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.
Forty-five-year old Terri Bevers, much better known by her nickname of Missy, lived in Red Oak, Texas with her husband and three daughters. She worked as a fitness instructor, giving early-morning, boot-camp-style classes at the Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, only about a twenty-minute drive from her home. On the evening of April 17th, … More Missy Bevers
In California, in the spring of 1971, a teenage girl possibly went missing in a mysterious case that may or may not have been the bellwether of a terrifying series of murders of young, hitchhiking women that continued throughout the decade. Seventeen-year-old Lisa Smith was thumbing a ride on Hearn Avenue in Santa Rosa, California … More The Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders
It was the spring of 2001, and Peggy Knobloch was nine years old. She lived with her mother, sister, and stepfather in the town of Lichtenberg, Bavaria. Because both of her parents worked, Peggy was in the habit of going to a neighbor’s house after getting off the school bus in the afternoon, to wait … More Peggy Knobloch
Twenty-five-year-old Mario O’Brien Clarke was a soldier, originally from Jamaica but living in Hackney, east London, England with his new bride, Deveen, who was in training to become a nurse. On Boxing Day, December 26th, 2002, Mario was on two weeks’ leave from the Army, and had spent a pleasant day with his wife, brother, … More Mario O’Brien Clarke
Mikiko Kasahara was a twenty-one-year-old Japanese exchange student attending classes at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas, a town about fifty miles south of Austin. She had enrolled in the English as a Second Language program in the summer of 2000, and had been a full-time student since January of 2002. Her academic excellence had … More Mikiko Kasahara
Twenty-six-year-old Debbie Remorozo was originally from the Philippines, but in 2002, she was working as a coronary care nurse at Royal Oldham Hospital in Greater Manchester, England. On December 7th, 2002, coworkers noted that Debbie took a call shortly before her shift ended, and appeared “distressed” afterward. CCTV cameras outside the hospital recorded Debbie leaving … More Debbie Remorozo
At ten-forty-five on the morning of November 7th, 2002, twenty-five-year-old John Shippam was found dead of several gunshot wounds in his flat in Bestwood, Nottinghamshire, England. His time of death was estimated to have been between three-thirty and ten-thirty a.m. According to his family, the young man had been involved with some individuals who were … More John Shippam
On the evening of November 2nd, 2002, fifteen-year-old Steven Miinster received a phone call from an unknown female at the home in Oxnard, California he shared with his mother Maria. The caller asked Steven to meet her outside his house at B Street and Bryce Canyon Avenue. Steven left his house at around eleven p.m. … More Steven Miinster
Forty-eight-year-old William “Billy” Sibbald was a beloved figure in the community of Portobello, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Described by friends as a “bighearted, loveable rogue,” Billy ran the Pop Inn pub and was very active in local charity work. At around eight p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, October 8th, 2002, Billy left his Portobello home … More Billy Sibbald
Jennifer Servo was originally from Columbia Falls, Montana, and knew that she wanted to be a TV news reporter from a fairly early age, with ambitions to be “the next Katie Couric.” Sadly, though she made some small headway toward her ultimate goal, her dreams would be horrifically snatched away by an unknown perpatrator. Not … More Jennifer Servo
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