit down on a button, thus making her mute, and her silence deepened the mystery of who she was and what lay behind the mask. The Venetian Moretta Muta mask was the ultimate seduction affectation used by the ladies of the city. ![]()
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Wayne Nance was a truck driver that hailed from Missoula, Montana. As a teenager he displayed disturbing behavior such as skinning live cats, using hot coat hangers to brand himself with occult symbols, since he was a self-described satanist, and having a very violent temper. ![]()
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Our Lady of Fatima is a Marian apparition seen in 1917, by three, illiterate shepherd children in Portugal. It wasn't until 1930 that the Catholic church declared the visitation worthy of belief. By then two of the three children had died. Over one hundred years later when compared to other similar, but secular experiences many wonder if the "solar dance" at Fatima was a UFO. |
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