This month’s urban legend is one of many niche legends out of Japan: bathroom or toilet ghosts. So who is Hanako-San, and why is she doomed to spend an eternity in a bathroom stall? Let’s explore. Yōkai and Yūrei Before we get into the specific legend of Hanako-San, we need to get into the folklore [...]
Tag: 1990s
The Missing: Patrick Warren and David Spencer
This month’s missing persons case is actually two individuals who went missing together. The case is often referred to as the “Milk Carton Kids Case,” as Patrick Warren and David Spencer were the first missing kids in the UK to have their photos put on milk cartons to spread awareness, after the same initiative found [...]
The Unsolved: Amber Hagerman
This month’s unsolved murder case is a monumental one - and I mean monumental in that it changed the way missing children cases are handled across the country. You may not know the name Amber Hagerman, but I’m willing to bet that your phone has blared with an Amber alert at some point. Today, we’ll [...]
The Missing: Rachel Mellon
This month’s missing persons case is going to be a rough one. Before we get into things, I just want to give a trigger warning for domestic violence and child sexual abuse. We won’t get into too many details, but those topics will be touched on briefly. With that heads up in mind, join me [...]
The Unnamed: El Dorado Jane Doe
This month’s Jane Doe case is very, very different than any of the cases I’ve covered in the case. We know details of what this Doe was like in life, because we know her killer and how he spoke to her. However, things are complicated by the fact that the El Dorado Jane Doe was [...]
Identified: Rainbow Falls Doe
This month’s Doe case deviates from my attempts to shed more light on BIPOC cases, so to make up for it I will be covering two linked missing men of color next month. I feel that it’s important to show the good news side of true crime as well, so we all remember that these [...]
The Missing: Dorien Deon Thomas
This month’s missing persons case is the vanishing of Dorien Deon Thomas. I chose Dorien’s case as I’ve noticed all of the missing persons I’ve covered have been either white or female. It’s past time I’ve covered a male BIPOC - if you’re in the true crime community at all, you know that male missing [...]
The Unnamed: Ada Bones Doe
This month’s Doe case is going to be fairly short, but it is incredibly close to home so I feel incredibly compelled to cover it, especially since the DNA Doe Project has taken on the case. Let’s explore the case of the Ada Bones Jane Doe. The Discovery Ada, Michigan is a small town on [...]
The Unnamed: I-90 Doe
This post is connected to the last post - Bitter Creek Betty and the I-90 Doe were killed by the same man, Clark Perry Baldwin. Because of this, the section regarding him will be the same as it was in Betty's writeup. The Discovery On April 13, 1992, the decomposing remains were found off the [...]
The Unnamed: Bitter Creek Betty
I know I just covered a Doe case a few weeks back, but this week we’re going to take a look at another one. Bitter Creek Betty’s case has recently come back into the news because her killer has been caught. He has also been connected to the case of the I-90 Doe, also found [...]
