As a weird kid growing up in the ’80s, Unsolved Mysteries gave me completely unrealistic expectations about the frequency of amnesia and spontaneous human combustion. Every book on strange and …
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On March 7, 1905, a group of little more than 60 people gathered in the Granger Meeting House for the weekly meeting of the Mutual Improvement Association. No one in …
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A Circus Act Turned Deadly Sounds like everyone’s worst nightmare, right? For a 13-year-old boy living in San Francisco in 1854, it was reality. On the evening of January 10, …
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Gurdon, Arkansas, is a small town with a big legend—one involving a derailed train, a gruesome murder, and a mysterious light along the tracks. Nestled in the piney woods of …
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On quiet nights along the shore of Stony Creek, a voice rises from the darkness. The wind carries a question, soft but insistent. Where is my head? Who’s got my …
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Alone in the Crypt While photographing the mausoleums in Mount Olivet Cemetery, I stopped at the Clement mausoleum. Something felt off. There was space for six, yet only one name …
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On any summer day, Cheesman Park buzzes with joggers, picnickers, and dogs chasing frisbees. Sunlight filters through the trees, casting long shadows over the grass. It seems like any other …
The Haunting of Whiskey Pete’s There’s a legend about Whiskey Pete’s Hotel & Casino in Primm, Nevada. People say old Whiskey Pete still haunts the place. Guests and employees report …
Strange Lights Along Eagle Rock Road By the autumn of 1896, many travelers whispered about a glowing figure near Eagle Rock Road in West Orange. Some saw a flickering light …
Tucked away inside a neighborhood in Avondale, Arizona, Goodyear Farms Cemetery holds the graves of countless workers who helped build this community. The small wooden crosses that once marked them …