Jenny Ashford is a horror, true crime, and paranormal writer, graphic designer, and podcaster. Her most recent books are a three-volume true crime compilation collectively known as The Faceless Villain: A Collection of the Eeriest Unsolved Murders of the Twentieth Century. Volume One was published in 2017, Volume Two in 2018, and Volume Three in 2019. Her other books include four paranormal nonfiction books: The Unseen Hand: A New Exploration of Poltergeist Phenomena, The Mammoth Mountain Poltergeist (with Tom Ross), House of Fire and Whispers: Investigating the Seattle Demon House, and The Rochdale Poltergeist (both with Steve Mera); as well as three horror novels, Red Menace, Bellwether, and The Five Poisons; two short story collections, Hopeful Monsters and The Associated Villainies; and a graphic novel, The Tenebrist. A second edition of The Associated Villainies was published in 2019, featuring four new stories, an enhanced print layout, and an audio book version. A second edition of The Five Poisons was published in 2020. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including The Nightmare Collective, History Is Dead, 2012AD, ChimeraWorld #3, and ChimeraWorld #4. Her horror blog, Goddess of Hellfire, contains writing news, short stories and articles, and her reviews and opinions on horror films and books. She also co-hosts a podcast with Tom Ross called 13 O'Clock, on which they discuss true crime, unexplained mysteries, paranormal weirdness, horror movies and books, food, and other fun, creepy topics. They recently collaborated on a 13 O'Clock cookbook. Jenny's graphic design work can be seen on everything from books and business cards to posters and packaging. She runs an online store called Gravecake selling products with her designs, and also has a board-and-card game concern called Giallo Games, which produces games based around the beloved Italian horror/crime genre, among many other themes.
Thirty-three-year-old Shelley Morgan was a mother of two who was born in the United States but later moved to Bristol, England, where she was attending art classes at the Bristol Polytechnic Art College. At around eight-thirty a.m. on the morning of June 11th, 1984, Shelley dropped her children off at school and then went to … More Shelley Morgan
It was around Christmastime of 1978 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Seventeen-year-old Walter Taylor had been for a night out to celebrate and was presumably walking home across the Jubilee Playing Fields in Ashby, a nearby suburb. At some point during his journey, however, he was attacked by an unknown assailant. Walter was found dead sometime … More Walter Taylor
Sixty-six-year-old Stanley Blackmore lived with his wife in Bradford Abbas, Dorset, England. He had retired from his job at the Yeovil Corporation Waterworks sometime before and now drove a taxi to keep himself busy. On the afternoon of August 2nd, 1963, he was feeling somewhat ill, but he told colleagues that he was well enough … More Stanley Blackmore
Seventy-two-year-old Leslie Guntrip was retired and lived alone at the isolated Bradford Mill Farm near Winsford, Cheshire, England. On the morning of February 15th, 1978, a bread delivery man discovered Leslie’s lifeless body slumped in a chair in front of the TV in his living room. The chair and floor around him were covered in … More Leslie Guntrip
On April 12th, 1946, three people who had been walking on the shore of the Willamette River not far from Oak Grove, Oregon found a burlap sack floating in the water not far from the bank. The bag had been bound tightly with wire and rope. Initially thinking someone had drowned a litter of kittens, … More Oak Grove Jane Doe – The Wisdom Light Murder
Seventy-one-year-old widower Les Bate was a well-known character in Cornwall, a self-made millionaire who owned several hundred acres of land and four farms. According to some who knew him, he was somewhat abrasive and fairly flashy with his money, not making any secret of carrying large sums on his person and often wearing ostentatious gold … More Les Bate
Sixteen-year-old Kevin Hicks was described as a happy-go-lucky teenager who liked school and lived with his parents in Addiscombe, Croydon, London, England. March 2nd, 1986 was a normal day like any other, which Kevin spent with his family. At about eight-thirty p.m., though, Kevin told his parents that he needed to go buy some eggs … More Kevin Hicks
Fifty-two-year-old welfare worker Beryl Culverwell lived with her husband Anthony in a house called Woodholme in the Widcombe Hill area of Bath, England. At around six p.m. on the evening of January 13th, 1978, Anthony came home from work as usual. At first, nothing seemed amiss; Beryl’s Renault was parked where it always was, and … More Beryl Culverwell
Thirty-four-year-old Cheryl Shackleton had once run a jewelry shop and later a stained glass business with her husband in Colne, Lancashire, England. The couple had a son together. But in 1991, Cheryl divorced and sold her house in Nelson, taking a substantial sum of cash with her when she left. It was reported that she … More Cheryl Shackleton
Trevaline Evans was fifty-two years old and ran an antique shop called Attic Antiques on Church Street in Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales. In early June of 1990, she and her husband Richard had been fixing up their vacation house in Rhuddlan, but Trevaline was back at work on June 16th, opening up her store at nine-thirty … More Trevaline Evans
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