This month’s Doe brings us back to California. The Ventura County Doe was found stabbed and strangled to death in the summer of 1980. We know who their killer was, so why is this pregnant murder victim still without a name? Let’s explore. Discovery On July 19, 1980, an employee of Westlake High School in [...]
Author: Casper McFadden
Creepy Cryptids: Thunderbirds
This month’s cryptid is going a bit off of our established path - rather than a creepy monster-thing a few people witnessed, this creature is prominently featured across Native American mythology - from Alaska, to Pennsylvania, to Texas, to Washington. So - what is the elusive Thunderbird? Did it once exist, and does it still? [...]
The Missing: Hang Lee
This month’s missing persons case brings us to Minnesota. Hang Lee got into a car with someone who was supposed to be her friend - and was never seen again. What happened on the night of October 9, 1975, and where is Hang? Let’s Explore. Who Is Hang? Hang Lee was born on October 9, [...]
The Unsolved: Alberta Jones
This month’s unsolved murder post is one of the more culturally significant ones we’ve examined. Of course, all people matter and all victims deserve to have their stories told, but today we will be delving into the unsolved murder of a civil rights icon named Alberta Odell Jones. How did Alberta Jones end up in [...]
Close Encounter: Loring Air Force Base
If you have been in tune with any sort of UFO news over the past few years, you’ve likely seen the declassified files from the United States military. In these files are documented encounters with Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) - including video and audio. Those encounters were fairly recent, often explained away by skeptics and [...]
The Mysterious: Lewis Carroll the Ripper
For this month’s mystery, we are heading into a place where the literary world and the true crime world intersect. This is by far one of the most absurd and baffling theories concerning one of the biggest mysteries in the history of true crime. Many have come to terms with the fact that we may [...]
The Unnamed: Sebastian Pasqual
This month's Doe case is an especially strange one - we possibly know what his name was, because investigators found someone that knew him in life. And you may notice that I’m using “he” instead of “they” in this post - that’s because we know how the Doe identified his gender in life. How did [...]
Legend Has It: La Mala Hora
This month’s urban legend is one of those amorphous things in folklore - it might be a spirit, or a force of nature, or a curse. It all depends on who is telling the story, and where they grew up. La Mala Hora literally translates to The Bad Hour. Exactly what is this shrouded entity [...]
The Missing: Ruben Humberto Herrera
This month’s missing persons case is one that does not get a lot of coverage, despite the strange nature of the disappearance - a missing young man, a $300,000 ransom, and a distant family member claiming to know the young man was dead. What happened to Ruben Humberto Herrera on the morning of April 27, [...]
The Unsolved: Georgette Bauerdorf
This month’s unsolved murder takes us all the way back to the 40’s in Old Hollywood. An aspiring actress and oil heiress moved to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Two months later she was found strangled to death in her apartment. Who attacked Georgette Bauerdorf, and why is the case still unsolved more than three [...]
