Stranger Than Fiction Stories | M.P. Pellicer

Sarah's Sins

9/27/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Most people are familiar with the notorious murder committed in Fall River, Massachusetts by the axe-wielding Lizzie Borden in 1892. However there was another crime just as heinous that occurred 60 years before.

The Curse of the Clown

9/24/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
If eyes are windows to the soul, then what are paintings produced by a human? What if that human is a killer?

The Phantom of Bel-Air

9/23/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Ethel Allen disappeared, and eventually many believed justice failed her, but justice can be served in many ways.

Ghosts of South Florida: Abandoned Hospital and Biltmore Hotel

9/19/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In North Miami off 441 at the Cloverleaf Interchange, where the Palmetto Expressway joins I-95 for over two decades a crumbling, graffitied building decayed while traffic whizzed below it. It was once a hospital, and it developed a reputation for being haunted.

Death of a Fortune Teller

9/15/2023

In 2005, Ha "Jade" Smith and her daughter Anita were murdered. Was it a case of superstition or greed?

Murder in the Low Country: The Murdagh Family Killings

9/9/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
On June 7, 2021, Maggie Murdaugh and her son Paul were gunned down on their property on the outskirts of Islandton, South Carolina. In the months to come the senseless crime sprouted more ugly heads than a hydra.

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.

A Case with Unanswered Questions

8/15/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
Usually a conviction in a murder, marks the end of the investigation. But there are cases which linger with unanswered questions.

Dark Deeds in Westchester County

8/11/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In the early 1970s, violent crimes that appeared separate and distinct from other events, in hindsight seem to have a dark thread binding them together.

The Murder of Sharon Tate

8/8/2023

By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
The summer of 1969 was plagued by a string of gruesome murders in the posh neighborhoods of Southern California, and when the Manson family was arrested much of the focus was on the murderers, leaving the victims' stories much less told.