Stranger Than Fiction Stories

The Cult of the Leopard Men

10/3/2025

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
The cult of Abakua (Abaqua, Abacua) originated as early as the 1700s, in West Africa, particularly in the Ivory Coast, Gabon, Liberia and Sierra Leone in Nigeria. It came to the Caribbean, South America and Cuba with slaves in the early 19th century. Its all-male members are known as Ñáñigos, and it's believed they could transform into leopards through the use of witchcraft to kill their enemies.

What the French Investigators Discovered

9/12/2025

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What the French Investigators Discovered by M.P. Pellicer

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In 1901, a group of French investigators claimed they discovered that the "Boxer atrocities in China were not instigated by the Manchus," but were the result of deliberate machinations of American and European satanists.

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In Service to a Dark Lord

5/23/2025

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by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
For nearly a year, from December, 1969 to November, 1970, nine unsolved murders were attributed to one perpetrator by northern California police.

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Human Remains of Sacrifice Victims Found by Workers

12/9/2024

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Human Remains of Sacrifice Victims Found by Workers

by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Engineers with Thames Water, a U.K. utility company were laying down pipes in Oxfordshire, 50 miles outside of London, when they unearthed various skeletons.

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Pachamama's Tribute

8/1/2024

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By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In 2022, a 30-year-old man claimed he was buried alive as part of a sacrifice to Pachamama, when the earth is the hungriest.

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Necromancy in Africa

5/27/2024

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Necromancy in South Africa by M.P. Pellicer

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Human sacrifice, animal slaughter, human trafficking and child pornography are some of the terrifying crimes that have been investigated in South Africa by a police unit that is tasked specifically to uncover the perpetrators of these heinous acts. However the work has become so dangerous that for the last few years amid rumors they were disbanded is the belief that they have gone underground.

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Black Magic Manor

1/15/2024

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Boleskine House sits on the southeast side of Loch Ness and has a history of death dating back to the 10th century, when according to legend it was built atop the ruins of a Scottish kirk that burnt to the ground with its congregants trapped inside. And this was only the beginning.

The Black Canon of Lyons

10/4/2023

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By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In early 1893, Joseph-Antoine Boullan died. A defrocked priest, he was the head of a schismatic branch called the Church of the Carmel. He was also known as the Black Canon of Lyons.

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Exorcists: Only Believers Need Apply

8/18/2023

By M.P. PellicerM.P. Pellicer | Author | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
On September 16, 2016 in Rome, the internationally known exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth, died at the age of 91. From 1986, until his death he was head of the diocese of Rome.