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-six-year-old Massie Pittman owned the Blue Note Tavern in Davenport, Iowa, and lived alone in an apartment next door to the establishment. Massie was a widow; her husband Hubert Pittman had been murdered in 1962, only a month after their wedding. Sadly, the same fate was soon to befall the surviving member of the doomed … More Massie Pittman
Fifty-year-old widow Ada Bean had previously worked as a research secretary at Harvard, though in 1969 she was employed at the Associated Business Machine Company. She lived alone in a Harvard-owned apartment on Linnaean Street. On Wednesday, February 5th, 1969, Ada’s employer became concerned when she didn’t show up for work, and his concern only … More Ada Bean
In the early weeks of 1969, in the eastern United States, eleven-year-old Debra Horn was walking to a school bus stop in Allenstown, New Hampshire with her brother on the morning of January 29th. As she trudged along, she suddenly slipped and fell on the ice. Complaining that she had injured her neck in the … More Debra Horn
In June of 1968, the wealthy Robison family was heading for their beautiful cabin in the Blisswood Resort on the shores of Lake Michigan to begin their long summer vacation. It is not known on what exact date the family arrived at their cottage near Good Hart; all that is known for certain is that … More The Robison Family: The Good Hart Murders
It was around a quarter past seven in the morning on Tuesday, June 11th, 1968 when fifteen-year-old Joanne Dunham left her residence at the Raiche mobile home park in Charlestown, New Hampshire, heading for the bus stop a half-mile away. The young teenager would never arrive at Fall Mountain High School that day. When Joanne … More Joanne Dunham
On July 3rd, 1979, in Bend, Oregon, a man enjoying a night out on the town would be randomly gunned down for seemingly no reason at all. Forty-nine-year-old John C. Talbott was playing pool and drinking wine at the West Side Tavern on Galveston Avenue in Bend, accompanied by his new girlfriend. The pair had … More John C. Talbott
At around nine p.m. on the night of November 2nd, 1990, seventy-three-year-old grandmother Janie Perrin was seen by neighbors walking back to her flat on Tarcoon Street in the town of Bourke, in New South Wales, Australia. The elderly woman lived alone. At some point after this sighting, Janie was attacked in her home by … More Janie Perrin
On Tuesday, September 27th, 1966, six-year-old Allen Redston left school at 3pm, accompanied by a friend. On their way home, they stopped by a local shop to buy popsicles, then both boys continued on to the Redston house, located in Curtin, a suburb of Canberra, Australia. Once there, Allen’s mother gave her son some money … More Allen Redston
The Sims family had recently moved to Tallahassee, Florida from their former home in Meridian, Mississippi, and were already a beloved and well-respected clan in their middle-class neighborhood. Forty-two-year-old Dr. Robert Sims was the Director of Data Processing for the Florida Department of Education, and his thirty-four-year-old wife Helen served as church secretary and pianist … More The Sims Family
It was April 16th, 1968, and the Arellano family was taking a two-hundred-mile road trip from their home in Villa de Fuente, Mexico to the town of San Angelo, Texas, where a relative had just had a baby. The traveling clan consisted of twenty-six-year-old Juan Manuel, his twenty-five-year-old wife Maria, the couple’s three children—five-year-old Manuel … More The Arellano Family
