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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.
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![]() 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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In the 1930s the Irving family lived in the hamlet of Dalby on the Isle of Man. The household consisted of James, Margaret and their 14-year-old daughter, Voirrey. The unassuming family would soon garner the attention of eminent parapsychologists like Nandor Fodor, Harry Price and Hereward Carrington, based on their claims of communication with a talking mongoose. ![]()
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The White Lady is said to be seen only on foggy evenings in Durand Eastman Park in Rochester, New York., and her sightings date back to the early 1800s. She is said to be the specter of a woman looking for her daughter who was murdered nearby. ![]()
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On February 4, 1972, the first two victims of what became known as the Hitchhiker Murders disappeared. Their names were Maureen Sterling and Yvonne Weber. They were both 12 years old and attended Herbert Slater Middle School. They were last seen around 9 PM at the Redwood Empire Ice Arena. ![]()
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She is a mystery and she has kept her secrets since her discovery in 1897. A 14-year-old boy found the statue which is a woman's head, neck and shoulders on a private estate at L'Alcudia in Valencia Spain. The icon is known as the Lady of Elche. ![]()
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It was the Roaring 20s, Prohibition was still in effect and Hollywoodland flourished when architect Gordon Kaufman designed a lavish home for the Doheny family, which was perched above Beverly Hills. The family moved into Greystone Mansion in the fall of 1928, when it was reported as the most expensive home ever built in California. ![]()
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Shooter's Hill is the highest point in South London. The area was in use since the Roman times. In 1838, skeletons and roman coins were unearthed in the area belonging to Roman soldiers. The road that runs from Dover to London traverses Shooter's Hill, and it was a favorite place for highwaymen to rob the unwary traveler. It comes as no surprise that it has its fair share of ghost stories, including a white lady. |
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