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High in the Sangre de Cristo Range is Colorado's Great Sand Dunes. Ancient arrowheads and bison bones are uncovered by stiff winds that chase the heat before it. Tragedy, mystery and legend have sprung from the sandy waves that cover 57 miles. 
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In 1974, an article appeared titled, Exorcism Daily Occurrence at Miami Jackson Hospital. Your first thought is this was due to the notorious film, The Exorcist, but the truth was much darker. 
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In New Orlean's Vieux Carre sits a house with an old-fashioned facade. Even before the turn of the 19th century, the Franco-Spanish residents of the old faubourg would whisper, "la maison est hantee". 
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On December 31, 1992, a septic tank company rolled into the property of a home that sat vacant for two years. Reinaldo Ramon Paiz who owned it for decades died in 1990, and his daughter was selling it.  Stigmatized Properties by M.P. Pellicer
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Home buyers will fork over money for a supposedly haunted house, especially if it's offered at a bargain price. However the very act that sometimes is a source for a haunting, like a murder, is the death knell (no pun intended) for future sales. 
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Starting in the late 19th century, the rustic landscape of the Adirondacks Mountain range in New York became the favored summer getaway for many prominent families. This became known as the Great Camp Period. However even paradise has its dark moments. 
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Roland B. Morgan traveled from Elgin, Illinois with his wife and her mother to winter in their country residence in Florida. Little did he know he was chasing death. 
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A leading Catholic exorcist warns it's not the technology itself which is dangerous, but the use to which it's put to. 
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In 1940, a man was found at the bottom of a salt water swimming pool off the northern branch of Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West, Florida. He was tied to a rock and covered with mud. Surprisingly the coroner concluded he had committed suicide, but did he? 
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On April 26, 1986 the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine experienced a lethal nuclear accident. Several explosions culminated in an open-air reactor releasing radioactive contamination for nine days. In the aftermath stories circulated of a flying humanoid figure with glowing red eyes seen days before the incident. 
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On June 22, 1919, in the city of Matanzas, Cuba, a 3-year-old girl Cecilia Dalcourt Jaruco was kidnapped. The police and the press accused sorcerers living in the town of sacrificing her. They were imprisoned. Dr. Armando Carnot, mayor of the city was accused of working with the cult leaders and crowds rioted in the streets.  By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
On Halloween 2022, the 48-year-old mystery of the Lady of the Dunes was solved. Her name is Ruth Marie Terry, a 37-year-old native of Tennessee. However even when cases are solved, there are many questions left unanswered. 
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In 1910, William Balser Skirvin, a millionaire and real estate developer built a hotel in America's heartland. In its 100-plus history it has seen many pass through its doors, so it's not so strange that it's developed a reputation for being haunted. 
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Dr. Weightnovel was a tall man, with a full head of hair who was known as a libertine and hedonist. Scandal always followed in his wake. 
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There were times in America's history when the public was attracted to the macabre, and tempting superstition was the founding reason for different social clubs. 
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In 1966, Anna Sylvia Just, 29, a stenographer disappeared from Calgary, Canada. She was last seen heading for the bus depot. Without proof of foul play, only a missing person's report was issued for her. Almost 60 years would pass before the truth of Anna's fate became known. 
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In July, 1988 a Riverdale patrolman stopped a van on Route 23 southbound after he notice it listing. Suddenly the head of a bull popped out of a broken window on the driver's side. 
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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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Some time in 1913, A. H. Wood moved into the Fillmore Hotel located at Fillmore Street and Golden Gate Avenue. To all appearances he was a 50-something businessman, but within a few months he would be dead, and the truth was exposed. 
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Yellow Jack walked the streets of New Orleans the summer of 1853, leaving death in its wake. Where it visited a yellow flag or "Jack" was displayed to warn citizens away, but murderers were just as busy as the Grim Reaper. 
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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.  By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
During the 1980s, drug kingpin Pablo Escobar smuggled 4 hippopotamuses into his estate Hacienda Napoles. He was killed in 1993, and the animals were abandoned. 
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In 1940, Lawrence Zarrilli, who taught Italian at Alcée Fortier High School in New Orleans, was writing a history of Italians in Louisiana. In the records of the Muttuo Beneficenza or Italian Benevolent Society, he came across a story concerning a costly tomb paid for by the society, which was believed to bring death to its creators. In modern times it became known as the "Hex Tomb". 
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Some say that men believe in ghosts, in haunted houses and unlucky days as devoutly as they do in the Bible. For old New Yorkers, leases would not be signed if the occupancy was to start on a Saturday, which was considered an unlucky day. Also if a house got the reputation for being haunted, it would stand unoccupied for months. 
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In September, 1919, a colony of lepers was offered to Florida by the government. The intention was to setup the colony on Cedar Key. |
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