Stranger Than Fiction Stories

The Satanic Servants

12/3/2025

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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The Roach Haven

11/24/2025

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By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
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.

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Dark and Perverse

7/26/2025

by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
The Son of Sam case blazed across national headlines over 45 years ago. At first glance it appears to be the story of a crazed man who murdered strangers for one year in different parts of New York. However there was something much darker and perverse at the heart of who committed the murders, and what motivated them.

Satan, Church Scandals and Beyond

12/25/2024

Satan and the Church Scandals by M.P. Pellicer

by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Disbelief and ridicule, this is the fear promoted by the devil according to Father Gary Thomas as it relates to sexual abuse victims, but it seems that secrecy is the devil's best ally.

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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A Rose on the Grave

3/12/2024

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By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Arlis Perry, 19, was murdered inside Stanford Memorial Church two weeks before Halloween, 1974. Her body was posed and mutilated in what appeared to be some type of ritual murder. Decades would pass before the identity of her killer would become known, however questions still lingered.

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A Fascination with Darkness

10/24/2023

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By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
What would you do if your 8-year-old daughter was inspired by the movie The Omen, and waited with bated breath for the sequel titled Damien?

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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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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

8/20/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
During the summer of 1970, James Michael Schlosser, 22, a social worker from Great Falls, Montana paid the ultimate price for an act of kindness.