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 December 11th, 2000, in Richmond, Virginia, a young man named Donald Harris, known as Donnie to friends and family, was apparently having a normal evening. He left his home on Williamsburg Road at around eight-thirty p.m. and got into his car for the short drive to a local restaurant, where he was going to … More Donald Harris
In the summer of 2000, in Cartersville, Georgia, an employee of Lacey Mills, Inc., a rug manufacturer, became concerned when her friend and coworker, fifty-three-year-old Patricia Hanlon, failed to show up for her shift on the morning of Thursday, July 27th. This coworker, in fact, was worried enough to go to Patricia’s apartment on North … More Patricia Hanlon
It was October 3rd, 1984, and nine-year-old Christine Jessop hopped off the school bus at around three-thirty p.m. Neither her parents nor her brother Kenney was home; her father was still at work, and her mother had taken Kenney to the dentist. They expected to be home at four, and Christine’s mother had told the … More Christine Jessop
On July 9th, 2001, the decomposed body of twenty-seven-year-old mother of three Frances Lunsford was discovered behind an abandoned mobile home in Tifton, Georgia. The victim had been strangled to death. According to Frances’s mother, Sandra Purvis, she had last spoken to her daughter two days before the remains were found. Family members told the … More Frances Lunsford
It was nearly three p.m. on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 31st, when passersby walking near the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany spotted a body floating in the water. The dark-haired girl who was pulled from the waves looked as though she had suffered through unimaginable physical torture for years before she was finally murdered. … More The Girl from the Main
Forty-four-year-old Gary Raynal had only lived in Kansas City, Kansas for five years; prior to that, he had resided in San Francisco, California. He worked as a server at various area restaurants, but in 2001, had been making plans to move to the much warmer environs of central Florida. Sadly, he would never get the … More Gary Raynal
Lorenzo Okaruru, better known as Loni Kai, was a twenty-eight-year-old transgender woman living in western Washington County, Oregon. It appears that Loni had been out and about on the night of Friday, August 25th, 2001, and at around two a.m. on the morning of the 26th, she was seen at a 7-Eleven convenience store near … More Loni Kai
It was May 31st, 2000, and nineteen-year-old Jill Behrman, who had just completed her freshman year at Indiana University in Bloomington, decided to go on a bike ride, as she often did. She left her home shortly after nine a.m. and set off on her usual route. Approximately half an hour later, motorists reported seeing … More Jill Behrman
Cheryll Maureen Grover was twenty-one years old, and was raising a daughter who was soon to turn one. She was still legally married to her husband Steven, but the pair had separated, and no longer shared the same residence. Cheryll lived in Newbury, Berkshire, in southeast England. On the evening of May 12th, 2000, a … More Cheryll Grover
Nineteen-year-old Chrishana Logan lived in half of a duplex on Robinwood Avenue in Toledo, Ohio, and worked as a dancer at a strip club called Platinum Showgirls, performing under the stage name of Vegas. She worked most nights, but she had the night of April 14th, 2000 off, and presumably stayed home. And home was … More Chrishana Logan
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