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.
In the early hours of December 30th, 2001, residents of Powerscroft Road in Clapton, East London, were confronted with a shocking act of violence that would remain unsolved more than two decades later. Donald Marlow Harriot, a twenty-eight-year-old man, was found beaten to death inside his home. His murder, carried out with a heavy blunt … More Donald Harriot
Thirty-two-year-old Nancy S. Smith was a dedicated professional working as the manager of Payor Contracting for the Greater Hudson Valley Health System at Horton Memorial Hospital in Middletown, New York. She owned her own home, was pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Administration through an accelerated program at Marist College, and was known for her … More Nancy Smith
Elwyn Randall “Randy” White was a forty-year-old man from Barre City, Vermont, who simply vanished in the summer of 2001. Friends and family last saw him in mid-August. On or around August 21st, 2001, his roommate reported him missing to Barre City police. Randy, who stood five-foot-ten and weighed about 160 pounds with shoulder-length black … More Elwyn “Randy” White
On a warm Sunday afternoon in August 2001, a seemingly ordinary traffic stop along Interstate 85 in Jefferson, Georgia, turned into the discovery of a homicide. At approximately noon on August 19th, an officer with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office pulled over a vehicle near mile marker 134. The driver asked to step into the … More Jackson County Jane Doe
On the evening of Saturday, July 7th, 2001, twenty-three-year-old Mithat Lleshi was fatally stabbed in Northampton, England, in what police described as a targeted group attack in a busy public area. The killing occurred on a walkway between the Grosvenor Centre shopping mall and the local bus station, a relatively central and populated spot in … More Mithat Lleshi
On June 7th, 2001, two men died violently in south London within hours of each other in incidents police quickly linked to the same gang fight. Twenty-three-year-old Donovan Williams was shot dead in a flat in Streatham, while thirty-five-year-old John Dickinson, also known as “Little-John” or “Short-man,” was found fatally stabbed in the grounds of … More Donovan Williams and John Dickinson
On May 11th, 2001, sixty-three-year-old Donald “Don” Banfield walked out of his family home at 146 Lockett Road in Harrow, north-west London, and vanished. A retired betting-shop manager who had spent decades working for William Hill, Banfield left behind a wife, six children, and a turbulent marriage. More than twenty-four years later, his body has … More Don Banfield
Chandra Ann Levy, a twenty-four-year-old intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., disappeared on May 1st, 2001. Her case became one of the most high-profile missing persons investigations in U.S. history, fueled by a rumored affair with a sitting congressman, intense media scrutiny, investigative missteps, and a later conviction that was ultimately … More Chandra Levy
On May 19th, 2001, in the early hours of the morning, thirty-four-year-old Stephen Lawlor was gunned down in cold blood as he left a party near his home in Netherley, Liverpool. The shooting, which took place in Rosewood Close, marked the beginning of a brutal “tit-for-tat” cycle of violence that would claim at least three … More Stephen Lawlor
On the night of April 21st, 2001, Lower Clapton Road in East London—already earning its grim nickname as “Murder Mile” due to a spate of gang-related shootings—became the scene of yet another tragic double homicide. Twenty-year-old Corey Wright and his nineteen-year-old friend Wayne Henry were gunned down in a hail of bullets shortly after leaving … More Corey Wright and Wayne Henry
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