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.
Fifty-one-year-old Annie Walsh worked in a factory and lived in a flat on Charles Berry Crescent in Hulme, Greater Manchester, England. By all accounts, she lived a normal and unremarkable life. But on January 31st, 1977, Annie was found beaten to death in her home. Whoever had killed her had perpetrated an attack so savage … More Annie Walsh
Forty-one-year-old Lily Volpert owned a clothing store on Bute Street in the docklands area of Cardiff, Wales. According to the media, she was also an “unofficial moneylender.” On the evening of March 6th, 1952, Lily had just closed the shop and was preparing to have dinner in the back of the store with her mother … More Lily Volpert
Eighty-year-old Mary Lazenby was a small but formidable woman; standing only four-foot-eight and having lost one foot in an accident when she was a child, she had moved to Bethnal Green, East London, England back in 1941 with her husband, a merchant seaman, and the couple’s one-year-old son Larry. Mary’s husband was killed in World … More Mary Lazenby
Thirty-year-old Joe Gallagher was beloved by his family, an Army veteran and former St. Bede’s College student who became a free spirit in the counterculture whirlwind of the 1970s. He toured with bands, rode motorcycles, hung out with the Hell’s Angels, and was known to use and occasionally sell marijuana. He worked as a taxi … More Joe Gallagher and Frieda Hunter
Twenty-three-year-old Mark Corley lived in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, and was last seen alive on July 7th, 2000. After that, his whereabouts went undiscovered for more than five months. Then, in December, his remains were found in a rural area near Darlington, County Durham. He had been shot in the back of the head, execution style. … More Mark Corley
On August 14th, 1988, twenty-year-old Elena Dimitri was dropped off at her Hoxton, London flat by her boyfriend, who told her he’d be back in a couple of hours to take her out on a date that evening. However, when he returned and let himself into the residence, he saw a man he didn’t recognize … More Elena Dimitri
Twenty-year-old Deborah Wood spent the evening of January 4th, 1996 having drinks with her father and a few friends at Big Lil’s pub in Leeds, England. At around nine-thirty p.m., she left the establishment alone and then disappeared. No trace of her was discovered for more than a week. Then, on January 14th, her burning … More Deborah Wood
Forty-four-year-old Susan Donoghue was originally from Ireland but moved to Bristol, England, where she worked as a nurse at Brentry Hospital. She had one child. On the night of August 5th, 1976, someone broke into her Sneyd Park flat while she was sleeping, beat her over the head with a truncheon, and sexually assaulted her … More Susan Donoghue
Seventeen-year-old Brenda Evans lived in Poulton, Cheshire, England, and had a job at the local post office and general store. Every day on her lunch break, she would walk the half-mile to her aunt and uncle’s house, have lunch with them, and then return to work. However, on the afternoon of October 7th, 1977, Brenda … More Brenda Evans
Twenty-five-year-old Joy Sweatman lived in a semi-detached house on St. Andrew’s Road in Coulsdon, London, England, with her two-year-old daughter Sarah; she also had a five-year-old son named Simon, but he lived with his father Gerald in Purley. Joy also rented out the upper floor of her home to a fifty-three-year-old tenant named Vernon Patton … More Joy Sweatman
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