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 the evening of April 27th, 2007, four masked young men entered a flat in central Brixton. Moments later, twenty-five-year-old Alfred Christopher Liverpool—known to his family and friends as Alfie—had been fatally shot. The gunmen fled into the surrounding streets, leaving behind frightened witnesses, a devastated family and a murder investigation that would eventually go … More Alfred Liverpool
On the evening of Sunday, April 15th, 2007, fifty-four-year-old Alan Sheard was walking along Leeds Road in the Thornbury area of Bradford, England. Before the night was over, he became involved in a confrontation that would prove fatal. Alan had been drinking and socializing in local pubs before beginning the walk home along Leeds Road, … More Alan Sheard
On the evening of July 10th, 2007, twenty-three-year-old Colin Marr died from a single stab wound to the chest at the home he shared with his fiancée in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland. Although police quickly concluded that Colin had taken his own life, his family has spent nearly two decades challenging that assumption, arguing that the … More Colin Marr
Thirty-three-year-old Xiong Zhang was a Chinese national who had come to the United Kingdom seeking economic opportunity. Like many undocumented immigrants, he survived by working in the informal economy. Investigators later revealed that Zhang sold counterfeit DVDs near the River Roding in Barking, East London, a trade that exposed him to both criminal competitors and … More Xiong Zhang
Sixteen-year-old Jonathan Matondo had been born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before moving to England with his family when he was a young child. By all accounts from relatives and church leaders, he was a bright, personable teenager with a strong religious faith. Members of the Light of Christ Church in Burngreave remembered … More Jonathan Matondo
On the evening of November 14th, 2007, seventeen-year-old Etem Celebi was shot and killed just yards from his family home on the Smalley Close Estate in Stoke Newington, Hackney, North London. His death became one of the defining tragedies of London’s surge in teenage gun and knife violence during 2007, a year in which more … More Etem Celebi
In the mid-summer months of 2007, a quiet residential street in South Woodford, northeast London, became the scene of one of the city’s more unusual and disturbing unsolved homicides. The attack occurred during the early morning hours of Sunday, August 5th, on Priory Close, a residential cul-de-sac in South Woodford. Twenty-four-year-old Daraj Asghar was seated … More Daraj Asghar
On the morning of April 21st, 2007, sixty-one-year-old Henry McHarron was carrying out a routine newspaper-delivery route in north Liverpool, England. It was work he had done many times before: stopping his van, unloading bundles of newspapers and moving on to the next destination while most of the city was still waking. That morning, however, … More Henry McHarron
Forty-seven-year-old Diane Carrington lived in a first-floor flat at 24E Fern Court on Drakefell Road, New Cross, southeast London with her fifteen-year-old daughter. During the night of October 4th, 2007, someone targeted the home with extraordinary violence. According to investigators, gasoline was poured through the front door letterbox before being deliberately set alight. The fuel … More Diane Carrington
Kellie Telesford was a forty-year-old transgender woman originally from Trinidad who had lived in the United Kingdom for many years. Born Kayiode Dexter Telesford, she had been living openly as a woman for several years before her death and was known by friends and acquaintances simply as Kellie. She was a familiar face within London’s … More Kellie Telesford
