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 [...]
Tag: 1980s
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 [...]
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 Haunted: New York House of Death
For this month’s haunting, we will be travelling to the New York City Neighborhood of Greenwich Village. According to legend, 22 spirits take residence in Greek Revival brownstone. What is it about this specific residence that seems to attract misfortune and death? Let’s explore. The History New York’s “House of Death” was built in 1856. [...]
The Missing: Patricia Meehan
This month’s missing persons case is one that has grabbed and held my attention for a long time. After a strange car accident, a woman vanished from the scene, only to be spotted throughout the country afterwards. What happened to Patricia Meehan - did she truly end up hitchhiking across America with truck drivers, or [...]
The Unsolved: Gunther Stoll
This month’s unsolved murder case is one that has grabbed the attention of the internet, though it has never come close to being solved. Amateur sleuths do love their codes after all. So, what is YOGTZE, and why did Gunther Stoll write it down right before his untimely death? Let’s explore. Who Was Gunther? Gunther [...]
Identified: Christy Crystal Creek
I am so excited to bring you all another update on a Doe case we’ve covered here at the Morbid Library. This case has, by far, been the most confounding Doe case I’ve covered. She was constantly on my mind. The composites were all so drastically different from each other. She was a suspected victim [...]
The Unnamed: Arroyo Grande Jane Doe
This month’s Doe case is another well-known one that I’ve followed for years. A young woman was found mere hours after her murder. All of her features are intact. She had extensive dental work done. So why hasn’t anyone found her name? Who is the Arroyo Grande Jane Doe? Let’s explore. The Discovery Around 9:20 [...]
The Unsolved: Lisa Au
This month’s unsolved murder case takes us somewhere we haven’t been yet: Hawai’i. I want to be up front before we get into things...this is new territory for me. I have learned a lot about Hawaiian culture while researching for this post, but I’m not naïve or arrogant enough to believe I know everything. If [...]
The Missing: Juan Pedro Martinez
This month’s missing persons case will be a relatively short one, because there aren’t many credible sources online that detail anything beyond the bare bones of the case. We’re headed to Spain to examine the strange accident that led up to the disappearance of Juan Pedro Martínez. Let’s explore. (A photo of Juan Pedro taken [...]
