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.
Steven Craig Mayo owned and operated a business called Metro Grease Company not far from his home in Fort Lupton, Colorado. On the early morning of December 19th, 2000, law enforcement officers were called to his residence after neighbors noticed the screen door on his house was broken and the front door was ajar. Upon … More Steven Craig Mayo
It was shortly after nine-thirty a.m. on the morning of September 23rd, 2000, and two individuals were taking a walk along the banks of Wirth Lake in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Unfortunately, their morning stroll would take a gruesome turn when they spotted a body at the water’s edge. Police officers responded to their call, initially … More Keke Jefferson-Moore
Eighty-two-year-old Raymond Aguirre had been married to his eighty-year-old wife Mabel for more than sixty years. The couple lived on SE Washington Street in Topeka, Kansas. On September 19th, 2000, the Aguirres returned home and encountered an intruder in their residence, who it’s believed gained entry through a bathroom window. The perpetrator brutally beat both … More Raymond Aguirre
At approximately eight a.m. on the morning of October 18th, 2000, a man was walking his daughter to school along NE Waldo Road in Gainesville, Florida. In a wooded area just off the road, they spotted something horrific. When law enforcement arrived, they discovered the remains of thirty-year-old Lisa Lavoice. She had been stabbed and … More Lisa Lavoice
On September 16th, 2000, another man was killed in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was almost exactly an hour later and less than nine miles away from where previously discussed Eddie Cruz met his end, This time the victim was twenty-nine-year-old Robert Payne Williams, the owner of a landscaping business called Home Sweet Home Improvements. He … More Robert Payne Williams
At one-fifteen a.m. on September 16th, 2000, police officers were called to the Overland Crest Town Homes complex off Merritt Drive in Greensboro, North Carolina, following reports of gunshots. Upon arrival, they discovered the body of Eddie Cruz lying in the parking lot, dead from a single gunshot wound to the head. It was only … More Eddie Cruz
Forty-one-year-old Thomas Sherwood worked at North Wind Environmental in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and lived with his wife Stephanie in Pocatello. On September 3rd, 2000, emergency services were summoned to the couple’s home on N. Parks Road, where they found Thomas dead in the basement, evidently a victim of suicide. Stephanie had found the body and … More Thomas Sherwood
It was nearly eleven-thirty p.m. on the night of August 30th, 2000, and twenty-one-year-old Jamon Griffin was hanging out with friends in a parking lot on NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Portland, Oregon. Suddenly, two men began shooting into the crowd, and Jamon was hit. The suspects then fled the scene. The victim … More Jamon Griffin
It was August 24th, 2000, only ten days after the twenty-fourth birthday of Eric Delon Edwards. It was approaching two-thirty in the morning, and Eric’s car had broken down on Garrison Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was outside the vehicle, attempting to diagnose the problem, when two unknown men suddenly approached him and opened fire. … More Eric Edwards
On August 20th, 2000, police officers were summoned to the home of ninety-two-year-old Viginia Cauley Webb, who had not been heard from in some time. She lived on South Charlotte Avenue in Waynesboro, Virginia. When law enforcement entered the residence, they found the elderly woman dead. An autopsy later revealed she’d been strangled. Authorities did … More Virginia Webb
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