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-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
It was the rainy evening of Mother’s Day, May 12th, 2002 in the small town of Bonham, Texas, and twenty-eight-year-old Jennifer Harris was hanging out at the home of her friend, Christie Farr. When Jennifer set out into the night in her green Jeep at around eight p.m., she didn’t tell her friend where exactly … More Jennifer Harris
In 2002, it seemed as though forty-one-year-old businessman Alex Blue had it all: he was the part owner of a company that sold cars to the private hire taxi trade, he drove a flashy silver Porsche, and he lived in a relatively swanky Georgian-style flat in the fashionable area of Robroyston, in Glasgow, Scotland. Clearly, … More Alex Blue
It was between three and three-thirty a.m. on the morning of June 18th, 2002, and Christina Wilson, mother of a two-year-old son named Tyler and living with her parents Brian and Paula near Fort Myers, Florida, went into her bedroom to sleep. At some point soon after this, she mysteriously vanished from the house. Her … More Christina Wilson
For one family in the town of Orange, Texas, the Independence Day holiday would be a time not of celebration, but of unthinkable tragedy. At some time on the night of July 4th, 2002, someone crept into the Finley home and spirited away a four-year-old girl named Dannarriah, who was asleep in her bed. She … More Dannarriah Finley
At a little past four a.m. on the morning of May 11th, 2002, a twenty-one-year-old woman named Mahogany Davis staggered out of her flat and into the parking lot of the Little Dipper apartment complex in Fairbanks, Alaska. She was clad only in skimpy pajamas and was bleeding profusely; she soon collapsed onto the asphalt, … More Mahogany Davis
Thirty-six-year-old Tonya Darden was last seen alive on January 10th, 2002, near the intersection of Lockbourne and Smith in Franklin County, Ohio. Two days later, her nude and strangled body was discovered near a cemetery in a rural area off lonely Rowe Road. Tonya had once worked for the Columbus Urban League after she graduated … More Tonya Darden
On the afternoon of April 24th, 2002, sixty-nine-year-old father of five Terry Morgan picked up his wife Shirley from work, and the couple then returned to their home in Ennerdale, Coventry, England. Just as Terry was getting out of his vehicle, however, a largely-built man ran up the driveway and shot Terry once in the … More Terry Morgan
It was a few days before Easter of 2002 in Norwich, England, and twenty-two-year-old sex worker Michelle Bettles evidently had an appointment with a regular client near her home on Dereham Road. Michelle didn’t keep her appointment, however, and oddly, CCTV footage from around eight-twenty p.m. on Thursday, March 28th showed her walking toward the … More Michelle Bettles
