By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories The Ides of March is linked to the assassination of Caesar in 44 B.C., however there were other tragedies that were marked by the full moon heralding the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere.
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By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Amelia Earhart disappeared July 2, 1937, on the last leg of a trans-world flight. Two years after their disappearance, Earhart and her navigator were declared dead. For all this time her fate has remained a mystery. Every few years someone claims to have found Amelia or her plane, but definitive proof has never been provided. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Three boys were playing near an old mill pond on the outskirts of Crisfield, Maryland. An old man arrived carrying two bundles. He told the boys the sacks contained either puppies or kittens, which he meant to drown. After the man threw the sacks into the water and left, they retrieved one of the bags intent on saving the animals only to make a gruesome discovery. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories His name was Francis (Francois) Schlatter, and in 1894 he was a shoe cobbler in Denver earning a precarious living. In the next three years his life took a dramatic turn. He became a renown healer, a hermit and ended up dying alone. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Mines, both mysterious and treacherous are believed by the men that work there to be haunted. Sometimes these apparitions try to give a warning of pending disaster, other times they lure the living to their doom. In Grant Town, West Virginia the Federal No. 1 mine operated from 1901 until 1985 and was said to be haunted by a Russian miner.
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Bones were found on the bank of the Miami Canal on April 12, 1917. The police immediately compared the crime to the murder of Eddy Kinsey, whose body had been discovered in similar circumstances a few months before. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories White cottages were found under the live oaks at Ponce Park, which was known for being the haven of women with children, and anglers who came to fish. This normally placid place was stirred up when seven skeletons were discovered by postmaster Frank Stone when he dug up his back lot. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories A man was found nine years after he disappeared. It made the papers in Daytona, however the one question never asked is what happened to him. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories The RAF Museum at Cosford houses hundreds of aircraft, but there is one craft, an Avro Lincoln RF398 which is said to be haunted by a pilot that was killed in a crash. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories On Halloween, 1900, Sanitary Chief George Walker made a startling discovery while conducting a house to house inspection. He came upon the skeleton of a woman. It was in the rear of a vacant house at 817 Constant Street, Tampa. This neighborhood was known as the Scrub. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories One of the greatest mysteries of the Great Lakes' region is the fate of the ghost ship Le Griffon, which disappeared in 1679 while on its maiden voyage. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Abraham Lincoln is widely claimed to haunt the White House, but his cousin Dennis Friend Hanks (1799-1892), who lived with him in his childhood home in Indiana, was reputed to haunt the house he owned in Charleston, Illinois. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories In 1913, a telegram was sent from New Zealand to London, which solved a 23-year-old mystery. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Niagara Falls has been a favorite destination for honeymooners for decades. Like a magnet, it also draws daredevils and those wishing to release themselves from this mortal coil. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories It was April 1943, and World War II raged throughout Europe when four English teenagers were hunting for birds' nests in a private estate near Birmingham named Hagley Wood. by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Tartary is the historical name for Siberia and Central Asia. There has always been a persistent rumor of a hidden past. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Amy Murphy, 17, died mysteriously. Her body was found lying in the Golden Gate Park on February 2, 1900. It was in a partially secluded area, down on Hayes Street by the big eucalyptus tree that stood on the left just beyond the peacock walk. First there was a suspicion she died by her own hand, but others thought it was murder. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories There are locations from around the world which are scenic, but for all their beauty and historical significance come with a turbulent past, and troubled souls that refuse to rest in peace. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories In June, 2023, it was announced that a silver military metal with a Medusa motif, was found in what was once the northern edge of the Roman Empire in Britain. Could it have belonged to an ill-fated member of the 9th Legion? By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories On a frigid day in January, 1910, the Chicago headlines trumpeted, "Chicago Fiend Second White Chapel Ripper". By M.P. Pellicer | Eerie.News There are persons who are never meant to hold positions of trust, and Hans B. Schmidt was one of them. Some are just untrustworthy, others are deadly. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories On a frigid, winter day in 1879, a burlap sack floated underneath a vessel at the Springwells dry dock. It turned out to be the burial shroud of woman who was bound and gagged. by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories The tradition of Halloween originated from a civilization that dominated Northern Europe. These people were the Celts. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories It's not hard to believe a woman, who started out as a mistress, became the wife, and was ultimately killed by her husband does not lie easy in her grave. The lady's name is Anne Boleyn. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories It was Saturday, the day before Halloween, 1926, when Marvin Aaron Clark, one-time marshal from Linnton, Oregon, took a motor stage to Portland. He's never been seen since. |
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