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.
On April 13th, 1977, a couple in Lindbrook, Alberta, Canada were searching their abandoned property for a septic tank pump when they made a horrifying discovery: the mutilated body of a human being, floating in their old septic tank. The victim was clad in a blue, button-up Levi’s shirt over a gray t-shirt, jeans, and … More Gordon Sanderson: Septic Tank Sam
Ellen Louise Stowe was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, but lived in both Louisiana and Nevada before finally moving to Los Angeles as a teenager. Taking a job as a dancer in a strip club, she also adopted the first name Star. In the 1970s, Star dated Gene Simmons of KISS, and he sent photos … More Star Stowe
On June 20th, 1979, a stonemason was walking alongside a river in Perry County, Pennsylvania when he happened upon the skeletonized remains of a human being. She was clad in a tan jacket, white shirt, blue tank top, blue knitted wool slacks, green and white socks, and white boots with silver buckles. She was also … More Perry County Jane Doe
Eighteen-year-old Winnifred Teo was a pretty, hard-working, eighteen-year-old student at Catholic Junior College in Singapore. In the late spring of 1985, she was gearing up for a school adventure camp and had taken to jogging regularly at Bukit Batok Nature Park, a popular spot for runners and cyclists. At six p.m. on May 22nd, Winnifred … More Winnifred Teo
Twenty-three-year-old Sarah MacDiarmid was originally from the Scottish Highlands, but emigrated to Melbourne, Australia with her family in 1987. On July 11th, 1990, Sarah had been playing tennis at Flinders Park in East Melbourne with two friends after work, and after their game, they walked to the nearby Richmond station to catch the Frankston line … More Sarah MacDiarmid
On the evening of Thursday, March 12th, 1981, twelve-year-old Tammy Leakey had gone with her mother Betty and younger sister Donna to the home of a friend named Bonnie Tapp in the Pointe Saint Charles neighborhood of Montreal, Canada. At around eight-forty-five p.m., Betty sent Tammy to a store about a block away to buy … More Tammy Leakey
In the summer of 2010, twenty-year-old Amber Tuccaro, a member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, was living in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, along with her mother and her fourteen-month-old son Jacob. On August 17th, Amber and her son, along with a female friend, flew to Edmonton for a vacation, staying in a hotel in … More Amber Tuccaro
Nineteen-year-old Theresa Allore was a college student at Champlain College Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada, and lived in a dorm about fifteen minutes away, in Compton. She was last seen alive on campus on November 3rd, 1978, but subsequently disappeared. For five long months, her family and the police could find no trace of her, but then, … More Theresa Allore
In 1925, Arthur Schumacher, better known as Buddy, was eight years old and lived with his parents and older sister in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. At around nine o’clock on the morning of July 25th, Buddy and three other boys from the neighborhood hopped a freight train to ride to a local swimming hole they frequented. Shortly … More Arthur “Buddy” Schumacher
James Douglas Edgar was born in 1884 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and by the time he became an adult, he was well on his way to a successful career as a professional golfer. He won the French Open in 1914, and five years later, emigrated to the United States, where he settled in Atlanta, … More James Douglas Edgar
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