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 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
On August 14th, 2000, a set of skeletal remains was discovered in a wooded area off 12th Avenue SE in Immokalee, Florida. The deceased was male, with long, straight black hair; he was clad in blue jeans, a cotton necklace, and a white tank top bearing the slogan, “Yo quiero cerveza, I don’t want no … More Jose Ascencion Espino Hernandez
Shortly after one a.m. on August 4th, 2000, fifty-year-old James John Stewart was standing on SW 6th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, when he was approached by three individuals: two men and one woman. According to witnesses, there was a brief conversation, then one of the men reeled back and punched James. The older man fell … More James John Stewart
Thirty-five-year-old Laura Elena Morales lived on Doverwood Drive in Riverside, California with her husband and children. On July 23rd, 2000, her family had gone out for the day, leaving her in the house alone. When they returned at five p.m., they were horrified to find Laura dead of some undisclosed, homicidal trauma inside the home. … More Laura Morales
Leo Spiegler was seventy-seven years old and lived with his wife in a house on Goldhill Way in Las Vegas, Nevada. On Friday, July 21st, 2000, Leo’s wife had been out most of the day and was waiting for her husband to come pick her up. He never arrived. Meanwhile, at around four in the … More Leo Spiegler
