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.
At approximately four o’clock on the morning of August 23rd, 1987, the crew of a Union Pacific freight train passing through Alexander, Arkansas on the way to the capital city of Little Rock spotted what appeared to be two human beings lying across the railroad tracks ahead. The engineer blew the horn and attempted to … More Don Henry and Kevin Ives
On May 16th, 1937, twenty-nine-year-old Laetitia Toureaux was found murdered in a carriage on the Paris Métro at the Porte Dorée station. The cause of death was a single stab wound to the neck. Significantly, Laetitia was the first person to ever be killed on the Métro, undoubtedly a tragic claim to fame. One of … More Laetitia Toureaux
Guitarist and bassist Dave Rowbotham was something of a fixture in the iconic music scene of Manchester, England in the 1970s and 1980s. A free-spirited, bohemian individual, he started out playing rhythm guitar in a cover band called Flashback, and later formed a punk band called Fast Breeder, which was managed by Alan Erasmus, famous … More Dave Rowbotham
On April 13th, 1977, a couple in Lindbrook, Alberta, Canada were searching their abandoned property for a septic tank pump when they made a horrifying discovery: the mutilated body of a human being, floating in their old septic tank. The victim was clad in a blue, button-up Levi’s shirt over a gray t-shirt, jeans, and … More Gordon Sanderson: Septic Tank Sam
Ellen Louise Stowe was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, but lived in both Louisiana and Nevada before finally moving to Los Angeles as a teenager. Taking a job as a dancer in a strip club, she also adopted the first name Star. In the 1970s, Star dated Gene Simmons of KISS, and he sent photos … More Star Stowe
On June 20th, 1979, a stonemason was walking alongside a river in Perry County, Pennsylvania when he happened upon the skeletonized remains of a human being. She was clad in a tan jacket, white shirt, blue tank top, blue knitted wool slacks, green and white socks, and white boots with silver buckles. She was also … More Perry County Jane Doe
Eighteen-year-old Winnifred Teo was a pretty, hard-working, eighteen-year-old student at Catholic Junior College in Singapore. In the late spring of 1985, she was gearing up for a school adventure camp and had taken to jogging regularly at Bukit Batok Nature Park, a popular spot for runners and cyclists. At six p.m. on May 22nd, Winnifred … More Winnifred Teo
Twenty-three-year-old Sarah MacDiarmid was originally from the Scottish Highlands, but emigrated to Melbourne, Australia with her family in 1987. On July 11th, 1990, Sarah had been playing tennis at Flinders Park in East Melbourne with two friends after work, and after their game, they walked to the nearby Richmond station to catch the Frankston line … More Sarah MacDiarmid
On the evening of Thursday, March 12th, 1981, twelve-year-old Tammy Leakey had gone with her mother Betty and younger sister Donna to the home of a friend named Bonnie Tapp in the Pointe Saint Charles neighborhood of Montreal, Canada. At around eight-forty-five p.m., Betty sent Tammy to a store about a block away to buy … More Tammy Leakey
In the summer of 2010, twenty-year-old Amber Tuccaro, a member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, was living in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, along with her mother and her fourteen-month-old son Jacob. On August 17th, Amber and her son, along with a female friend, flew to Edmonton for a vacation, staying in a hotel in … More Amber Tuccaro
Crime Immemorial 